I would like to see more im collaboration. often it's more convenient than face to face, especially if the developers are forced to sit near non-geeks.
I hate when that happens. Everything should have a vi mode.
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you're probably right, I was just going on some quote I read in a newspaper where gore described himself as an introvert and that woman who was in the news who was his advisor and told him to be an "alpha male". myself I didn't quite buy his "how you doin?" salesmanship, I think he's more thoughtful than that but was afraid to come across as "too intellectual" or "reserved" or whatever. instead I would have advised him to say "this is how I am, I don't think it disqualifies me from being a good president." undoubtedly the public isn't ready for that yet.
To take a high profile example, by all accounts Al Gore is a pretty learned guy, but he still hasn't figured out what he wants his appearance to be, and the last election suggests that he has had only mediocre success connecting with the public. The stereotypical closed-in scientist (and I've known a few) can be far worse.
I think Al Gore lost because he was trying to present himself as something he's not. His advisors told him to be "an alpha male" and aggressive and to act confident and all that crap, when really I think he is an introvert who would rather rely on the truth in an argument rather than what will play well to the audience. He should have just been himself, and trusted that the public would be able to overcome obsolete ideas of what makes a good leader (dating from more primitive times).
Of course, Bill Bradley tried to be himself, and Al Gore's "alpha male" personna beat him. So being able to be yourself and get elected, if you're an introvert, may still be a ways off.
I don't think a full glottal stop is enough to make it two syllables.
There's no glottal stop in "GNU". A glottal stop occurs in the back of the throat, farther back than where the "G" sound is formed. It's the difference between "uh-oh" (glottal stop occurs at the "-") and "yugo". I guess some people might pronounce the "G" in "GNU" as a glottal stop but it it would sound more like you'd swallowed the "G".
Look up "glottal stop" on google for more information.
If the FSF wants credit for everywhere their stuff is included, they shoulda put it in the GPL. Technically, you can say Linux is just the kernel, but it's really hard to split hairs like this to laypeople. They'll just call it whatever they feel like and no amount of whining and complaing about fairness and credit will change this.
Linux is easier to say/remember/write than GNU/Linux, too.
He didn't write a perl script to get usernames and passwords from this server, they were in a publically accessible plain text file that he found when he clicked "Edit" and all the files for the website showed up. As far as the bank thing goes, that was an interesting "hack". He had an account with that bank and when they opened up their online banking service he used it himself. He noticed that when you logged in, your account number was a part of the URL, so he changed the numbers and reloaded and if you happened to hit another existing account number then presto you had instant access to their bank account balances, etc. He immediately notifed the bank vp/pres (I forget which now) and they fixed the problem ASAP. I guess this situtation is what led him to believe that the PDNS situtation would go the same way. If you're wondering, yes I know Brian personally
tell him next time, just post it untraceably somewhere and let the script kiddies or whoever have fun with it.
VB does make it easy to write horrificly bad code. But in the hands of someone who knows the tool, it also makes it easy to write elegant software. For that matter, I've seen some awful Java code, too.
I'm in the same boat, doing some Java and VB/ASP/VBA whatever. In my opinion VB encourages "hacking" more than Java, because VB doesn't enforce any sort of oop design. OTOH VB can be easier to write or read, and the debugging support in the IDE is nice.
That's not to say that capitalists don't screw up too, but I maintain a healthy skepticism towards altruists. So these guys want to patent stuff. Big deal. At least we know where we stand with them. When the idealists get a hold of things, you never know how they are going to f*** you.
maybe the idealists don't want to fuck you? yeah it doesn't fit in with the capitalists' view of human nature, I know. idealists may make mistakes, but if they admit them right away without trying to hide them, then I at least feel better with the idealists.
Actually, I was thinking clone hot babes, but eliminate their brains or the "feeling" part of their brains so you could fuck them into submission without hurting them.
Should satisfying these people's desires really be our concern? Should we also find ways to satisfy the desires or murderers and rapists? I say no to both questions.
I don't think you'll ever eliminate murder, rape, or child molestation without allowing the perpetrators or would-be perpetrators satisfy their desires in a harmless way.
sexual contact between adults and children is hurtful to both parties at best and can leave long-lasting scars on all parties involved
"can" leave scars...what if it doesn't? What are the percentages of those that are scarred vs. those that aren't, and who decides who is scarred or not? Are there controlled studies?
In other words, without more data to back up that statement, it seems equivalent to now-outdated thinking about homosexuality or women's suffrage or what have you.
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what if no actual children are harmed, i.e. the children depicted in child porn are either legal adults or generated by computer?
The cautious among us may respond that such material would still be harmful because it might encourage acts of molestation against real children. I would challenge this assumption. I have only my own experience to judge by I guess, but I know that in my case pornography does not encourage me to go out and rape women.
The challenge is to figure out how pedophiles can satisfy their desires without actually harming any real human beings. VR or cloning may be the answer.
