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Re: http://www.nomadicpinoy.com/2009/03/agra-india_12.html

Josh — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:06:00 -0000

Love those photos. Great site!

Re: Flashmeeting with John Warwick

Josh — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:25:00 -0000

see http://www.showdocument.com - it allows you to upload any document and use it in a free web collaboration session

Re: How Cold Are You?

Josh — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:12:17 -0000

Cold. What else is there?

Re: http://www.elbanquillovisitante.com/2009/09/la-generacion-fantasma.html

Josh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:36:36 -0000

Vale la pena darle mas bola a este anonimo?...

Re: http://themisfitishere.blogspot.com/2006/04/episode-3-minutes-spoilers-from-my.html

Josh — Tue, 16 May 2006 01:02:00 -0000

Why do you capitalize every other word? It looks childish and disjointed.

Re: http://themisfitishere.blogspot.com/2008/03/misfit-dares-to-ask-why-cant-people-on.html

Josh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:45:00 -0000

agreed. "thefailsection." Top notch. keep it up. Its been said before, but the only reason I think I continue watching this show is for this blog. So good.

Re: The Refectory wine tasting events

Josh — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:52:30 -0000

The Refrectory also has a great 2 for $45 deal during the week. This place has probably the greatest steak I've eaten yet in Columbus.

Re: Acousticspot social networking site for music

Josh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:42:33 -0000

AcousticSpot is almost as awesome as this website!

Re: Is Your Music Blog In Need Of Traffic? Post Some Photos Of Ladies!

Josh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:14:24 -0000

Ladies or pictures of Arnel Pineda. That guy...I'm telling you. What?

Hi. I'm talking to myself. KIND OF.

Re: Soulja Boy And Ice-T End Their Beef. So Who Won?

Josh — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:18:10 -0000

The American people are the true winners?

Since we have had the unique opportunity to observe and take part in a free exchange of ideas and currently enjoy the historically unprecedented choice of among a near-infinite range of aesthetics and viewpoints?

I have Pop, Lock and Drop It stuck in my head.

Re: http://www.givinguponperfect.com/2009/04/mmmmcarbsmmmmcheese.html

Josh — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:07:00 -0000

It's not really a holiday food, but here's my favourite cheesy-potato casserole.

Re: COFES 2009 – The Odd Man Out

Josh — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:28:00 -0000

wish I could have joined ya this year. then you would have had another 'blogger' to laugh with :) - al dean will be blogging the event, so stick a honorary blogger sticker on him!

have fun!

Re: This is Depressing

Josh — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:09:00 -0000

your not rambling Deelip. I'm thinking and praying for all affected, the country, the moral. Those terrorist can take a lot of lives, but not the pride and resilience of a nation like yours, nor the love and memories of the people harmed.

Re: SolidWorks, Siemens and their AutoCAD Strategies

Josh — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:38:00 -0000

I'm actually starting to see a shift away from 2D in the expectations of students graduating. I think there's less board drawing being taught as a basis of structuring drawing content (unfortunately) and the focus is being put more on how to create 3-dimensional designs.

Yeah, DWGEditor would be more familiar to them *if* they had training in autocad, but like you say, the preference is moving to 3D.

Re: Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology – Part 2

Josh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:49:00 -0000

Nice Deelip. interesting to read while I wait to mess with it myself.

Re: Bags of Money

Josh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:03:00 -0000

Logically thinking, I upgrade for new features. I stay at the same version, so I can open/save that version.

If I could open any version with SolidWorks, I would be more likely to upgrade because I can save versions down for others and have the new features.

I think not being able to save down to other versions prevents just as many people from upgrading as being able to save to previous versions. I would also think more would upgrade.

Saving to previous version isn't necessarily common, but is is an added benefit.

regardless of making bags of money, it should be done. If I had the knowledge about how to do it, I would do it for free.

Re: Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology – Part 1

Josh — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:57:00 -0000

hey Deelip. looking forward also to what you think.

I suspect that the integration of SolidWorks with V6 tech and 3Dvia is inevitable.

Re: Working Too Much

Josh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:08:00 -0000

man, that's something I've wondered about. I'm 32 also and even though my kids are not in school yet, it seems I wake up in the morning with thoughts that have not stopped since the night before.

More and more, I've been righting things down on a list so it gets it out of my head. works sometimes.

That "Green Wing" show sounds pretty funny Robin. I gotta check it out.

Re: Margarita and Bloody Mary

Josh — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:49:00 -0000

LOL! Looks like your having fun Deelip! One thing in common, americans also like to drink huh!

Re: Personal CAD

Josh — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:12:00 -0000

what would we do without target markets huh. It's kind of sad that 2D is still such a target. I wonder what needs to be done to cause a viral move to 3D.

Re: Is Trial Software an Effective Marketing Tool?

Josh — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:50:00 -0000

Hey Deelip, I couldn't agree with you more.

"For a product which is designed to be used by the masses"

those masses are increasingly becoming a generation that is more "access" oriented rather than a generation that has been driven by trusted brand advertising. There's such a saturation of information and programs, I want to choose, try it out for myself and pick the one I can use the quickest. Adobe products are the perfect example of those designed for the masses. I wouldn't hesitate to emulate how they have marketed they're product for a second.

After choosing, using and getting to a stopping point, I'm still much more likely to stay, seek help, get training, talk to support, and pay, cause I've already put time into learning and want to trust my own decision.

Re: RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0

Josh — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:22:00 -0000

good idea deelip, feedburner is a much better way to keep track of feed stats.

Re: Is Trial Software Shelfware?

Josh — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:38:00 -0000

I completely agree Deelip. I think the adobe model is one of the best out there. you would think others businesses would copy that.

I've been in a reseller position, but still want to download.

and think about it. the first link you look for on an open source program site is DEMO.

peoplem by nature, like to try things out.

Re: http://gleamstreet.blogspot.com/2009/06/valkyria-chronicles-12.html

Josh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:51:31 -0000

Thanks for the release! Can't wait to watch it!

Re: Microsoft Zune 8GB Review

Josh — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:04:39 -0000

I liked the first generation but it had some obvious flaws, the biggest being that it was a little too bulky. They have slimmed down the 80G and the 4/8G is about as small as I would ever want my player to be. The scroll pad is a big upgrade and I it is more logical than going in a circle to scroll up or down as in the IPod. There are a lot of small improvements that just help to improve the experience. The new hardware is friendlier to the eyes. Also like the customizable backgrounds that the IPods don't have. The wireless function would be a lot better if they could somehow do away with the 3 play rule (unfortunately I don't think copyright laws would allow that). It's still an interesting feature to play with. As far as shortcomings, I don't really see any when compared to its competition. For features that stand out, I would say the wireless feature is the most obvious. The possibilities are endless and I'm sure will be improved upon and emulated in future generations. Overall, I haven't had a problem with it since I got it six months ago and I'm so happy with it that I got the 80G which I love even more. Definitely recommend it to everyone!

Re: Sony DCR-SR40 Review

Josh — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:10:30 -0000

After getting unhelpful information from both our Apple store's Genius Bar and Circuit City, who both seemed to think that Mac compatibility of the Sony DCR-SR40 was not a problem, a google search led me here.

For the DCR-SR40 user, here are the steps to take to download movies to a Mac:

1) Disregard any information in the DCR-SR40 regarding Mac incompatability/compatibility.
2) Purchase and download MPEG-2 Playback for OSX available at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
The cost is $19.99 + tax. Reboot the computer after installation.
3) Download MPEG Streamclip v1.8b2 BETA (or whatever the newest version is. The cost is free.
4) Connect the DCR-SR40. It does not appear to be plug-and-play. We had to a) attach the camera to the dock, b) attach the dock to the computer via USB, and c) navigate to the USB select button within the camera. Choose P-MENU/Setup/HDD Set/USB Select/HDD. You will see the camera mounted as an external hard drive.
5) Open MPEG Streamclip.
6) Open the movie within MPEG Streamclip.
7) Export the movie in Quicktime (or other) format. Note: for whatever reason, when the movie was opened directly in Quicktime, we were not able to play sound. However, when the movie is exported to Quicktime from within MPEG Streamclip, sound is saved.

Now that the MPEG2 format has been converted to Quicktime, it should work in iMovie, although we haven't tried that yet.

Re: Apple MacBook 2.0GHz Review

Josh — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:48:37 -0000

In response to the not so positive review below, I have to say that I've seen a lot of PC laptops, and the MacBook is right up there as far as bang for your buck ratio goes. While there are notebooks that cost less (Gateway has a model that is cheaper and more powerful), they often don't carry bundled software even near the quality of iLife and the other apps that are preloaded. And now that Macs can run XP too, what's to keep any PC user from switching over?

Re: Apple iPod Video 30GB Review

Josh — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:21:25 -0000

I just got the new Ipod Video and it is a grat product, the sound quality is so much better than my 30gig Ipod Photo that I called all my friends with older Ipods and told them to upgrade! it is simply amazing. I have also added my favorite movies to it along with some TV shows and music videos that I down loaded from Itunes and have been thrilled with the video quality. Apple has really outdone themselves this time, this is the best Ipod to date, even if you don't want to take the time (or can't figure out) how to compress your dvds to play in .mp4 format, you will be impressed by the difference in sound quality of the newer units. A+

Re: Creative Labs Zen Nano Plus 512MB Review

Josh — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:54:40 -0000

I got my Zen Nano Plus 512mb player yesterday, for a very cheep price. So far no problems. I recently had an iPod Shuffle (ufortuantly the dog chewed it). I like it better than my Shuffle. It plays better, more features, better design (although the second gen iPod looks pretty flash). I has good buttons and a good scroller for changing song. It can organise songs. It has radio, vioce recorder and so much more. I find the sound quality is actually BETTER then the iPod. This is a must I reccomend it to anyone who wants a simple, but effective MP3 player. And also the price is great!!

Re: Apple iPod nano 4GB Review

Josh — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:27:22 -0000

I got the last apple ipod nano 4gb in the entire state of Georgia! I can honestly say that this thing is a godsend. I LOVE IT! My only complaint is the battery life tends to be about 9-11 hours for me because I listen to my music higher than 50%. Other than the battery life, I LOVE IT. Best $250 I have ever spent!

Re: Toshiba Satellite A75 Review

Josh — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:28:36 -0000

I have had my A75 for 1 year and it has been repaired 5 times, now i have a new laptop again because they have replaced almost everything in it except the case and the cd/dvd drive. Toshiba has very bad customer service and has produced a very bad product. DO NOT BUY THE SATELLITE A75.

Re: Logitech MX1000 Review

Josh — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:21:41 -0000

this mouse looks awesome - feels great and performs like a beaten mule. Its a peace of crap and their support center can not help/fix the problems with lag and skip. I bought 15 of them and returned them all.

Re: Compaq Presario R3000 Review

Josh — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:48:27 -0000

This laptop is probably great for some people-- just not me. I wanted a machine that I could comfortably sit on my lap and work from, travel with, and take to college with me. This laptop, while extremely well priced, is a hassle to take on a plane or put in a travel bag. Not only does it not fit most generic laptop cases, it is too heavy to take on a trip. For those wanting to travel with it, it is also too tall and too wide to fit on your lap in an airplane seat (unless you fly business class and this is not a problem). Overall, if you just want to use it around the house, it's a great value and a wonderful investment. For the business traveler, the student in college, or the person looking for a true laptop, find one under 6lbs. because this machine will leave you wanting.

Re: Siemens S56 Review

Josh — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:00:59 -0000

I love my siemens s56. I bought this phone because of the loaded features it has: bluetooth, irda, GSM, etc. Reading the last two reviews, I have not noticed the problems from the two previous reviews: establishing a gprs data connection w/ my Palm OS PDA (took me less than two minutes to setup and download my email from home and work), the vibrating alarm works great for me and I have no trouble hearing the phones ringtones in my pocket or suit coat, volume is great whether I am using the speakphone or up to my ear, the calls are very clear and people sound like they are right there next to you. I'm sorry for the last two reviewers it sounds like they have gotten a bum rap. I do agree that the keys are small but that's the price you pay for a small phone that weighs about 3oz. I also have not had to contact Siemens customer service either so I cannot give a comment on them. Overall, my phone has performed flawlessly and I have been very impressed with its consistent performance.

Re: ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9800 Pro Review

Josh — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:28:38 -0000

Remember people who are happy are always less likly to post comments. It is the people who are pissed off that will always fill reviews. Almost all issues are related to hardware other then the video card.

Re: http://www.tonywan.com/2009/10/lab-report.html

Josh — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:54:45 -0000

lol, study life are suppose to be dull. Its always the after classes time that are fun. XP

Re: http://leftofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/10/reaction-to-obama-event-at-jmu.html

Josh — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:17:00 -0000

Thanks for your post! I've shared a link to it on this hburgnews blog discussion thread:

http://hburgnews.com/2008/10/28/obama-visit-open-thread/

Re: Disaponting Business/Bike Coalition Interaction

Josh — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:47:00 -0000

I have recently started biking around L.A. I am much more aware of local businesses and inclined to visit them because of the connection. I don't feel that connection whizing by in my car. I also find myself going to shops that more biker friendly. Ones with bike racks outside and public restrooms (so I can wash my hands before eating). But do businesses want bicyclists as customers? We're smelly and obviously frugal. The customer they want is the lavish, affluent customer who drives a land rover, for whom money is clearly no object.

Re: How We Got To Be MK’s In The USCG UPDATE

Josh — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:46:12 -0000

So they decided to call us "MK" just because all the other acronyms where already taken. It probably is true, but I just don't want to believe it. Thanks for the history lesson.

Re: Someone please explain how to do links

Josh — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:14:00 -0000

Just a link in a post?

Text of link

so Putz or Yutz becomes .

Re: Adding a gadget by URL in Google Wave

Josh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:13:17 -0000

I suggest trying http://www.showdocument.com - a free online web-based collaboration tool. -josh

Re: Home Reserve Guestbook

Josh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:26 -0000

Thanks for a nice product. Assembly was a snap. In fact I had more trouble figuring out the cushion covers than I did assembling the frame! ;-) It looks nice and is very comfy.

Re: If you want something done right... - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:51:00 -0000

Well Jamie,

What if God did "come and and declare His glory on Oprah, because the entire world watches oprah." (Bad example but indulge me for a second) Let us just say that the entire population of the world saw God on Oprah. Thus there is now no possibility that anyone lacks knowledge of God. Even so, would everyone still believe and put their faith in God? I would argue no. We can not forget about free choice. Some would argue that this "actual" world we live in is the best possible world. There might be other worlds where God could have created humans that no one would be damned. But in that world only 10 people were created. So you can see how these "possible worlds" are far to hypothetical for me. Anyway I would argue that this is the "best" we have. I think it would be logically easier to argue for the non-existance of God, as many do, than to argue that there is a better world in which God could have created.

For readings on possible worlds you can check out William Lane Craig, Alvin Plantinga (Notre Dame) and the theories of Jose Molina. or Mollinism.

Thanks,

Josh

Re: If you want something done right... - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:24:00 -0000

Just a question to provoke thought,

If there is a lack of understanding about God in the world, I and would conclude there is, is this due to a lack of revelation on God's part? Or is this due to man? In another way, is man culpable or is God for lack of understanding?

Re: If you want something done right... - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:53:00 -0000

Spritula,

There is a problem with the necessity of causation though. Just because God created does not necessitate a causal model. This is where theories of "freedom of will" come in. We need to distinguish between sustinance and causation. We also need to distinguish if there if free will or not. Then one can go from there. So again the question for me is "should God have created in the first place."

Re: It's not quite “We are the world” - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:31:00 -0000

While I am not well learned about Westboro Baptist Church,

I would argue that they do not proclaim the message of Christianity. It is not hard for the reader of the NT to see that hate is not the message of Christ. I would hope you can see through this bigotry.

Josh

Re: HELL IS FREEZING OVER - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:05:00 -0000

Gabe,

I understand where you are coming from in your post. I have thought a lot about the doctrine of hell. I recognized that the bible is a bunch of bullshit and I decided that I would not try and rationalize something that is irrational. I am not sure if this would work for you or not but it is certainly worth a try.

Re: The End Is Near! - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:37:00 -0000

I agree with Christians support drug addiction and welfare. I have seen the same things with my own eyes. Look at the situation in New Orleans with the housing. The government is tearing down housing projects to build better housing for the people and you have activists and former residents who are up in arms about it. Now, they have done this in other cities and it has been very successful, but these people want to go and live in these run-down, filthy, ancient buildings that are falling to pieces. Doesn't make any sense to me.

Beth, I am sorry but I do not agree with you on your assertion that the Islam guy is the antichrist. I don't believe there will be an antichrist. Don't you know that the bible is a bunch of bullshit?

Re: Will injures to key players take their toll?

Josh — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:48:35 -0000

Pittsburgh struggled for much of last year without Gonchar. A change in coaches was credited for the team's late-season success, but the fact that their turnaround took place around the same time Gonchar returned from injury is lost on a lot of people. I don't expect the Pens to struggle like they did last year (Letang and Goligoski are a year older and more capable of handling his duties than they were last season) but to say that Pittsburgh "never skipped a beat" without Gonchar in the line-up is inaccurate, in my opinion anyway.

Re: http://www.offendedblogger.com/2008/10/in-defense-of-whitey-offensive.html

Josh — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:41:00 -0000

I laugh at the commercials that show the people prisoners in their own home. THe mother and daugther washing clothes; then when it cuts to a scene of the front door, 17 months worth of newspapers have accumulated on the stoop. When you're that scared of life that you won't even open your door, it's time to seek therapy -- not a home security system.

The white-collar home invader, huh? Kinda like jumbo shrimp.

Re: Next version of Post Levels

Josh — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:32:37 -0000

Hey there! Awesome work so far, but really looking forward to the next version with the added functionality...any idea when we can expect an update? thanks much! -josh

Re: New Sufjan Stevens – You Are The Blood

Josh — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:30:40 -0000

I think EPIC (yes, with all caps) would suffice.

Re: Windows 7: What ever happened to Windows Vista?

Josh — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:43:00 -0000

No. Windows Vista NOW is what Windows Vista 2006 should have been.

Windows 7 will be what Windows 7 should be, an ongoing evolution of Windows. Fixing the bad, introducing new features and keeping the good. Otherwise you may as well say Windows XP is what Windows 98 should have been, and so on...

Re: The Zune: From Shit Brown to Irrelevant in 60 Seconds Flat

Josh — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:25:00 -0000

What annoys me about the Zune haters is that a) you always use the Zune 1.0 to point out how bad it is and b) you assume the iPod is better becuase it has the larger market share.

I think it's fair to say you've never tried a Zune beyond the 2.0 update or perhaps even at all?

