Uh, it has nothing to do with showing the world as it is today, its meant to provide references for creating language translations. The bible got picked partly because its likely that a translation of genesis will still exist in thousands of years (even if only as a textbook in an ancient myths course).
I'm glad to see this project finally nearing completion though, and I hope the tech behind it will be expanded for storing more information than just the languages.
Silicates are certainly dangerous to the lungs if not dealt with properly (as any miner before around 100 years ago, and many of them more recently), but cancer? How exactly did that get linked?
Most takeovers that succeed are done with a very small number of people, and from within the military. A full scale war can't take place if the military isn't willing to fight for the government.
A properly organized revolt could end the whole thing in a few days. The government only has as much military power as the military lets it.
At which point either a dictatorship is set up, or we get new yahoos in office that are the same as the old ones. The first revolution worked only because the voters had already made wise decisions. And because Washington didn't go for dictatorship at the last minute.
There is a difference between small scale job losses, and the kind of wide scale gutting of the middle class that will make sure nobody is left to pay for the things America produces. We are a luxury economy, we produce so effectively that half the country does a job that is completely frivolous. What happens when only 5% of the country can afford those luxuries?
At the same time, we have a massive trade deficit, which doesn't even include the imported labor, and with investor confidence that kept the dollar artificially high shattered, the dollar is only going to continue to fall until that deficit is eliminated.
So yeah, on a individual level, not such a big deal, and I fail to see why I should care more about a US worker than one in India, but the country is fucked.
Get out while you can. Don't move anywhere the US is likely to bomb in its death throws.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go learn Portuguese.
I trust some random guy on the internet I never met more than the Associated Press, just saying.
Diebold (or whatever they call themselves now) also admitted their machines didn't work right after antivirus software was installed, I'm not saying republicans stole the vote, since that doesn't match the evidence I've seen, however since no recount was ever done properly (that I know of) I do have to wonder if flipping a coin might have been more effective than the whole voting process.
SCOTUS determined prior restraint unconstitutional a long time ago. Given the the case where they determined this involved the workings of a hydrogen bomb, exposing a flawed payment system doesn't even come close to justifying an override. And since MTBA is a government organization, the usual corporate protections don't apply.
That said, the first judge made the right decision, which is a very temporary restraining order to allow time to determine what is really going on. MTBA played the system by waiting till just before Defcon, and hopefully a counter suit will be able to use that to its advantage.
Microsoft isn't currently claiming ooxml compliance though, it will be implemented only after ISO finishes making changes to it.
The bigger threat to openness is that the spec allows for proprietary extentions, so Microsoft can give office the ability to perfectly read an OOXML document, while writing documents that are completely unreadable using the spec, and still be considered in compliance.
So basically, by putting their stuff on the web, they're able to force payment from anyone with a computer, without actually producing more content? Do I have that right?
That's gonna be one hell of a sweet scam if its a per device fee instead of per person.
While Google's intervention helped, I'm betting it had more to do with alerting the IOC to the insanity of one of its workers. Any real effort on the part of Google would have been, while perhaps right, also a potentially disastrous legal move, given the number of copyright battles where Google is currently relying on a neutral service defense.
Why do people continue to insist that PC gaming, which is only done by a small percentage of computer users, is so important to Linux. It would be a simple matter to capture 90% of the PC market without ever having a single 3d driver, let alone anything more than the casual games Linux already has.
Hell, before Aero was announced, most systems had almost no graphics (and thus gaming) ability anyway.
I think that it basically boils down to, the Republicans don't care about you because you don't have enough money and the Democrats don't care about you because you don't have enough money. The Libertarians care about you, but they think its wrong to help you.
A little over ten years ago, liquidating Apple would have made sense, whatever else I might think about the company and the products, Jobs is a fucking miracle worker, and we need more business leaders with his ability (if maybe not ethics).
Given that the people who are supposedly carrying out the attacks, are the same ones that are believed to be behind a number of massive botnets., I'd call them definite black hats, regardless of the current motives.
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The phone companies were not threatened with compliance, they were payed to do it. Money does not count as coercion.
Uh, it has nothing to do with showing the world as it is today, its meant to provide references for creating language translations. The bible got picked partly because its likely that a translation of genesis will still exist in thousands of years (even if only as a textbook in an ancient myths course).
I'm glad to see this project finally nearing completion though, and I hope the tech behind it will be expanded for storing more information than just the languages.
Orson Scott Card?
Doesn't he right religious stories for the LDS church now?
