Yeah, alright! I'm sure I can install open source project stuff on my granny's Linux PC. After all, if it doesn't work you simply have to recompile, write some more drivers, patch my kernel, check service version dependancies, etc...
While I'm foolishly ranting on a open source haven website, let me remind you that most open source projects are still listed as BETA and hardely ever reach their finished state(Check out the games section of freshmeat sometime).
Yeah, I'll get right on that open source wagon when M$ buys it out! (Freewave pokes at the silly little penguin) Is open source for me? No thanks, my enslaved soul still belongs to M$.
As an American right wing conservative nutjob myself (non-Republican!!!!), I couldn't agree more! Most Americans are totally caught up in whatever their culture dictates. Right now, that culture says
"Life is about pleasure!" and "You're Entitled to anything you want!"
Just look at American MTV sometime! Americans typically pat themselves on the back for being the strong, powerful, world financial backbone that we USED to be. One day the culture will catch up... hopefully we won't be in servatude to China at that point. Sigh...
As for the Christian perspective, keep in mind that most of what you are seeing in the media and Internet are the 'Social Christians'. Those who like the idea of Christ Light (no bitter aftertaste) but would never even consider acting on what Christ really said. Ask the average American Christian to name 5 books of the New Testament and they're stumped. They don't know what's in that book and if they did they wouldn't have voted Bush in to begin with.
My friends, you have NOTHING to worry about - Christianity is actually pretty much dead here now. We are not the Christian nation that some claimed we were or we weren't. That is irrelivant now. Technology and science breakdowns here are almost completely due to the culture, hands down! You can't blame Christians (even the low carb Christians) for the demise of science. There are just not enough of them left.
Just like Ezekiel, Daniel, and John (Revelations) had said, in the last days men will become lovers of pleasure... believing in a God, but denying the form thereof. ie:America
No, but I do know that most of the Indian M$ programers don't have running water at their house. They can take our jobs, but they still can't flush a toilet!
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Yeah, alright! I'm sure I can install open source project stuff on my granny's Linux PC. After all, if it doesn't work you simply have to recompile, write some more drivers, patch my kernel, check service version dependancies, etc...
While I'm foolishly ranting on a open source haven website, let me remind you that most open source projects are still listed as BETA and hardely ever reach their finished state(Check out the games section of freshmeat sometime).
Yeah, I'll get right on that open source wagon when M$ buys it out! (Freewave pokes at the silly little penguin) Is open source for me? No thanks, my enslaved soul still belongs to M$.
As an American right wing conservative nutjob myself (non-Republican!!!!), I couldn't agree more! Most Americans are totally caught up in whatever their culture dictates. Right now, that culture says
"Life is about pleasure!" and "You're Entitled to anything you want!"
Just look at American MTV sometime! Americans typically pat themselves on the back for being the strong, powerful, world financial backbone that we USED to be. One day the culture will catch up... hopefully we won't be in servatude to China at that point. Sigh...
As for the Christian perspective, keep in mind that most of what you are seeing in the media and Internet are the 'Social Christians'. Those who like the idea of Christ Light (no bitter aftertaste) but would never even consider acting on what Christ really said. Ask the average American Christian to name 5 books of the New Testament and they're stumped. They don't know what's in that book and if they did they wouldn't have voted Bush in to begin with.
My friends, you have NOTHING to worry about - Christianity is actually pretty much dead here now. We are not the Christian nation that some claimed we were or we weren't. That is irrelivant now. Technology and science breakdowns here are almost completely due to the culture, hands down! You can't blame Christians (even the low carb Christians) for the demise of science. There are just not enough of them left.
Just like Ezekiel, Daniel, and John (Revelations) had said, in the last days men will become lovers of pleasure... believing in a God, but denying the form thereof. ie:America
No, but I do know that most of the Indian M$ programers don't have running water at their house. They can take our jobs, but they still can't flush a toilet!