Blind "Churches"

During the sermon of openly gay bishop Gene Robinson, a young man stands up in the crowd calling him a heretic and calling for him to repent. The crown then starts to clap, not for the man standing up for biblical truth, but to silence him. The only biblical voice in that entire "church" was drowned out by the congregation singing praises to their god while he was being dragged away. This is deeply troubling and disturbing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7504472.stm

How quickly we forget history

Whether you are for or against the war in Iraq, let us be reminded who beat the drum in the first place. None other than Colin Powell, who now is backpedaling.

Deciphering Windows 7 numbers

Warming: this post will be more geeky than most of my others.

Microsoft has made a lot of operating systems. With the recently announced Windows 7 being the official name, how did they determine the number 7? In this chart I am only taking into account major version numbers, not the server lines, and not interim releases (like Windows 98se).

First a quick history:
Historic line - The number determined by release date.
DOS Line - Based on MS DOS. 16-bit
32-bit NT Line - Written completely from the ground up and no relation to the 16-bit version except for name and look.
Consumer line - What was sold to mainstream consumers.
64-bit line - Windows completely rewritten to 64-bit.



For those saying Microsoft is rushing Windows 7 because of the bad Vista press, this is completely untrue. Just looking at the historic release date one can see a 2-3, sometimes 5 year time frame between Windows versions, so a 3 year time frame between Vista and Windows 7 is not unheard of. Calling Windows 7 the 14th version of Windows would not be accurate as there have been different lines of Windows for different markets. We can see Microsoft is going with the numbering system that was sold to mainstream consumers, starting with Windows 3.

When Microsoft releases Windows 8 as only 64-bit, then we will get into another naming snafu, as that will technically be the 4th version of the 64-bit platform. Also, since Windows 7 will be the last 32-bit version, and every modern computer is 64-bit, it makes no sense not to buy a computer with 64-bit Vista or get 64-bit Windows 7 when it is released. The industry support is there now, and its due time consumers make the switch.

Everything else aside, I'm enjoying Vista now, Windows 7 is a name that will work, and I look forward to it in the next two years.

Goodbye Analog

Television will finally switch to all digital in February of next year, and I will be throwing a going away analog party. For those that have not made the switch, here is a brief tutorial.



Best line, "Will all of this make Jack Benny come back?".

Human rights for the dead, not the living

California just passed a law that gives dead people rights. The exhibit that shows actual human bodies on display for $25 a ticket, is getting these human remains from "unclaimed" dead body trafficking in China. This is not to say what is being done at these displays is permissible or that I oppose the newly passed law, I just find it funny that people are fighting for the rights of dead people, and not the rights of those who are living, whether they be unborn or elderly. Most illogical, and morally inconsistent.

Modern Music Learns from the Past

Some friends and I were at a club last night for a birthday party and heard Fergalicious by Fergie. I offered $5 to anyone who could name what song this modern dance song was based on. I still have $5 in my pocket.

Listen to "Fergalicious" by Fergie:

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Then listen to "It's More Fun to Compute" by Kraftwerk released in 1981 from the album Computer World.

SeeqPod - Playable Search

From Wikipedia:
"Kraftwerk’s releases in the 1970s and early 1980s, most significantly Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), and Computer World (1981), directly influenced and continues to inspire many popular artists from many diverse generes of music."

This is just one example of so many. Notice that the entire bassline and many of the riffs are all taken directly from Kraftwerk. So if you want a history of where modern dance music came from, just listen to Kraftwerk. A German band that started in the 1970's, still tours to this day, and whose influence continues today and likely beyond.

Predicting the Post Election Headlines

Because of the love affair the media has with the democratic candidate, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict what much of the media may say. If McCain wins and Obama looses:

It was because America was...

• not ready for a black president
• not ready for radical change
• not ready to accept the lifestyle of gays

And not because he...

• supports the killing of children through abortion, late-term abortion, labor induced abortionkilling of those children that survive an abortion.
• opposes the biblical definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
• misquotes and misrepresents the bible.
• has a distorted view of Christianity and supports false teachers.