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You also shouldn't ignore the fact that Eve was deceived by the serpent into thinking that she would gain wisdom. Nowhere does the Bible say that she actually did gain wisdom as a result of eating the apple.
The hebrew translated as "knowledge" doesn't refer to intellectual knowledge, but more of an experiential knowledge (which helps make sense of the story, as Rostin mentioned above).
So the text makes it clear that God wasn't punishing "knowing things intellectually" but "knowing them experientially" - the only way to have the knowledge good and evil is to experience both.
- real full screen mode, everything can easily turned on/off (even the scroll bar and address bar.. I don't use anything else).
Currently, pressing F11 in Firefox turns off everything except the scroll bar and the tab bar.
user mode is also nice (I like white on black) but it's not so important as the firt two/three
This is implemented - your user stylesheet is userContent.css, located in your profile directory. If you install URIid, you can even have different user style rules for different sites (eg. you could remove the bottom OSDN navbar in Slashdot).
*hangs head in shame*
Actually, OverlordQ proves that it was fabricated in this comment: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=113324&thresho ld=-1&commentsort=3&tid=134&mode=nested&pid=959871 4
Big sorry. Talk about posting without thinking:(
I'd hate to think of someone like you on a jury (although admittedly most jurists are no better), if you can't see the string "OverlordQ" in that post.
Fear of change is part of the culture of fear in western society. One current incarnation is the outsourcing of jobs to India. Opponents of free trade live on stories like this. "Fair competition between countries will result in people losing their jobs!" they cry. They are right. But history has taught us that an industry that dies in this way is replaced by another that is even more rewarding. In the past, farmers lost jobs as agriculture became more efficient. Next, industry became more productive, and manufacturers lost jobs. Then, the computer was born, replacing accountants, typists and switchboard operators. Today, the people who service the computers are being shifted. In every case, people who do servicing jobs are replaced, and go on to more creative jobs.
The difference between these sector revolutions is that each happens faster than the last. But ever since Toffler's classic Future Shock, people have feared the ever increasing pace of change. Others, especially young people like myself, have embraced it, and even thrived on it. Which person you are is up to you.
From the article:
"Barry Mersky, a dentist in Maryland, bought Terfenol in 1995 in hope of creating a "tooth phone," a small device placed on a tooth that allows people to communicate in high-noise environments. Mersky's six-person company, ESComms, based in Bethesda, Md., now receives funding from the Army and Navy, whose interest was piqued after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks showed that firefighters had trouble hearing radio communications inside the World Trade Center. The dentist is hoping to have a working prototype for the military to start using by next year."
With Terfenol, you don't need an implant, but merely a plate attached to a tooth. Though there is still the question of where to put the radio receiver.
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...but if Bible was proved to have internal inconsistencies, it would be proved wrong (since it claims to be the infallible Word of God).
See above.
You also shouldn't ignore the fact that Eve was deceived by the serpent into thinking that she would gain wisdom. Nowhere does the Bible say that she actually did gain wisdom as a result of eating the apple.
The hebrew translated as "knowledge" doesn't refer to intellectual knowledge, but more of an experiential knowledge (which helps make sense of the story, as Rostin mentioned above).
So the text makes it clear that God wasn't punishing "knowing things intellectually" but "knowing them experientially" - the only way to have the knowledge good and evil is to experience both.
Currently, pressing F11 in Firefox turns off everything except the scroll bar and the tab bar.
This is implemented - your user stylesheet is userContent.css, located in your profile directory. If you install URIid, you can even have different user style rules for different sites (eg. you could remove the bottom OSDN navbar in Slashdot).
Check out my page of Firefox extensions & customizations for tips on userContent.css etc.
Many sites have link prefetching (via a simple <link> tag in the HTML header), mine included.
This defeats the idea of Firefox being a small download. Make downloading & installing themes a breeze and it's completely unnecessary.
This can be done already, by adding this to your userChrome.css file:
Admittedly, this should probably be included by default.
For more tips like this, check out my page of Firefox extensions & customizations.
That's great. Now we're treating children like c(h)attle.
It would:
A Google search will find a large number of athiest (and anti-athiest) websites such as The Athiest's Handbook.
- A ~4Mb download
- Much faster at rendering and downloading pages (especially with user-defined speed improvements)
- Less of a memory-hog than IE (IE is only any good because of it's integration with Windows)
Mozilla is slower than Firefox, but it is a full, feature-rich browser suite.I vote you do it! ;)
I will when I get a PDA :)
Actually, IE5.5+ does have support for PNG alpha-blending. It's hidden in a filter called AlphaImageLoader, and can be enabled through a javascript hack.
Webmasters everywhere take note! You can use cool semitransparent images!
*hangs head in shame* Actually, OverlordQ proves that it was fabricated in this comment: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=113324&thresho ld=-1&commentsort=3&tid=134&mode=nested&pid=959871 4
Big sorry. Talk about posting without thinking :(
I'd hate to think of someone like you on a jury (although admittedly most jurists are no better), if you can't see the string "OverlordQ" in that post.
AFAIK the comic-book Spidey has always been a thoughtful type.
Nor is pop-up blocking.
In fact, it doesn't even run on earlier versions of Windows; it requires at least Windows 2000 or XP.
According to previous comments at Slashdot, a map of the course has been leaked, meaning that entrants can cheat by pre-programming a course.
Fear of change is part of the culture of fear in western society. One current incarnation is the outsourcing of jobs to India. Opponents of free trade live on stories like this. "Fair competition between countries will result in people losing their jobs!" they cry. They are right. But history has taught us that an industry that dies in this way is replaced by another that is even more rewarding. In the past, farmers lost jobs as agriculture became more efficient. Next, industry became more productive, and manufacturers lost jobs. Then, the computer was born, replacing accountants, typists and switchboard operators. Today, the people who service the computers are being shifted. In every case, people who do servicing jobs are replaced, and go on to more creative jobs.
The difference between these sector revolutions is that each happens faster than the last. But ever since Toffler's classic Future Shock, people have feared the ever increasing pace of change. Others, especially young people like myself, have embraced it, and even thrived on it. Which person you are is up to you.
MagiQ is NOT the first company to sell a quantum encryption system, ID Quantique was, last year.
From the article:
"Barry Mersky, a dentist in Maryland, bought Terfenol in 1995 in hope of creating a "tooth phone," a small device placed on a tooth that allows people to communicate in high-noise environments. Mersky's six-person company, ESComms, based in Bethesda, Md., now receives funding from the Army and Navy, whose interest was piqued after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks showed that firefighters had trouble hearing radio communications inside the World Trade Center. The dentist is hoping to have a working prototype for the military to start using by next year."
Looks like this may replace the tooth phone previously designed by researchers from MIT Media Lab Europe.
With Terfenol, you don't need an implant, but merely a plate attached to a tooth. Though there is still the question of where to put the radio receiver.