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The End Of GodKillzYou [An Atheist Matures]

Introduction For anyone who’s at all familiar with my writing, this blog or me personally, you’ll know that I’ve used the name GodKillzYou for pretty much all of my internet activity. Any account I’ve ever registered basically had that screen name associated with it. So where did that name come from? Well, when I first de-converted from [...]

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Lying For Jesus [Part III – The Sneak-Attack Baptism]

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. That’s Mark 16, verse 15 (KJV). It also happens to be the impetus behind Christians going out and knocking on doors at 9:00am on Sunday mornings. As bad as that is, I don’t have a problem with it. [...]

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iTunes Crashes On “Determining Song Volume” [Fixed]

Introduction Today I downloaded a couple podcasts into iTunes (QuackCast and Psychology Podcast). After completing the download, I ran into a problem. iTunes crashed when the “Determining Song Volume” process started. iTunes determines the song volume when “Sound Check” is enabled. This ensures that all your songs play at the same volume. So, not only did iTunes crash [...]

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What Is Wicca? [An Atheistic Perspective]

Introduction I actually had a request to write about this topic. It’s not exactly my area of expertise, but I thought I’d give it a shot. Now, I could go into a bunch of history, specifics as to what Wiccans believe and whatnot, but I think it would be a little redundant. There are plenty of sources [...]

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Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You [A Review]

Introduction Is it possible to know what someone is like simply by looking at their stuff? I’ve learned quite a bit about that very distinct possibility after reading Dr. Sam Gosling’s book Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You . From organizational habits, to the music they listen to, to the posters and pictures they hang [...]

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Reflexology Is A Science? So Says “The Citizen” (Auburn, NY)

So I was browsing through “The Citizen,” the online local paper from Auburn, NY and stumbled upon an article about reflexology. You know, the “holistic,” alternative mode of treating basically any disease by rubbing your feet? Yeah, I was caught off guard, too. According to this article, reflexology is a science. Oooh. Sounds scientific… until you [...]

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Virtual Pool 3 Has Stopped Working [Error 0xc0000005]

Before I begin, I should mention that I’m using Windows Vista Home Premium, 32-bit. So I’ve been dabbling in my old PC games as of late. Namely Virtual Pool 3 – a classic. I’ve been playing it for a while. But, all of a sudden it stopped working. As soon as I click the game to start [...]

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Dr. Larry Dossey & “Premonition Science” [A Skeptical Look]

Introduction Before you dig your heels in and attack this post, I’ll refer to this one. I think it’ll give you some necessary background; some perspective on Dr. Dossey so you can see where I’m coming from. In the aforementioned post, there was an interview with Dr. Dossey in which he discussed his book, The Power of [...]

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Dr. Larry Dossey’s “Premonitions,” Or An Exercise In Statistical Ignorance

Introduction I’d never heard of Dr. Larry Dossey before Steve Gibson of the Truth-Driven Thinking podcast Tweeted about him, wondering if there were any skeptical viewpoints on his work. But a quick perusing of Dr. Dossey’s site provided enough woo for a week and a half, at least. Here’s just a little taste of what I’m [...]

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An Open Letter To Google [Push Email For The iPhone]

The Letter Dear Google, Inc., I’ll start this letter off by saying that, overall, I am greatly satisfied with the services and products that you offer. Gmail offers fantastic spam filtering. There are apps for pretty much anything you could ask for. I’m really looking forward to Google Wave. I just have one bone to pick with you. [...]

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An Open Letter To Apple [Please Fix Error 4450!]

Shortly following my posting of this entry, through the insight of those who left comments on my original entry, as well as from those sending me email comments, I’ve come to realize that I may have been hasty to place the entire blame of this “Error 4450” solely on Apple. Here is what I originally wrote… To [...]

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Windows Cannot Open This Program… [Fixed]

Introduction “Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy.” If you’re reading this, you’re more than likely intimately familiar with this message popping up on your screen. I’m also willing to bet that you’re pretty frustrated with trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Well, help [...]

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XBox 360 Error 51-C00DF236 Fixed [Play Videos Offline]

The Annoying Introduction If you’ve found this entry from a search engine, you’re probably at your wits end with trying to solve this issue. You’re trying to play a video file on your XBox 360, but it won’t let you watch it unless you’re signed on to XBox Live. You attempt to play the video, but unless [...]

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Videos Have No Sound On XBox 360 [Fixed]

So, last night I was trying to watch an AVI video file from a USB flash drive on my XBox 360. For some reason, no matter what I did with the audio settings (on the XBox or the television), I couldn’t get any audio. The video worked fine. Another strange thing I noticed was that the [...]

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Prevent Your Console Window From Closing [C++ Programming]

Introduction First off, I’ll state that this solution has only been tested on Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 while writing a Visual C++ program. I don’t know how well it will work with other platforms, or in other situations. With that being said, let’s get into a description of the problem, and the solution. When writing programs, it’s [...]

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