One thing that I think would be a good idea for Facebook to implement would be rule-based access privileges for different groups that you can define. The groups shouldn't be visible to anyone other than yourself, of course; the last thing you'd need would be for "friends" to see that they weren't "good friends."
Use the "Friend lists" feature. You can make as many lists as you like, based around whichever criteria you like (work, hobbies, trust level).
When you post pictures/status updates/links, click the little privacy 'lock' icon and select 'custom'. It'll allow you to show your post to named individuals or lists. It'll also allow you to block it from named individuals or lists.
*Sound of fog horn*
Automatic voice: "Hello, this is your captain calling... Congratulations, you've won a trip to..."
Or sometimes it's a number 000-000-0000 like from the summary, I can confirm that. It's ANNOYING AS HELL.
I get that one periodically as well. But I was getting it before I signed up for the DNC - frequency seems to have gone down, but I doubt it's related to the list.
2. On the appointed date, I go to the local polling office, with my card, and photo ID.
As a Canadian who votes regularly, I've never been asked for ID in a civil, provincial, or national election (assuming I've got the voting card with me). I remember offering to show it once, and having it waved off (during a civic election).
Just remember what Pascal said: If you believe and you are wrong, you've at least led a good life; if you believe and you're right, heaven is on your way. If you don't believe and you're right, you've lived your life the way you wanted to; but if you're wrong....which outcomes pan out the best?
Pascal only considered two options, though: Christianity and Atheism. What if the Muslims are right? How about the Hindus? What about the pagans?
It isn't a 50/50 proposition; Pascal's Wager is a sucker bet.
The problem with trying to analyze why religions were "made up" and what social purposes (deterrence, discrimination, thought control, etc.) they are used for is that it ignores the possibility that there actually is a God, and that which we call "religion" came to exist as a result of God's revelation of himself, not as a result of random guesses or evil conspiracies. Everyone wants to treat religion as merely an object of study, like politics or literature...but has it occurred to anyone that there may actually be truth to it? And if there is a God and an afterlife, and your life on earth determines where you will spend eternity, isn't this something you just might want to take seriously? I mean, eternity is an awfully long time, and a lake of fire doesn't sound like too much fun.
It has occurred to some that there may be truth in it. But if there is truth to it, then some disturbing questions arise.
For instance, the misinterpretation of God's word has caused a lot of death and suffering. There are, for instance, a large number of divergent views within Christianity itself, never mind the other major religions of the world. Even amongst people who believe there is a loving creator god and who want to serve him, there is conflict and violence.
Yet God is supposed to be omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent. If He is all three of these things, why doesn't he make a clear and undeniable statement for those who wish to worship Him?
Some claim that He has made a clear and undeniable statement, but that claim is clearly false. If it were true, there wouldn't be such disagreement. There would be clear evidence to which one could point.
Even a moderately powerful deity should be able to make an obvious statement to the people of the world. It should be easy, and it would stop so much senseless violence. If a deity cared even moderately for its followers, it would have happened already.
Of course the RIAA numbers are going to be down where Eastman Kodak's are, people are turning to digital cameras and leaving film cameras behind in droves.
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One thing that I think would be a good idea for Facebook to implement would be rule-based access privileges for different groups that you can define. The groups shouldn't be visible to anyone other than yourself, of course; the last thing you'd need would be for "friends" to see that they weren't "good friends."
Use the "Friend lists" feature. You can make as many lists as you like, based around whichever criteria you like (work, hobbies, trust level).
When you post pictures/status updates/links, click the little privacy 'lock' icon and select 'custom'. It'll allow you to show your post to named individuals or lists. It'll also allow you to block it from named individuals or lists.
*Sound of fog horn* Automatic voice: "Hello, this is your captain calling... Congratulations, you've won a trip to..."
Or sometimes it's a number 000-000-0000 like from the summary, I can confirm that. It's ANNOYING AS HELL.
I get that one periodically as well. But I was getting it before I signed up for the DNC - frequency seems to have gone down, but I doubt it's related to the list.
I thought I could get first post, but my browser rendered the page too slowly. Guess I'll have to switch to Opera.
Pascal only considered two options, though: Christianity and Atheism. What if the Muslims are right? How about the Hindus? What about the pagans?
It isn't a 50/50 proposition; Pascal's Wager is a sucker bet.
It has occurred to some that there may be truth in it. But if there is truth to it, then some disturbing questions arise.
For instance, the misinterpretation of God's word has caused a lot of death and suffering. There are, for instance, a large number of divergent views within Christianity itself, never mind the other major religions of the world. Even amongst people who believe there is a loving creator god and who want to serve him, there is conflict and violence.
Yet God is supposed to be omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent. If He is all three of these things, why doesn't he make a clear and undeniable statement for those who wish to worship Him?
Some claim that He has made a clear and undeniable statement, but that claim is clearly false. If it were true, there wouldn't be such disagreement. There would be clear evidence to which one could point.
Even a moderately powerful deity should be able to make an obvious statement to the people of the world. It should be easy, and it would stop so much senseless violence. If a deity cared even moderately for its followers, it would have happened already.
I'd consider it more annoying than ironic, personally.
But maybe she was using a strategy from Alice in Wonderland:
As Humpty-Dumpty said "When I use a word, it means exactly what I mean it to mean, no more and no less."
Kodak sells digital cameras too.
It might be the end of advertising as we know it.