The Sydney Morning Herald is a little light on details. Gan Huai Shi's community service will be performed among the Malay-Muslims, the community he once expressed his racist sentiments. The Straits Times wrote: "His 180 hours of community work should also take place at Malay welfare organisations such as the Jamiyah Home for the Aged, Pertapis Children's Home and Muhammadiyah Health and Day Care Centre for the Aged."
There is also a story behind his anti-Malay/Muslim remarks.
"Mr Pereira told the court the youth's animosity towards Malays stemmed from the traumatic death of his baby brother 10 years ago.
Gan, then seven, was with his mother trying to get a cab to rush his one-month-old brother to hospital. They failed to persuade a Malay couple to give up a taxi which had stopped for them. It took another 20 minutes before they flagged down another taxi. The baby was pronounced dead on arrival."
The phone ships with Media Player 9 as default which sucks. You have to navigate to Media Player to change a song, and if someone rings you have to unplug the headphones.
Well, I am using the O2 XDA II PDA phone, which is running Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition. I certainly do not need to unplug my headphones while hearing music in order to answer a call.
One thing I like about Windows Mobile over stand-alone music players, i.e. iPod, is the wide availability of third-party software. If you do not like the bundled software, you are free to use another one. Currently, I'm using PocketMusic as my music player.
Google for Gospel of Mary [google.com]. I've never read it myself, but the documentary I mention listed it as one of the ones that were left out of the KJ NT canon, like many others. "Canon" is the collective name for biblical texts, yes?
I googled for this book and it seems to be a part of the early writings that belong to Gnosticism, which appears during the early Christian centuries. That was probably before the Roman Emperor Constantine became a "Christian." For reference, Constantine assembled the historic Christian council of Nicea in 325 AD. After Constantine, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire. The beliefs and doctrines of Gnosticism and Christianity are entirely different. Therefore, do not confuse Gnosticism with Christianity.
Furthermore, the oldest known translation of the Christian Bible, the Latin Vulgate by Jerome, does not contain any Gnostic writings, much less the "book of Mary." However, the Latin Vulgate contains the Old Testament Apocrypha, which the Protestants do not place any doctrinal credibility in them.
"Canon" is the collective name for biblical texts, yes?
Yup.
There are multiple versions, many forgotten by history. We only know of the ones that stuck around. Even as early as the 5th century there were doubts as to the accuracy of the existing versions. We're about 1500 years down the line. I'm not expert on this subject, just a little interested in it, but I'd hasten a guess that what original documents we have; they aren't all that original.
You are right in a sense that we do not have the original documents, the ones that the Old and New Testament writers penned, in our possessions. What we do have are the copies (e.g. Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Vaticanus etc). From these copies, which may contain typos or a missing verse etc, the translators would try to determine the original texts.
Point to note, the New Testament was fixed by the Council of Carthage in 397 AD (reference: A Lion Handbook: the History of Christianity). And as far as I know, the Latin Vulgate was the only official translation for the Roman Catholic Church before the Reformation.
Prior to the translation from Latin (King James version), only the elite could read the scriptures.
Your facts are wrong. The King James Version was translated from the original Hebrew and Greek texts, not the Latin text. The Old Testament is based on the Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and the New Testament is based on the Textus Receptus (Greek).
They left out entire sections that they disagreed with, e.g. the book of Mary.
I do not know how come you are modded insightful when your historical facts are absolutely wrong. I have never heard of the "book of Mary", and I'm pretty sure that this fictitious book was never part of the Biblical canon.
Each translation was an attempt to make a bible for the local population, written with the current environment in mind... It scares me that most religious people aren't open to the fact there are several hundred different versions of the bible.
Your statement is misleading. By using the word "version", you might be implying that the original Hebrew/Greek Bible went through many editions. The word "translation" is more accurate. There are basically 3 types of translation methods:
formal equivalence, which try to stick as closely as possible to the original wording and word-order of the Hebrew and Greek texts.
dynamic equivalence, which remain close to the ideas expressed but not always following the exact wording or word-order of the Hebrew or Greek originals.
paraphrases, which liberally interpret the text in order to make it understandable to a specific audience, like children or teenagers.
