Hubbard used to be involved with devil worship vis-a-vis John Whiteside Parsons before he "discovered" scientology.
Other Christians out there are quite comfortable seeing where the source of this evil comes from. An institution that is so whole-heartedly devoted to the distraction and misdirection of mental and spiritual energy really has to serve on some level, some kind of purpose. Given that no one's ever completed the "research" of Scientology, can it really serve any other purpose?
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he doesn't exist".
"...but it does make it sound as though MS products are displacing others at a disturbing rate in computer science departments. Given that academic computing has traditionally been both the source of and the stronghold for innovative software, this is a disturbing long-term trend."
Really? Is this truly disturbing? Personally, I have yet to experience an IDE that is as helpful as that of Visual Studio. Combining intellisense functionality with MSDN makes it for a powerful resource and development tool. I have not done a great deal of c++ coding in the unix world, but I have done my share of shell scripting and PERL. If you can give me an example of an IDE that is AS useful as Visual Studio, I will be willing to check it out. But until then, vi, vim and emacs are not tools for coding. They're merely scratch paper! Comparing Visual Studio to these environments is not fair- They're not IDE's- But what IDE's exist in the unix world that compete? I'm ignorant of them. Enlighten me.
The.NET framework has been nothing but helpful to me. I don't understand why so many are so opposed to Microsoft even when the solutions they're sharing are getting better and better. No more dll hell, a kick ass interface to the OS (.net framework) and an object library that by default handles much of the database/xml interaction I'm interested in. Why reinvent the wheel? Do you not see that using these standard interfaces not only makes your job easier, but makes coding with dev teams better by minimizing the opportunity for multiple devs to implement their own custom interfaces for these kinds of things?
Plus, MS does occasionally provide truly innovative solutions to very difficult problems. Are you telling me that help from MS is a ride on the short bus for academia? This is not Elitism. It is Ignorance. All operating systems, business solutions and programming languages have their advantages and disadvantages. This decision of Microsoft's is not brainwashing- it's an investment in it's future. Why shouldn't MS try to get more academics involved with it's software? Is submitter honestly suggesting that MS products will simply retard all future growth in the Computer Science field? Are you even reading what you are posting? Do you know what the definition of Disturbing is? Personally, I find the methodical killing of the Holocaust disturbing. As in, holy shit, I-crapped-my-pants-because-that-is-so-evil disturbing. Water that churns uncomfortably in it's cup disturbing. Seriously... Has the english language lost it's capacity for meaningful expression? Or have you forgotten where you put your dictionary?
MS's investments in academia are natural and helpful. It's easier to get a job in the real world using MS products- College graduates will be far better off with a higher awareness of MS solutions than they will with none at all. Unix/Macintosh/Windows can all coexist. Each have strengths and weaknesses. College students who are less exposed to the dominant tools will not be as successful as their competitors.
Plus, I'd rather see them giving away software there than squeezing the universities out of every penny they can like they did in the Ernie Ball case.
Between this and SCO, Linux sure doesn't seem to be having a good year.
Compromised since March? How many other distros may have used gnu's site as a source between today and then? Good gravy!
This is was a huge mistake. These people have just poked what will turn out to be a very violent and angry grizzly bear.
It is well known that Microsoft loses money on each Xbox sold. Microsoft sells Xboxes at a LOSS(!) in the hopes of getting you into the additional content and features like Live. Why in the world would they want people to buy an Xbox, only to install Linux on it and never again be able to play another Xbox game on it???
People who buy Xboxes to install Linux do not buy more Xbox games!!!
This is a Bad Thing because it is only a matter of time before someone starts using this approach to hack Xbox Live. These Assholes were treated way too kindly in the Penny Arcade Comic. All I can say is I loathe these guys the same way I loathe the bored programmers that ruined Quake 1, Quake 2 and Counterstrike. The actions these zealots have taken will inevitably lead to cheating on Xbox Live, which is a real shame. To me, part of the point of paying for Xbox Live is so that I don't have to deal with the same fecal coated cheaters online- if you're caught, you're banz0red. Why is it that some people can't just rub there 2 486s together and be frigging happy w/ their beowulf cluster?
This is a terrible day for gamers.
Re:Rebuilding? Like we rebuilt Guatemala? Iran?
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No, actually. I realiZe, that in fact, the situation is a whole hell of a lot more complex than a statistic. 80% is also a very difficult number to prove. Stating that 80% of a population believes anything based on statistical sampling is an exercise in futility.
