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Comment Re:RFID = The Mark of Beast? (Score 1) 743

I'm not saying that religion and science are inherently incompatible, but I am saying that her equating an RFID badge to the "mark of the beast" makes me think her devotion to her religion will place a shadow over her science education.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking too.

I mean look at people like Larry Wall, a smart technical guy who created and offered Perl for free basically because, "god want us to do good things,..." (something to that effect, I forget the exact quote). His action is sincere and genuine and does not diminish any technical credibility, I'm fairly sure I won't find quotes of him spewing something about the number of the beast,..

Comment RFID = The Mark of Beast? (Score 4, Informative) 743

Funny, my initial reaction was, "great, a young engineering student standing up for her 1st and 4th amendment rights.", then I saw her primary reason,...

For many Christian families, including the Hernandez’, the mandatory policy is eerily close to the predictions of Revelations 13: 16-18, which warns of the Mark of the Beast:
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[a] the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (New King James Version)

Comment Pros of Monsanto? (Score 3, Interesting) 377

So from everything I've heard and read about Monsanto, it is the epitome of evil and functions with impunity here in the US. That Brazil would be the stand up (and win) against them is very inspiring and should set an example.

However to play devil's advocate, are there any benefits to a company such as Monsanto?

Comment Re:007087 (Score 1) 510

Say what you will about Perl (now at version 5) it has always maintained backward compatibility. (while adding new features)
A very annoying aspect of Python is that version 3 is not backwards compatible with 2.
Version 2 apps need to be rewritten to 3, depending on your code base and organization, this is a major PITA

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