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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Outline of CompSec
It’s Sunday and the prophet has a burden to share: Learn how to surf the Net safely. Most Internet users are not sufficiently paranoid, and they leave way too many doors open for the kind of activity they engage. Most … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged browsers, compsec, computers, internet, linux, search engine, technology, windows
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Job 19
For once, Job comes close to a direct answer to their accusations. Yet, because he uses reverse wording, most Western commentators miss the point. Again, Job does not accuse God of injustice. Rather, he warns his visitors that if they … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged human reason, Job, mysticism, peace, propaganda, religion, scripture
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Linux on a Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5104 (Updated)
This thing is pretty low spec, starting with a dual-core 1.3Ghz processor. It comes with Win8 and I would personally never tolerate that on any of my computers. While I am capable of helping my clients set theirs up and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged centos, computers, debian, linux, radeon driver, redhat, scientific linux, software, suse
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Morality Laundry List
A handful of questions regarding biblical morality arose in the past few weeks and none of them justify a post by themselves. As always, keep in mind the fundamental use of quantum moral reasoning. Masturbation is a Western obsession; it … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ANE, divine justice, government, human sexuality, mysticism, oppression, political philosophy, propaganda, resistance, scripture, spirituality
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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 9)
(The updated version of this series can be found here.) As noted from the start, this is DIY computing, but you aren’t alone by any means. Ideally, you would make friends with a Debian user in meat space. There’s nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, culture, debian, linux, philosophy, psychology, technology
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Tool Shed 5
Writing tools on Linux tend to suck, unless you start looking into the older and more established software. Part of what annoyed me about KDE and GNOME was that the primary text editor for each has never been much good. … Continue reading
Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 8)
(The updated version of this series can be found here.) So we have the Chromium browser, but maybe you prefer the other major browser family, called Mozilla. We noted already that Debian doesn’t use the official labels for Firefox, but … Continue reading
Posted in computers
Tagged browsers, compsec, debian, Firefox, linux, open source, Seamonkey, software, technology
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The Business of Prayer
Context is everything. A key element to all my religious babble on this blog is recognizing that you cannot blindly inject your own cultural prejudices into the process of reading the Bible. Scripture arises from a radically different mindset than … Continue reading
Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 7)
(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) The folks who make computer hardware aren’t always on good terms with the folks who develop Linux. You’ll hear both sides blame the other and it really doesn’t matter … Continue reading
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Tagged business, computers, debian, linux, nvidia, open source, politics, technology
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