Yet, there this is interpreted that clergy may not talk about a political candidate from the puplit. To me, this is a law abdridging freedom of speech.
That freedom is only abridged by the choice of the church. Churches may speak all the politics they want from the pulpit and enjoy the full benefits of the Constitution as long as they pay taxes on their revenue like the rest of us (Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17). One could argue that by indulging in tax-exempt status, any church is ignoring the teachings of Jesus to acknowlege the earthly government that God has put in place (1 Timothy 2:1-2). I believe that, in order to help churches thrive financialy, an institutional ban on politics is reasonable in exchange for tax-exepmt status as this in no way impacts the church members from exercising their full individual Constiutional rights. You can't have it both ways and be consistent with your beliefs.
Re-writing history to inure a political viewpoint? This is nothing new. At least these folks are being honest about their goals; that's a refreshing approach from narrow-minded zealots.
... or who lies aboput hiking the Appalachian Trail, or who makes condescending remarks about poor people, or calls the President a liar from the floor of Congress...
Hey -- it's South Carolina! The 'South Carolina List of Bad Things (tm)' could go on and on.
This has to be, without a doubt, the worst decision I have ever heard a court involving the Internet, but it does show an understanding of how the Intertubes work.
And I'm Discordian, and I find the depiction of Hot Dogs to be a mortal sin against our goddess (I'm a pope, so I can create a dogma as I please, ok?). So take that Wienerschnitzel page down DAMN RIGHT NOW!
And I say that as a Christian myself. My bible says nothing about pornography (If I'm wrong, please correct me).
That's because you're not reading enough into it. Make something up to fill in the blanks or your Salvation will be doubted by ignorant people who desire that you do as they interpret Scripture. Lord, save us from Your people.
There are just enough people in some places that see things they dont like and declare "there should be a law against that"
In my experience, these people are usually friends of the elected officials that make the laws. Those elected offcials lack the intelligence and courage to dismiss inappropriate and un-constitutional laws before they are even proposed. Those elected officials have all sworn to protect and uphold the Constition(s), yet they fail to do so and are usually rewarded for this unethical behavior.
I'm afraid that the KDE brand is ruined only in the head of people who haven't bothered to look at how cool KDE4 is...
The real problem is that the poorly handled introduction of KDE4 sent a lot of long-time KDE users to another desktop. Now there is a significant amount of inertia to overcome to get any us back since we've gotten used to something else and our current choice has not pissed us off. KDE-technowhiz alone won't do it.
Kubuntu is a separate issue. The Ubuntu project has always been very Gnome-centric, which is one of the things I dislike about the approach to Ubuntu. The K versions have always felt like an afterthought, including the ones that predate KDE4. I wouldn't really say that Kubuntu sucks but it sure seems to implement KDE worse than numerous other distros do.
Mandriva has always had an excellent implementation of KDE as well as good admin and package management tools, but it just doesn't get as much love as it should, probably because of its un-hip, cartoonish theme graphics (better with the 2010 release, BTW, but the default user icons still suck).
There is nothing like these tools for any other platform on the market. Mark Russinovich is THE MAN!
You mean other than UNIX and Linux systems? I don't see any comparable functionality that is not already available on those systems.
It's great that the MS environment gets some useful diagnostic funtionality too; sad they haven't always had it.
And anyway, if the farmers are growing dope, they're not growing food. How about offer to buy the food that the farmers grow at a higher rate than the processors pay for the dope?
Then farmers get killed for growing food instead of drugs.
The best solution (for the farmers) is for there to be no demand for the drugs or no profit in providing them. Given that will never happen, the farmers are sooo screwed.
...but it won't. Because the birthers *know* that the face on mars means that aliens ate my buick.
No, smartass. It's because the parents of autistic children feel tremendous guilt and anxiety about their children and secretly believe the child's autism to somehow be the parent's fault. "The vaccine did it" ameliorates that burden.
And that is why many will continue to 'believe' and will never change their minds, no matter how much sense it makes to you or me. Those parents deserve your sympathy, not your ridicule.
As an undergrad in the early 1970's, I had poor grammar skills. Sadly, mine were better than many of my peers at Cornell and Old Dominion. It wasn't until grad school 20 years later that I became proficient in grammar, preparing me to contribute to the Red Hat/Fedora Unleashed series with Bill Ball.
The problem is a broken system of education that doesn't care if students actually learn as long as they 'pass' a standardized test and permits incompetent teachers and administrators to remain employed.
The same grad school professor that helped me learn to write well is now a local school board chairman fighting to correct testing abuses ignored by the former superintendent. Thank you, Dr. Steven Tonnelson; your teaching has made my life richer. I know that you'll help many more students.
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But where are you learning about the wrongs of these narrow-minded zealots?
By examining their arguments and the facts that support them as well as distinguishing, as best as I am able, fact from belief.
I think there are just as many anti-religion narrow-minded zealots.
I know this for a fact. Doesn't make a bit of difference.
Yet, there this is interpreted that clergy may not talk about a political candidate from the puplit. To me, this is a law abdridging freedom of speech.
That freedom is only abridged by the choice of the church. Churches may speak all the politics they want from the pulpit and enjoy the full benefits of the Constitution as long as they pay taxes on their revenue like the rest of us (Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17). One could argue that by indulging in tax-exempt status, any church is ignoring the teachings of Jesus to acknowlege the earthly government that God has put in place (1 Timothy 2:1-2). I believe that, in order to help churches thrive financialy, an institutional ban on politics is reasonable in exchange for tax-exepmt status as this in no way impacts the church members from exercising their full individual Constiutional rights. You can't have it both ways and be consistent with your beliefs.
