Uh, Monsignor Georges Lemaître. Science and Christian religion can live harmoniously. Both have their good and bad points. Until you know all the knowledge in the Universe you cannot definitively say that there is no G-d, nor can you definitely prove all theories to be fact. Just because something is a theory does not mean it is 100% undeniable fact, the basic definition of theory includes words like "propositions", and "commonly regarded". A good example of a theory that was widely believed by a vast majority of scientists including some very noted big names, but now is regarded as false is the Steady State theory. As far as other benefits of religion, neither science nor own government are good at teaching morals, they both fail at that severely, however deeply looking into the New Testament yourself, not what some leader tells you, you will find some excellent moral lessons. Personally as far as creation is concerned, one question is "How long is one of G-d's days?" There was no earth so going by an earthly day would fail as such one has to wonder how long that day is. On the opposite side of the coin, and going back to the Big Bang theory, where did the singularity come from that started the universe? As far as stories changing, we now know through science, archaeology, that the good portions of the Old Testament and New Testament are the same as they were 2000 years ago. As far as everything being made up by some drunk, there are too many things from the Judeo Christian bible from past the first couple chapters of Genesis on that have been proven correct by archaeology. I'll probably get modded down, but these are just some of my arguments.

Digital versions are hard to read in the "Reading Room" with out the tablet having a chance to get wet. And a laptop on bare skin well that gets a little hot.

1) The VPN we already have, the biggest price is the extra licenses for the Anti-virus. Most home users that bring in there laptops to me I have setup with free for home use AVs because they don't want to pay for McAfee or Norton, but somehow they still manage to not update them regularly (Like AVG's or Avira's update to a newer version) and end up bringing their laptop back to get the viruses removed and a newer version of the Anti-Virus installed. 2) None of the laptop users will allow me to install full disk encryption. They say having to use a password on their home computer is a pain, and I can't seem to get it through to them why it should be used.

We recently had to setup security for those that wanted to use smart phones for email clients. We send lots of email regarding clients and recently became aware of state statutes where we would have to notify every person if someone lost their smart phone with 2 or more pieces of personal information in an email about a person. In an effort to allow the smart phones, but reduce risk we decided to use a policy management system that would give us access to wipe the phone if it was lost. Management did not want the risk of being finned for lost data, or the media debacle it would bring (remembering the VA debacle over lost laptops), but people wanted to use their smart phones. So we had to meet in the middle, people could still use the smart phones, but we still maintained control over the data. We have not fully opened up for remote work yet via laptops etc... as I cannot get approval to spend the money on the software to help with that, until then I am stuck between management wanting no risk and users wanting remote access. A rock and a hard place.

My current employer was in that state when I started 7+ years ago. I enjoyed the diagnosis and repair. If you like the metal test of fixing problems it is great. Hang in there and when you are done fixing everything you will have something to be very proud of. :-)

I do agree with your first couple sentences it is strange. Perhaps they were only interested in dealing with cigarettes because it is less violent and they were also wishing less likely to get caught. One thing I remember from smoking is the comradery of smokers. If they know some place to get cigarettes cheaper they will tell their friends. If the smugglers charged $30.61 per carton (sorry easy math) that means they would make a net profit of $3.8 Million over 14 guys is $277K per guy. Not a huge mark up but a descent amount.

You cannot produce more than 100 gallons per calendar year per adult living in the house. For more info check with the ATF. Here is my Elderberry wine recipe 2 gal Elderberries, ripe, washed 2 1/2 gal Water 1/4 lb Sugar 1 x Lemon, juice of 1 x Yeast, cake.

The tax on cigarettes is high enough that the black market is increasing steadily, do you think our Government in their need for more money will not tax Marijuana the same way? Also, the Zetas, one already have the infrastructure in place for the sale of Marijuana, and two, Marijuana is not their only commodity.

From the ATF website "Nationally it’s estimated $5 billion in tax revenue annually is lost on the black market," says Special Agent Chris Perez and another entry "November 2009 – ATF special agents bust a ring of tobacco smugglers in Northern Virginia. Culminating a 14–month investigation, agents took 14 people into custody where the suspects allegedly paid or traded for more than $8 million, nearly 40 firearms, and drugs to purchase 388,000 cartons" And if black market cigarettes are negligible why trade drugs and guns for them which in that theory would be worth more money.

Actually a still is legal for personal use with the right documentation which is easily obtainable from your local court house. If you would like I will send you my recipes I have. And I am sorry legalising Marijuana is one thing, Cocaine, and those types of drugs have zero chance of getting legalised for general consumption anywhere in the US. They are simply too destructive and addictive to the human body.

Even if it is legal there will be people like the Zetas. They will simply sell it cheaper than other companies and pocket the almost 100% profit. A good example of this is moonshine. If legalising something would do away with all illegal trade in that item moonshine should not exist. Another example is black market cigarettes purchased by people to get around paying taxes on them. Do you not think the government would tax marijuana. And if you only legalised marijuana the Zetas would be around to still smuggle in other drugs. Where there is money to be made crooks will make a counterfeit or sell the same thing cheaper to make money for themselves.

The main problem with this thought is that Skype and all the others use a simple text file in the actual user account. This is not good, easily modifiable by the end user, plus one side or both can turn off logging without having to go through corporate policies or management. As opposed to email server logs of both the sending and receiving server which are centrally kept, harder (note I did not say impossible) to modify, and then there is the server copies of the emails, again a more verifiable copy that is harder to modify. When it comes down to brass tacks Skype and other IM logs would get eaten alive by the opposing attorney as being unreliable, easily tampered with, and hard to corroborate. If the court you go to even accepts them in the first place. Look how long it took for courts to accept emails, they are notoriously slow to accept technology.

This is a great show by Mr. Carmack. To take the time to actually rewrite it himself so that there is no patent issues. I think everyone should send him a Thank You note. He could have just as easily said "I have made my money off this who cares." But he is thinking of the Open Source community instead of his pocket book alone.

Well that was an uninteresting article, all it said was it wanted my money.

There are some good apps out there that can filter numbers. I use Mr. Number, not too bad, and I don't get a couple annoying phone calls I have put in the list. :-) Straight to VM. Granted you might still get charged for incoming calls.