If you are truly serious about studying the Bible as a living book, and not as a museum piece, then pick up a New King James or NIV version. These are easily readable and accurately reflect centuries of scholarship.
The New King James is indeed a very accurate translation. Where there are new discoveries about translation technique, it is revised, openly. The translation is not biased by doctrinal beliefs. It's probably the most trusted and reliable translation.
Reading the Greek NT with a good lexicon is a good way to get the meaning of some words that are not rendered in English easily. It also gives you the ability to verify the integrity of a translation. The NKJV is pretty solid.
Here is my beef though:
As far as I can tell, people who often make loud uneducated criticisms questioning the accuracy and authenticity of the scripture, often (not always) in reality the actual issue is that they take exception to the content (message) of the scripture, and not the actual translation itself.
I can see it now: An unamed Hollywood corporation tells Arnie that they cannot afford to pay him his usual x million for his next movie due to the large number of copyright infringements on his last movie.
Struggling blockbuster artists being starved of income can no longer afford their daily living costs and are forced to settle for silver-plated toilet seats this year instead of the gold-plated variety. Sheya right! Arnie and many others would simply say "Asta la vista baby!";-)
1). Make sure your software works, is relatively bug free, and is released under a true Open Source license such as the GPL.
2). Read the Debian guidelines and policies and ensure your program conforms to these guidelines.
3). Post a bug report (aka Wishlist item) against the pseudo-package WNPP
Some Developer might see your item and wish to package it. Or you can package it yourself under the Debian Developer Mentor scheme.
It would be more like this:
"Warning: Your wheels are not properly secured. Stop here immediately to get them fixed."
or "We noticed that you engine is not running very well today, stop here for a tune-up."
And while you wait, they enter into their database as much info about you as they can glean. eg: license plate number, age range, sex, martial status (wedding ring on his finger?), how many children you have (size and type of car, and whether there is a baby seat in the car), income range (based on your appearance, type of car you drive, and whether you pay by credit card or cash), etc, etc.
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And neither do Debian and SuSE.
Who said they did? These were only examples.
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That's not really about Linux at all (or X even). It more about whether the installer for a particular software package will place icons and shortcuts in the correct places - if at all. That is up to whoever packaged the software, and to a large entention the distribution being used (and their policies). There are default directorys to place shortcuts and menu items, whether you use KDE, Gnome or whatever.
Installers in Linux can easily set up shortcuts, menu items, or display a message during the install process. If you install via.rpm or.deb, you can also do this. With many Windows applications, some installers don't install or uninstall properly. Bits get left behind, or shortcuts point to nowhere. Some stick shortcuts everywhere and create annoying start-up daemons for your taskbar (RealPlayer anyone?). In the same way, that is a fault of the software also.
"2. Linux is *not* ready for the average user desktop. The average user wants to do everything grandma wants to do, but they also want to be able to install or upgrade software and hardware *easily*. "
Ever heard of Debian and it's "apt"?
Ever heard of SuSE and it's hardware detection with every boot?
Surely Redhat 9 does not represent all GNU/Linux distributions.
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I spent one day in Hong Kong recently. What I noticed was that the only people wearing masks, seemed to be shop assistants and some airport security. I guess that is to make the partrons feel better. I guess the every people in Hong Kong are not so worried these days. Would that be fair to say?
Gratuitous Simpson's quote: "Ooooh the Germans are mad at me, I'm so scared. Oooooh, the Germans! Uh oh, the Germans are coming to get me! Oh no, don't let the Germans come after me. Oh, no the Germans are coming after me. No! They're so big and strong. Oh, protect me from the Germans, the Germans! "
It's called being patient. ATI have already said that they are going to release 4.3 drivers. What does X4.2 in games that 4.3 cannot? I mean in tangible gaming performance? I can see little difference between ATI Radeon playing Wolf ET with Linux (XF4.2) and MS Windows.
Are we on the same page? I have been using my ATI Radeon 9000 in Linux with the proprietary ATI Radeon drivers. Full 3D acceleration. Wolfenstein Enemy Territory plays just as good on my Linux partition as it does on my Windows partition. Just because the Radeon drivers say they are for Radeon 8500 (or whatever) doesn't mean they don't work on the newer Radeon's in the 9xxx series.
Ok, so some have already pointed to the inacuracy of "public domain". But this one?
