As someone who has spent time in psychiatric institutions, I agree wholeheartedly - the majority of schizophrenics I met were (in the immortal words of Douglas Adams) 'mostly harmless', and generally very interesting and stimulating company.
Yes, schizophrenia combined with paranoid ideation can cause confusion, frustration and violence - I have seen that first hand, and the loss of control is quite frightening.
But the majority of schizophrenics, despite elements of paranoia, manage to work their way through life without harming others.
Amen to that - as someone whose partner (all 5' 2" of her) was pepper sprayed by the police after freaking out at them, a simple thumb lock would have been far less aggravating and wouldn't have required paramedics.
Personally, I can restrain without (too much) physical harm, and do use such techniques when confronted with violence, combined with talking the situation down calmly and quietly.
Oh, and if anyone tases me - I've had 50KV across my chest before, just for a laugh. It didn't bother me in the slightest, and didn't incapacitate me (I was administering the shock).
And why should economics, which is about interactions between conscious beings, follow the laws of thermodynamics, which as I recall is about the random bouncing of non-sentient lumps of matter?
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I know Homer said 'in this house, we obey the laws of themodynamics', but that was the Simpsons, and this is real life.
This kind of experimentation only re-enforces that idea, that human beings are nothing but animals, so why shouldn't they be treated like them?
The problem with the holocaust, white separatists, slave traders, Rwandan genocide, etc. isn't the idea that human beings are nothing but animals - it's taking the view that other racial / tribal groups are lesser beings than your Aryan / WASP / slave owner / Hutu group.
Genetics has nothing to do with the atrocities of the past (eugenics aside) - it's pure and simple tribalism, which is the most animal of all human instincts.
Sure, we have language and tool use, but just because we can't ascribe meaning to the languages (albeit simple and restricted) of other species doesn't mean that they aren't sentient.
Do dogs have a sense of self?
From the dogs I know, it's pretty evident that they do.
Birds? Yep - I know some parrots that are definitely individuals, taking a like or dislike to individual humans.
Pigs? I don't know, as I haven't been exposed to pigs for around 40 years, and the last time I interacted with a pig was to put the big rubber band round its bollocks to castrate it. But when I was a kid, the pigs seemed to have distinct personalities.
By your definition, I'm a beast - but then again, I'm proud to be so - a beast with language and tool use.
The phrase "house nigger" was actually used by Harry Belafonte to describe Powell - needlessly derogatory, in my opinion, but distinctly black-on-black verbal sparring.
Hell of a good Nozickian icecream analogy - now if you could just rephrase that in automotive terminology, I think you'll win over the average Slashdotter:o).
If you watched the UN presentation, as I did, could you not see the obvious distaste that Powell was radiating as he waded through that bullshit?
He was doing the job that was assigned to him - perhaps he should have stood firm and refused / resigned, but we're all human (Claire Short was the only British cabinet minister to resign over the war, and even she left it late).
There's a tendency in good people to try to influence events from the inside if they can - it may be mistaken, but the belief that you can use quiet persuasion while a member of the ruling group to curb the excesses of the extremists isn't uncommon.
His really quite insulting WMD presentation to the UN ensured that he is never going to be taken seriously internationally.
Everyone 'internationally' knows that Powell was royally fucked over by the war party on that matter, and will be willing to cut him some slack.
The vast majority of non-Americans would love to see Powell as VP - he has an air of authority (WMD presentation notwithstanding, we could all see his distaste for that farrago) that would be a credit to your nation, and he's brighter than the whole of your Congress and Senate combined.
Drive behind a 72 year old for awhile and see if you think you want them at the wheel of the country.
My grandpa, even in his late 70s, used to bomb around faster than most boy racers.
And his mind was sharp as a pin until the cancer got him at 80.
Hell, he was still climbing his 40ft plum tree a year before he went.
Age isn't a problem - health is, and McCain looks pretty healthy to me.
Having said that, as a Brit, I hope Obama gets in, and Powell would be a great VP - he's a credit to your nation even if he was stiffed by Cheney and the Likudnik fifth columnists.
What I missed from the wiki is why you could not just host the random files locally, or generate them on the fly? If the URLs that are distributed are encoded to reassemble the original file from known random parts, why host those parts on other machines at all?
Except that what is referenced in the URL is the hash of the random file, and the filesystem has rules for locating the random file based on the 'distance' between the hash of the file and the hashes of the node identifiers (randomly created on installation).
The idea is that as time goes on, participant nodes will accumulate the random file parts that are numerically close to the hash of it's identifier, so your node may not (probably will not) eventually store any of the random parts that you create by uploading a file to the system - those parts will be distributed around the system and accessible by the URL (which you don't share in the case of copyrighted works, since some construction of copyright law would likely claim such sharing to amount to distribution).
