Slippery when Wet

Pope, K5, and the religious left

Well, the unreligious left (pronounced "humanists") have surprised me a bit, but understandably so.

According to this story at Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/4/1/221759/0901 the author calls the pope one of the true heros of the twentieth century. This shocked me for obvious reasons, namely K5's abhorring anything which gives value to anything but "me". Now I'm not a "Pope-believing Catholic" but I wouldn't expect anyone

The article is actually a good read, with quite a bit of history I did not know about the former Pope. Obviously the religion of Humanism reigns supremely on K5, as detailed by the comments that followed. What out of my mouth would be an insult, I read quite freely from one of the readers:

"Come on, is this best denunciation you liberalists can muster."

Please forgive the gramatical errrors, I didn't write it.

Humanism is a religion which is often masqueraded as Science and "critical thought". Basically they threw out all moral tenets and replaced them with "me-ism". With no basis greater than relativism, valuations are deteriorated to what makes me the happiest/best/etc... It's basic creation theory of choice is Evolution. The devaluation of everyone else is supported by this theory.

Pyblosxom Gone Dark

While attempting to get a test Blog site up using pyBlosxom, the site holding its Wiki went toes-up. Conversing with the author has turned up that the ISP for subtlehints.net claims the site generated too much CPU utilization and they had to drop it. Sucky. But at least I was directed to the real store of documentation: http://pyblosxom.sf.net

Ubuntu and Kubuntu Linux

Only a few more days away from Ubuntu's "Hoary" release, and the first ever Kubuntu release!

Ubuntu is a Free Linux distribution (All Free, All the Time), based at http://www.ubuntu.com/ It is relatively simple to install and use as a server or desktop system. It is Debian-based (like so many others: Knoppix, MEPIS, Helix, etc...) which means the install software is used to install the base system, and online software repositories are available for installing new/updated software.

Kubuntu is still Ubuntu, but the installation and initial package selection is based around the K Desktop Environment (KDE). Kubuntu is looking very promising for those of us who prefer the blue, glitzy interface of KDE.

Both are very good systems, with an active community and many means of getting involved. Kubuntu has quickly become a close second-favorite distro for me, right behind SuSE Professional. But unlike SuSE Pro, Ubuntu's main page states in "Ubuntu will always be free of charge, and there is no extra fee for the "enterprise edition", we make our very best work available to everyone on the same Free terms." The "Ubuntu Manifesto" is a refreshing commentary.

Kphone and Asterisk

I recently was provided an extension on an Asterisk PBX. Asterisk is an OpenSource Voice over IP (VoIP), supporting SIP, H.323, and many other open standards for voice telephony.

Kphone is the SIP tool I'd like to play with, so I configured it up as I suspected it should be and guess what? It didn't work. Crap. So I did some troubleshooting and made sure I was doing it right.... Finally, it hit me. I'm connecting using Wireless/Cisco VPN. That changes my IP Address, much like a NAT but not quite. Kphone doesn't account for that, it just allows me to pick from real network adapters, not the virtual one created by Cisco's VPN. I plugged the machine in wired and of course I get connected and registered immediately.

Perhaps I can run a SIP Proxy on my own system and bypass this... Who knows? Or the Kphone folks will work that into their code to support Cisco VPN. Either way, it works for wired connectivity at least. Yea!

Definition of Left and Right, aka Wrong and Right

"A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left." Ecclesiastes 10:2

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31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’

40 “The King will answer them, ‘Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers (The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”), you did it to me.’ 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

44 “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

45 “Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’ 46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”" Matthew 25:31-46

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"Right" is typically considered "conservative" but is more practically characterised by someone who believes that there is a "Right" and "Wrong" which transcends individual opinions. This type of individual typically will acknowledge the importance of self-responsibility, however failed each individual may be. This is represented in a valuation of human life, value of "the greater good", and the ownership of guns (?).

"Left" is normally considered "liberal" but is more practically characterized by someone who believes that "Right" and "Wrong" are relative. Unwilling to declare faith in something as dogmatic as the Bible, "leftists" have nothing to measure right and wrong against, short of their own meandering opinions. This is represented in a valuation of self, personal freedom, and love of Unions.

Although we are all a bunch of sinners, I find myself on the Right. I believe the world was created, we humans were made special, God has written Right and Wrong on our hearts (of an unseered conscience), that we need to work hard, point at perfection, and when we miss the mark we keep at the challenge. I believe in corporal punishment, spanking, and loving those who do wrong as laid out in I Corinthians 13:4.

" 4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. "

I fail. But I will not stop trying because I fail.

God is good. He loves you and me. He wants for us to repent and

Free Ipod's?

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