I understand the point of your post, and in many ways you're correct - this market will perhas grow more insignificant with time, however it's still a huge market and Apple's lack of innovation for large Mp3 devices isn't something a competitor like MS should follow.

I purchased a Zune 120 a couple of months ago and I (and anyone else who has also used a Zune from about the 2.5 update onwards) can tell you it's a fantastic product and really is better than an iPod Classic/Nano.

Don't believe me? Seriously, try one sometime - you'll find the the device interface incredibly intuitive, the desktop software provides an awesome experience and the Zune Pass is an unbelivably great service.

The Zune pad is also as good as if not better a navigation tool than the click wheel.

I don't want to come across here as just an iPod hating fanboy or something, I can genuinally say that if I thought the iPod was better than the Zune I would have bought one - but I just found the Zune that much a better product + service.

I would be really interested to see you try one and then give an opinion on it =) Everyone who has seen mine does the "are they really as bad as everyone says" thing, but after trying it and seeing all the features end up loving it.

However, yes, Microsoft doesn't put anywhere near enough effort and marketing behind it as they should.

Re: Premier League Season Just Around the Corner

Josh — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:26:00 -0000

See also the Sport in Pictures section of www.thefirstpost.co.uk which has a picture story about the top four teams competing for the Premiership.

Re: Good For You, Steve Bennett

Josh — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:00:06 -0000

As a LFC fan i believed the ref gave in to pressures of the home game- Big match wrong ref. liverpool had an offnight in terms of our defence against the relentless man u attack.
regarding the Mascerano incident, you have to understand some players play the game with their heart in the heat of the moment, he made a bad decision to continue arguring but it cannot be helped with the unfair decisions previous that endangered a teammate and team's chances. All those so called 'neutral' fans, I can tell most are everton supporters. Most are so happy over the loss of Liverpool, Please look at the game from the side of both teams before you run your mouth off about being in the middle and thus your opinion would be the most fair.

Re: Ronaldo is PFA Player of the Year, Fabregas is Young Player of the Year

Josh — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:12:35 -0000

I would imagine that anyone who was able to vote for ronaldo did so, therefore not making much point to vote for him twice.

Re: New 08/09 Man United Away Shirt Revealed

Josh — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:04:56 -0000

This is defo the new away kit becuase ManUtd.cim unvieled it on on 18th June and it will be released on 18th July, but it available on a pre-order off the united megastore

Re: Book Review - TypeStyle Finder - Type & Font Inspiration

Josh — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:01:47 -0000

This site is one of my favorites! i really enjoyed this article and all of the inspiration I get from this website. I know of a website that shares ad revenue with writers and they encourage people to use creative typography in their articles, so there are some good examples there too. http://www.sayitaloud.com

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Re: Meet the ‘RandomCritter’ Logo Mascot

Josh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:46:47 -0000

Helvetica lovin! I Hopes I win! @intheblack (jata16@gmail.com)

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Re: Google Notebook == Live

Josh — Sun, 21 May 2006 12:12:00 -0000

7.2 Readers.

Re: Opinions on FeedLounge (or other Web-based RSS readers)?

Josh — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:28:00 -0000

I love FeedLounge. It's fast, it has neato-AJAXy features (hello, tags for individual entries), and I can access it anywhere.

Oh, and by the way. FeedLounge has a River of News view. :)

I have a brief post about FeedLounge opening to the public, and my feelings on it. Entry here:
http://www.joshteeters.org/blog/2006/01/09/feed...

Re: Wine Blog Awards

Josh — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:29:46 -0000

Great post Ryan. Interesting take. If you take a step back even further I would argue that the real genius in Tom's awards is that it increses the exposure for Fermentation immensely. Much like how Lenn got lots of recognition for initiating Wine Blog Wednesday, being the first to create an award specifically for wine blogs adds to the stature and visibility of the person bestowing the award.

Tom is in PR after all, and he knows his stuff. Everyone getting nominated is getting a bit more attention than they otherwise would have as well, so I think its a win-win.

Re: The Mainstay of Cava Wine: Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel.lo

Josh — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:50:30 -0000

In answer to your question Richard,

The period we see in between Xarl and lo is a way to indicate pronunciation in Catalan (The primary language of Catalonia, Spain). The period basically serves to indicate the separation of the two Ls. If they are together in Catalan it makes a a kind of "yuh" sound and would make Xarel.lo sound like "Chareyoe" instead of the correct "Charelo" sound.

As for the lack of period of hyphenation we see is anyone's guess. Probably it's just because the producers don't want to confuse anyone. Alternatively, it may simply be due to the fact that many Catalan speakers never studied the language in school as it was prohibited to even speak it during the Franco Dictatorship. This might leave the door open for simple grammatical errors to sneak in on many of the Spanish wines being produced here in Catalonia (and in particular, th very tasty and festive Cava).

Hope that helps clear things up!

Re: There Are Too Many Cops | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:00:06 -0000

You make a valid point about throwing police at a problem, I remember laughing at Clinton's 100,000 cops programs. Stimulating the economy with tax cuts so people would have more opportunities would have done far more than federal government temporarily paying for more local cops.

People need to take more responsibility for their lives, I know I feel more comfortable having a concealed 9mm than looking around for a cop when a bum comes after me with a knife. Ironically liberals seem to fear concealed guns more than cops -- still can't figure that one out.

I especially agree with your point about overlapping agencies -- why do we still need a county government that includes a sheriff department anyways? Where we do need added law enforcement is at the ports and in the intelligence agencies. We need people abroad infiltrating the groups that are out to harm us, not an extra cop on the street corner.

What disturbs me about your post is the last point, and the underlying theme, is that some how 911 and future terrorist events are our fault. Do you seriously believe that somehow "our behavior in the world" caused an attack by Islamic Extremists? The US and its people hold zero responsibility for the events 911, and any other conclusion suggests we that we need to tolerate and embrace their twisted view of the world.

What I fear more than cops on the street is a pacifist attitude that tells the lunatic terrorists that if you bomb, we will listen. We live in a democracy that allows us to change laws based will of the majority, tempered by the restraints of the constitution. So a group need not crash planes into buildings to bring about change.

As we've witnessed around the world, democracy takes a great deal of work to establish and maintain. But once rooted in the people, people are willing to sacrifice lives to defend it.

The cowards behind 911 know their dogmatic ideas of a perfect Islamic state are not popular. Unfortunately they are convinced that killing innocent people in the US and Europe will rally more converts.

The last thing we should do is placate this behavior by blaming ourselves. Their culture only recognizes strong action. The only solution is to crush them until they no longer believe Allah is behind them. This doesn't involve more local police, but it certainly doesn't mean blaming ourselves for their actions.

Re: Deserving Innocents? | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:44:12 -0000

One of the most challenging notions related to the brand of Islamic terrorism practiced today is that there isnât a high ground or intellectual solution to eliminate this problem. As the French witnessed first hand in WWII, not taking action against a force doesnât protect you from that force. Before Germany invaded many pacifies argued itâs not our war and they tried to appease Hitler to deter him from invading. Because of their actions, or lack of actions, the French were forced to surrender to the Germany in 1940, becoming Vichy France.

Ultimately the Allies liberated France and crushed Germany to the point that her people realized that Hitler and the Nazi party was a complete failure. The same solution needs to be applied today. Instead of the Fascist dictators from Germany and Italy, we are witnessing a system of corrupting the teaching of the Korean with an end goal of creating an extremist Islamic state that covers the globe.

Call me unenlightened, if you wish, but I canât see a single positive element to their end goal. Certainly I canât think of a single action by our government that justifies 9-11 or other attacks. Given all this, Iâm still willing to listen to you. You state:

âI was not talking about 9-11 in particular, but about future acts of terrorism that might be inspired by our violent, imperialistic behaviorâ

I assume you would agree that we need to examine past actions to determine future policies. Following that logic, there must have been a terrorist attack against America that was justifiable. If not 9-11, please provide another terrorist attack against America that you feel was justifiable because of American action.

How can a terrorist attack that kills a single parent working at Wal-Mart, a campaign supporter or newborn can be justified to advance a terroristâs agenda? Terrorism is sign of cowardice; its goal is bring fear into the civilian population by performing cruel and unexpected acts.

Following your logic, one would assume that youâre arguing that we hold some responsibilities for terrorist attacks against us, including 9-11. Since the planning started years before the attack, some policy of Clinton Administration must have helped cause this attack.

Although I agree that if Clinton spent more time going after Bin Laden, opposed to nailing interns in the Oval Office, 9-11 could have been prevented. I still canât figure out what he or his administration did to cause the attack.

What are the examples of our âviolent, imperialistic behaviorâ that caused 9-11? The reason this is difficult to answer is that one is forced to assume there is a rational behavior behind the attack. Iâve read others, like yourself, that imply there is causality between our âbehavior in the worldâ and attacks against us, but I have yet to read a concrete example of this theory.

Trying to claim the higher ground by implying Americans hold responsibility for terrorist attacks against her is the modern day equivalent to the French elitists arguing against building a defense against Germany in 1939.

Put simply: They hate us not for our actions, but because we are not them.

Re: Deserving Innocents? | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:37:07 -0000

Do you honestly feel any of these actions, supporting Israel and Kuwait and whatever "occupation of Arabia" means, justifies the killing of Americans? This is outright propaganda from Bin Laden, Hitler was good with it as well, doesn't mean he was right either.

Also, for the record, the countries you listed have had either terrorists attacks, harbor terrorists or have a poor record of "behavior" against their own people:
* Switzerland - Rising Radicalism
* Japan - Subway Bombings
* Argentina - suicide bombing attack at the AMIA Jewish community center
* China - Do I really have to list why China is not a model country? Tiananmen Massacre
* Brazil - Harbors terrorists

Re: Deserving Innocents? | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:18:20 -0000

What I still fail to understand is the causality between "our behavior" and the attacks against us. Maybe if I could understand what other countries have done to deserve terrorist attacks.

What did Argentina, which has had terrorist attacks from Islamic extremists, do deserve there attack?

What behavior can we associate with the Swiss, who pride themselves on being neutral, deserve to be in the
crosshairs of Islamic radicals? Quote from the Washington Post:

As the global jihad movement becomes more decentralized and fragmented, however, Swiss security officials are warning that their country could become a target.

Frankly you can't assign a rational process to their behavior. Targets for them appear to be ANYONE BUT THEM, not those who have taken actions against them. As I pointed out in an earlier post, what did France do cause their country to be invaded by Germany in 1939? Nothing.

In an ideal utopian society we would be able to solve problems through an intellectual analysis of the issues and agree on a solution. The reality is that those who have twisted the teaching of the Koran do not want peace with others, they want to dominate over others.

As much as the world may fear the so-called "American Imperialism" of influence, we should have far more fear of justifying, placating and sympathizing with Bin Laden and his movement.

Re: Paris, my darling | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:40:07 -0000

Anthony:

If you are in Paris another night, you need to try a great Japanese resturant called SHOZAN:

Phone: 01 47 23 37 32
11, Rue de la TrÃ©moille
75008 PARIS 08 Ã¨me
Ile-de-France
http://www.resto.fr/uk/Ile-de-France/Paris/restaurant.cfm?restaurant=3254

Re: Fifty Ways to Make Your Date or Significant Other Think You Need Hormone Replacement Therapy | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:50:41 -0000

Gotta check out the chick response:
tweekerchick

Re: Bi-Curious Cokehead Miss USA Gets Another Chance | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:06:47 -0000

Why I am I not surprised with all the news since your last post, this was on the top of your mind!

Re: God, Intellect and Universal Truth

Josh — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:17:09 -0000

Although I agree with some of your points, I have to disagree with your comment that "our minds are simply inadequate" [to understand the Great Mystery]. Although I would agree that humans do not have the ability to sense the whole of the universe, e.g. low/high frequency sounds and ultra-violate lights, man has an amazing capacity to adapt and deal with new information. For example, we theorized that frequencies exist that we cannot observer, so we build machines to produce and observe sounds/lights that cannot be sensed by the naked ear or eye.

As an Atheist, I normally don't engage in conversations about God unless I'm pressed. But once engaged, I often start with the following question:
If aliens came to our planet, and likely they would be more advanced than us to reach earth, how would you tell if they were Gods? Wouldn't some of their advancements seem supernatural? If an Alien had the ability to change weather on demand, to "transport" people without visible tools or read our minds, would you get on your knees to worship?

The genesis of this question likely comes from watching one too many Star Trek episodes, but it is still valid. Ultimately I haven't heard a good response, and normally the standard fall back response deals with having or lacking faith.

I believe man's mind is the most beautiful object in the Universe. Has it been fully developed -- of course not -- but the potential is huge. I argue it is not inadequate, it simply lacks more information.

Ayn Rand stated it best:
The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive- a definition that invalidates man's consciousness and nullifies his concepts of existence...Man's mind, say the mystics of spirit, must be subordinated to the will of God... Man's standard of value, say the mystics of spirit, is the pleasure of God, whose standards are beyond man's power of comprehension and must be accepted on faith....The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question. [Ayn Rand, For the New Intellectual]

Re: An Accidental Interview with Lieutenant Phil Dreyer | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:25:12 -0000

I don't understand, he received a service pin, they only give these to the best.

Check out page 2 of the BEXAR COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Lt. Dreyer noted that the Sheriffâs Department is getting more aggressive with training and the availability of
equipment.

This could mean that top secret communication equipment was stored in the building...

But maybe the most interesting thing is that they have a picture of Bin Laden on the Sheriff's website. Maybe San Antonio is hotbed of terror related activity...

Re: Revisiting the Warnings On Iraq | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:12:57 -0000

Dude -- I know you're trying hard to convince people but using a poll that from 2005 during the height of the wire tapping controversy is misleading without a qualifier associated with the Poll link.

Re: Unusual Teambuilding Exercises | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:00:10 -0000

And who said there hasn't been a private sector benefit from military research...

Re: Libertarians for Obama | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:45:00 -0000

Stop drinking the Kool-aid buddy. Obama is almost the worst case scenarios for a president as far as Libertarians are concerned. Here is a good working definition from Wikipedia describing a Libertarian:

Libertarianism's ideals, although often varied in detail, typically center on policies in favor of extensive personal liberties, rejecting compulsory Socialism and Communism in favor of allowing private property ... promoting personal responsibility and private charity and opposing welfare statism, and advocating either limiting or entirely eliminating the power and scope of the state in order to maximize individual liberty.

Obama may be many things, but a Libertarian he is not. Here are just a handful of reasons:

Smaller government, which includes a reduced tax burden for everyone, is a central tenant of Libertarianism. His speeches are full Populist failed ideas of Class warfare, e.g. cut taxes for only the middle class, because the wealth do not deserve it, doesn't sit well with most Libertarians. Reduce the tax burden for all, not just the few…

Socialized Health care is compulsory Socialism -- another example of his idealized welfare state.

His support of so-called "Fair Pay" laws, tokenism and quotas strike at the heart of Individualism.

He opposes free-trade, e.g. NAFTA.

Favors "closed shop" unions, i.e. forcing individuals to pay union fees against their will if they want to work.

Like most Populists, blames the credit crunch on Mortgage companies, forgetting that individuals are also part of the problem.

Looking at his website, most of his solutions to require spending more money, this can only mean a larger government.

Bottom line, although our troops may be sent home under Obama, but I'm not sure their going to like the country he wants to create.

Re: Google Still Knows How to Have Fun | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:59:33 -0000

Blogger was also having fun:
http://buzz.blogger.com/

A new blogging tech called "Weblogs"

Re: Carter, Gore Set to Deliver Clinton “Coup de Grace” | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:01:05 -0000

The problem is Obama keeps screwing up:
Presidential Candidates Spar Over
Obama's Working-Class Remarks

Re: Jack Chick and his Weirdness | The Cosmic Tap

Josh — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:52:57 -0000

So the message is -- do drugs, get into heaven. Sounds like a plan...

Re: Buffett Sees ‘Long, Deep’ US Recession

Josh — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:19:29 -0000

From the article:
He said the United States was "already in recession" and added: "Perhaps not in the sense that economists would define it" with two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

So we are now defining economics based only on feelings? We haven't even had one quater of negative growth. The most objective description is that we have an almost FLAT economy. Since we have apparently dumb downed economics to just feelings, I can see how we achieved a self-fulfilling prophecy of a recession.

I will be interested in what the GDP numbers are on Thursday, although Buffet and others have apparently given up on objective measures....

Re: Buffett Sees ‘Long, Deep’ US Recession

Josh — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:35:32 -0000

Sorry Buffett and company, but your "feelings" are out of touch with reality. WSJ article, URL:
GDP Grew More Than First Thought,
Increasing 0.9% in First Quarter

Re: What Do You Want To See At JJP?

Josh — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:54:00 -0000

Keep the watermelon, and maybe throw in a piece of fried chicken, some cornbread and a side of greens for a balanced meal.

Yeah gotta up the branding lol.

Anyways the site is already great, but when you move to Wordpress you should keep only a few categories, and use tags for everything else. The categories section can be a bit hard to navigate sometimes.

Re: Smart2Go available for download

Josh — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:09:51 -0000

I installed it earlier today on my N73.

I first downloaded it onto my Macbook, then transfered it using Bluetooth and then installed it onto my memory card.

It works alright. It's a bit slow, but then I'm only using GPRS, not 3G to download the maps.

I think I'll stick with TomTom :)

Re: Album Review: Britney Spears – Blackout (Times Review)

Josh — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:46 -0000

this is the best cd of 2007 from the artist who was expected to have the worst, how ironic? she will def. shut up the haters with this cd. AMAZING!!!!

Re: 2008 Summer Festival Outlook (Bonnaroo Edition)

Josh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:49:20 -0000

Clue 11 (Feb 4th Monday at 12:20)
"Message board chatter? Yes it does matter. We hear your song requests. So Listen High Listen Low Dont Look Too Hard This Is New Radio Bonnaroo"

Clue 12
"Charlie's imaginary band will not be playing and don't believe what he wrote on his hand and the last few things he was not saying."

Re: Death Cab reveals album details

Josh — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:38:34 -0000

This information is completely wrong. The release date and the track listing are just very very wrong! Do some research!!

Re: 80/35 reveals initial lineup

Josh — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:02:22 -0000

i saw poison control center this winter here in st. louis. patrick completely THRASHED his guitar trying to jump over a couch ten seconds into the first number. it was epic.

Re: Phish set to reunite in 2009

Josh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:19:30 -0000

HOLY CRAP! the 6th is my birthday, and I turn 21 too..... I think I might now believe in a god.

Re: Jay Z - VH1’s Storytellers

Josh — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:39:11 -0000

Your profile pic is different from MyBlogLog. Was that taken in Vegas?

