tail -f/var/log/apache/access_log | more doesn't, though. Besides, I always thought they were a ColdFusion/IIS shop, and the last time I checked IIS didn't run on Linux.
Sorry, but I'm listening to Ladytron right now, and the song title seemed to be slightly on-topic.
Mass is the enemy. Less mass makes for better driving cars. Better grip, better control, better handling. More mass, the American Way, just ruins everything. That's just one reason why EVERYONE builds better-driving cars than America does.
That's a half-truth. Mass isn't the enemy - the distribution of mass is. Case in point, if you have ever driven a rear-wheel drive vehicle in the snow, you would know that the safest thing you could do is load up your rear with as much weight as possible just so you could have more traction. This is why sandbags sell like hotcakes just before heavy snowstorms in areas that can be affected by them. This is also why SUVs are so unsafe. The danger behind SUVs does not lie in the fact they are so heavy, but to the fact that most are so highly elevated off the ground. Their weight only acts as a catalyst for rollovers. The early Geo Tracker had this problem despite its relatively low weight.
GPS can clock you going 30,000MPH. I might drive a sports car, but the last time I checked, my commute to work still was 15-20 minutes for a 7-mile trek, not 0.00023 seconds. Even when I excessively speed, it's still not that short. And, of course, if Scott Peterson had to succumb to this system during that ill-fated fishing trip, think how large that fine would be, esp. in states that base the size of the fine on a dollar amount for each MPH over the speed limit one goes? If this system was in place, he would have preferred to be arrested and convicted for his wife's murder than receive that speeding fine.
So, if we're to use any technoloy such as this, let's at least make sure that it's accurate before deploying it. Otherwise, think of all the false positives we'd end up having.
Maybe not just NFL, but do it for NBA as well. Also, have Michael Jordan in it, too. Of course, he would suck, but it wouldn't matter.
Better yet, why don't they just cross-breed their sports games. NBAers playing hockey. NFLers playing basketball. NHLers playing football. Everyone playing golf. It would be awesome.
Actually, I saw the contract EDS signed with AMR to support AA's infrastructure. EDS was so eager to get the deal, I wouldn't be surprised if EDS loses alot more than they get from the deal. Then, there's ways for AMR to save even more money, such as EDS not filling out trouble tickets properly.
Then again, EDS - like most outsourcing companies - is nothing more than a dog-and-pony show, where if you make the 'client' believe that the problem is solved, you'd be better off than actually fixing the problem. You get what you pay for.
Typical Airline applications are Reservations, Check-In, Weight-and-Balance, Flight Planning (which route to take and how much fuel to carry) and Ticketing. Once you have left the terminal and are heading for the runway, software crashes cease to be relevant.
No, AA and USAir use Sabre for rather mundane tasks such as plane maintenance as well. So, if Sabre was down, planes shouldn't be able to take off b/c things such as engine maintenance would be skipped. This, more than anything, would cause the halt of flights I would figure.
Now, as for the OS, I can tell you that - without a doubt - that for services such as plane maintenance and baggage were affected, both AA and USAir use an OS/390 system, whereas other things, such as the things you mentioned, Vlad, are taken care of inside TPF.
But, I do have to agree with you on one thing, though - it has to be a difficult time for the techs who have to work this mess. I can tell you from personal experience that Peter Gibbons had fewer bosses than these people. Most of them are underpaid, and living inside asluT (and, all this time I wondered why Tulsa Univ's mascot was the Golden Shower) - where job prospects in IT are slim - they hold onto what slim hope of holding their jobs while being berated by the many Hydra they call boss. This just makes it worse for them.
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If cars were as flaky as computers, wouldn't you feel annoyed at the anti-social, nerdy car mechanics whose lives are spent arguing over car model brands as though they're religions, and taking time out of their oh-so-busy schedules of bitching to each other in order to fix your incessant problems?
I guess you've never been around machanics. To many, Ford is a derrogatory acronyn ("F***ed-Over Rubuilt Dodge" is what it stands for, I believe).
I have the hair, and I program; right now, however, I don't have any metal in my MP3 playlist. It consists of Bob Dylan, U2, Jurassic 5, Moby, Primal Scream, Jars of Clay, Nas, the Beta Band, OMD, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and Lo-Fidelity Allstars. Does anyone see any metal in this list of bands?
