Yes, it IS an insane invasion of privacy. But, on the other hand...
Why doesn't the federal government help CA out, we 'were' a major source of taxes, all we need is a break. Sigh...
You're also (and have been) quite a sinkhole too. The only thing that's kept you afloat so long is your insane amount of Congressmen (and thus, Electoral College votes).
Actually, current harassment laws could deal with Spammers effictively. A "No Spam" list would more likely than not create an ineffective set of beauracratic rules that the states would have to spend millions of dollars protecting, because Spam companies would sue under the grounds that their right to free enterprise was being harmed.
That said, there are ways to get around spam. You can have an email that you give out to organizations you know you'll get spam from, and another that you've spider-proofed on your webpage. I began doing this last summer, and I've only recieved two pieces of spam mail in over six months. Also, once you click on the "opt-out" button, keep a copy, if the same company sends mail to you again, you can get them under current laws.
Mostly, I'm unsure about Unix-based systems after my experience with using Red Hat. I was raised on DOS and Macs so it was definitely a different experience. Mostly it was the device management, internet protocol, and the terminal that confused me. And, when I went looking for help many Linux users were outright rude about it.
Why play windows games, when you can play VR games?:P
Actually, they do flavor MANY medicines. Walk into your local peditrcian's office and you'll find ads for strawberry-flavored anitbiotics, etc. The medicines taste like they do because they are MEDICINE.
It's up to the parents to keep the kids out of the cabinent, which all competent parents since the introduction of Flintstones Vitimans have done.
Honestly, this law will never be used against the "normal" citizen. However, what should worry you is this, the law can be used to imprison or harm people who the gov't (or a malicious DA) wants out of the way.
Let's say you have a paranoid administration like the Nixon one, or a socio-fascist one like FDR's that wants an easy way to get rid of dissidents. What's a good way? Find out that they used Kazaa a few times, and imprison them for a few years.
This law is another example of government intrusion into your everyday life through regulation and taxes.
And, if that's not enough, Deep Blue had an inventory of every single one of Kasparov's games on hand, and Kasparov didn't have a single Deep Blue game to look at- since none had been played.
In professional chess the vast majority of the best players have these frightening memories that can recall entire games. This is one of their tool to beat the opponent, knowing many of his games. Deep Blue had the obvious information advantage.
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No, it's not unpatriotic to skip on the Super Bowl, but it should be if you don't grasp hyperbole.
Man made the CD player, looked at it and said "It is good."
And millions were freed from having to wait for the radio to play the song they wanted, and the fuzzy sounds of tapes all at the same time.
Yet, the same people who can't keep their headphones off were the same who complained about the corruption of radio.
WOXY is a good FM station that plays independent music in the Oxford, OH area. And they webcast. If only every area had a station something like it (because, I'll admit, I'd STILL rather use the CD player).
After Christianity has stomped on nearly every single tradition it's ever come across, and assimilated the rest, I find ithard to believe we're supposed to feel sorry about it. Payback's a bitch, and karma is real.
Two wrongs...
Note: The Salem Witch Trials happened in AMERICA, and I can speak from personal experience when I say that Christianity is NOT in a position EVEN NOW to be demanding respect in return for their actions. It would be like complaining that the Apaches came out of the hills and started taking land from the rest of the country and relocating the existing occupants.
Since the Salem Witch trials were about local feuding abusing Ecclesiastical law, they have little to do with Christianity, and everything to do with spite and greed.
Actually, if the Apaches did that, people WOULD be in a position to complain, whether you or I agree or not. I personally think we owe the tribes ndependent nations for their prior strife.
Basic problem is that Christianity is a scapegoat religion. If you are a Christian, you can do whatever you want to whomever you want, so long as you beg forgiveness from the almighty. If you don't beg forgiveness, you won't see punishment until the afterlife.
Excuse my French, but that's grade-A bullshit. You cannot(!) do "whatever you want" as a Christian. If you consciously act against the Law of Love with just asking for forgiveness in mind, you have committed a sin deeper than your act. You have tried to manipulate and cheapen God's Mercy. Not that Christians cannot sin (in fact, it is very very hard to sin no more!), but they most certainly should not with forgiveness in mind. This kind of thinking among "Christians" is a side effect of institutionalized, forced Christianity.