Re: Linking Dimensions in Sketches

Josh — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:52:19 -0000

I love dimensions. hey, what about unlinking them?? :)

Re: Standards Tuesday - Drawing Notes Pt2

Josh — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:33 -0000

good points. we have an inspector that gets hung up on these phrases exactly. he also gets irate at improper use of tense. It becomes annoying after the drawing has been sent back for 10 revisions because of verbage. Should get it right in the first place I suppose.

Re: Component Selection Tools in Assemblies

Josh — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:17 -0000

Volume select is a bit cumbersome, but imagine using it in a multi-touch or 3D environment. hmmm.

Re: Listing my influences

Josh — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:47:52 -0000

Man Alex! Thanks. I just saw this post because I just noticed the URL in Google Reader for your feed was incorrect.

Thanks. Your kids have cool names by the way!

Re: The Appearance of Things - Appearance Callouts

Josh — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:18:11 -0000

good post man. I don't see a lot of people using appearance callouts, but it's much easier than going to the sidebar.

Re: The Appearance of Things - Display States

Josh — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:17:42 -0000

well, ok, since you're so lonely. I like linking display states to configs. makes it easier to keep it all organized.

great series man. very well done!

Re: Standards Tuesday - Fundamental Rules of Dimensioning

Josh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:21 -0000

man, i really like this post. good quick points. easy to print out and pass out. very nice man.

Re: Selectively Opening Components in Your Assembly

Josh — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:09:21 -0000

man, alex, this is really thorough! you need to do the documentation for solidworks. keep it up man!

Re: Creating Your BOM Template

Josh — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:39:49 -0000

Man, very comprehensive! I'd also suggest the checkbox for "Dont Copy Qty..." - this will prevent your config names showing up in the Qty section. Great job on covering all the detail too!

Re: Standards Tuesday - Application of Dimensions Pt2

Josh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:44:46 -0000

Hey Alex, another great overview. I'm not sure what Chain Lines are though. I may not know the terminology. Great point about scale too. I absolutely hate it when one sheet is scaled differently from another or even on the same page. SolidWorks maintains this pretty well, but there's some others where people DO get lazy.

Re: Standards Tuesday - Application of Dimensions Pt2

Josh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:48:53 -0000

OK, that makes sense. thanks.

Re: Standards Tuesday - Dimensioning Features Pt1

Josh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:24:49 -0000

Your commenting thing is teeny!! :) great examples shown!@

Re: Standards Wednesday - Dimensioning Features Pt3

Josh — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:57:46 -0000

I (Heart) the hole callout. Just make sure you have the right directory called out in the File locations. I have to change this alot when people get a warning about not being able to locate the Hole Callout file

Re: I Got Lazy!

Josh — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:46:16 -0000

man, i didn't realize how helpful a post like this can be. thanks for putting it man. nice layout.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Optoma DV10, All-In-One Home Theater Solution

Josh — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:21:51 -0000

Looks good!

Fix the amazon link :-)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Interactive 3D Display: Its Here!

Josh — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:07:12 -0000

When will DirectX support these displays? I want to render fully 3d onto thin air.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Craftsman’s Dual Laser Drill

Josh — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:00:19 -0000

I haven't seen it before

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Freestyle Fusion Amp, A Waterproof MP3 Player

Josh — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:02:37 -0000

There are some problems with the ear bud setup. They dont stay in your ears no matter what you do
( i have tried several kinds). The ear buds actually amplify the sounds of the water flowing past your ears to the point you can hear the music anyway. Lastly, the sound quality sucks. So far none of them have been worth the money i my opinion.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Magnetic Floating Bed

Josh — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:02:11 -0000

stupid invention.what if i tip it slightly to the left will it fly off the magnets. by the way how is it balanced? ive never been able to do this with little maggies.i declare hoax

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » MySat - Your Personal Satellite

Josh — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:24:47 -0000

This friggin rocks! If i ever win US$100 million in a lottery this is what im going to buy after spreading some of the wealth around. NO idea what i would do with it but i want one never the less.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » DryEar - Swimmers Ear Eliminator

Josh — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:17:35 -0000

For the price of that i can just get the best ear plugs out there and save US$97.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Vehicular Turntables

Josh — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:14:00 -0000

BATMAN!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Cordless Dremel Stylus

Josh — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:49:19 -0000

I recently got a Stylus, the functionality is really great. You are right about the battery length at high speeds. Full blast cutting on steel I get about 20 minutes of usage, which then takes three hours to recharge fully, that is the only draw back I have found. That and the charger base is a bit finicky, that could just be mine though. Other then those two things the Stylus is a great tool.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » U3 USB Stick Technology

Josh — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:31:22 -0000

Yep, U3 sucks...it's not impressive, it's lame. It's a lock from a company trying to make money by taking advantage of people who don't know better...They make you download an uninstaller too, so if you're not savvy enough to navigate through on the U3 site, you are stuck with something lame?and yes, portable apps is way better and OSS. I guess this website with this revue is just an advertising venue and I won't be trusting their reviews as either they are getting paid to give good reviews or the reviewers are not very geeky or knowledgeable.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Welcome Once More

Josh — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:58:38 -0000

SAm: Your wrong. I get the IP on the main page also.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Nimbus Ultimate Wheel - Possibly The Simplest Ride On Earth

Josh — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:35:24 -0000

Plus, there doesn't seem to be any way to 'freewheel'...

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Space Saving Coffeetable Bookshelf

Josh — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:08:50 -0000

Oops I spilled my coffee!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » iCache Digitally Stores Your Credit Cards

Josh — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:07:41 -0000

Its not useless it works with all types of cards rfid, magnestrip ect.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » OhGizmo T-Shirt Design Contest Update - Making Things Right

Josh — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:10:58 -0000

Honestly, I agree with David Ponce in that none of them are really good but if i had to pick the least horrible one ill go with 13. The rest are just plain and boring.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Caterpillar Watch Prototype Looks Uncomfortable But Unique

Josh — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:18:23 -0000

I don't like it. I can see this getting frayed and dirty real fast

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Waterproof Juke Tower MP3 Speaker

Josh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:57:47 -0000

Nice idea but a 12hr battery life is horrible.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Fish Scales, The Armor Of The Future

Josh — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:11:36 -0000

wow technology has gone a long way and turned a weird twist.

Re: Free music from Triple J - an unofficial feed

Josh — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:35:42 -0000

Shance,
I looked around for something more powerful than straight RSS, and didn't find Feedity which does indeed look like something I could have used. A cursory glance however leads me to believe that Feed43 is the more powerful of the two, as it allowed me to customise my feed to the Nth degree and showed me the results at each step. Thank you anyway.

Re: Free music from Triple J - an unofficial feed

Josh — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:35:42 -0000

Shance,
I looked around for something more powerful than straight RSS, and didn\'t find Feedity which does indeed look like something I could have used. A cursory glance however leads me to believe that Feed43 is the more powerful of the two, as it allowed me to customise my feed to the Nth degree and showed me the results at each step. Thank you anyway.

Re: Free music from Triple J - an unofficial feed

Josh — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:35:42 -0000

Re: The Ron Paul Revolution Targets Giuliani at Iowa Stop

Josh — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:50:44 -0000

Nice work! Thanks for covering the Ron Paul supporters! Great Article!

Re: Riding the Wave of Change

Josh — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:22:36 -0000

Nice work Kevin. The new design is a big improvement and it looks great.

Re: Mobile Texting in New Delhi

Josh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:51:06 -0000

That is hilarious. The commentary by the guys recording it is the best part.

Re: Clinton understood surface, not spirit, of caucuses

Josh — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:46:46 -0000

Any Dem over Any Republican. Period. No...Electing Bush 2 times is UNREASONABLE.

ANY DEM OVER ANY REPUBLICAN 08!

Hillary or Edwards, first choice...

/Chicagoan, familiar with Obama...no big deal in a talking suit.

Re: Timid Tiger – Are You Gonna My Way (Pretty Much Amazing World Premiere)

Josh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:45:50 -0000

I really love this remix! Hot hot hot!

So wait, is PMA starting a record label?

Re: Lykke Li – First Unitarian Church – January 30th, 2009

Josh — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:53:41 -0000

Aren't her live shows the best? I fucking love her so much right now.

Re: U.S.-Born Children of Hispanics Have Dramatically Better English Skills, Study Finds

Josh — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:31:16 -0000

Political Intent This not only quantifies a universal phenomenon it also clarifies some of the political dialogue around immigration reform in the U.S. It challenges a major misconception that latino immagrants are not adapting well to our English speaking culture.

Re: FOX ATTACKS! The Environment

Josh — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:09:00 -0000

This is crazy. Global warming is not a issue. It is simply a propaganda tool used to get donations and votes. Its been proven that many of these so called "activists" consume themselves many times the energy of the average American. All these people who fly around in private jets burning up tons of fuel, want to lecture us!!! Please give me a break!,

Re: FOX on Iran: “diplomacy won’t work”

Josh — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:21:20 -0000

omg this is unbelievable. what did the american public get out of iraq. nothing... all we got is higher oil prices.. and disappointment, and grief for having our family slaughtered down in iraq. funny thing is we cant even call iraq the bad guy anymore... because everything that has been uncovered seems to me that it was us who went to them, it was us who distroyed their country, its us who killed millions and millions of innocent people in iraq, we supported the war because we thought we would be safer. honestly i dont feel anysafer. now that the muslim world is angier then ever. i really do not feel safe. and its all our governments fault and all the voters who voted for bush even after realizing he was wrong and we had been lyied to all this time. wow greatest country on earth but the the smartest. people still think bush is the man... WHY

Re: FOX Attacks Obama, part 2

Josh — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:07:08 -0000

"PATHETIC"
get a life.
since when did fox news stat paying people to leave comments on this page?

Re: Bill O’Reilly Loses His Shit

Josh — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:28:41 -0000

Flick is right. The rest are wrong and illiterate.

Re: New Nas Song Tears FOX News a New One

Josh — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:04:20 -0000

and thx for sharing your retarded side hector.

Re: Scunthorpe Up, Luton Down

Josh — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:23:00 -0000

Just discovered this blog from listening to the EPLTalk podcast - I look forward to following Scunny's progress in the Championship next season, and will be reading Championship Talk regularly.

Oh, and just FYI: Andy Keogh left Scunny for Wolves in the January transfer window, and is currently looking to earn promotions with two clubs in one season (Wolves are in the playoff hunt, and he played enough for Scunthorpe to qualify for a League One Champions medal).

Cheers, and UP THE IRON!!

Re: Brian McLaren: Compassion and Hope in the Haggard Scandal

Josh — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:18:09 -0000

Compassion and love without judgment is our charge. We all fall short.

Hypocrisy and deceit as a church leader is one aspect of this particular situation more so than sexual orientation, but what about the issue in general? It seems prominent church theologians disagree.

When it comes to the issue of homosexuality, we all have someone we care about who is gay, which complicates our emotions. Does it cloud our spirituality also?

The answer in the Bible seems difficult but clear, the consensus among the church is less so.>

Re: The War in Our Neighborhood (by Bart Campolo)

Josh — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:51:01 -0000

Wolverine, help me out...what are you getting at?

Re: Lily Allen – Never Gonna Happen

Josh — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:50:52 -0000

yea im hating when it goes to the hypemachine link, and i cant preview it here. awesome song though.

Re: Spank Bush

Josh — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:12:53 -0000

You made love lastnite with your secret service

Re: The Tale Of The Flatiron And Other Stories

Josh — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:16:44 -0000

you shouldn't have sat on Ben Franklin by the bench.... VERY BAD decision.

Re: Mystery solved: iTeaHAL

Josh — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:11:59 -0000

Just for the record:

Upgrading to the newest iWow fixed this issue for me.

Good Luck!

Re: K-town Weirdness

Josh — Tue, 17 May 2005 22:45:56 -0000

heHA! Gotta love the undead.

Re: No XBox360 for you!

Josh — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:16:41 -0000

I smell legal action.....

Honestly... that whole pre-ordering thing has got to be in some violation.... either contractual or otherwise.

And in todays judicial areana... you could probably get 45 million out of the loss of $400.

Re: The Gospel and Culture and Wesley’s Tradition

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:56:00 -0000

Excellent post. Are we creating quality or poor culture? Now THAT is a piercing question. The isolationist influence of individuals like Wesley has been quite detrimental to the church (although I speak with great care in criticizing such a devout and holy man). I believe much of the blame for the cultural disdain of American Christianity can be laid at the feet of the early to mid 20th century fundamentalist movement. We need more leaders like Yancey to "open the bus blinds" so that the church can once again infiltrate and better the culture.

Re: The Gospel and Culture and Wesley’s Tradition

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:52:00 -0000

"fundies in board shorts" :) Seriously, that has to be one of the funniest things I've heard in quite a while. I too have had a lot of personal experience in fundamentalism. Some of it I am thankful for. I believe that it instilled in me an appreciation of the importance of sound doctrine and a conviction for the truth. However, it also gave me an irrational fear of unbelievers and a bunker mentality towards the culture at large. You are spot on concerning the same fundie spirit in various branches of evangelicalism.

I think American Christians have created an entire religious subculture that primarily exists to propagate itself and to filter out the (so-called) "sacred and secular". Thus we see "Christian" film and "Christian" literature being produced instead (as Lewis said) Christians writing books on various topics with their Christianity latent within them.

I do think times are changing though and perusing your blog has encouraged me in that belief.

Re: Dick Staub on changing the world

Josh — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:14:00 -0000

A hearty amen to that! I have been regularly meeting with a small group of believers for about a year now. We call ourselves the Thinklings (totally original, I know), and we function as a book club/writer's workshop/theological thinktank. Often our discussions veer into deep personal areas of our faith and experience. I cannot begin to express how much this has helped me. My only wish is that every believers would realize the spiritual reality and sense of Christian community that something like this brings into your life.

Re: Living with Questions hits Amazon Top 25

Josh — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:43:00 -0000

Congratulations Dale. I recently purchased the book and I am really enjoying it thus far.

Re: Is health care a right?

Josh — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:58:00 -0000

make that 2 votes for the Governor. The classic text by Leonard Peikoff elegantly states that a right to health care is equivalent to slavery.

Much like Limbaugh does with the "increase minimum wage" argument, I like to take the right to HC to the extreme. You can't deny that food, clothes, and housing are more of a necessity than health care, so logically we should nationalize those industry's first. And their success (lack there of) will lead as an model for the medical industry.

Re: Is health care a right?

Josh — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:19:00 -0000

William, I'm a 4th/yr med student not a lawyer. But i'm in your shoes and I can see the flaws in a logic that deems HC a right.

The key word from your quote of the constitution is "pursue". Our fore-fathers never wanted to guarantee happiness, just the opportunity to go for it.

As I often do, I'd like to refer to "Atlas Shrugged" which beautifully details how capitalism represents the respect of men for each other and their labor. If people respect me, my effort, my intelligence, and the value of my service, they will gladly pay for it.

Our moral duty isn't to provide FREE care, rather to be good businessmen . By that, I mean it is our job to provide the highest quality and the lowest price. Charging $50-70 for a L of NS or ~$60 for CBC, $40 for Rapid Strep, >$100 for a well child exam is all ridiculous. Solving this problem is the focus of my blog.

What our gov't spends on other issues isn't relevant to the philosophical question asked. If the gov't didn't spend that money, it would RIGHTFULLY belong back in the hands of the taxpayers. Please focus on the question at hand.

Re: Is health care a right?

Josh — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:58:00 -0000

I haven't posted since june b/c my daughter was born and spent a month in the NICU. But honestly, it was a bit of an orphan blog before that b/c med-school keeps me busy. ;)

Dr. Williams, you're right I didn't tell the review board about my Republican/Conservative opinions b/c they aren't as open-minded as they'd like to believe. Fun story though, I was actually almost kicked out of med-school for stating in class that I didn't like universal healthcare. The 'prof' actually threatened to shoot me in front of a backed lecture hall.(interested folks can email me directly for the whole story)

That aside, I reject our statement that 'pts don't want to be tx by a businessman'. A) The term business man has a bad rap and unfairly so. Businessmen, or more appropriately named 'entrepreneurs' are the life blood of this country. They have had the vision to invent, improve and compete which helps everyone. B) pt's do want to be tx by a businessman (minus the negative connotation) just like they want to buy products at walmart/target. A consumer (by definition) wants the best quality at the best price. As such, it is my firm belief that pts, if required to spend their own $ for HC, will seek out the best DRs at the best price. In reference to my blog, I suggest a cash based clinic that charges $20/15 min which is a win:win for pts and drs. I outline how dr's could earn >200K/yr and pts can pay @ or < than current copays. HC should be like buying cash, cheap and affordable w/ easily transparent pricing.

Finally, to quote you "we ought to provide [free] care to people who need it". I couldn't agree MORE. However, we need to define NEED. Does someone who can afford HC need FREE HC? I'd argue no. So if we make HC dirt cheap (and Drs still profitable) then we greatly reduce the people who need free care. Then we can CHOOSE to give our services to the truly needy. We don't need to design a system for the bottom 5%, but rather design a successful system for the top 95% and absorb the rest. Furthermore, your moral arguement that HC is a right, is negated by the inclusion of the word "NEED." If it is a right, Bill Gates should get free care too b/c its a right for all, wealth or ability to pay is irrelevant.

Re: Is health care a right?

Josh — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:01:00 -0000

correction: like buying GAS

Re: Is health care a right?

Josh — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:01:00 -0000

Yes I am out of touch w/ the reality accepted by physicians today. And yes I have talked w/ MANY pts about my practice and [surprise surprise] they love the idea of cheap high quality HC. Take for example the student who had to go to the ER for 5 stitches in his arm and paid >1.2k, (i'd charge time + costs = $20-30) or the parents in our Down Syndrome play group who can't afford a $500 uts for their child but my philosophy (uts has no overhead, thus only charge for time, ~$20, and yes, an FP is trained enough to know a health hrt from an unhealthy heart for screening purposes). Shall I continue?

Thanks Gasman, FINALLY a libertarian in the mix. One key difference b/w gov't taking property and gov't servitude is that you can't use force to make people work like you can to take their land. I'm sure you appreciate that the gov't won't be able to find enough people to work under their thumb if they nationalize HC (see: airport security).

Re: Is health care a right?

Josh — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:29:00 -0000

Thank you storkdoc, well said! To the anonymous person who wants to pay casy for HC, email me ;).

Dr. Rack, my admittedly rough math: [One OV equivalent (ove) = $20/15 mins, a pt seen for 30 min = 2 OVE ] : 4 OVE/hr x 50hr/wk x 50 wk/yr = 200k minus 50-60k for overhead (one staffer etc) plus 50-60K for revenue generated from tests, supplies, email visits, group visits etc. I admit its rough math, but it'll work. I'm looking fwd to proving it :)

Re: Coldplay In Concert At XL Center Hartford

Josh — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:46:40 -0000

Congratulations Amanda, you deserve it.

