Everytime the U.S. (or more broadly: any nation) goes to war, the arts suffer. People are too distracted by the war to put a strong effort towards artistic endeavors. Then, when the war ends, there is often a mini revival of the arts. The U.S. certainly is distracted by 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and look at the result: reality TV shows.
I did a little test at work and cracked a 64-bit WEP in just under a day (I also may or may not have tried it on my neighbors' networks). WPA cracking tools are probably already in development. So, yes, you can be compromised.
The motivation? Perhaps ID theft. More likely so that a bored nerd could say he is a 1337 haxor. If you have internet access, maybe one of your neighbors wants free internet.
Some tips? Stick with WPA protection, of course. It is also a good idea to set your local IP address range to something other than the default:192.168.x.y where x != 0 or 1. Maybe use an unusual subnet mask like 255.255.255.248 or something like that. All of these help prevent IP spoofing. It want to be really secure, and if you use DHCP on your router, make sure to set up MAC address reservation tables, and tell the DCHP not to give out IPs about those reservations.
This way your 13 year old neighbor will have to deal with encyption, MAC address cloning, and IP spoofing to get into your network. No doubt he will leave you alone and just use his other neighbor's open network.
As a student of Koine Greek (the type of Greek used in the composition of the New Testament), I must object to that analysis of John 1:1. It is true that the Greek word logos has many meanings (in which "argument" could probably be included). I do not see how translating logos to "argument" instead of "word" changes everything. It is still a figure of speech, where the word logos is put in place of Jesus. The way you translate logos does not really change the meaning of that passage. It is still clearly talking about Jesus Christ.
Look down to verse 14: "Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory--the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father."
I have a strong feeling that 90% of Slashdotters have learned everything they "know" about intelligent design right here on Slashdot (I write this fully expecting a strong retort). How many Slashdot readers have actually read something (i.e. Case for a Creator - as mentioned in another post) about I.D. written by someone who actually subscribes to it? What are some of the arguments put forth by Lee Strobel and others?
Secondly, I personally have never taken biology (I was more of a chemistry guy), so I do not know much about Darwinian evolution. I always hear about evidence which supports the theory of evolution, but I never hear anything specific. Can anyone help a brother out? Linked articles would be nice. I would like to hear about the evidence and how it helps support evolution.
Thirdly, neither of these groups present a united front. There are multifaceted opinions on each side. What are some alternative viewpoints within the I.D. and evolution camps? If we get some actual information out in the open (instead of screaming ignorace), we might be able to have a more civilized debate.
Not the first time to endorse creationism. Disingenous rat.
Here is what my post said: "This is the first time that Bush has endorsed Intelligent Design as President, though he held the same position as governor of Texas."
In other words, thank you for further illustrating my point. Haha.
I acknowledge your point; allow me to ammend my statement:
"If you take the Bible at its word, that necessarily means that Intelligent Design is true, and may entail that evolution is false (as it pertains to explaining the origin of the species)."
I don't see anything in what you quoted that describes how God created everything...just that he did. Therefore, this passage doesn't serve to disprove evolution at all, since that is the mechanism God may have used to create the life we see today.
It may not explain explicitly how God created the world in that passage, but there is some pretty strong implicit linkage between John 1 and Genesis 1 (think "In the beginning . .."). Gensis 1 does describe "how" God created the world in vague terms. Those terms seem to contradict evolution as the means for the origin of species. Again, this is all predicated on believing the Bible, and it also hinges on how you interpret Genesis 1-11.
So, to go back to my first point, John 1 certainly does apply to this debate, and it is easy to see how a Christian could understand it to contradict evolution.
If Bush believes Intelligent Design, why aren't any of his goverment agencies providing any funding to study it?
"Although he said that curriculum decisions should be made by school districts rather than the federal government, Bush told Texas newspaper reporters in a group interview at the White House on Monday that he believes that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution as competing theories." ~ Source.
Bush does not provide federal funding or mandate for the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools because it does not match his philosophy of Reagan-esque "small government." Plain and simple.
Sony recently was busted for promoting some of their films using reviews from fake film critics. So the pressure to present good reviews to the public is clearly not limited to Tech. It is funny how we as consumers can be so affected by the recommendations of people we have never met (and may not even exist-or worse, may be lying).
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. 1:2 The Word was with God in the beginning. 1:3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. 1:5 And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
BTW, your reference to John 1 doesn't contradict evolution in any way...in fact, it doesn't seem to relate to the subject at hand in any fashion.
