This technology pertains more to chip manufacture than motherboard manufacture. The alignment difficulties alone will prevent this from being seen in the field. According to the research paper, the scientists first aligned the chips using a 10x stereo microscope, then used a Vernier measurement system to align them to within a few microns. There's no way that process will be seen outside of a lab or manufacturing plant.
What this will let chip makers do is to manufacture the cpu and cache on separate silicon wafers, then stack them together and package them as a unit. The researchers claim a speed of 21.6 Gigabits/second using a 4x4 matrix of transmitters. Perhaps we'll see processors being sold with X Gig of memory on-board, with X being the amount of memory that can be manufactured in the same space as the CPU. Perhaps additional processors could be stacked together as well. Imagine putting 4 CPU's and 4 Gig of memory into a spot on a motherboard that takes 1 CPU today. You will still need a printed circuit board to connect to the circuitry that handles the external devices, ports, slots, etc.
Your problem is with the keyboard, not the PDA. PDA's are meant to be used with one hand holding the device and one hand doing the input. Yes, Graffiti takes some getting used to, but anyone capable of handwriting can do it. My nine-year-old son was able to form letters after I showed him how. Including a thumb keyboard wastes space that could be better used to display data and using an external keyboard incurs other problems that you are familiar with. If you used that device as it was designed, your experience may improve.
Just a thought - is there anyone on earth working through not-so-positive first contact scenarios? I know the US government sponsors groups that work out worst-case scenarios with regard to war and terrorism. Does NASA cover this kind of stuff? What would we do if we were confronted by a hostile race with technology vastly superior to ours? If we had to, are we even able to hit an object in orbit with a cluster of nukes? I don't think that it's remotely probable, just more interesting than work on a Friday afternoon.
Allowing your kids to play with (toy)guns is a good thing because: 1. It provides an outlet for naturally-occurring aggression that is cheaper and safer than Ritalin
2. It stimulates fantasy and role-playing, and encourages the discernment between fantasy and reality (with parental influence, of course). The kids can see and feel for themselves that a plastic gun is 'fake'.
3. Keeping things away from your kids supposedly because they're dangerous when they're really not undermines your credibility as a parent. (Dad says that guns kill people, but Billy's sister is still walking around after Billy shot her. I guess Dad doesn't know what he's talking about. Oh look - a stove!)
4. They're going to when your back is turned anyway. You can be part of the process or not (no, don't swing it - look through the sights like this...)
I want my kids to know, understand and master the dangerous reality of our world, and that's why I teach them to play with and use guns, knives and matches.
To balance things out a little, RFID tags in vehicles could virtually wipe out vehicle theft and make investigating hit and runs nearly trivial. What privacy are you giving up? Where you drive? Unless you're piloting a stealth car, that's public info anyway. All someone has to do is to write down your license plate number, along with a time and place. Are the privacy advocates going to get worked up over that?
RFID has turned into one of those issues that produces a great amount of hand-wringing whenever it comes up, but nobody seems to consider the good it can do. Ever consider that they could be used to increase privacy? It's the implementation that counts, not the technology itself.
Actually what you need to do is to take the quote in context - like any other quote from any other written work. If you pick and choose bits and pieces, you can make anything say nearly anything you want. Reading past the passage you mentioned would have cleared things up a little:
17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 18 But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder. 20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? 21 Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. 24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
This passage, when considered alongside the many other verses that say salvation is achieved through faith and not deeds, tells us that 'good works' 'living the good life' (read James 2 1-12, previous to the verse you posted) is intertwined with faith (see verse 22 above).
If you're not installing a firewall and antivirus program immediately after the OS (and before connecting to the net), I dare you to post your IP and email addresses. Someone out there will illustrate the importance of those two little steps.
Oh dear. Criticism from an AC. You went to all the bother of looking up my posting history and everything. Looks like I got under someone's skin. Makes you wish for a -1 (Not Of The Slashdot Hive Mind), doesn't it?
1. Embarassed? Nah. Proud more like. You see, I've got the balls to put my name next to my words and stick by them. Unlike some other people I could mention.
2. Criticism I don't mind, but is it too much to ask for a little consistency? First of all, you call me a fundamentalist, roundly castigated here on Slashdot for forcing their moral code on other people, and then you call me amoral (not admitting of moral distinctions -look it up). Two mutally exclusive terms. Please pick one.