Re: My 2008 Colorado Voter Notes

Josh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:52:39 -0000

Hi Andrew, hope you are doing well. Not sure if you wanted to start a debate on your positions, but amendment 47 effects a lot of people. For instance, my mother is a teacher (and happens to be a conservative republican). She is forced to join a labor union and spend $500 per year on dues. She has no choice. The dues seem to go toward incredibly partisan attacks against the politics my mother supports. She is disgusted that her money is spent in such a way, yet she has no ability to change it. To me this isn't a divisive issue, it is about allowing for choice and not prohibiting it. The workers not only gain more freedom by being empowered with choice, but they can also reclaim their money and do what they will with it. So, to sum it up, there is tremendous value at stake for workers and it should not be a divisive issue at all. If you want to be part of a union, so be it. If not, you should not be forced to join one.

Re: Google Gadgets

Josh — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:30:00 -0000

Hi there. I stumbled across your blog during one of my random online-surfing escapades, and I must say that I am thoroughly impressed at the variety of reading material available, that are both thought-provoking and intriguing.

My personal favorite would be the article on deCerteau. It was immensely insightful and engaging!

Cheers

Re: Lily Allen and MR GASPAR Strike Back.

Josh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:06:56 -0000

i love lily allen!

Re: Official Disney Podcasts

Josh — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:56:00 -0000

I will. Thanks for the tip.

Re: One For The Team – Build A Garden EP Review

Josh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:38:33 -0000

One For The Team definitely does not compare to Jack Johnson or The Shins. Their first 2 albums are not chill out music, but this EP is much different than the first two albums. The reworked songs are here are basically slower and more acoustic versions of the ones that showed up on the earlier album. I really enjoyed their first two albums, but this one is not quite my style - still love the band though!

Re: Its The Friggin Weekend v2

Josh — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:06:13 -0000

was looking for me against...cheers

Re: Cool Economic Data from St Louis Fed

Josh — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:01:22 -0000

Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing

Re: Tellus (New Earth) : All PS3 Themes

Josh — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:30:19 -0000

I like this theme i just don't like the wrench with every icon in settings

Re: Leopard-v2 : All PS3 Themes

Josh — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:21:29 -0000

WIKID
sum ov theze r crap but this woz wikid

Re: Etch-A-Scratch : All PS3 Themes

Josh — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:11:40 -0000

Very clever!

Re: Weed w/ sound : All PS3 Themes

Josh — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:22:48 -0000

The irony in the fact that Dennis calls out someone else for being self-righteous is astounding. The best part is that he probably can't even understand how big of a hypocrite he is. It is amusing.

Re: 21: Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Josh — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:35:14 -0000

I didnt read the book but the movie was good. I thought the concept was great and i only wish i was that good at simple math.

Re: Ryan Adams @ DAR Constitution Hall, DC [10/30/07]

Josh — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:48:00 -0000

This being the only Ryan Adams show I have been to, I do not have the perspective to judge it against others, but I think there is a larger problem with this artist that is missing from this discussion. Specifically, I have always found his music, though well crafted/performed, to be incredibly derivative. His whole career has been one of musical dress-up, as he manically tries on different styles/genres of music..."This one is a bluesy Stones rocker...and now a Gram Parsons tear jerker...next up a late 70s post-punk tune." Sometimes this varies from album to album, sometimes within the context of a single album. There is something shallow and show off-y about this, the workings of a prodigy that can effortlessly imitate the sounds of others, but doesn't get the essence of what makes the music he is imitating work in the first place. As a result there is an inherent disconnect between the artist and music that can be felt both on record, and quite obviously live. It is almost as if he is aware of the lack of authenticity of his art and his acting out is a defense mechanism against being "found-out" by his audience.

So there is my arm chair psycho-analysis...cue bullhorn rebuttal.

Re: Awards Verification Center aka Silverleaf Resorts aka – that blue postcard in the mail!

Josh — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:22:36 -0000

I just got one that was a Yellow Letter that had "Western Express" on the outside. To make it look all official, I am sure ;)

Same scam, different look.

Re: Epic Fail Mythic

Josh — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:12:00 -0000

Sounds to me like you picked the wrong game more than anything

Re: Blues team against bloody Quins

Josh — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:34:27 -0000

I think this match is going to be crape since these are to different team one is superb and another is good but in no form.

eiweibshake

Re: Welsh starts get behind sevens Olympic campaign

Josh — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:19:15 -0000

I think The rules of the game are simple and the pace of the action is a huge attraction for any newcomer seeking to understand the sport. It is vitally important for rugby as a sport to flourish in new nations and the inclusion of Sevens as an Olympic sport will help us achieve that goal.

wieder

Re: Alcohol awareness week – Time to rethink your drink?

Josh — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:47:01 -0000

I think Gwynedd is doing excellent job.I think alcohol is dangerous if it is over drunk and it is cause of most of truck accident in the world so I think when people drink they are in no control so they over drunk and make other people cry.

eiweibpulver

Re: Living with Questions hits Amazon Top 25

Josh — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:43:00 -0000

Congratulations Dale. I recently purchased the book and I am really enjoying it thus far.

Re: Dick Staub on changing the world

Josh — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:14:00 -0000

Re: The Gospel and Culture and Wesley’s Tradition

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:52:00 -0000

Re: The Gospel and Culture and Wesley’s Tradition

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:56:00 -0000

Re: http://dalefincher.blogspot.com/2008/01/gospel-and-culture-and-wesleys.html

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:56:00 -0000

Re: http://dalefincher.blogspot.com/2008/01/gospel-and-culture-and-wesleys.html

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:52:00 -0000

Re: http://dalefincher.blogspot.com/2008/01/dick-staub-reflection-hanging-world.html

Josh — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:14:00 -0000

Re: http://dalefincher.blogspot.com/2008/02/living-with-questions-hits-amazon-top.html

Josh — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:43:00 -0000

Congratulations Dale. I recently purchased the book and I am really enjoying it thus far.

Re: Why MS Project Sucks for Software Development? Part I

Josh — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:07:00 -0000

I'm affraid MS Project guys are not listerning enough. There's a huge gap between MS Project and the way real life project management is done. Here's a link to a very interesting blog post about this fact.

Re: http://www.gautamblogs.com/2006/08/gallups-clifton-strengthsfinder.html

Josh — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:12:00 -0000

Greetings Gautam, what are your top five?

I'm

Strategic-Adaptability-Includer-Ideation-Maximizer

Cheers,

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:00:00 -0000

My NKJ Bible entitles Luke 3:23 as "The geneology of Christ through Mary." Luke also notes in his geneology that Jesus was the son of Joseph (as was supposed). The Greek NT uses the word "considered." Why would Luke include this? Many Scholars say that this is because Luke is in fact tracing the genealogy of Mary and not Joseph.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:01:00 -0000

Another look at the genealogy of Luke gives some interesting ideas for us. In Jeremiah 22:30 God placed a blood curse on Jehoiachin who was of the lineage of David. This curse detailed that "none will sit upon the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah." This effectively eliminated the lineage of David. Chuck Missler did an excellent study on the genealogy of Luke (although i disagree with Missler on some passages) and the second surviving son of Bathsheba, rather than Solomon, the first surviving son of Bathsheba, we trace the genealogy of Mary. Thus through Nathan, as the poster mentioned correctly above, leads us through Mary to Jesus completing the Davidic heritage.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:07:00 -0000

For huesnlight, it would not be a logical necessity that all theists that post here are not using their own logic. As for me, I use my own logic interweaved with my life's education, circumstance, existence and world view. Now it might be a logical possibility that all are copying and pasting. But, it is not a logical necessity.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:45:00 -0000

Hmmm. I have never been asked that question about pitch. Let me research it for myself and see. Thanks for the insight.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:51:00 -0000

As for the paternal bloodline. It is true that the Jewish culture only allowed for paternal inheritances... except one instance detailed in the book of numbers. Numbers 26:33; 27:1-11; 36:2-12; Joshua 17:3-6; 1 Chronicles 7:15. Help clarify this.

Also... Matthew pens the legal lineage through Joseph (the father) as Matthew was concerned more with the royalty of Christ. Luke, showing the humanity if Christ, showed Jesus as the son of man through Mary.

There is a discrepancy between the genealogies of Matt. and Luke. I must concede that. But I am suggesting that these can be reconciled through good exegesis and hermeneutics.

Once again, thank you all.. for sharpening my thoughts with your questions.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:43:00 -0000

Thanks for the links. I have read articles outside my realm of thought. Your presumption was correct, I disagree with most if not all that were written in the above linked articles. They expanded my thoughts. However, I likewise challenge anyone to earnestly seek the truth. Contrary to popular belief, I have not come to win arguments but to become more read and learned through conversations and for that I thank you. I affirm that as many of you offer opinions contrary to the Word of God, I am many others offer opinions on the opposite spectrum.If there are any questions you have for me I would gladly try my best to answer them, as I am ignorant on much more subjects than I am learned.

Peace be with you,

Always seeking the truth
Josh

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:13:00 -0000

First, in the above posts, what is the issue with pitch as I am not familiar this problem at all. (sorry I have to claim ignorance on this).

Secondly, it will take me a while to go back through all the links provided but I will choose some of the thoughts which I find non logical.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:35:00 -0000

Thanks for the information Thackerie,

As I said I am ignorant when it comes to this dilemma. I would ask though, how do we know pitch which comes from petroleum deposits takes thousands of years to form? This is by observation of how many years? Maybe several hundred. So are we necessarily sure that the formation of petroleum deposits have been uniform from their origins? Of course, (as i now show my cards) I would affirm that these deposits may have been formed already by the hand of God. Can I explain everything? certainly not. But I am content not knowing all. Just as I am content on my ignorance of every mechanical detail of my car... as long as it starts when I crank it. (of course... every analogy falls short as this one does)

Thanks Again
learning from you,

Josh

Re: If you want something done right... - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:10:00 -0000

To Jamie:

You said: "But you are absolutely right, there HAD to be a better way to get the message across."

How do you are we "know" that there had to be a better way? Can one truly know this? Also what does one mean by saying that there is a "better" way? What is mean by better? Or is this the best possible world?

Thanks for the input,

Josh

Re: Bring back Racing Destruction Set

Josh — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:25:43 -0000

Thanks for this one. I had forgotten about that gem, and I had almost an identical experinece with it.

And I pretty much blame ACS for my still wanting to create games. That thing was brilliant.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/tupac-lives-kinda/

Josh — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:00:37 -0000

Do you think Kfed will end up on the PS3 since they are both hacks?

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/geometry-warrior-exclusive-interview/

Josh — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:06:56 -0000

Sounds more like you need that life Sidd!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/console-interfaces-its-simplicity-stupid/

Josh — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:59:30 -0000

George,
Learn how to do your job! This article was suppose to be about the PS3 interface. So what do you talk about

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/exclusive-interview-blu-ray-speaks/

Josh — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:19:05 -0000

These console wars have been bringing me down, thanks for the lift!

Re: 10 Tips To Make Dead Rising Rock

Josh — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:23:28 -0000

The easy way to get the huntin shack is to kill the prisoners on the jeep then take their gun to the huntin shack and kill the guy in there its really easy once you have the place

Re: Las Maras

Josh — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:32:54 -0000

Israel quisiera agregar lo que se al respecto por lo que yo vivi.

La mara Salvatrucha en efecto se creo en LA "los angeles" primer como un grupo de refugiados Salvadorenos que salieron del pais por la guerra civil.

En ese momento comenzaron las confruntaciones con grupos de chicanos "mexicoamericanos" y vieron en la drogas una oportunida de hacer dinero y fue cuando la MS se organizo con lo que es la Mafia Mexicana.

La justicia de U.S.A comenzo a deportar a la mayoria de estos delincuentes y llegaron a zonas donde se expandieron como un virus.

Lugares con un nivel super bajo de educacion y oportunidades donde no tienen lo basico para vivir.

Y fue asi que esta peste fue creciendo en toda el aerea de Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador y Nicaragua.

Yo soy Salvadoreno y fui refugiado desde los 4 anos en ee.uu ya llevo 19 anos en este pais y se como se expresan y muchos ex companeros de escuela se metieron en esa cosas

hace un ano fui de vacaciones a mi "pais" y para terminar de joder me entero q las Maras ahora cobran renta a cada persona de x barrio a cambio de respetarte la vida, yo fui victima de eso de tener q pagar 50 dolares a la semana para poder estar seguro q no me pasaria nada y segun investigaciones en cobro por la famosa "renta" esta ganando mas de 100 mil dolares a la semana.

Mientras paises centroamericanos no buscan a educar a la clase baja y media esto seguira por muchos anos mas

Ojala que algun pais quiera practicar con alguna bomba atomica por esos lados

PD. no es discriminacion yo naci en uno de esos paises mi madre en otro aunq tengo toda mi vida viviendo fuera pero esa es la realida

Re: More Theme Changes in Ubuntu 8.04

Josh — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:49:40 -0000

I like Human-Murrine. I like the glossy buttons and the animated progress bars. I never liked Human very much, but I have been using Human-Murrine for a week or two now.

Re: Photo Shoot

Josh — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:40:00 -0000

alex au yong is such a sissy

Re: Yahoo Small Business Rolls Out Site Solution

Josh — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:52:41 -0000

"I doubt it. Yahoo's example site, accountantsforthearts.com, has about 65 HTML errors on the front page alone."

I validated the site and found no errors including no javascript errors. The code seems clean. Can you point out the errors you encountered?

Re: Dell Unveils Luxury Adamo Laptop & $99 Mini-Laptop

Josh — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:09:00 -0000

Yo Xavier, Dell isn't the world's largest PC seller, HP is. Dell is the largest PC seller in the U.S. though.

Just a friendly tip from a fellow teenage bloger.

Re: the power of a post: social media with love

Josh — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:52:00 -0000

http://davidarmano.chipin.com/danielas-family<b...>

Re: The Inevitable Blog Explosion Post

Josh — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:39:00 -0000

Sing it, brother. I think you hit the nail on the head.

But like others, I've already found a few actual, quality readers who don't even come in via BE anymore. They come directly, or from the increasing number of bloggers who've added me to their blogroll.

So that's my plan: use BE to rummage up readership, hope some of it sticks when I stop using BE. Just getting a kickstart. Kinda like 'roids. Steroids, that is. Not hemorroids.

Re: Guardians

Josh — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:41:00 -0000

I love you, cuso!
i REALLY do!

Re: Gränser

Josh — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:57:00 -0000

"Det lär inte vara Linda Rosings fel att vi reagerar som vi gör, med ett flin och en vink om hur dum hon är."

Jo.

Re: CPA Exam Pass Rates First Quarter 2008 Released

Josh — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:13:46 -0000

Passed FAR and AUD this window. Failed REG. Glad to know that I'm part of those statistics (mostly on the passing side).

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Josh — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:04:37 -0000

how do I find out if I got bumped to wave 2? because I took FAR in April and no score yet.

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Josh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:33:00 -0000

Hey Liz's Mom-

Liz is my sister's name and I'm happy to say that I also passed in New York this window. There is no ethics exam requirement for New York as far as I know which means she is done. Double check if you wish on the professions website for New York State.

~~Josh

Re: “To kill those who do not remember history.”

Josh — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:45:00 -0000

I think that IHT article says as much about the weaknesses of Wikipedia or the failures of democratic/participatory systems as it does about Chinese revisionism.

One of the other China bloggers (can't remember who) recently dusted off this essay by Jaron Lanier from Edge called "Digital Maoism" that was pretty interesting.

I also have problems with the tone of the article. Why is the failure to mention the Malay connection from 4,000 years ago so significant to the writer?

I'm with you on the hate the Japanese thing, though. Most of my students openly express their hatred. I've seen some who refuse to trashtalk Japan get ridiculed by the other students.

I remember when Sikh cabbies had to organize to protect themselves post 9-11-2001 because people saw the turbans. You'd think it would require quite an information machine to keep that kind of hatred alive for 60 years, like it has been stoked in China. But after a while, it probably just gets absorbed into the general consciousness, like the fact that whites in the southern U.S. are stupid racists.

Re: Donnie Yen cast in Daniel Lee's '14 Blades'

Josh — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:03:16 -0000

I dont have high expectations for this, most of the swordplay type movies nowdays are pretty average. This will probably end up being like Seven Swords which i found to be pretty lame. Oh btw Mo Kraak, Donnie's movies have too many wires? Haven't you seen Flashpoint, In The Line of Duty 4, Tiger Cage 2, SPL, Legend of the Wolf or Drunken Tai Chi?

Re: SA Uniform

Josh — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:52:00 -0000

I LOVE my uniform and I always have! I became a Salvationist at about age 22 and am now 29 - I've worn my uniform almost every Sunday since the day I was enrolled.

Too many corps officers go even so far as to discourage uniform wear, believing that the younger generations don't want them, and hoping to show that they can identify with this attitude. I think that's foolish.

Re: SA Uniform

Josh — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:05:00 -0000

Ouch - I am pretty well embarrassed about my earlier comment.

While I do hold that it is foolish to disparage the uniform for the sake of being liked, I also admit that I made a generalization, which (being a generalization) sells a great many good people short.

Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings.

Re: Darwin Christian Bookshop

Josh — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:31:00 -0000

It's great to be reading your blog again. Welcome back.

Josh

Re: Utilikilt

Josh — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 02:10:02 -0000

I've worn mine to C&W; bars and clubs several times, and more Country concerts than I can remember. Never got a negative comment but I always got positive ones. In fact at the most recent bar experience I wound up handing out about 4 cards to some seriously interested cowboys.

Now hows this for irony. Guy in a kilt gets flack from a guy in a darkened club wearing a hat designed to shade his eyes from the noonday sun, while wearing boots designed to slip into stirrups.

Re: The Terribly Terrific Saga of Nicholas Bottom – Chapter 43

Josh — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:24:12 -0000

Yeah, I have to second that, this is some funny shit.

Re: Jessica Simpson Brings Out The Worst In Tony Romo

Josh — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:44:02 -0000

I think this is all ridiculous, I mean seriously... it just has to be her fault because why? she came there to cheer for him... Im not personally a Jessica Simpson fan or anything but i'm just saying that its not his or her fault that he played bad. We all have bad games why make a big deal about it only when there is a hot pop-star involved?

Thats pretty much it.

Josh

Re: Commitment

Josh — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:44:47 -0000

I know the Hoyt's personally. Dick worked out at the fitness center I worked at when I got out of college. I was always impressed by their story, but seeing it in person at times was amazing. It's great inspiration for when you don't think you can do something. If this "old" guy can do this, just about anything can be accomplished if you are motivated.

