So you wouldn't mind it if muslims tried to teach you about Allah when you went to Wendys for lunch? See, you seem to love religous freedom, all christians do. They just want religous freedoms to only extend to other christians, and not to others. If we lived in the middle east, where Christianity is banned, I'd bet you wouldn't be quite so happy...
Yes, you do have the right to speak, but not if you have government backing, and you want to speak of church, or God, or religion. That falls under seperation of church and state, which last time I checked, was still on the books, even if not used anymore.
I'd doubt that most of the people partaking in those programs have the money to take it to court. Any anyways, Judges don't get elected by not going to church every sunday... If you DID take it to court, you'd probably get to stay in the program even longer just so that the judge didn't upset the lady who sits beside him every sunday, and who might just vote for his re-election...
I believe in what I believe, and do not believe that a church can tell me what I need to do, think, or believe; so I do not attend church. Yet my money still goes to churches, and religous programs, that I do not attend...
The US Government does sponsor religion. The Christian religion. They don't allocate money for hindus, they don't give money for muslims, and I'm damn sure they don't give money to our Rastafarian friends....
When I get a letter in the mail telling me that EVERY single religion in this country is being given a share of my tax dollars, then I'll support giving them my money. Unitl then, I'll just sit here and grumble to myself...
Those are safe enough as long as you follow the directions. DO NOT take more than the package says to take, AND NEVER EVER mix with alcohol unless you want to be seriously fucked.
Actually, meth only keeps you up for 12+ hours THE FIRST time yo uuse it. After that, it keeps going down and down, until you have to take a hit to wake up.
And getting it out of your system is just about the worst thing on earth. I've done every drug on the market from pot to heroin, and meth is probably second only to herion in the "bad comedown" arena.
I strongly suggest sleep over drugs. It took me years to figure that one out, but I'm so glad I did.
Actually, there is a nascent movement is many areas already to move Linux to the desktop. It has many advantages already over Windows as a desktop OS, but still has quite a ways to go. If linux continues to move at the rate it is moving today, it will soon be ready to fully replace Windows.
With the release of KDE 3 and Gnome 2, the desktop environments of Linux have become just as easy to use, and much more fun, than Windows, and even when purchasing the OS from a vendor, it is still usualy less than half the cost of Microsoft Windows.
If Linux could compete with Microsoft on the gaming market, I fully believe that there would be a greater push for Linux as a desktop environment. Linux users already have equal, if not better, programs for just about everything else. Star/Open Office = MS Office mySQL = Epress (insert favorite mail program that won't get viruses) = Outlook Mozilla = IE XMMS = Winamp Gaim = AIM Licq = ICQ and the list can go on and on.
Linux needs better media players, and better gaming support, and I feel that it could overcome the reigning king of desktops, Windows.
(I do regret to inform you that I am writing this from a Windows box, though, only because my fience is afraid to give up her games yet, and make the swich, and I didn't feel like booting up the laptop.)
" Remember kids, when you support open source, you're supporting COMMUNISM! "
Better communism than whatever Bill Gates would have us under. Under Communism people actually work, and get paid. Under Gates-ism (Windows liscensing fees), we pay to be able to work.
How would you power the laser? The cord would get tangled and snap.
But if we find a way to do it, how about spin the cd one way, and the laser the other. Doubble the speed, in half the RPM.
Female sexuality is something that most/. readers have never experienced. Hand puppets - yes. Women - no...
But the other portion of/., the ones with wives and children, just might disaprove of small children being raped, and used as sexual objects in any form, real life or fantasy novels.
I'll third that. Almost everyone I know that has read a Piers Anthony book and enjoyed it, read it as a pre-teen to about 14 or 15 years of age. His books made us all feel smarter than we thought we should have been at that age because we actually cought on to his jokes that had all previously been over our heads.
I would like to thank Mr. Anthony for all of his books, and for turning me onto Science Fiction and Fantasy books. For me, his books are what started me into what I consider my own kind of geekdom.
My question for him is what age did he begin to really become intrested in writing, and what made him to decide to write for a living, much less fantasy novels for adolescents.
I only have basic time here at the house. I think the 25th hour came with the next package, but that was too expensive when I bought my time plan. Man, I could use that extra hour these days though. The wife and I sure could use an extra hour of "sleep" each night... hehe...
You would be the antenna. Just like when you grab onto a tv antenna and you get better pickup, you would become a human antenna all the time.
And that's why I'm glad I'm not a midget.
Actually, cows DO have cows... Wherre do you think they come from? some really big stork?
And a fly, can fly, so humans, I would say can human. But I just don't know how. But I haven't ever seen a fly that couldn't....
You don't seem to be much of a/.er if you have a problem with video games, cowboy bebop, or even laser powered paper airplanes. It dosen't take a MENSA member to figure out that this paper airplane isn't what's important. What is important is the technology that this paper airplane brings.
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So you wouldn't mind it if muslims tried to teach you about Allah when you went to Wendys for lunch? See, you seem to love religous freedom, all christians do. They just want religous freedoms to only extend to other christians, and not to others. If we lived in the middle east, where Christianity is banned, I'd bet you wouldn't be quite so happy...