3. Is the irony of attacking someone's character, then accusing them of having a "persecution complex" lost on you?
4. I am very aware that my posts are preserved. In fact, I count on it.
The problem is the he has been discredited, and his works have been showed to be complete and utter fabrications (I refuse to use the word 'facts' in conjuction with him). The problem is that he still won't shut up. He continues to spread his brand of bullshit.
I think that he is a very intelligent person. He has proven his ability to mix half-truths together to create total lies that are emotionally very convincing. He is smart enough to exploit today's political climate (and make millions off it). And he knows very well that you won't go broke telling people what they want to hear.
What do you call a person who constantly and deliberately spreads deceit? You are right - 'mental case' is inaccurate. Propagandist perhaps. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a 'psychopath' is characterised by "aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse". Let's see: aggressive - check. Look at how he goes after people he doesn't like. criminal - his treatment of Charleton Heston in 'Bowling for Columbine' was definitely slander, so this is another check amoral - check without empathy or remorse - check perverted - we'll give him the benefit of doubt on this one. 4 out of 5 isn't bad. Looks like 'psychopath' describes Micheal Moore much better then 'mental case'.
Considering that the 'global warming' theory has been dubunked, we'll have to wait for Hollywood to redeem itself some other time.
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Usenet is a text-based medium; music is binary. To attempt to move music, or any binary data via Usenet would be a hack on top of a kludge. Usenet is 7-bit, music is 8, so it would have to go through some kind of awkward encoding/decoding process to even survive the delivery. Furthermore Usenet is notoriously unreliable, so get ready for lots of missing data. Usenet also blindly sends posts all over the world. This is fine for small text messages, but to send large binary files to a server where nobody may want them would be a huge waste of bandwidth.
There are far, far better ways to move music around. Streaming audio, P2P, even FTP would be far better choices. These guys must be mad to even consider this.
Why does this person feel like The Passion needs some kind of antidote? Why should this movie need "counter-programming"? What's wrong with having a millions of people very interested in a film which, like it or not, has serious artistic merit? Even if it didn't have artistic merit, why should a popular movie need an alternative?
Quite obviously, despite protestations to the contrary of aethiests, agnostics and liberals, thier desires to push thier own beliefs on the world are just as strong as the Christians they're constantly accusing.
This product is outclassed before it even comes out. The same $399 (US) will buy you a PDA with double the resolution - either the Sony TH55 or a Palm Tungsten T3. Both have wireless networking built-in (Bluetooth for the Palm, Wi-Fi for the Sony). Sony: TH55 Palm: Tungsten T3
So, if you're a dyed-in-the-wool, dreams-of-penguins fanatic who simply must have Linux in everything, go ahead. People who are looking for greatest bang for their buck will buy elsewhere.
It was never my intent to disparage you, or anyone else in your position. Finite element analysis on jet engines is definitely cool enough to earn my admiration and respect.
My point is that the reason that female jet engine engineers are 'one in twenty' is that in general, most women aren't interested doing that kind of work. I did not mean to question their ability. You, obviously, are an exception to the trend, and are living proof that it's not a question of ability. It's a question of inclination.
Specs please. What does it do. What doesn't it do. How much does it cost. Thank you.
Ahhh, but that's the point. The perception is that women find tech specs cold, stark and heartless. Tech specs are "male", happy people and warm fuzzies are "female". I was going to say that it's all bullshit, but there is quite a bit of evidence to the contrary. Just look at how cosmetics and shampoo are marketed. Also look at how many women there are in "hardcore" tech positions - meaning network and system admins, programmers, etc. I've seen women start those positions, and I've seen them leave. How many programs and incentives have been instituted over the last twenty years to encourage more women to get into science and technology? When do they begin to work?
I guess that's a roundabout way of saying that (generally) men and women think and process information differently, and that's OK. Each has strengths and weaknesses, perfectly set up for a kind of symbiotic interdependance. But you are right - a female printer is kind of ridiculous.
Welcome to Slashdot. Mod points are like a high school election - nothing more than a popularity contest, and about as important. They certainly don't have anything to do with the quality of thought in a post - yours being a prime example.
But, it it's mod points you want, mod points you shall have. The next time I am so blessed, you shall be passed a couple.
I know someone who used to take care of kids in the 6 months - 10 years age group, and one thing that she always commented on was that the kids that were placed in 'French immersion' schools were quite far behind in English grammer, vocabulary and sentence structure than their counterparts. It seemed like their English suffered because they were trying to learn two languages at once.
Personally, I think the best thing is to find out what the kid's strengths are, whether it be language, science, math, music or trades, and encourage them to go in that direction.