Re: What to Do If Your Child is Bullied

Josh — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:01:00 -0000

I was tiny for my age and bullied all the time. Nothing adults ever suggested would work. I knew it wouldn't even when I was a kid but I would try it anyway.

Finally when my parents couldn't take it anymore my dad made me promise him that I would fight anyone who bullied me. I was the smallest kid around and scared to death of this tactic but i was more scared of my dad.

Fighting the bully was the only thing that ever worked for me. It may not be very Christian or civilized but it was very effective. I never had issues with a bully if I fought with them. They might have been bigger and stronger and beat me up sometimes but they never bullied me again.

Eventually the bullies stopped targeting me. I think this was because after a few years I was very confident. They could see that I wasn't going to be a victim.

It may be old school and not socially appropriate but I have taught my children this tactic from the beginning. They get in more trouble for not defending themselves or their siblings than almost anything else. We haven't had any problems with fighting or bullies and i think it is because they are approaching the situation with confidence and they don't act like a target or react like a victim.

Re: Joe Rogan’s Fanny Pack Initiative and Contest

Josh — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:52:04 -0000

ok for the outfit you need cut of muscle shirt and 80'S PAJAMA PANTS pants.

10. chucky cheese coins ( HOW ELSE WILL YOU PERSUADE THE CHILDREN TO COME TO YOU)

9. rape whistle ( CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S OUT THERE)

8. large wrap of 1 dollar bills ( FOR EITHER THAT 80'S STYLE DRUG DEAL OR FOR THAT MID DAY STRIP CLUB TRIP )

7. fear factor rally towel ( THAT ONE IS JUST TO KISS JOE ROGANS ASS )

6. 1 SYRINGE ( SEE 5)

5. 3 VIALS OF STEROIDS ( LETS GET FUCKIN JUICED )

4. TAPE WALKMAN WITH BON JOVI MIX TAPE

3. DISPOSABLE CAMERA ( SO THAT WAY YOU CAN TAKE THOSE PICTURES, GO DOWN TO WALGREEN'S AND GET THE NEXT DAY DEVELOPED, TAKE THEM HOME AND SCAN THEM ON THE COMPUTER SO YOU CAN TWEETER THE PICS.

2. TRAVEL SIZE HAIR SPRAY

1. CHANGE FOR THE PAY PHONE

Re: Anti-MySQL list

Josh — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:28:13 -0000

A lot of what he is saying is there. Infact he says "only in innodb". That's true, but what's wrong with InnoDB? A lot of his bugs are there purposefully as fail-safes. There is GIS and transactions and foreign keys and UDF's. The next version takes care of every problem that is listed here.

Everyone in the RDBMS industry notes that you choose what you need. MySQL was built for websites. It doesn't have the gazillion extras that Oracle has, but it is faster.

Re: Google rankings

Josh — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:07:26 -0000

Wow, I don't know anyone that can get that so easily. But as Jeff said, it would be funny if you did get ranked #1 for that ;)

Re: Search within books at Amazon

Josh — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:36:54 -0000

that means that they have all of their books on disk. Which is definately a good thing for the Gugenheim Project :)

Re: Snow

Josh — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:37:45 -0000

I saw snow falling on my way home last night.

Re: Cutler’s chances better by the game

Josh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:49:48 -0000

has anybody considered the fact that the denver D isn't playing that well,is because the offence keeps going 3 and out way to many times.And yes this is a main reason wy jake needs to sit.

Re: Fans get wish; cue the Cutler era

Josh — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:54:23 -0000

Aside from Plummer not playing well and the O line not being what it used to be I think play calling has been the biggest disappointment this year. The loss of our OC is really showing through, but the media puts in all on Plummer. On the flip side is a very good rookie QB, Culter. I'm very excited to see what this kid can do. From what we saw of him in college and the preseason he's got great arm strength and seems to go through all of his progressions before dumping to the RB. If he can get on the same page with Walker, then this offense will start producing points, yards and keep our defense on the bench more of the game.

Re: Broncos find backup QB

Josh — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:14:49 -0000

the broncos need a veteran backup and he is probably the best one still on the market. hopefully he will never see the field.

Re: Pandora Proxy

Josh — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:29:47 -0000

btw pandora has been shut down in the uk i dont know why m45on thought it wasnt

Re: http://blog.inc.com/the-breakthrough-company/2008/04/vista_still_sucks.html

Josh — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:06:50 -0000

They all suck, not just vista, it just goes down to personal preference because all the alternatives are crap aswell.

Re: Justice – A Cross The Universe Live Album Review

Josh — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:27:41 -0000

yea the dvd wasnt what i expected. i thought it was pretty bad, except for the shots of them live. i didnt realize they are such assholes (they prob let it all go to their head). kinda lost some respect for them.

Re: Make PMA a Header! Finally Done!

Josh — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:54:54 -0000

these are pretty much awful... 3 was okay. i still love the old header more than any of these including the current one

Re: Britney Spears – Womanizer (Nick* Neon Green Dub)

Josh — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:25:21 -0000

i like the end of the remix. awesome stuff.

Re: Bloc Party – Intimacy Remixed, Album Review & Giveaway

Josh — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:25:43 -0000

The album is sick!

Re: I’ve been called out…

Josh — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:14:17 -0000

Lucky bastard! lol

Thank you for not leaking though -- we can all wait to buy the album when it comes out on December 2nd

Re: Entrepreneurship and Networking 101: Personal Branding, the Old-Fashioned Way…

Josh — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:30:45 -0000

Based on our conversation, I would say that this is a much better conclusion! Well done sir.

I would just make sure to emphasize the fact that people don't come for a product as much as they come for how that product makes them feel. Site: "She loves each of her customers and treats all of them like gold. And she really listens to them."

I would also emphasize that, "She derives incredible value and happiness from her business," which is an incredibly valuable lesson for people trying to find success in business these days. Far too many people are in a job as a means to an end without giving any consideration to their level of satisfaction in the job they're doing.

Re: Album Review – Angels and Airwaves – I-Empire

Josh — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:43:00 -0000

I want Thom Delonge!!!!!!

Re: CONTEST: Fuji Instax Camera, TV On The Radio, Bon Iver & Kanye West Vinyl LPs

Josh — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:06:00 -0000

I said it on my comment for the last contest, and since your asking for our opinions this time ill say it again. I think it would make the contests a little more interesting if you had to answer some kind of question, maybe some music trivia, and you would only have a chance to win the prize if you answer correctly. Right now these arent really "contests". You could have the potential to get pretty creative with the questions/requirements.

Re: New Coldplay vs MGMT vs Daft Punk – Kids In Technicolor (Knights Remix)

Josh — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:12:31 -0000

I actually did this mix, the track claimed to be 320kbps and I did too think it sounded like a lower bitrate, but after sampling it on iTunes as well I took it that that it was an artistic intention.

Thanks for the feedback guys !

Re: The REAL MTV- Music On TV

Josh — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:34:34 -0000

Eh, both shows' music selections were lacking this weel...

Re: The REAL MTV- Music On TV

Josh — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:35:21 -0000

week*
damn, I wish I could edit my comments PMA!

Re: Q&A Friday: Is It Too Early To Talk About Music Festivals?

Josh — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:11:46 -0000

i wanna go to a festival this year so maybe coachella if i can get out there, or Langerado which is during my spring break

Re: Some Remixes on a Sunday #3

Josh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:10:57 -0000

lol. words of wisdom from Kanye.

Yo KanYe. keep up with this, look at the first "Some Remixes on a Sunday" feature. (http://prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/some-remixes-o...)

This is what it says: "Itâ€™s Sunday and Iâ€™m sort of bummed. Bummed because I canâ€™t go here [links to Palms Out] anymore and download wicked remixes every Sunday afternoon. Iâ€™m sure many people here feel the same way, so hereâ€™s to keeping the seat warm until Palmâ€™s Out moves over to wordpress!"

PMA has nothing to prove to you as you obviously don't read this blog, ever. This is the ONLY feature where he lists off 10 (and sometimes more) remixes he liked this week. So why don't you just leave? Don't leave a long, condescending message like that if you aren't willing to put up your own name. And URL, as I'm sure this is another music blogger.

Anyway, I'm done with that...
Luis, good remixes this week for sure. My fave was A-Trak remixing ST. Too hot for words. I love that dude!

And yeah, I'm with you on Rachel Getting Married... CANTFINDITANYWHERE! And I live in the midwest, so theaters don't carry it here yet! Ugh. Patiently waiting for the DVD release in march!

Re: Santigold – Your Voice

Josh — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:41:40 -0000

this has been out for a while, at least i got it from rcrdlbl like a year ago. it didnt make the album or something but Its one of my favorite santigold songs. http://rcrdlbl.com/2008/05/02/exclusive_downloa...

Re: The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (Half Way There)

Josh — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:58:44 -0000

Well i think that this list has some really good music that i would not have found otherwise. Thanks heaps.
And to everyone who thinks the list is "shit" don't read it and get over yourselves.

Re: The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (Half Way There)

Josh — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:00:55 -0000

P.S.
Thanks to people who have added more music in the comments, they have also been helpful :)

Re: Michael Baisden Launches Social Network

Josh — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:11:29 -0000

i really and truly think all this maddness should stop! I mean as if there isn't enof stof going on in this world. To me people should just be themselves and focus on faith a hloe lot more. basiden my brother you're doing 1 hell of a job keeping the people informed. AND it's a shame that there's not to many brother's like u and i. I see the filth going on in this world and to bee frank i really can't stand it. So from me to u mr. baszden; keep up the great work and i'll hit u up peace; josh!!

Re: Gayometer

Josh — Mon, 09 Dec 2002 16:23:43 -0000

i am 15% gay i hate all gays

Re: Antiviral Tamiflu Stockpiling Fast, Despite Unclear Health and Environmental Effects

Josh — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:55:12 -0000

So, according to Ben

"And as for the virus mutating? In order for the virus to mutate, it must be present in the first place. And even after that, it is a long process. So having Tamiflu being flushed into our sewage and into our water supply will not have that much of an effect of it being able to mutate."

Pigs don't drink water.

Re: Summer predictions, a Foppa update and a Dave Fay tribute – and a late update on NY Rangers cap situation

Josh — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:12:40 -0000

ugh Dater, the rags still need to sign hossa and avery

Re: DIY Trash-Powered Gasification Car (Video)

Josh — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:14 -0000

What would be truly nice is a mix of gasification +electric.

Re: TreeHugger Loves Tips!

Josh — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:48:59 -0000

http://www.physorg.com/news7499.html

Here’s a link related to Dave's post about the new engine that runs on hydrogen created by Magnesium or Aluminum.

Sounds like a real solution although still relying on metal and not fully sustainable.

Re: Treehugger Reader Feedback Request

Josh — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:16:14 -0000

i use mozilla firefox. it lets you open links in tabs -- i go through the blogs, ctrl + left-clicking my way through the site until all the stories i want to read are open in tabs. then i go through the tabs and read them. if i have to do something important, i can minimize my one window, full of entertainment. seriously, if you aren't using mozilla for the security it provides, use it for the features (like tabbed browsing).

so, i don't care if it's new window or same window because i'll open in a new tab.

Re: Bicycle Film Festival 2005

Josh — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:37:24 -0000

hey, it should be noted that this picture is from the bicycle film fest in los angeles (!!!) which hosted this year's bike summer celebrations. we didn't sell out the theaters like in NYC or London, but it was a great time.

Re: Why Honda Keeps The Insight Hybrid

Josh — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:20:24 -0000

Good thing they are keeping them, I hope to get an Insight soon.

Re: Vespa Unveils Hybrid Scooters

Josh — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:41:38 -0000

I'm going to buy a MP3 500 this spring. Wouldn't that be awesome if they made the MP3 models with hybrid.

Re: Instant Survey: How Do You Take Your Water?

Josh — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:25:24 -0000

i guess it's bottled water... i (along with much of los angeles) refil large bottles for 20 cents a gallon.

the water has been filtered with reverse osmosis which wastes a portion of the water in the process. maybe treehugger would like to cover the issues of reverse osmosis water filtration sometime?

Re: The Yaris: Change your Ways, not your Technology

Josh — Wed, 03 May 2006 10:07:35 -0000

The other reality is that there are already millions of SUVs on the road. It would be incredibly inefficient to send them all to the scrap heap just because there are cars with better gas milage available. It makes more sense to properly service all the SUVs out there and use them for their effective lifetime and then switch to something more efficient. better yet, maybe some ingenious soul can develop technology to retrofit all these oder cars with super efficient systems.

Re: Wind Turbine Developments for the Individual Homeowner

Josh — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:05:19 -0000

Does anyone have a link to the article?

Re: We'll Meet Again, Don't Know Where, Don't Know When...C’mon, Everybody Sing!

Josh — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:22:22 -0000

This time line inexplicably leaves out the part where in 600 years, just after the corals regenerate, a meteor crashes through the Earths atmosphere and wipes out most (remaining) species... It's a pity too because if we'd still been around we could have diverted its course. Guess those endangered species really needn't have bothered recovering at all.

Re: Milwaukee Closes The Loop On Poop

Josh — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:12:55 -0000

All my neighbors just come crap on my yard.

Re: Duck Hunters & Tree Huggers Have A Common Interest

Josh — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:46:40 -0000

i dont like tree huggers

Re: Växjö: Europe's Greenest City?

Josh — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:19:12 -0000

actually you can say loth, it is used as an adjective

Re: Bicyclists Are Entitled to a Piece of the Road, Too

Josh — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:43:50 -0000

Actually "Anonymous" I think the argument being made is that there are a lot of car users who tend to feel as if they have some claim to a moral superiority or legal right of way and the author is illustrating through his argument that automobiles users have no stake to such a claim.

I on the other hand will state that anyone who consumes less and partakes in certain practices in order to share and ensure that everyone has access to a resource does have exert a certain degree of moral superiority. It's pretty much the same lesson we learned with sharing when we were 4.

Re: Clevr: Scoop! Contemporary Bed

Josh — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:17:08 -0000

whoever has this bed likes to sleep around...lol...

Re: Greenwash Watch: Pennsylvania DOA

Josh — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:24:40 -0000

It's an easy solution: just boycott dairy products. Have a "buy no milk day" for the purpose of promoting honesty in labeling. It's a broad statement. The only way consumers can vote or match the power of lobbyists is to vote with their dollar. Good luck getting the McPublic onside with this one, though. It's a nice thought, eh?

Re: Port-a-Bach Shipping Container Holiday Home

Josh — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:05:27 -0000

This is awesome. I love it, I'm 18 today, anyone want to buy me one!

Re: Georgia Considers Redrawing State Boundary To Get Access To Tennesse River

Josh — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:18:59 -0000

Rosie... Brilliant! Great comment!

Re: GM Urges Dealers to Oppose California Waiver

Josh — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:14:51 -0000

Oh, sad 'ole GM. Refusing change is just what they need to cripple the aging car company even further. How far down the rabbit hole will they travel before someone (govt??) has to try to dump money in to bail them out. Hopefully, GM still has their government contracts because I have no idea who else is buying those lackluster, uninspiring hunks of rolling metal. One word: EV2! And this time, let the people keep them.

Re: Solar Powered Flash Drive Screen - Super or Superfluous?

Josh — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:49:10 -0000

Definitely Superfluous!!

Re: Weird Unofficial Toyota Ads: \"Well, at least he drives a Prius\"

Josh — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:19:01 -0000

These are defintely OFFICIAL Toyota ads. If you look at Toyota's literature (website, brochures, etc.) they are all symptomatic of the same degrading atitudes toward women. Look at their tag line, "Moving Forward" if that's not clearly sexual I don't know what is. Also, I realize the argument has been made that these ads were created by some ad guy with Photoshop and a sense of humor BUT how can this be when 1.Photoshop is very hard to use and these pictures don't look composited at all (especially the dead body one) AND 2. who has time to manipulate ads (or go out and shoot fake ads) these day?

We definitely need to take action against these official ads by Toyota. I think we should start writing letters and boycotting, maybe we should think about protesting at their headquarters.

So Stephanie, I'm with you.

- Josh

Re: Don't Buy A Nalgene Water Bottle Until You Read This

Josh — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:24:35 -0000

Hi, Very intersting article. I really like my BPA free Nalgene bottle. Why promoting Camelback when discussing the BPA free alternatives? Camelback made Polycarbonate bottles like the rest of them...

Re: The Google Maps Prius Hybrid Car Gets a Ticket

Josh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:05:22 -0000

Does the license plate look like it's from Texas?

Interesting...

Re: 99K House Begins Construction

Josh — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:35:44 -0000

Did anyone notice how this design follows the traditional American Four-square concept? Four square rooms on top of four square rooms. This design was very popular for the pattern-book houses after the turn of the century. Cheap and easy to build.

I used to live in a house pretty similar that was built in the 20s. Despite its lack of insulation, it was relatively inexpensive to heat and cool; granted, we did wear sweaters in the winter and spent most of our time in the basement in the summer. A cube design minimizes heat gain/loss by minimizing surface area compared to volume.

Although it has its flaws, it's a great design compared to the conspicuous homes you see most places.

Re: Killer Smog Cloud Smothers Sunlight Across Asia

Josh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:17:50 -0000

It's a race now... will we be destroyed by global warming from pollution putting holes in the ozone, or will all the pollution blot out the sun and sink us into an ice age? Can't wait to find out!

Re: DIY Trash-Powered Gasification Car (Video)

Josh — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:38:14 -0000

What would be truly nice is a mix of gasification +electric.

Re: Antiviral Tamiflu Stockpiling Fast, Despite Unclear Health and Environmental Effects

Josh — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:55:12 -0000

Re: The Lady or The Tiger?: Summary, Ending, Conclusion

Josh — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:36:31 -0000

that is Great!!!!!!!!

Re: Finer Things in Mac, Apple made dozens of tiny wordings and grammatical...

Josh — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:27:49 -0000

The use of the singular "they" has been debated for a long time now. See wikipedia for details: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they By changing it, Apple has now made the phrase technically correct although it now sounds a little more awkward.

Re: http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-top-10-books-for-christmas.html

Josh — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:48:00 -0000

I agree with the concerns about AdSense. There are just too many potential issues with the ad inventory that may show up. I also run a blog on Blogger and that's why I choose to not run ads. The small amount of money that may come from it isn't worth the potential damage to my reputation or the headache that may come from readers being offended by something they saw on my blog.

Re: 20 Things to do after installing Ubuntu Linux

Josh — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:58:00 -0000

hamachi is one of my first installs.. gotta have my private virtual network to my computers back home!

i also couldn't live without virtualbox :)

Re: http://www.knowliz.com/2007/11/internet-sites-you-can-live-without.html

Josh — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:52:00 -0000

Hi Anurag Bansal, I am a Product Engineer at Storrz.com.

