Most of our modern sensibilities came from the Enlightenment, which was a rebellion against the church.
But, for the sake of argument, let's assume that the things in the OT were actually lenient for their time. Should we then continue to hold the Bible up as a paragon of moral guidance? Of course not! Times have changed. We can't go around saying we get our morals from a book that says you should shave the head of a woman who goes to church without a head covering. (1 Cor 11:5-6)
But you're right, this isn't news. Mac OS X has bugs and security holes just like every OS that has ever existed. Apple patches them. It's just that they seem to be able to do it before someone wants to try to exploit them.
So in comparison to barbaric societies, the Bible is less barbaric. However, when compared to modern sensibilities it is a horrible, horrible book.
And what about Deuteronomy 22:13-21 where it explicitly states that if a woman is not a virgin on her wedding night she should be stoned to death on her father's porch?
This is a ridiculous statement. First, what does Nielsen consider "broadband." Under current US regulations, anything with 256kbps down is "broadband," but that's almost unusable for anything other than faster web surfing or email. Video on demand and VoIP are unusable on such a system.
Second, our fastest residential broadband in the US is the minimum speeds for most of the rest of the world. For what I'm paying to Comcast right now for 6 Mbps down and 768 kbps up I could get a symmetrical 10Mbit connection in most other industrialized countries. So even if we're 6th in "broadband" penetration, we're still falling behind the rest of the world. (Though for a country who seems to enjoy an infant mortality rate on par with Botswana, falling behind the rest of the world might be seen as a compliment.)
Third, you can't rely on people going "to work" to get broadband. If people don't have broadband at home, what makes you think they'd have broadband at work? What makes you think they even sit in front of a computer at work? I'd imagine most of the places that don't have broadband at homes are rural areas, not upscale suburbs full of white collar folks.
Finally, folks on Slashdot care about these issues for a bunch of reasons. Most of us are technophiles. We want fast, reliable connections and the current system isn't giving them to us. Most of us also work in IT fields, so our livelihoods are dependent on people using the Internet and broadband. Most of us also see technologies around the corner, such as IPTV and VoIP, that will only become widespread once we meet a certain level of broadband speed and penetration, as well as changes in how the government handles things like patents and copyright issues. We want those technologies, so we're pushing for accurate metrics of true broadband penetration so that companies can make better decisions.
You want a NT quote? How about 1 Peter 3:2-6 where it says wives are to use "chaste conversation, coupled with fear." They are not to braid their hair, wear gold, or put on any "apparel." They are to do these things in imitation of the "holy" women of the Old testament who were "in subjection to their won husbands: even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord."
Exodus and Leviticus are chock full of prescribed punishments for women who do everything from sleep with another man (stoning) to practice "witchcraft" (stoning) to a slave having sex with her master (that's a stoning) to stating that women are "worth" about 50-70% what a man is worth.
Though like most Christians you'll insist that none of that stuff matters anymore. Why then, I ask you, is it still in your holy book, and why do people point to the same book when talking about other "moral codes."
Leopard (OS X 10.5) is going to have multiple desktops in October. And the real reasons I use OS X aren't so much the interface as it's Textmate and Quicksilver. There is no text editor on any platform that can compare to TextMate, and Quicksilver is one of the greatest interface innovations since the GUI.
Let's see, I've got my Powerbook, my wife has her iBook. There's the Mini in the office acting as a file and print server, and we've got my old Power Mac in the basement that's simply waiting to be sold. And if you include my web host, which I use to do offsite backups, that's 5 "PCs." I'm also thinking about setting up a MythTV box.
And I don't spend much time applying patches or transferring data. That's what scripts are for.
I fill out all the forms I can and then, as I get information, I enter it and file it. Once I get all my W-2s and my interest statements from my credit union and 401(k), I e-file my taxes. I was done by the third week of January this year.
What I don't understand is why companies need to file the W-2s. Doesn't the government already have all this information? Why can't they send you a statement?
Why not do your taxes in the first couple weeks of January? All your information is fresh in your mind, and you've still got plenty of time. If you owe money, wait to file until the last minute, so all you've got to do is come home from work and click a couple buttons. If you're getting a return, file immediately. I did that this year and got my return in less than a week.
Why people procrastinate on something like this is ridiculous. If the average American put half the time into doing their taxes as they did watching TV, they'd have these things filed before the first weekend of the year. This isn't to say that there doesn't need to be reforms, (John Edwards's proposal to have the IRS mail the forms pre-filled is genius, in my opinion) but a lot of the problems people have with taxes is their own stupidity.
