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3.1 Information: A Fundamental Quantity The trail-blazing discoveries about the nature of energy in the 19th century caused the first technological revolution, when manual labor was replaced on a large scale by technological appliances—machines which could convert energy. In the same way, knowledge concerning the nature of information in our time initiated the second technological revolution where mental “labor” is saved through the use of technological appliances—namely, data processing machines. The concept “information” is not only of prime importance for informatics theories and communication techniques, but it is a fundamental quantity in such wide-ranging sciences as cybernetics, linguistics, biology,...

I am looking for someone of a Fundamental persuasion, who is interested in studying the Scriptures, but most specifically history as it relates to the Scriptures, or vise versa. I also enjoy comparing the Greek to the Scriptures.

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is. – Ecclesiastes 10:2-3 (NIV) I took a short break from politics. It wasn’t a planned break, at least not my plan, but it did clear my mind some. I needed the break to mentally cut through the spin. I watched football in lieu of the first debate. I do not need a debate to help me decide. I pondered how it is that you...

G-had and suicide bombers: the rapper who likens Bin Laden to Che Guevara · Record label chiefs' threat to quit over violent lyrics· This is about freedom of expression, says musician Mark Brown, arts correspondent and Luc Torres Wednesday June 28, 2006 The Guardian (UK) Two record company executives are threatening to resign from a label over an album by a radical Muslim musician which has tracks about the immorality of the west, suicide bombers and Osama bin Laden. Aki Nawaz is determined to release what is, by anyone's standards, a phenomenally angry album. He says he fully expects a...

  Our enemies know this grim truth: War has never become obsolete By CLIFFORD D. MAY TO BE FAIR to our enemies, they are only doing what comes naturally. We are the historical oddballs. Wars have been fought since time immemorial. The vast majority have been over power and resources, to defeat rival civilizations, to vanquish hated “others.”“Man’s highest joy is victory: to conquer his enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to ride on their horses; and to embrace their wives and daughters,” Genghis Khan said.Sure, grievances may be a...

Michelle Malkin is a syndicated columnist and author of two books, of which her latest is In Defense of Internment (New York: Regnery Publishing, 2004). In it, she provides a defense of "threat profiling" already taken or contemplated since September 11. Ms. Malkin's earlier book was Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores (New York: Regnery Publishing, 2002). Her syndicated column appears in nearly 200 papers nationwide. Ms. Malkin addressed the Middle East Forum in Philadelphia, on December 2, 2004. Millions of American schoolchildren have been taught that there was no evidence...

What kind of message to “infidels”, (unbelievers – Christians and Jews), is it for a Muslim to set himself on fire? Fire resembles Hell. Here’s what Islam says: Qur’an 84:10 “Soon will He (Allah) cry for perdition, invoking destruction, throwing them into the scorching fire. They shall enter the fire and be forced to taste its burning.” Qur’an 87:12 “They will be flung in to burn in the great Fire (and be made to taste its burning, in which they will then neither die nor live?” So this Muslim set himself on fire and tasted it’s burning himself? As an...

Kerry is again spouting off like a forgotten teakettle boiling over on the stove -- hot air and moisture, but no substance. As with the professional stage magician, Kerry's campaign is based on misdirection, illusion and quick changes. In January of 2003 Kerry Said: "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So...

CCM MUSICIANS LOVE SECULAR ROCK Updated June 30, 2004 (first published June 27, 2001) (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article) - One of the problems with Contemporary Christian Music is its refusal to separate from the world. God's Word is very plain about this matter. "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is...

<p>SACRAMENTO - The state budget Gov. Gray Davis plans to sign Saturday sticks a Band-Aid on California's record $38.2 billion deficit but fails to cure its fundamental financial woes.</p> <p>Even as lawmakers fled the capital and its searing heat Wednesday, the sighs of relief over finally reaching a budget compromise were replaced with the realization that when they return they'll have to defuse a ticking time bomb: a $7.9 billion shortfall.</p>

<p>Several letter writers, reporters and columnists at The Chronicle have taken Republicans to task for being "extremist" and "right wing." But a look at the facts about the Democrats and their false claim to the mantle of moderation reveals them to be more extreme and radical, and far more out of touch, with the average Californian.</p>