>It's no fun to always feel like you're pinned down by technology
Another thing i would add is that turning off the phone won't necessarily "unpin" you from the technology. I've found that when I turn my phone off, people get upset and think i'm avoiding them.
Cell phones are a great example of where technology has injected itself into many aspects of culture almost and is un-noticed until it becomes apparent that problems exist without it.
heres another common Kerry "flip-flop"...
1. Say you are "morally" against gay marriage.
2. Vote for state legislation rather than an amendment to the const.
3. Relax knowing full well that most states will legalize gay marriage through their courts and activist judges (democrats will route gay marriage cases directly to certain judges).
4. Be confident that you (Kerry) have covered both angles politically.
This is but a taste of John Kerry the President: Making it look like he is pro-something, while supporting the other end through misleading and indirect politics. At least GW Bush is consistent with his views.
I believe, as most Christians do, that Adam and Eve were meant to sin, no matter what. Sin is a necessary part of being 'human'. Sin no doubt existed before Jesus, and Jesus died on the cross for us as a way to know that sinning can lead to forgiveness if we show that He (as in Jesus, the son/earthly-being of God) is always a part of our lives and guiding us. With faith in the Lord, no sin we commit can lead to damnation. This of course, brings up the question of evil in the world, and why God can't just 'defeat' it once and for all, and thereby make all his creations 'perfect'.
A few days ago I stumbled across this writing (scroll down a bit) that my classmate wrote on his website about the necessity of evil. It was enlightening and something that most faiths can relate to.
Sin is inherent to every human being created by God. If you did not sin (hence be perfect) then you would be equal to God. And since God is omnipotent (something all true Christians believe) then the absense of sin in a human would be impossible. This isn't just the inherent sin from Adam, but also the way we live our daily lives. We all sin, there is no escaping it... think about it =) Not sure who these christians were that you supposedly had 'frothing at the mouth', but maybe they, and you, should read the bible a little more carefully God bless:)
I would have to disagree only in that God was truely meant to be unique and Jesus (from the Gospels), is God on Earth and can be God on other planets if He so chooses. The Holy Trinity is God's relevance to us and our way to truely understand him. Jesus, being part of the Trinity, could very well have-been/will-be a part of another world, and mean the exact same thing (with room for their own interpretations, etc) to them so as God is still the utmost unique being. Jesus is/will-be God on those planets as well. I am a Christian, and I believe in this possibility.
man, you stole my post =)
although i would have to say the xbox controller for nes games is far superior. the buttons on the classes nes controller lie parallel with the controller, which i always thought was uncomfortable. the xbox controller has close to a 45 degree angle for the two buttons needed for nes. plus you could map any of the other 8 or so buttons to your liking as well.
Lets step back for a moment and tell ourselves that it was more than just a "transmission" problem, and that simply driving a disc up to their north side plant wasn't the issue at all. Because if thats really the case, then the Tribune has bigger idiots working for it then the "outside providers" working on the software.
I'm going to assume thats not the case, and that there is more to it than just a "transmission" problem. I'm thinking it had more to do with the way the software controls the machinery, if thats applicable.
I agree.
Blame the project manager (hopefully their was one) that led testing the services thoroughly before deployment. Individual coders shouldn't be held to any legal liability. Any legal action should be directed towards the'outside provider' (as noted in the article).
There is no doubt that Mozilla products and even Linux in general will be targeted as its popularity increases. *now* is the golden time for these communities to beef up on their security across all platforms. No matter how sooner or later it happens, there is no time to waste as Microsoft most likely did with IE 6.
The misuse of the '1984' like cliche that our government is ever-watching, ever-controlling must stop. It is becoming hard to find an op-ed item anywhere that doesn't somehow try to relate the Bush administration to an Orwellian-style government.
Do you really think the Boston police are going to abuse this technology to try to 'root out' political opponents? Is the English language going to slowly shrink into a Newspeak-like oppressive-thought system? No. Its not.
