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The IT security industry has been scathing in its attacks this week on the Cybercrime Bill 2001, labelling it "draconianand dangerous". Under the bill, which proposes seven new computer offences carrying jail terms of up to 10 years, it is illegal to possess hacker toolkits, scanners and virus code. These are 'tools of the trade' for security vendors to test systems placing a burden on lawyers drafting ethical hacking agreements with corporations. Bernard Hill, barrister and corporate services manager of Canberra-based security consultancy 90East, said the act complicates the necessary testing undertaken by the company which manages a number of ...

I'm not sure what a "Friesian" is, but I think it's a school of philosophy that tries to rescue parts of Kantianism that are compatible with individual freedom. Anyway, here's an excerpt from a fascinating essay on the ironies of politically conservative creationists vs. politically leftist evolutionists... [opening paragraphs skipped] What evolution by natural selection produces by its blind mechanism may be called a "spontaneous natural order." The view is that events in Nature are not really random, but that many kinds of order and complexity emerge naturally and spontaneously from often apparently very disordered and chaotic kinds of conditions. ...

I'm not sure what a "Friesian" is, but I think it's a school of philosophy that tries to rescue parts of Kantianism that are compatible with individual freedom. Anyway, here's an excerpt from a fascinating essay on the ironies of politically conservative creationists vs. politically leftist evolutionists... [opening paragraphs skipped] What evolution by natural selection produces by its blind mechanism may be called a "spontaneous natural order." The view is that events in Nature are not really random, but that many kinds of order and complexity emerge naturally and spontaneously from often apparently very disordered and chaotic kinds of conditions. ...

Evidence for Creationism IS real. It can be found. In fact, instead of just continuing to hammer away at Evolution, which has left creation researchers in the position of appearing to define their new "science" only by what it is not, Creationists have put forth some amzaing evidence and predictions founded in the growing field of Creation Science. Creation researchers have strong arguments for their theories, and here are just a few. #1: Well.... wait. There aren't any. Sorry, false alarm.

Jonah Goldberg says that "libertarians . . . need to understand that operationally they are still members of the capital 'R' Right." Sorry, but we don't accept that. Choosing between "left" and "right" today is like choosing between the Yankees and the Mets. Neither one is a carefully defined political philosophy that stands consistently on one side on every issue. I defy Mr. Goldberg to define conservatism in one sentence (or even one paragraph) that can tell you, for example, which of George Bush's initiatives conservatives should support. Both political movements are hypocritical. Conservatives sometimes claim to be for economic ...

I've seen so many of these Evolution vs. Creation threads. I can't help but wonder, what is the opinion of the average Freeper? You don't need to make a voluminous post defending your opinion, but if you could just take a minute to answer the following poll, I would be very interested in the results. Vote Here! Which do you believe? Evolution is a valid scientific theory. 100.0% (1) God created the world from nothing in 6 solar days. 0.0% (0) I don't know/care. 0.0% (0) Total votes: 1