Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
Welcome to the personal blog of Joop Beris. I blog about a wide variety of topics, ranging from atheism to information security and lots in between. I welcome feedback on my articles but there are some guidelines. Feel free to share articles you like by using the sharing buttons but please give me credit if you want to share something. Also, check out my privacy policy and other legalese.
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Below you’ll find the most recent things I’ve written. Feel free to check them out, leave a comment and share them with others who might be interested.
Latest posts
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Why I am an atheist – part 1
This is the first article of an intended series during which I will explain why I am an atheist. Much of this is based on my own, personal thoughts and experiences with religion, mostly Christianity, because that is the religion I have been exposed to the most. While this is not intended as an attack…
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Installing the VMWare View client on openSUSE 13.1
If, like me, you like to use the openSUSE Linux distribution, both personally and professionally and you need to connect to a VMWare View environment, you’ll be unpleasantly surprised: there’s no supported client for openSUSE or other RPM based distributions. There is however, an Ubuntu package..
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PDF file print protected?
Having a PDF file that is print protected is annoying. If you run into this nonsense and you happen to use Linux, the following command will save you, provided you have Ghostscript installed. Note though, that this command can not strip the password out of documents that are password protected against opening!
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Governed by your inferiors
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato
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I told you so…
It’s December 22, 2012. Thank goodness we’re all still alive. Not that I ever believed the world was coming to an end, of course.
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How dangerous is the ITU?
The ITU, the International Telecommunications Union is the UN agency for Information and Communication Technologies. The ITU is “committed to connecting all the world’s people – wherever they live and whatever their means”. Sounds like a very noble commitment, doesn’t it? It’s odd then, that the potentially biggest threat to the free and open Internet…
Recent comments
Surely you have outstanding points. To add on your 10 reasons, I would say, for a very long time keeping…
This. This is one of the best comment i’ve seen. If god does not exist, then theoretically all BS surrounding…
Your not atheist, your agnostic
This is a pretty old article but it is still the most popular on the site. It has received nearly…
“What can be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.”
Christopher Hitchens
Author and journalist
Hello Beris, I think you need to clarify this, the true meaning of an Atheist is someone who absolutely doesn’t…