Strangely, at my previous job I worked as a Cisco admin (which explains my sig), and of all the guys in my group, you would have figured me to be the biggest metalhead just by looking at us. The reality painted a different picture as we had at least three guys who were into metal/hard rock, two other guys into electronica, while the rest of the group was into either modern country or adult pop. Go figure, you can't tell listening preference by IT role.
Most Linux guys I know listen to Ludacris...
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Who said anything about rap? I said hip-hop. Two different things. I don't listen to rap.
I'm scratching my head on this one, considering that rap has to do with the music and hip-hop regards the culture; rap just happens to be a subset of it. I wouldn't say that "most rap is pretty shitty." However, I would agree that most of the newer stuff is destined for File 13. If I had to suggest good rap albums, I would suggest almost any produced by DJ Premier since he's practically can't-miss(see Gang Starr, Guru, Nas). Usually, the rappers he works with have a smooth flow and a very strong command of the English language.
Note, that I do not include the nonsensical genres of rap-rock or rap-metal. Now, I do like rap - as you can tell that I have an affinity for Gang Starr, and I like metal as well - I even consider Tesla's Mechanical Resonance one of the better albums in my record collection, but this ill-implemented hybrid is a shame. Pop Will Eat Itself did a better job with this fusion back in the late 80's-early 90's, and they didn't even have to resort to mic distortion or screaming "SHUT UP!" every stanza.
BTW, since we're talking about bad musical genres, if you are wondering why Christian Rock is so bad, no one has to go father than Isaiah 42:10, which says, "Sing a song such as has never been heard in the heathen world!"(Amplified). Of course, this is evidence that God himself is upset with most Contemporary Christian Music artists considering that they don't follow this rule by creating derivative secular works. Just some foor for thought.
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As many on here can attest, the writer of said article raised issues that are miniscule but left out the most major concern with any VoIP deployment - QoS. The reason being that voice calls are very latency-sensitive as dropped or delayed packets make the phone conversation very choppy. If your voice packet was guaranteed high priority from start to destination, packetized voice can be carried over modem lines rather smoothly. On the other hand, without any prioritization, voice packets runs the risk of being dropped. Even inside a self contained LAN, VoIP calls can be disconnected, become jittery, and all kinds of other problems occur without any sort of quality of service. And, I doubt that the major backbone carriers are giving any priority to packets destined for Vonage's or AT&T's voice servers. So, once again, an article that could have hit the mark veered wide right by a mile.
Honestly, I'm not well versed in SQL or POSIX-compliant OSes (I'm a Windows programmer by trade), but I can tell you that usually when an datatype is 32 bits in size, it would indicate that the data is set in WORD size chunks. As most processors are 32-bit, the datatype is 32 bits in size as well. So, in other words, I would guess that the BLOB type is dependent on the CPU, and, once SQL gets ported to 64-bit OSes installed on machines with 64-bit CPUs, this should take care of size limitations you are experiencing.
But, like I said earlier, I am likely to be wrong in this regard, and would be curious what truly is causing the size limitation. But, then again, I had to respond due to your comment title.
Then, there are those people who insist upon using uncommon words and structuring painfully complex sentences in an attempt to impress people when a simple sentence would be much more effective.
I remember when I was in high school, as a product of the public Texas education system and graduating in 1992, a requirement for graduation was passing a standardized test called the TAAS. In order to pass the test required a passing score on all three sections - English/Reading, Mathematics, and the Essay. Failure on one section meant ineligibility from graduation if you haven't passed it by then, and testing began in 11th grade. Now, the issue that relates to this is the fact that the state agency that oversees the exams, and the Essay portion in particular, looked for certain things when grading the Essay. One specific item that these essay graders looked at was how much a student elaborated in his/her sentences. Even more specifically, the same graders would frown upon short, succinct sentences and would look more favorably towards essays with long, complex, almost Faulknerish sentences. In turn, English teachers would teach students to write in such a manner early in a student's academic career. Students, as one might surmise, would do as they are taught in order to pass.
