children are the target because they are by default ignorant,
and restrictive legislation has at its heart the perpetual
ignorance of those bound under it. those who are not ignorant
(through experience) cannot be made ignorant again, but those
who never learn of their ignorance can be kept that way easily.
that country you seek is only in your mind.
thus, it is only "far better" in your mind.
your analysis is ok but your suggested course of action is untenable
in this petri dish we must all share. if you wait for off-world
solutions, by the time they are possible, most probably, the on-world
problems will find a virus-like method of propagating there and we
will be no better off after all (not to mention the continuing grind for those
who are still here).
if all we have is communication amongst the powerless, the first
thing to ensure is that the communication includes instruction on how
to ensure communication. it's not enough that a generation knows how to
sms or post to slashdot or, in general, be simply users. to be able to
change anything: that is the Programmer. to be able to program w/o
breaking the Good Stuff: that is the Hacker.
"measure of success" is just a vague way of saying "what i want out of it".
so dig deep into your psyche and figure out what you want. that's it.
for example, i am a programmer and usually what i want out of any
collaborative project more than anything (more than users, more than fame,
more than financial gain) is to find a fellow programmer who shares the vision
of the project and has the comptetency and cycles to build upon the work. for
me, the primary measure of success for a project is how well hackers (that i
can respect) take to it. ymmv.
to maintain, one must first lead.
to lead, one must first do.
to do, one must first try.
to try, one must first accept failure.
to accept failure, one must first open the mind.
when the mind is open, failure is a curiosity.
when failure is a curiosity, trials are evenly weighed.
when trials are evenly weighed, momentum is balanced.
when momentum is balanced, directionality emerges.
when directionality emerges, your job has just begun.
if the problem seems to lie in others not understanding you, you have two
options: educate them, ignore them. actually, there is a third option which
combines these two, but that's never discussed in public.
emacs: been there done that
on
Nat Demos Dashboard
·
· Score: 4, Informative
"Zen is about detaching from the things in your immediate experience..."
it depends on what you mean "detach". a lot of zen practioners would
find it difficult to be completely mindful if they were detached from their
immediate experience. perhaps you meant to say "detaching from those things
outside your immediate experience"?
perhaps in some areas of the world law enforcement is carried out w/ such
restrictions, but those areas are shrinking like an ice cube in a hot pot.
law enforcement is allowed to speed to catch a speeder, run a red light to
catch those who have run a red light, use deadly force against those who used
deadly force, etc.
law enforcement is allowed to lie to people in their custody (under
investigation) to ellicit testimony, aka "a confession". they can lie about
anything: what they "observed", polygraph test results, the testimony of
cohorts or witnesses or loved ones, anything. they can do this to someone
who is a legal adult or to a child. they can do this with or without record.
law enforcement, in many places, is simply allowed to torture those people
in their custody. it goes without saying that they can choose who to bring
into custody in the first place, as well.
heh, superman has some cool powers, but in the end, he's still a cop.
he is no wise man, he is no teacher, he is no leader out of the darkness, he
is nobody's true friend.
had to be said: "also" and "additional" are redundant. same with "there
are" and "available", although this latter point is debatable depending on how
much of a stickler you are w/ requiring a verb in the "sentence". that word
is in quotes because sometimes it's just nice to revert to declarative style
when the verb is "to be", (e.g., in feature lists) and ditch formal NP-VP
requirements.
but then again, i program computers and don't actually talk to anyone
real (in english) so what do i know?
i accompanied a young woman to Jamaica
and visited a computer shop in Kingston, back in
1998.
unlike some other
trips, i was
strangely unable to finish the log of this one, could be because
the blunts were full force, driving on the left side of the road
for the first time through the hills and avoiding the pedestrians (you think
italian drivers are bad!) left me somewhat befuddled, and i was still very much a
child, after all. (not to mention, things didn't work out w/ the woman.)
literary lameness aside, i was able to talk a bit to the computer shop guy
(only one, quite fitting as there were no customers at that time of day) a
little about free software and in the process
learn about the nascent programming market in the region. there are many
possibilities for localization and specialization as well as new avenues to
pursue, some profitable in the monetary sense, others culturally. i fancied
myself setting up shop there and hacking for GNU stoned all the time, but
none of that panned out. maybe next life.
hate to state the obvious, but using closed software on your servers is
indeed gambling everything on the unknown. that the risk was always mitigated
by laws permitting liability suits is no comfort when the laws are (this very
moment) being changed to unbalance the relationship in favor of the closed
software vendors.
you think there is a usloth tax now? just wait until your very tcp stack
pinches pennies from your account (in compliance w/ ecommerce regulations),
just to gain net.access.
one last note: in a service economy, such as the one found in the U.S.,
closed software is directly analogous to the broken-window effect. an economy
restricted to this only enriches the ruling class (which suits those people
fine).
