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2 years ago
in How I Became An Atheist (Continued) on dmiessler.com | grep understanding
Daniel,
I would be interested in hearing what your thoughts are on the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament and how it applies to today's times. I say this because of your quoting the passage's regarding working on Sabbath as well as God instructing Moses to kill a man for working on the Sabbath.
The Old Testament was the "old law" and it was to be kept strictly as Christ had not come yet to fulfill. Once Christ came and lived and died, he fulfilled the debt and the need to keep the law. This is when grace was established. This is why it is no longer necessary to only eat "clean" meat and follow all the other ceremonious procedures that were stated in the Old Testament. Things such as sacrifices, ritual cleansing, etc.
I have been reading your blog for quite a while now and have thoroughly enjoyed most of your articles. While I've disagreed with many posts in the past, it's still good writing. I am one of those Christian's you speak of. I do try to follow the Bible as best I can. I try to study it as much as I can. However, I am not perfect. That's what so many people automatically assume about Christians. When one becomes a Christian and begins to live a Christian lifestyle, it's not an immediate pass into being perfect. You will still sin. You will still fail. Thankfully, this is why Christ died for us so that He could extend grace and mercy to us. There's so much more I would really like to discuss after reading your past two postings, however, it's difficult to have such a deep conversation across the ether. :) Maybe one day when you head back home to Georgia, you'll have to pass through Alabama for some reason.
I would be interested in hearing what your thoughts are on the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament and how it applies to today's times. I say this because of your quoting the passage's regarding working on Sabbath as well as God instructing Moses to kill a man for working on the Sabbath.
The Old Testament was the "old law" and it was to be kept strictly as Christ had not come yet to fulfill. Once Christ came and lived and died, he fulfilled the debt and the need to keep the law. This is when grace was established. This is why it is no longer necessary to only eat "clean" meat and follow all the other ceremonious procedures that were stated in the Old Testament. Things such as sacrifices, ritual cleansing, etc.
I have been reading your blog for quite a while now and have thoroughly enjoyed most of your articles. While I've disagreed with many posts in the past, it's still good writing. I am one of those Christian's you speak of. I do try to follow the Bible as best I can. I try to study it as much as I can. However, I am not perfect. That's what so many people automatically assume about Christians. When one becomes a Christian and begins to live a Christian lifestyle, it's not an immediate pass into being perfect. You will still sin. You will still fail. Thankfully, this is why Christ died for us so that He could extend grace and mercy to us. There's so much more I would really like to discuss after reading your past two postings, however, it's difficult to have such a deep conversation across the ether. :) Maybe one day when you head back home to Georgia, you'll have to pass through Alabama for some reason.
2 years ago
in How I Became An Atheist (Continued) on danielmiessler.com | grep understanding
Daniel,
I would be interested in hearing what your thoughts are on the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament and how it applies to today's times. I say this because of your quoting the passage's regarding working on Sabbath as well as God instructing Moses to kill a man for working on the Sabbath.
The Old Testament was the "old law" and it was to be kept strictly as Christ had not come yet to fulfill. Once Christ came and lived and died, he fulfilled the debt and the need to keep the law. This is when grace was established. This is why it is no longer necessary to only eat "clean" meat and follow all the other ceremonious procedures that were stated in the Old Testament. Things such as sacrifices, ritual cleansing, etc.
I have been reading your blog for quite a while now and have thoroughly enjoyed most of your articles. While I've disagreed with many posts in the past, it's still good writing. I am one of those Christian's you speak of. I do try to follow the Bible as best I can. I try to study it as much as I can. However, I am not perfect. That's what so many people automatically assume about Christians. When one becomes a Christian and begins to live a Christian lifestyle, it's not an immediate pass into being perfect. You will still sin. You will still fail. Thankfully, this is why Christ died for us so that He could extend grace and mercy to us. There's so much more I would really like to discuss after reading your past two postings, however, it's difficult to have such a deep conversation across the ether. :) Maybe one day when you head back home to Georgia, you'll have to pass through Alabama for some reason.
I would be interested in hearing what your thoughts are on the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament and how it applies to today's times. I say this because of your quoting the passage's regarding working on Sabbath as well as God instructing Moses to kill a man for working on the Sabbath.
The Old Testament was the "old law" and it was to be kept strictly as Christ had not come yet to fulfill. Once Christ came and lived and died, he fulfilled the debt and the need to keep the law. This is when grace was established. This is why it is no longer necessary to only eat "clean" meat and follow all the other ceremonious procedures that were stated in the Old Testament. Things such as sacrifices, ritual cleansing, etc.
I have been reading your blog for quite a while now and have thoroughly enjoyed most of your articles. While I've disagreed with many posts in the past, it's still good writing. I am one of those Christian's you speak of. I do try to follow the Bible as best I can. I try to study it as much as I can. However, I am not perfect. That's what so many people automatically assume about Christians. When one becomes a Christian and begins to live a Christian lifestyle, it's not an immediate pass into being perfect. You will still sin. You will still fail. Thankfully, this is why Christ died for us so that He could extend grace and mercy to us. There's so much more I would really like to discuss after reading your past two postings, however, it's difficult to have such a deep conversation across the ether. :) Maybe one day when you head back home to Georgia, you'll have to pass through Alabama for some reason.