TMM, it is quite obvious how this section relates to the current debate. It says that the world and everything in it was created by the "Word" - Jesus Christ. That necessarily means that Intelligent Design is true, and may entail that evolution is false (as it pertains to explaining the origin of the species).
Rather than fan the flames of the Evolution v. Intelligent Design debate, I would like to point out some facts (which Zonk and Brian Berns seem to have little concern for):
- This is the first time that Bush has endorsed Intelligent Design as President, though he held the same position as governor of Texas.
- President Bush does not think that curriculum decision concerning Intelligent Design should be made at the federal level; they should be left up to local school districts.
- A quote from President Bush: "Both sides ought to be properly taught . . . so people can understand what the debate is about."
- Another quote: "Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. . . . You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes."
So here are some conclusions: First, the president is not making any sort of federal policy shift to cause Intelligent Design to be taught in schools. Second, despite that, the President knows that a high-level endorsement of Intelligent Design will be the difference-maker for some local school districts. Finally, Bush does not say that only Intelligent Design should be taught; he advocates for contrasting ideas to be presented to school children on the subject of the origin of species.
Because this ruling was very specific and in a single case, and only applied to dating or fraternization off-duty with clients or coworkers while in their work uniforms.
Still, just wearing a work uniform should not be a pretext for an employer to control his/her employees' behavior. If they employer does not like what his/her employees do in their uniforms, they have to right to take the uniforms away (i.e. require that they are stored on sight) or to fire the employees. Employers should not have any control over their employees' behavior off the clock.
The previous release of Symphony OS was nice to get a first look, but over all, it was disappointing. The UI is still a little clunky, and there was not much in the way of system configuration / customization. On top of that, there is not much pre-loaded software, so you are kinda stuck once you exhaust Firefox/Thunderbird. I guess I will have to be patient and wait for v1.0 (whenever that may be) to get what I am looking for.
Yes, and the advancing technology of USB flash drives has made it easier to conceal them in other objects. For example, I have a friend at my school who has a watch which doubles as a 256MB USB drive. The connector and a short cable are hidden on the under-side of the band. Pretty tough to stop USB drives when they can be combined with common items, unless you want to have a company-wide strip-search policy . . .
I've noticed that Longhorn/Vista Beta uses the same DOS command line that appeared in previous versions. Are there any plans to implement a Unix/Linux command line to replace/augment the current offering?
Which is suprising, considering that Slashdotters have only seen about 5 movies, and constantly make inside-joke references to them on these boards. There's only so many options, people!
Cell phones are not new technology. There have been enough people using them for long enough to qualify for a serious study of the adverse effects of cell phones on their users' health. We should be able to tell what cell phones do to us, without waiting another twenty years.
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Everytime the U.S. (or more broadly: any nation) goes to war, the arts suffer. People are too distracted by the war to put a strong effort towards artistic endeavors. Then, when the war ends, there is often a mini revival of the arts. The U.S. certainly is distracted by 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and look at the result: reality TV shows.
The motivation? Perhaps ID theft. More likely so that a bored nerd could say he is a 1337 haxor. If you have internet access, maybe one of your neighbors wants free internet.
Some tips? Stick with WPA protection, of course. It is also a good idea to set your local IP address range to something other than the default:192.168.x.y where x != 0 or 1. Maybe use an unusual subnet mask like 255.255.255.248 or something like that. All of these help prevent IP spoofing. It want to be really secure, and if you use DHCP on your router, make sure to set up MAC address reservation tables, and tell the DCHP not to give out IPs about those reservations.
This way your 13 year old neighbor will have to deal with encyption, MAC address cloning, and IP spoofing to get into your network. No doubt he will leave you alone and just use his other neighbor's open network.
Look down to verse 14: "Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory--the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father."
Secondly, I personally have never taken biology (I was more of a chemistry guy), so I do not know much about Darwinian evolution. I always hear about evidence which supports the theory of evolution, but I never hear anything specific. Can anyone help a brother out? Linked articles would be nice. I would like to hear about the evidence and how it helps support evolution.
Thirdly, neither of these groups present a united front. There are multifaceted opinions on each side. What are some alternative viewpoints within the I.D. and evolution camps? If we get some actual information out in the open (instead of screaming ignorace), we might be able to have a more civilized debate.
Here is what my post said: "This is the first time that Bush has endorsed Intelligent Design as President, though he held the same position as governor of Texas."
In other words, thank you for further illustrating my point. Haha.
"If you take the Bible at its word, that necessarily means that Intelligent Design is true, and may entail that evolution is false (as it pertains to explaining the origin of the species)."
