Linux for Christians

[George Toft]

I remember my friend's mother's reaction when she found out he had
the soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever (remember the Bee Gees?) - 
Devil music she said it was.  Here we are, 24 years later, and
we all seem to have survived.

24 years from now, when everyone has a PDA watch with personal 
locators, integrated video phone, full Internet connectivity, 
proximity transceivers for POS purchasing, full-motion color video 
capture capability and onboard MPEG-12 compression on its puny 1TB 
memory card, we'll look back at those that thought the Internet 
was evil and smile at their naivity.  Anyone read the book "The
Road Ahead" by Bill Gates?  Excellent book, and the CD in the back
(if you can find a Windows box that will actually run it) has a
great peak into the future.

George


Greg wrote:
> 
> Heeeeeey....!!!!
> 
> Put the cat down and step away from the keyboard!
> haha, just joking
> 
> Internet is evil?
> Damn! sometimes I still feel like I am living in dark ages.
> When do these morons realize that technology is never good or bad!
> It is neutral and only what you do with it is good or bad!
> 
> For what it's worth I could probably use some Christian distro and host
> pron on it.  (LOL)
> How does this sound to you all?   Whould that constitute blasphemy?
> 
> Greg
> 
> Voltage Spike wrote:
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> >On Monday 10 June 2002 22:43, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> >
> >
> >>What *this* site is is yet another Special Interests Group with links
> >>to software related to their interest.  It's no different, really,
> >>than an animal lover offering links to screensavers, wallpapers, pet
> >>interaction programs, and the like.  Or any low-budget advocacy group
> >>sharing info on using Linux to advance the cause.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Don't worry.  We'd laugh at the cat lovers as well.  No harm
> >intended. ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >>I actually did something a *little* similar not that long ago with my
> >>own church in an attempt to get people to interact more online.  I had
> >>some tutorials and the like written up on how to use Linux and ogg
> >>vorbis (and was getting into icecast) to allow church members spread
> >>around the country and the world to still stay in touch.
> >>Hmm.. although in my case, midway through my work, I was told by the
> >>Church Board that I was to cease and desist any and all work I was
> >>doing since the Internet was evil (no joke) and they thought people
> >>should spend less time online, not more.  Ah well.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >"Evil"?  I think I hear the words of an individual with little
> >experience.  They need to keep in mind that the first amendment doesn't
> >just apply to them.
> >
> >In the case of spending more time offline, that is certainly a common
> >thread among society.  However, if the religious leader of choice can
> >spend a couple of hours a day talking to people, then they should
> >respect my right to do the same.
> >
> >Your project sounds like it is dying to be placed on the PLUG website,
> >though. :-)
> >
> >- --
> >                                               Voltage Spike
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