2 years ago
in Vulnerability Management Without Asset Management, Isn’t on dmiessler.com | grep understanding
There is a product that does just what you want Daniel, it's called ArcSight. It's got a pretty cool Asset Discovery tool and can run all the reports and queries you were using as examples (ie. All Solaris machines with SSH running as of x/x/x)
Check it out if you want/can: http://www.arcsight.com.
Disclaimer: Not cheap at all and sometimes feels "heavy" or bloated as it's all Java based. YMMV.
Check it out if you want/can: http://www.arcsight.com.
Disclaimer: Not cheap at all and sometimes feels "heavy" or bloated as it's all Java based. YMMV.
2 years ago
in Vulnerability Management Without Asset Management, Isn’t on danielmiessler.com | grep understanding
There is a product that does just what you want Daniel, it's called ArcSight. It's got a pretty cool Asset Discovery tool and can run all the reports and queries you were using as examples (ie. All Solaris machines with SSH running as of x/x/x)
Check it out if you want/can: http://www.arcsight.com.
Disclaimer: Not cheap at all and sometimes feels "heavy" or bloated as it's all Java based. YMMV.
Check it out if you want/can: http://www.arcsight.com.
Disclaimer: Not cheap at all and sometimes feels "heavy" or bloated as it's all Java based. YMMV.
2 years ago
in Internet Explorer 7 Doesn’t Work With Exchange 2003 OWA? on dmiessler.com | grep understanding
Hrm, it didn't crap out on us here. Wonder if it's based on what SP/patch level your Exchange box is at. I'm sure sure if we're patched up or not.
2 years ago
in Internet Explorer 7 Doesn’t Work With Exchange 2003 OWA? on danielmiessler.com | grep understanding
Hrm, it didn't crap out on us here. Wonder if it's based on what SP/patch level your Exchange box is at. I'm sure sure if we're patched up or not.
2 years ago
in Don’t Ask Me For My Social, Ever. Ever. on dmiessler.com | grep understanding
Yeah unfortunately I've seen that. Since Daniel mentioned that it's not legal to ask for it I was curious what law or legislation he was basing that off of. Also by him saying it was NOT legal for them to ask made it sound like it was illegal. All documentation, including the link posted above mentioned nothing about it being illegal and even stated that organizations aren't prohibited from asking for it. On the other hand, we as consumers have a right to not give out the number, albeit at the cost at possibly not obtaining the service. Which is what I constantly run into, mainly, again, with utility companies. Here's a story of my battle with the gas company.
I was signing up as a new customer for gas service at my new house. When asked for name, address, etc, etc I gave that info to them. Then the SSN. I said "No dice" and proceeded to give them the reasons why. I asked if there was anyway around that. We went around and round, finally took it up two levels to some Manager or Director or something. They said they would give me service without an SSN if I paid the maximum deposit amount. So I cheerfully said "Great, how much?" They told me they calculate maximum deposit amount based off the highest bill of the last two years. I'm thinking at most it would be $250. They come back and tell me that it will be $450!!
I thought wow, what a price to pay for privacy. But here's the part. The Manager person tells me, "Well if it makes you feel any better you'll be earning 5-6% interest on that deposit." Woohoo I think! Better than a savings account! Then a light goes off. If I earn interest at a bank or any other place of business, the IRS needs to know and the way they are alerted to my interest income is via my Tax ID, AKA SSN. So I ask the Manager about this dilemma. This totally confused her as she said "Well, that's true. Hrm...." And I said "how about this, I'll give you $450 and you just don't worry about paying me interest?" She then said they could not keep money and not pay interest and all this other jazz. So I finally gave up. I really really should have pressed her to escalate this even more, but I was so tired of fighting and to be honest, didn't have $450 at the time. Either way, this is why I'm trying to figure out why it would've been illegal for a business to ask for a SSN. :)
I was signing up as a new customer for gas service at my new house. When asked for name, address, etc, etc I gave that info to them. Then the SSN. I said "No dice" and proceeded to give them the reasons why. I asked if there was anyway around that. We went around and round, finally took it up two levels to some Manager or Director or something. They said they would give me service without an SSN if I paid the maximum deposit amount. So I cheerfully said "Great, how much?" They told me they calculate maximum deposit amount based off the highest bill of the last two years. I'm thinking at most it would be $250. They come back and tell me that it will be $450!!