I would like to share with you some of the features of India’s First Online Mall, www.storrz.com , where consumers can shop for Groceries! Firstly, Storrz.com is an online shopping mall where every brand will have their own brand store at Storrz.com. At Storrz.com we have introduced a convenient option of payment at home by any Visa or Master, Credit or Debit card. Storrz representatives carry a Mobile enabled point of sale device to the customers door step to make this happen. We also accept Sodex-Ho passes from customers allowing a large number of coupon holders to now use their coupons online. We provide a 24 hrs delivery service which covers the whole country using Blue Dart's Domestic Priority Service for 24hrs delivery. At present certain categories like perishables are limited to Bangalore only. We have tied up with Major Retailers and OEM Brands like Namdharis Fresh, MTR, Dr Morepen, Jus’Trufs, Mars, Pedigree, Tilia, The Art of Living, Indus Tree Crafts etc. Talks with many other huge brands are in progress will be available in a short period!

You can take a look at this site and give your feedback on it!

Re: The Challenge to any Fundementalist Chrsitain reading this - Letters to the Webmaster

Josh — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:35:00 -0000

You say you want objective evidence of the existence of God. Why? You won't believe without it? How do you objectify the wind? How do you objectify the many mysteries of the natural world? You seem to want to break them down and categorize them...make them safe and predictable. If they aren't, they aren't controllable, and that's scary.
Science can go either way on this. Many scientific discoveries suggest the existence of God. Why would he create a physical world that does not attest to His presence? However, if you're looking for measureable units of God's presence, Gpu's, so to speak, you won't find them. So do you see what I mean? There's no conclusive proof on either side.
Why are you so angry at fundamentalist Christians? Doesn't it seem a better use of your energy and mind to do something more productive and beneficial to the community in which you live?
Most of you say (in paraphrase) "I didn't leave the church because of a bad experience with the people, just because I saw too many holes in the Bible."
Your responses tend not to match that concept - you seem to be very angry at fundamentalist Christians in general, regardless of what they say or do. Where is all of this anger coming from?

Re: The Challenge to any Fundementalist Chrsitain reading this - Letters to the Webmaster

Josh — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:18:00 -0000

Hey Mike,

I posted a response on the old thread, and then I found this one. Anyway, I was going to leave it at that, but I wanted to recommend a book to you that I've been reading. It's called "A New Kind of Christian," by Brian McLaren. It's actually the beginning of a trilogy, so far I've only read the first. Don't get bogged down by the dorky prose, there are some ideas presented pretty radically different from modern Christianity. Okay, that's all then. Thanks for your civillity in your previous response.

Sincerely,
Josh

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/07/youtube-tagger-busted.html

Josh — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:45:46 -0000

The fact that alot of you on here sound like you never heard of Revok or seen his work implies that you know shit about the art movement's in the U.S. and the rest of the world. This being said your opinions hold no validity! So keep them where they belong, to yourself.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2007/07/beware-craigslist-bearing-ipods.html

Josh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:15:19 -0000

wow

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:23:32 -0000

You know who else is better than Burkett Ray? BIRKETT. Geez.

Re: A bit much

Josh — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:23:41 -0000

I have a solution to these potential penalties...simply place a "blagojevich for governor" bumper sticker on your car, and you'll be home free!

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:36:01 -0000

I think it is an issue.

The attempt by some to turn the tables on Judy won't wash. There's a huge difference between the half-dozen or so current investigations into the Governor and a single three plus year-old accusation by a disgruntled employee that went no where. Wishful thinking by Democrats and a handful of wackos in Carpentersville.

The real question is, will Judy raise the funds to be competitive?

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:59:53 -0000

I like the comments about Judy not being a serious candidate until she comes out with her plan. The logic is really compelling.

Let me apply that thinking. Gov. Blagojevich only recently came out with his education funding plan-sell the lottery for short term gain. So I'm sure Doubtful and others didn't think Rod was a serious candidate before a couple of weeks ago. He hasn't been serious for the last three years; he wasn't serious in the primary (I'm sure Doubtful and others voted for EE); he wasn't serious in April and May; it was just now, three and a half years into his term that Rod became serious. Ahh, consistency.

Get serious; Judy has plans, but for her to reveal them now would distract from the issue she wants to beat Rod over the head with (corruption), and would give Rod something to shoot at with his $15MM.

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:40:08 -0000

Oh, yes, how I love the conspiracy theorizing that comes out late at night!

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-treat-lawyers-patients.html

Josh — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:40:48 -0000

I absolutely treat them differently, especially as an ED doc, I am much more open in explaining why I am doing things and what the results are. Las tnight I took care of a med mal defense lawyer and was very upfront

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:31:13 -0000

Jack and FTN are background noise. But with very deep pockets.

Jack has become a caricature of himself. His staff has a full-time job making excuses for the octagenarian's paradoxical and contradictory statements.

Re: http://www.smbhq.com/news/2008/04/mkw-999.html

Josh — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:14:00 -0000

Wow. Pretty dang interesting. Maybe combining that offer with my reservation will make the game five bucks?

Re: Happy birthday, Paul!

Josh — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:17:07 -0000

Two Brothers - Fish Bowl

Re: This just in…

Josh — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:56:11 -0000

If both chambers recess this afternoon, are they still obligated to be acting on subject matter/legislation at 2:00 pm tomorrow? Or will they be considered in special session since they are only recessed?

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:08:22 -0000

I second the wine tent comments. Call me sick, but I love the fair food. I have been going since I was a child and I have developed immunities.

Oh, and Democrat unity day....that was a joke..laugh people!

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:04:20 -0000

w00t

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY – Meeks; Black; Guns; Mendoza; Flowers; Smokers; Gaming; Gordon; Gay rights (use all caps in password)

Josh — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:37:28 -0000

The new 750 proposal, if this is the only game in town for the Senate President, must do more than just education and capitol. It must cover increases for human services and healthcare.

Re: White not interested in Senate seat

Josh — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:34:53 -0000

I believe a formula is used to determine how much money for transportation is sent back to states. Under the new Fed plan, Illinois has done better, but with no capital plan....

Re: Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody

Josh — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:05:24 -0000

Look for Governor Pat Quinn to call a Special Election for the Senate Seat.

Pat is a smart guy and will not want to get his pick scrutinized by the FEDS.

Re: 5th CD roundup * UPDATED x2 *

Josh — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:56:07 -0000

no one is going to win or lose this election based on a poll...this is a waste of everyone's time. being a woman, though, will definitely affect the outcome.

Re: Mrs. Blagojevich unemployed; Guv misses deadline; Feigenholtz video * UPDATED x1 *

Josh — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:52:31 -0000

Bill,

Your key word is "maybe". You'll need $100,000.

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:19:00 -0000

Make tough decisions on new revenue, pay for the programs you have in place before you create new ones. Why cop-out and say "if I support a tax incresae, I won't get re-elected." Why do you want to get re-elected if you only keep facing the same problems.

Re: Afternoon Leadership Meeting Update

Josh — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:46:12 -0000

Cullerton filed a motion to reconsider the vote on SB 1197.

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:59:10 -0000

Is it beyond comprehension to suggest that Democrats want this capital bill as much as Republicans? A deal was made, and the deal was broken. I just don't see any of the leaders wanting to work this out without capital first. I see it as something Quinn has to do BEFORE they can come around on a final budget.

Re: AP: Quinn’s guilt trip too little, too late

Josh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:35:39 -0000

=Rich, itâ€™s not just a farce, itâ€™s cribbed from the blog. You should grumble about fair use.

Seriously, Iâ€™ve not understood why the social service providers didnâ€™t perform any real grassroots organizing. Sure the social service lobbyists worked, but where was the outrage from service recipients and their families. The teachers were so organized that both sides of the aisle headed for the trees on pensions. Now that weâ€™re ten days late and $7 billion short the effort begins. Still, this effort is by the Governor. Where are protests from service recipients?=

Actually Big West, many groups have been organized and out there for months, and have enhanced those efforts in recent weeks. It doesn't help when legislators choose to IGNORE the problems, or when print media chooses to IGNORE the problem because they are focused like a laser beam on ethics, rather than choosing to cover other issues.

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY – Boland; Madigan; Cuts; Roundup (use all caps in password)

Josh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:11:14 -0000

Rich,

This is what troubles me about this high stakes political game: Back in 1987, did the GA send Governor Thompson a budget that provided 47% of the funding needed to pay for services?

This posturing is going to cost people lives. There are people with severe developmental disabilities that rely on community programs. There are people with mental illness that rely on psych services and supports, what if someone gets violent somewhere because they no longer have access to treatments and meds? What if somebody gets killed or dies because of it? Oh i can't wait for all that fingerpointing.

Well, I guess let's just let the crisis happen

Re: The mess, continued

Josh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:22:23 -0000

Illinois has already declared a failure of revenues for FY2009 and is in the process of borrowing 2.25 billion through the end of june...which has to be paid back with interest by the end of next june, which is think around 60 million extra....another deficit increase!

Re: * UPDATED x13 * Today’s rallies, protests, etc. * STATEHOUSE CLOSED * Quinn open to lower corporate tax hike ***

Josh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:59:22 -0000

i guess this is what happens when people get sick and tired of being used as political pawns

Re: * UPDATED x13 * Today’s rallies, protests, etc. * STATEHOUSE CLOSED * Quinn open to lower corporate tax hike ***

Josh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:20:27 -0000

Paid:

I love how businesses that are often the largest employers in many downstate communities can be called tax eaters..love it.

Re: Cullerton: Recall tied to ethics bill; House needs to take first step on taxes

Josh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:58:28 -0000

soo, did at any point Cullerton speak to the issues represented by the thousands of individuals at the Capital today, or was it ignored?

Re: Now what?

Josh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49:14 -0000

The House Dems idea to spend at 92% of the FY09 budget does not mean (hopefully I am wrong) at 92% of appropriated lines....I am betting this includes raising human service funding from the "50%" to "70%." Well if that is the case, for all of the legislators that think this gets them off the hook, they aren't going to be happy. Social service providers will not relent and will continue hammering their district offices at every opportunity. The GA will get no cover if something like this goes through.

Re: Quinn to take veto action this afternoon

Josh — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:47 -0000

If the Governor is vetoing the 50% budget, why is he still directing his agencies to implement it?

Re: Joint legislative session called for July 14th

Josh — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:43:48 -0000

as terrible as it sounds, do you think 2 weeks is a sufficient saturation period for legislators to catch 7 kinds of hell back in their districts for failing on the budget?

Re: Governor Quinn vetoes social service grant bill

Josh — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:28:14 -0000

Ok, ok, so did he veto any of the other budget bills? If he wants maximum pressure for his budget, why not veto the state operations bill?

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY – This just in…

Josh — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:23:34 -0000

So...we aren't at rock bottom yet.

Re: Quinn “open to 5-month budget”

Josh — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:05:40 -0000

Yellow Dog asks the most appropriate question....furthermore, does he expect to see a specific appropriations bill other than what the GA already passed?

Re: This just in…

Josh — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:58:53 -0000

I guess this is good, because they are going to have to borrow more to pay vendors.

Re: Guv “details” budget cuts – 2,552 headcount reduction

Josh — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:50:07 -0000

I'm just excited human services get to be political pawns a little longer!

Re: Question of the day

Josh — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:00:20 -0000

Shore, it doesn't matter where the Cards would rank in the AL east, it matters how they play going into the playoffs and who shows up in the series. Damn right Cardinals have it where it counts this year! GO CARDS

I'll be there tomorrow!

Re: http://youngmikehentai.blogspot.com/2008/06/3d-art-animations.html

Josh — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:29:00 -0000

This download link doesnt work.

Re: Internet sites you can’t live without?

Josh — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:52:00 -0000

Re: 20 Things to do after installing Ubuntu Linux

Josh — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:58:00 -0000

hamachi is one of my first installs.. gotta have my private virtual network to my computers back home!

i also couldn't live without virtualbox :)

Re: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/08/ubuntu-appcentre.html

Josh — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:43:51 -0000

Ubuntu is obviously trying to gain market share by making Ubuntu less frightening. When my friends see my netbook with 9.10 on it they love it, but when I fire up terminal or Synaptic they back off and say that too hard. It's not that its hard, it just has a learning curve and since pretty much everyone has been spoon fed Windows it looks challenging. I think its great to spread the word, and it doesn't really compromise on security.

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2009/04/regular-season-game-9-yankees-rays.html

Josh — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:35:00 -0000

What's wrong with Matsui?

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2009/02/bruney-defends-rod.html

Josh — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:19:00 -0000

No backbone...please!

And look, Brian Bruney made the news...talk about piggybacking off A-Rod!

jorgesaysno

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-mussina-done.html

Josh — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:26:00 -0000

Guys like Moyer and Maddux prove that you can get outs with a mid-80's and below fastball. So it may not be the stuff that is an issue as much as being able to adjust pitching style. Not many guys successfully go from being a power or quasi-power pitcher to a finesse guy. Who was the guy that Jim Kaat would always reference in regards to making that transition? Regardless, we're only talking about a handful of guys EVER that were able to adjust and be successful with a totally different style.

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-yankees-red-sox-losing-its-buzz.html

Josh — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:32:00 -0000

I think Sherman is totally right. Obviously it's still exciting when we play them and they're still the best games on the schedule, but it is NOT the same as 2004 and prior.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2006/03/no-longer-with-gamergodcom-and-updates.html

Josh — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:54:00 -0000

I'm excited to see the photos!

And congrats on moving up in the ranks on Technorati. I found you're blog through there by searching "Xbox". I believe you're now on page 4!

Re: [video] The italian iPhone

Josh — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:36:18 -0000

Eine Freundin von mir ist Italienerin und wollte morgen zu Vodafone. Wenn sie die 569€ Variante kauft (Prepaid?) hat das Ding keinen SIM-Lock, richtig?

Und: Wird von Italien nach Deutschland Zoll fällig?

Danke für die Antworten!

Re: [video] The italian iPhone

Josh — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:52:22 -0000

Also wenn ich dieser Liste

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937

glauben darf, hat das Vodafone 3G in Italy auch keinen SIM-Lock!?

Re: http://www.dailyautocad.com/2007/02/commandrotate_01.html

Josh — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:26:55 -0000

I am a few seconds away from throwing the computer through the wall. The company that I work recently updated My AutoCAD to 2008. I have used 08 before and never had any problems with the rotate command in any view. Now it seems that the only view I can rotate anything in is the top view. What settings do I need to change to fix this problem??? Thanks

Re: GIVEAWAY: Apple's Brand New iPod Nano 16GB!

Josh — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:30:39 -0000

Awesome! Entered here:
http://twitter.com/thehemsley/status/4302724780

Re: GIVEAWAY: Apple's Brand New iPhone 3GS!

Josh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:09:36 -0000

I want that iPhone 3Gs so bad

Re: GIVEAWAY: Apple's Brand New iPhone 3GS!

Josh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:09:02 -0000

I want that iPhone 3Gs so bad

Re: GIVEAWAY: Apple's Brand New iPhone 3GS!

Josh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:04:09 -0000

I want that iPhone 3Gs so bad

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/12/giveaway-death-race.html

Josh — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:53:00 -0000

Awesome Movie, hope to win!

Re: Camby: Ewing the best

Josh — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:42:51 -0000

AI and Melo are teammates now. deal with it. i think some people are just afraid of what these two guys can do once they get their act together. sure, they lost to charlotte, and it's frustrating. but you can't win them all. as long as they realize there's still something missing (probably defense) and do something about it. it's all good. keep the faith, nuggets fans!

Re: Pencil the Nuggets in at No. 7

Josh — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:47:52 -0000

If they continue to play like this, they might be in the bottom of the western conference. I rather miss watching the the yester nuggets team by coach jeff bzdelik. They compete so hard and feel like going to every home game. This season, I already gave away my season ticket.

Re: Why you shouldn’t use Blogrolling.com

Josh — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:17:00 -0000

Thanks for info. I never realized.

Re: Serious Security Breach is Revealed

Josh — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:48:00 -0000

Right on Bloke! That goes for putting crap in my registry as well.

Re: China Enlists Microsoft to Censor Bloggers

Josh — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:57:00 -0000

That's why I don't read Microsoft employee blogs. Gates is a power freak. A super freak y'all.

Re: Stuff it up your iPod

Josh — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:13:00 -0000

I believe it!

Re: My Quest for the Perfect News Reader

Josh — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:38:00 -0000

I've used most and always end up coming back to bloglines. I guess it also depends on if you want a web-based or desktop client. But I really like your idea of an all-in-one solution and flexibility. One can only hope.

Re: Google Calendar? Pardon me if I don’t share in all the excitement

Josh — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:36:00 -0000

Aww, now I get it :)

Re: There’s nothing quite like a new Face Lift

Josh — Thu, 11 May 2006 19:39:00 -0000

I like it. Looks cheerier.

Re: Do You Suffer from ‘Information Bloat’ ???

Josh — Fri, 19 May 2006 20:28:00 -0000

Hard to say. In some ways we have benefited because of all the information this now available. But on the other hand maybe I do spend too much time at the computer. Wait a sec... let me go ask the wife... later dude :)

Re: More Traffic for Your Blog

Josh — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:15:00 -0000

You're da man Bloke!

Re: MySpace Security Measures are NOT Enough

Josh — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:45:00 -0000

"Both made the assault possible, but neither are to blame."

Um... I'm wondering who the person was referring to. The girl perhaps?

Re: Freedom of Speech and the Blogosphere

Josh — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:01:00 -0000

i have a theory that google and microsoft are really being run by hybrid alien nano automatons with advanced next generation algorithms... so I'm not surprised you couldn't speak to a real person

Re: Death of the Desktop App

Josh — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:53:00 -0000

I don't need them, and especially with free Open Office alternative I think the handwriting is on the wall for Microsoft. Yeah, Gates got out in time, took the money and ran the little prick.

Re: Flogging Edelman: It’s Whoopass Time!

Josh — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:03:00 -0000

I think it is immature of Rubel to blame his recent fall from grace on professional jealousy. Rubel and company are the author of their own demise. Take responsibility and suck it up, and spare us the antics.

Re: Secrets of Blog Networks and Experts

Josh — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:09:00 -0000

Thanks Bloke for saying what needed to be said.

Re: Google OS vs. Microsoft, and John Buried Paul

Josh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:33:00 -0000

You are soooooooo right.

Re: YouBoob Gets Busted

Josh — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:39:00 -0000

He he he he! Somehow your description is much better.

