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No USB for you!
#1
No USB for you!
An Evangelical Christian cult in Brazil has apparently banned the use of USB connections after claiming the technology is the mark of Satan-worshippers because it looks like a trident.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-la...0/nov/15/3
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Leo van Miert
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#2
RE: No USB for you!
Thank you Leo,

Thats just funny enough to get me through a day of lectures and reading.

Mark of Satan indeed, I call Poe's law I think!

Cheers

Sam
"We need not suppose more things to exist than are absolutely neccesary." William of Occam

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt" William Shakespeare (Measure for Measure: Act 1, Scene 4)

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#3
RE: No USB for you!
And why not? When other christians can see mark of the christ in a piece of burnt toast.
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#4
RE: No USB for you!
Pathetic.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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#5
RE: No USB for you!
How can anything that neatly and compactly stores massive amounts of internet porno be considered 'evil' is beyond me.
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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#6
RE: No USB for you!
Assholes probably think DOS is the way of righteousness.
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#7
RE: No USB for you!
(November 17, 2010 at 12:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Assholes probably think DOS is the way of righteousness.

ROFLOL
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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#8
RE: No USB for you!
Not that much different from these Christian losers:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-..._page.html

What a bunch of ignorant arseholes.
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#9
RE: No USB for you!
For shame. The trident was a symbol of Poseidon. Although that guy needed an attitude adjustment himself.

And how the fuck does he know that Jesus had blue eyes?
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#10
RE: No USB for you!
(November 17, 2010 at 5:12 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: And how the fuck does he know that Jesus had blue eyes?

It seems to be a recurring theme, I don't understand it either.

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