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802.11g... It's Official
JoeBuck writes "This article in CommsDesign reports that the IEEE has officially approved the IEEE 802.11g standard, as well as another standard (802.15.3) for shorter-range, very-low-power operation.
Two other standards designed to improve compatibility between different vendors' access points were also approved."
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck was found dead in his Los Angeles home this morning. A few details have recently been posted. I'm sure we'll all miss him, even if you weren't a fan of his work there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
i love you so much it hurts
in my peepee
bye
...does this mean more articles about Bluetooth...or less?
Now I can talk to my wireless monkey shaving machine from 250 feet away.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - TV Journalist David Brinkley was found dead in his Houston home. A few details have recently been posted. I'm sure we'll all miss him, even if you weren't a fan of his work there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
It should read "Pioneer newsman David Brinkley dies at 82" you stupid fucking troll!
ITIOD! Should read : "Sad news, Gregory Peck dead at 87 " stupid smelly troll!
Consensus in Aristocratic and Confucian Social Roles:
Ethical relations between the citizen and the society
Harmony throughout social and political strata is a main concern in many traditions and ethical systems throughout the world. Its capture on the intellectual and layperson can be understood in its immediate relevance. How ought one behave within society, and through what scope? What benefits would compliance entail, and what reciprocal action could one receive? Questions such as these illustrate underlying thoughts and ideas people have towards relationships between the individual and the society. In western ideas, it is between citizen and the populous, and to some extent, heaven itself. In eastern traditions, it is the interaction between the individual and the cosmos. Strikingly similar, this paper intends to discuss parallels between eastern and western thoughts on such topics, and ultimately strengthen a developing ethical system based on concessions between the two theories. In developing such a theory, one may hope that, in a practical sense, it may find expedient application in the modern world.
Aristotle believed in an ethical system of virtue, that proper action is initiated only due to the agent being ethical. In addition, Aristotle believed in actions being judged as fair or unfair based on his concept of Justice, in which one's action toward another is judged just/unjust by means of an Aristocratic proportion of merit. The connection, Aristotle posits, between the two concepts is that just actions are a result of the practice of perfect virtue. Aristotle states that a virtuous man and a keeper of the law is just. Thus Aristotle places an appropriate scope of Justice and Virtue in that there is a context of law in considering just and unjust actions. It is important to point out that by law, one can include legislature as well as natural/social laws. Therefore, the context of law may be synonymous with a context of society. Concluding from a previous essay, justice follows from an inclination to be virtuous and corresponding duties, within an appropriate social backdrop, the social Context. Note that there is no threat to dissolving into a relativistic system, as the system is objectively supported by a priori virtues as well as corresponding duties.
A student of Confucianism should immediately draw parallels between this Aristocratic Context and the teachings of Confucius and later disciples. Confucius advocates the idea of jen, virtue of humanness, to be the standard of all ethical behavior. In fact, Confucius believes jen to be the "perfect virtue," from which other virtues take shape. Through this and yi, which one may interpret as ethical principles of action, one may accomplish moral behavior, a ritualistic mode of interaction with others known as li. Accomplishing li, via jen and yi, an individual effects the social strata, ultimately dismissing the entropy of the cosmos. Structured around the people and within these strata, Confucius details the construction of a Jen-Government, lead by kingly figures, promoting and honoring jen, yi and li within individuals and their actions. The effective mark of the individual on his social environment is detailed within both the Aristocratic theory and Confucian tradition, and through an examination of the parallel between the Aristocratic Context and Confucian Jen-Government, a harmonious fusion can be determined, and applied nicely to the modern world.
In his teachings, Confucius detailed the concept of jen as perfect virtue, or the virtue of humanness. Far from detailing a idealist stance, Confucius believed that in the attempt to become like that which is superior, one initiates a cycle of jen based virtues, a similar note to Aristotle's habituation of virtue. Also similar to western virtue ethics is Confucius's identification of the inherent goodness of the mean path. The Confucian Doctrine of the Mean details the good of the middle way, stating,
"Perfect is the virtue which is according to the mean. They have
ok, so... "nizzle" is slang for "nigger" which is slange itself?
Um, besides, "nizzle" is more akin to "nipple" than "nigger" and makes a F-load more sense. Not that snoop dog makes sense, I'm just sayin', yo.
~/ssh slashdot.org ssh: connect to host slashdot.org port 22: too many beers
I hope you know how racist it is to assume everyone on slashdot is white.
You do know there's a japanese slashdot, eh?
I'm there, but there's nothing going on...
lets not forget the fact that i also consider you a complete fucking moron, but fortunately people have also have carried that term around with pride such as yourself.
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actually i don't judge jack shit by the colour of anybody's skin. I simply feel that if the black people are going to use the term nigger that I can too, and if they don't want others to use it then they themselves should not. how fucking hard is that?
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you're damn skippy i'm trolling. it was a perfect thread for it too. However, I don't consider any term to have no use. I agree with Chris Rock's routine called "blacks vs. niggers" as well as not considering any alleged vulgarity such as fuck or shit to be of any continued offense in this day and age. Linguistics are something which should be well-defined. a nigger is an ignorant and quite possibly freeloading black person. Contextually, I think that that is a fine definition. Calling a doctor who happens to be black a nigger would be a misuse of the term. how's that?
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