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There are no Christians, as far as I know, blowing up buildings. I am not aware of any Christian suicide bombers. I am not aware of any major Christian denomination that believes the penalty for apostasy is death. I have mixed feelings about the decline of Christianity, in so far as Christianity might be a bulwark against something worse.

- Richard Dawkins (source)

(Via Bob Kauflin)

• EU: Vacations are a right, not a luxury
• "While men are showing signs of 'networking fatigue,' women are embracing online communities. Researchers at USC report nearly 70% or women, 38% men value online communities"
• Marriage vs. the Ph.D.
• Canada and broadband: When ‘behind' is actually ahead
• "[T]he UK’s Optimum Population Trust ... has just launched PopOffsets. This quirkily named campaign is actually deeply sinister: It invites well-off Westerners to offset their carbon emissions by paying for poor people in the Third World to stop procreating."

*sigh* ... another example...

Why does CSI seem the most common offender?

For other silly ways in which the movie/TV industry uses computers, see the magical computer