Silicates are certainly dangerous to the lungs if not dealt with properly (as any miner before around 100 years ago, and many of them more recently), but cancer? How exactly did that get linked?
It's not the name that'd make me embarrassed to recommend GIMP.
Too bad McCain's idea of middle class is 3 million a year.
Most takeovers that succeed are done with a very small number of people, and from within the military. A full scale war can't take place if the military isn't willing to fight for the government.
Do Chinese convicts that are executed get a say about being donors?
I always figured HURD will be ready about the same time Linux finally becomes unmaintainable.
Which means Linux needs to last a lot more than 30 more years.
A properly organized revolt could end the whole thing in a few days. The government only has as much military power as the military lets it.
At which point either a dictatorship is set up, or we get new yahoos in office that are the same as the old ones. The first revolution worked only because the voters had already made wise decisions. And because Washington didn't go for dictatorship at the last minute.
There is a difference between small scale job losses, and the kind of wide scale gutting of the middle class that will make sure nobody is left to pay for the things America produces. We are a luxury economy, we produce so effectively that half the country does a job that is completely frivolous. What happens when only 5% of the country can afford those luxuries?
At the same time, we have a massive trade deficit, which doesn't even include the imported labor, and with investor confidence that kept the dollar artificially high shattered, the dollar is only going to continue to fall until that deficit is eliminated.
So yeah, on a individual level, not such a big deal, and I fail to see why I should care more about a US worker than one in India, but the country is fucked.
Get out while you can. Don't move anywhere the US is likely to bomb in its death throws.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go learn Portuguese.
I trust some random guy on the internet I never met more than the Associated Press, just saying.
Diebold (or whatever they call themselves now) also admitted their machines didn't work right after antivirus software was installed, I'm not saying republicans stole the vote, since that doesn't match the evidence I've seen, however since no recount was ever done properly (that I know of) I do have to wonder if flipping a coin might have been more effective than the whole voting process.
SCOTUS determined prior restraint unconstitutional a long time ago. Given the the case where they determined this involved the workings of a hydrogen bomb, exposing a flawed payment system doesn't even come close to justifying an override. And since MTBA is a government organization, the usual corporate protections don't apply.
That said, the first judge made the right decision, which is a very temporary restraining order to allow time to determine what is really going on. MTBA played the system by waiting till just before Defcon, and hopefully a counter suit will be able to use that to its advantage.
They aren't called laptops for a reason, too many dipshits who block the air vents with their legs then complain it overheats.
Those out of date textbooks the libraries carry are terribly useful yes, like the assembly book I got, which assumed the reader was using DOS.
Eh, it'd get oner out of me if I was in the UK (No working TV), I imagine there are others like me, so they'll get a little bit of fees out of this.
Of course, if I wasn't in the US, there might be something on TV worth having a working set for...
Microsoft isn't currently claiming ooxml compliance though, it will be implemented only after ISO finishes making changes to it.
The bigger threat to openness is that the spec allows for proprietary extentions, so Microsoft can give office the ability to perfectly read an OOXML document, while writing documents that are completely unreadable using the spec, and still be considered in compliance.
So basically, by putting their stuff on the web, they're able to force payment from anyone with a computer, without actually producing more content? Do I have that right?
That's gonna be one hell of a sweet scam if its a per device fee instead of per person.
While Google's intervention helped, I'm betting it had more to do with alerting the IOC to the insanity of one of its workers. Any real effort on the part of Google would have been, while perhaps right, also a potentially disastrous legal move, given the number of copyright battles where Google is currently relying on a neutral service defense.
Fair enough,t hough I had meant to imply that they felt it wrong as government agents (IE, using someone elses money), not as individuals.
Why do people continue to insist that PC gaming, which is only done by a small percentage of computer users, is so important to Linux. It would be a simple matter to capture 90% of the PC market without ever having a single 3d driver, let alone anything more than the casual games Linux already has.
Hell, before Aero was announced, most systems had almost no graphics (and thus gaming) ability anyway.
I think that it basically boils down to, the Republicans don't care about you because you don't have enough money and the Democrats don't care about you because you don't have enough money. The Libertarians care about you, but they think its wrong to help you.
Fixed that for you.
A little over ten years ago, liquidating Apple would have made sense, whatever else I might think about the company and the products, Jobs is a fucking miracle worker, and we need more business leaders with his ability (if maybe not ethics).
A lack of vaccines and indoor plumbing appeals to you then?
Given that the people who are supposedly carrying out the attacks, are the same ones that are believed to be behind a number of massive botnets., I'd call them definite black hats, regardless of the current motives.