Forget about all this religious law stuff. Just be good people.
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Jesus had enormous respect for what we now know as the Old Testament. When asked what the "greatest commandment" was he certainly didn't say to forget the regigious law stuff. What he did reject was the mass of accumulated pharisaical law that had accumulated on it like barnacles. He certainly advocated more of a personal relationship to God (addressing him as Abba - "Daddy" - in some situations) rather than feeling that God could only be approached through ritual. But he respected the core traditions and teaching of the O.T. He said he came not to overturn the old scriptures, but to fullfill them.
You are at liberty to agree or disagree with this as you will, but at least take the time to read the gospels before you make sweeping statements like that.
Not that I'm 100% a fan of the council of Nicea myself, you understand, as it tended to cement the Church to the civil authority in a way which was not wholly helpful through the middle ages.
Try reading the Epistle to the Hebrews to see ways in which the early church sought to reconcile it's approach to Jewish thought and scripture.
It may be a troll, but I will bite. Rarely has a short comment had so many errors in it. And I don't mean spelling errors.
"Fundamentalism" in the way it's understood by many modern Western Christians is a relatively new phenomenon, and certainly it has very specific overtones that relate to 19th/20th century American Christianity.
As for "stopped listening to Jews" perhaps the poster should acquaint himself with the book of Acts in which some of the discussions and controversies between Jews and Christians are described. Some of this was by way of preaching and dialog and, yes, some was by less pleasant methods. Judaism as we know it today is different from the Jewish faith practiced in the early 1st century if only because of the destruction of the temple in AD70.
AD33 is an approximation since no one is entirely sure of the crucifiction/resurrection dates.
And Hemos, leave out the editorialising. It's not necessary.
20 years ago (and yes I am old enough to remember that) we had phones and snail mail. We also had a (closed, corporate) email system hosted on an IBM mainframe, Telex, Fax. And internal mail. And voice mail. And conference calls. We could even put a floppy disk in the post but that would be a bit wierd. Suppose we could also have used a bulleting board system on our shiny 2400 baud modems too.
I absolutely agree. I see no rush to condemn the two restaurants this poor guy is known to have visited before going to the Redmond campus. Measles is highly unpleasant and potentially fatal.
Considering the FA hardly mentions Windows CE I think the poster's conclusion is a bit unbalanced. Most of the article witters on about Cell processors and Intel's attempt to move away from i386 architectures.
The reason IE isn't vulnerable is because it doesn't natively support IDN; with the right plug-in, it too is vulnerable.
And, as usual, Slashdot puts a negative spin on a piece that would otherwise put Microsoft in a positive light. Come on guys, I could say that FireFox was vulnerable to VBScript security holes if someone wrote a VBScript addon for it.
I understand that half the camera pictures were lost because they were transmitted on channel A.
Interestingly enough, an article in New Scientist quoted one of the mission planners as being scathing about the scientists' choice to use the 2 channels for increased bandwidth...
This post is from memory. Please feel free to correct errors and ridicule me for factual inconsistencies.
Out of interest, does OS4 bear any relation to TRIPOS? I'm sure (or am I going crazy?) that the earliest releases had a TRIPOS kernel written in BCPL. Anyone want to enlighten me?
Freedom can, it's true, be just a superficial veneer. And it's true that the US can be a dreadful place if you are poor. As a middle-class European, I find it a great place to visit but would not necessarily jump at the chance to live there. Most of us don't question the beliefs instilled into us and childhood. To an outsider, it seems that the "saluting of the flag" business at the start of each school day serves to drum into children a belief that the US is a great place to be without providing much evidence of same. Anyway....
China's record on human rights would means that prison is a place where you go if you break the law OR if you a nuisance to the government. Try discussing the Tiananmen square "incident" Communist and post-communist societies like China have still a poor track record in this area. Look carefully and you will find secret laws and loopholes as bad, or worse, than the USA.
I sympathise with your comments in some ways, especially the way that the US is increasingly becoming a lawyer's paradise where frivolous lawsuits are increasing. I am not the biggest fan of the US, but I can't go along with the second part of your post.
I would infer from your comments that you are, broadly speaking, a supporter of the current US president, and you don't appear to be sympathetic to organised religion. In any case, you have the right to those beliefs under US law. They just happen in these specific instances to match the beliefs of the Chinese authorities. Just because your current belief system matches the current belief system of another government doesn't make that other government intrinsically "more free".
You are confusing "more free" with "more like me".
Your opinions may change with time, and the pendulum of US politics may eventually swing leftwards. But, we trust, the US will maintain its constitutional safeguards to give you freedom of expression when you find yourself against the tide.
I apologise if I have misrepresented your views which I have tried to infer from the posting.