Yes, you do have the right to speak, but not if you have government backing, and you want to speak of church, or God, or religion. That falls under seperation of church and state, which last time I checked, was still on the books, even if not used anymore.
I'd doubt that most of the people partaking in those programs have the money to take it to court. Any anyways, Judges don't get elected by not going to church every sunday... If you DID take it to court, you'd probably get to stay in the program even longer just so that the judge didn't upset the lady who sits beside him every sunday, and who might just vote for his re-election...
I believe in what I believe, and do not believe that a church can tell me what I need to do, think, or believe; so I do not attend church. Yet my money still goes to churches, and religous programs, that I do not attend...
The US Government does sponsor religion. The Christian religion. They don't allocate money for hindus, they don't give money for muslims, and I'm damn sure they don't give money to our Rastafarian friends....
When I get a letter in the mail telling me that EVERY single religion in this country is being given a share of my tax dollars, then I'll support giving them my money. Unitl then, I'll just sit here and grumble to myself...
Probably just high grade meth.
Those are safe enough as long as you follow the directions. DO NOT take more than the package says to take, AND NEVER EVER mix with alcohol unless you want to be seriously fucked.
Actually, meth only keeps you up for 12+ hours THE FIRST time yo uuse it. After that, it keeps going down and down, until you have to take a hit to wake up.
And getting it out of your system is just about the worst thing on earth. I've done every drug on the market from pot to heroin, and meth is probably second only to herion in the "bad comedown" arena.
I strongly suggest sleep over drugs. It took me years to figure that one out, but I'm so glad I did.
Moral of story: "Drugs are bad, MM-kay?"
I use Sunkist.
Actually, there is a nascent movement is many areas already to move Linux to the desktop. It has many advantages already over Windows as a desktop OS, but still has quite a ways to go. If linux continues to move at the rate it is moving today, it will soon be ready to fully replace Windows.
With the release of KDE 3 and Gnome 2, the desktop environments of Linux have become just as easy to use, and much more fun, than Windows, and even when purchasing the OS from a vendor, it is still usualy less than half the cost of Microsoft Windows.
If Linux could compete with Microsoft on the gaming market, I fully believe that there would be a greater push for Linux as a desktop environment. Linux users already have equal, if not better, programs for just about everything else.
Star/Open Office = MS Office
mySQL = Epress
(insert favorite mail program that won't get viruses) = Outlook
Mozilla = IE
XMMS = Winamp
Gaim = AIM
Licq = ICQ
and the list can go on and on.
Linux needs better media players, and better gaming support, and I feel that it could overcome the reigning king of desktops, Windows.
(I do regret to inform you that I am writing this from a Windows box, though, only because my fience is afraid to give up her games yet, and make the swich, and I didn't feel like booting up the laptop.)
no, it's Luser, not Wuser.
" Remember kids, when you support open source, you're supporting COMMUNISM! " Better communism than whatever Bill Gates would have us under. Under Communism people actually work, and get paid. Under Gates-ism (Windows liscensing fees), we pay to be able to work.
You're a Windows user aren't you?
How would you power the laser? The cord would get tangled and snap. But if we find a way to do it, how about spin the cd one way, and the laser the other. Doubble the speed, in half the RPM.
But aren't YOU on slashdot?
But it would cook you none the less... it just might take 80 years to do so. Even then, though, I don't want to be cooked.
Not in a very long time. Some people have learned to control themselves and their actions.
But the other portion of /., the ones with wives and children, just might disaprove of small children being raped, and used as sexual objects in any form, real life or fantasy novels.
Possably the best question I've seen today. I would like to hear the answer to this as well. Please mod the parent up.
I'll third that. Almost everyone I know that has read a Piers Anthony book and enjoyed it, read it as a pre-teen to about 14 or 15 years of age. His books made us all feel smarter than we thought we should have been at that age because we actually cought on to his jokes that had all previously been over our heads. I would like to thank Mr. Anthony for all of his books, and for turning me onto Science Fiction and Fantasy books. For me, his books are what started me into what I consider my own kind of geekdom. My question for him is what age did he begin to really become intrested in writing, and what made him to decide to write for a living, much less fantasy novels for adolescents.
I saw a movie about that once. it was STRANGE...
I only have basic time here at the house. I think the 25th hour came with the next package, but that was too expensive when I bought my time plan. Man, I could use that extra hour these days though. The wife and I sure could use an extra hour of "sleep" each night... hehe...
You would be the antenna. Just like when you grab onto a tv antenna and you get better pickup, you would become a human antenna all the time. And that's why I'm glad I'm not a midget.
But then Bruce Cambell's wouldn't be able to pick up his phone...
Actually, cows DO have cows... Wherre do you think they come from? some really big stork? And a fly, can fly, so humans, I would say can human. But I just don't know how. But I haven't ever seen a fly that couldn't....
You don't seem to be much of a /.er if you have a problem with video games, cowboy bebop, or even laser powered paper airplanes. It dosen't take a MENSA member to figure out that this paper airplane isn't what's important. What is important is the technology that this paper airplane brings.
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