I thought wow, what a price to pay for privacy. But here's the part. The Manager person tells me, "Well if it makes you feel any better you'll be earning 5-6% interest on that deposit." Woohoo I think! Better than a savings account! Then a light goes off. If I earn interest at a bank or any other place of business, the IRS needs to know and the way they are alerted to my interest income is via my Tax ID, AKA SSN. So I ask the Manager about this dilemma. This totally confused her as she said "Well, that's true. Hrm...." And I said "how about this, I'll give you $450 and you just don't worry about paying me interest?" She then said they could not keep money and not pay interest and all this other jazz. So I finally gave up. I really really should have pressed her to escalate this even more, but I was so tired of fighting and to be honest, didn't have $450 at the time. Either way, this is why I'm trying to figure out why it would've been illegal for a business to ask for a SSN. :)
2 years ago
in Don’t Ask Me For My Social, Ever. Ever. on danielmiessler.com | grep understanding
Yeah unfortunately I've seen that. Since Daniel mentioned that it's not legal to ask for it I was curious what law or legislation he was basing that off of. Also by him saying it was NOT legal for them to ask made it sound like it was illegal. All documentation, including the link posted above mentioned nothing about it being illegal and even stated that organizations aren't prohibited from asking for it. On the other hand, we as consumers have a right to not give out the number, albeit at the cost at possibly not obtaining the service. Which is what I constantly run into, mainly, again, with utility companies. Here's a story of my battle with the gas company.
I was signing up as a new customer for gas service at my new house. When asked for name, address, etc, etc I gave that info to them. Then the SSN. I said "No dice" and proceeded to give them the reasons why. I asked if there was anyway around that. We went around and round, finally took it up two levels to some Manager or Director or something. They said they would give me service without an SSN if I paid the maximum deposit amount. So I cheerfully said "Great, how much?" They told me they calculate maximum deposit amount based off the highest bill of the last two years. I'm thinking at most it would be $250. They come back and tell me that it will be $450!!
I thought wow, what a price to pay for privacy. But here's the part. The Manager person tells me, "Well if it makes you feel any better you'll be earning 5-6% interest on that deposit." Woohoo I think! Better than a savings account! Then a light goes off. If I earn interest at a bank or any other place of business, the IRS needs to know and the way they are alerted to my interest income is via my Tax ID, AKA SSN. So I ask the Manager about this dilemma. This totally confused her as she said "Well, that's true. Hrm...." And I said "how about this, I'll give you $450 and you just don't worry about paying me interest?" She then said they could not keep money and not pay interest and all this other jazz. So I finally gave up. I really really should have pressed her to escalate this even more, but I was so tired of fighting and to be honest, didn't have $450 at the time. Either way, this is why I'm trying to figure out why it would've been illegal for a business to ask for a SSN. :)
I was signing up as a new customer for gas service at my new house. When asked for name, address, etc, etc I gave that info to them. Then the SSN. I said "No dice" and proceeded to give them the reasons why. I asked if there was anyway around that. We went around and round, finally took it up two levels to some Manager or Director or something. They said they would give me service without an SSN if I paid the maximum deposit amount. So I cheerfully said "Great, how much?" They told me they calculate maximum deposit amount based off the highest bill of the last two years. I'm thinking at most it would be $250. They come back and tell me that it will be $450!!
I thought wow, what a price to pay for privacy. But here's the part. The Manager person tells me, "Well if it makes you feel any better you'll be earning 5-6% interest on that deposit." Woohoo I think! Better than a savings account! Then a light goes off. If I earn interest at a bank or any other place of business, the IRS needs to know and the way they are alerted to my interest income is via my Tax ID, AKA SSN. So I ask the Manager about this dilemma. This totally confused her as she said "Well, that's true. Hrm...." And I said "how about this, I'll give you $450 and you just don't worry about paying me interest?" She then said they could not keep money and not pay interest and all this other jazz. So I finally gave up. I really really should have pressed her to escalate this even more, but I was so tired of fighting and to be honest, didn't have $450 at the time. Either way, this is why I'm trying to figure out why it would've been illegal for a business to ask for a SSN. :)
2 years ago
in Don’t Ask Me For My Social, Ever. Ever. on dmiessler.com | grep understanding
Here's the problem though. If she's asking for your SSN, that must mean she already has it on file right? So you must've given it to them previously. Either way, I feel you on this. Carl M may say it's rare to be asked for SSN, but I get asked all the time! Utilities, cell phone, etc.
What arguments did you use to convince her it isn't legal to use for identification? I'd be curious of the legal precedent that will uphold your argument. I'm asking so I can use it as well! :) I'm a HUGE privacy advocate, but, sometimes it feels like there's just no way around it.
What arguments did you use to convince her it isn't legal to use for identification? I'd be curious of the legal precedent that will uphold your argument. I'm asking so I can use it as well! :) I'm a HUGE privacy advocate, but, sometimes it feels like there's just no way around it.
2 years ago
in Don’t Ask Me For My Social, Ever. Ever. on danielmiessler.com | grep understanding
Here's the problem though. If she's asking for your SSN, that must mean she already has it on file right? So you must've given it to them previously. Either way, I feel you on this. Carl M may say it's rare to be asked for SSN, but I get asked all the time! Utilities, cell phone, etc.
What arguments did you use to convince her it isn't legal to use for identification? I'd be curious of the legal precedent that will uphold your argument. I'm asking so I can use it as well! :) I'm a HUGE privacy advocate, but, sometimes it feels like there's just no way around it.
What arguments did you use to convince her it isn't legal to use for identification? I'd be curious of the legal precedent that will uphold your argument. I'm asking so I can use it as well! :) I'm a HUGE privacy advocate, but, sometimes it feels like there's just no way around it.