This leads to the issue at hand. Students, as the lump of clay that they tend to be with little exception, are taught that this practice is how an intelligent man writes. Unfortunately, no one is telling students that quality outpaces quantity - especially when often lazy teachers offer too many assignments with word or page minimums without justification, which only reinforces this habit. This response should, at least in the slightest modicum, serve as an example of the public education system.
As for me, the only things I prefer to be complex are numbers.
He might have meant "1000M(eter) routers," or 1000M may have been some Chinese off-brand of router. Also, if it was 1000 Million, it wouldn't be 1,000,000,000, because the English dialects that would say 1000 Million would also call 1,000,000 One Thousand Thousand. One Million would be 1,000,000,000. So, 1000 Million would be One Trillion to us. Still, in any regard, it is highly excessive to have One Billion routers to comparison test IPv4 and IPv6.
Does he know that that's not really how Barry Bonds acts out on the field? Does he know that Nomar [Garciaparra] can't punch somebody?
The question I want to have answered is do we allow this, or do we have the ultra-realistic game where Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, and Mark McGwire take their steroids before the game? "Yes, Johnnie, if you want to be successful, you must find as many ways to cheat without getting caught. After all, if you get caught cheating, the problem was that you got caught." I think that's the lesson people really want their children to learn.
...I have to say that this is scary, considering that both Sabre and Galileo aren't limited to airlines for their clientele. In other words, if you booked a hotel, rented a car, bought a train ticket, or anything other transaction that can be made on Travelocity (a Sabre Company), then your info could possibly be in the hands of the TSA or other third parties. Also, I remember when I first started working there, I had to fill out a bunch of paperwork stating that I would not give out sensitive information to third parties. This is crucial considering most of the paperwork was for EU compliance. I'm not surprised that the EU is not in an uproar.
Yes, but all that applies to unicorns too - but I don't see people arguing for existance of unicorns. In fact, it applies to an infinite number of things, anything that we could conceive, but can't disprove. Obviously, you've never met my ex-wife.
All of this "God" stuff sure has done sooo much for science. Don't forget that religion has been opposed to progress in the past and continues to be it's biggest opponent. What are you talking about? Most mathematical and scientific breakthoughs throughout history happenned due to the work of Christians. Even Blaise Pascal spent a part of his life as a priest. Also, I'm sure that there are alot of Christian scientists out there - they're not as vocal as Non-believing researchers or even the Dogmatics.
Who speaks out agaist the Internet? http://www.falwell.com. If Christians are against the Internet, this particular website wouldn't exist.
Who condems stem cell research? The reason we Christians condemn this is because it is murder in our eyes. It has the moral equivalent as, say, a person in need of a heart transplant going up to you and telling you, "I need your heart to live, so I'll be taking yours." Of course, you'll have to die so that this potential heart transplant recipient can receive his heart; so, you'll be snuffed so you can be stripped of your vital organs to give to the needy. In other words, the thing is that asking Christians to accept stem cell research is tantamount to legitimizing the harvesting of organs out of the living and healthy. If so, I ask you Anonymous Coward, will you be standing in line to have your innerds gutted so that Bobby Supersize can have your heart and Joe Twopacksaday can have your lungs while you're so healthy? We Christians answer no to such a question. And, this is why we say no to stem cell research.
This is why you see such a backlash.. I don't expect you'll be able to comprehend this with your Christian myopia. The fact is that irregardless of scientific progress, Non-believers will always hold a backlash towards Christianity. Pre-Constantinian Rome held this backlash without scientific progress. And, I don't think the Jews or the Roman Empire were making any scientific discoveries when they requested the deaths of John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, or any other martyrs.
Now, regarding the myopia, I have to quote Jules from Pulp Fiction, who says,"Look, you want to play blind man, go walk with the shepherd. Me, my eyes are wide-fucking open."
He attempts to blister the president over "fiction," when the movie he's accepting the award for is filled with the same, presented as fact.
The funny thing about the Michael Moore "fiction" is that - if it truly is fiction - Michael Moore is guilty of plagiarism by stealing intellectual property from another Moore - comic book writer Alan Moore. The greatest flaw in all of this would have to be the fact that GWB could not be Adrian Viedt simply because Mr. Bush just does not have the mental acuity to pull off a stunt as large as 9/11. Worse yet, most liberals are more than happy to point this out when it benefits them, but out the other side of their mouths speak nonsense about GWB masterminding a Watchmen-like scheme to benefit his own political agenda. I'm drawing the line in the sand and asking Which is it? Is GWB a genius or an idiot? And, considering the mutually exclusive nature of the question, he cannot be both.