Orwell wrote his piece about a different time (1942-1949 approx) and a different system of government altogether (the British monarchy). This simply doesn't apply to modern American government, and simply never will - in an American democracy.
alot of times when i look at large corporate project, old and new, i find that perl pops its head in for script maintenence, server controlling, etc,etc. it may not be the primary language for many projects, but many times it is needed in one way or another.
> turns out they log 3 months worth... ala, the Amercians monitor it too
so since they do log 3 months worth that means they (as in AT&T) monitor our sms messages? and then you point to "the Americans" as monitors too? i'm not seeing your connection between a communist government that will throw people in jail for saying bad things about them and your conspiracy theory that AT&T and the US govt are in league to crack down on political opponents.
I'm very happy with the.NET technology and the level of community involvement the developers have shown.
where the.NET community sees the likes of "C# code to show your program in taskbar" from these.... developers, the FOSS community has source code to maintain, update, and give back to a real community of developers.
further, the 2 missions of each community are drastically different. Microsoft pushed hard for a community presense for its.NET developers. why? so more people can develop in.NET and thus use it in the marketplace more (and you can fill in the rest to why thats important to Microsoft)
The FOSS community, however, has a mission to make software better, more robust, cheaper, and most importantly: free as in freedom. none of which you find with the.NET community.
My guess is no, judging from Microsoft's general resistance to anything open.
that depends on what your/their meaning of 'open' is. I couldn't find any information on this project being open-source, on their site or the articles. And if its not, i'd strongly suggest it should be given the open source community's need and want for something like this and the ability to make it better. hopefully i just overlooked something and it is open source and not just free as in beer.
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>It's no fun to always feel like you're pinned down by technology
Another thing i would add is that turning off the phone won't necessarily "unpin" you from the technology. I've found that when I turn my phone off, people get upset and think i'm avoiding them.
Cell phones are a great example of where technology has injected itself into many aspects of culture almost and is un-noticed until it becomes apparent that problems exist without it.
damnit, replied to the wrong post.... obviously.
finally, someone with some values.
heres another common Kerry "flip-flop"...
1. Say you are "morally" against gay marriage.
2. Vote for state legislation rather than an amendment to the const.
3. Relax knowing full well that most states will legalize gay marriage through their courts and activist judges (democrats will route gay marriage cases directly to certain judges).
4. Be confident that you (Kerry) have covered both angles politically.
This is but a taste of John Kerry the President: Making it look like he is pro-something, while supporting the other end through misleading and indirect politics.
At least GW Bush is consistent with his views.
I believe, as most Christians do, that Adam and Eve were meant to sin, no matter what. Sin is a necessary part of being 'human'. Sin no doubt existed before Jesus, and Jesus died on the cross for us as a way to know that sinning can lead to forgiveness if we show that He (as in Jesus, the son/earthly-being of God) is always a part of our lives and guiding us. With faith in the Lord, no sin we commit can lead to damnation.
This of course, brings up the question of evil in the world, and why God can't just 'defeat' it once and for all, and thereby make all his creations 'perfect'.
A few days ago I stumbled across this writing (scroll down a bit) that my classmate wrote on his website about the necessity of evil. It was enlightening and something that most faiths can relate to.
Sin is inherent to every human being created by God. If you did not sin (hence be perfect) then you would be equal to God. And since God is omnipotent (something all true Christians believe) then the absense of sin in a human would be impossible. :)
This isn't just the inherent sin from Adam, but also the way we live our daily lives.
We all sin, there is no escaping it... think about it =)
Not sure who these christians were that you supposedly had 'frothing at the mouth', but maybe they, and you, should read the bible a little more carefully
God bless
I would have to disagree only in that God was truely meant to be unique and Jesus (from the Gospels), is God on Earth and can be God on other planets if He so chooses.
The Holy Trinity is God's relevance to us and our way to truely understand him. Jesus, being part of the Trinity, could very well have-been/will-be a part of another world, and mean the exact same thing (with room for their own interpretations, etc) to them so as God is still the utmost unique being. Jesus is/will-be God on those planets as well.
I am a Christian, and I believe in this possibility.