Re-writing history to inure a political viewpoint? This is nothing new. At least these folks are being honest about their goals; that's a refreshing approach from narrow-minded zealots.
The Magic 8-Ball
... or who lies aboput hiking the Appalachian Trail, or who makes condescending remarks about poor people, or calls the President a liar from the floor of Congress ...
Hey -- it's South Carolina! The 'South Carolina List of Bad Things (tm)' could go on and on.
spokesperson Graham Fry said. 'If the cost of assessing it [open source] was greater than the cost of the software, you would have to think twice.'"
I realize this a government spokesperson and I am not a native Australian English speaker, but WTF?
So if the software costs AU$5,000,000,000 you don't have to think about it because the cost of assessing it is so small in comparison?
This has to be, without a doubt, the worst decision I have ever heard a court involving the Internet, but it does show an understanding of how the Intertubes work.
FTFY
And I'm Discordian, and I find the depiction of Hot Dogs to be a mortal sin against our goddess (I'm a pope, so I can create a dogma as I please, ok?). So take that Wienerschnitzel page down DAMN RIGHT NOW!
OK, then you must totally abhor this: http://www.hotchickswithhotdogs.com/
And I say that as a Christian myself. My bible says nothing about pornography (If I'm wrong, please correct me).
That's because you're not reading enough into it. Make something up to fill in the blanks or your Salvation will be doubted by ignorant people who desire that you do as they interpret Scripture. Lord, save us from Your people.
There are just enough people in some places that see things they dont like and declare "there should be a law against that"
In my experience, these people are usually friends of the elected officials that make the laws. Those elected offcials lack the intelligence and courage to dismiss inappropriate and un-constitutional laws before they are even proposed. Those elected officials have all sworn to protect and uphold the Constition(s), yet they fail to do so and are usually rewarded for this unethical behavior.
Honestly, give up on Kubuntu if you want to use KDE.
Try Mandriva for a good KDE experience.
I'm afraid that the KDE brand is ruined only in the head of people who haven't bothered to look at how cool KDE4 is...
The real problem is that the poorly handled introduction of KDE4 sent a lot of long-time KDE users to another desktop. Now there is a significant amount of inertia to overcome to get any us back since we've gotten used to something else and our current choice has not pissed us off. KDE-technowhiz alone won't do it.
You are going to LOVE the new pink pony menu bar! And unicorns...UNICORNS!!!
Will not be happy until the unicorns fart snowflakes. Dammit! Why don't the devs ever listen to users?
Kubuntu is a separate issue. The Ubuntu project has always been very Gnome-centric, which is one of the things I dislike about the approach to Ubuntu. The K versions have always felt like an afterthought, including the ones that predate KDE4. I wouldn't really say that Kubuntu sucks but it sure seems to implement KDE worse than numerous other distros do.
Mandriva has always had an excellent implementation of KDE as well as good admin and package management tools, but it just doesn't get as much love as it should, probably because of its un-hip, cartoonish theme graphics (better with the 2010 release, BTW, but the default user icons still suck).
There is nothing like these tools for any other platform on the market. Mark Russinovich is THE MAN!
You mean other than UNIX and Linux systems? I don't see any comparable functionality that is not already available on those systems. It's great that the MS environment gets some useful diagnostic funtionality too; sad they haven't always had it.
Verizon FIOS has not blocked 4chan here.
And anyway, if the farmers are growing dope, they're not growing food. How about offer to buy the food that the farmers grow at a higher rate than the processors pay for the dope?
Then farmers get killed for growing food instead of drugs. The best solution (for the farmers) is for there to be no demand for the drugs or no profit in providing them. Given that will never happen, the farmers are sooo screwed.
What's the significance of this? Why should I care? Article neglected to mention that.
You have read Slashdot before, yes?
"Slashdot" is a proto-Sanskrit word meaning redundant, useless, confusing, wildly inaccurate, poorly documented bumfuggery.
For an example, please read this this entire thread, which makes FARK appear erudite and meaningful by comparison.
The politicians are responsible for this, and though the beginnings of it are before my time I can readily believe it.
FTFY
But it is not clear whether the Internet causes depression or whether depressed people are drawn to it.
So, what we have here is an article with no actual basis for conclusions. Nothing to see here, move along
On the contrary, it's a perfect article for the Slashdot crowd since it foments introspection and may provide personal insight.
In other news, living in your parent's basement is linked to depression.
Windows 7 does not suck batteries. These are not the droids you seek.
. . . is on the path to an MBA or law school and then into politics.
Be very afraid.
...but it won't. Because the birthers *know* that the face on mars means that aliens ate my buick.
No, smartass. It's because the parents of autistic children feel tremendous guilt and anxiety about their children and secretly believe the child's autism to somehow be the parent's fault. "The vaccine did it" ameliorates that burden.
And that is why many will continue to 'believe' and will never change their minds, no matter how much sense it makes to you or me. Those parents deserve your sympathy, not your ridicule.
As an undergrad in the early 1970's, I had poor grammar skills. Sadly, mine were better than many of my peers at Cornell and Old Dominion. It wasn't until grad school 20 years later that I became proficient in grammar, preparing me to contribute to the Red Hat/Fedora Unleashed series with Bill Ball.
The problem is a broken system of education that doesn't care if students actually learn as long as they 'pass' a standardized test and permits incompetent teachers and administrators to remain employed.
The same grad school professor that helped me learn to write well is now a local school board chairman fighting to correct testing abuses ignored by the former superintendent. Thank you, Dr. Steven Tonnelson; your teaching has made my life richer. I know that you'll help many more students.
That the UK government does not read Slashdot. Fools!