I don't think this, or anything else, will lead to actual Mechwarrior-type vehicles. Biped robots make for great movies, video games and comic books, but the design is inherently flawed and inefficient. The facts that it took this long to produce a working prototype proves that it's a very tricky thing to do. In comparisin, wheeled vehicles are much easier to design and produce. This means that for every Mechwarrior on the battle field, you could probably have a hundred tanks. Also - a biped robot would have mobility and stability problems. They would be top-heavy, and be prone to tripping (either accidentally or through enemy efforts), and once they fell over, they would be sitting ducks.
I agree with you about the basketball thing through. Kind of like the basketball game in 'Flubber'!
1. The constant martyrdom of Christians has been documented, consistently, throughout the ages. Factual, historical, record. You could check the facts yourself, if you were interested. (We could go back and forth like this all day. I think the point to be learned is that the church is not one monolithic entity, but comprised of many parts, and many different people. While in some areas of the world, at times, a church was powerful, other churches were being extinguished at the same time.)
2. So caring for the hungry, sick and dying counts for nothing? The renaissance was a malicious act? And you say the church is the one who is doing the brainwashing? That is, well,... absolutely amazing.
3. You don't seem able to separate the actions of individuals from the intent of an organization. You are very correct in saying that some people in the church have done some very evil things, but you are very mistaken in claiming that the church itself is responsible for those things.
"Child molestation by priests. Covering up those molestations by Bishops and Cardinals" Actions of certain individuals. Those actions were never condoned by the church at large. Not that I'm trying to minimize or dismiss what happened. Those acts were horrific, and the perpetrators were terribly mishandled by their superiors, but to condemn the church worldwide because of the acts of some Cathlolics is to paint with a brush that is, oh, about 5 miles wide.
"Lobbying efforts to censor movies, television and radio." How is this violent?
"Gay bashing." Once again, actions of individuals, and usually neo-nazi skinheads.
"Telling Wiccans they can't wear their religious icons to school while Christians can. Blue Springs, Missouri spending government money to slander the Goth community." Haven't heard of that one. Care to provide some details?
"Because if lots of people identify as Christian, politicians lean toward supporting Christian legislation." Sorry, that's usually called the democratic process. They're entitled to their own opinions, even if they conflict with yours.
You are basing your opinions on stereotypes, not facts. Using your line of reasoning, one could conclude that "All animals have fur and eat fish" after watching a documentary on bears. In any group large enough, you will find a few nutbars, some flakes and possibly even a real lunatic or two, even in the church. It's a side effect of being human and that whole free will thing. To write off an entire organization, and all related organizations, because of it's bad seeds is intellectual laziness (see baby, bathwater)
Christianity at-large has continually applied violent action against non-Christians Wrong Historically speaking, the Christian church has endured far more persecution than it has handed out, all the way from the beheading of John the Baptist to the imprisonment of modern-day Chinese church leaders. How many people are sitting in jail right now simply because they are atheist or agnostic? Care to guess how many are just because they are Christian?
Historically speaking, Christians have been responsible for founding the majority of hospitals and schools in existence, many disaster and food relief agencies and many sustainable development programs. Head to the worst part any city, and odds are you'll find the Salvation Army there. For that matter - how many atheist or agnostic organizations have soup kitchens in the core of your city? Now compare that to the number of Christian ones. And let's not forget the Catholic church keeping reading, writing and science alive during that unfortunate period called the dark ages.
Love for everyone - including your enemies - is a central tenant of the Christian faith. Of course, there has been times where this has been either forgotten or skewed, and every one of these incidents are tragic and lamentable. At other times, certain individuals have attempted to use words like "God", "Christianity" or parts of the bible to justify their own horrific actions, but to smear the whole church because of those individuals is disingenuous and malicious. If you want to play those kind of character-assassination games, there isn't a single organization on earth that can stand up to that kind of scrutiny.
these are the vast bulk, the overwhelming majority of the population self-identified as Christian How would you know? I'm guessing that you don't run much in Christian circles. The ones I know do not support violence or oppression of any sort, and would consider it a personal insult to insinuate that they did. All of the examples that you listed are either ancient history or are the actions of particular individuals. Can you give one concrete example of how a mainstream Christian organization or denomination is perpetuating violence today? And how does identifying oneself as a Christian foster oppression today?
