Hurricane Rita is Coming

I hope that the respone to Hurricane Rita would be much better than that of Katrina.I will add more on Rita later on,but right now there are two pages to track Hurricane Rita
1) Disaster Center's Rita Page
2) National Hurricane Center
From wikipedia,
Hurricane Rita is the seventeenth named storm, ninth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm has already impacted Florida and Cuba, and currently threatens Texas and Louisiana, with the National Hurricane Center of the United States forecasting it as of 11 pm EDT, September 20, 2005 to become as high as a Category 5 with a landfall sometime on September 24, near Galveston and Houston in Texas.

Google Talk and Ad Sense

I used to use the open source Jabber Instant messanger while my college days.I miss using Jabber,it has lot of features which I could not say about the irritating IMs with ads from Yahoo or MSN.
Jabber uses the XMPP protocal. The main advantage is that it is open source, meaning that anyone can deploy /develop their own IMs based upon the protocal.
The advantages according to the wikipedia page are
Advantages

* Open : the jabber protocols are free, open and public. Making it easy to implement clients or servers
* Standard : The jabber protocols XMPP is a IETF(Internet Engineering Task Force) standard
* Decentralized : anyone can run their own Jabber server
* Secure : It is possible to encrypt the communication between client and server.
* Extensible : New feature can be added to the protocol, using the power of XML namespaces.
IETF's main aim is to standarize web protocals.
Those days were long gone but XMPP is back with a bang,thanks to Google again.
The much superior Google Talk (as compared to other IMs) features open protocals ,no adds, multi messanger connectivity(ie you can use Gaim in Linux or Trillian in Windows to connect and chat), and high quality voice chat.
I highly recommend using the IM in place of MSN or yahoo.
In my final note, I am using Google AdSense in this page,which (I think) pays me $0.01 for every search/add that is done through the Google bars/text box. Unfortunately,I don't know that I will earn $100(the minimum amount for payment).It takes 10,000 distinct(that is differnt computers) to search through the google boxes.
And I needed Linux and Scholar searches ,( I modified their code so that you could search Linux/Scholar) and I don't know whether that adds up the clicks or not.
Hope it does.
If you want to know about adsense, read this page

My response(Continued)

It has become a interesting series of emails that I am publishing here.
My response to the previous answer from the preacher(admin) follows.
Thanks for your response.I don't think that you know about
SHOUTING or
did you deliberately used the uppercase letters?
Anyway your response opens up further queries.I hope that you would take the time to
answer taking the time off from your busy schedule of spreading the words about God.

For example on the question about infanticide you pointed out that it
is wrong to add wrong with another wrong,ie it is a "Sin" to
abort on being raped,but if let's say the rapist is a family
member,the child is a product of an incest,then what?
Should the child still not be aborted? If no, what should be the
child's status from a purely theological or a Christian view point.
As for the ID debate probably you know about the recent controversies
about the documentary "March of the Penguins".ID supporters are using
arcane examples from such far off thing as a documentary to try to
"prove their case".Are you sure that the
books that you are referring to do not allude to similiar blunders as
it later turned out that the "family values" of the Penguins were also
coupled with homosexuality and polygamous behavior.
I think that there is much Science can't explain ,but to work as a
scientific theory shouldn't ID should have at least one scientific
paper with proofs so that others could repudiate or check up the claims.
As for the warlords and muslims -aren't you blaming them for their
own way of expressing their respect for God as they see it?
And how come a child born to a muslim or a non muslim mother in
Somalia could be any different from a child born to anyone in
America?
I agree that I have not understand your rhetoric,your ideas and your
approach.Maybe I am ignorant but does not God loves everybody either
the person is Atheist or not?
And what about the suffering from Katrina,you blamed prostitution and
drugs for the suffering in the Gulf Coast ,but how
can you say that a child or the the old patients in the hospital(that
was left without support/care) were responsible for their untimely death?
How come that it is found that Canadians(where Gay marriage is legal
and social services is one of the the best) people are more happy than
say in many theist socities?
How come the priests that were accused of child-molestation were never
fully investigated from the church,let alone unfrock them?
How come the number of non-believers(infidels) are increasing day by day?
Hope to hear from you soon
And thanks for your reply

