Palm Tungsten

March 24, 2003 @ 4:46 pm by Pressed

I replaced my Palm m505 today with a new Palm Tungsten|T. There is a world of difference between these two PDA’s and the Tungsten is simply a wonderful piece of equipment. Especially for a gadget man who is hungry for the latest technology like myself. The speed and graphics of this PDA have blown my m505 out of the water!

I use my PDA and the keyboard I bought for it in my classes to take notes. It is a lot easier to take the PDA than it is to take the iBook. The battery lasts longer and it takes up less room as well. My m505 could not keep up with my typing speed, but with the extra processor speed stuffed in this new Tungsten I think my note taking experience will be improved.

Specifications

OPERATING SYSTEM - Palm OS® 5.0.

PROCESSOR - Texas Instruments OMAP 1510 (ARM) processor

FLEXIBLE STORAGE CAPACITY - Highly efficient operating system with 4MB Flash/16MB RAM*. Stores thousands of addresses, years of appointments, hundreds of to-do items, notes, memos, email messages, and more than 50 applications.**

Display - Reflective TFT color screen with brightness control and support for more than 65,000 colors.

Height - 4.0 in. / closed 4.8 in. / open

Width - 3.0 in. / 75.0 mm

Thickness - .6 in. main body. Slightly thicker in 5-way navigation area.

Weight - (Handheld + Stylus) 5.6 oz

Price - $399 + $99 two year service plan at Comp USA. Don’t buy it at Best Buy because their service plans on expensive electronic devices are terrible. I have learned that after buying my Big Screen TV and buying this Palm. I did not get them from Best Buy simply becuase the service plan there is bad. You are much better off to pay a little extra for the service plan at Comp USA or Circuit City than to get a horrible service plan for $30 cheaper.

Pressed

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A-Day Begins

March 21, 2003 @ 11:39 pm by Pressed

The shock and awe campaign has begun and the air strikes have started. I received this e-mail from the American Center for Law & Justice and thought it appropriate to share it with you.

American troops are now on the move against the evil regime of Saddam Hussein. Our President, as Commander-in-Chief, is required by the Constitution to defend our country.

In addition, the Senate already authorized this use of force last November and the U.N. Resolution 1441 provides for this use of force - it is time to pray as never before for our troops, for our leaders, for the future of freedom!

Please join me particularly in praying for DIVINE WISDOM for President Bush and Secretaries Powell and Rumsfeld as they make strategic decisions.

Your prayers will make a tremendous difference. So please continue to pray for the American Center as we fight to protect your freedom … for our troops and their families … and especially for our leaders throughout this war. Thank you!

Pressed

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The Thunder of God

March 20, 2003 @ 4:40 pm by Pressed

Last night was an interesting night at Church. As I was preaching there just happened to be a thunderstorm and during the pivotal point in my sermon as I shouted with a loud voice “God hates it” a huge clap of thunder roared across the sky and shook the room. Perfect timing. Everyone was kind of shocked at first and then they laughed and cheered. he he.

I am starting a new study called Faith Under Fire “Daring witness in a dangerous world” of which I am fairly excited about. It is a study on Acts but it is different than any other youth material that I usually find because it is more expository. I don’t like a lot of the youth material that is out there because it is too watered down and lame and so I was rather excited about finding this. I hope it goes well.

I have to go to a training meeting today for our “challenge to build” program. It is an exciting time at our church! We just got a new music minister and now the new building is getting closer than ever, so things are looking up. Of course we are also getting all new office furniture so the office is going to be a mess today until they get all of that stuff put together. I think I will stay away long enough to avoid any heavy lifting on my part, eh eh.

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Capitol Punishment Part2

March 11, 2003 @ 4:32 pm by Pressed

Caution: What you are about to read will probably contain sarcasm, belligerent comments, and may be offensive to those who are postmodern, liberal, moderate, democrats, or people who simply get offended at the drop of a hat. Don’t like it? Don’t read it.

I wrote a previous blog entry on Capitol Punishment that mostly came from my ethics class in college. I asked the questions “Is Capitol Punishment a sinful, evil thing to do to people, or are we commanded to punish those who have chosen to break the law? What does the Bible say about it?” and then I proceeded to give several biblical examples of capitol punishment being carried out and commanded by God himself.

I found the comments that people left on the subject to be very interesting. Some people of course commented without even reading the entry which made them look like idiots. If you are not going to take the time to read the blog entry and honestly think about the subject matter then don’t waste your time leaving a comment! Ok now that I got that out of my system I would like to take a look at some of the comments that were made.