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This technology pertains more to chip manufacture than motherboard manufacture. The alignment difficulties alone will prevent this from being seen in the field. According to the research paper, the scientists first aligned the chips using a 10x stereo microscope, then used a Vernier measurement system to align them to within a few microns. There's no way that process will be seen outside of a lab or manufacturing plant.
What this will let chip makers do is to manufacture the cpu and cache on separate silicon wafers, then stack them together and package them as a unit. The researchers claim a speed of 21.6 Gigabits/second using a 4x4 matrix of transmitters. Perhaps we'll see processors being sold with X Gig of memory on-board, with X being the amount of memory that can be manufactured in the same space as the CPU. Perhaps additional processors could be stacked together as well. Imagine putting 4 CPU's and 4 Gig of memory into a spot on a motherboard that takes 1 CPU today. You will still need a printed circuit board to connect to the circuitry that handles the external devices, ports, slots, etc.
Beautiful post. Ought to be modded +10 Insightful.
Your problem is with the keyboard, not the PDA. PDA's are meant to be used with one hand holding the device and one hand doing the input. Yes, Graffiti takes some getting used to, but anyone capable of handwriting can do it. My nine-year-old son was able to form letters after I showed him how. Including a thumb keyboard wastes space that could be better used to display data and using an external keyboard incurs other problems that you are familiar with. If you used that device as it was designed, your experience may improve.
Just a thought - is there anyone on earth working through not-so-positive first contact scenarios? I know the US government sponsors groups that work out worst-case scenarios with regard to war and terrorism. Does NASA cover this kind of stuff? What would we do if we were confronted by a hostile race with technology vastly superior to ours? If we had to, are we even able to hit an object in orbit with a cluster of nukes? I don't think that it's remotely probable, just more interesting than work on a Friday afternoon.
Allowing your kids to play with (toy)guns is a good thing because:
...)
1. It provides an outlet for naturally-occurring aggression that is cheaper and safer than Ritalin
2. It stimulates fantasy and role-playing, and encourages the discernment between fantasy and reality (with parental influence, of course). The kids can see and feel for themselves that a plastic gun is 'fake'.
3. Keeping things away from your kids supposedly because they're dangerous when they're really not undermines your credibility as a parent. (Dad says that guns kill people, but Billy's sister is still walking around after Billy shot her. I guess Dad doesn't know what he's talking about. Oh look - a stove!)
4. They're going to when your back is turned anyway. You can be part of the process or not (no, don't swing it - look through the sights like this
I want my kids to know, understand and master the dangerous reality of our world, and that's why I teach them to play with and use guns, knives and matches.
Um - if I was on a ship, in the Antarctic, and another ship hit us, I'd be scared. ...
But maybe it's just me
To balance things out a little, RFID tags in vehicles could virtually wipe out vehicle theft and make investigating hit and runs nearly trivial. What privacy are you giving up? Where you drive? Unless you're piloting a stealth car, that's public info anyway. All someone has to do is to write down your license plate number, along with a time and place. Are the privacy advocates going to get worked up over that?
RFID has turned into one of those issues that produces a great amount of hand-wringing whenever it comes up, but nobody seems to consider the good it can do. Ever consider that they could be used to increase privacy? It's the implementation that counts, not the technology itself.
A Master's degree in computer science and he doesn't have a firewall in place?
Dear me, what are they teaching them in these schools?
Reading past the passage you mentioned would have cleared things up a little:
This passage, when considered alongside the many other verses that say salvation is achieved through faith and not deeds, tells us that 'good works' 'living the good life' (read James 2 1-12, previous to the verse you posted) is intertwined with faith (see verse 22 above).
If you're not installing a firewall and antivirus program immediately after the OS (and before connecting to the net), I dare you to post your IP and email addresses. Someone out there will illustrate the importance of those two little steps.
Oh dear. Criticism from an AC. You went to all the bother of looking up my posting history and everything. Looks like I got under someone's skin. Makes you wish for a -1 (Not Of The Slashdot Hive Mind), doesn't it?
1. Embarassed? Nah. Proud more like. You see, I've got the balls to put my name next to my words and stick by them. Unlike some other people I could mention.
2. Criticism I don't mind, but is it too much to ask for a little consistency? First of all, you call me a fundamentalist, roundly castigated here on Slashdot for forcing their moral code on other people, and then you call me amoral (not admitting of moral distinctions -look it up). Two mutally exclusive terms. Please pick one.
