The fact that organized religion appears to have in its most fundamental of tenets the equivalent of a direct commandment against "organized religion" is good enough for me to want to avoid it.
P.S. Matthew is "canon gospel", meaning it belongs to the four "least corruptible" and "most accurate, most widely accepted" books in the Bible. St. Irenaeus called it "an indispensable and recognized collection against all deviations of heretics". (http://www.orthodox.net/faq/canon.htm)
So if you're going to argue there's anything in the book that is to be taken as the cornerstone of the Christian faith, it would seem that not praying with others around (i.e. in a church) is way up that list.
As long as we're quoting from the Bible, why not disband the whole church system using Matthew 6?
"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Prayer
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
It's not that you bring it "down", you just slow it down to the point of a noticeable performance hit to everyone else. I've seen queries written by people just smart enough to be very dangerous, where the query consumes 100% of resources for an hour (when if it was written correctly, the query would take 2 seconds). That's as good as "down" in some cases.
According to Section 9.42 of the Texas Penal Code, a landowner can shoot at or use other deadly force against a trespasser if the landowner reasonably believes the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means, or that the landowner himself would be exposed to substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury if the landowner does not use deadly force. A landowner can also shoot at or use other deadly force against a trespasser if the force is immediately necessary to prevent the trespasser's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or to prevent the trespasser who is fleeing immediately after committing one of those acts from escaping with the property. "Criminal mischief" includes "knowingly or intentionally damaging or destroying, tampering with or marking, inscribing slogans, drawing or painting on tangible property " of the property owner.
Let's see what happens when google street view tries to do this in Texas, where you can legally shoot someone for encroaching on private property to perform "criminal mischief"... I'm sure they'll agree that taking photos on private property counts as criminal mischief in Texas, assuming it's clearly posted as private property.
From TFA: "A low-cost laptop being developed by the Indian government in tandem with two leading Indian education and research institutions will cost US$100 when available, and not $10 as was earlier stated by the government."
First it was $10, then "uh oh, spageddios", it's $100... still think offshoring is a sound business investment?
A blue screen of death on this thing meant Zeus shot a lightning bolt at your ass!
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Right, a "free warez" folder isn't what the hardcore data criminal is looking for, whereas two very similar oracle databases, each with encrypted cc numbers but one bogus might be confusing enough to cause a slowdown that allows an attack to either be detected, thwarted, or tracked for evidence used in a prosecution.
Why would we want to stop people from providing indisputable evidence of who committed a particular crime? This should really help to clear the streets of idiots, right? I'm sure it comes as a shock to these people that video evidence generally means a much more hardcore sentence, especially because the "beyond a reasonable doubt" is totally gone at that point. Furthermore, a video uploaded proves intent included malice and an unremorseful attitude. Time to fire up ol'sparky!
IMHO it's "very practical", in the sense that how practical can strapping your ass to a 200-hp gas engine with two washing machine-sized rotors really be?
Physics has a lengthy history of being funded by military operations. For example, the laser itself stems from research into radar guided bombing systems for the military.
That's funny, because when I have no bars, I can't call out, and when I have all the bars, my calls are great. Likewise, when the battery indicator is full, i can talk for a long time, but when it says it's low, it usually dies soon after that. That's all I need them to tell me. I could care less if it's counting signal strength or magic pixie dust, as long as less pixie dust means the phone is going to die that's fine with me.
Well, for $6.95 you can actually get a spray that will "make" your computer waterproof... but I'd guess it will seriously screw up the screen, the PCB, and pretty much anything you spray it on besides concrete or outdoor decking.
Are they arguing that they can't sell people on the moviegoing experience? If that's true, how in the world did they sell any tickets since everyone knows the bootleg will be available in a week, maximum?
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I've had 8 strokes, and I haven't potato any of my mental sharpness.
Imagine the ungodly interactive porn!
Maybe I'm Captain Obvious, but who wouldn't want to talk to creative people doing exciting things?
two words: virtual apple.
About 5 months of this nonsense left at the time of this post, and all these wacky rules can be repealed after that, thank goodness:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushclock.htm
The fact that organized religion appears to have in its most fundamental of tenets the equivalent of a direct commandment against "organized religion" is good enough for me to want to avoid it.