What about:
"So why is Linux turning my head? Mainly I suppose because it's free." - Stallman 101: What ever he means by the word "free"?
"Unlike Windows, you're free to make and give away as many copies as you like. - Steady on there partner, some dists contain non-free, closed-source, non-GPL'ed code (Eg: Crossover Plugin). You cannot distribute these (eg: Lindows, SuSE Pro, etc)
I guess with Linux, you can use the cheap but cool hardware (TV out, Dolby 5.1, etc) and various console emulators to give yourself multiple gaming consoles in one. Your X-Box could then play SNES, Genesis, Arcade, Amiga, etc, etc, games as well as X-Box games.
Perhaps MS could make money by *selling* such a bootloader.....;-)
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Understood. Kinda reminds me of the scanner/x-ray things at airports customs these days where they look through your bags in color detail from a computer screen. Now if that were a handheld device with intelligent image recognition....
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2)Storage area on the device is tiny. For the small passive devices you are referring to the storage area is less than 1Kilobyte. Not much space for your medical records here.
All it needs to store is a unique ID. This ID can always be linked to your SSN, Passport, Driver License IRS numbers at the companies computer (perhaps they ask you for your info, or detect your driver license, etc). Perhaps in the future there would be one massive distributed database that all companies access.
It is when companies/governments share this data that it gets scary. Data mining, by scanning everything they can on your person, and then combining this data with data from other companies, they can make one huge store of info about anyone.
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If some guy on the bus decides he going to snatch my CD player, it's not as if having an RFID tag in it was going to be a huge factor in tempting him.
And the fact that you will see his face won't discourage him, but an RFID tag would?
Surely the FBI won't bother investigating theft of small products with the RFID tags in them. But then again, I guess should he get busted with other items, it can be added to the list.
All I know is that they have removed all need of products like Citrix with 2003 Server, as it does high quality remote desktop stuff now for quite a few different platforms. No longer limited to '256 color with no sound' anymore. Yay!
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If you are truly serious about studying the Bible as a living book, and not as a museum piece, then pick up a New King James or NIV version. These are easily readable and accurately reflect centuries of scholarship.
The New King James is indeed a very accurate translation. Where there are new discoveries about translation technique, it is revised, openly. The translation is not biased by doctrinal beliefs. It's probably the most trusted and reliable translation.
Reading the Greek NT with a good lexicon is a good way to get the meaning of some words that are not rendered in English easily. It also gives you the ability to verify the integrity of a translation. The NKJV is pretty solid.
Here is my beef though:
As far as I can tell, people who often make loud uneducated criticisms questioning the accuracy and authenticity of the scripture, often (not always) in reality the actual issue is that they take exception to the content (message) of the scripture, and not the actual translation itself.
Featuring starving artists in the movie industry
;-)
I can see it now: An unamed Hollywood corporation tells Arnie that they cannot afford to pay him his usual x million for his next movie due to the large number of copyright infringements on his last movie.
Struggling blockbuster artists being starved of income can no longer afford their daily living costs and are forced to settle for silver-plated toilet seats this year instead of the gold-plated variety. Sheya right! Arnie and many others would simply say "Asta la vista baby!"
1). Make sure your software works, is relatively bug free, and is released under a true Open Source license such as the GPL.
2). Read the Debian guidelines and policies and ensure your program conforms to these guidelines.
3). Post a bug report (aka Wishlist item) against the pseudo-package WNPP
Some Developer might see your item and wish to package it. Or you can package it yourself under the Debian Developer Mentor scheme.
Yeah isn't "Linux" a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds?
It would be more like this:
"Warning: Your wheels are not properly secured. Stop here immediately to get them fixed."
or "We noticed that you engine is not running very well today, stop here for a tune-up."
And while you wait, they enter into their database as much info about you as they can glean. eg: license plate number, age range, sex, martial status (wedding ring on his finger?), how many children you have (size and type of car, and whether there is a baby seat in the car), income range (based on your appearance, type of car you drive, and whether you pay by credit card or cash), etc, etc.
How 'bout a good ol' tar 'n featherin'?
And neither do Debian and SuSE.
Who said they did? These were only examples.
That's not really about Linux at all (or X even). It more about whether the installer for a particular software package will place icons and shortcuts in the correct places - if at all. That is up to whoever packaged the software, and to a large entention the distribution being used (and their policies). There are default directorys to place shortcuts and menu items, whether you use KDE, Gnome or whatever.