3. Is the irony of attacking someone's character, then accusing them of having a "persecution complex" lost on you?
4. I am very aware that my posts are preserved. In fact, I count on it.
The problem is the he has been discredited, and his works have been showed to be complete and utter fabrications (I refuse to use the word 'facts' in conjuction with him). The problem is that he still won't shut up. He continues to spread his brand of bullshit.
I think that he is a very intelligent person. He has proven his ability to mix half-truths together to create total lies that are emotionally very convincing. He is smart enough to exploit today's political climate (and make millions off it). And he knows very well that you won't go broke telling people what they want to hear.
What do you call a person who constantly and deliberately spreads deceit? You are right - 'mental case' is inaccurate. Propagandist perhaps. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a 'psychopath' is characterised by "aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse". Let's see:
aggressive - check. Look at how he goes after people he doesn't like.
criminal - his treatment of Charleton Heston in 'Bowling for Columbine' was definitely slander, so this is another check
amoral - check
without empathy or remorse - check
perverted - we'll give him the benefit of doubt on this one.
4 out of 5 isn't bad. Looks like 'psychopath' describes Micheal Moore much better then 'mental case'.
Considering that the 'global warming' theory has been dubunked, we'll have to wait for Hollywood to redeem itself some other time.
Usenet is a text-based medium; music is binary. To attempt to move music, or any binary data via Usenet would be a hack on top of a kludge. Usenet is 7-bit, music is 8, so it would have to go through some kind of awkward encoding/decoding process to even survive the delivery. Furthermore Usenet is notoriously unreliable, so get ready for lots of missing data. Usenet also blindly sends posts all over the world. This is fine for small text messages, but to send large binary files to a server where nobody may want them would be a huge waste of bandwidth.
There are far, far better ways to move music around. Streaming audio, P2P, even FTP would be far better choices. These guys must be mad to even consider this.
Why does this person feel like The Passion needs some kind of antidote? Why should this movie need "counter-programming"? What's wrong with having a millions of people very interested in a film which, like it or not, has serious artistic merit? Even if it didn't have artistic merit, why should a popular movie need an alternative?
Quite obviously, despite protestations to the contrary of aethiests, agnostics and liberals, thier desires to push thier own beliefs on the world are just as strong as the Christians they're constantly accusing.
This product is outclassed before it even comes out. The same $399 (US) will buy you a PDA with double the resolution - either the Sony TH55 or a Palm Tungsten T3. Both have wireless networking built-in (Bluetooth for the Palm, Wi-Fi for the Sony).
Sony: TH55
Palm: Tungsten T3
So, if you're a dyed-in-the-wool, dreams-of-penguins fanatic who simply must have Linux in everything, go ahead. People who are looking for greatest bang for their buck will buy elsewhere.
At least it's not Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
It was never my intent to disparage you, or anyone else in your position. Finite element analysis on jet engines is definitely cool enough to earn my admiration and respect.
My point is that the reason that female jet engine engineers are 'one in twenty' is that in general, most women aren't interested doing that kind of work. I did not mean to question their ability. You, obviously, are an exception to the trend, and are living proof that it's not a question of ability. It's a question of inclination.
Specs please. What does it do. What doesn't it do. How much does it cost. Thank you.
Ahhh, but that's the point. The perception is that women find tech specs cold, stark and heartless. Tech specs are "male", happy people and warm fuzzies are "female". I was going to say that it's all bullshit, but there is quite a bit of evidence to the contrary. Just look at how cosmetics and shampoo are marketed. Also look at how many women there are in "hardcore" tech positions - meaning network and system admins, programmers, etc. I've seen women start those positions, and I've seen them leave. How many programs and incentives have been instituted over the last twenty years to encourage more women to get into science and technology? When do they begin to work?
I guess that's a roundabout way of saying that (generally) men and women think and process information differently, and that's OK. Each has strengths and weaknesses, perfectly set up for a kind of symbiotic interdependance. But you are right - a female printer is kind of ridiculous.
Welcome to Slashdot. Mod points are like a high school election - nothing more than a popularity contest, and about as important. They certainly don't have anything to do with the quality of thought in a post - yours being a prime example.
But, it it's mod points you want, mod points you shall have. The next time I am so blessed, you shall be passed a couple.
I know someone who used to take care of kids in the 6 months - 10 years age group, and one thing that she always commented on was that the kids that were placed in 'French immersion' schools were quite far behind in English grammer, vocabulary and sentence structure than their counterparts. It seemed like their English suffered because they were trying to learn two languages at once.
Personally, I think the best thing is to find out what the kid's strengths are, whether it be language, science, math, music or trades, and encourage them to go in that direction.