if you see both objectivity and insight at the same time, your eyes see w/
neither. insight comes from intimacy w/ some matter, whereas objectivity
relies on consensus of the senses only. better to say frankly that you
enjoyed the article and agreed w/ it enough to be willing to read more in the
same vein.
back on topic: it would be nice for managers to engage in their own
open-foo initiatives, like: open-door policy, timely feedback on
well-delineated expectations, actual participation in the work to understand
its grotty nature, and so forth. the manager that understands the congruence
of these practices w/ the motivation behind free
software (and, by extension, open source software) is best positioned to
grow. those that don't, won't.
i ride the short bus, in parallel w/ the other bits. we stride the north truss, skirting where the mother sits. ain't she pretty that hot momma chip a screamin'? wish my address would let me dip into the dreamin'...
drat, we got some wait states now. the grammar's fucked no one knows how. could it be a wayward interrupt? or (gasp) a broken pin pulled up? protocol's misparsed due to spelling errur. transactor's arsed, wee bits feel the terror.
so yeah, communication happens but it ain't no whizzy breeze; even minor cognitive dissonance occurs when you sneeze. you want to be smart? get your bits in alignment. write the right stuff and properly hone your refinement.
i ride the short bus, in parallel w/ the other bits.
we stride the north truss, skirting where the mother sits.
ain't she pretty that hot momma chip a screamin'?
wish my address would let me dip into the dreamin'...
drat, we got some wait states now.
the grammar's fucked no one knows how.
could it be a wayward interrupt?
or (gasp) a broken pin pulled up?
protocol's misparsed due to spelling errur.
transactor's arsed, wee bits feel the terror.
so yeah, communication happens but it ain't no whizzy breeze;
even minor cognitive dissonance occurs when you sneeze.
you want to be smart? get your bits in alignment.
write the right stuff and properly hone your refinement.
Re:Interesting quote from ESR
on
My Visit to SCO
·
· Score: 1
you win more hearts and minds by convincing them to screw their neighbors
by sueing them for recipe/howto/advice/rule-of-thumb/music/software "theft"?!
when anyone splits strategic and tactical along morality lines, that is
machiavalian thinking at its most refined, and basically amounts to "the end
justifies the means (but i won't be so bare-faced as to use those terms)".
really, does pennsylvania have more than its fair share of tyrant wannabes or
what?
so face the challenge and help your local tribe out of its ignorance, fear
and hatred. if you want to look down on someone, look down on someone who
knows better but doesn't commit to any action except to complain. and even
then, try to help that person w/ what calm strength you can muster.
you have half an argument. people always look w/ context. you could have
chosen to point out which contexts are "appropriate" or "just" or "informed"
or "ignorant" (and which are not and how to go about finding out about these
subtleties) instead of painting the big zero. but you didn't. good luck
next post.
it is difficult to understand your misunderstanding.
GPL allows anyone to "use" the software. it is in redistribution of, and
derivation from, that software, that the requirement to also GPL the changes
you make arises. if you want to continue conflating "use" and "derive", then
that's your business; no one else can make you see the difference except
yourself.
i'm a pro, so they say, i'm a pro, dontcha know?
spread my fertilizer all 'round, sit back, watch things grow.
mostly crabgrass, bayobabs, the occasional lemon tree.
my clients, bless their ignorance, dig lifetime dependency.
i write code, so they say, i write code, heads explode!
actually, spend all day grepping the Net, node by node.
paint on a nice splashscreen for those who would pay me,
slap on a license to bill. (get it? haha! i just slay me!)
what's this newfangled free software jazz i
hear about?
why do i have to swear fealty to some borg just to shut it out?
can't i just continue to shovel my fetid wares?
one hand in the client's purse, one on her private hairs?
reality bites, gotta relate, reality bites, damn this shite!
who was the idiot who taught me that thought was like sight?
i close my eyes yet still gardens of others seem to thrive.
i dose on lies yet still truth and freedom will not dive.
the current here is the here most immediate. the current fear is the fear most hated. the current year is the year most remembered. the current near is the near most fated.
two contradictions, angles twisted by ninety. three predelictions, phase misted a plenty. multiple demandings, answers forthcoming. infinite understandings, monks slashdot-slumming. "just" is rudest, a factor to fudge. "almost" buddhist but who is to judge?
i asked buddha one day, hey dude, so what gives? if all is impermanent, then who cares how one lives? he scanned my source briefly, winked, and then smiled. "please terminate comments or your code won't compile."
stay out of management, dude. screen scraping job: one programmer, one
assistent, one month delivery, one month customer training (or alternatively,
a N-year service contract). oops, i forgot, one year patent-search unless it
is completely free software.:-/
Slashdot Mirror
children are the target because they are by default ignorant, and restrictive legislation has at its heart the perpetual ignorance of those bound under it. those who are not ignorant (through experience) cannot be made ignorant again, but those who never learn of their ignorance can be kept that way easily.
