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Should I hide my atheism?
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm
(April 9, 2010 at 8:52 am)Tiberius Wrote: You see, this is why my passwords are all over 20 characters long. Breaking them by brute-forcing becomes infeasible on standard PCs.

Rainbow tables + Ophcrack.
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 9, 2010 at 5:48 pm
(April 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm)Synackaon Wrote:
(April 9, 2010 at 8:52 am)Tiberius Wrote: You see, this is why my passwords are all over 20 characters long. Breaking them by brute-forcing becomes infeasible on standard PCs.

Rainbow tables + Ophcrack.

Wrong OS.
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 9, 2010 at 5:59 pm
(April 9, 2010 at 5:48 pm)leo-rcc Wrote:
(April 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm)Synackaon Wrote:
(April 9, 2010 at 8:52 am)Tiberius Wrote: You see, this is why my passwords are all over 20 characters long. Breaking them by brute-forcing becomes infeasible on standard PCs.

Rainbow tables + Ophcrack.

Wrong OS.

Well, if you aren't using Windows, we already know things are much more secure. Big Grin
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 9, 2010 at 7:50 pm
*jumps in late*

In general, I'd say "no". But if you're in a position where you could lose your job, maybe you depend on parents and could get kicked out...well those are mitigating circumstances in which a "yes" would be acceptable.

It's all about what you are comfortable with. No one should force you to be out.
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 9, 2010 at 11:36 pm
What OS are you running leo-rcc?
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April 10, 2010 at 2:24 am
(April 9, 2010 at 11:36 pm)Disinter Wrote: What OS are you running leo-rcc?

That depends on where I am. At home I run Ubuntu Linux, at work I work in Vista Business in an Active Directory network.
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April 10, 2010 at 7:11 am (This post was last modified: April 10, 2010 at 7:12 am by Welsh cake.)
(April 3, 2010 at 2:18 pm)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: Should I hide my atheism?
Absolutely not.

Though its not in my position to tell you what to do, you understand, but I think you'll agree that the only way to clear up any erroneous misconceptions people have about atheism is to actually talk about it, to confront and address the issue head-on until others understand you share the same values they do, the same humanistic values that we all hold dear and embrace in this life.

You cannot rely on die-hard theists understanding through honest enquiry what atheism is all about by themselves, a topic matter they have no initial interest in. If I hadn't admitted to being an atheist years ago and explained my position, my parents would still go around thinking atheists are ne'er-do-wells who 'believe in nothing'.
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 10, 2010 at 10:28 am
(April 10, 2010 at 2:24 am)leo-rcc Wrote:
(April 9, 2010 at 11:36 pm)Disinter Wrote: What OS are you running leo-rcc?

That depends on where I am. At home I run Ubuntu Linux, at work I work in Vista Business in an Active Directory network.

Cool, I run GNU/Linux as well. Fedora and sometimes Debian.
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 11, 2010 at 6:04 am
You'll find there are more Linux users on this forum.
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RE: Should I hide my atheism?
April 11, 2010 at 8:31 am
I still count myself as a Linux user, despite the fact I use Mac OS X now Tongue

To be fair though, I do have Linux running virtually, and this server runs it.
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