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Re: There Are No Good Cops | Foundation for Economic Education

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:11:17 -0000

What is the original source of this quote? I see people using it a lot, but nobody has ever cited the original source.

Re: Faithland

Kenneth LeFebvre — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:06:16 -0000

Can you link to the actual source? I'd love to explore these numbers a bit more.

Re: Trump, Scientology and the IRS: Yes, let the tax stripping begin

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 13:32:11 -0000

How would removing religious tax exemptions cause small black churches to disappear?

Do these churches only require attendance at tax exempt fellowships? Is the church building required for a church to exist? The earliest Christian churches met in their members' homes.

Re: Trump, Scientology and the IRS: Yes, let the tax stripping begin

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 13:27:11 -0000

I am no fan of Scientology, but your argument makes no sense to me.

The Christian church uses bread and wine as part of a mandated ritual, which requires technology to bake and ferment. Where do you draw the line between old technology and new technology to dismiss a religion?

Re: How to prevent your connection from dropping with hosted MongoDB instances

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:32:00 -0000

I'm confused as to why 60s works but the default value of 0 does not.According to the help text, 0 means unlimited, which I think is larger than 60, right? :)

Re: How shall we refine ActiveInbox 6?

Kenneth LeFebvre — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:24:20 -0000

I'm a new trial user, so I can't compare the new version with your previous versions. I really, really like what I see and I would subscribe today if you had one additional feature!

I have been using Todoist for years, and I don't really want to leave them for my primary to-do application. If you offered integration so I could use your UI and integration with Gmail to work with tasks in my Todoist account, then I would be a customer already!

Otherwise, it looks like a great app...

Re: First Two Video Games Copyrighted

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:16:01 -0000

I don't know German, and some of the words were a little difficult to read, but here's the translation I got when I transcribed your picture into Google Translate:

GERMAN:
Realistische Mondlandung -- Abenteuerlicher Weltraum-Flug
Zwei spannende TV-spiele mit dem sensationellen Quadro-Scan-Monitor

LUNAR LANDER

Dieses MOndlande-Spiel ist ganz großeKlasse. Vier verschiedene Schwierigkeitsgrade. Ständiger Anreiz zum Weiterspielen. Jederzeit Spielzeitverlängerung durch Münznachwurf.

Der begeisternde Clou:
Millimetergenaues Manövrieren möglich, da Monitorbild in der letzten Spielphase auf Ausschnittvergrößerung umschaltet.

ASTEROIDS

Aufregender Kampf im All gegen rasende Asteroiden und Zick-zack-Kurs fliegende Unterlassen. Es geht um's Überleben!

Die spielstarke Attraktion:
Der »Zehnerclub« auf dem Bildschirm! Die zehn besten Spieler können ihre Initialen einprogrammieren. Diese werden als Erfolgsbilanz zusammen mit den 10 besten Ergebnissen angezeigt.

ENGLISH:

Realistic moon landing - Adventurous Space Flight
Two exciting TV-games with the sensational Quadro-scan monitor

LUNAR LANDER

This Lunar game is quite large class. Four different levels of difficulty. Permanent incentive to continue playing. Each time Time extension by Münznachwurf.

The exciting feature:
Millimeter precision maneuvering possible as monitor image switches to the last phase of the game on enlarged.

ASTEROIDS

Exciting battle in space against raging asteroids and zig-zag course flying omission. It's for survival!

The game strong attraction:
The "Ten Club" on the screen! The ten best players can program their initials. These are displayed as track record, along with the top 10 results.

Re: DMCA Signed into Law

Kenneth LeFebvre — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:36:03 -0000

It's actually the DMCA, not the DCMA. :)

Re: New in the U.S. Roku Channel Store: FXNOW

Kenneth LeFebvre — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 21:43:12 -0000

Most cordcutters are willing to pay, just not for hundreds of channels.

Re: First Search Engine

Kenneth LeFebvre — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 09:14:06 -0000

This isn't a view of the home page, but it gives a sense of how the catalog was styled...
http://www-ksl.stanford.edu...

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:31:34 -0000

I read everything, and I only read "in" the clear implication that you accepted Ricky's premise that men using women's surnames would lead to killing little boys.
It's pointless to keep arguing this with you. You obviously don't like your comments being analyzed with actual logic, instead of the emotional barbs you keep throwing back at me.
Good day, sir.

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:03:59 -0000

You're belittling again...

