What you say about getting into power is undoubtedly so. All other things being equal, the ruthless person will have an easier time climbing the ladder.
But, i actually rtfa (well, almost all of page one, so correct me if I'm wrong).Here's a snippet:
"Carney and the other researchers, Andy Yap, Brian Lucas and Pranjal Mehta, used volunteers who were told they were either leaders or subordinates. The leaders were given a large office, and the subordinates given a small windowless space."
So, it wasn't that the ones "in power" got there by being ruthless. So not a chicken/egg/correlation/causation thing.
Anarchy means you don't have a ruler. If the strong rule the weak, by definition, you don't have anarchy. So, nobody rules anybody. Logically, that must mean that everybody rules everybody, just a little bit (unless you have the option to fork off and make a separate anarchy).
So, everybody gets a say about everything. That's exactly synonymous to "utterly democratic".
I'm not necessarily trying to contradict you here. As I said, it depends on definitions. "Utterly democratic" sounds good to me.
I always amazes what bullshit some people come out with in order to justify their continued use of BitTorrent.
My friend, stop with the politics because it's actually very simple - if it's too expensive, don't buy it. Then grow a backbone and don't copy it either.
When you start hitting these mega-corporations in their wallets, then they will start to listen to you.
I didn't say I pirate anything. In fact I don't (because I don't want to break the law in tis case, even if it sucks). I don't buy it either.All I need is Swedish public television and CC-licenced stuff. I still think everything should be given for free to the culturally starving children and everyone else, though. So there.
Yes, but on the other hand I'm thinking that this'll bring all the UK populace into the digital database age and people will be asking people for advice and the people with the most powerful memes will be the fuck-you-big-brother-type-geeks and it will lead to a united, informed people. Soon enough they will be lining the streets, chanting "El Pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!" and it will be known in the history books of the next century as the spark of the new enlightenment and actual democracy. Or did I dream it?
Amen, brother! But I fear counseling is not enough. I'm inclined to believe that police officers start off with a bias of being bullies against misfits, statistically speaking. I fear that there's something fundamentally wrong with the underlying system.
But really, when a company puts out a netbook in the form of a tablet, prices it like a netbook, then you'll see a lot of us come off the sidelines and buy.
Edit: (2 things: Damn, I forgot to close a parenthesis in there and the idiom "arms length" means "away", doesn't it? I meant to mean it as "close by".)
And nowadays, more and more people might very well find themselves wanting/needing/having nothing against owning an "output device" (or one that isn't for writing theseses on, but perhaps for writing comments and other shorter things on.
The pool of people for whom the internet is something constantly at arms length (as opposed to their parents way of sometimes going into the study to turn on the computer to google something), is growing. Many might be ok with a phone with a browser. Others want more of a computer (I think the n900 is pretty neat) and I'd wager that the segment that considers a bigger tablet a sweet spot is growing. Bigger pockets or more flexible screens will be all the rage in the near(-ish) future.
So far this sounds like I'm defending the ipad. Fuck that. Proprietary code is satan, figuratively speaking. I want debian on mine and the opportunity to do anything the hardware can muster.
Oh, and you know what, the gpl is about sharing, so a stance that code should be free as in Free Software could very well live in harmony with the stance that information and culture should be shared. It's not hypocrisy any more than thinking that one law is a rule to do the right thing and another isn't. (maybe a little confusing since both is about copyright law, but think of it like this: copyright law should, in a freedom (tm) mongers mind be used to enforce the gpl, but not to deny people of culture that could be distributed to everyone virtually for free...)
If ever there were a case for RTFA, this is surely it. I would have modded you down, but felt it was better to respond in full. Other mods, please mod parent down.
Nope. Won't do that. Why should I mod someone down for expressing that there's a dissenting view on the definition of evil?
You can argue that we should go by googles definition, but your parent just said they didn't find anything evil, not specifying by whose standards, so presumably their own.
If it's a case of paying a *reasonable* price direct to the artist, I'll gladly pay.
There's a difference between leechers who just want a free ride (and unfortunately always will), and those of us that can actually see the wrong in a situation and stand by our principles to effect some kind of change.
Since we can just copy some culture, nurturing the minds of all people, virtually for free, it seems just plain wrong not to. And how else, but with a bit of socialism, could we ensure the starving artists (or others starving) don't starve.
Just make sure everyone gets food, shelter and clothing (and perhaps internet by the water pump or equivalent, at least) and set culture free as in freedom and free as in beer.
Most people would still want to sell their time for added luxury. And capitalism could do its thing. Why should the market enable some people to bathe in luxury while others starve, though? There would still be plenty of room between starvation and ecological disaster for capitalists to play their game. They would just have a little less luxuries to bathe in.
