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Sep 12, 2003
By | Posted at 19:30:38
The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a bar one day and sat down to
drink a beer. After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said,
“Who owns the big white horse outside?” The Lone Ranger stood up,
hitched his gun belt and said “I do. Why?”
The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, “I just
thought you would like to know that your horse is just about dead
outside.” The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside and sure enough,
Silver was about dead from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got him some
water and made him drink it. Soon Silver was starting to feel better.
The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “Tonto, I want
you to run around Silver and see if you can create enough
of a breeze to make him start to feel better.” Tonto said, “Sure,
Kemosabe”, and took off running circles around Silver. Not able to do
anything but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to the bar to finish his
drink.
A few minutes later, another cowboy struts into the bar and announces,
“Who owns that big white horse outside?” The Lone Ranger stands again
and claims, “I do. What is wrong with him this time?” The cowboy says to
him, “Nothin' much, I just wanted you to know….you left your Injun
running.
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Sep 11, 2003
By | Posted at 18:22:48
I felt like I should post something acknowledging today. I didn't have a chance to write a lengthy post, but perhaps that's not needed. Two years after 9/11, I still find it a sobering, saddening event. I mourn for the families of those who were lost. For those who were lost without having a personal relationship with Jesus. For the naïve innocence of our nation that has been lost. For the lives that have been lost in wars sprouting from 9/11.
Everything has, as it is often said, changed. Just today I heard a jet overhead that was especially loud and had a small, but persistant nagging that it could be another hijacked plane. On a less terrorist related level, the aftereffects of 9/11 threaten the very fiber of our nation politically as its terror is misused to push through legislation such as the PATRIOT Act in the gloomy days after the attack.
And most of all, all of those people who perished in such a horrid way. Oh, if only we could again live in the world of 9/10/01 and not 9/11.
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Sep 9, 2003
By | Posted at 18:37:53
When I tried to post a message to a
GNU/Linux mailing list I've been on for awhile, I got this message in lieu of my message being posted like it normally would be:
Due to legal documents XYZ Company has received via certified US mail that indicate XYZ Company and its customers may be liable for damages or licensing of intellectual property contained in the linux kernel, effective September 9, 2003, XYZ Company is no longer supporting any GNU operating system that uses the linux kernel.
The linux@xyzcompany discussion mailing list is also permanently
discontinued.
I'm not sure if “XYZ Company” is looking for publicity about this, so I chose to change their name, however, the text is verbatim. This is just speculation, but my guess is that SCO has sent them notice as they expand their circle of litigation and they didn't feel like gambling on whether SCO was bluffing or not.
If that indeed turns out to be the case, this would signal a troubling new stage in SCO's campaign against GNU/Linux. It would show that SCO is moving down from top tier resellers to smaller, regional ones.
To be clear, after thorough analysis of SCO's case, most of those familiar with it agree that the case is really no case at all. The snippets they have released as a showcase of the code “illegally placed in Linux” turned out to be code SCO itself had authorized for reuse in virtually any way imaginable — including inclusion in Linux.
The question isn't who is right, but whether anyone can afford to stand up to the wrath of SCO, and their lawyer, David Boies (yes, that's the same Boies that represented Al Gore in the 2000 post-election fiasco).
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Sep 8, 2003
By | Posted at 18:7:40
Hmm, not bad, not bad at all. I was hoping to be either Original Glazed or Chocolate Covered whipped cream (not custard creme).
Original Glazed
What Kind of Krispy Kreme Doughnut Are You?
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From Christopher.
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Sep 6, 2003
By | Posted at 18:20:31
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul's Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
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Sep 5, 2003
By | Posted at 19:45:12
It was a crisp autumn Sunday, not really unlike other early autumn Sundays. At St. Paul's Evangelical Church in Creve Coeur, MO, a visitor might not have expected that anything abnormal was about to happen. Two church services and Sunday School/Adult Bible Fellowships plugged along just like normal, but just an hour after the last service something that would attract the attention of observers around the nation would occur.
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Sep 3, 2003
By | Posted at 16:20:43
A site called the “Internet Monk” raises some thought provoking questions on the faith-political merger that is a “Conservative Christian.” In particular he wonders if we spend more time listening, reading and watching conservative news and opinion sources than we do studying and applying Scripture. OK, I'll admit it, I've definitely been guilty of that sometimes!
This guy hits the nail on the head concerning a number of issues, I think. First, while we should be interested in politics, they aren't the end all be all or shouldn't be (and while he doesn't say this, the question I have asked myself — especially since the Iraqi conflict started this spring — is, am I more worried about my particular political ideology being spread or the Gospel being spread?). In many cases politics are essential and we should deal with them to keep our freedoms (which in turn allow us to spread the Gospel), but we should also make sure they don't become our “Ultimate Reality,” in other words, we don't want them to become an idol.
Secondly, its nice to see someone speak out against Bill O'Reilly. Here's a guy who has called pro-family and pro-life advocates “fanatics.” He's compared these people, such as former homosexual Stephen Bennett of Stephen Bennett Ministries, to the radical fringes of Islam. He got upset with one interviewee, I think it was Jerry Falwell, for insisting that Christ is the only way to receive salvation. This guy might be a fiscal conservative, but he is very liberal on many social issues, and it is sad to see Christians endorsing the guy as he rips apart Evangelical Christianity.
My only big beef with the article was on his comments about Rush's theological views. I could be off base, but from what I've read in his books and elsewhere, I think Rush is a Christian. The cows will still probably come home before Rush starts having a Bible verse of the day on the EIB Network, however.
Anyway, I thought this article was interesting. I'm not going to drop politics. I'm still going to listen to Rush Limbaugh when I can (I haven't be able to lately). However, I thought it was a thought provoking article and well worth a few minutes to ponder.
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Sep 1, 2003
By | Posted at 18:29:29
I've decided to form an exploratory committee to decide if I should try to go for the write-in vote on the California Recall Election. I figure the whole thing is so fractured as is, a write-in candidate might have a chance. To get things started, I've got my good ol' BSEC campaign sign back up.
Not bad, huh? Maybe if word gets around, I'll even get my own burrito.
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Aug 31, 2003
By | Posted at 18:27:4
I'm not quite sure what to make of the fact that I score high on “Level 3,” but at least I scored best up on top.
The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Take the Dante's Inferno Test
So, how did you do on yet another “episode” of Stupid Web Polls?
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Aug 29, 2003
By | Posted at 19:40:9
There is no greater love than this/There is no greater gift that can ever be given/To be willing to die so another might live/There is no greater love than this.” Steven Curtis Chapman wrote those words in reflection of the five missionaries who died in the early 1950's attempting to reach the Auca Indians.
I've been reading Through the Gates of Splendor, the story of the five written by the one missionary's wife, Elizabeth Elliot. It's really amazing the sincerity and excitement these men had at entering the jungles of South America and approaching a tribe who killed almost anyone that came near them. They gave up great opportunities, both worldly positions and other (safer) missions opportunities, to reach out to a group most people just tried to avoid.
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