This is a problem, for sure. However, it wasn't until recently that it was possible to go to school without saying the Lord's prayer in any case. Furthermore, all kids are required (I went through this in school, and it *is* a requirement) to say the Pledge of Defeatism, er, Allegiance, and to give your soul to the state, and since this is "one nation under god", that's religion in school. So take care of yourself, live up to the standards you're having trouble with, and THEN FIGHT BACK. I.e. make sure Christianity isn't in schools anymore, and then complain about the other religions being there.
The pledge should not be a requirement. I'm against it on the grounds that it's forcing children to make an oath that they cannot even comprehend, and I don't see the point. I'd rather children sing the national anthem or something in the mornings instead.
I'm a free man, so please don't tell me what to think. I know what I'm thinking.
I meant to have a maybe in there, I apoligize.
I've been mistreated (and in many cases downright persecuted) since the age of 12 for not being a Christian (that being the age I left the church, and it was a so-called liberal church). This has come from all corners, and I can honestly say that the only Christians who have NOT mistreated me have been so few that I can count them with my pants down, my shoes on, and my hands in my pockets. (yeah, just one) He was just as sickened with organized religion as I was.
That's sad. I was an atheist for some time, and leaving the organized religion at 15 (for what I hope is only a vacation until I'm ready to find a church that I can worship in) it was the best thing that happened to me. I didn't get any grief for leaving, and I'm sorry you did.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not down about it, and I'm certainly not trying to whine about "Gee, my life has sucked so bad because of Christians" because it HAS NOT. I fought back whenever it was necessary, and generally did what was needed. I'm a FREE MAN, and most of these Christians who have behaved towards me in a non-free fashion are NOT free because they're enthralled by their scapegoat religion.
Christians should be the most free people on Earth. The worst are those who submit their wills to temporal authorties like pastors, parents, or the Southern Baptist Convention. Christianity is about freedom in God's will ("It is for Freedom that Christ Jesus set you Free").
That said, I hope you will learn that there are more Christians out there like your friend. Like Kierkegaard said, there are very few Christians in all of Christendom. And, there are no perfect ones, because it's impossible to do so.
Now, I realize I'm generalizing. I'm generalizing based on experience, and it usually proves accurate, HOWEVER I know that actual mileage will vary, and this doesn't necessarily reflect the actual behavior of all Christians.
I appreciate this, especially with the trolling comment I got under one reply in this thread.
I'm glad you mentioned this, because my #1 problem with Christmas (because the pure hypocrisy involved in having a one special day where we're good to people and then act shitty to each other year round) is the fact that so many people don't agree what it's about. This is besides the typical "It's not about receiving, it's about giving" argument. This is stuff like the signs that say "Happy Birthday Jesus!" followed by someone (wearing a cross dangling form their ear) saying "You should celebrate Christmas even if you think Christ was a prick because everybody's doing it" followed by "Just because everybody's doing it doesn't mean you should shoot heroin".
Forcing people to celebrate Christmas is a great hipocrisy, made worse because it turns people away. Besides, it earns them no points to force people into something they do not believe for the sake of "culture".
No. I support the government not being involved in religion AT ALL. Period. Things like the Hanukkah and Ramadan celebrations in NYC are bad enough, but even worse since they leave out other traditions. And, had it been Hanukkah, not Christmas that had been left out there would be near-riots.
Well, the Hindus are in problems not related to missionary work (there's been quite a bit written on this, defections from the upper castes and such), and we all know that many Muslims are radicalized to where they see threats everywhere (so are many Christians). I'm just painting a legitimate concern, becuase Christians (for fear of offending others) are letting their traditions be run roughshod.
I have to say seeing a menorah in a shop window has never bothered me. But people are afraid a creche will.
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Yes, it IS an insane invasion of privacy. But, on the other hand...
Why doesn't the federal government help CA out, we 'were' a major source of taxes, all we need is a break. Sigh...
You're also (and have been) quite a sinkhole too. The only thing that's kept you afloat so long is your insane amount of Congressmen (and thus, Electoral College votes).
Actually, current harassment laws could deal with Spammers effictively. A "No Spam" list would more likely than not create an ineffective set of beauracratic rules that the states would have to spend millions of dollars protecting, because Spam companies would sue under the grounds that their right to free enterprise was being harmed.
That said, there are ways to get around spam. You can have an email that you give out to organizations you know you'll get spam from, and another that you've spider-proofed on your webpage. I began doing this last summer, and I've only recieved two pieces of spam mail in over six months. Also, once you click on the "opt-out" button, keep a copy, if the same company sends mail to you again, you can get them under current laws.
Thanks for the answers!