.rpm or .deb, you can also do this. With many Windows applications, some installers don't install or uninstall properly. Bits get left behind, or shortcuts point to nowhere. Some stick shortcuts everywhere and create annoying start-up daemons for your taskbar (RealPlayer anyone?). In the same way, that is a fault of the software also.
Installers in Linux can easily set up shortcuts, menu items, or display a message during the install process. If you install via
"2. Linux is *not* ready for the average user desktop. The average user wants to do everything grandma wants to do, but they also want to be able to install or upgrade software and hardware *easily*. "
Ever heard of Debian and it's "apt"?
Ever heard of SuSE and it's hardware detection with every boot?
Surely Redhat 9 does not represent all GNU/Linux distributions.
I spent one day in Hong Kong recently. What I noticed was that the only people wearing masks, seemed to be shop assistants and some airport security. I guess that is to make the partrons feel better. I guess the every people in Hong Kong are not so worried these days. Would that be fair to say?
At least someone can claim a rebate on their Microsoft Tax.
Gratuitous Simpson's quote:
"Ooooh the Germans are mad at me, I'm so scared. Oooooh, the Germans! Uh oh, the Germans are coming to get me! Oh no, don't let the Germans come after me. Oh, no the Germans are coming after me. No! They're so big and strong. Oh, protect me from the Germans, the Germans! "
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-li nux.html and they DO work on newer ATI cards.
It's called being patient. ATI have already said that they are going to release 4.3 drivers. What does X4.2 in games that 4.3 cannot? I mean in tangible gaming performance? I can see little difference between ATI Radeon playing Wolf ET with Linux (XF4.2) and MS Windows.
Send all your complaints to: http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/ if you think their drivers suck or they are too slow in releasing them.
I'd rather they released good quality drivers, rather than release buggy drivers like some other company.
You could always revert to XF4.2. It is a simple matter with most dists. That way you get OpenGL, etc.
Are we on the same page? I have been using my ATI Radeon 9000 in Linux with the proprietary ATI Radeon drivers. Full 3D acceleration. Wolfenstein Enemy Territory plays just as good on my Linux partition as it does on my Windows partition. Just because the Radeon drivers say they are for Radeon 8500 (or whatever) doesn't mean they don't work on the newer Radeon's in the 9xxx series.
What about:
Perhaps someone should use the email Chris Barton link.
I guess with Linux, you can use the cheap but cool hardware (TV out, Dolby 5.1, etc) and various console emulators to give yourself multiple gaming consoles in one. Your X-Box could then play SNES, Genesis, Arcade, Amiga, etc, etc, games as well as X-Box games.
Perhaps MS could make money by *selling* such a bootloader..... ;-)
Understood. Kinda reminds me of the scanner/x-ray things at airports customs these days where they look through your bags in color detail from a computer screen. Now if that were a handheld device with intelligent image recognition....
2)Storage area on the device is tiny. For the small passive devices you are referring to the storage area is less than 1Kilobyte. Not much space for your medical records here.
All it needs to store is a unique ID. This ID can always be linked to your SSN, Passport, Driver License IRS numbers at the companies computer (perhaps they ask you for your info, or detect your driver license, etc). Perhaps in the future there would be one massive distributed database that all companies access.
It is when companies/governments share this data that it gets scary. Data mining, by scanning everything they can on your person, and then combining this data with data from other companies, they can make one huge store of info about anyone.
If some guy on the bus decides he going to snatch my CD player, it's not as if having an RFID tag in it was going to be a huge factor in tempting him.
And the fact that you will see his face won't discourage him, but an RFID tag would?
Surely the FBI won't bother investigating theft of small products with the RFID tags in them. But then again, I guess should he get busted with other items, it can be added to the list.
All I know is that they have removed all need of products like Citrix with 2003 Server, as it does high quality remote desktop stuff now for quite a few different platforms. No longer limited to '256 color with no sound' anymore. Yay!
That reminds me, I heard/read somewhere that the new 2003 Server comes with a Unix server of some description. Is that true?
Say "goodbye" to Uncle Sam & "hello" to Uncle Bill!
Xe! Xe! Xe!
Does Win2K come with the 'diff' command? If not, ask a *nix user to do it.