@AciSpades: Since I let a very pregnant Brian Lam sleep in my barn - where he proceeded to give birth to the baby Jesus who, as we all know, went on to become his Senior Associate Editor - I suppose he figured he owed me one.
@Arvedui: I guess there ARE those who would make the argument that a "computer" is "technology," but as long as no one knows you have one, and you only code in simple HTML for family farms and such, it doesn't really count.
Besides, Amish (and Mennonites) don't shun technology per se, it's more like a ban on the accoutrements of contemporary society that degrade community. Hence the historical ban on individually-owned phones (which I broadly interpret as a ban against the 3G iPhone until it supports 32 GB of memory).
The media is giving up breathless exhortations of how great Twitter is (in spite of having no business plan or how to monetize a free service) for Lent.
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This is blowing my MIND!
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@Arvedui: I guess there ARE those who would make the argument that a "computer" is "technology," but as long as no one knows you have one, and you only code in simple HTML for family farms and such, it doesn't really count.
Besides, Amish (and Mennonites) don't shun technology per se, it's more like a ban on the accoutrements of contemporary society that degrade community. Hence the historical ban on individually-owned phones (which I broadly interpret as a ban against the 3G iPhone until it supports 32 GB of memory).
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Does that still work with the right-wingers?
03/07/09
"Terrorists win."
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