And besides, who cares? If 80% of the people believe that the world is flat, that doesn't make them any less wrong. Those I've seen on television protesting this war are chanting things like "We don't want your racist War!", or "No war for oil".
Racist?? War for oil? These statements are beyond cynical: They are idiotic. What basis is there for any of these statements other than George Bush is white (Never mind Condi Rice, Colin Powell, or any other number of examples *miguel estrada, anyone?*). Skin color does not imply someone is racist.
War for oil? Such plattitudes should be answered by the families of those who have been tortured, raped, or disappeared by Saddam Hussein's machine. I don't dispute that if we didn't have a history with Saddam Hussein, that we probably wouldn't be over there right now... But use platonic reasoning here and really consider whether or not stating that "no war for oil" is anything less then an example of someone who cannot see straight. Why not just go after Saudi Arabia if our only interest is oil. Why, since we are bucking world opinion and ditching the UN, don't we just go after whomever we feel like, since we're the toughest kid on the block? Why do we wait for a moral imperitive before launching our "war for oil"? Anyone who says "No war for oil" is either a fool or a liar.
If someone with a little intellectual honesty could step forward and give these children a deserved spanking, it would be greatly welcomed. Honestly- Colleges that churn out social studies majors should be blacklisted by employers...
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Guess I should have used the preview button:
I was listening to Howard Stern yesterday morning. Howard read a list purported to be from Dennis Miller, and for the sake of balance, here's a comedian from the other side of the aisle:
Ten things to consider with the War in Iraq.
Between Saddam Hussein and George Bush, Hussein is the bad guy.
If you happen to have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, keep this in mind. They have Libia heading the committee on Human Rights and Iraq is heading the global disarmament committee.
If you use Google search and type in ''French Military Victories'' your reply will be ''did you mean French Military Defeats?''
If your only anti-war slogan is ''No War For Oil'' sue your school district for allowing you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the education you deserved.
Saddam Hussein and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try to kill us.
Despite common belief, Martin Sheen is not the President, he plays one on TV.
Even if you are anti-war, you are still an infidel and bin Laden wants you dead too.
If you believe in a vast right wing conspiracy but not in the dangers that Hussein possesses, quit hanging out with the Dell Computer dude.
We are not trying to liberate them. (Howard disagreed with this one and Robin said perhaps it was a typo)
Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women overseas are fighting for us to defend our right to speak out. We all need to support them without reservation.
That's it. Caveat emptor.
Oh, and quite frankly, Mike Moore is a dick. He can be very funny, but he's a real asshole if you ever meet him in person. I hear the same about Miller, but Moore is a communist, so that makes him worse!
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I was listening to Howard Stern yesterday morning. Howard read a list purported to be from Dennis Miller, and for the sake of balance, here's a comedian from the other side of the aisle:
Ten things to consider with the War in Iraq.
1) Between Saddam Hussein and George Bush, Hussein is the bad guy.
2) If you happen to have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, keep this in mind. They have Libia heading the committee on Human Rights and Iraq is heading the global disarmament committee.
3) If you use Google search and type in ''French Military Victories'' your reply will be ''did you mean French Military Defeats?''
4) If your only anti-war slogan is ''No War For Oil'' sue your school district for allowing you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the education you deserved.
5) Saddam Hussein and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try to kill us.
6) Despite common belief, Martin Sheen is not the President, he plays one on TV.
7) Even if you are anti-war, you are still an infidel and bin Laden wants you dead too.
8) If you believe in a vast right wing conspiracy but not in the dangers that Hussein possesses, quit hanging out with the Dell Computer dude.
9) We are not trying to liberate them. (Howard disagreed with this one and Robin said perhaps it was a typo)
10) Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women overseas are fighting for us to defend our right to speak out. We all need to support them without reservation.
Oh, and quite frankly, Mike Moore is a dick. He can be very funny, but he's a real asshole if you ever meet him in person. I hear the same about Miller, but Moore is a communist, so that makes him worse!
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, putting a security alliance with the United States ahead of public opinion, reiterated his moral backing for Washington.
"At this time... I understand, and I support the start of the use of force by the United States," he told a news conference.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/03/20/sprj. ir q.internat.reax/index.html
Being that Japan is a democracy, sure there are dissenting voices within it. But I see that your statement that "Those same democracies appose our unilateral attack on Iraq" not only has a typo, but is incorrect.
History will look back on this day as being the single most decisive blow against the Democrats in the 2002 September elections.
