DISQUS

It is an idea I have visited time and again. When I look at what other "splinter" groups such as the Mormons and the Jahovah's Witness believe, I find that I am more of a mainstream protestant than I sometimes realize. Though in my Methodist church I find myself arguing with the preacher in my head all the time.

I don't think (m)any of the parallels between Christianity as it has been presented in my life and as it is presented in the video.
Speaking specifically to the part where the boy reads the whole thing and comes up with a mess, I have found that by reading through the bible I have come up with something completely different than what is mainstream, but that it all fits together better. What "the establishment" presents seems to be an incoherent mess to me. I have also found that my challenges to those who consider themselves part of the mainstream thinking on Christianity to be well received.
I just can't take any of the intolerance that was displayed in that video to accurately portray any of my personal circumstances dealing with Christianity and those of other (or no) believes.

I'd like to start that just because Ayn Rand declares it, doesn't make it so. I'm not saying I disagree, I'm only stating that specific research has be conducted to prove it is true before we can take something as economic gospel or truth. So given that we cannot yet be assured that Obama's strategy is doomed to failure.
On the other hand, I am not sold on Obama's probably trillion dollar bail-out plan either. I am not an economist, I do not spend much time reading about economics, and I really have a poor understanding of how it all works. At the same time I think people are failing to realize how big these numbers are that are being thrown at us, and I certainly know that none of us have any understanding about the specifics of how these different expenditures are guaranteed to provide a long-term solution to the problems that we have created.
Indeed, the many issues that have boiled over into this collapse do not seem to be getting any attention at all, and that is the scariest part. Are just throwing money (the whole fucking bank and then every other bank in site) at the problem or is Obama engaging in a carefully planned and executed solution that we can have great confidence in? I'm not feeling confident.

When I was a cook I developed an odd ability to multitask the food I was cooking. Something inside of me would just go off and tell me it is time to do this or that. I could be throwing a bunch of veggies in a pan to broil and in the middle reach out with a spare hand and flip some salmon grilling, and then once I had the veggies in I would just know that the steak was ready to be served. My friend who worked with me had the same thing. I could even be in the storage room searching for something and know to yell to a cook to pull the shrimp out of the fryer because it was done.
The same does not work at my current job programming. Once someone takes me away from what I'm doing it takes a significant amount of time to get back where I was.

Finally, science has pitted itself against the Devil, not God. What will Lucifer do if the quest for immortality doesn't mean living off of the flesh of mortals for eternity or other extreme measures?

I am heavily anticipating the release of the Linux version. The two big things that any browser would need to fully win me over from Firefox, on top of just being a better browser is the equivalent of adblock and customize Google.

I am heavily anticipating the release of the Linux version. The two big things that any browser would need to fully win me over from Firefox, on top of just being a better browser is the equivalent of adblock and customize Google.

On a somewhat related note, George Orwell (author of 1984) tells my favorite elephant story.
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On a somewhat related note, George Orwell (author of 1984) tells my favorite elephant story.
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/887/</p>

I had this conversation with a friend last weekend. He is in his 30s and just met his dad for the first time. He was taken back by how much he and his dad were alike. He thought we all could forge our own destinies, but he is rethinking that after seeing how much of him is his dad.

I had this conversation with a friend last weekend. He is in his 30s and just met his dad for the first time. He was taken back by how much he and his dad were alike. He thought we all could forge our own destinies, but he is rethinking that after seeing how much of him is his dad.

I just read you feeds in Google Reader. I rarely actually pull it up in your site.
As a rule I always prefer minimalist themes. I just tore down my theme and removed most everything. I now just have some light blue colors and licensing information on my blog.

I just read you feeds in Google Reader. I rarely actually pull it up in your site.
As a rule I always prefer minimalist themes. I just tore down my theme and removed most everything. I now just have some light blue colors and licensing information on my blog.

I hope projects like this and Prism take off at a faster rate. I have been thinking about and reading a lot of books (JavaScript, XML, etc.) on web programming and expect to make it my career in a few years.
Tools like this can enable web programmers to take their craft on to a whole new different level. I forsee a day when people are running all sorts of powerful apps with no realization that the program really exists in some server farm thousands of miles away.

I hope projects like this and Prism take off at a faster rate. I have been thinking about and reading a lot of books (JavaScript, XML, etc.) on web programming and expect to make it my career in a few years.
Tools like this can enable web programmers to take their craft on to a whole new different level. I forsee a day when people are running all sorts of powerful apps with no realization that the program really exists in some server farm thousands of miles away.