It is times like these, I'm reminded of the Malcolm X addage, "You put the Democrats first, and the Democrats put you last." Also, if I remember correctly, he also called the people who do follow Democrats chumps.
It's funny how almost nothing's changed in 40 years.
Well, I guess that Isaac Newton doesn't know basic arithmetic, because we've verified these guys. From their CCIE leather jackets w/ their CCIE numbers on it, to our company's Cisco account reps verifying their claims, to the CCIE database actually having them listed as a CCIE - these guys are, as those girls in O Brother, Where Art Thou would say, they're bonafide.
I agree with nettdata, Cisco has one of the only certification programs out there that actually means something. I wouldn't necessarily agree with this. The last place I worked, I worked in a LAN/WAN group, and I - with no certs - was teaching IP subnetting to CCIEs! And, I'm talking about guys whose 4-digit CCIE numbers start with 3. Now, I haven't even gotten into discussing CCNPs who would ask for my help regarding basic frame relay troubleshooting nor the CCNAs who don't even know the OSI model. Let's just say that the certifications of any stripe don't really tell the tale.
In other words, don't be in awe of someone's cert - even if he has multiple CCIEs, because all that means is that he/she has studied for a test.
Cisco is far from the #1 security company. There has been very little emphasis on security at Cisco until the last few years. As would be evident if you have used any of their products. 90% of their products don't come standard with SSH, they all still use telnet. But for an extra fee you can install SSH, that is if you buy enough ram for the router to support that code load... That's because they want you to buy a PIX.
As for Walt, a recent documentary I saw painted him in a very different light to the "uncle Walt" image that was created. Of course, when you come up with something like "Nazi Supermen Are Our Superiors."
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tail -f /var/log/apache/access_log | more doesn't, though. Besides, I always thought they were a ColdFusion/IIS shop, and the last time I checked IIS didn't run on Linux.
Sorry, but I'm listening to Ladytron right now, and the song title seemed to be slightly on-topic.
Mass is the enemy. Less mass makes for better driving cars. Better grip, better control, better handling. More mass, the American Way, just ruins everything. That's just one reason why EVERYONE builds better-driving cars than America does.
That's a half-truth. Mass isn't the enemy - the distribution of mass is. Case in point, if you have ever driven a rear-wheel drive vehicle in the snow, you would know that the safest thing you could do is load up your rear with as much weight as possible just so you could have more traction. This is why sandbags sell like hotcakes just before heavy snowstorms in areas that can be affected by them. This is also why SUVs are so unsafe. The danger behind SUVs does not lie in the fact they are so heavy, but to the fact that most are so highly elevated off the ground. Their weight only acts as a catalyst for rollovers. The early Geo Tracker had this problem despite its relatively low weight.
GPS can clock you going 30,000MPH. I might drive a sports car, but the last time I checked, my commute to work still was 15-20 minutes for a 7-mile trek, not 0.00023 seconds. Even when I excessively speed, it's still not that short. And, of course, if Scott Peterson had to succumb to this system during that ill-fated fishing trip, think how large that fine would be, esp. in states that base the size of the fine on a dollar amount for each MPH over the speed limit one goes? If this system was in place, he would have preferred to be arrested and convicted for his wife's murder than receive that speeding fine. So, if we're to use any technoloy such as this, let's at least make sure that it's accurate before deploying it. Otherwise, think of all the false positives we'd end up having.
Maybe not just NFL, but do it for NBA as well. Also, have Michael Jordan in it, too. Of course, he would suck, but it wouldn't matter. Better yet, why don't they just cross-breed their sports games. NBAers playing hockey. NFLers playing basketball. NHLers playing football. Everyone playing golf. It would be awesome.
Actually, I saw the contract EDS signed with AMR to support AA's infrastructure. EDS was so eager to get the deal, I wouldn't be surprised if EDS loses alot more than they get from the deal. Then, there's ways for AMR to save even more money, such as EDS not filling out trouble tickets properly.