There are 24 members of the ninth U.S. Court of Appeals - 14 were appointed by Bill Clinton and three by Jimmy Carter for a total of 17. Reagan and Bush 41 appointed only seven of them. Tom Daschle is holding up judicial nominees, and a majority of Americans will have absolutely no patience for this.
I for one think today is a great day. The Republicans will finally be gaining control of the Senate! Now all we need is for Bush to pander a bit more to the Conservatives, and things will finally go right for this country!
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How much cost is associated w/ Ebook distribution?
Other Christians out there are quite comfortable seeing where the source of this evil comes from. An institution that is so whole-heartedly devoted to the distraction and misdirection of mental and spiritual energy really has to serve on some level, some kind of purpose. Given that no one's ever completed the "research" of Scientology, can it really serve any other purpose?
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he doesn't exist".
Really? Is this truly disturbing? Personally, I have yet to experience an IDE that is as helpful as that of Visual Studio. Combining intellisense functionality with MSDN makes it for a powerful resource and development tool. I have not done a great deal of c++ coding in the unix world, but I have done my share of shell scripting and PERL. If you can give me an example of an IDE that is AS useful as Visual Studio, I will be willing to check it out. But until then, vi, vim and emacs are not tools for coding. They're merely scratch paper! Comparing Visual Studio to these environments is not fair- They're not IDE's- But what IDE's exist in the unix world that compete? I'm ignorant of them. Enlighten me.
The .NET framework has been nothing but helpful to me. I don't understand why so many are so opposed to Microsoft even when the solutions they're sharing are getting better and better. No more dll hell, a kick ass interface to the OS (.net framework) and an object library that by default handles much of the database/xml interaction I'm interested in. Why reinvent the wheel? Do you not see that using these standard interfaces not only makes your job easier, but makes coding with dev teams better by minimizing the opportunity for multiple devs to implement their own custom interfaces for these kinds of things?
Plus, MS does occasionally provide truly innovative solutions to very difficult problems. Are you telling me that help from MS is a ride on the short bus for academia? This is not Elitism. It is Ignorance. All operating systems, business solutions and programming languages have their advantages and disadvantages. This decision of Microsoft's is not brainwashing- it's an investment in it's future. Why shouldn't MS try to get more academics involved with it's software? Is submitter honestly suggesting that MS products will simply retard all future growth in the Computer Science field? Are you even reading what you are posting? Do you know what the definition of Disturbing is? Personally, I find the methodical killing of the Holocaust disturbing. As in, holy shit, I-crapped-my-pants-because-that-is-so-evil disturbing. Water that churns uncomfortably in it's cup disturbing. Seriously... Has the english language lost it's capacity for meaningful expression? Or have you forgotten where you put your dictionary?
MS's investments in academia are natural and helpful. It's easier to get a job in the real world using MS products- College graduates will be far better off with a higher awareness of MS solutions than they will with none at all. Unix/Macintosh/Windows can all coexist. Each have strengths and weaknesses. College students who are less exposed to the dominant tools will not be as successful as their competitors.
Plus, I'd rather see them giving away software there than squeezing the universities out of every penny they can like they did in the Ernie Ball case.
Between this and SCO, Linux sure doesn't seem to be having a good year. Compromised since March? How many other distros may have used gnu's site as a source between today and then? Good gravy!
This is was a huge mistake. These people have just poked what will turn out to be a very violent and angry grizzly bear. It is well known that Microsoft loses money on each Xbox sold. Microsoft sells Xboxes at a LOSS(!) in the hopes of getting you into the additional content and features like Live. Why in the world would they want people to buy an Xbox, only to install Linux on it and never again be able to play another Xbox game on it???
People who buy Xboxes to install Linux do not buy more Xbox games!!!
This is a Bad Thing because it is only a matter of time before someone starts using this approach to hack Xbox Live. These Assholes were treated way too kindly in the Penny Arcade Comic. All I can say is I loathe these guys the same way I loathe the bored programmers that ruined Quake 1, Quake 2 and Counterstrike. The actions these zealots have taken will inevitably lead to cheating on Xbox Live, which is a real shame. To me, part of the point of paying for Xbox Live is so that I don't have to deal with the same fecal coated cheaters online- if you're caught, you're banz0red. Why is it that some people can't just rub there 2 486s together and be frigging happy w/ their beowulf cluster?
This is a terrible day for gamers.
(ah, which I just discovered *IS* referenced in the article... oh well!)