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Jesus had enormous respect for what we now know as the Old Testament. When asked what the "greatest commandment" was he certainly didn't say to forget the regigious law stuff. What he did reject was the mass of accumulated pharisaical law that had accumulated on it like barnacles. He certainly advocated more of a personal relationship to God (addressing him as Abba - "Daddy" - in some situations) rather than feeling that God could only be approached through ritual. But he respected the core traditions and teaching of the O.T. He said he came not to overturn the old scriptures, but to fullfill them.
You are at liberty to agree or disagree with this as you will, but at least take the time to read the gospels before you make sweeping statements like that.
Not that I'm 100% a fan of the council of Nicea myself, you understand, as it tended to cement the Church to the civil authority in a way which was not wholly helpful through the middle ages.
Try reading the Epistle to the Hebrews to see ways in which the early church sought to reconcile it's approach to Jewish thought and scripture.
It may be a troll, but I will bite. Rarely has a short comment had so many errors in it. And I don't mean spelling errors. "Fundamentalism" in the way it's understood by many modern Western Christians is a relatively new phenomenon, and certainly it has very specific overtones that relate to 19th/20th century American Christianity. As for "stopped listening to Jews" perhaps the poster should acquaint himself with the book of Acts in which some of the discussions and controversies between Jews and Christians are described. Some of this was by way of preaching and dialog and, yes, some was by less pleasant methods. Judaism as we know it today is different from the Jewish faith practiced in the early 1st century if only because of the destruction of the temple in AD70. AD33 is an approximation since no one is entirely sure of the crucifiction/resurrection dates. And Hemos, leave out the editorialising. It's not necessary.
.. in this local museum. Much smaller, but enthusiastic and they could use your help! Donate now.
20 years ago (and yes I am old enough to remember that) we had phones and snail mail. We also had a (closed, corporate) email system hosted on an IBM mainframe, Telex, Fax. And internal mail. And voice mail. And conference calls. We could even put a floppy disk in the post but that would be a bit wierd. Suppose we could also have used a bulleting board system on our shiny 2400 baud modems too.
You aren't Dilbert by any chance are you?
The taxation rate in the UK is indeed high, but I am amused at the implication in your post that taxes have nothing to do with economics.
.. is dangerous and should only be attempted by qualified zoo-keepers.
I absolutely agree. I see no rush to condemn the two restaurants this poor guy is known to have visited before going to the Redmond campus. Measles is highly unpleasant and potentially fatal.
Doctor Who!
Just FYI, the portable.net project has some kind of System.Windows.Forms implementation. Don't know how good it is, though.
Considering the FA hardly mentions Windows CE I think the poster's conclusion is a bit unbalanced. Most of the article witters on about Cell processors and Intel's attempt to move away from i386 architectures.
This is US isolationism taken to extremes! OK, they do allow Canada to exist.
And, as usual, Slashdot puts a negative spin on a piece that would otherwise put Microsoft in a positive light. Come on guys, I could say that FireFox was vulnerable to VBScript security holes if someone wrote a VBScript addon for it.
Oh thanks. I knew what Astroturf was in a literal sense, but the metaphorical/figure of speech is new to me.
I don't understand the significance of this term. Can someone explain?
What's so bad about the Drag-And-Drop code being British? Tea stains?
This post is from memory. Please feel free to correct errors and ridicule me for factual inconsistencies.
I would like to point out that I don't have to "be" a moron to make a "moronic" comment. Although of course I can choose to make one. Love and kisses.
Out of interest, does OS4 bear any relation to TRIPOS? I'm sure (or am I going crazy?) that the earliest releases had a TRIPOS kernel written in BCPL. Anyone want to enlighten me?
Never, because it would be stupid. People who used frontpage would find that no one would find their precious web sites.
The moronic anti-Microsoft stance in slashdot never fails to amaze me. Or have I just fed a troll?
That's OK. unwarranted assumptions is what makes slashdot such an exhilarating place.
China's record on human rights would means that prison is a place where you go if you break the law OR if you a nuisance to the government. Try discussing the Tiananmen square "incident" Communist and post-communist societies like China have still a poor track record in this area. Look carefully and you will find secret laws and loopholes as bad, or worse, than the USA.
I would infer from your comments that you are, broadly speaking, a supporter of the current US president, and you don't appear to be sympathetic to organised religion. In any case, you have the right to those beliefs under US law. They just happen in these specific instances to match the beliefs of the Chinese authorities. Just because your current belief system matches the current belief system of another government doesn't make that other government intrinsically "more free". You are confusing "more free" with "more like me".
Your opinions may change with time, and the pendulum of US politics may eventually swing leftwards. But, we trust, the US will maintain its constitutional safeguards to give you freedom of expression when you find yourself against the tide.
I apologise if I have misrepresented your views which I have tried to infer from the posting.
Mind you, don't ships have any kind of backup? I mean, what would happen if the ship's GPS receiver developed a fault?
Is GPS really a "primary" means of navigation for the average Joe? As opposed to, say, having a map or reading the signs on the freeway?