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The law can't compel me to provide the combination to my safe, and by extension my passwords are my business, not Plod's.
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How do they make the language logical, Mr Tanzesmittflammenwerfer?
Hey - those Xhosa chicks are cute too!
At least they've got cute arses, unlike the flatback Jap girls :o)
Yes, schizophrenia combined with paranoid ideation can cause confusion, frustration and violence - I have seen that first hand, and the loss of control is quite frightening.
But the majority of schizophrenics, despite elements of paranoia, manage to work their way through life without harming others.
Oh, and I was a patient, not a staff member :o)
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Personally, I can restrain without (too much) physical harm, and do use such techniques when confronted with violence, combined with talking the situation down calmly and quietly.
Oh, and if anyone tases me - I've had 50KV across my chest before, just for a laugh. It didn't bother me in the slightest, and didn't incapacitate me (I was administering the shock).
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Priceless :o)
Damn you - I won't be able to get those bloody Vikings out of my mind for days now!
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My preference is for grey on blue, but then I'm old
You mean like this?
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I know Homer said 'in this house, we obey the laws of themodynamics', but that was the Simpsons, and this is real life.
Compare that with Orwell's examples, and you will see that the English language is well used to being raped.
I'll be 44 this year, and my first piece of kit of note was a Casio Mini in 1973.
Get off my lawn.
The problem with the holocaust, white separatists, slave traders, Rwandan genocide, etc. isn't the idea that human beings are nothing but animals - it's taking the view that other racial / tribal groups are lesser beings than your Aryan / WASP / slave owner / Hutu group.
Genetics has nothing to do with the atrocities of the past (eugenics aside) - it's pure and simple tribalism, which is the most animal of all human instincts.
Cue 'Duelling Banjos', and the immortal 'Squeal like a pig, boy'
You sure got a purdy mouth...
Sure, we have language and tool use, but just because we can't ascribe meaning to the languages (albeit simple and restricted) of other species doesn't mean that they aren't sentient.
Do dogs have a sense of self?
From the dogs I know, it's pretty evident that they do.
Birds? Yep - I know some parrots that are definitely individuals, taking a like or dislike to individual humans.
Pigs? I don't know, as I haven't been exposed to pigs for around 40 years, and the last time I interacted with a pig was to put the big rubber band round its bollocks to castrate it. But when I was a kid, the pigs seemed to have distinct personalities.
By your definition, I'm a beast - but then again, I'm proud to be so - a beast with language and tool use.
Salford? Bah - I went to school in Moss Side :o)
You've a short memory, Mr AC.
You utter bastard - you're conspiring to marginalise both of me! :o)
Hell of a good Nozickian icecream analogy - now if you could just rephrase that in automotive terminology, I think you'll win over the average Slashdotter :o).
He was doing the job that was assigned to him - perhaps he should have stood firm and refused / resigned, but we're all human (Claire Short was the only British cabinet minister to resign over the war, and even she left it late).
There's a tendency in good people to try to influence events from the inside if they can - it may be mistaken, but the belief that you can use quiet persuasion while a member of the ruling group to curb the excesses of the extremists isn't uncommon.
Everyone 'internationally' knows that Powell was royally fucked over by the war party on that matter, and will be willing to cut him some slack.
The vast majority of non-Americans would love to see Powell as VP - he has an air of authority (WMD presentation notwithstanding, we could all see his distaste for that farrago) that would be a credit to your nation, and he's brighter than the whole of your Congress and Senate combined.
My grandpa, even in his late 70s, used to bomb around faster than most boy racers.
And his mind was sharp as a pin until the cancer got him at 80.
Hell, he was still climbing his 40ft plum tree a year before he went.
Age isn't a problem - health is, and McCain looks pretty healthy to me.
Having said that, as a Brit, I hope Obama gets in, and Powell would be a great VP - he's a credit to your nation even if he was stiffed by Cheney and the Likudnik fifth columnists.
Except that what is referenced in the URL is the hash of the random file, and the filesystem has rules for locating the random file based on the 'distance' between the hash of the file and the hashes of the node identifiers (randomly created on installation).
The idea is that as time goes on, participant nodes will accumulate the random file parts that are numerically close to the hash of it's identifier, so your node may not (probably will not) eventually store any of the random parts that you create by uploading a file to the system - those parts will be distributed around the system and accessible by the URL (which you don't share in the case of copyrighted works, since some construction of copyright law would likely claim such sharing to amount to distribution).