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Kubuntu Guide 09

(Almost done with this, folks.) 09 — Internet Software As with Windows, there are several ways to set up your email. You can use the built in Kmail client. However, this is a prime example of software designed by a … Continue reading

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Just My Opinion

As previously noted, we Americans are too hideously wide open to manipulation through guilt. It’s just too easy to use guilt and related negative emotions to restrict our behavior. It’s used in religion and politics alike to shut you up … Continue reading

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Actively Non-activist and CompSec

If you are an activist of any sort, I might be able to help you with security. Context: I am not an activist. I am utterly certain that, while we might gain some simulacrum of limited political goals, the system … Continue reading

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Some Vision

I participate in something that started long before. The dream of returning to a simpler faith without all the added folderol and misguided restrictions has been around since shortly after the last apostle died, around AD 100. The only complication … Continue reading

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Alien Gateway

Dr. King had almost forgotten her meal, but took another bite while she considered things. Then, “A lot of people are disappointed with mainstream religion these days. Tell me how you came this epiphany, if I can call it that.” … Continue reading

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The Pastor and His Religion

What have we here? The whole idea behind using parables is that there is some overlap between the concrete, literal meaning of the words and something beyond words indicated by the terminology. This blog is the ephemeral touch point for … Continue reading

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Threat Assessment 3

The existence and effects of networked communication requires us to use that medium. It remains our primary tool of communication, even when the people on the other end are geographically close. This is how people do things in our world … Continue reading

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Threat Assessment 2

In the first century, it took significant funding for a handful of guys and gals to wander from town to town and present the gospel message. That was how you spread a new idea, by traveling to the next place … Continue reading

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Deaf Ethics

I suppose it was never more than some kind of experiment. When I posted my resume on Monster.com, I seriously doubted I’d get any useful response. Out of some 20 contacts, one was genuine, but misguided. The rest were simply … Continue reading

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Strident Media Racket and Apocalypse

This post is a bit long, so I won’t blame you for skipping it. The only questions that matter start with moral truth. I’ll keep hammering this issue over and over, that all truth is a question of morality, not … Continue reading

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