Have you ever considered Macromedia Fireworks (cost: US$299)? There is a significant price difference as compared to Adobe Photoshop (cost: US$649.00).
IMHO, I do not consider Macromedia Fireworks inferior to Adobe Photoshop, as it has the necessary features I require from a graphics editing program. And also, I feel that it is much easier for lay people to learn.
I have just moved into my house a couple of months ago. Though it's supposed to be a 3-storey house, there are "technically" 4 levels in the house as each bedroom has its own landing area. So I am speaking with some experiences here.
Prior to the renovation works, I have designed a network infrastructure where my study/guest room has been designated the "server room". During my home renovation, I've requested my electrician, in addition to his other tasks, to lay Cat5e cabling from the guest room to each bedroom.
My advice is, get an experienced electrician to lay the ethernet cables and install the wall mounted patch panels for you. It'll be cheaper (as well as more secure and reliable) in the long run. The solution is neater, and isolating network problems is much easier. The total solution, which comprises of the structured cabling and an all-in-one switch/router/firewall should not exceed your budget of $7000.
Investing your money in wireless equipments at this point does not make economical sense to me as the technology gets old pretty fast. Your users would soon be demanding faster connections once your equipments becomes obsolete.
I have not regretted making this decision ever since, especially during moments when I am doing some critical tasks which require 100% uninterrupted LAN access.
And the one thing which separates Bollywood movies from Hollywood movies is....
THAT GODDAMN TREE!
Y'know, the flirting dance scene where the hero and heroine would play hide and seek behind trees/light poles/bushes, which consists of poking one's head from side to side and lip-synching to a song which has lots of reverbs and echos. The couple would suddenly be teleported to a completely different location where 100 people would join them in synchronized dancing movements.
Introducing Things You Would Never Know Without Watching Bollywood Movies
A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to cleanse his wounds.
If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
The hero cannot fall in love with the heroine (vice versa) unless they first perform a dance number in the rain.
Once applied, make-up is permanent, in rain or in any other situation.
Village girls who live among cows and sheep have perfect skin and teeth.
A large group of goondoos can be shooting at the hero, but he will never be hit, unless of course he is attempting to save the heroine.
A large group of goondoos can be shooting at the hero with machine guns, yet they will always miss. Every shot the hero takes from his small revolver will knock down at least ten opponents in a line.
If you decide to start dancing in a field, everyone you bump into will know all the steps, and will be wearing coordinated outfits.
It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts-your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
A heroine will have time to change outfits several times in one song, however short.
In the final scene, the hero will discover that the bad guy who he is up against is actually his brother and the maid who looked after him is his mother and the chief inspector is his father and the Judge is his uncle and so forth.
2 people can be dancing in the desert and out of nowhere, 100 people will appear from god-knows-where and joins them in the dance.
I do not agree with the definition that war crimes are "committed in the prosecution of the war itself".
Take for example, Emperor Hirohito, who is technically considered a war criminal though he was not tried for his war crimes. I would placed Bush's actions in the similar vein as the former Emperor of Japan.
George W. Bush has advocated an unjust war where he knew many innocents would die because of his selfish actions, just like Emperor Hirohito who tried to conquer Asia. Both leaders use wars as a pretext in order to steal the conquered countries' natural resources.
During the Qing Dynasty, China was overrun by foreigners occupying Chinese lands and the opium trade. The Chinese emperor himself wasn't doing a very good job of governing the country. What do you think the Chinese would say if Japan tried to use war as an excuse to liberate China from the foreigners and the Qing emperor?
Hopefully with the arrest of Saddam, the issue of WMD will come up. Saddam will give evidence that there are no weapons of mass destruction, thus causing George W. Bush to be tried as a war criminal by the international community.
You obviously have not thought it through too, otherwise you wouldn't be posting as an Anonymous Coward. Another DICK-headed American, I suppose? Imagine this simple scenario...
