Category: Opinion
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“Santa’s Beard Has Always Been White” – His Beard, Say I…
A VISIT FROM ST NICHOLAS, HIS “RACIALLY BENIGN” BEARD ALL WHITE. THE REST IT MATTERS NOT, WHAT THE COLOR IS, ONLY A SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL RACE, COLOR AND CREED. “The Night Before Christmas“ 1 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house, 2 Not a creature was stirring,…
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Thought of the Moment, But Only For “A Moment”
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Words of the Day 16 December 2013 – Einstein
“Professor: “You are a Christian aren’t you son?” Einstein: (as a student) “Yes sir.” “So you believe in God?” “Absolutely sir.” “Is God good”? “Sure.” “Is God all powerful?” “Yes.” “My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to heal others who are ill.…
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Triple Quote Saturday – 14 December 2013- Imagine
“Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and…
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Tech Piece of the Day 12 December 2013 – Data Transport Protocols
If we still have some vestige of the digital technological revolution of the last century, it is certainly the data transport mechanisms in use throughout the internet. Although maybe we should talk in plural because they are precisely two mechanisms we have inherited from our digital prehistory. These are TCP and UDP. Both data transport mechanisms have…
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Intelligent Design Fail
“Given an infinite number of options and perfect foresight, would you design a world where children are raped?” A question for Theists (Christians etc), Deists, & Agnostics: Would you design mental disease or defect that compels someone to abuse children? If god did that, he can’t be a force for good and his words are meaningless.…