Two men who have been given the countries highest honour ( and Damon Albarn, meh ) speak out against their governments plans and use their position and reputation to ensures that this side of the argument is communicated to the same general public barraged with copyright infringement = theft propaganda and you interpret this action as being indicative of them secretly being in collusion and believing the opposite of what they say ?
Ah Sweden. This is a discussion I ( English ) have with my gf ( Swedish ) often, and I think it's important to realise that Sweden is almost alone in having a paternal socialist government which is largely fair. In my experience a Swedish approach to living in England often results in frustration and genuine shock that people could live like this.
In England, personal information is very likely to be abused or used for profit by people who are effectively above the law, and it's unlikely that this information will have any positive effect on society, so people are naturally cautious as to plans like this, they feel ( correctly in my opinion ) that it's a loss of power for no gain. These laws tend to have clauses which exonerate the ruling classes, a lack of transparency which inspires contempt and a high likelihood that the data will be stored ( and used ) incorrectly.
England does not work. It's run by self-serving and generally unaccountable people who believe they are superior to large sections of the population, an opinion based largely on birthright. The class system I imagine was useful in an empire context where everyone knowing their place resulted in the entirety of the country ( questionably ) achieving greatness, but it is now almost impossible to dissolve, as this would require a reduction in power for a group of people who's entirety is based around not doing so.
You're right to say that in Sweden this would not be a problem, and is a good idea. In England not so.
Unfortunately by using Cindy Crawford as an example you've shown your age, and by the time this reaches the consumer you'll be using it to magically replace the petunia in your garden that the cat from next door ate. At least, I think it lives next door, I've seen it around there and, oh, no, that one has black feet. Or is it the one from up the road that has, what, Cindy who ?
I would think that Blizzard have got 'connecting computers together, even over the Internet' pretty down by now. They're pretty well known for getting their shit together before launching a product, too.
Starcraft II does a internet validity check, then handles everything else over the local network. The only thing wrong with the LAN play is one thousand screaming voices who unfortunately don't know what they're talking about.
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I'll reply, AC, just wondering, what's the next level ?
What you did ?
What makes you useful as a bland cog in a corporate machine ?
Following your passions with the tools available to you ?
Seems to me you've got some kind of superiority thing going on because you're better-with-computers ? Because you've sat through the many fun eclipse hours of now-where-the-hell-would-a-developer-hide-that-option. Because the language you know is compiled, ffs ? I don't think you're in a position to be talking about modern scripting languages ? Ignorant of would be a better description.
If you were confident in your abilities, you would encourage others, knowing that you might learn something too. As it is you're a fearful troll lashing out from the safety of your cowardice to keep your denial that the few things you've learned somehow make you a superior person. If understanding OO design and knowing a few algorithms is all you have to be proud of then your life must be very lacking indeed.
Personally, I have a problem killing animals too, I've never understood the generally accepted insanity that includes both the fluffybunnywunny and the rabbit pie.
I guess it's somewhere around empathy. If we can emotionally relate to the intelligence it's a horrendous crime, if we can picture the deceased as an aggressor, or sufficiently different to ourselves then it's somewhere between nothing and a victory.
Current electronics do nothing to stimulate a feeling of empathy, they're tools, extensions of ourselves. Once a machine brain can talk and reason with you, you might just feel different ?
Which is more efficient, one person asking, in context and getting a reply from someone who knows, or x thousand people hitting google with the same query ?
I wondered what SoF2 was, then found out by scrolling down a bit.
If the laws are written by, and in favour of, one side of the argument, who then these laws to appropriate more power, and more laws, and who also inflict massive permanent, unwarranted damage on small infringing members of the public ?
What then ?
I'm not trying to defend copyright infringement, but your concept of society seems far from pragmatic. This debate may have become stale, but as it's unresolved and affects a large ( and increasing ) volume of the population and comes very close to ( and is possibly an intended attack on ) Free speech, it's very, very far from pathetic.
I'd say we're getting into civil disobedience territory, copyright was broken by the advent of the Internet. Many, many people have a perfect copying machine ( apart from the guy above who gets scratches in his mp3's ), and the people chosen by this society to create a system which benefits and encourages the creation of artworks via copyright is not doing it's job.
If the majority of a society is uncivil, that society should adjust it's idea of civility. Please don't think there isn't a price for being civil also.
With all due respect, ( and I'm horrified that a UK university graduate would make such a stupid argument ) if you've not started to pay back your student loans then you've had a free further education ( free to you, I paid for it in tax ). University doesn't guarantee you a better job, or salary, it gives you the opportunity to learn knowledge and skills, which you can then use to *start* to build a career.
May I boldly suggest stopping posting inane drivel to slashdot about how victimised you are having to pay the same for a loaf of bread as everyone else.
Pragmatic only if you happen live in a country which has a health service who's main objective is to make money.
I live in a country which has a nationalised health service ( it's not great, and getting worse ), it's subsidised by taxes on things which generally cause inhealth ( cigarettes, Etc. ) and the very idea of gambling with information which could seriously affect the most important thing in your life is horrific, to me you're saying that you'd avoid the prostate check ( * ) because they might find that you have prostate cancer ?