I don't see anything in what you quoted that describes how God created everything...just that he did. Therefore, this passage doesn't serve to disprove evolution at all, since that is the mechanism God may have used to create the life we see today.
It may not explain explicitly how God created the world in that passage, but there is some pretty strong implicit linkage between John 1 and Genesis 1 (think "In the beginning . . ."). Gensis 1 does describe "how" God created the world in vague terms. Those terms seem to contradict evolution as the means for the origin of species. Again, this is all predicated on believing the Bible, and it also hinges on how you interpret Genesis 1-11.
So, to go back to my first point, John 1 certainly does apply to this debate, and it is easy to see how a Christian could understand it to contradict evolution.
"Although he said that curriculum decisions should be made by school districts rather than the federal government, Bush told Texas newspaper reporters in a group interview at the White House on Monday that he believes that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution as competing theories." ~ Source.
Bush does not provide federal funding or mandate for the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools because it does not match his philosophy of Reagan-esque "small government." Plain and simple.
Sony recently was busted for promoting some of their films using reviews from fake film critics. So the pressure to present good reviews to the public is clearly not limited to Tech. It is funny how we as consumers can be so affected by the recommendations of people we have never met (and may not even exist-or worse, may be lying).
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. 1:2 The Word was with God in the beginning. 1:3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. 1:5 And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
BTW, your reference to John 1 doesn't contradict evolution in any way...in fact, it doesn't seem to relate to the subject at hand in any fashion.
TMM, it is quite obvious how this section relates to the current debate. It says that the world and everything in it was created by the "Word" - Jesus Christ. That necessarily means that Intelligent Design is true, and may entail that evolution is false (as it pertains to explaining the origin of the species).
- This is the first time that Bush has endorsed Intelligent Design as President, though he held the same position as governor of Texas.
- President Bush does not think that curriculum decision concerning Intelligent Design should be made at the federal level; they should be left up to local school districts.
- A quote from President Bush: "Both sides ought to be properly taught . . . so people can understand what the debate is about."
- Another quote: "Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. . . . You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes."
So here are some conclusions: First, the president is not making any sort of federal policy shift to cause Intelligent Design to be taught in schools. Second, despite that, the President knows that a high-level endorsement of Intelligent Design will be the difference-maker for some local school districts. Finally, Bush does not say that only Intelligent Design should be taught; he advocates for contrasting ideas to be presented to school children on the subject of the origin of species.
Still, just wearing a work uniform should not be a pretext for an employer to control his/her employees' behavior. If they employer does not like what his/her employees do in their uniforms, they have to right to take the uniforms away (i.e. require that they are stored on sight) or to fire the employees. Employers should not have any control over their employees' behavior off the clock.
Well they should be OK, as long as they use a hands-free device with their cell phones.
The previous release of Symphony OS was nice to get a first look, but over all, it was disappointing. The UI is still a little clunky, and there was not much in the way of system configuration / customization. On top of that, there is not much pre-loaded software, so you are kinda stuck once you exhaust Firefox/Thunderbird. I guess I will have to be patient and wait for v1.0 (whenever that may be) to get what I am looking for.
When you can't beat 'em, turn into 'em.
Yes, and the advancing technology of USB flash drives has made it easier to conceal them in other objects. For example, I have a friend at my school who has a watch which doubles as a 256MB USB drive. The connector and a short cable are hidden on the under-side of the band. Pretty tough to stop USB drives when they can be combined with common items, unless you want to have a company-wide strip-search policy . . .
I've noticed that Longhorn/Vista Beta uses the same DOS command line that appeared in previous versions. Are there any plans to implement a Unix/Linux command line to replace/augment the current offering?
Gentoo has been given an OpenBRR of "1" for "1337 haxorz only."
I don't see what the big deal is; we already have one of these on Earth. In Oregon, to be specific . . .
Or maybe this was intended: "Internet Acrhive's Wayback Machine's internet archive."
Which is suprising, considering that Slashdotters have only seen about 5 movies, and constantly make inside-joke references to them on these boards. There's only so many options, people!
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Cell phones are not new technology. There have been enough people using them for long enough to qualify for a serious study of the adverse effects of cell phones on their users' health. We should be able to tell what cell phones do to us, without waiting another twenty years.
Movies are made with Linux, feature Apple product placement, and are download on Windows machines? Oh, the beauty of 3!
No animals will be harmed in the production of this computer.
For the record, I made this joke in an email to my friend Nate on Friday of last week, so I think I deserve some Funny mods as well.