John Kerry voted FOR the DMCA.
man, you stole my post =)
although i would have to say the xbox controller for nes games is far superior. the buttons on the classes nes controller lie parallel with the controller, which i always thought was uncomfortable. the xbox controller has close to a 45 degree angle for the two buttons needed for nes. plus you could map any of the other 8 or so buttons to your liking as well.
I'd also be interested to see if the monkey's offspring became bipedal as well. Would raise more interesting questions.
Lets step back for a moment and tell ourselves that it was more than just a "transmission" problem, and that simply driving a disc up to their north side plant wasn't the issue at all.
Because if thats really the case, then the Tribune has bigger idiots working for it then the "outside providers" working on the software.
I'm going to assume thats not the case, and that there is more to it than just a "transmission" problem. I'm thinking it had more to do with the way the software controls the machinery, if thats applicable.
I agree.
Blame the project manager (hopefully their was one) that led testing the services thoroughly before deployment. Individual coders shouldn't be held to any legal liability.
Any legal action should be directed towards the'outside provider' (as noted in the article).
There is no doubt that Mozilla products and even Linux in general will be targeted as its popularity increases. *now* is the golden time for these communities to beef up on their security across all platforms.
No matter how sooner or later it happens, there is no time to waste as Microsoft most likely did with IE 6.
I'd also be interested in a campaign revealing success stories on corporations that switched to Linux.
IBM could be a good start, when they get there.
The misuse of the '1984' like cliche that our government is ever-watching, ever-controlling must stop. It is becoming hard to find an op-ed item anywhere that doesn't somehow try to relate the Bush administration to an Orwellian-style government.
Do you really think the Boston police are going to abuse this technology to try to 'root out' political opponents? Is the English language going to slowly shrink into a Newspeak-like oppressive-thought system?
No. Its not.
Orwell wrote his piece about a different time (1942-1949 approx) and a different system of government altogether (the British monarchy). This simply doesn't apply to modern American government, and simply never will - in an American democracy.
Amongst the more than 3,000 in this auction (1 of 10) are state and federal law books
and you can bet they're unopened new, too.
> begin to try and speak to you in korean, and then expect you to be able to bend over backwards to communicate with them.
sounds like the TA for my lab.
couldn't you get a tax write-off for donating those? not sure who would take it as a "donation", other than for paper-weights.
With all this diversity in system, one would think that setting up decoy Windows boxes would serve as good bait for hackers as well.
maybe you should ask "do we really need TV as much in the future?"
i believe the pr0n industry is most notably known for advancing the streaming media industry.
alot of times when i look at large corporate project, old and new, i find that perl pops its head in for script maintenence, server controlling, etc,etc. it may not be the primary language for many projects, but many times it is needed in one way or another.
> turns out they log 3 months worth ... ala, the Amercians monitor it too
so since they do log 3 months worth that means they (as in AT&T) monitor our sms messages? and then you point to "the Americans" as monitors too? i'm not seeing your connection between a communist government that will throw people in jail for saying bad things about them and your conspiracy theory that AT&T and the US govt are in league to crack down on political opponents.
or just maybe its time for your nap.
I'm very happy with the .NET technology and the level of community involvement the developers have shown.
.NET community sees the likes of "C# code to show your program in taskbar" from these.... developers, the FOSS community has source code to maintain, update, and give back to a real community of developers.
.NET developers. why? so more people can develop in .NET and thus use it in the marketplace more (and you can fill in the rest to why thats important to Microsoft) .NET community.
where the
further, the 2 missions of each community are drastically different. Microsoft pushed hard for a community presense for its
The FOSS community, however, has a mission to make software better, more robust, cheaper, and most importantly: free as in freedom. none of which you find with the
My guess is no, judging from Microsoft's general resistance to anything open.
that depends on what your/their meaning of 'open' is. I couldn't find any information on this project being open-source, on their site or the articles. And if its not, i'd strongly suggest it should be given the open source community's need and want for something like this and the ability to make it better. hopefully i just overlooked something and it is open source and not just free as in beer.