Then again, EDS - like most outsourcing companies - is nothing more than a dog-and-pony show, where if you make the 'client' believe that the problem is solved, you'd be better off than actually fixing the problem. You get what you pay for.
Typical Airline applications are Reservations, Check-In, Weight-and-Balance, Flight Planning (which route to take and how much fuel to carry) and Ticketing. Once you have left the terminal and are heading for the runway, software crashes cease to be relevant.
No, AA and USAir use Sabre for rather mundane tasks such as plane maintenance as well. So, if Sabre was down, planes shouldn't be able to take off b/c things such as engine maintenance would be skipped. This, more than anything, would cause the halt of flights I would figure.
Now, as for the OS, I can tell you that - without a doubt - that for services such as plane maintenance and baggage were affected, both AA and USAir use an OS/390 system, whereas other things, such as the things you mentioned, Vlad, are taken care of inside TPF.
But, I do have to agree with you on one thing, though - it has to be a difficult time for the techs who have to work this mess. I can tell you from personal experience that Peter Gibbons had fewer bosses than these people. Most of them are underpaid, and living inside asluT (and, all this time I wondered why Tulsa Univ's mascot was the Golden Shower) - where job prospects in IT are slim - they hold onto what slim hope of holding their jobs while being berated by the many Hydra they call boss. This just makes it worse for them.
If cars were as flaky as computers, wouldn't you feel annoyed at the anti-social, nerdy car mechanics whose lives are spent arguing over car model brands as though they're religions, and taking time out of their oh-so-busy schedules of bitching to each other in order to fix your incessant problems?
I guess you've never been around machanics. To many, Ford is a derrogatory acronyn ("F***ed-Over Rubuilt Dodge" is what it stands for, I believe).
I have the hair, and I program; right now, however, I don't have any metal in my MP3 playlist. It consists of Bob Dylan, U2, Jurassic 5, Moby, Primal Scream, Jars of Clay, Nas, the Beta Band, OMD, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and Lo-Fidelity Allstars. Does anyone see any metal in this list of bands?
Strangely, at my previous job I worked as a Cisco admin (which explains my sig), and of all the guys in my group, you would have figured me to be the biggest metalhead just by looking at us. The reality painted a different picture as we had at least three guys who were into metal/hard rock, two other guys into electronica, while the rest of the group was into either modern country or adult pop. Go figure, you can't tell listening preference by IT role.
Who said anything about rap? I said hip-hop. Two different things. I don't listen to rap.
I'm scratching my head on this one, considering that rap has to do with the music and hip-hop regards the culture; rap just happens to be a subset of it. I wouldn't say that "most rap is pretty shitty." However, I would agree that most of the newer stuff is destined for File 13. If I had to suggest good rap albums, I would suggest almost any produced by DJ Premier since he's practically can't-miss(see Gang Starr, Guru, Nas). Usually, the rappers he works with have a smooth flow and a very strong command of the English language.
Note, that I do not include the nonsensical genres of rap-rock or rap-metal. Now, I do like rap - as you can tell that I have an affinity for Gang Starr, and I like metal as well - I even consider Tesla's Mechanical Resonance one of the better albums in my record collection, but this ill-implemented hybrid is a shame. Pop Will Eat Itself did a better job with this fusion back in the late 80's-early 90's, and they didn't even have to resort to mic distortion or screaming "SHUT UP!" every stanza.
BTW, since we're talking about bad musical genres, if you are wondering why Christian Rock is so bad, no one has to go father than Isaiah 42:10, which says, "Sing a song such as has never been heard in the heathen world!"(Amplified). Of course, this is evidence that God himself is upset with most Contemporary Christian Music artists considering that they don't follow this rule by creating derivative secular works. Just some foor for thought.
As many on here can attest, the writer of said article raised issues that are miniscule but left out the most major concern with any VoIP deployment - QoS. The reason being that voice calls are very latency-sensitive as dropped or delayed packets make the phone conversation very choppy. If your voice packet was guaranteed high priority from start to destination, packetized voice can be carried over modem lines rather smoothly. On the other hand, without any prioritization, voice packets runs the risk of being dropped. Even inside a self contained LAN, VoIP calls can be disconnected, become jittery, and all kinds of other problems occur without any sort of quality of service. And, I doubt that the major backbone carriers are giving any priority to packets destined for Vonage's or AT&T's voice servers. So, once again, an article that could have hit the mark veered wide right by a mile.
