I came across Dynon Instruments the other day. They seem to have a solid product (although it's not available yet). It's got a scope, an arbitrary waveform generator, a programmable power supply and a few other things. Looks interesting...
The thing that you are missing here is that there is not a single evil act which is creative at its very nature. C.S. Lewis talks about this in... well, in a whole lot of his books. Primarily Mere Christianity. Tolkien is also big into this idea. You'll notice that Orcs are not created, they originated as elves that were twisted by Morgoth.
It can be argued that evil acts are always perversions of that which is initially good. Rape is a perfect example. Rape takes something initially good, namely sex, and twists it into something horrible and ugly and damaging. Not only does evil have this property but, everything "bad" that happens can be attributed to the twisting of something good. It is good that we have air and wind, it is not so good when that air and wind turn into tornadoes or hurricanes and kill people. This whole concept can all be traced back to free will, not just that of humans, but that of natural processes. This concept is thoroughly explored in Dr. John Polkinghorne's book The Faith of a Physicist. It's an amazing exploration into how a "person of science" can believe in God.
I called the number listed in the article to opt-out, and found it to be disconnected. Was the number transcribed wrong or is this further complication by Qwest?;)
Everything I've read from AT&T (again, at least in Seattle) seems to indicate that they are solely using @home. Like, you, I'm unsure of this, so don't quote and/or flame me!
Has anyone heard any further about AT&T's plan to either:
a) purchase Excite@Home
or
b) launch their own fantabulous network
?
The latter option thus far has been very sparsely elucidated and very unclear.
It's also interesting to me that, here in the Seattle area, AT&T broadband seems to be sending out a different "special" offer each week with a different pricing scheme. Perhaps they're trying to be proactive about the potential customer loss due to the impending craziness.
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I came across Dynon Instruments the other day. They seem to have a solid product (although it's not available yet). It's got a scope, an arbitrary waveform generator, a programmable power supply and a few other things. Looks interesting...
The thing that you are missing here is that there is not a single evil act which is creative at its very nature. C.S. Lewis talks about this in... well, in a whole lot of his books. Primarily Mere Christianity. Tolkien is also big into this idea. You'll notice that Orcs are not created, they originated as elves that were twisted by Morgoth. It can be argued that evil acts are always perversions of that which is initially good. Rape is a perfect example. Rape takes something initially good, namely sex, and twists it into something horrible and ugly and damaging. Not only does evil have this property but, everything "bad" that happens can be attributed to the twisting of something good. It is good that we have air and wind, it is not so good when that air and wind turn into tornadoes or hurricanes and kill people. This whole concept can all be traced back to free will, not just that of humans, but that of natural processes. This concept is thoroughly explored in Dr. John Polkinghorne's book The Faith of a Physicist. It's an amazing exploration into how a "person of science" can believe in God.
I called the number listed in the article to opt-out, and found it to be disconnected. Was the number transcribed wrong or is this further complication by Qwest? ;)
Here's Google's cache of planetchristmas.com
Is there an official site set up for IT/Ginger/Segway? It'd sure be great to hear about it from the horse's mouth
Everything I've read from AT&T (again, at least in Seattle) seems to indicate that they are solely using @home. Like, you, I'm unsure of this, so don't quote and/or flame me!
Has anyone heard any further about AT&T's plan to either: a) purchase Excite@Home or b) launch their own fantabulous network ? The latter option thus far has been very sparsely elucidated and very unclear. It's also interesting to me that, here in the Seattle area, AT&T broadband seems to be sending out a different "special" offer each week with a different pricing scheme. Perhaps they're trying to be proactive about the potential customer loss due to the impending craziness.
I think I've heard of those...