I don't think this, or anything else, will lead to actual Mechwarrior-type vehicles. Biped robots make for great movies, video games and comic books, but the design is inherently flawed and inefficient. The facts that it took this long to produce a working prototype proves that it's a very tricky thing to do. In comparisin, wheeled vehicles are much easier to design and produce. This means that for every Mechwarrior on the battle field, you could probably have a hundred tanks. Also - a biped robot would have mobility and stability problems. They would be top-heavy, and be prone to tripping (either accidentally or through enemy efforts), and once they fell over, they would be sitting ducks.
I agree with you about the basketball thing through. Kind of like the basketball game in 'Flubber'!
1. The constant martyrdom of Christians has been documented, consistently, throughout the ages. Factual, historical, record. You could check the facts yourself, if you were interested.
... absolutely amazing.
(We could go back and forth like this all day. I think the point to be learned is that the church is not one monolithic entity, but comprised of many parts, and many different people. While in some areas of the world, at times, a church was powerful, other churches were being extinguished at the same time.)
2. So caring for the hungry, sick and dying counts for nothing? The renaissance was a malicious act? And you say the church is the one who is doing the brainwashing? That is, well,
3. You don't seem able to separate the actions of individuals from the intent of an organization. You are very correct in saying that some people in the church have done some very evil things, but you are very mistaken in claiming that the church itself is responsible for those things.
"Child molestation by priests. Covering up those molestations by Bishops and Cardinals"
Actions of certain individuals. Those actions were never condoned by the church at large. Not that I'm trying to minimize or dismiss what happened. Those acts were horrific, and the perpetrators were terribly mishandled by their superiors, but to condemn the church worldwide because of the acts of some Cathlolics is to paint with a brush that is, oh, about 5 miles wide.
"Lobbying efforts to censor movies, television and radio."
How is this violent?
"Gay bashing."
Once again, actions of individuals, and usually neo-nazi skinheads.
"Telling Wiccans they can't wear their religious icons to school while Christians can. Blue Springs, Missouri spending government money to slander the Goth community."
Haven't heard of that one. Care to provide some details?
"Because if lots of people identify as Christian, politicians lean toward supporting Christian legislation."
Sorry, that's usually called the democratic process. They're entitled to their own opinions, even if they conflict with yours.
You are basing your opinions on stereotypes, not facts. Using your line of reasoning, one could conclude that "All animals have fur and eat fish" after watching a documentary on bears. In any group large enough, you will find a few nutbars, some flakes and possibly even a real lunatic or two, even in the church. It's a side effect of being human and that whole free will thing. To write off an entire organization, and all related organizations, because of it's bad seeds is intellectual laziness (see baby, bathwater)
Christianity at-large has continually applied violent action against non-Christians
Wrong
Historically speaking, the Christian church has endured far more persecution than it has handed out, all the way from the beheading of John the Baptist to the imprisonment of modern-day Chinese church leaders. How many people are sitting in jail right now simply because they are atheist or agnostic? Care to guess how many are just because they are Christian?
Historically speaking, Christians have been responsible for founding the majority of hospitals and schools in existence, many disaster and food relief agencies and many sustainable development programs. Head to the worst part any city, and odds are you'll find the Salvation Army there. For that matter - how many atheist or agnostic organizations have soup kitchens in the core of your city? Now compare that to the number of Christian ones. And let's not forget the Catholic church keeping reading, writing and science alive during that unfortunate period called the dark ages.
Love for everyone - including your enemies - is a central tenant of the Christian faith. Of course, there has been times where this has been either forgotten or skewed, and every one of these incidents are tragic and lamentable. At other times, certain individuals have attempted to use words like "God", "Christianity" or parts of the bible to justify their own horrific actions, but to smear the whole church because of those individuals is disingenuous and malicious. If you want to play those kind of character-assassination games, there isn't a single organization on earth that can stand up to that kind of scrutiny.
these are the vast bulk, the overwhelming majority of the population self-identified as Christian
How would you know? I'm guessing that you don't run much in Christian circles. The ones I know do not support violence or oppression of any sort, and would consider it a personal insult to insinuate that they did. All of the examples that you listed are either ancient history or are the actions of particular individuals. Can you give one concrete example of how a mainstream Christian organization or denomination is perpetuating violence today? And how does identifying oneself as a Christian foster oppression today?
"pour massive resources into propaganda against those who have other beliefs?"
see: public school system
see: universities
see: mass media
see: Slashdot