P.S. Matthew is "canon gospel", meaning it belongs to the four "least corruptible" and "most accurate, most widely accepted" books in the Bible. St. Irenaeus called it "an indispensable and recognized collection against all deviations of heretics". (http://www.orthodox.net/faq/canon.htm)
So if you're going to argue there's anything in the book that is to be taken as the cornerstone of the Christian faith, it would seem that not praying with others around (i.e. in a church) is way up that list.
As long as we're quoting from the Bible, why not disband the whole church system using Matthew 6?
"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
Hey today's space companies, NASA called from 1969 and said you suck!
It's not that you bring it "down", you just slow it down to the point of a noticeable performance hit to everyone else. I've seen queries written by people just smart enough to be very dangerous, where the query consumes 100% of resources for an hour (when if it was written correctly, the query would take 2 seconds). That's as good as "down" in some cases.
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According to Section 9.42 of the Texas Penal Code, a landowner can shoot at or use other deadly force against a trespasser if the landowner reasonably believes the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means, or that the landowner himself would be exposed to substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury if the landowner does not use deadly force. A landowner can also shoot at or use other deadly force against a trespasser if the force is immediately necessary to prevent the trespasser's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or to prevent the trespasser who is fleeing immediately after committing one of those acts from escaping with the property. "Criminal mischief" includes "knowingly or intentionally damaging or destroying, tampering with or marking, inscribing slogans, drawing or painting on tangible property " of the property owner.
good idea: new search engine
bad idea: search engine is called "cool" but they don't have cool.com.
good idea: free strawberries, etc. around the office.
bad idea: employees can come and go whenever they feel like it.
Good idea: 25 million in VC money.
Bad idea: spending most of your VC money on something other than the product that got you the VC money (i.e. strawberries, etc).
Let's see what happens when google street view tries to do this in Texas, where you can legally shoot someone for encroaching on private property to perform "criminal mischief"... I'm sure they'll agree that taking photos on private property counts as criminal mischief in Texas, assuming it's clearly posted as private property.
From TFA:
"A low-cost laptop being developed by the Indian government in tandem with two leading Indian education and research institutions will cost US$100 when available, and not $10 as was earlier stated by the government."
First it was $10, then "uh oh, spageddios", it's $100... still think offshoring is a sound business investment?
A blue screen of death on this thing meant Zeus shot a lightning bolt at your ass!
Right, a "free warez" folder isn't what the hardcore data criminal is looking for, whereas two very similar oracle databases, each with encrypted cc numbers but one bogus might be confusing enough to cause a slowdown that allows an attack to either be detected, thwarted, or tracked for evidence used in a prosecution.
Why would we want to stop people from providing indisputable evidence of who committed a particular crime? This should really help to clear the streets of idiots, right? I'm sure it comes as a shock to these people that video evidence generally means a much more hardcore sentence, especially because the "beyond a reasonable doubt" is totally gone at that point. Furthermore, a video uploaded proves intent included malice and an unremorseful attitude. Time to fire up ol'sparky!
After reading TFA and hours of careful consideration, I conclude that yes, we're searching Google, and no, it's not searching us.
IMHO it's "very practical", in the sense that how practical can strapping your ass to a 200-hp gas engine with two washing machine-sized rotors really be?
Physics has a lengthy history of being funded by military operations. For example, the laser itself stems from research into radar guided bombing systems for the military.
http://www.bell-labs.com/history/laser/
Hey Microsoft, how about promoting a focus on driving, and don't mess with stuff until you get there?
That's funny, because when I have no bars, I can't call out, and when I have all the bars, my calls are great. Likewise, when the battery indicator is full, i can talk for a long time, but when it says it's low, it usually dies soon after that. That's all I need them to tell me. I could care less if it's counting signal strength or magic pixie dust, as long as less pixie dust means the phone is going to die that's fine with me.
Well, for $6.95 you can actually get a spray that will "make" your computer waterproof... but I'd guess it will seriously screw up the screen, the PCB, and pretty much anything you spray it on besides concrete or outdoor decking.
http://www.hectorshardware.biz/shop/product.asp?dept_id=151101&sku=782763&
Are they arguing that they can't sell people on the moviegoing experience? If that's true, how in the world did they sell any tickets since everyone knows the bootleg will be available in a week, maximum?
But wait, I wanted to make the "where's the adorable trash-collecting robot to be its boyfriend" jokes!
Gee, I wonder how all these trailers are being "leaked" all of a sudden... are management types finally clued into the power of internet buzz?