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Kilarin

Foil is absolutely correct. Any attempt to combine government and religion destroys BOTH. AND, currently Sharia law has no legal standing here. And no indication that it is likely to. The scary thing about Sharia law is that it IS the stated intention of those who believe in Sharia law to combine it...

Kilarin

So, I'm away for a while, and when I come back home, you've gotten new furniture and painted the house!

Shiny!

Kilarin

For those of you who are interested in trying a new web comic, check out:

That Wasn't There Yesterday

It only has one panel a day, but it updates EVERY day. The story is just starting to get interesting...

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Top Gun wrote:there'd be no way in hell that any self-respecting scientist would be able to keep their mouth shut over something like that.

Excellent point.

Kilarin

What I find really bizarre about the UFO conspiracy theories is that they almost all include the idea that the government knows about aliens, but is covering it up. I mean, really, think about it. What do all governments want? More money and more power. What would happen if the government announced ...

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"While we don't have anything to hide, we still think its none of your damn business!" to all this ridiculous surveillance. Exactly. What will they get if they crack open my computer? My music files? Descent levels? The files on my computer only have "sentimental" value to me. E...

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null0010 wrote:The way I figure it, I don't have any data worth encrypting.

Think of encryption on your home computer as the equivalent of sealing the envelope when you send a letter. It's not perfect, but it's easy enough to do that it's worth the effort.

Kilarin

A VERY true point from XKCD. If anyone REALLY wants your data, there are usually much easier ways to get it than cracking your encryption. That DOESNT mean encryption is a bad idea. Encryption is like locking your front door. It keeps out a whole LOT of people. But it wont stop a really determined c...

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I can't get to the NY Times article, BUT:

Truecrypt. It's free, and its open source. No back doors!

Kilarin

The government that restricted stem cell research on religious grounds I hate to be defending Bush here, but I think it's important to clarify this point. To the best of my knowledge, the government did NOT restrict stem cell research in any way. The ONLY thing they restricted was funding stem cell...

Kilarin

My Sympathy Cuda, things are insane. It's ok to use social media (with temperance), but never, EVER post ANYTHING that you don't want to be general public knowledge. Even a restricted \"friends\" list is not going to protect your comments from exposure to people not on that list. Pictures ...

Kilarin

Grendel wrote:Nope. "Correctly Attributed" per Snopes.
Same difference.

Not exactly. Snopes confirms that Wayne Allyn Root really wrote this. Not that the facts Wayne presented were true.

Kilarin

yep, nicely done!

Kilarin

I'm glad they decided to not burn the books but the fact that some redneck preacher in Florida can make a group of people that live all across the globe go out and start killing random victims simply because he burned copies of their holy book is so disturbing that the redneck preacher suddenly bec...

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woodchip wrote:So now the Moron Imam in Charge is stating how not building the Mosque will be a national security issue as world wide Muslims will turn violent if Mosque is not built.

That is just... Sad. On so many levels.

Kilarin

Spidey wrote:Kilarin, I didn’t say that, please stop misquoting me, you have a bad habit of doing that. This is at least the 3rd or 4th time.

Edited and corrected. I'll pay more attention.

Kilarin

If Christians want to call for the deaths of Muslims, homosexuals and others they deem as sinners or evil, they need to be prepared to get that "speech" thrown right back in their faces, even if it is revolting 'protected free speech'. Yep. Both sides have a right to say offensive things....

Kilarin

Where would one find the article of this event? Had to dig around a lot to find the references. I never could find the original article I read, but I think the 2007 case below was the one it was talking about. If so, it was Germany and not the US, so I misremembered the place and some of the detail...

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On the other hand, if you're doing anything remotely shady... don't have a cell phone, I guess? There was a court case recently where the prosecutor argued that the fact that the accused had left his cell phone at home was evidence that he was intending to commit a crime and did not want to be trac...

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Ferno wrote:whereas a VW polo makes the prius look like a gas guzzler in terms of MPG.

Well yes, but the polo isn't a CAR, its a wind up toy!

I've got a friend who drives a diesel Jetta and he keeps beating my gas mileage! Grrrrr!

Kilarin

Will Robinson wrote:Too much affirmative action for idiots perhaps?

Possibly.

But when I look at history, it doesn't seem to be a new problem. We've always had idiots. <sigh>

Kilarin

Spidey wrote:Kilarin…implying somebody should have died, is not out of line?

Ok, had to go back through the thread line by line. You're right, I apparently skimmed right over that.

