On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> On 23/03/12 11:19, Tim Connors wrote:
> > (I was just looking at smart phone prepaid plans. None are suitable for
> > me. I want to pay less than $20 per month, which I can do with a non
> > smartphone by virtue of having some credit that can last 365 days, as long
> > as I don't use it. Which I don't. Very few providers seem to realise
> > that not everyone wants to talk and text on their phone all day every day.
> > Sometimes we only want something for emergencies because we're unsociable
> > bastards).
>
> I pay $10 a month (post-paid) and get 1500 MB of data (excluding social
> media, which is free) and more calls and SMS than I use if I try! (I
> think around 2000 SMS?)
>
> The options are out there.
Back to Luv-talk. Who's that with? I haven't found/deciphered any such
plans like that.
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Tim Connors
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Michael Scott <mds(a)inoz.net> wrote:
> Russell, please at least be honest with your posts. The "member of this
> list" didn't try to "convince" you of anything. Just asked you to read a
> book which I have read. Pretty much the same as your asking me to read YOUR
> "propaganda".
The difference of course is that I cited web pages which can be freely read
with a single mouse click. While you are implicitely requesting that I donate
money to an organisation I oppose to read their propaganda. Now if they were
to make a free ebook of it for download in PDF then I might even read a couple
of pages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_marriage#Ancient
Your claim that no church in history has ever permitted Gay marriage, but
there is lots of evidence. In general claiming that something has never been
done in human history is one of those extraordinary claims which requires
extraordinary evidence - not just some hand-waving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing_of_same-sex_unions_in_Christian_churc…
Even aside from that, the fact that so many modern churches are blessing Gay
marriages and civil unions (in the case where the church accepts Gay
relationships but the state doesn't) makes it quite implausible that all the
different churches over the period from ~50 to ~1900 have had unanimous
agreement on this issue in spite of having no real contact with each other.
> The first article mentions a rape victim and says that she "must marry the
> rapist", when in fact Deuteronomy says the rapist must marry the victim. I
> can't comment on the culture of the time....thousands of years BC.... about
> the status of women. It's easy to believe everything you read, especially
> if it says what you want it to say.
http://www.care2.com/causes/a-woman-should-not-have-to-marry-her-rapist.html
We don't need to discuss "thousands of years BC" when such things are
happening today. The above article describes the situation and explains why
the victim isn't legally compelled to marry her rapist, but social pressure
from her family forces her to.
> Even examples of people in the church participating in gay sex doesn't mean
> The Church accepts it. It just means that no-one is perfect.
The people who oppose gay marriage seem to be less perfect than most judging
by the weird stuff the conversion therapy people do.
> You said to me that I don't understand Christianity. You have shown that
> YOU have NO understanding of Christianity. Christians are not perfect. What
> Christians have is a faith. Not a perfection.
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/jn/good_list.html
Christians are not supposed to be judgmental, "He that is without sin among
you, let him first cast a stone at her."
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/1cor/13.html
Christians are supposed to have charity, "and though I have all faith, so that
I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing".
Now if Christians were to demonstrate those qualities when it comes to the
debate about what the secular laws should be regarding marriage then we
wouldn't be having an argument.
> In that faith I don't hold any "dislike" for gays/lesbians. As I said to
> you, I have many gay/lesbian friends. But you refused to believe me in
> that. I offered to give their details to you, but you ignored that and said
> "they all say that".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_marriage#Health_issues
If they are such good friends then why are you acting in a way that has a
negative impact on their health? Surely you would want your friends to have
all the health and financial benefits that derive from being married.
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Tim Connors wrote:
> (I was just looking at smart phone prepaid plans. None are suitable
> for me. I want to pay less than $20 per month, which I can do with
> a non smartphone by virtue of having some credit that can last 365
> days, as long as I don't use it. Which I don't. Very few providers
> seem to realise that not everyone wants to talk and text on their
> phone all day every day. Sometimes we only want something for
> emergencies because we're unsociable bastards).
Already got a pager? ;-)
(Hmm, since pagers are now a niche market for emergency services like
SES and sysadmins, they're probably MORE expensive...)
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Subject: Humanity+ - Future Science and Technology - 5-6 May 2012 - Melbourne
From: "Adam A. Ford" <tech101(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 9:52 am
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I'm looking for a cheap tailor that can do uncommon clothes items. IE things
like SuitJamas wouldn't be a big deal for them. Ideally it would be a company
based somewhere with cheap wages (EG India, China, or Vietnam) where I could
send measurements and a description via email. To avoid misunderstanding it
would be good if they understood standard Australian sizes, so I could just
specify the sizes used for off the rack clothes in Australian stores with the
desired color and fabric.
There are a bunch of tailors based in other countries that have web sites
where you can specify the measurements for basic items such as suits and
business shirts. But when the site first asks for a radio button selection
for which item of standard business clothing is to be made it seems unlikely
that they will do what I want.
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Subject: [Melbourne-pm] Perl-related talk at YOW! Nights next week
From: "Damian Conway" <damian(a)conway.org>
Date: Thu, March 15, 2012 7:22 am
To: "melbourne-pm" <melbourne-pm(a)pm.org>
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Dear fellow Mongers,
Just a heads up that I will be giving my infamous
"Fun With Dead Languages"
<http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/DeadLanguages.html>
talk in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane next week.
Even though the blurb specifically says I won't be talking about Perl, I
think we all know that's merely a "pedagogical facilitation" (i.e. a lie),
mainly designed to lull unsuspecting Java and C# programmers.
The details are:
Date: Monday 19 March
Venue: Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Link: https://ynmelmarchconway-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Date: Tuesday 20 March
Venue: Shelbourne Hotel, 200 Sussex Street, Sydney
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Link: https://ynsydmarchconway-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Date: Wednesday 21 March
Venue: Chifley at Lennons Hotel, 66 Queen Street Mall, Brisbane
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Link: https://ynbrismarchconway-eorg.eventbrite.com/
If you'd like to come along, there's a $10 registration fee, which
covers some high quality food and drink beforehand. You can register via
the above links. The actual talking starts at 6pm each night.
Hope to see some of you there,
Damian
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