Person A is in China.
Person B is in Russia.
Person A is downloading music from Person B and vice versa.
Conclusion: It is none of USA's f**king business.
If Person A is in China's Army headquarters downloading music and U.S tries to attack that computer which Person A is using, the U.S action constitutes an attack on China's (a sovereign country) military defense. Your laws only apply within the boundaries of your country. Attacking another country's military computers is WAR.
The senator must be one of those DICK-headed Americans who shoots off their mouths without thinking.
I mean... just imagine this scenario: a government employee in China (maybe Russia/France or whatever country) is downloading bootlegged music off the Internet. Granted that the guy might be violating U.S copyright law (though technically he is not, because he is not in U.S), but that doesn't give the U.S government the right to sabotage other countries' computers (especially government computers).
So do yourselves a favor and kick this joker out before he causes an international incident which might spark off another war.
... and right now, this Saturday night, I know that there are many of you waiting to receive Lord Bill Gates as your personal Savior; many who are hungry and thirsty for the blessings that I am about to bestow upon you... I would like you to stand up, raise your right hand, and repeat this prayer after me....
Our father, who art in Redmond
Microsoft be thy name
Thy monopoly come, thy will be done
throughout the earth as it is in the US.
Give us this day, our daily license activation key
And forgive us our bug reports
as we forgive our system crashes
And lead us not into competition
But deliver us from innovation
For thine is the Control, and the Power and the Greed Forever. Amen.
Mmmmmm..... ohhhhhh yeaaa.... DEVELOPERS! (people echo) DEVELOPERS!! (people echo louder) DEVELOPERSSSS!!! (sound of hands clapping) Let the Spirit of Micro$oft fall upon us, O Gatessss.... COME all ye developers, shout unto Lord Bill Gates with a voice of TRIUMPHHHHHH....
(Cue music)
When the Spirit of Micro$oft
Comes upon my heart
I will dance like Ballmer danced.
(2x)
Chorus: I will dance, I will dance,
I will dance like Ballmer danced
(2x)
IBM: What does YOUR code looks like? SCO: What? IBM, pointing his gun: Say "what" again. SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! I dare you, I double dare you, motherf***er! Say "what" one more goddamn time! SCO: You s-s-stoleee my source code... IBM: Go on. SCO: I w-w-want YOUR m-m-money... IBM: Do I look like a bitch? SCO: What? [IBM shoots SCO in the shoulder] IBM: DO I LOOK LIKE A BItCH!? SCO: NO! IBM: Then why you trying to f*** ME like a bitch, SCO? SCO: I didn't! IBM: Yes you did. Yes you did, SCO. You tried to f*** ME. And I don't like to be f***ed by anybody, except by Micro$oft.
Xbox Features Active Death Technology http://www.bbspot.com/News/2001/06/xbox.html
Redmond, WA - In a bid to out-do competing force-feedback technologies such as Sony's vibrating PlayStation controllers, Microsoft today announced all controllers for the Xbox console will feature the newly-developed "ActiveDeath" technology. "ActiveDeath" actually kills the player when their on-screen character dies through a lethal injection carefully hidden inside the large green circle on the controller surface.
"There's been a lot of investigation on how to involve the player in the game on a physical level," said Microsoft Research Director Greg Thorton, "We've seen vibrating controllers, controllers that administer a small electric shock, and so on. We thought, 'why not take this to the next level and go all the way?'"
Zachary Chan, a college student and avid gamer, was excited by the news. "This is gonna be awesome," he wrote in an e-mail interview. "I know that me and my friends are all going to be getting one. Game over, man! Game over!"
Many question how Microsoft can profit from a product that kills its users, but through a unique licensing scheme Microsoft receives the entirety of the player's estate upon death. "We may not get much repeat business," said Mr. Thorton, "but we'll make up for it in loot we're bequeathed."
The technology seemed to be a hit at this year's E3 as well. Industry executives lined up for a chance to try Unreal: Championship with the ActiveDeath system enabled.
