or pass the time as a jitney, generating income & reducing the need 4 expensive fixed-route rail;-)

i've been kludging an mp3 player page & got it to play on clicking in both osX & winXP, but none of the linuces i've tried recently(fc16, mint12, ubuntu12) will play anything in the browser out-of-the-box, even tho they'll gladly play mp3s locally:-\

so would u let me know if u can play any of the mp3s on http://bostoncamerata.org/camradioNew.html from ur browser?

10q

not is is not is not

oops...2nd amendment;-)

updated 4 the 21st century: to include the right to keep & bear compilers;-)

that offended my sensibilities, 2 (the throwing away, not ur post;-) i also ripped them out & saved 'em...made gr8 handwarmers when shorted;-)

what i said above;-)

and have u noticed the new commercial holy water, dispensed in convenient pop-up tissues @ every grocery store entrance, or in wall-mounted pumps, for a ritual handwashing on entry;-)

as a form of nasal innoculation with whatever pathogens are floating around;-}

no, celebrity _is_ the new religion;-}

isn't it the very definition of evolutionary advantageous behavior? religions exist because they are good at motivating & organizing the efforts of large #s ( >small kinship bands) of people to accomplish works that provide survival value. doesn't the bible have helpful advice such as: get ur drinking water_upstream_from ur latrine?

religion is folk-psychology, using behavioral modification techniques that work on the individual, transmitting valuable information, in a pre-literate world, by way of mnemonic stories, ensuring that subsequent generations don't have to reinvent the wheel.

> people's behavior (in this case, children) was distinctly impacted positively by the concept of 'an invisible being watching me'.

what the rabid atheists overlook is that the target audience of religious teachings, which aren't intended to withstand rational, critical examination, is the _pre_rational mind, ie: children. a conscience must be created while still possible...isn't the age of reason a long-established concept in law & religion?

so habituating the pre-rational mind to moral behavior while it is still influenced by magical thinking is necessary to produce moral adults.

and that is imho the primary function of religion: socializing each new batch of barbarians;-)

doesn't the bible also mention getting drinking water _upstream_ from the latrine? religion is a way, in pre-literate times, of preserving & passing on knowledge by wrapping them in mnemonic stories, as well as explaining the unexplained (thunder&lightning? da' gods;-)

but imho, the atheists miss the primary function of religion: socializing each new batch of barbarians, before a conscience can be instilled in a child. religion is indigenous psychology... and what better way to make people listen than to threaten eternal damnation?

who perhaps don't know, given the sad state of education in the u.s., that all of europe was rebuilt about 60 years ago under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan

if by democracy u mean tyranny of the majority, then please remember that the u.s. has a constitution designed to prevent it...but it takes determination.

unfortunately most creationists counter that while evolution is true _within_ species, it can't _create_ a new one...and of course pointing out evolutionary diversion doesn't penetrate their closed minds:-(

why would you expect them to give up w/o a fight? they're still pushing their female-servitude agenda 40 years after roe v wade (and when they try to wrap themselves in the abolitionist mantle, i say forced labor is the very definition of slavery;-)

and don't forget they're probably still pissed over the end of blue laws:-P i say if this passes we fucking kick 'em out of the union;-);-);-)