Linux and Indexed Search

There is lot of options for index search in Linux.
Depending upon what you are looking for the following searches might come handfull-
1)Apropos or man-k
Man -k searches the man pages for the text that you inputted.For example you might want to find the possible commands /and tutors for vim.
man -k vim
returns the possible commands with with description containing the word vim.
For man -k to work you need to do
makewhatis
(to update the index)
2)htdig
You can crawl your intranet and index files in the intranet with htdig.If you want you can crawl the whole internet(think about time and space consideration).
Now you can use htdig to search for files/pdfs/etc.
More information here
3)For local indexed search you can use rlocate ,slocate and locate.
Unfortunately it is not user friendly or should I say 'ID10T free'.
It has all the functions of google desktop,but you must create a database (or index) at start by the command
updatedb
More information here

Clutter in the blog

There is so much problem with formatting that I have used the HTML tag
<pre> to preformat some of this blog.That means that some blogs are
comming out of margin.I will fix these on the weekend probably and
hopefully.If I don't lazy,that is!

March of the Penguins and ID

The documentary March of the Penguins has stirred quite a controversy. ID supporters are claiming that the documentary shows family values among penguins thereby validating ID.For those who have not watched the documentary ,it concerns the annual journeys of Penguins which plays a vital part in the breeding and survival. Both parents of the a chick have to go through an arduous journey to make sure that the chick survives.
The documentary is a hit.It has grossed more money from any documentary with the exception of Fahrenheit 911.
Unfortunately like other claims by ID supporters the claim that family values is shown in nature by the Penguins is seriously flawed.It has been found that "non family values and crime" like homosexuality /incest is quite prevalent in animals.
Thus their claims fall through,and I could probably say that homosexuality is propounded by God himself.If not how come the animals show these "abherrant" behavior.
It has been found out by now that the Gay Gene is partly responsible for gays to be Gay.So how come the gay gene is created by God himself.Does not make sense!
But after all how can a religious homophobic fanatic make sense at all!

Response to my questions(about ID and God)