"It adds a huge dimension of emotional urgency to the game that wasn't there before," said one pale-faced programmer, before he keeled over and died.
Actually the book "The Lost World", which was written by Michael Crichton who wrote "Jurassic Park", shows an opposite behavior of the T-Rex.
The following lines from the book says:
Sarah Harding said, "Why did Dodgson just stand there like that? That's not the way to act around predators. You get caught around lions, you make a lot of noise, wave your hands, throw things at them. Try to scare them off. You don't just stand there."
.....
"Roxton," Levine said, "believed that tyrannosaurs had a visual system like an amphibian: like a frog. A frog sees motion but doesn't see stillness. But it is quite impossible that a predator such as a tyrannosaur would have a visual system that worked that way. Quite impossible. Because the most common defense of prey animals is to freeze. A deer or something like that, it senses danger, and it freezes. A predator has to be able to see them anyway. And of course a tyrannosaur could."
It comes pre-installed on Windows, Mac OS X, and probably some Linux distros - so not everyone who has it downloaded it.
Not exactly. For example, a Flash 6 file requires Macromedia Flash 6 Player to work. I believe most OSes currently come with Flash 5 Player. In order to run the latest Flash files, the users have to go to the Macromedia website to download the latest Flash player.
What about Macromedia Flash Player? As it runs on most web browsers, I believe that the number of downloads would be quite substantial, rivalling Kazaa. Consider the number of Flash-enabled sites out there.
How about free web browsers? MSIE? Mozilla? Opera? Programs installed via Windows Update? Quicktime Player?
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The Sydney Morning Herald is a little light on details. Gan Huai Shi's community service will be performed among the Malay-Muslims, the community he once expressed his racist sentiments. The Straits Times wrote: "His 180 hours of community work should also take place at Malay welfare organisations such as the Jamiyah Home for the Aged, Pertapis Children's Home and Muhammadiyah Health and Day Care Centre for the Aged."
There is also a story behind his anti-Malay/Muslim remarks.
"Mr Pereira told the court the youth's animosity towards Malays stemmed from the traumatic death of his baby brother 10 years ago.
Gan, then seven, was with his mother trying to get a cab to rush his one-month-old brother to hospital. They failed to persuade a Malay couple to give up a taxi which had stopped for them. It took another 20 minutes before they flagged down another taxi. The baby was pronounced dead on arrival."
There is a chinese character for love. In hanyu pinyin, it is written as "ai4". In Mandarin, it is pronounced as "aye" with a short staccato.
Well, I am using the O2 XDA II PDA phone, which is running Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition. I certainly do not need to unplug my headphones while hearing music in order to answer a call.
One thing I like about Windows Mobile over stand-alone music players, i.e. iPod, is the wide availability of third-party software. If you do not like the bundled software, you are free to use another one. Currently, I'm using PocketMusic as my music player.
Furthermore, the oldest known translation of the Christian Bible, the Latin Vulgate by Jerome, does not contain any Gnostic writings, much less the "book of Mary." However, the Latin Vulgate contains the Old Testament Apocrypha, which the Protestants do not place any doctrinal credibility in them.
Yup. You are right in a sense that we do not have the original documents, the ones that the Old and New Testament writers penned, in our possessions. What we do have are the copies (e.g. Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Vaticanus etc). From these copies, which may contain typos or a missing verse etc, the translators would try to determine the original texts.Point to note, the New Testament was fixed by the Council of Carthage in 397 AD (reference: A Lion Handbook: the History of Christianity). And as far as I know, the Latin Vulgate was the only official translation for the Roman Catholic Church before the Reformation.
Have you ever considered Macromedia Fireworks (cost: US$299)? There is a significant price difference as compared to Adobe Photoshop (cost: US$649.00). IMHO, I do not consider Macromedia Fireworks inferior to Adobe Photoshop, as it has the necessary features I require from a graphics editing program. And also, I feel that it is much easier for lay people to learn.
I have just moved into my house a couple of months ago. Though it's supposed to be a 3-storey house, there are "technically" 4 levels in the house as each bedroom has its own landing area. So I am speaking with some experiences here.