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Mostly, I'm unsure about Unix-based systems after my experience with using Red Hat. I was raised on DOS and Macs so it was definitely a different experience. Mostly it was the device management, internet protocol, and the terminal that confused me. And, when I went looking for help many Linux users were outright rude about it.
Why play windows games, when you can play VR games?
Because I'm lazy!
Is Solaris a graphical OS?
:P
Is it easier to use than Linux?
And, most importantly, is there any way I could run Windows games on it?
Actually, they do flavor MANY medicines. Walk into your local peditrcian's office and you'll find ads for strawberry-flavored anitbiotics, etc. The medicines taste like they do because they are MEDICINE.
It's up to the parents to keep the kids out of the cabinent, which all competent parents since the introduction of Flintstones Vitimans have done.
That's what you get for using your blowup doll as a catfood dish on the side.
Hopefully they'll be able to use these compounds in medicines and other neccesary, but distasteful products...
Or they'll release it in paste form and it'll become a sex toy. Ah, America!
With this, you can take your shit and eat it too!
Harder than it is to say you do something that almost everyone does.
Also, this is risk-free. Planting a stash is sometimes proved to be a framing and thus increases the reliability of the targeted individual.
Honestly, this law will never be used against the "normal" citizen. However, what should worry you is this, the law can be used to imprison or harm people who the gov't (or a malicious DA) wants out of the way.
Let's say you have a paranoid administration like the Nixon one, or a socio-fascist one like FDR's that wants an easy way to get rid of dissidents. What's a good way? Find out that they used Kazaa a few times, and imprison them for a few years.
This law is another example of government intrusion into your everyday life through regulation and taxes.
"Bring back the Articles of Confederation!"
Just what I needed! Another way to put more money in my Penny Arcade-inspired "Harry Knowles is a stupid fucker" jar!
I'm on my way to early retirement with these kind of savings.
Convince the machines that WinME is the greatest operating system of all time, then watch them randomly crash in a way that can only be suicidal.
Really though, I think inventing a suicidal OS was quite an accomplishment. Too bad I have to use it.
And, if that's not enough, Deep Blue had an inventory of every single one of Kasparov's games on hand, and Kasparov didn't have a single Deep Blue game to look at- since none had been played.
In professional chess the vast majority of the best players have these frightening memories that can recall entire games. This is one of their tool to beat the opponent, knowing many of his games. Deep Blue had the obvious information advantage.
No, it's not unpatriotic to skip on the Super Bowl, but it should be if you don't grasp hyperbole.
Get a life.
Man made the CD player, looked at it and said "It is good."
And millions were freed from having to wait for the radio to play the song they wanted, and the fuzzy sounds of tapes all at the same time.
Yet, the same people who can't keep their headphones off were the same who complained about the corruption of radio.
WOXY is a good FM station that plays independent music in the Oxford, OH area. And they webcast. If only every area had a station something like it (because, I'll admit, I'd STILL rather use the CD player).
Why don't you just ask her for a clone so you can have a fuckbuddy to share the comforts of your apartment (or mother's basement) with?
I know that, but the way this person's comment was worded, I thought he was talking about Beowulf itself.
This, of course, is why online versions of Beowulf are old translations (well, the legal ones...).
The epic will then be translated into Old Engrish in anticipation of the anime version.
"Nothing can claim kinship rights to change for man of thought right!"
I look forward to it as well, I love Beowulf, and hopefully this translation will best the one I read in English, and the Heaney.
'Death is better for every man than life with shame.'
-Beowulf
No, because Beowulf is way outside the 100 year statue of limitations on book copywrights.
Christendom ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krsn-dm)
n.
Christians considered as a group.
The Christian world.
You stupid, illiterate troll.
After Christianity has stomped on nearly every single tradition it's ever come across, and assimilated the rest, I find ithard to believe we're supposed to feel sorry about it. Payback's a bitch, and karma is real.
Two wrongs...
Note: The Salem Witch Trials happened in AMERICA, and I can speak from personal experience when I say that Christianity is NOT in a position EVEN NOW to be demanding respect in return for their actions. It would be like complaining that the Apaches came out of the hills and started taking land from the rest of the country and relocating the existing occupants.
Since the Salem Witch trials were about local feuding abusing Ecclesiastical law, they have little to do with Christianity, and everything to do with spite and greed.
Actually, if the Apaches did that, people WOULD be in a position to complain, whether you or I agree or not. I personally think we owe the tribes ndependent nations for their prior strife.