The admin uses SHOUTING ostentisiouly in this reply.In the ongoing debate about
ID ,I think his reply merits publication.I will publish my response
very soon.
"> Let me take a copy of your letter and give a brief response to your
questions. There are lots of things that no one has an answer to, but
these are the kinds of questions we deal with in our materials and
many of them are in previous bimonthlies on our web site. I will use
caps to identify my respoonses. John Clayton
> Thanks for the reply.I was not expecting one.Now I am open to ideas
> and opinions(may not sound like that from my earlier email).But I want
> to know if you answer the following questions:
> If God is omnipresent and ominscient then why
> 1)There is so much suffering in earth? BECAUSE OF HUMAN GREED, SELFISHNESS AND STUPIDITY. IT ISN'T THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE RESOURCES, WE ARE JUST TOO SELFISH TO DO IT AS A SPECIES.
> 2)Why INNOCENT people (mostly poor) has to face the wrath of nature
> and rich people(katrina, Gujarat etc) FIRST OF ALL, THEY AREN'T SO INNOCENT. SECONDLY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW WHAT GOD SAID TO DO. THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN SYSTEM ADDRESSES POVERTY AND NEED. BUILDING A CITY BELOW SEA LEVEL AND USING THE BULK OF IT FOR PROSTITUTION AND DRUGS IS NOT A CREATION OF GOD, IT IS A PRODUCT OF THE REJECTION OF GOD'S TEACHINGS.
> 3)Why God comes up as not an unifier but an force which divides people? BECAUSE PEOPLE WON'T FOLLOW WHAT GOD HAS SAID. READ MATT 5-7 AND SEE IF YOU THINK WHAT JESUS TAUGHT WOULD DIVIDE.
> 4)Why so much anti-semitism and other forms of racism is prevalent? SAME ANSWER AS ABOVE
> 5)How come if somebody is raped and she gets an abortion, that is
> "infacticide" not self-dignity. BECAUSE THE INNOCENT BABY WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE RAPE. DOING ONE WRONG TO CORRECT ANOTHER NEVER WORKED AND NEVER WILL. I HAVE THREE ADOPTED CHILDREN WHO ARE THANKFUL THAT THEIR BIOLOGICAL MOTHERS WERE STRONG ENOUGH NOT TO MURDER THEM FOR SELFISH INTERESTS.
> 6)How come those who support ID or the geocentric universe or even the
> miracles of God(Shroud of Turin ,etc) have not given anything to the
> world,but as I already told are always instrumental in starting
> wars,famine etc. THERE IS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ID AND GEOCENTRIC OR SHROUD ISSUES. WHO STARTS THE WARS, THE PEOPLE OR THE POLITICIANS? YOU'RE SAYING THAT PEOPLE LIKE ISSAC NEWTON, PASCAL, MAXWELL, (SEE OUR BIMONTHLY FOR COUNTLESS OTHERS) NEVER HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO THE WORLD. THAT SIXTH QUESTION IS A HORRIBLY IGNORANT STATEMENT.
> 7)If God creates everyone equal, does a child in Somalia compare to a
> child born anywhere in America? IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE WARLORDS, YES. IT IS ATHEISM THAT HAS CAUSED SOMALIA, CHINA, STALIN, AND EVEN HUSSEIN ( TALK TO MUSLIMS ABOUT WHAT HUSSEIN REALLY BELIEVES). SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IS THE RELIGION USED TO JUSTIFY WHAT IS GOING ON IN THESE SITUATIONS.
> 8)If some form of ID is possible ,why THERE IS NO PROOF of yet.? I ASSUME YOU HAVEN'T READ THE ID BOOKS. THEY OFFER STATISTICAL PROOF AS WE HAVE DONE IN OUR MATERIALS, THAT BLIND CHANCE IS NOT AN ADEQUATE MECHANISM FOR WHAT WE SEE IN THE NATURAL WORLD. YOU ARE CRITICIZING SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND AND MAKING STATEMENTS THAT ARE SIMPLY NOT TRUE. PLEASE DO SOME READING SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FACTS ARE. YOU ARE PARROTING BLIND ATHEIST RHETORIC THAT HAS NO FACTUAL SUPPORT, AND FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT IS KNOWN. "

Emmy Awards

Emmy award winners were disclosed yesterday.The Winners and Losers show a interesting reading. Clearly ,"the homophobic(Will and Grace)", and "a show with no family values(Desperate Housewives)" plays second fiddle to the totally crap show like Everybody Loves Raymond.I don't think that I need to say more,but I am happy though that Lost won.In the day in which reality shows showed what they can do driving a possible contender to suicide it does not seem suprising that the same show won the emmys for best reality television.Now wonder that! or is it.

Google Desktop

If you are not already using Google Desktop ,I think it is high time that you do it.
Google Desktop creates an index(or cache) of local files ,and let you search the files or what is contained in the file through a web browser much like the famous google internet search.
There are many advantages of Google Desktop
The new version allows you to get from stock rates ,weather to current news easily.It also allows you to search all files (or the files that you want to include in the index). For example if you had a pdf or a doc file containing some vital piece of information ,and after using the file you push the file to some unknown corner of the computer, your search option is the standard windows search.Unfortunately,it is not only slow but might take hours to find the relevant piece of information.
Enters, google desktop, you just type your search words in the google taskbar panel,and you get a chance to open the pdf file or the doc file pronto.
Google's desktop page lists the benefits
# Get all your personalized info in one place with Sidebar
# Launch applications and search instantly with Quick Find
# Find all your email, files, photos, web history, Gmail, and more
# Search conveniently in Outlook with the Outlook Toolbar
You can download the desktop it from here
There are also plugins which you can use to enhance the desktop.
Google desktop only works in WinXP and Win2k.
I must say that Windows also have an indexing service which could rightfully be said to be crap.It takes too much time, is not turned on by default,it does not allow resources to be free during computer usage(google desktop indexes only the computer is idle), and is too useless for discussion.