Prior to the renovation works, I have designed a network infrastructure where my study/guest room has been designated the "server room". During my home renovation, I've requested my electrician, in addition to his other tasks, to lay Cat5e cabling from the guest room to each bedroom.
My advice is, get an experienced electrician to lay the ethernet cables and install the wall mounted patch panels for you. It'll be cheaper (as well as more secure and reliable) in the long run. The solution is neater, and isolating network problems is much easier. The total solution, which comprises of the structured cabling and an all-in-one switch/router/firewall should not exceed your budget of $7000.
Investing your money in wireless equipments at this point does not make economical sense to me as the technology gets old pretty fast. Your users would soon be demanding faster connections once your equipments becomes obsolete.
I have not regretted making this decision ever since, especially during moments when I am doing some critical tasks which require 100% uninterrupted LAN access.
BTW, I am not American. I am a Singaporean.
THAT GODDAMN TREE!
Y'know, the flirting dance scene where the hero and heroine would play hide and seek behind trees/light poles/bushes, which consists of poking one's head from side to side and lip-synching to a song which has lots of reverbs and echos. The couple would suddenly be teleported to a completely different location where 100 people would join them in synchronized dancing movements.
Introducing Things You Would Never Know Without Watching Bollywood Movies
I do not agree with the definition that war crimes are "committed in the prosecution of the war itself".
Take for example, Emperor Hirohito, who is technically considered a war criminal though he was not tried for his war crimes. I would placed Bush's actions in the similar vein as the former Emperor of Japan.
George W. Bush has advocated an unjust war where he knew many innocents would die because of his selfish actions, just like Emperor Hirohito who tried to conquer Asia. Both leaders use wars as a pretext in order to steal the conquered countries' natural resources.
During the Qing Dynasty, China was overrun by foreigners occupying Chinese lands and the opium trade. The Chinese emperor himself wasn't doing a very good job of governing the country. What do you think the Chinese would say if Japan tried to use war as an excuse to liberate China from the foreigners and the Qing emperor?
Hopefully with the arrest of Saddam, the issue of WMD will come up. Saddam will give evidence that there are no weapons of mass destruction, thus causing George W. Bush to be tried as a war criminal by the international community.
How about Macy Gray?
She's not my idea of a beauty. Then again, she's no great singer either.
Whoa!
- Person A is in China.
- Person B is in Russia.
- Person A is downloading music from Person B and vice versa.
- Conclusion: It is none of USA's f**king business.
If Person A is in China's Army headquarters downloading music and U.S tries to attack that computer which Person A is using, the U.S action constitutes an attack on China's (a sovereign country) military defense. Your laws only apply within the boundaries of your country. Attacking another country's military computers is WAR.The senator must be one of those DICK-headed Americans who shoots off their mouths without thinking.
I mean... just imagine this scenario: a government employee in China (maybe Russia/France or whatever country) is downloading bootlegged music off the Internet. Granted that the guy might be violating U.S copyright law (though technically he is not, because he is not in U.S), but that doesn't give the U.S government the right to sabotage other countries' computers (especially government computers).
So do yourselves a favor and kick this joker out before he causes an international incident which might spark off another war.
Just for the record, I AM NOT AMERICAN.
... we must not forget The Tao of Programming by Geoffrey James.
... and right now, this Saturday night, I know that there are many of you waiting to receive Lord Bill Gates as your personal Savior; many who are hungry and thirsty for the blessings that I am about to bestow upon you... I would like you to stand up, raise your right hand, and repeat this prayer after me....
Mmmmmm..... ohhhhhh yeaaa.... DEVELOPERS! (people echo) DEVELOPERS!! (people echo louder) DEVELOPERSSSS!!! (sound of hands clapping) Let the Spirit of Micro$oft fall upon us, O Gatessss.... COME all ye developers, shout unto Lord Bill Gates with a voice of TRIUMPHHHHHH....
(Cue music)
IBM: What does YOUR code looks like?