Re: Meteor Garden 2

Josh — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:30:02 -0000

hi! dis is josh from phil. i have vcd's of mg1 & mg2

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/09/how-have-you-learned-to-match-style-of.html

Josh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:35 -0000

Have you ever run into the problem where you just can't seem to bring out the mannerisms of a character?

Re: Twitter is the new pet rock of the cyberspace village.

Josh — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:21:52 -0000

Twitter is the pet rock of the internet!

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/09/how-have-you-learned-to-match-style-of.html

Josh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:35 -0000

Have you ever run into the problem where you just can't seem to bring out the mannerisms of a character?

Re: fiene & freitag

Josh — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:29:00 -0000

Nun, dies ist wohl eher die harmlosere Variante. Da gibt es viel schlimmere Auswüchse. Habe gerade keinen Link parat, müßte erstmal meine Bookmarks durchsuchen. Was man bei all dem immer in Betracht ziehen muß, ist, dass die Amerikaner letztlich ein völlig anderes Verständnis von Demokratie und auch Patriotismus haben als die Europäer. Selbst liberal eingestellte Menschen, tragen eine großen Patriotismus nach Außen, der aber völlig losgelöst von der jeweiligen Regierung ist. Auf diese Unterscheidung legen die liberalen Amerikaner sehr großen wert. In erster Linie sind sie Amerikaner und Patrioten, dann Liberale und erst ganz zum Schluß politische Menschen. Selbst die Amerikaner die Bush nicht gewählt haben tragen z.B. T-Shirts mit "Support our Troops". das hat aber keinerlei politische Ausage oder Richtung. Hier geht es tatsächlich um eine wirkliche Sorge um den einzeln Soldaten. Was ich mir im Übrigen bei und nach meinen Einsätzen auch von deutscher Seite gewünscht hätte. Aber hier in Deutschland muß man ja froh sein, wenn man als Soldat nicht als Mörder und Vergewaltiger beschimpft wird. Das nur nebenbei. Die USA und seine Einwohner sind durch ihre Geschichte zutiefst militaristisch und patriotisch geprägt. Den Amerikanern fehlt die geschichtliche Erfahrung und krasse direkte Betroffenheit eines Krieges, wie es die Europäer z.B. durch die zwei Weltkriege haben. Sie haben nie den Horror zerbombter Städte erlebt. Rein geografisch und auch menschlich, haben die Amerikaner nicht diese Tiefe Abscheu vor allem was mit Krieg zu tun hat. Die Amerikaner haben nie solch eine direkte Erfahrung mitgemacht. Nicht einmal unter den Franzosen und Engländern, die beides sehr stolze Völker sind, ist dieser Militärismus und dieser starke, uneingeschränkte und nicht hinterfragte Patriotismus vorhanden.
Für uns Europäer scheinen solche Sachen immer wie von einem anderen Stern und unfassbar. Wir setzen uns jedoch gerne auf unser hohes moralische Roß und betrachten die Amerikaner als etwas minderbemittelt. Das jedoch wir Europäer, als ehemalige Kolonialmächte, selbst gewaltig Dreck am Stecken haben, und auch wir heute noch davon profitiren wird gerne vergessen. Passt ja auch nicht in das Bild der friedliebenden Europäer und den bösen imperialistischen Amerikanern. Wir Europäer machen diesen Krieg zwar nicht mit, bis auf die Briten, werden uns aber nach Ende des Krieges ein gewaltiges Stück vom Kuchen abschneiden wollen. Mal abgesehen davon, dass auch die Europäer kräftig Waffen und andre Unterstützung an den Irak und andere s.g. Schurkenstaaten geliefert haben und dabei kräftig verdient haben und es noch tun. Ich bin auch nicht wirklich einverstanden was die Amerikaner, oder besser die diversen US-Regierungen, mit ihrer "New World Order" abziehen, jedoch wehre ich mich dagegen, immer nur in Gut und Böse zu denken. Letztlich läuft es doch immer so ab, dass die Amerikaner die Drecksarbeit als Weltpolizist machen und wir moralisch ach so perfekten Europäer in ihrem Windschatten unsere Geschäftchen machen und Interessen vertreten.

Re: Easy Cheesecake Truffles

Josh — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:11:00 -0000

I need to go make my lunch for tomorrow. I wish I was filling it with "Rob's Lunchbox Stuffer Sandwich". The turkey, cheese and bacon sounds yummy and I'd like to heat this til the cheese melts before eating.

rsgrandinetti@yahoo.com

Re: http://deliciouslyazfarul.blogspot.com/2009/07/rumah-baru-untuk-nafas-baru.html

Josh — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:40:08 -0000

hehehe...bagus2...kacak..but mata aku ada silau sikit..sebab terang gila babi..wahahaha..plus..i love ur posts in bhsa srwk. nang besh! muahaha.

Re: http://maskuleen.blogspot.com/2009/10/gambar-melawat-melaka-dan-genting.html

Josh — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:10:14 -0000

korang mmg pandai posing!heheh
semoge korang berbahagia hingga ke akhir hayat..
AMEEN..

Re: Pastor goes to trial - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:59:00 -0000

Huey,

Thanks for the post. I enjoy reading your writings. As a clergy member, we must institute these anti-predator programs. If we do not we have failed to protect our children. I am a children's minister and I have no problem with someone running a background check on myself. I also think it should be conducted on anyone who has contact with children (such as teachers or chaperons) in the church.

Re: Pastor goes to trial - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:19:00 -0000

You can expect a lead role as soon as I become lead pastor at a church. You can be it will be instituted. Many large churches already have these measures in place. The problem is that most churches are not large. There also is a lack of cooperation so when on molester is dismissed from a church they fail to notify any other church that might employ said molester. This is one area that needs radical reform.

Just wondering which is more atrocious? A child predator among the school teachers or the church?

For me, it is without a doubt in the church.

Thanks,

Josh

Re: Pastor goes to trial - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:01:00 -0000

Lorena,

I am sure I could use an English lesson or two.

As a clergy member, we must institute these anti-predator programs

(correction)
We as members of the clergy have the responsibility to institute anti-predator programs.

Re: http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/2008/08/firefox-about-urls-tips-and-hidden.html

Josh — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:24:13 -0000

check for new additions!!!

Re: http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-realtime-job-alerts-from-naukri-to.html

Josh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:36:42 -0000

ya that's a great one especially for gmail as i mentioned above...
Also check this one

http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-get-news-alerts-from-cnn-ibn-on.html

Re: http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/2009/09/essential-freeware-utilities-for.html

Josh — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:12:09 -0000

Thanks a lot for the comment..Pls visit for updates and Tech news

Re: http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-tochange-extension-for-multiple.html

Josh — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:28:14 -0000

Definitely dude....keep visiting often

Re: http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/2009/10/check-firefox-download-status-worldwide.html

Josh — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:43:39 -0000

thanks a lot... check more about Firefox here

http://firyfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Mozilla%20Firefox

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:18:00 -0000

I like more Tea am looking forward to taking Hebrew as I have spent the past year studying NT Greek. As for the martyrdom of the apostles mentioned by the husband. Church history and tradition hold to account that every disciple was put do death explicitly for their believe in "the way" or Jesus Christ. Only John the Elder (author of John, 123 john, and revelation) was not martyred yet was abolished on the island of Patmos where he died. As for the prophesies, I for one believe that Christ fulfilled all of these in the OT... yet I do not believe because of the prophesies. They only affirm my position. I realize I as a theist am among a hostile crowd, but any comments are appreciated. Have a good night guys.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:56:00 -0000

Just because it is tradition does not necessarily mean it is incorrect. Also the tradition of the church fathers was not developed years after their deaths but carried down from the time s of their deaths. Granted.. their are many church traditions that are not only false but anti-theist. For example... I do not affirm the tradition that Peter was the first Pope.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:59:00 -0000

To the webmaster,

There is nothing new under the sun so I guess we all puppet someone. For myself, I choose to puppet my pastors, parents, theology professor, etc etc.

A good book detailing the history of the apostles is

HISTORY OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

BY
PHILIP SCHAFF
Schaff, P., & Schaff, D. S. 1997.

Also Douglas, J. D., Comfort, P. W., & Mitchell, D. 1997, c1992. Who's who in Christian history. Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.

offer good resources. I am sure there others that I am missing. Thanks for the interest.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:23:00 -0000

Yes Huey,

My point is that if we our honest with ourselves... Our ideas have been shaped throughout our lives. And there are rarely any ideas that are uniquely original. And while we all think for ourselves, theists and non theists alike, the majority of ideas are a representation of past thoughts.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:37:00 -0000

Sorry, its late thats why I am not making sense linguistically. All I am saying is that if I was simply parroting someone (as the above post referenced)... because my ideas were not original.. then the majority of us are indeed parroting.

I am not saying your or any ideas are invalid... just not original.. as mine are not. As u said.. with billions of people and exponentially more thoughts... originality is hard to come by.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:46:00 -0000

Hmm.

I am not sure how we started to chase this rabbit but sorry for beginning the chase.

No there is nothing wrong with building upon our predecessors. Sorry if I gave that impression. I like you, pride myself on logic as one who thinks for himself.

Thanks for the discussion Huey

Good night to all

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:19:00 -0000

I for one do read outside my religion. I am actually encouraged by my professors to read one book every so often that I know contradicts my believes. Also, I consider myself an independant thinking. I know most, if not everyone on this board has been deeply betrayed and hurt by their religions in the past. As for the Peter issue, Martin Luther affirmed that the church is truly centered around Christ and not Peter (sorry Catholics). Also for me, It is easier (with my Christian world view) to put my faith and belief in a virgin birth than to believe other theories about Mary copying Hannah's song and story (as your world view) affirms.

Thanks,
Josh

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:39:00 -0000

This might belong on a seperate thread; however, since this is an ex-christian blog, what are the stories of you who post here. They can be brief but in your view, what are the major stumbling blocks for you concerning Christianity. I will show my cards in that I am a confessing Baptist and am ignorant still on many catholic beliefs. But, what are the "mere Christian" shortcomings that hinder you guys the most?

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:01:00 -0000

Well some of the things I have read...

This site for one,
Thomas Talbot "Universalism"
Daniel Dennet
Evan Fales

Are a few in the past months

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:25:00 -0000

Jim,

I can tell you are a man of deep devotion to thought and logic and I admire you for that. I wish everyone would seek out with their own mind the things which are taught. I have not read anything by Price. I myself have searched the scriptures and arguments (although mostly for Christianity but some against)and have found my faith increased and not found it lacking. ( I guess the key word is "faith) I have come to the conclusion that there is no absolute proof for or against the existence of God. I affirm that creation testifies to God's glory, however, there are just as many if not more the see nature as proof of God's existence. But, as I references above, if there was absolute proof of God then any "reasonable man" would find God. So it is a matter of faith in many aspects yet I am not naive to the many objections against my beliefs.

Thanks for the response Jim.

Josh

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:52:00 -0000

Jim,

I have heard him debate. That is the primary means of my knowlege of his thoughts. I have read some brief articles although I can not recall them to you. He is very much uninterested in suffering. Fales argues that suffering is evidence against the existence of God and that for him even if God existed he finds it honorable to damn himself to hell due to the immense suffering on the earth. (He said this during the Greer-Heard lectures at NOBTS in the spring of 2007)

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:11:00 -0000

Jim,

I do enjoy Alvin Plantinga from Notre Dame. My favorite apologist to listen to is Zacharias although his lectures have to be more generalized in nature than Plantinga's. I am assuming you are more interested in philosophy due to your interest in Plantinga. I will not be surprised to see Dr. Jeremy Evans publish some works in the coming years (He is my professor at New Orleans Seminary). I tend to be more predisposed to ethical studies rather than philosophical and like Stanley Hauerwas from Duke university also.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:42:00 -0000

Oops, You caught me on my language. I can not know epistemologically that many are hurt by the Christian faith. But I would affirm and numerous persons here are antagonistic (as are many Christians to opposite views). To Bill, I probably should have used Scripture much more. If that would not drive you crazy then I will. However, you guys do not hold to authority of Scripture as I do. That is the main purpose in not using it. Although the Word of the Lord is living and active sharper than any double-edge sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12) But from here on out I will use more scripture.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:01:00 -0000

This is for Huey's post,

I was more directing my comments that those who are "ex-Christian" are more miffed at religion and religious people. I was not intending to say that you as professing non-theists were angry at God more so than religion and the religious people. (although I profess I get aggravated at religion which is man made and religious people very much myself, as did Christ.)

On another note, I am confused, you guys as a whole do or do not want me to quote scripture? I hope you don't think my lack of quotes denotes a lack of knowledge, although I do not profess to know everything or even much, I am fairly well versed in the scriptures.

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:50:00 -0000

Bill,

I am still trying to get my head around the quote below
" Josh,
I would like to congradulate you on one thing you've avioded, that drives so many of us nuts around here. You have not once quoted the Bible in discussing your stance."

So it drives you nuts that I did not scripture yet at the same time it makes you want to drive your head through a wall?

Thanks for the input,

Josh

Re: Help, My Husband Thinks I'm the Devil's Puppet - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:16:00 -0000

Ok thanks for the clarification.

Yes that previous statement could be taken one of two ways and I guess I chose the other. Well let me now go and deliver a sermon entitled "the necessity of morality" within the church. I hope you guys have a glorious day.

Peace be with you.

Josh

PS. If anything, this site has affirmed my hypocrisy between faith and deeds among the church.

Re: Is moving away the only easy way to leave the faith? - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:46:00 -0000

Well Brian,

Your pastor should not searched your question and given you a valid response. One should always think for themselves and search out the truth. Where our beliefs and truth intertwine we have knowledge. For instance, your pastor should have said that the Annals of Sargon I around 3000 BC does seem to be a parallel of Exodus 1:22-2:10. Also because Moses walked the earth around 1440 or 1250 BC this Sumer text was a precursor. Even so, it does not mean that these text are related or even copied. I would recommend this, search out everything you hear for yourself. This includes Biblical and non-Biblical ideals. Do not assume that because someone is a pastor, leader, scientist, historian... etc. that their words are truth.

BTW, the Divinci code is lacking accuracy when it comes to many things, especially that art references according to one art historian I know educated at a secular university.

Have a good night,

Josh

Re: Is moving away the only easy way to leave the faith? - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:07:00 -0000

Religion is for sitting ducks who are comfortable being told what to do and what to think. It is for people who don't want to think for themselves.

Church is a free thinker's definition of hell.

I consider myself a free thinker and a very logical person. I enjoy education and try to expand my knowledge when possible. Lorena? would free thinking not include thinking about religion? If it doesn't then does this "free thinking" actually limit the thinker

Peace be with you,

josh

Re: I just went to church for the last time! - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:49:00 -0000

Thackerie?

I affirm that in my life there is continuity of mind, body, and soul. I suggest that all think for themselves, and anyone who says one should not seek the truth and "just believe" is desiring to start a cult. I also affirm that in my life Christ has done much. However, I only hold to those things that are Biblical or "mere Christianity" Many denominations (holiness, apostolic, word of faith) include things that are extra biblical and these things... I can not affirm.

Peace,

Josh

Re: I am definitely not a Christian anymore - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:40:00 -0000

Jennifer thank you for sharing your story. I, as a Christian who is attending seminary and currently a children's pastor, was deeply saddened and angry (as you were) to hear the story of the pastor in Africa. I find it hard to reconcile the teachings of the pastor with those of Christ. I have learned many things from the people on here and have enjoyed a casual "blogger" relationship with many. I have a question for those who have posted above. Is it possible for someone to to take various parts of different religions (ie Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity) and still be true to any one of them?

Also for Jennifer, what is it that still attracts you to religion? I as a spiritual leader have many misgivings and reservations about "religion". Just wanted your opinions.

Thanks againk

Josh

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:24:00 -0000

Bloviator?

With the importance on the present, or now in your life? Does that lend itself to Hedonism? Just curious.

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:03:00 -0000

Thackerie,

I would argue that the sermon on the mount was very radical and original. "you have heard it said do not commit adultery... but I say to you that if you lust in you heart you have already committed adultery". There are many other "you have heard it said" passages in Matthew. 5-7. You are correct however that Jesus followed many others that came before him. There were also many false messiahs bringing a political deliverance so even the Jews themselves misunderstood the intention of the Christ's deliverance.

Thanks,

Josh

BTW, there is a great article by William Lane Craig on the historicity of the Gospel for those that like history.

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:52:00 -0000

William,

I guess I phrased my point wrong. The teaching was not simply about adultery. Of course that existed long before the message of Jesus. However the teaching brought culpability not simply upon deed but upon character or intent also.

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Josh — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:17:00 -0000

I am not sure what I penned about hedonism as it was deleted. However, I make it a point not to post anything that would resemble a personal attack or incite negative comments. I was only bringing up the subject because the next logical progression for myself would be Hedonism if I did not affirm God as creator and sustainer.

Bill you affirmed above that
“Having the ability to tell whether one's thoughts are "right" or "wrong" is due to a personal morality or perhaps one's intuition”

If these thoughts and deeds are simply “right or wrong” solely on one’s personal morality, how can said person be help accountable? Are we to appeal to institutional code? I assume that most of us would hold to some form of absolute ethic. (ie there are not many that would claim it is morally “right” to murder an innocent child, say 3 years old). Nevertheless, what is it about this act that makes it morally wrong? If I have no conscience, what would hold me accountable, assuming there is no law.

Thanks for the replies,

Josh

Re: A Challenge to any Christains reading this - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:41:00 -0000

Wow...
There are a lot of trains of thought running through these posts. To the point that I'm not exactly sure what to say, but I'm going to articulate the best that I can. I am not a biblical scholar in the academic sense, but I am a Christian.

First off, I want to apologize for the way that Christians have acted historically. They have scammed for money, indulged in affairs of all kinds, killed in the name of religious cleansing, the list could go on and on and on for anyone who's counting. Honestly, also, I question their motives. Why do they act that way? I also quesion whether or not they truly follow Christ. But Christians are human, and as humans we are amazingly self-centered - a problem that only further exacerbates the so-called "big" problems of life like poverty and war and so many others. The only cure for that, it would seem, is to take your mind off of yourself for awhile, and take action on someone else's behalf - but that is an entirely different thread of thought, and not a response to the posed questions.

As for the three ideas presented above:

I think the question that needs to be asked is, "What is the purpose of the Bible?" Is it a collection of authors' scientific descriptions of historical events? Or is it a collection of authors' descriptions of the nature of God? Both? Or is it something else entirely? I'm not trying to limit it to a false dichotomy (or trichotomy for those of you counting).

I believe that while it does record history, the main purpose of the Bible is to reveal the heart of God. Throughout the Bible God's paradoxical nature is described in human terms. His abounding love for his creation, manifested (in one way) through His constant redemption and purification of Israel in the Old Testament, through means considered barbaric by most any standards in 21st century America; and ultimately His restorative plan for all people in the death and resurrection of Christ. The latter not only provides a means of re-establishing a relationship with God, but ultimately triumphs over evil, as well, so that we can be confident that regardless of life's circumstances we can persevere.