Basic problem is that Christianity is a scapegoat religion. If you are a Christian, you can do whatever you want to whomever you want, so long as you beg forgiveness from the almighty. If you don't beg forgiveness, you won't see punishment until the afterlife.
Excuse my French, but that's grade-A bullshit. You cannot(!) do "whatever you want" as a Christian. If you consciously act against the Law of Love with just asking for forgiveness in mind, you have committed a sin deeper than your act. You have tried to manipulate and cheapen God's Mercy. Not that Christians cannot sin (in fact, it is very very hard to sin no more!), but they most certainly should not with forgiveness in mind. This kind of thinking among "Christians" is a side effect of institutionalized, forced Christianity.
This is a problem, for sure. However, it wasn't until recently that it was possible to go to school without saying the Lord's prayer in any case. Furthermore, all kids are required (I went through this in school, and it *is* a requirement) to say the Pledge of Defeatism, er, Allegiance, and to give your soul to the state, and since this is "one nation under god", that's religion in school. So take care of yourself, live up to the standards you're having trouble with, and THEN FIGHT BACK. I.e. make sure Christianity isn't in schools anymore, and then complain about the other religions being there.
The pledge should not be a requirement. I'm against it on the grounds that it's forcing children to make an oath that they cannot even comprehend, and I don't see the point. I'd rather children sing the national anthem or something in the mornings instead.
I'm a free man, so please don't tell me what to think. I know what I'm thinking.
I meant to have a maybe in there, I apoligize.
I've been mistreated (and in many cases downright persecuted) since the age of 12 for not being a Christian (that being the age I left the church, and it was a so-called liberal church). This has come from all corners, and I can honestly say that the only Christians who have NOT mistreated me have been so few that I can count them with my pants down, my shoes on, and my hands in my pockets. (yeah, just one) He was just as sickened with organized religion as I was.
That's sad. I was an atheist for some time, and leaving the organized religion at 15 (for what I hope is only a vacation until I'm ready to find a church that I can worship in) it was the best thing that happened to me. I didn't get any grief for leaving, and I'm sorry you did.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not down about it, and I'm certainly not trying to whine about "Gee, my life has sucked so bad because of Christians" because it HAS NOT. I fought back whenever it was necessary, and generally did what was needed. I'm a FREE MAN, and most of these Christians who have behaved towards me in a non-free fashion are NOT free because they're enthralled by their scapegoat religion.
Christians should be the most free people on Earth. The worst are those who submit their wills to temporal authorties like pastors, parents, or the Southern Baptist Convention. Christianity is about freedom in God's will ("It is for Freedom that Christ Jesus set you Free").
That said, I hope you will learn that there are more Christians out there like your friend. Like Kierkegaard said, there are very few Christians in all of Christendom. And, there are no perfect ones, because it's impossible to do so.
Now, I realize I'm generalizing. I'm generalizing based on experience, and it usually proves accurate, HOWEVER I know that actual mileage will vary, and this doesn't necessarily reflect the actual behavior of all Christians.
I appreciate this, especially with the trolling comment I got under one reply in this thread.
I'm glad you mentioned this, because my #1 problem with Christmas (because the pure hypocrisy involved in having a one special day where we're good to people and then act shitty to each other year round) is the fact that so many people don't agree what it's about. This is besides the typical "It's not about receiving, it's about giving" argument. This is stuff like the signs that say "Happy Birthday Jesus!" followed by someone (wearing a cross dangling form their ear) saying "You should celebrate Christmas even if you think Christ was a prick because everybody's doing it" followed by "Just because everybody's doing it doesn't mean you should shoot heroin".
Forcing people to celebrate Christmas is a great hipocrisy, made worse because it turns people away. Besides, it earns them no points to force people into something they do not believe for the sake of "culture".
Thanks for the interesting conversation,
Kyle
No. I support the government not being involved in religion AT ALL. Period. Things like the Hanukkah and Ramadan celebrations in NYC are bad enough, but even worse since they leave out other traditions. And, had it been Hanukkah, not Christmas that had been left out there would be near-riots.
Well, the Hindus are in problems not related to missionary work (there's been quite a bit written on this, defections from the upper castes and such), and we all know that many Muslims are radicalized to where they see threats everywhere (so are many Christians). I'm just painting a legitimate concern, becuase Christians (for fear of offending others) are letting their traditions be run roughshod.
I have to say seeing a menorah in a shop window has never bothered me. But people are afraid a creche will.