Honestly, I'm not well versed in SQL or POSIX-compliant OSes (I'm a Windows programmer by trade), but I can tell you that usually when an datatype is 32 bits in size, it would indicate that the data is set in WORD size chunks. As most processors are 32-bit, the datatype is 32 bits in size as well. So, in other words, I would guess that the BLOB type is dependent on the CPU, and, once SQL gets ported to 64-bit OSes installed on machines with 64-bit CPUs, this should take care of size limitations you are experiencing.
But, like I said earlier, I am likely to be wrong in this regard, and would be curious what truly is causing the size limitation. But, then again, I had to respond due to your comment title.
Then, there are those people who insist upon using uncommon words and structuring painfully complex sentences in an attempt to impress people when a simple sentence would be much more effective.
I remember when I was in high school, as a product of the public Texas education system and graduating in 1992, a requirement for graduation was passing a standardized test called the TAAS. In order to pass the test required a passing score on all three sections - English/Reading, Mathematics, and the Essay. Failure on one section meant ineligibility from graduation if you haven't passed it by then, and testing began in 11th grade. Now, the issue that relates to this is the fact that the state agency that oversees the exams, and the Essay portion in particular, looked for certain things when grading the Essay. One specific item that these essay graders looked at was how much a student elaborated in his/her sentences. Even more specifically, the same graders would frown upon short, succinct sentences and would look more favorably towards essays with long, complex, almost Faulknerish sentences. In turn, English teachers would teach students to write in such a manner early in a student's academic career. Students, as one might surmise, would do as they are taught in order to pass.
This leads to the issue at hand. Students, as the lump of clay that they tend to be with little exception, are taught that this practice is how an intelligent man writes. Unfortunately, no one is telling students that quality outpaces quantity - especially when often lazy teachers offer too many assignments with word or page minimums without justification, which only reinforces this habit. This response should, at least in the slightest modicum, serve as an example of the public education system.
As for me, the only things I prefer to be complex are numbers.
He might have meant "1000M(eter) routers," or 1000M may have been some Chinese off-brand of router. Also, if it was 1000 Million, it wouldn't be 1,000,000,000, because the English dialects that would say 1000 Million would also call 1,000,000 One Thousand Thousand. One Million would be 1,000,000,000. So, 1000 Million would be One Trillion to us. Still, in any regard, it is highly excessive to have One Billion routers to comparison test IPv4 and IPv6.
Does he know that that's not really how Barry Bonds acts out on the field? Does he know that Nomar [Garciaparra] can't punch somebody?
The question I want to have answered is do we allow this, or do we have the ultra-realistic game where Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, and Mark McGwire take their steroids before the game? "Yes, Johnnie, if you want to be successful, you must find as many ways to cheat without getting caught. After all, if you get caught cheating, the problem was that you got caught." I think that's the lesson people really want their children to learn.
...I have to say that this is scary, considering that both Sabre and Galileo aren't limited to airlines for their clientele. In other words, if you booked a hotel, rented a car, bought a train ticket, or anything other transaction that can be made on Travelocity (a Sabre Company), then your info could possibly be in the hands of the TSA or other third parties. Also, I remember when I first started working there, I had to fill out a bunch of paperwork stating that I would not give out sensitive information to third parties. This is crucial considering most of the paperwork was for EU compliance. I'm not surprised that the EU is not in an uproar.
Where's the French when you need them?
Wouldn't that be Bangalore?
I agree. They should call it AnnieLinux.
Sweet Dreams are made from Linux, or so it would seem.
Yes, but all that applies to unicorns too - but I don't see people arguing for existance of unicorns. In fact, it applies to an infinite number of things, anything that we could conceive, but can't disprove.
Obviously, you've never met my ex-wife.
All of this "God" stuff sure has done sooo much for science. Don't forget that religion has been opposed to progress in the past and continues to be it's biggest opponent.
