'Blasphemy must be forbidden because it is against God'
Where is God? Is he real? Can you show me your God? Can you show me any evidence of your God? No, you cannot, and so this argument is meaningless to those who are not believers in your God.
'Blasphemy must be forbidden because it is against religion'
So you want to protect religion. Which religions will you protect? Do you want religious discrimination? If not, you must protect them all, both large and small.
Do you know how many religions there are? Do you know what strange beliefs they hold? Do you remember the people who thought that there was a UFO behind the comet? That was their religion!
So if you protect all religions against blasphemy, you will have to censor many, many truths - including the NASA information about the comet!
This situation is impossible because anybody can create a new religion at any time, and ask for new censorship. But if you refuse to listen to them, you would have religious discrimination.
'Blasphemy must be forbidden, when it offends many people'
Many religions are offensive to each other. For example, Islam says that Christ was a man, but Christianity"
.......... Freedom of Speech is under attack:
2006-03-27
DMR is C.R.A.P.
A load of C.R.A.P. - At The Whiteboard - ZDNet
ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind suggests that CRAP or Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection, is a catchier phrase than DRM - Digital Rights Management. Why does he think this technology is crap? Once you've bought music or other content to play on one device, it won't play on any other device because of the proprietary layer of CRAP.
Host: David Berlind, executive editor, ZDNet
Length: 00:03:00"
ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind suggests that CRAP or Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection, is a catchier phrase than DRM - Digital Rights Management. Why does he think this technology is crap? Once you've bought music or other content to play on one device, it won't play on any other device because of the proprietary layer of CRAP.
Host: David Berlind, executive editor, ZDNet
Length: 00:03:00"
GTK windows with alpha channels
Writting a semi-transparent window (ie with an alpha channel) using GTK+ .2006-02-22
US Human Right Record : Maher Arar
Maher's Story in Brief
Maher Arar is a 34-year-old wireless technology consultant. Arar was born in Syria and at the age of 17, came to Canada with his family. He became a Canadian citizen in 1991 and in 1997 moved to Ottawa.
In September 2002, Arar was in Tunisia, vacationing with his wife Monia Mazigh and their two small children. On Sept. 26 while in transit in New York’s JFK airport, he was detained by US officials and interrogated about alleged links to al-Qaeda. Twelve days later, he was chained, shackled and flown to Jordan aboard a private plane and from there transferred to a Syrian prison.
In Syria, he was held in a tiny “grave-like” cell for ten months and ten days before he was moved to a better cell in a different prison. He was beaten, tortured and forced to make a false confession.
During his imprisonment, Monia campaigned relentlessly on his behalf. After many representations from Canadian Human Rights organizations and a growing number of citizens, the Government of Canada, on Jan. 28, 2004, announced a Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar.
Maher Arar is a 34-year-old wireless technology consultant. Arar was born in Syria and at the age of 17, came to Canada with his family. He became a Canadian citizen in 1991 and in 1997 moved to Ottawa.
In September 2002, Arar was in Tunisia, vacationing with his wife Monia Mazigh and their two small children. On Sept. 26 while in transit in New York’s JFK airport, he was detained by US officials and interrogated about alleged links to al-Qaeda. Twelve days later, he was chained, shackled and flown to Jordan aboard a private plane and from there transferred to a Syrian prison.
In Syria, he was held in a tiny “grave-like” cell for ten months and ten days before he was moved to a better cell in a different prison. He was beaten, tortured and forced to make a false confession.
During his imprisonment, Monia campaigned relentlessly on his behalf. After many representations from Canadian Human Rights organizations and a growing number of citizens, the Government of Canada, on Jan. 28, 2004, announced a Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar.
2006-02-21
Password less ssh login
- On the client, generate a new ssh key
using "ssh-keygen" command . It will ask you for a path to
save the file, and a passphrase, just press "enter" to
select alldefault values and to return to console.
ssh-keygen -t dsa
Next copy the file "/home/<user's-home-directory>/.ssh/id_dsa.pub" to the server running "sshd" service using scp or a suitable method. The command mentioned below is for scp.
scp /home/<user's-home-directory>/.ssh/id_dsa.pub <user>@<server-system>/home/<user's-home-directory>/id_dsa.pub
To allow multiple system to connect to the server running sshd, add the content of the "id_dsa.pub" file from another system using the following format
cat id_dsa.pub >> /home/<user's-home-directory>/.ssh/authorized_keys- After setting up the "authorized_keys" file, run the following command to setup the permission correctly
chmod 0700 /home/<user's-home-directotry>/.ssh -R
And you done :)
2006-02-18
Gnome 2.14
Good things
Speed , Speed, Speed
Search through Nautilus, Yelp
Metacity had a compositing manager
Deskbar
Evolution looks better
Cairo
And lots more .....
Missing Stuff :(
Themes/Icon polish
gtk-engine cleanup
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