I used to think Dreamweaver was good for writing apps in PHP, but then I used a REAL text editor and discovered that it's actually only good to make designers think they can write apps.
If this were some startup, or a company with a history of good products, I'd hold my judgement. But it's Microsoft. Show me one product that Microsoft's made that's been anything more than a hassle for anyone involved.
I was not aware that Verizon could tell me which sort of packets I could send and what destinations I could send them to. If I chose Verizon's DSL, which I don't, I'm buying the ability to send and receive packets on their network from destinations of my choice. If I want to use VoIP, there is no legitimate way they can prevent me.
And it's not like Vonage is stealing from Verizon. People need to buy the DSL service from Verizon at full price, which includes a basic hookup for a POTS phone. And people don't even need Verizon to work with Vonage. I've got cable internet. Is Vonage stealing from Verizon because they're letting people talk on the phone without having a phone line? If so, then Comcast should shut down their VoIP service.
If McDonald's wants to stop me from "stealing" their burgers, they can either raise my price or lower theirs. If Verizon wants to compete with Vonage, they either raise the charges to access their voice network or lower their prices to compete. It's not Vonage's fault that Verizon charges twice as much for half the features.
There's this idea out there that there are thousands maniacs with guns and huge men waiting to rape your daughters. This is simply not true. Your daughter is a lot more likely to be raped by the guy she goes to the prom with than some strange man in a dark alley. Your son is a lot more likely to be shot with your gun than by some maniac.
People you know are more likely to commit violent crime against you than some stranger. And even the chances of that are less than 25% as likely as getting in a car accident or dying from a fall. First aid is prudent. Carrying a deadly weapon is not.
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Most of our modern sensibilities came from the Enlightenment, which was a rebellion against the church.
But, for the sake of argument, let's assume that the things in the OT were actually lenient for their time. Should we then continue to hold the Bible up as a paragon of moral guidance? Of course not! Times have changed. We can't go around saying we get our morals from a book that says you should shave the head of a woman who goes to church without a head covering. (1 Cor 11:5-6)
It's not news, it's Fark... wait, wrong site.
But you're right, this isn't news. Mac OS X has bugs and security holes just like every OS that has ever existed. Apple patches them. It's just that they seem to be able to do it before someone wants to try to exploit them.
So in comparison to barbaric societies, the Bible is less barbaric. However, when compared to modern sensibilities it is a horrible, horrible book.
And what about Deuteronomy 22:13-21 where it explicitly states that if a woman is not a virgin on her wedding night she should be stoned to death on her father's porch?
This is a ridiculous statement. First, what does Nielsen consider "broadband." Under current US regulations, anything with 256kbps down is "broadband," but that's almost unusable for anything other than faster web surfing or email. Video on demand and VoIP are unusable on such a system.
Second, our fastest residential broadband in the US is the minimum speeds for most of the rest of the world. For what I'm paying to Comcast right now for 6 Mbps down and 768 kbps up I could get a symmetrical 10Mbit connection in most other industrialized countries. So even if we're 6th in "broadband" penetration, we're still falling behind the rest of the world. (Though for a country who seems to enjoy an infant mortality rate on par with Botswana, falling behind the rest of the world might be seen as a compliment.)
Third, you can't rely on people going "to work" to get broadband. If people don't have broadband at home, what makes you think they'd have broadband at work? What makes you think they even sit in front of a computer at work? I'd imagine most of the places that don't have broadband at homes are rural areas, not upscale suburbs full of white collar folks.
Finally, folks on Slashdot care about these issues for a bunch of reasons. Most of us are technophiles. We want fast, reliable connections and the current system isn't giving them to us. Most of us also work in IT fields, so our livelihoods are dependent on people using the Internet and broadband. Most of us also see technologies around the corner, such as IPTV and VoIP, that will only become widespread once we meet a certain level of broadband speed and penetration, as well as changes in how the government handles things like patents and copyright issues. We want those technologies, so we're pushing for accurate metrics of true broadband penetration so that companies can make better decisions.
You want a NT quote? How about 1 Peter 3:2-6 where it says wives are to use "chaste conversation, coupled with fear." They are not to braid their hair, wear gold, or put on any "apparel." They are to do these things in imitation of the "holy" women of the Old testament who were "in subjection to their won husbands: even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord."
Exodus and Leviticus are chock full of prescribed punishments for women who do everything from sleep with another man (stoning) to practice "witchcraft" (stoning) to a slave having sex with her master (that's a stoning) to stating that women are "worth" about 50-70% what a man is worth.
