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"Philosophy is written in this grand book - I mean universe -- which stands continuously open to our gaze, but which cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it; without these, one is wandering about in a dark labyrinth." -- Galileo (1623)
"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind." -- Thomas Paine
"I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!" -- John Adams
Monks have never had to wear earplugs to vespers. -- Bernard D. Sherman, author of Inside early music
"The past is not dead. It isn't even past." -- William Faulkner
'The future is almost here. It just hasn't quite happened yet.' -- Wayne
"Martyrdom is the only way in which a person with no ability can become great." -- George Bernard Shaw
"No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition then Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus." -- George Bernard Shaw
'If you want to live in a a country run by religion, move to Iran , Saudi Arabia, or Afghanistan. Just don't be caught praying to the wrong god there: you could be executed for doing so. (Just as the Bible [and the Koran?] advises. Commandment No. 1.)' -- Wayne
"Our civilization is still in a middle stage, no longer wholly guided by instinct, not yet wholly guided by reason." -- Theodore Dreiser, author (1871-1945).
"I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world." -- Charles Dickens
Since logic, reason, and historical precision play no part in Christianity, unfortunately, these disciplines are useless in discussions with Christians. -- ?
"I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough -- I call it the one immortal blemish upon the human race." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler'. -- Albert Einstein.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick
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Odds & ends ("Test" questions!)
And now, for our test questions!
What time is it now, and where is the sunrise? _______ How warm is everything, everywhere, and where is it cloudy?
What is the population of the world right now? In 1970? World Population: http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop. Of any chosen country? http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/population/
Can you see your house from this Soviet spy satellite? (I can see mine!) terraserver.com: http://www.terraserver.com/. If not, try Area 51!
Where is The end of the Internet? _______ How can we resolve the USA election fiasco? http://www.queenhillary.com/
Why not smile today? (Added 12 Dec 00.)
Where and when can you see The International Space Station? http://www.webhart.net/hila/camp/iss.html (Added 17 Dec 00.)
How far south could you go for a winter vacation? (Added 9 Jan 01.)
Is there really a dead letter office? The Dead Letter Office: http://www.thedeadletter.com/
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The following pages are partly prepared and may be added later:
Roman Inquisition: separate page, to consolidate links and add more. Design flaws. Invention. Views: comments on current news.
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Download times: For each of the following off-page links to my pages, the (a), print-page size, and (b), download time, are given in the format launch text (a pages, b seconds [nominal]). Are the given nominal times those for a 28 KB modem? Probably. A page (8.5" x 11") is about 25 KBytes. It helps to know, for example, that the Satire page is 21 pages long, with a nominal download time of 124 seconds (as calculated by FPXpress). This Home (Index) page is (11 p, 37 s). I am connected through Bell Sympatico DSL service (as a terminal on a LAN through dedicated phone line) at a nominal 960 KBits/sec. (but, about 640 lately in practice) using a Nortel 1 MByte/sec. modem.That is about 30 times as fast as a 28-Kb modem.
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Details about Web addresses and host sites
This is the home page of Wayne's Web site created by Wayne Paulson, updated 3 Feb 01 (on Sympatico), and 6 Feb 01 4:45 am (on TerraShare.com), created 8 Feb 01 at TopCities, and updated there on 9 Feb 01.
The home address of this page is threefold for now, as follows:
(a) built beginning 1 Feb 01, but soon to be abandoned for lack of support and proper file-handling capabilities, as http://waynepaulson.terrashare.com/Index.htm; and,
(b) has also existed, and will remain for some short time, for backup purposes only, as http://www3.sympatico.ca/waynerp/Index.htm; and,
(c) being built beginning 8 Feb 01 (updated 9 Feb 01) at TopCities as http://waynepaulson.topcities.com/, using the Home page files index and Index instead of just Index as used in the above.
Each URL address is case-sensitive.
Some images were not showing, but I now know why*, and have fixed it all today (9 Feb 01). * It has to do with the fact that some software cannot tell the difference between the character strings gif and GIF, if you can imagine -- but the difference is vitally important! I will have some nasty comments to make about this in my Gripes page soon! They are comments directed at the short-sightedness of the software industry in general, and not against TopCities. TopCities did its job: it knows the distinction between upper and lower case, as do children in grade school -- but the software industry as a whole does not seem to yet.
On this Web site I have copied extracts from other sites, primarily to give a brief summary of their content. Through the use of marroon color, sometimes highlighted in red., I have tried to make clear what material is not of my own origin. I have tried my best to honor the rights of the holders of copyright in their material and to credit them, within the allowances of the fair use doctrine. In particular, I take heed of notices such as the following: "The article may not be re-titled, edited or excerpted (beyond the limits of the fair use doctrine)".
I plan to add a page re Copyright, in which one entry will be the following: Freemasonry in the Police and the Judiciary.
The symbol "(TM)" acknowledges that the term to which it refers is, or may be, the proprietary Trademark of the organization to which it refers. It is not the intent of Wayne Paulson herein or of this Web site to infringe any such related proprietary rights of that organization.
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The contents of this Web site and of this page thereof are © Copyright 2001 of Wayne R. Paulson.
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