SCO: What?
IBM, pointing his gun: Say "what" again. SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! I dare you, I double dare you, motherf***er! Say "what" one more goddamn time!
SCO: You s-s-stoleee my source code...
IBM: Go on.
SCO: I w-w-want YOUR m-m-money...
IBM: Do I look like a bitch?
SCO: What?
[IBM shoots SCO in the shoulder]
IBM: DO I LOOK LIKE A BItCH!?
SCO: NO!
IBM: Then why you trying to f*** ME like a bitch, SCO?
SCO: I didn't!
IBM: Yes you did. Yes you did, SCO. You tried to f*** ME. And I don't like to be f***ed by anybody, except by Micro$oft.
Ermmm.... I can understand about Kenny G's CDs being dumped at the Jazz section, but Yanni??
Yanni belongs to the New Age genre. Though he might incorporates a couple of jazz progressions here and there, it's definitely not jazz.
- The Best of David Benoit 1987-1995
- Eric Marienthal Collection
- The Best of Fourplay
- The Very Best of Acoustic Alchemy
- The Best of Spyro Gyra: The First Ten Years
Also, do not forget to pick up the classic "Rhapsody In Blue" by George GershwinXbox Features Active Death Technology
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2001/06/xbox.html
Redmond, WA - In a bid to out-do competing force-feedback technologies such as Sony's vibrating PlayStation controllers, Microsoft today announced all controllers for the Xbox console will feature the newly-developed "ActiveDeath" technology. "ActiveDeath" actually kills the player when their on-screen character dies through a lethal injection carefully hidden inside the large green circle on the controller surface.
"There's been a lot of investigation on how to involve the player in the game on a physical level," said Microsoft Research Director Greg Thorton, "We've seen vibrating controllers, controllers that administer a small electric shock, and so on. We thought, 'why not take this to the next level and go all the way?'"
Zachary Chan, a college student and avid gamer, was excited by the news. "This is gonna be awesome," he wrote in an e-mail interview. "I know that me and my friends are all going to be getting one. Game over, man! Game over!"
Many question how Microsoft can profit from a product that kills its users, but through a unique licensing scheme Microsoft receives the entirety of the player's estate upon death. "We may not get much repeat business," said Mr. Thorton, "but we'll make up for it in loot we're bequeathed."
The technology seemed to be a hit at this year's E3 as well. Industry executives lined up for a chance to try Unreal: Championship with the ActiveDeath system enabled.
"It adds a huge dimension of emotional urgency to the game that wasn't there before," said one pale-faced programmer, before he keeled over and died.
Yup... Your editorial nit sounds a lot better.
It's past midnight in Singapore and my mind isn't functioning properly after a hard day at work.
Actually the book "The Lost World", which was written by Michael Crichton who wrote "Jurassic Park", shows an opposite behavior of the T-Rex.
The following lines from the book says:
Sarah Harding said, "Why did Dodgson just stand there like that? That's not the way to act around predators. You get caught around lions, you make a lot of noise, wave your hands, throw things at them. Try to scare them off. You don't just stand there."
.....
"Roxton," Levine said, "believed that tyrannosaurs had a visual system like an amphibian: like a frog. A frog sees motion but doesn't see stillness. But it is quite impossible that a predator such as a tyrannosaur would have a visual system that worked that way. Quite impossible. Because the most common defense of prey animals is to freeze. A deer or something like that, it senses danger, and it freezes. A predator has to be able to see them anyway. And of course a tyrannosaur could."
Not exactly. For example, a Flash 6 file requires Macromedia Flash 6 Player to work. I believe most OSes currently come with Flash 5 Player. In order to run the latest Flash files, the users have to go to the Macromedia website to download the latest Flash player.
What about Macromedia Flash Player? As it runs on most web browsers, I believe that the number of downloads would be quite substantial, rivalling Kazaa. Consider the number of Flash-enabled sites out there.
How about free web browsers? MSIE? Mozilla? Opera? Programs installed via Windows Update? Quicktime Player?