Re: Thanks for supporting God

Hi
Thanks for the reply.I was not expecting one.Now I am open to ideas
and opinions(may not sound like that from my earlier email).But I want
to know if you answer the following questions:
If God is omnipresent and ominscient then why
1)There is so much suffering in earth?
2)Why INNOCENT people (mostly poor) has to face the wrath of nature
and rich people(katrina, Gujarat etc)
3)Why God comes up as not an unifier but an force which divides people?
4)Why so much anti-semitism and other forms of racism is prevalent?
5)How come if somebody is raped and she gets an abortion, that is
"infacticide" not self-dignity.
6)How come those who support ID or the geocentric universe or even the
miracles of God(Shroud of Turin ,etc) have not given anything to the
world,but as I already told are always instrumental in starting
wars,famine etc.
7)If God creates everyone equal, does a child in Somalia compare to a
child born anywhere in America?
8)If some form of ID is possible ,why THERE IS NO PROOF of yet.?
There are countless other questions,but these would do for start.
Robin

On 9/18/05, XXXX@aol.com <XXXX@aol.com> wrote:
> God doesn't speak through preachers. He speaks through the creation and
> through His word. That is what our site does - it deals with evidence - not
> hot air vocalizations by humans. John Clayton

Re: Thanks for supporting God

By the way I got the reply I was looking for .It was probably the
admin of doesgodexist.com

"God doesn't speak through preachers. He speaks through the creation
and through His word. That is what our site does - it deals with
evidence - not hot air vocalizations by humans." John Clayton

Thanks for supporting God! A message to the IDians

HI
God has spoken in favor of Evolution.God has also spoken through
thecomputer which I am typing ,and the skeptics dictionary.God has
spokenthrough Bible, the greatest text in the world. Well I just know
that it was the preachers who opposed the concept of earth's
revolution to the sun, they were too preoccupied in their geocentric
earth.
I just remembered it was 500 years ago.Now in the 21st century ,God
has spoken again in favor of the preachers who say that evolution and
scientists are evil.Just remembered that your site was set up mainly
because the evil scientists "CREATED" computers for starters.
Hope to hear from the God again.
Rbn

Time for rethinking of the ID debate

Come on everyone knows it ,no Intelligent Design was behind
evolution.When televangists and religious fundamentalists start to
back such a theory you start to wonder what exactly it is.
According to skeptic's dictionary
Intelligent design (ID) refers to the theory that intelligent causes
are responsible for the origin of the universe and of life in all its
diversity. Advocates of ID maintain that their theory is scientific
and provides empirical proof for the existence of God or
superintelligent aliens. They believe that design is empirically
detectable in nature and in living systems. They claim that
intelligent design should be taught in the science classroom because
it is an alternative to the scientific theory of natural selection.
Wikipedia have a comprehensive page on ID
ID on wikipedia
There are two sites
Does God Exists?

Teleological arguments in favor of God<
in support o Creativity.
In my personal thinking ,those people who fear science are actually
shouting ID in their full voice.Science has given us everything
including the computer I'm typing in.If ID exists ,and God exists they
exist in the minds of people ,but should never be taught in schools.

German Election

Germany is going to the elections today.The biggest economy chooses a
chancellor and the course of Germany today.The last time Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder was elected there was hope as the government also
encompassed greens. Now the conservative Merkel seems a safe bet with
tough anti-immigration nazi policies in the cards.Germans are scared
,scared of the foreigners and the loss of jobs and the loss of the
welfare state thanks to the politicians who are inciting these
fears.If you ask most Germans they would blame immigrants /foreigners
to their plight.No wonder the nazis are winning!