Note: In the third paragraph of the entry I put an added emphasis on homosexuality while listing several things people were put to death for. The reason I did this was because I thought it was interesting that an issue that so many people argue about and seek to defend and fight for is something that people were put to death for in the Old Testament. I think it was something abominable to God and his creation and as God wanted his nation to be holy as he is holy then he wanted to get rid of that sin, which meant an execution was in order. This was the same for bestiality, adultery, murder and many other things.

One of the first comments dealt with this issue. Sakamuyo wrongly determined that I was “persecuting homosexuals for fun and pleasure.” I tried to explain myself in a very civil way, but apparently my biblical views on homosexuality made me an unworthy Christian (if i am still a Christian at all in his eyes) and thus I never heard from sakamuyo again even though before that he was a fairly regular reader and commenter. An awful childish reaction to one simple disagreement if you ask me. If I stopped talking to and avoided everyone that I disagreed with, even in the slightest way, then I would probably live a lonely life… but whatever. I did have a good friend come to my defense on this issue. Le Renard stated, “I don’t think that Pressed was encouraging open season on gays and lesbians or witch hunts or anything. As he said, it was only to point out the seriousness with which God treated homosexuality in opposition to how our present culture accepts it.” But no answer, no matter how biblical, is accepted by the postmodern, moderate, and liberal ’so called pastors’ of the day.

Next we have Tom who stated, “The list in Pressed’s original post also cites “contempt for judicial decisions” as a basis for capital punishment. Should all the demonstrators who came to Washington DC to protest Roe v. Wade then be put to death?” Hmmm. That is an interesting thought. I didn’t really say that “contempt for judicial decisions” is a basis for capitol punishment, I simply listed it as something that people were put to death for in the Old Testament. The thing that must be remembered is that this was a stipulation in the Israelite society of the Old Testament, meaning they were not controlled by a secular government but in fact God was their king (before they cried and whined for an earthly one.) I do believe that we still have to respect and obey our secular governments today under the commandment of Romans 13:1-4, but not if it goes against obedience to the ultimate authority God himself.

Renee left this comment, “I am only 17 years old and have yet to learn the true nature of the world, but all I see from this site is hate for others. (Well then you have not really read much on this site! My guess is you barely skimmed over this entry because it does discuss love for others!) I want to cry it is so sad and it truly makes my heart brake. I do not believe in the death penalty because (in states with the death penalty) if it is the right way to teach people that killing is wrong, then why do people still commit these crimes? How can we teach people not to kill, if we give permission to the state to kill? (Shouldn’t the State have the right to govern the people and punish those who break the law? Would you say that about war too? If we were attacked by another country would you not want the government to have permission to fight against them because we wouldn’t want the government to have permission to kill anyone? We would all be dead!) How are we to reach a higher state of understanding and compassion for others if we give ourselves the right to kill people who do not hold our values?” (WHAT! So a cold blooded murderer has different values than the state so that means they shouldn’t be punished? Wow… so what is the point of jail? The people in jail apparently have different values than the state, so what gives the state the right to go against the values of a murderer or drug dealer or any other type of lawbreaker. Heck what is the point of laws! Just let everyone do what they want and the world would be a better place. *rolling eyes*)

Last but certainly not least we have Jules. “I believe that the Death Penalty is wrong and very unjust. Only God can decided who should leave this world. Families shouldn’t commit murder and become the criminal to get comfort. That won’t bring the loved one back. This world is going to Hell!” This world has been going to the fiery pit for a long time, where have you been? You may be right, only God can decided who should leave this world, and in the Old Testament he chose to use PEOPLE (yes faulty, sinful people) to be the judge and put people to death for certain crimes. Then He turns around and tells us in Romans that we are under the authority of the Law, so now the government has the right to punish people for their crimes.

Well lets get to the point shall we? The point is that capitol punishment was a fact in the Bible and God was involved, it isn’t a man made evil. God wanted to make his people holy and he wanted the Israelites to be a holy nation devoted to Him and Him alone, so in their law God gave them the command to kill people who disobey certain laws. I believe this was to remove that sinful act from the nation by removing those who are evil enough to commit them. The problem is there is a big difference today. The difference is we are often times not governed by God nor Godly people and so the system is corrupt, whereas in the Old Testament they were governed by God and ruled by those who were obedient to God and not by a secular system. I do have a bit of difficulty when it comes to the death penalty in that the system could be corrupt and innocent people could possibly be condemned to die. BUT if we had a perfect system then I would not have any problem with capitol punishement…

But like always you don’t have to agree! So hit me with your thoughts below.

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