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I would like to see more im collaboration. often it's more convenient than face to face, especially if the developers are forced to sit near non-geeks.
so you think the people that make more than $100 an hour deserve it? do we work less, or is our work less valuable?
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yeah I've used both resin and tomcat and found resin easier to configure and use
you're probably right, I was just going on some quote I read in a newspaper where gore described himself as an introvert and that woman who was in the news who was his advisor and told him to be an "alpha male". myself I didn't quite buy his "how you doin?" salesmanship, I think he's more thoughtful than that but was afraid to come across as "too intellectual" or "reserved" or whatever. instead I would have advised him to say "this is how I am, I don't think it disqualifies me from being a good president." undoubtedly the public isn't ready for that yet.
we had to lick the road clean with our tongues
slashdot moderation is arbitrary and juvenile for the most part. often the posts I find best are at -1 or 0, so don't even get archived.
To take a high profile example, by all accounts Al Gore is a pretty learned guy, but he still hasn't figured out what he wants his appearance to be, and the last election suggests that he has had only mediocre success connecting with the public. The stereotypical closed-in scientist (and I've known a few) can be far worse.
I think Al Gore lost because he was trying to present himself as something he's not. His advisors told him to be "an alpha male" and aggressive and to act confident and all that crap, when really I think he is an introvert who would rather rely on the truth in an argument rather than what will play well to the audience. He should have just been himself, and trusted that the public would be able to overcome obsolete ideas of what makes a good leader (dating from more primitive times).
Of course, Bill Bradley tried to be himself, and Al Gore's "alpha male" personna beat him. So being able to be yourself and get elected, if you're an introvert, may still be a ways off.
sigh.
I don't think a full glottal stop is enough to make it two syllables.
There's no glottal stop in "GNU". A glottal stop occurs in the back of the throat, farther back than where the "G" sound is formed. It's the difference between "uh-oh" (glottal stop occurs at the "-") and "yugo". I guess some people might pronounce the "G" in "GNU" as a glottal stop but it it would sound more like you'd swallowed the "G".
Look up "glottal stop" on google for more information.
Socrates didn't live in a barrel afaik. You're thinking of Diogenes.
If the FSF wants credit for everywhere their stuff is included, they shoulda put it in the GPL. Technically, you can say Linux is just the kernel, but it's really hard to split hairs like this to laypeople. They'll just call it whatever they feel like and no amount of whining and complaing about fairness and credit will change this.
Linux is easier to say/remember/write than GNU/Linux, too.
He didn't write a perl script to get usernames and passwords from this server, they were in a publically accessible plain text file that he found when he clicked "Edit" and all the files for the website showed up. As far as the bank thing goes, that was an interesting "hack". He had an account with that bank and when they opened up their online banking service he used it himself. He noticed that when you logged in, your account number was a part of the URL, so he changed the numbers and reloaded and if you happened to hit another existing account number then presto you had instant access to their bank account balances, etc. He immediately notifed the bank vp/pres (I forget which now) and they fixed the problem ASAP. I guess this situtation is what led him to believe that the PDNS situtation would go the same way. If you're wondering, yes I know Brian personally
tell him next time, just post it untraceably somewhere and let the script kiddies or whoever have fun with it.
what he should have done is posted the url on irc or slashdot or something and sat back and watched the fun.
that would be: "give me a BREAK."
I'm in the same boat, doing some Java and VB/ASP/VBA whatever. In my opinion VB encourages "hacking" more than Java, because VB doesn't enforce any sort of oop design. OTOH VB can be easier to write or read, and the debugging support in the IDE is nice.
maybe the idealists don't want to fuck you? yeah it doesn't fit in with the capitalists' view of human nature, I know. idealists may make mistakes, but if they admit them right away without trying to hide them, then I at least feel better with the idealists.
Actually, I was thinking clone hot babes, but eliminate their brains or the "feeling" part of their brains so you could fuck them into submission without hurting them.
I don't think you'll ever eliminate murder, rape, or child molestation without allowing the perpetrators or would-be perpetrators satisfy their desires in a harmless way.
"can" leave scars...what if it doesn't? What are the percentages of those that are scarred vs. those that aren't, and who decides who is scarred or not? Are there controlled studies?
In other words, without more data to back up that statement, it seems equivalent to now-outdated thinking about homosexuality or women's suffrage or what have you.
The cautious among us may respond that such material would still be harmful because it might encourage acts of molestation against real children. I would challenge this assumption. I have only my own experience to judge by I guess, but I know that in my case pornography does not encourage me to go out and rape women.
I want to see more porn with chicks eating shit and drinking piss. Bring back the snuff film!
but it wouldn't exist if there weren't a demand.
The challenge is to figure out how pedophiles can satisfy their desires without actually harming any real human beings. VR or cloning may be the answer.
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no no! I hope he's saving his essence at least