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Clarity: Market versus Government

Posted on June 23, 2009 by ehurst

We need a little clarity here. At places like LewRockwell.com, you’ll find the underlying theme, often bluntly stated, of preferring the Free Market over the State. For those of us who serve Christ, the eternal viewpoint is the Market and … Continue reading →

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Life on the Console: Debian Squeeze

Posted on June 22, 2009 by ehurst

Perhaps you can come up with your own reasons for it, but running Linux on the console only is certainly worth the effort. For example, a lot of really fine hardware still runs fine, but painfully slow if you run … Continue reading →

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When the Time Comes to Dump the Lackeys

Posted on June 22, 2009 by ehurst

So we now see yet another UK government memo indicting the Iraq War. Let’s back off a bit and take a broader perspective. I have long contended there are many ruling powers wearing no official title under any current government. … Continue reading →

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On the Console Again: Debian Squeeze

Posted on June 20, 2009 by ehurst

After making provisions on another system for my responsibilities to others, I have studied again the possibilities of moving my laptop back to a pure console Linux installation. I waded through some discussions over FreeBSD, NetBSD, Gentoo, and a few … Continue reading →

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Cultivating Our Own Demise

Posted on June 19, 2009 by ehurst

We are killing ourselves. In a thousand different ways, we Americans steadfastly ignore the wisdom of the ages in our headlong rush to increase suffering and destroy what little we had that would have worked. We have so many pharmaceuticals … Continue reading →

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Console Only: Unable to Serve

Posted on June 18, 2009 by ehurst

It was a washout. While I had no trouble doing it for myself, there were lots of problems when it came to serving others. There are too many things I do for other folks which require having OpenOffice.org, multimedia capabilities, … Continue reading →

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Debian Lenny Sans-X

Posted on June 16, 2009 by ehurst

No two users are a like. Each of us has our own ways and reasons for them. By no means do I pretend here to offer a complete review, since I am neither competent nor interested in that sort of … Continue reading →

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Now Non-GUI

Posted on June 16, 2009 by ehurst

I’m trying to type this from my now console-only Lenny install. I’ve already discovered there are some places on the Net, and some functions on some websites, are inaccessible completely. Anything requiring lots of Javascript to function is simply not … Continue reading →

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Another Possible Death-of-the-Net Scenario

Posted on June 15, 2009 by ehurst

So we have this story about plans by the US government and some allies to attack some certain sources of cyberspace troubles. If I understand correctly, the idea is to use various methods to implant what amounts to spyware on … Continue reading →

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Who Says We Can’t?

Posted on June 14, 2009 by ehurst

Inherent in the concept of “academic” is the idea we isolate things from the complexity of the real world so as to understand some element more fully. The assumption is we do this for as many parts of the reality … Continue reading →

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