What would be interesting is to explore the cause of this teleological fallacy - is it a psychic need, or is it down to the human tendency to anthropomorphise everything we see, including the Universe?
I see gods (and angels, djinns, whatever) as anthropomorphised aspects of nature - in polytheistic religions, distinct aspects are represented by the various gods, in monotheism, everything is lumped together in a not-so-harmonious whole.
People try to ask the 'why' questions because we ourselves act in an intentional, goal-seeking manner, and cannot see that the world in general isn't like that - there is no ultimate goal for evolution, nor for the universe as a whole.
Well if there is a Clever Hans effect, it's even more astounding, because it would imply that these fish are able to pick up on the experimenters' body language!
Arguably, in the P2P scenario, none of the distribution criteria are met - we can certainly strike out sales, licenses and leases immediately, lending implies that the lender is deprived of the goods for the period of the loan, and expects the goods to be returned, and P2P sharing doesn't transfer ownership, it effectively multiplies ownership.
I would argue that no transfer of ownership takes place, because the original copy that the sharer has remains in place.
Another weakness is that all that is transferred is a copy of the file, which in the case of most P2P transactions isn't a copy of the original CD file anyway but a compressed version of that file, so it is a moot point as to whether the copyrighted work itself is being shared.
Keep up the good work, Ray - I'm in the UK but follow your progress with great interest, especially with the ludicrous proposal over here that ISPs should disconnect users accused of file sharing merely on the recording industry's say-so.
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But you can't take a haggis into space - what if yon beastie escapes and runs round and round in wee circles, because everyone knows that the legs on one side are shorter than the other, what with them living in the hills...
Yes, Sharia is usually the justification, but Sharia and the Koran are poles apart when it comes to how to treat women.
Sharia has been (mis)informed over the centuries by the cultures in which Islam has assimilated, and has at its base an interpretation of the Koran from the perspective of tribal and very patriarchal societies.
Sharia isn't Islamic in the true sense, because in its implementation it contradicts the Koran by denying women the status that Mohamed (pbuh) gave them.
The trouble with the cultures I despise isn't their Islamic nature, it's their patriarchal ignorance (this also applies to various Christian sects and to Orthodox Judaism in its more extreme form.s)
As I see it, the art of management is to make it easy for your subordinates to succeed.
The sort of manager who takes the credit for his team's achievements rarely inspires, and generally moves on regularly (to fail to inspire yet more people).
I've had good and bad managers in my working life, and the predominant trait in the good managers was that they eschewed bullshit, cleared obstacles from their subordinates' path, and fostered a good team spirit.
It sounds like Valentine is one of these people, and good luck to him now he's out of the monopolistic, chair-throwing, megalomaniac culture that is Microsoft.
I run Mandriva on my home box, XP on my work laptop, and I can honestly say that I've not had a crash on either in the last three years - in fact the last BSOD I experienced was with NT4.
I'm a Linux fan, but have to use Windows for work, and have to say I'm generally happy with 2000 and XP - Vista is a dog (and happily not yet mandated at work), and Office 2007 is a royal PITA with its ugly Mac-like interface.
Personally, I'd rather use Linux for everything, but a man's got to earn a crust:-(
And even on Win2K, I used to admin boxes with uptimes of 18 months or more, so you're more full of it than the GP.
In my book, success is having enough wealth to have a happy family life, treat myself and my family to the odd luxury and save a little for my old age.
Any more than that, and I'd start donating the extra to charity (I do already:P)
Other people can live as they wish - I'm an old fashioned Methodist and I'll live my life with 'just enough' as long as I can.
Personally, if I have enough money to put a roof over my head, feed, clothe and transport myself and my family, plus a little extra for the odd treat, then I'm content.
I think that others should be content with the same, but if they're not, and they want to stress themselves working too hard for more than they need, that's their choice.
I think that striving to get more than you need is a bad thing - it's bad for your health, bad for your mind, and altogether unproductive when the alternative is to work just as hard as is necessary for life's essentials plus a bit of pleasure.
Baloo had it about right - the bare necessities should be enough for anyone.
WikiLeaks shouldn't have tried to hide -- they were asked for contact information repeatedly. It is no wonder at all, that the judge agreed with the plaintiffs and imposed the injunction. He could've found them in contempt too, and imposed a fine in addition...
Aside from the fact that the case in question wasn't even against Wikileaks, but against the domain registrar of Wikileaks.org, I don't see any evasion on Wikileaks' part in the correspondence.
My reading is that they recieved a vague threat from Mr Spiegel, requested clarification, got a part answer, requested more details so that they could pass the query to the appropriate Wikileaks counsel, and in return got what can only be described as a histrionic and intemperate rant from Mr Spiegel.
He really did make himself look silly, and appears to have decided that threatening the registrar was a safer course of action than exposing the names of his client(s) to Wikileaks, where they would surely have been published for all to see.
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All deliveries come via the Western gate, as it's closer to China.
Will someone please tell the fucking Israelis that?
Oh, that's right - we can't tell them anything, because they're too busy stealing Palestinian land and water to listen.