True, the gospels have things a little differently here and there. I don't want to simply reason them away with ideas like "Those passages cannot be taken out of context," or "Those details aren't important because they don't directly support the main thrust of the story," but historical context, biblical context, and factors like intended audience and cultural customs must be acknowledged.

I offer some possibilities:

Perhaps in the account of the demon possesed men Luke and Mark, unlike Matthew, only mention one man being exorcised at Gerasenes because he is the one who later talks with Jesus and begs to accompany Him, and to whom Jesus replies that he should go home and tell what has happened. Maybe they consider the dialogue more important than a play-by-play of the exorcism. (Note that Matthew does not record the dialogue at all.)

As for how many angels were at the tomb, there seems to me to be separate instances of angels appearing. An angel appears and rolls away the stone, and angels appear both outside and inside the tomb, both before and after the women are told to go and tell the disciples. I would assume that at this point the authors are relying on the memory of at least 3 different women to tell the story, and the thrust of each story seems to coincide with each other, regardless of different specific instances of dialogue. Perhaps each author used a different source. Also, we are not given a timeframe, or rather, the indication of all the elapses of time during the incident, so I find it hard, therefore, to dismiss the different tellings as inaccurate compared to one another in this case when we ourselves were not there to witness the event in real time.

When you say, "But of course we aren't" in reference to Isaiah 53's description of "by his wounds we are healed" are you referring to physical healing? If that is the case, while I do not deny that Christ can overcome physical illness, I do not think that is the message being given in this revelation. Rather, it is a message of the redemption of all people through the rejection of one. One who suffers, but is eventually vindicated and exalted.

As for prayer, I'm hesitant to discuss what I think, because my thoughts have not been fully formulated. I can say, though, that I do not believe God is at our beck and call just because we invoke the name of Jesus Christ in a prayer. Rather than go any further, though, I will leave it at that because I am still tossing prayer around in my head. I have a hard time meshing the Western conventions of prayer with the teachings of Jesus and actions of the apostles. And while I do think that with faith you can literally (altough I don't know why one would) move mountains, I think this is hyperbole to illustrate the point that nothing is off limits, or rather, that we shouldn't limit what we think God can accomplish by placing our own human standards and expectations on our requests.

Yes, God is loving, in fact, I John tells us that "God is love". But, we cannot apply love as the only attribute of God's character. God is also just, among very many other qualities, and both justice and love are evident in the Passover, when the firstborn of Egypt are killed. Egypt was a nation that oppressed and enslaved God's chosen people. The events that unfold (e.g. Passover, the Exodus, the crossing of the Red Sea and drowning of Pharaoh) are all events which demonstrate both God's intense love for His people, and His justice against those who would harm them. God is creating His people to be a nation set apart, through which He can reach the entire world, both then, and in the ultimate display of love, through Jesus. Although, along the way He is forced to deliver judgement on His people time and again because they turn to false gods for guidance and direction, essentially entering a life of depravity contradictory to the nation that He has called them to be. Always, though, He provides a group of people who adhere to the principles of His Law, and uses them to restore Israel as a nation.

As for Job, should it be taken literally? Maybe yes, maybe no, I know that scholars debate that argument incessantly based on, for one, the literary traditions of the cultural setting from which the story emerges. Regardless, Satan seems, really, to be God's pawn in Job, and only serves to prove that God is the ultimate victor despite Satan's best attempts to accuse and destroy. The message of Job seems to be, then, maybe not that human existence is one big wager between God and Satan, but rather that God's control is still present in situations in which we cannot see His hand. It also seems to challenge if not destroy the myth that ties together personal sin and suffering in a causal relationship (i.e. "I said too many lies today, now God is punishing me by giving me a bad grade on this paper."), replacing it with the knowledge of the fact that we live life in an uncontrollable world, but that our response should be one of trust in the plan of the Almighty.

Once again the question must be asked, "What is the purpose of the Bible?"

Many times, it seems, churches get caught up in the quest to boost their numbers and prove that they are an effective church, or to increase their budget, or to preach what people want to hear rather than what the Bible actually says. As a Christian, this leaves me jaded toward a great many things in the church as well. These desires for earthly gain in any way, shape, or form, or for security as a church for that matter, lead to the kind of Pharicitical dogma Jesus came to eradicate, and only serves to exlude those who do not fit into a certain group's interpretation of the Scriptures.

Rather, as a Church, we should be focused on restoring people to relationship with their Creator, not by exposing their faults and providing some sort of relgious method to overcoming those faults, but by offering them a community where they are free to be transparent with God and those around them without fear of retribution or prescriptions of penitence, and to accept one another regardless of their history. For what makes one person any better than the other, really? What makes the self-absorbed, super fashionable more acceptable to the Church than the homosexual? Or the greedy loan shark favored over the adulteress? Nothing should distinguish the love the Church shows to these people, but humans naturally, probably subconsciouslly (at least at first) assign these things into a hierarchy.

I think, also, that we need to stop thinking of God in human terms (the very fact that we call God "Him" is one example of that very idea, considering that God the Father is not a physical, flesh-and-blood being, but how else are we to address Him?), and stop depending on modern science to rationalize His existence, or rationalize Him away. (DO NOT misconstrue this thought - I am a major proponent of scientifc discovery, methodology, etc., etc., etc.) What I am simply saying is that we cannot discount supernatural forces in this world. We do not understand gravity, but that does not negate its existence. The physical laws of the universe are dependant upon it. Yet scientists are unsure whether it is a particle, some form of wave, or what exactly the nature of gravity really is.

I became a Christian when I was very young, and I was recently baptized. I do not remember any certain moment of supernatural joy or peace regarding those experiences, and when I heard others speak of their "it" moments, I doubted my own salvation. But I do not believe that God reveals Himself to everybody in the same way, and that learning to follow regardless of my having received a tangible experience of God's presence is both honoring to God, and honored by God.

I do not believe in God as anaesthesia against the problems of life. Rather, I believe in God as companion, friend, someone who loves me, and someone who actually likes me, too. He is there beside me, changing my attitudes, helping me to love others when I don't want to, providing for my maturation, and He deserves a response from me of a life of worship (do not read as empty ritual, but as a life of reverence and its corresponding actions) because of these things.

Now, I sit in my messy room six hours after having begun this response, and I am finished - and welcome any comments you have about what I have said - but leave the personal attacks aside. I did not attack your person because of the beliefs and thoughts you hold, and I expect the same courtesy, as I consider myself a critical thinker like the rest of you do, and I appreciate our free-thinking society which is allowed to hopefully arrive at truth through discourse.

-Josh

Re: A Challenge to any Christains reading this - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:00:00 -0000

Sorry this took so long, I couldn't get on the site yesterday...

To Mike -

I'm curious as to your concept of inerrancy, what you were taught about it, how it is defined, how it is justified, etc. Because I know of no Scripture passage that outright certifies inerrancy - especially if it is defined as free of apparent contradictions.

I understand that you would be tired of having II Timothy 3:16-17 shoved in your face again, but let me bring it up for a short time. It seems to me to mention why Scripture is God-breathed and useful - "so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." Maybe, in other words, so that they will be trained and ready to look at the marginalized of society with compassion, be prepared for spontaneous acts of mercy, and have confidence and wisdom when dealing with those in positions of power, among other things.

What if inerrancy (where does this concept come from, anyway?) simply means "error free," and therefore that the Bible tells the truth in all cases. I am not trying to mentally contort anything here - not trying to leap to any random justifications. Inerrancy, after all, at face value, is defined as freedom from error or untruths.

I'm not trying to turn this into a numbers game, either, (i.e. there were really 17 angels at the tomb, even though Matthew only mentions so many), I'm just trying to understand your view, and help you understand mine.

I've come up with an illustration for this idea, it may be full of holes (and you may not like baseball at all, but play along) since I have just thought it up, but here it is anyway:

You attend a baseball game, along with about 30,000 other people. Your team is losing 1-0, but with 1 out in the bottom of the ninth inning the star of the team slams a two-run homer to win the game. The 19,201 true fans, who've stuck around 'til now, rise to their feet cheering. In his ecstasy, the guy behind you spills his beer down your back, apologizing profusely, but it leaves you a little sullen, regardless - it was your favorite player's jersey, after all :).

Now, the scene is set.

You return home after the game and your wife asks, "How was it?" You reply that, "We won, but this guy dumped his beer all over me and I stunk the whole way home." You fail to mention that there were 19,199 other people there, too, screaming and happy.

The guy who was sitting a few seats down from you, completely oblivious to the beer-spilling, returns home to the same question. His account of the game is somewhat of a dramatic retelling, and, relying on the announced attendance of earlier in the game, near the end of his story he mentions, "Everyone was on their feet, all 30,000 of us."

A sports-writer with an overall view of the game from the press box - who could see that the stadium attendance was vastly reduced from earlier in the game - writes an almost chronological play-by-play, highlighting the errors and eventual victory of the winning team, and noting the joyous celebration of the remaining 20,000 happy fans.

The guy sitting at home in his easy chair watches the same game. He gets to see an incredible close-up of the bat shattering when the home run play occurs. When his wife asks him later how the game was, he only mentions the last play. "It was incredible," he says. "Jones' bat shattered when he hit the final two-run homer." He fails to mention the drudgery of the 8 previous, scoreless innings.

Twenty years later a historian realizes that this specific game was the beginning of a major win streak and change of momentum in the team's history. He interviews people who participated, coached, watched, reported, etc. Then, he puts it all together in one dramatic arc featuring gradual increase in tension peaked at a climax, and a swift resolution - a common literary technique in the Western world. For all intents and purposes the facts are correct and verifiable, but the subjective emotions are a combination of artistic license and drawing from the experiences of his sources.

Clearly, there are some contradictions at face value.

But which of these accounts are untrue? Which of them are errant? Are they inerrant (free of untruths) regardless of their contradictions with one another. "Your" account focuses on only one man, the guy a few seats down bases his numbers on earlier verifiable information, the sports-writer gives the closest account to factual acceptability as possible with a bit of flair, the guy at home only mentions one player - the one who won the game, and the historian took license with a factual story. Does that make any of them untrue? I guess it's mostly a rhetorical question, but feel free to rebut.

I believe inerrancy allows for paraphrase, allows for multiple viewpoints, allows for literary style, allows for the understanding that cold, hard facts might not have been the focus of the ancient world. Maybe the reason there are four gospels and not just one is because the writers wanted to show a specific audience who Jesus was, and why He had done what He had done for that specific audience (e.g. I'm pretty sure it's widely accepted that Matthew was writing for the Jews, Luke and the others probably to Gentiles, perhaps each with individual communities and accepted philosophies) - the nature of Jesus never changes from one book to the next. This is just something I've been thinking about as I write, and I hope you'll allow the digression.

Anyway, I don't think the Bible is simply a book about determining our final destination - actually, that seems to be just the beginning. Rather, it is a collection of writings to help those who are followers of Christ be molded more and more into His image. It helps us to strip away conventional thinking and start applying grace as best as we can, with no strings attached. This is difficult, considering we are not God.

From what I understand, you don't want to believe in the ideas presented in the Bible as truths because of the three problems you mentioned above (and perhaps you could help me understand Problem #2 more clearly - I guess I'm not quite sure what the reasoning is behind "promises that don't work." Are you still referring to physical healing and such? I'd just like to know.) among other reservations you might have not yet disclosed.

I don't think we can logically compare Bush/Blair to God, who does not look at the world, or history, or time in the same way that we do - that reminds me of the Greek and Roman pantheons - deities which had human characteristics and which people feared because of their deities responses to the peoples' inability to or direct opposition to satiating those beings' desires. How contradictory to that type of God, then, is a God who is patient, and loves us despite our hearts' deepest, darkest secrets?

You are not satisfied with my answers in the previous post, and you may not be with this post, either, and that's fine, because they are simply my ruminations and interpretations, but I wonder if you know what kind of answer would satisfy you. Do you already have a preconceived reply in your mind with which you want me to agree? Or are you genuinely seeking to know the answer? I don't think God dislikes questions - I think they're healthy, and I would imagine He does, too, for Paul says in I Thessalonians, "Test everything. Hold on to the good." How are you supposed to learn and grow with an attitude that staves off healthy doubt? I am curious, how would you expect a Christian to act and think when approaching daily problems? What characteristics do you expect to see from us? What values do you think we want to be acting?

The Bible is not about instant-gratification. It is not an immediate cure-all for the problems of the world. It is a convictor, a support group, a challenge for community, an inspiration, a friend in dark times, a companion in anger, a reminder to rest, and so much more, thanks to its varied voices - and maybe it's not about reaching the destination in this life, but about the growth process, and the maturation, and the way that we strive to live.

To Life Values -

I would not kill that man - but that does not make me an uncommitted believer - Jesus tells us to love our enemies. If God tells me in a dream that Mr. X is the Anti-Christ, I'm going to steer pretty well clear and let God deal with him, since He promises that one day He will. If I suspect him to be an anti-Christ (which he very well may be), it's not my place to judge God's purpose for him on earth - look at Saul, who became Paul - he was one of the most devout haters of Christians, those people that threatened his stable religious system. Then what happened? Jesus revealed Himself to Paul, who was never the same after, and became one of the most eloquent, philosophical (*almost* to obtusity) "dialecters", if you will, in favor of Christ, using the traditions of Greek and Roman philosophical thought processes. I, too, value life over religious ideology, which Jesus did not come to establish, but eradicate, and replace with understanding of God's truths.

Re: Proving that Jesus is imaginary, in less than 5 minutes - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:41:00 -0000

Personally, I used to be catholic. I just quit believing because people told me it was okay that god supposedly killed several thousand people at sodom and gommorah and innocent babies in egypt. Sounds more like satan to me, at least he never directly killed ne one...

Re: Atheist Bullshiters - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:07:00 -0000

Bently why are you so cruel and mean??? Why don't you want anyone to have JESUS??? Why do you hate Jesus?

Jesus is all that i have, without Jesus i have nuting, i love him soo much and he loves me too...

Praise Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus i love him.

Re: Questions Your Pastor Will Hate -- Part2 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Josh — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:57:00 -0000

1. For the Jews, and Jesus' ministry was first to the Jews, it was necessary to show the lineage of Jesus from David. Because the Messiah was to come from the line of David.

2. I am assuming that it is a Catholic idea that the Holy Spirit fathered Jesus. However this is not evident in Matthew chapter 2 nor Luke chp.1:26-38 details that the Holy Spirit will come upon Mary but does not say that the Holy Spirit "fathered Jesus."

3. You do not have to call priests and pastors father. As we are brothers and sisters in Christ. Colossians 3:11 helps with this.

4. Matthew give the genealogy through Joseph. Luke, which most miss, give the genealogy through Mary.

5. Dont really understand the question. Are you saying that young women should birth important people also?

6. Not a question of theology but of jest.

7. Zachariah and Elizabeth understood that their son John would be a "voice crying out in the desert preparing the way of the Lord." Also Luke 41 says "When Elizaeth heard Mary's greeting" this probably included news of her divine conception. Also the leaping of John the Baptist in her womb was an affirmation for Elizabeth.

8. Could it also be true that Mary was well aware of the OT psalm of Hannah and used it as a model for her prayer?

There are a lot of questions here... some of substance some not. So I will continue my discourse later.

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Josh — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:36:00 -0000

granny's got my vote

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great post as always bloke

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Josh — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:00:00 -0000

Heh, I think I need help real fast! Thanks for the great post. I sure can relate.

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Josh — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:26:00 -0000

Yes, a lot of good things to remember in here. Great post Bloke.

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(Since this is likely where people would look for this, I'm posting a comment on my own entry…so there.)

It doesn't quite work on Windows the way it does on my PowerBook — I had it display an icon normally, so I could tell it loaded. On Windows, instead, there is an obvious blank space where that icon would have gone. Hrm.

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Josh — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:08:00 -0000

Never heard of this place. Looks soooo good. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Hope to check it out soon.

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Josh — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:24:41 -0000

I must you are reading lots of books so what is the latest addition in your rack?
I have only read five point some one by chetan bhagat and some collage books.

wechseljahre

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thats no trailer but it was still great!! the trailers gonna be to amazing.

Re: [Center Stage] Let The Right One In

Josh — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:22:59 -0000

My theory is that Eli is nothing but an empty Vampiric vessel being used to twist the emotions of human beings in order to turn us into a meal. Eli may be very convincing with feelings of love for Oskar but that is where Vampires excel, in the art of seduction.
Vampires use our feelings and desires against us in order to lure us to death. While Oskar's love and devotion to Eli is real I do not believe that Eli's is.
As a Vampire you are dead and soul-less, a simple remnant of the person you once were. As a young adult Eli is unable to use threat in order to control people as an adult Vampire might do. This is evident in the scene where Eli is hiding under the bridge calling for help, tempting the gentleman's feelings and tricking him into caring before striking.
Eli has no problem taking Hakan's life and will have no problem doing the same to Oskar when the time comes. He can't be turned, otherwise Eli will have no way to be guarded during the day.
Gary(from parent comment) stated that Oskar would not be capable of taking care of Eli, however I strongly disagree. He already began taking care of Eli by providing transportation during the day. Eli is perfectly capable of tricking others into easily giving up their blood. Oskar just fills the need of a sun-capable body guard.
I don't believe that it is a coincidence that Eli managed to befriend Oskar near the end of Hakan's usefulness. We can tell from the scene where Hakan fails to get blood that Eli has no true feelings beyond the need to kill. Eli implies Hakan's uselessness screaming, "Do I have to do everything myself!?"
Hakan was very depressed near the end of his life because he realized at this point that he was only being used, yet he still could not get past his love for Eli.Eli must always seek out a young boy initially as a caretaker, there is really no other choice. An adult male would likely not go to the length of killing another individual. Eli had to find the easiest target, a young and misunderstood male whom would be bendable through desire and feelings. Somebody who could be trained to do anything for Eli.

Re: The Hottest Ex-Con

Josh — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:42:04 -0000

could you put up tina fey? they showed her in this clip.

Re: http://softgeeek.blogspot.com/2009/07/dell-is-offering-free-2gb-data-storage.html

Josh — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:13:40 -0000

Did anyone try DataSafe? Didn't work for me..

Re: The Flickering LCD of my Laptop Brings Google Traffic!

Josh — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:01:07 -0000

mine does the same thing, i think its safe to say we're f**ked

Re: Jay is going straight to hell…

Josh — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:46:00 -0000

Alright, that was funny. I guess I'll see you guys in hell - save me a good spot!

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