that country you seek is only in your mind. thus, it is only "far better" in your mind. your analysis is ok but your suggested course of action is untenable in this petri dish we must all share. if you wait for off-world solutions, by the time they are possible, most probably, the on-world problems will find a virus-like method of propagating there and we will be no better off after all (not to mention the continuing grind for those who are still here).
if all we have is communication amongst the powerless, the first thing to ensure is that the communication includes instruction on how to ensure communication. it's not enough that a generation knows how to sms or post to slashdot or, in general, be simply users. to be able to change anything: that is the Programmer. to be able to program w/o breaking the Good Stuff: that is the Hacker.
what is the right chord of which you speak?
"measure of success" is just a vague way of saying "what i want out of it". so dig deep into your psyche and figure out what you want. that's it.
for example, i am a programmer and usually what i want out of any collaborative project more than anything (more than users, more than fame, more than financial gain) is to find a fellow programmer who shares the vision of the project and has the comptetency and cycles to build upon the work. for me, the primary measure of success for a project is how well hackers (that i can respect) take to it. ymmv.
to maintain, one must first lead.
to lead, one must first do.
to do, one must first try.
to try, one must first accept failure.
to accept failure, one must first open the mind.
when the mind is open, failure is a curiosity.
when failure is a curiosity, trials are evenly weighed.
when trials are evenly weighed, momentum is balanced.
when momentum is balanced, directionality emerges.
when directionality emerges, your job has just begun.
if you feel defensive about this project, that's ok, too. i'm sure someone can write a little elisp to bring it into the fold should the need arise.
if the problem seems to lie in others not understanding you, you have two options: educate them, ignore them. actually, there is a third option which combines these two, but that's never discussed in public.
once again, lame technologies seek to imitate what the One True Editor has been able to do for years.
next!
"Zen is about detaching from the things in your immediate experience ..."
it depends on what you mean "detach". a lot of zen practioners would find it difficult to be completely mindful if they were detached from their immediate experience. perhaps you meant to say "detaching from those things outside your immediate experience"?
perhaps in some areas of the world law enforcement is carried out w/ such restrictions, but those areas are shrinking like an ice cube in a hot pot.
law enforcement is allowed to speed to catch a speeder, run a red light to catch those who have run a red light, use deadly force against those who used deadly force, etc.
law enforcement is allowed to lie to people in their custody (under investigation) to ellicit testimony, aka "a confession". they can lie about anything: what they "observed", polygraph test results, the testimony of cohorts or witnesses or loved ones, anything. they can do this to someone who is a legal adult or to a child. they can do this with or without record.
law enforcement, in many places, is simply allowed to torture those people in their custody. it goes without saying that they can choose who to bring into custody in the first place, as well.
heh, superman has some cool powers, but in the end, he's still a cop. he is no wise man, he is no teacher, he is no leader out of the darkness, he is nobody's true friend.
that hybrid, son, is called lisp (at least by some ;-).
had to be said: "also" and "additional" are redundant. same with "there are" and "available", although this latter point is debatable depending on how much of a stickler you are w/ requiring a verb in the "sentence". that word is in quotes because sometimes it's just nice to revert to declarative style when the verb is "to be", (e.g., in feature lists) and ditch formal NP-VP requirements.
but then again, i program computers and don't actually talk to anyone real (in english) so what do i know?
i accompanied a young woman to Jamaica and visited a computer shop in Kingston, back in 1998. unlike some other trips, i was strangely unable to finish the log of this one, could be because the blunts were full force, driving on the left side of the road for the first time through the hills and avoiding the pedestrians (you think italian drivers are bad!) left me somewhat befuddled, and i was still very much a child, after all. (not to mention, things didn't work out w/ the woman.)
literary lameness aside, i was able to talk a bit to the computer shop guy (only one, quite fitting as there were no customers at that time of day) a little about free software and in the process learn about the nascent programming market in the region. there are many possibilities for localization and specialization as well as new avenues to pursue, some profitable in the monetary sense, others culturally. i fancied myself setting up shop there and hacking for GNU stoned all the time, but none of that panned out. maybe next life.
perhaps it's payback time for the blueblood set; bill gates spurned their Trodden Path oh so long ago...
hate to state the obvious, but using closed software on your servers is indeed gambling everything on the unknown. that the risk was always mitigated by laws permitting liability suits is no comfort when the laws are (this very moment) being changed to unbalance the relationship in favor of the closed software vendors.
you think there is a usloth tax now? just wait until your very tcp stack pinches pennies from your account (in compliance w/ ecommerce regulations), just to gain net.access.