So, my apologies Cuda. Yeah, "Too bad you survived" is out of line.

Kilarin

so would you suggest the Muslims shouldn't have introduced the project for the same reason you suggest the protesters shouldn't have raised their concerns against it? Oh, absolutely! It was a STUPID thing to do. It is worrisome and ultimately I may have to concede that my team has just as many trou...

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My conclusion is that your whining causes more harm to America than their community center. You are free to reject my conclusion, of course; that's part of what makes this country great. Exactly. And we are all still fully aware of their right, that was never the topic I understand that you recogni...

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you dont need to defend your position to TB. his comments were out of line. I don't entirely agree with ThunderBunny on this, but his comments didn't seem "out of line" to me. Just a difference of opinion. Simple matter of physics. The faster a car travels, the harder it is to stop or mak...

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It was aimed at Americans. Some of those Americans were Muslim. That is the nature of America. .. Right, and yet only the feelings of the survivors who are Muslim are important and the feelings of the non-Muslim survivors is somehow purely racist and Islamophobic. I'm calling ***** on that! Two poi...

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it wasn't aimed at Muslims it was aimed at Americans. Americans were the target. It was aimed at Americans. Some of those Americans were Muslim. That is the nature of America. Just Muslim and until they show they want peace - I have no use for them and I won't give kudo's to a random mistake. If a ...

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If he was Muslim, None what so ever If we can simply blanket all Muslims into a sub-human category, what separates us from the terrorist? They also blanket large groups of humanity into the "they don't count" category. This man gave his LIFE trying to help victims of the 911 disaster. Tha...

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Cuda68 wrote:If he had known they where dying for Allah - he would have let them go get there 90 virgins and celebrated.

So, no respect for an EMT who, instead of just driving by the mess, left his car and tried to help the injured and the dying? They found his body in 35 different pieces.

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For families of Muslim 9/11 victims, a new pain

Just a different perspective. The family of a Muslim man who died helping others on 911.

Kilarin

Wow. I didn't realize so many in this forum had such an in depth knowledge of cosmological physics and M-theory to so quickly dismiss Stephen Hawking, even from a philosophical point of view. I'm breathless. I would never dismiss Dr. Hawking. His work in theoretical physics and other areas is nothi...

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but, unless you create individual containers for each, truecrypt doesn't encrypt emails, does it? Unless they've added something new? Creating a new truecrypt container for every email would certainly be secure, but not convenient. Truecrypt is WONDERFUL, and would certainly make it easy to encrypt ...

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Hawking's position is silly. Which is amazing for a man of his stature. Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing This does nothing to answer the question of why there is a law such as gravity. It's a philosophically silly assertion. Either you have...

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My prediction? The center eventually gets built. Protesters, encouraged by conservative talk show hosts, continue to picket outside. Vandals mark up the building, then grow bolder and start doing real damage. The protesters began harassing visitors to the center. Finally, some individual attending t...

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The US courts are really confused. Earlier this year the Supreme Court declared that corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to making campaign donations. And now... http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/threatening-mail/ It's not a crime to send death threats if they were ...

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I bet you don't want planned parenthood passing out condoms in schools. It seems to send the message that authority condones promiscuity since the authority is providing the condom. Well, the 'authority' of public opinion shouldn't be goaded into sanctioning the Islamofacsist's trojan mosque. The &...

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If the Neo Nazi's want to build a center next to the Holocaust Museum we we would let them but everyone would know what it is and realize we let it happen in spite of the nature of the people who put it there. We wouldn't pat ourselves on the back and say we are helping to bridge the gap between th...

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More on-topic, it's a sad statement when Cracked has just about the most sensible take on the issue out there. Yeah, that is quite remarkable. But then, next week it will be an article on the top 10 reasons Alqueda should start using zombies to do their suicide missions... Oh, never mind, they alre...

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But it happens all the time Yep, but ALL sides seem to be equal offenders: http://www.truth-out.org/troops-punished-after-refusing-attend-evangelical-concert62504 I see little respect for religious freedom and separation of Church and State from the left OR the right. Both sides want the government...

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I played dink a LONG time ago and, if I'm not misremembering which game this is, the whole \"wife beating\" angle really disturbed me. There is an NPC who beats up his wife. While you watch. If I remember correctly, she is your sister (aunt?). If you ignore the situation, he beats her up. ...

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Re: I've always liked those Aussies...

Wow!

New web comic

mixed up courts