What are you talking about? Most mathematical and scientific breakthoughs throughout history happenned due to the work of Christians. Even Blaise Pascal spent a part of his life as a priest. Also, I'm sure that there are alot of Christian scientists out there - they're not as vocal as Non-believing researchers or even the Dogmatics.
Who speaks out agaist the Internet?
http://www.falwell.com. If Christians are against the Internet, this particular website wouldn't exist.
Who condems stem cell research?
The reason we Christians condemn this is because it is murder in our eyes. It has the moral equivalent as, say, a person in need of a heart transplant going up to you and telling you, "I need your heart to live, so I'll be taking yours." Of course, you'll have to die so that this potential heart transplant recipient can receive his heart; so, you'll be snuffed so you can be stripped of your vital organs to give to the needy. In other words, the thing is that asking Christians to accept stem cell research is tantamount to legitimizing the harvesting of organs out of the living and healthy. If so, I ask you Anonymous Coward, will you be standing in line to have your innerds gutted so that Bobby Supersize can have your heart and Joe Twopacksaday can have your lungs while you're so healthy? We Christians answer no to such a question. And, this is why we say no to stem cell research.
This is why you see such a backlash.. I don't expect you'll be able to comprehend this with your Christian myopia.
The fact is that irregardless of scientific progress, Non-believers will always hold a backlash towards Christianity. Pre-Constantinian Rome held this backlash without scientific progress. And, I don't think the Jews or the Roman Empire were making any scientific discoveries when they requested the deaths of John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, or any other martyrs.
Now, regarding the myopia, I have to quote Jules from Pulp Fiction, who says,"Look, you want to play blind man, go walk with the shepherd. Me, my eyes are wide-fucking open."
He attempts to blister the president over "fiction," when the movie he's accepting the award for is filled with the same, presented as fact.
The funny thing about the Michael Moore "fiction" is that - if it truly is fiction - Michael Moore is guilty of plagiarism by stealing intellectual property from another Moore - comic book writer Alan Moore. The greatest flaw in all of this would have to be the fact that GWB could not be Adrian Viedt simply because Mr. Bush just does not have the mental acuity to pull off a stunt as large as 9/11. Worse yet, most liberals are more than happy to point this out when it benefits them, but out the other side of their mouths speak nonsense about GWB masterminding a Watchmen-like scheme to benefit his own political agenda. I'm drawing the line in the sand and asking Which is it? Is GWB a genius or an idiot? And, considering the mutually exclusive nature of the question, he cannot be both.
It is times like these, I'm reminded of the Malcolm X addage, "You put the Democrats first, and the Democrats put you last." Also, if I remember correctly, he also called the people who do follow Democrats chumps.
It's funny how almost nothing's changed in 40 years.
Errr.. and copy run start at the end to save your work.
That's too many keystrokes. Type "wr" and hit enter. SIMPLIFY, MAN!
Well, I guess that Isaac Newton doesn't know basic arithmetic, because we've verified these guys. From their CCIE leather jackets w/ their CCIE numbers on it, to our company's Cisco account reps verifying their claims, to the CCIE database actually having them listed as a CCIE - these guys are, as those girls in O Brother, Where Art Thou would say, they're bonafide.
I agree with nettdata, Cisco has one of the only certification programs out there that actually means something.
I wouldn't necessarily agree with this. The last place I worked, I worked in a LAN/WAN group, and I - with no certs - was teaching IP subnetting to CCIEs! And, I'm talking about guys whose 4-digit CCIE numbers start with 3. Now, I haven't even gotten into discussing CCNPs who would ask for my help regarding basic frame relay troubleshooting nor the CCNAs who don't even know the OSI model. Let's just say that the certifications of any stripe don't really tell the tale.
In other words, don't be in awe of someone's cert - even if he has multiple CCIEs, because all that means is that he/she has studied for a test.
Cisco is far from the #1 security company. There has been very little emphasis on security at Cisco until the last few years. As would be evident if you have used any of their products. 90% of their products don't come standard with SSH, they all still use telnet. But for an extra fee you can install SSH, that is if you buy enough ram for the router to support that code load...
That's because they want you to buy a PIX.
As for Walt, a recent documentary I saw painted him in a very different light to the "uncle Walt" image that was created.
Of course, when you come up with something like "Nazi Supermen Are Our Superiors."