one last note: in a service economy, such as the one found in the U.S., closed software is directly analogous to the broken-window effect. an economy restricted to this only enriches the ruling class (which suits those people fine).
if you see both objectivity and insight at the same time, your eyes see w/ neither. insight comes from intimacy w/ some matter, whereas objectivity relies on consensus of the senses only. better to say frankly that you enjoyed the article and agreed w/ it enough to be willing to read more in the same vein.
back on topic: it would be nice for managers to engage in their own open-foo initiatives, like: open-door policy, timely feedback on well-delineated expectations, actual participation in the work to understand its grotty nature, and so forth. the manager that understands the congruence of these practices w/ the motivation behind free software (and, by extension, open source software) is best positioned to grow. those that don't, won't.
[and never post w/o previewing -- d'oh!]
i ride the short bus, in parallel w/ the other bits.
we stride the north truss, skirting where the mother sits.
ain't she pretty that hot momma chip a screamin'?
wish my address would let me dip into the dreamin'...
drat, we got some wait states now.
the grammar's fucked no one knows how.
could it be a wayward interrupt?
or (gasp) a broken pin pulled up?
protocol's misparsed due to spelling errur.
transactor's arsed, wee bits feel the terror.
so yeah, communication happens but it ain't no whizzy breeze;
even minor cognitive dissonance occurs when you sneeze.
you want to be smart? get your bits in alignment.
write the right stuff and properly hone your refinement.
i ride the short bus, in parallel w/ the other bits. we stride the north truss, skirting where the mother sits. ain't she pretty that hot momma chip a screamin'? wish my address would let me dip into the dreamin'... drat, we got some wait states now. the grammar's fucked no one knows how. could it be a wayward interrupt? or (gasp) a broken pin pulled up? protocol's misparsed due to spelling errur. transactor's arsed, wee bits feel the terror. so yeah, communication happens but it ain't no whizzy breeze; even minor cognitive dissonance occurs when you sneeze. you want to be smart? get your bits in alignment. write the right stuff and properly hone your refinement.
you win more hearts and minds by convincing them to screw their neighbors by sueing them for recipe/howto/advice/rule-of-thumb/music/software "theft"?!
when anyone splits strategic and tactical along morality lines, that is machiavalian thinking at its most refined, and basically amounts to "the end justifies the means (but i won't be so bare-faced as to use those terms)". really, does pennsylvania have more than its fair share of tyrant wannabes or what?
so face the challenge and help your local tribe out of its ignorance, fear and hatred. if you want to look down on someone, look down on someone who knows better but doesn't commit to any action except to complain. and even then, try to help that person w/ what calm strength you can muster.
you have half an argument. people always look w/ context. you could have chosen to point out which contexts are "appropriate" or "just" or "informed" or "ignorant" (and which are not and how to go about finding out about these subtleties) instead of painting the big zero. but you didn't. good luck next post.
it is difficult to understand your misunderstanding.
GPL allows anyone to "use" the software. it is in redistribution of, and derivation from, that software, that the requirement to also GPL the changes you make arises. if you want to continue conflating "use" and "derive", then that's your business; no one else can make you see the difference except yourself.
i'm a pro, so they say, i'm a pro, dontcha know?
spread my fertilizer all 'round, sit back, watch things grow.
mostly crabgrass, bayobabs, the occasional lemon tree.
my clients, bless their ignorance, dig lifetime dependency.
i write code, so they say, i write code, heads explode!
actually, spend all day grepping the Net, node by node.
paint on a nice splashscreen for those who would pay me,
slap on a license to bill. (get it? haha! i just slay me!)
what's this newfangled free software jazz i hear about?
why do i have to swear fealty to some borg just to shut it out?
can't i just continue to shovel my fetid wares?
one hand in the client's purse, one on her private hairs?
reality bites, gotta relate, reality bites, damn this shite!
who was the idiot who taught me that thought was like sight?
i close my eyes yet still gardens of others seem to thrive.
i dose on lies yet still truth and freedom will not dive.
the current here is the here most immediate.
the current fear is the fear most hated.
the current year is the year most remembered.
the current near is the near most fated.
two contradictions, angles twisted by ninety.
three predelictions, phase misted a plenty.
multiple demandings, answers forthcoming.
infinite understandings, monks slashdot-slumming.
"just" is rudest, a factor to fudge.
"almost" buddhist but who is to judge?
i asked buddha one day, hey dude, so what gives?
if all is impermanent, then who cares how one lives?
he scanned my source briefly, winked, and then smiled.
"please terminate comments or your code won't compile."
stay out of management, dude. screen scraping job: one programmer, one assistent, one month delivery, one month customer training (or alternatively, a N-year service contract). oops, i forgot, one year patent-search unless it is completely free software. :-/