Yeah, that's a bit longsighted and not easy to accomplish, but its also the proper thing to do, as I see it and any small steps that could be identified as leading in that general direction from here, should be taken, in my opinion.
SCO and whomever is behind (financing) this crap needs to be held responsible and pay, figuratively, they and their minions and overlords need to die (pretty much the case now) and then go to hell. By going to hell, I mean people and corporations/organizations behind this crap need to pay, lots. The legal system should make it clear you cannot play the system like this without suffering.
Do you know something we don't know about advances in beam-up technology? Of course the probe has to land to get access to the butts to be probed. And butts need probing. Aliens always do that. And in this case, the aliens are us!
What if, instead of increasingly raising the will to buy the real deal, the degrading demo would softly weane the gamers off the game in small steps... That would be funny and would serve Sony right because they're a big soulless corporation and besides, proprietary software is immoral.
How about a flexible, holographic resistive and capacitative 3d touchscreen on all sides of the netbook, that you can mould into exactly any shape you like. Wouldn't that be cool?
In other words: What is a concept design worth? TFA doesn't say they have anything working, does it?
Even if Oracle ditches Opensolaris all together, shouldn't the community keep going and shouldn't third party companies fill the hole left in the market with regards to support?
Or is this a question of reality not working out as the theory? Does that mean that, in a similar vein, Monty was right (and Eben was wrong) ranting and going to the EU about the fate of MySQL in the hands of Oracle?
(I don't know. I don't mean to imply anything. Just asking, sincerely.)
I didn't rtfa, so I don't know if this is analogous to donating clothes to poor countries, but in that case, the free clothes have devastated local clothes industry. There's some fundamental flaw in the system if giving people free stuff is bad for them...
Free software is about giving people freedom. Proprietary software is about denying people freedom. Are you for or against freedom?
(disclaimer: I have proprietary drivers in use, so I suck satans cock to some extent too, figuratively speaking, but that doesn't change the above stated.)
And even though you can't control or watch the kids at friends or the teenagers out on the town, the best way to have responsible kids is to respect them, not to be too harsh, take interest in them and talking to them about everything.
They will grow up respecting you and they will want to tell you things and they will (statistically, though I'm not gonna pull out any link, so trust me or not) avoid doing stuff that they wouldn't want to tell you.
Just work this out. Let everyone fly if they want to. Stop picking on fat people. Yes there are practical hurdles or considerations. Just work them out. Sheesh.
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What you say about getting into power is undoubtedly so. All other things being equal, the ruthless person will have an easier time climbing the ladder.
But, i actually rtfa (well, almost all of page one, so correct me if I'm wrong).Here's a snippet:
"Carney and the other researchers, Andy Yap, Brian Lucas and Pranjal Mehta, used volunteers who were told they were either leaders or subordinates. The leaders were given a large office, and the subordinates given a small windowless space."
So, it wasn't that the ones "in power" got there by being ruthless. So not a chicken/egg/correlation/causation thing.
Depends on definitions.
Anarchy means you don't have a ruler. If the strong rule the weak, by definition, you don't have anarchy. So, nobody rules anybody. Logically, that must mean that everybody rules everybody, just a little bit (unless you have the option to fork off and make a separate anarchy).
So, everybody gets a say about everything. That's exactly synonymous to "utterly democratic".
I'm not necessarily trying to contradict you here. As I said, it depends on definitions. "Utterly democratic" sounds good to me.
Thepanre is noopthing to sconee here. War is peace.
Ok, this is a bit of a late reply...
You said:
I didn't say I pirate anything. In fact I don't (because I don't want to break the law in tis case, even if it sucks). I don't buy it either.All I need is Swedish public television and CC-licenced stuff. I still think everything should be given for free to the culturally starving children and everyone else, though. So there.
Yes, but on the other hand I'm thinking that this'll bring all the UK populace into the digital database age and people will be asking people for advice and the people with the most powerful memes will be the fuck-you-big-brother-type-geeks and it will lead to a united, informed people. Soon enough they will be lining the streets, chanting "El Pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!" and it will be known in the history books of the next century as the spark of the new enlightenment and actual democracy. Or did I dream it?
Amen, brother! But I fear counseling is not enough. I'm inclined to believe that police officers start off with a bias of being bullies against misfits, statistically speaking. I fear that there's something fundamentally wrong with the underlying system.
I don't know about the polish of the OS, but it's GNU/Linux, so the sky is the limit: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/
You can buy it without the keyboard.
Edit: (2 things: Damn, I forgot to close a parenthesis in there and the idiom "arms length" means "away", doesn't it? I meant to mean it as "close by".)
And nowadays, more and more people might very well find themselves wanting/needing/having nothing against owning an "output device" (or one that isn't for writing theseses on, but perhaps for writing comments and other shorter things on.