I've been thinking a lot about the idea of a small computer you carry around with you that interacts in all sorts of new ways. For example, say you are hiking a trail in some wildlife preserve. Out of curiosity you whip out your computer and it gives you the history of the trail (Wikipedia, etc.), average visitors per year, the last time someone hiked that trail, how many others are on it and how far away and other information.
Or you could be out with friends and their computer would immediately tell them what restaurants are near by (these could be narrowed down by food type, etc.) and other activities such as concerts or events. If there was any points of interest nearby, like if a nearby spot has any historical significance.
This same device could easily be plugged into a base station at home, work, library, coffee shop, whatever and you would now have your portal pocket computer with a full mouse, keyboard, screen and speakers.
All of your data would be stored online and cached and encrypted locally, so if you lost or broke your device you could simply buy a new one and log back in to your online services and sync up.

I've been thinking a lot about the idea of a small computer you carry around with you that interacts in all sorts of new ways. For example, say you are hiking a trail in some wildlife preserve. Out of curiosity you whip out your computer and it gives you the history of the trail (Wikipedia, etc.), average visitors per year, the last time someone hiked that trail, how many others are on it and how far away and other information.
Or you could be out with friends and their computer would immediately tell them what restaurants are near by (these could be narrowed down by food type, etc.) and other activities such as concerts or events. If there was any points of interest nearby, like if a nearby spot has any historical significance.
This same device could easily be plugged into a base station at home, work, library, coffee shop, whatever and you would now have your portal pocket computer with a full mouse, keyboard, screen and speakers.
All of your data would be stored online and cached and encrypted locally, so if you lost or broke your device you could simply buy a new one and log back in to your online services and sync up.

I would like to switch to Chrome at work as well, but the AdBlock in Firefox is just too compelling. I do notice the speed difference when using Google Apps, but most other sites are not that JavaScript heavy, and since HTML pages load instantly, having slightly more instantly isn't very compelling to me just to have ads back.

I would like to switch to Chrome at work as well, but the AdBlock in Firefox is just too compelling. I do notice the speed difference when using Google Apps, but most other sites are not that JavaScript heavy, and since HTML pages load instantly, having slightly more instantly isn't very compelling to me just to have ads back.

The ending reading "Arigatou" or "Thanks"

The ending reading "Arigatou" or "Thanks"

I heard someone on NPR articulate it like this. We got in to this problem by over investing money in markets that did not return profits. The last thing we should do is encourage people to invest money in markets that are becoming more and more unlikely to have return profits. We need to be saving our money and watching out intelligently for markets that are likely to grow. The idea that if we just invest in anything and everything again is going to do us any good is outright stupid. If a particular industry or stock is poor then what absolutely need to do is talk about it and discourage investments in those areas, not pretend that it's not bad so people do invest and prop the pyramid scheme back up again.

I heard someone on NPR articulate it like this. We got in to this problem by over investing money in markets that did not return profits. The last thing we should do is encourage people to invest money in markets that are becoming more and more unlikely to have return profits. We need to be saving our money and watching out intelligently for markets that are likely to grow. The idea that if we just invest in anything and everything again is going to do us any good is outright stupid. If a particular industry or stock is poor then what absolutely need to do is talk about it and discourage investments in those areas, not pretend that it's not bad so people do invest and prop the pyramid scheme back up again.

I made a similar argument last week about how the cloud may increase security for the average user.
The argument goes like this, the average computer user knows little to nothing about security and is very vulnerable. If their data was on the cloud it would be more secure because it would be in the hands of "experts", for what that is worth.
Computer geeks who know how to secure their data properly are probably less secure with their data in the cloud.
There are more computer users that will have a security gain by having their data in the cloud than there are that stand to lose.
Therefore the net effect of cloud computer may be a net gain for security.

For me I put nonsensitive data, like my class work in the cloud (Google Docs) and leave my sensitive information (financial, etc.) on my PC.

I made a similar argument last week about how the cloud may increase security for the average user.
The argument goes like this, the average computer user knows little to nothing about security and is very vulnerable. If their data was on the cloud it would be more secure because it would be in the hands of "experts", for what that is worth.
Computer geeks who know how to secure their data properly are probably less secure with their data in the cloud.
There are more computer users that will have a security gain by having their data in the cloud than there are that stand to lose.
Therefore the net effect of cloud computer may be a net gain for security.

For me I put nonsensitive data, like my class work in the cloud (Google Docs) and leave my sensitive information (financial, etc.) on my PC.