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  1. Worked on a koan in Second Life today with my teacher using voice chat (like skype) and our avatars in he interview room in our SL temple.about 15 hours ago from Nambu
  2. RT @Richard_Kadrey:Cry me a river teabaggers. The Healthcare bill just passed the House.about 15 hours ago from Nambu
  3. @ZenDirtZenDust There is my alternative avatar: http://tr.im/EtM7about 21 hours ago from Nambu in reply to ZenDirtZenDust
  4. US Unemployment really at 17.5% (http://tr.im/EtLK) Hello Depression.about 21 hours ago from Nambu
  5. Doing another sleep study tonight. Going straight from work to the clinic...4:43 PM Nov 6th from Nambu
  6. Allan Bennet's handwriting really sucks. I got used to Fuller's wonderful and clear style.11:59 AM Nov 6th from Nambu
  7. @duffmcduffee After all, the Buddha counseled us not to believe something simply because wise men said so but to go by our own experiences.5:11 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to duffmcduffee
  8. @duffmcduffee I wound counter "What is your argument for theism?" Why should I believe in gods without any evidence? They make nice stories.5:09 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to duffmcduffee
  9. @EllenFrancik I store some essential data in Amazon's cloud but the rest is distributed in backup drives (and my current computer).5:06 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to EllenFrancik
  10. @duffmcduffee Most Euro-Americans who are practicing Vajrayana also appear to be theists.5:05 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to duffmcduffee
  11. @duffmcduffee What's an "Eastern Buddhist?" Do you mean Asian Buddhism (which is also present in American immigrant communities).5:01 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to duffmcduffee
  12. @EllenFrancik The cloud is the last place I'd trust my data. Local computers freed us from time share domination and control.5:00 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to EllenFrancik
  13. @EllenFrancik http://tr.im/EhHS #PARCForum4:59 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to EllenFrancik
  14. @ZenDirtZenDust Drop what? Theism? Part of the reason I became a Buddhist was being I was not much of a theist. It's pretty atheistic.4:58 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to ZenDirtZenDust
  15. @shamansun Because the Buddha isn't a god and Buddhism is, for the most part, a rather atheistic philosophy and spirituality.4:57 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to shamansun
  16. It seems like a lot of Buddhists are theists, which always strikes me as odd.3:45 PM Nov 5th from Nambu
  17. @ioerror The unification of Europe is inevitable.3:24 PM Nov 5th from Nambu in reply to ioerror
  18. We judge ourselves based on our intent but others based on their results (this isn't a proposal, just an observation that I've read...)12:12 PM Nov 4th from Nambu
  19. Finished @doctorow's new novel, Makers, yesterday. I think it is his best book yet and captures the spirit of hardware hackers.11:37 AM Nov 4th from Nambu
  20. @bruces I have heard mixed reviews of the World SF collection. Have you read it?11:20 AM Nov 4th from Nambu in reply to bruces