The pool of people for whom the internet is something constantly at arms length (as opposed to their parents way of sometimes going into the study to turn on the computer to google something), is growing. Many might be ok with a phone with a browser. Others want more of a computer (I think the n900 is pretty neat) and I'd wager that the segment that considers a bigger tablet a sweet spot is growing. Bigger pockets or more flexible screens will be all the rage in the near(-ish) future.
So far this sounds like I'm defending the ipad. Fuck that. Proprietary code is satan, figuratively speaking. I want debian on mine and the opportunity to do anything the hardware can muster.
Oh, and you know what, the gpl is about sharing, so a stance that code should be free as in Free Software could very well live in harmony with the stance that information and culture should be shared. It's not hypocrisy any more than thinking that one law is a rule to do the right thing and another isn't. (maybe a little confusing since both is about copyright law, but think of it like this: copyright law should, in a freedom (tm) mongers mind be used to enforce the gpl, but not to deny people of culture that could be distributed to everyone virtually for free...)
Nope. Won't do that. Why should I mod someone down for expressing that there's a dissenting view on the definition of evil?
You can argue that we should go by googles definition, but your parent just said they didn't find anything evil, not specifying by whose standards, so presumably their own.
How do you know this as a fact?
Maybe the apps would be open source and allow extensive configuration. Besides, maybe the raw data would be there as well.
After all, it is a government by, for and of the people, isn't it?
Since we can just copy some culture, nurturing the minds of all people, virtually for free, it seems just plain wrong not to. And how else, but with a bit of socialism, could we ensure the starving artists (or others starving) don't starve.
Just make sure everyone gets food, shelter and clothing (and perhaps internet by the water pump or equivalent, at least) and set culture free as in freedom and free as in beer.
Most people would still want to sell their time for added luxury. And capitalism could do its thing. Why should the market enable some people to bathe in luxury while others starve, though? There would still be plenty of room between starvation and ecological disaster for capitalists to play their game. They would just have a little less luxuries to bathe in.
Yeah, that's a bit longsighted and not easy to accomplish, but its also the proper thing to do, as I see it and any small steps that could be identified as leading in that general direction from here, should be taken, in my opinion.
SCO and whomever is behind (financing) this crap needs to be held responsible and pay, figuratively, they and their minions and overlords need to die (pretty much the case now) and then go to hell. By going to hell, I mean people and corporations/organizations behind this crap need to pay, lots. The legal system should make it clear you cannot play the system like this without suffering.
Not to mention the fact that the whole time, he was hanging out with twelve dudes with dresses and long hair.
Do you know something we don't know about advances in beam-up technology? Of course the probe has to land to get access to the butts to be probed. And butts need probing. Aliens always do that. And in this case, the aliens are us!
What if, instead of increasingly raising the will to buy the real deal, the degrading demo would softly weane the gamers off the game in small steps... That would be funny and would serve Sony right because they're a big soulless corporation and besides, proprietary software is immoral.
I have a concept too:
How about a flexible, holographic resistive and capacitative 3d touchscreen on all sides of the netbook, that you can mould into exactly any shape you like. Wouldn't that be cool?
In other words: What is a concept design worth? TFA doesn't say they have anything working, does it?
Well, your theory is plagiarism! That's a Monty Python sketch. ... google google... seems the sketch I'm thinking of was about brontosaur... ii(?).
So, you posit that the theory on the brontosaurus could be generalized to all dinosaurs?
Interesting development...
Visually, light is a prerequisite.
Even if Oracle ditches Opensolaris all together, shouldn't the community keep going and shouldn't third party companies fill the hole left in the market with regards to support?
Or is this a question of reality not working out as the theory? Does that mean that, in a similar vein, Monty was right (and Eben was wrong) ranting and going to the EU about the fate of MySQL in the hands of Oracle?
(I don't know. I don't mean to imply anything. Just asking, sincerely.)
I didn't rtfa, so I don't know if this is analogous to donating clothes to poor countries, but in that case, the free clothes have devastated local clothes industry. There's some fundamental flaw in the system if giving people free stuff is bad for them...
Here's the deal:
Free software is about giving people freedom. Proprietary software is about denying people freedom. Are you for or against freedom?
(disclaimer: I have proprietary drivers in use, so I suck satans cock to some extent too, figuratively speaking, but that doesn't change the above stated.)
And even though you can't control or watch the kids at friends or the teenagers out on the town, the best way to have responsible kids is to respect them, not to be too harsh, take interest in them and talking to them about everything.
They will grow up respecting you and they will want to tell you things and they will (statistically, though I'm not gonna pull out any link, so trust me or not) avoid doing stuff that they wouldn't want to tell you.
Just work this out. Let everyone fly if they want to. Stop picking on fat people. Yes there are practical hurdles or considerations. Just work them out. Sheesh.