OK. I thought my original question was quite direct, and was exactly what I meant. I wasn't asking you to point me back to Ricky's opinion. Your comment seemed to imply that you agreed with him, so I was asking for YOUR reasoning for the logic that "men taking women's surnames" results in "killing little boys."

Obviously you didn't understand me, so let me ask it again, with different words:

Do you believe Ricky was correct? Do you actually believe that if men begin taking women's surnames, little boys will be killed? If so, how do you think the choice of surname leads to killing little boys?

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:15:36 -0000

You consider that logical?
I wasn't asking where the first mention of killing little boys was... I was pointing out how ridiculous it is to make such a leap.
Recall that the comment I was responding to was implying that Ricky's logic was sound, and if we let men take their wives' surname, we would somehow slide into killing little boys.

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:44:22 -0000

OK. When you say we're "wrong," that seems "belittling" to me, but I'll accept your assertion that it is not your intent to do so.
If you read some of the quotes in that article, I would say they definitely thought "its some sort of power trip for the guy."
Nobody's disputing that "a lot of women don't have as much problem". What we're arguing is that it's patriarchal to assume the woman must take the man's name.
I don't think "most guys are wanting you to take their name because they are proud". I think most people do it because that's the way it's always been done.
For those who are genuinely proud of their family name, that's great: but why can't the woman be proud of her family name, too? Oughtn't they collaborate on the decision?

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:58:48 -0000

I did (I don't typically engage in comments on an article I haven't read, do you?).
I still don't see any connection between selecting a surname and killing little boys. That is sensationalism in lieu of logic.

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:53:51 -0000

Value is entirely subjective.
YOU may have pride in your childhood surname, but you cannot enforce that on others.
Names are just names. They are very important to some people, to others they're just labels. There is no "wrong way" to look at it.

Obviously, I personally value my full name, enough that I am proud to actually use it.

Unless your family is named "27195," apparently you do not, and yet you wish to belittle others who choose pick their own name!

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:18:58 -0000

How does a surname result in killing little boys???

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:16:51 -0000

You don't need any particular surname to trace genealogy. :)

I'm a genealogy buff, I've traced my family back to the 15th Century, and it's not like our surname stayed the same all those hundreds of years!

Re: 15 Men React To The Idea Of Taking Their Wife’s Last Name After Marriage

Kenneth LeFebvre — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:08:26 -0000

Your surname identifies the new family you're agreeing to create together. As such, the two (or three, or however many of you are creating this family) of you have every right to decide upon a name together.

I don't see any reason why your surname must be _either_ of your childhood surnames. A Sally Smith marrying Joe Jones might decide to name their new family Goodfellow, and then they'll be Sally Goodfellow and Joe Goodfellow.

There's nothing biological about a name.

Re: Homebrew Computer Club Holds First Meeting

Kenneth LeFebvre — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:02:11 -0000

Sure! I use your site every day, to update my IM status and I have gotten quite a few positive remarks from colleagues... thanks for putting this together!

Re: Homebrew Computer Club Holds First Meeting

Kenneth LeFebvre — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:12:56 -0000

According to this scan of an invitation, the first meeting was held on March 5th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Re: Backtracker by iKubu

Kenneth LeFebvre — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:31:31 -0000

I'm so sorry to see that you didn't meet your funding goal. I really hope this doesn't mean the end of Backtracker! How can we keep in the loop on your further business plans?

Re: Loki plays soccer

Kenneth LeFebvre — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:20:24 -0000

Works in the browser, but not in my offline RSS Reader... oh well. :)

Re: AP objects to quoting-and-linking (Scripting News)

Kenneth LeFebvre — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:44:22 -0000

I use both approaches: "quote & link" as well as "full quoting" depending on my audience. I tend to quote the whole article when I know the recipient of my comments about it, are not going to click a link. They might still not read the article when I include its contents, but at least it was flashed in front of their eyes and maybe something will jump out and make them stop to read it... :)

Most of my regular readers read my blog because I'm a friend or family in real life, not because they read blogs in general. I think this is a legitimate use of the content (it's always well attributed with links back to the source), and in fact gets the original authors more exposure than they would get otherwise. (Well, "more" is relative, right? They won't notice any great surge from my tiny corner of the world!)

Re: Feedly Brings New Social Experience to Start Page, Leveraging RSS

Kenneth LeFebvre — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:22:02 -0000

Thanks, Louis! This is a great find!

I'm a huge annotator, and Google Reader notes just doesn't cut it for me! I like to share a lot, but I don't like to just forward stuff without adding some value to it, so I'm looking forward to seeing how Feedly fits into my routine...