It's an interesting read when you're stalling on doing your calc homework. Especially if you're not doing well at it :^)
Racist?? War for oil? These statements are beyond cynical: They are idiotic. What basis is there for any of these statements other than George Bush is white (Never mind Condi Rice, Colin Powell, or any other number of examples *miguel estrada, anyone?*). Skin color does not imply someone is racist.
War for oil? Such plattitudes should be answered by the families of those who have been tortured, raped, or disappeared by Saddam Hussein's machine. I don't dispute that if we didn't have a history with Saddam Hussein, that we probably wouldn't be over there right now... But use platonic reasoning here and really consider whether or not stating that "no war for oil" is anything less then an example of someone who cannot see straight. Why not just go after Saudi Arabia if our only interest is oil. Why, since we are bucking world opinion and ditching the UN, don't we just go after whomever we feel like, since we're the toughest kid on the block? Why do we wait for a moral imperitive before launching our "war for oil"? Anyone who says "No war for oil" is either a fool or a liar.
If someone with a little intellectual honesty could step forward and give these children a deserved spanking, it would be greatly welcomed. Honestly- Colleges that churn out social studies majors should be blacklisted by employers...
- Between Saddam Hussein and George Bush, Hussein is the bad guy.
- If you happen to have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, keep this in mind. They have Libia heading the committee on Human Rights and Iraq is heading the global disarmament committee.
- If you use Google search and type in ''French Military Victories'' your reply will be ''did you mean French Military Defeats?''
- If your only anti-war slogan is ''No War For Oil'' sue your school district for allowing you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the education you deserved.
- Saddam Hussein and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try to kill us.
- Despite common belief, Martin Sheen is not the President, he plays one on TV.
- Even if you are anti-war, you are still an infidel and bin Laden wants you dead too.
- If you believe in a vast right wing conspiracy but not in the dangers that Hussein possesses, quit hanging out with the Dell Computer dude.
- We are not trying to liberate them. (Howard disagreed with this one and Robin said perhaps it was a typo)
- Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women overseas are fighting for us to defend our right to speak out. We all need to support them without reservation.
That's it. Caveat emptor. Oh, and quite frankly, Mike Moore is a dick. He can be very funny, but he's a real asshole if you ever meet him in person. I hear the same about Miller, but Moore is a communist, so that makes him worse!I was listening to Howard Stern yesterday morning. Howard read a list purported to be from Dennis Miller, and for the sake of balance, here's a comedian from the other side of the aisle: Ten things to consider with the War in Iraq. 1) Between Saddam Hussein and George Bush, Hussein is the bad guy. 2) If you happen to have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, keep this in mind. They have Libia heading the committee on Human Rights and Iraq is heading the global disarmament committee. 3) If you use Google search and type in ''French Military Victories'' your reply will be ''did you mean French Military Defeats?'' 4) If your only anti-war slogan is ''No War For Oil'' sue your school district for allowing you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the education you deserved. 5) Saddam Hussein and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try to kill us. 6) Despite common belief, Martin Sheen is not the President, he plays one on TV. 7) Even if you are anti-war, you are still an infidel and bin Laden wants you dead too. 8) If you believe in a vast right wing conspiracy but not in the dangers that Hussein possesses, quit hanging out with the Dell Computer dude. 9) We are not trying to liberate them. (Howard disagreed with this one and Robin said perhaps it was a typo) 10) Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women overseas are fighting for us to defend our right to speak out. We all need to support them without reservation. Oh, and quite frankly, Mike Moore is a dick. He can be very funny, but he's a real asshole if you ever meet him in person. I hear the same about Miller, but Moore is a communist, so that makes him worse!
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, putting a security alliance with the United States ahead of public opinion, reiterated his moral backing for Washington.
... I understand, and I support the start of the use of force by the United States," he told a news conference.
. ir q.internat.reax/index.html
"At this time
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/03/20/sprj
Being that Japan is a democracy, sure there are dissenting voices within it. But I see that your statement that "Those same democracies appose our unilateral attack on Iraq" not only has a typo, but is incorrect.
We gamers are lightning fast when the scientists place ho-ho's in the testing lab.
History will look back on this day as being the single most decisive blow against the Democrats in the 2002 September elections. There are 24 members of the ninth U.S. Court of Appeals - 14 were appointed by Bill Clinton and three by Jimmy Carter for a total of 17. Reagan and Bush 41 appointed only seven of them. Tom Daschle is holding up judicial nominees, and a majority of Americans will have absolutely no patience for this. I for one think today is a great day. The Republicans will finally be gaining control of the Senate! Now all we need is for Bush to pander a bit more to the Conservatives, and things will finally go right for this country!