The Daily Web Roundup is a collection of links to the news, commentary, and information I found interesting or useful today. If you want to read more of what is found in this post, find links to my favorite news, commentary, and information sites at Dennis L Hitzeman’s News Reading List.

The Science and Technology Brief is a biweekly glance at interesting science and technology news and profiles on science and technology that is or will affect us all. For Thursday: ‘Will Vista Be Just That?’, ‘More Organizations Should Get This Smart’, ‘Why Science Might Be Loosing the ID Debate’.

A constant theme of the Old Testament is that God does not tolerate sin, neither the sin of the world at large nor the sin of His own people. The law God hands to the Israelites is a direct acknowledgement of that intolerance, because by that law all people can judge that they cannot fulfill God’s requirements for righteousness.