Though like most Christians you'll insist that none of that stuff matters anymore. Why then, I ask you, is it still in your holy book, and why do people point to the same book when talking about other "moral codes."
Leopard (OS X 10.5) is going to have multiple desktops in October. And the real reasons I use OS X aren't so much the interface as it's Textmate and Quicksilver. There is no text editor on any platform that can compare to TextMate, and Quicksilver is one of the greatest interface innovations since the GUI.
Of course, they make me use Windows at work.
They were also the first generation to be raised in a culture of mass media. Coincidence?
Your daughter is more likely to be raped by the guy she goes to the prom with than some stranger in a dark alley.
Your children are far more likely to be sexually abused by someone in your own family than a stranger in a car offering candy.
Your gun is more likely to kill someone you know than a criminal breaking into your house.
Seems to me that we're fighting bogeymen we create so hard because we're scared shitless that someone we know could be capable of something like that.
China's too busy taking our money to want to nuke us.
Now if we go bankrupt, then we'd have something to worry about.
Soon people will be selling smack to feed their music habit!
As Microsoft Windows and the design of the optic nerve shows, it's not the best that succeeds, but the thing that's good enough.
Let's see, I've got my Powerbook, my wife has her iBook. There's the Mini in the office acting as a file and print server, and we've got my old Power Mac in the basement that's simply waiting to be sold. And if you include my web host, which I use to do offsite backups, that's 5 "PCs." I'm also thinking about setting up a MythTV box.
And I don't spend much time applying patches or transferring data. That's what scripts are for.
It's not OS/X. It's OS X. And it's not "oh ess ex" it's "oh ess ten"
I fill out all the forms I can and then, as I get information, I enter it and file it. Once I get all my W-2s and my interest statements from my credit union and 401(k), I e-file my taxes. I was done by the third week of January this year.
What I don't understand is why companies need to file the W-2s. Doesn't the government already have all this information? Why can't they send you a statement?
For the love of god! You've had four and half months to do your damn taxes! Why are you waiting if you were expecting a refund?!?
You must be new here. Everyone knows that /.-ers aren't married.
(And, yes, I noticed you're #1469. That's part of the funny.)
Why not do your taxes in the first couple weeks of January? All your information is fresh in your mind, and you've still got plenty of time. If you owe money, wait to file until the last minute, so all you've got to do is come home from work and click a couple buttons. If you're getting a return, file immediately. I did that this year and got my return in less than a week.
Why people procrastinate on something like this is ridiculous. If the average American put half the time into doing their taxes as they did watching TV, they'd have these things filed before the first weekend of the year. This isn't to say that there doesn't need to be reforms, (John Edwards's proposal to have the IRS mail the forms pre-filled is genius, in my opinion) but a lot of the problems people have with taxes is their own stupidity.
This seems the most plausible
I used to think Dreamweaver was good for writing apps in PHP, but then I used a REAL text editor and discovered that it's actually only good to make designers think they can write apps.
If this were some startup, or a company with a history of good products, I'd hold my judgement. But it's Microsoft. Show me one product that Microsoft's made that's been anything more than a hassle for anyone involved.
I was not aware that Verizon could tell me which sort of packets I could send and what destinations I could send them to. If I chose Verizon's DSL, which I don't, I'm buying the ability to send and receive packets on their network from destinations of my choice. If I want to use VoIP, there is no legitimate way they can prevent me.
And it's not like Vonage is stealing from Verizon. People need to buy the DSL service from Verizon at full price, which includes a basic hookup for a POTS phone. And people don't even need Verizon to work with Vonage. I've got cable internet. Is Vonage stealing from Verizon because they're letting people talk on the phone without having a phone line? If so, then Comcast should shut down their VoIP service.
If McDonald's wants to stop me from "stealing" their burgers, they can either raise my price or lower theirs. If Verizon wants to compete with Vonage, they either raise the charges to access their voice network or lower their prices to compete. It's not Vonage's fault that Verizon charges twice as much for half the features.
Wow. And I thought that a Comcast tech cussing me out in front of my 8 and 5 year-old nieces was bad...
So that would be like "Woo hoo, woo hoo WOLVERINES!!!"
There's this idea out there that there are thousands maniacs with guns and huge men waiting to rape your daughters. This is simply not true. Your daughter is a lot more likely to be raped by the guy she goes to the prom with than some strange man in a dark alley. Your son is a lot more likely to be shot with your gun than by some maniac.
People you know are more likely to commit violent crime against you than some stranger. And even the chances of that are less than 25% as likely as getting in a car accident or dying from a fall. First aid is prudent. Carrying a deadly weapon is not.