Slashdot has a good thread on this topic.
Based on common poll, Lego Mindstorm & Arduino are the winners. There are others which I cannot cover here and now, after all, it's Slashdot.
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Human touch in the Church
A: 教會一定要有人情味！
B: 那你就完了。
A: 難道教會不准有人情味？
B: 那更糟糕！！！
教會如果靠上帝一定會自動產生正確的人情味。
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Weekly Journal
Last Sunday, CCCNY Choir sang "Epilogue of Praise" by Joseph Martin. A nice hymn. I noticed what I didn't when I sang it with the choir before: that the line "...And when all words have been set free..." is not theologically sound. As these words, referring to God's words, is not to be set free since God's words weren't trapped in the first place. I'd rather "...words have been decreed".
During the sermon, Alex mentioned Hershey's great Christian act was to shutdown the chocolate making machines in order to create more jobs for people. I've yet to find any more information online. However, denying machines in favor of creating more jobs for men is not efficiently sound. Jobs are always there, in one form or another. Technology is mere tool for convenience, it is the lazy that forces people out of jobs.
The other thing I learned from the sermon was that Buddhists have this use of phrase "落入文字障" to despise "logic" of men. In this case, it was the 一貫道priest who had a debate with Alex. It is similar to 2Corinthians 3:6, however, in this case, the monk used it to avoid contradiction of his religion (Bible and Quran cannot be both holy books) brought on by Alex.
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ixthys / ichthus
means fish in Greek. The fish symbol was used by early Christians (of Roman Empire) to identify each other secretly during the persecution of Christians.
Some supposed the word comes from "fishers of men".
A more reliable source is the initials of "Iesus Xristos THeos Ymon Sotir" = Jesus Christ Son of God Our Savior.
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Love your enemy
I have enemies who aren't even aware that they are my enemies.
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Francis Chan
As famously loved as he is because of his gift to reach out to youth from orthodox perspective, Francis Chan has a cheeky side-The balloon incident.
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Answer a Question
Nowadays, it's rare to see questions not answered. I wouldn't even say "not answered DIRECTLY". They are simply not answered.
The fear of losing reputation, friends, etc., that is pathetic for a man of God.
Only through Christ is one saved. I am not surprised if there are "good" holocaust Jews who got saved or "good" holocaust Jews who weren't saved. Because we frequently do not label terminologies accurately. However, I can be very sure, that all those "good", "innocent" Jews who died of holocaust, will be shown their past lives before God and admit that they weren't that good nor that innocent, and it is going to be so revealing that they are going to satisfyingly accept what they deserve.
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Wifi Problem for Access Point at CCCNY
Solved it by realizing the IP of access point (Belkin router) in balcony office was same as the main router down in the basement. Access points should have their own distinct IP.
It was giving us a hard time for smartphones to connect to internet and had nothing to do with the powerline networking involved. Strangely enough, laptop computers work just fine with the erroneous setup.
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Printing Over the Internet
To share printer over the internet, instead of just the LAN network, is not easy.
The best option I've found is via Google Chrome's Google Cloud Print.
I think this will beat IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), Jetdirect & email printing.
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Softwood Cutting, Air Layering, Grafting
Three ways to root a plant.
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