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Vox Hunt: Sunday Giggles

nobody@vox.com([this is connie]) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:32:29 -0700

Photo, video or song... Show us laughter.

clipped from www.oddee.com

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Art - warrior

nobody@vox.com(ed'sperience) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:24:22 -0700

Warrior

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Just a little digital doodle I did a couple of days ago. Probably do a series of 3. The above is a very low-res file. The actual file is about 300 mb. Good thing I have enough RAM in my system - 4gb - and a dedicated graphics card with 1gb ram. Sometimes, without the hardware, the imagination can only so much - which is why i've always been of the opinion that the class system cleaves out a large chunk of talent by making unaffordable that which might be put to better use by the have-nots - i recall giving up the violin in my early 20s due to lack of funds though i had enough talent to skip to the next grade after a couple of weeks. Always have more than you need when it comes to constructing tools. Then, once you have it, feel guilty about not using all of it and then get down to doing it justice by using all of it. Just a thought.

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ANZ Bank: revelations from the executive level

nobody@vox.com(ed'sperience) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:05:51 -0700

ANZ Bank: revelations from the executive level

http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/a...

[Cross-posted] If you follow my ramblings, even when they don’t make sense, you know I had my knives out for the ANZ National Bank here in New Zealand for what I think is questionable practice. So it was interesting to meet a few people tonight who are employees of the bank, one of whom was very...

An interesting article by my neighbour Jack. It may not have anything to do with your local affairs, but remember, the solutions your problems lie in your acquiring perspectives born of the experiences of others.

My comments may be viewed in Jack's comments section.

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Should the Church of England appoint women bishops? - vaginal discrimination?

nobody@vox.com(ed) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:53:52 -0700

Should the Church of England appoint women bishops? - vaginal discrimination?

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/threa...

The Church of England's General Synod will debate the issue of women bishops on Saturday. Can the Church unite over this and other controversial issues?The Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, will lead a debate on Saturday on a report outlining the options open to the Church of England in proceeding with women bishops. Traditionalists want the legal right to opt out of the supervision of a woman bishop, and into the care of a male alternative. Last week conservative Anglicans agreed to create a global network to combat modern trends like the ordination of gay clergy.Are you an Anglican? How do you feel about the ordination of women bishops? Is the Communion heading for a split over controversial issues – such as the appointment of women bishops and gay vicars?

Let's put it another way - should the Church of England appoint bishops without penises?

...which makes me immediately wonder what the relevance of what's-between-my-legs is to the Word of God.

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The evolution of a conspiracy theory

nobody@vox.com(ed) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:01:58 -0700

The evolution of a conspiracy theory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/ma...

A large number of Americans question what happened that dayIt wasn't only the Twin Towers that collapsed on September 11. A third World Trade Center tower that wasn't hit by the planes also fell. As a report into Tower 7 prepares to publish its findings, Mike Rudin considers how this conspiracy theory got to be so big.

A 'conspiracy theory' is a 'theory' and not a 'science'. Not because it cannot be a 'science', but because the lack of transparency disables its 'theorists' from putting their respective theories to the scientific test. This doesn't invalidate it, but just gives us a good reason to strive for total transparency. Of course there are dissenters who laugh at 'conspiracy theorists', but these are the real fools who actually believe that all that they see and hear must be true simply because they see and hear it. They become the puppets of the media, MNCs, governments, etc. That is nothing more than a medieval mentality and such people should be denied the right to vote - as are children and the mentally challenged.

If you think about it further, once there is total transparency, 'conspiracy theory' will cease to exist as such and become one of the modules within political science.

So go on 'Conspiracy theorists', you're doing good.

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Pro-Chavez Catholics under fire

nobody@vox.com(ed) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:31:31 -0700

Pro-Chavez Catholics under fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7...

By James Ingham BBC News, Caracas Mr Chavez has clashed with the Catholic Church in the pastReligious leaders in Venezuela have criticised a recently formed church that openly backs President Hugo Chavez's socialist politics. The Reformed Catholic Church was set up by a group of Anglicans and Catholics who wanted to put more emphasis on helping the poor. But the ruling body of the Catholic Church says its members are criminals who are trying to divide the Church. The Church and the government have been in frequent conflict in Venezuela. Catholicism is practised widely in Venezuela, but the new group's open support for President Chavez's socialist policies is deepening those divisions. Feathers ruffled The Reformed Catholic Church was set up by a group of priests from a mixed background. It has a small following - several thousand people in the west the country. But despite its size, its philosophy has ruffled a few feathers. The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, the ruling council of the Catholic Church, has described the founders as delinquents. Its vice president, Archbishop Roberto Luckert, has accused the new organisation of taking government money and mixing politics with religion. But Enrique Albornoz, who was appointed as the Reformed Church's first bishop last week, denies the allegations. "We support the work the government is doing for the poor," he told the BBC, "but we don't take any political line." The breakaway organisation is unusual in supporting Mr Chavez. The Catholic Church has often clashed with the president, accusing him in the past of taking Venezuela down a path to dictatorship. He in return has criticised the Church for being elitist and ignoring the country's poor. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Bookmark with:DeliciousDiggredditFacebookStumbleUponWhat are these?

Just for the sake of argument....

So the ruling church in Venezuela has criticised this breakaway group for dividing the church. Well, are they dividing the church or are they claiming it for the proles, or working towards a clear distinction between a bourgeois socialistic church and a proletarian one. I think what the church has to do to put this matter to rest is to determine if the Christ was a bourgeois or a socialist in inclination. Till that is done, for all you know, it is the ruling church that is the 'breakaway' faction from the original one. Think about it.

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Vox Hunt:思い出の一枚

nobody@vox.com(takeratta(tm)*) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:57:58 -0700

思い出の一枚といったらこれ、という写真を見せてください。

3rd Gen nano (RED)

a Christmas gift @ Apple store 5th Ave. NYC, NY, US.
a piece of my sweet memory of Christmas Eve,, 2007 in NY.

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Dans le parc des volcans

nobody@vox.com(Sergio) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:17:27 -0700

P1010669

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Mac vs Win vs You

nobody@vox.com(ed) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:51:05 -0700

There is no doubt that windows is quite the dodgy software. I've been using it since win95 through to winXP and am hesitant to fork out money for what will certainly be the latest DBI version of Vista (dodgy-but-improved). But one of the reasons why it is such a 'crap' OS compared to, say, MacOS - according to reports - is that Mac is competing with Windows whilst Windows is competing with previous versions of itself.

Here is where I apply what I call, 'the principle of relative relief', to understand this. In other words, so long as what we experience is better than what we are used to, we can potentially mistake it for 'good' simply because it provides us with greater relief than what we are accustomed to - that's why political systems, cultures, the human condition, etc, can remain is such a sorry state year after year.

But hey, who cares, that's capitalism for you - selling screwed up goods so that we can sell you upgrades for the future and depend on the Principle of Relative Relief to help the fat bast*rds rake it in. Anyway, I'm waiting for a Win version of the MacOS that enables software written for the windows environment to be used within a MacOS environment. All that Mac has to do is to write up a software compatible with software written for windows. Of course that's not going to happen anytime soon as the fangirls and boys waving flags under the loins of each company are too busy forking out money to maintain either camp without pushing for an amalgamative strategy. So long as Mac can keep their software attached to the hip of their hardware, they can rake in money for their hardware as well. That's 'progress' for you.

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blue & blue

nobody@vox.com(shin) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:57:27 -0700

さぁー待ってました金曜日(*´∀`)♪

080704 Fri shiba minatoku tokyo

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