I see gods (and angels, djinns, whatever) as anthropomorphised aspects of nature - in polytheistic religions, distinct aspects are represented by the various gods, in monotheism, everything is lumped together in a not-so-harmonious whole.
People try to ask the 'why' questions because we ourselves act in an intentional, goal-seeking manner, and cannot see that the world in general isn't like that - there is no ultimate goal for evolution, nor for the universe as a whole.
Well, it was teflon coated copper :P
Gentoo user, huh?
Tip 2 - completely ignore the Old Testament, as it's mythical nonsense.
Tip 3 - stick to the Gospels - Paul was an authoritarian prick and should be discounted by anyone with common sense.
Tip 4 - don't take any of it literally, especially not in translation.
Tip 5 - you can come to the same moral conclusions on strictly utilitarian grounds, so gods aren't strictly necessary.
Incidentally, Richard Feynman did some early work on phages as a break from physics in 1961 - here is the paper he co-authored.
Good point about the evolution of resistance - perhaps someone will get a clue and start inoculating hospitals with an MRSA eating phage.
That figures - if you have mutually contradictory axioms, 1=2 can be shown to be true.
Ramen to that, brother!
Well if there is a Clever Hans effect, it's even more astounding, because it would imply that these fish are able to pick up on the experimenters' body language!
And then gave the money away to charity, 'cause she didn't need it.
I would argue that no transfer of ownership takes place, because the original copy that the sharer has remains in place.
Another weakness is that all that is transferred is a copy of the file, which in the case of most P2P transactions isn't a copy of the original CD file anyway but a compressed version of that file, so it is a moot point as to whether the copyrighted work itself is being shared.
Keep up the good work, Ray - I'm in the UK but follow your progress with great interest, especially with the ludicrous proposal over here that ISPs should disconnect users accused of file sharing merely on the recording industry's say-so.
But you can't take a haggis into space - what if yon beastie escapes and runs round and round in wee circles, because everyone knows that the legs on one side are shorter than the other, what with them living in the hills...
Sharia has been (mis)informed over the centuries by the cultures in which Islam has assimilated, and has at its base an interpretation of the Koran from the perspective of tribal and very patriarchal societies.
Sharia isn't Islamic in the true sense, because in its implementation it contradicts the Koran by denying women the status that Mohamed (pbuh) gave them.
The trouble with the cultures I despise isn't their Islamic nature, it's their patriarchal ignorance (this also applies to various Christian sects and to Orthodox Judaism in its more extreme form.s)
You could back up Exchange 5.5 on the fly, if you followed the instructions for the Backup Exec setup properly
Yes, it was a PITA to set up correctly, but once you had set up the backup user with more rights than God, it worked.
You obviously didn't read the instructions.
But you're right - as an enterprise email server, it was a POS.
The sort of manager who takes the credit for his team's achievements rarely inspires, and generally moves on regularly (to fail to inspire yet more people).
I've had good and bad managers in my working life, and the predominant trait in the good managers was that they eschewed bullshit, cleared obstacles from their subordinates' path, and fostered a good team spirit.
It sounds like Valentine is one of these people, and good luck to him now he's out of the monopolistic, chair-throwing, megalomaniac culture that is Microsoft.
I'm a Linux fan, but have to use Windows for work, and have to say I'm generally happy with 2000 and XP - Vista is a dog (and happily not yet mandated at work), and Office 2007 is a royal PITA with its ugly Mac-like interface.
Personally, I'd rather use Linux for everything, but a man's got to earn a crust :-(
And even on Win2K, I used to admin boxes with uptimes of 18 months or more, so you're more full of it than the GP.
In my book, success is having enough wealth to have a happy family life, treat myself and my family to the odd luxury and save a little for my old age.
Any more than that, and I'd start donating the extra to charity (I do already :P)
Other people can live as they wish - I'm an old fashioned Methodist and I'll live my life with 'just enough' as long as I can.
Nah - it's easier (and probably more legal) to go into banking or law than to spend the time counterfeiting cash :P
I think that others should be content with the same, but if they're not, and they want to stress themselves working too hard for more than they need, that's their choice.
I think that striving to get more than you need is a bad thing - it's bad for your health, bad for your mind, and altogether unproductive when the alternative is to work just as hard as is necessary for life's essentials plus a bit of pleasure.
Baloo had it about right - the bare necessities should be enough for anyone.
ROFL - out with the keyboard cleaner again...
Aside from the fact that the case in question wasn't even against Wikileaks, but against the domain registrar of Wikileaks.org, I don't see any evasion on Wikileaks' part in the correspondence.
My reading is that they recieved a vague threat from Mr Spiegel, requested clarification, got a part answer, requested more details so that they could pass the query to the appropriate Wikileaks counsel, and in return got what can only be described as a histrionic and intemperate rant from Mr Spiegel.
He really did make himself look silly, and appears to have decided that threatening the registrar was a safer course of action than exposing the names of his client(s) to Wikileaks, where they would surely have been published for all to see.
Et moi, je suis pendu comme cheval :P
Damn.
And I had the gall to criticise someone elses spelling?
My bad...