Your genetic disposition can surely be statistically approximated by looking at your family history, life expectancy as an average of your grandparents + a margin for increased nutrition and sanitation ? Probable cause of future death ( barring accident ) is likely to be one of the subset of deaths experienced by your recent family ? Is this information used to change your insurance premium ? ( I'm asking, I have no idea. )
Anyway, it sounds like a horrible situation to be in, the hypothetical cancer sufferer of course won't benefit from that information now, but could have if they'd known twenty years ago, which is the very real situation that we are all in now, we will all die of something, and more information about what the causes are likely to be now gives individuals more tools with which to manage that.
They both include all the features you requested, debuggers, svn integration... I do a lot of commercial AS3, and haven't opened the Flash IDE for a good while.
I don't think you gave an adequate answer either, addressing only the financial side of an information gathering process which could very well lead to an extended and more fulfilling life. I think this is symptomatic of having a healthcare system which cares more about money than health.
You seem to be advocating a position whereby saving money is more important than knowing more about the specific body you have, and any potential problems you may have with it in the future.
If you look at it from the position of someone in their fifties with incredibly painful, terminal bowel cancer, I think they'd probably swap quite a lot of money to have had the information earlier that eating certain foods would extend their life considerably. *
* As an example only, I have no idea about the correlation of foods to cancer.
Well they should have, they're trusting a giant company with very personal information ( home porn browsing history available to a potential employer, anyone ? ), and a quick look at that companies philosophy would reveal the 'do no evil' mantra.
You may be sociopathic enough to believe that people who don't share your viewpoint are somehow 'smaller', but in present company, I'd say your meaningless statistic is probably close to reversed, google's 'do no evil' policy has been discussed vigorously here many many times.
* Inserts cobweb covered argument about copyright infringement not denying the original owner and therefore not being theft.
* Wonders idly if post was entirely constructed to use the word schadenfreude.
* Wonders if poster has *ever* been known to break any small law ( like, making a mixtape for that girl, or speeding a little to get home on time ) and if poster expects to ( massively over ) PAY for it at any stage. ( I believe I get to laugh at your misfortune, right ? )
* Yawns, looks around for something to eat.
I know a few people who had a plays-the-first-ten-minutes-then-stops issue. Upgrading the flash player to the latest version seemed to clear most of them.
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Two men who have been given the countries highest honour ( and Damon Albarn, meh ) speak out against their governments plans and use their position and reputation to ensures that this side of the argument is communicated to the same general public barraged with copyright infringement = theft propaganda and you interpret this action as being indicative of them secretly being in collusion and believing the opposite of what they say ?
Critical > Skeptical > Paranoid.
Ah Sweden. This is a discussion I ( English ) have with my gf ( Swedish ) often, and I think it's important to realise that Sweden is almost alone in having a paternal socialist government which is largely fair. In my experience a Swedish approach to living in England often results in frustration and genuine shock that people could live like this.
In England, personal information is very likely to be abused or used for profit by people who are effectively above the law, and it's unlikely that this information will have any positive effect on society, so people are naturally cautious as to plans like this, they feel ( correctly in my opinion ) that it's a loss of power for no gain. These laws tend to have clauses which exonerate the ruling classes, a lack of transparency which inspires contempt and a high likelihood that the data will be stored ( and used ) incorrectly.
England does not work. It's run by self-serving and generally unaccountable people who believe they are superior to large sections of the population, an opinion based largely on birthright. The class system I imagine was useful in an empire context where everyone knowing their place resulted in the entirety of the country ( questionably ) achieving greatness, but it is now almost impossible to dissolve, as this would require a reduction in power for a group of people who's entirety is based around not doing so.
You're right to say that in Sweden this would not be a problem, and is a good idea. In England not so.
Like troll message boards ? Taking own advice fail.
Unfortunately by using Cindy Crawford as an example you've shown your age, and by the time this reaches the consumer you'll be using it to magically replace the petunia in your garden that the cat from next door ate. At least, I think it lives next door, I've seen it around there and, oh, no, that one has black feet. Or is it the one from up the road that has, what, Cindy who ?
Some people need something to bitch about and are quite happy to group anyone with a viewpoint different to their own as wrong.
Vegans do significantly less damage to the planet on a daily basis than non-vegans, without affecting anyone else's choices.
Open source advocates get off their asses, do something for the reward of just doing it and give you their tools for free, to do with what you will.
Both are advancements on a fragile state of mind which equates giving a fuck with showing off.
I would think that Blizzard have got 'connecting computers together, even over the Internet' pretty down by now. They're pretty well known for getting their shit together before launching a product, too.
Starcraft II does a internet validity check, then handles everything else over the local network. The only thing wrong with the LAN play is one thousand screaming voices who unfortunately don't know what they're talking about.
I'll reply, AC, just wondering, what's the next level ?
What you did ?
What makes you useful as a bland cog in a corporate machine ?
Following your passions with the tools available to you ?
Seems to me you've got some kind of superiority thing going on because you're better-with-computers ? Because you've sat through the many fun eclipse hours of now-where-the-hell-would-a-developer-hide-that-option. Because the language you know is compiled, ffs ? I don't think you're in a position to be talking about modern scripting languages ? Ignorant of would be a better description.
If you were confident in your abilities, you would encourage others, knowing that you might learn something too. As it is you're a fearful troll lashing out from the safety of your cowardice to keep your denial that the few things you've learned somehow make you a superior person. If understanding OO design and knowing a few algorithms is all you have to be proud of then your life must be very lacking indeed.
Back in your hole, go on, shoo.
Ah, well if he's moved that recently, then he could very well still be waiting for BT to fix him a landline.
And I must ask this question: How do you nuzzle enormous breasts while drinking a mo...
Oh.
brb
Finance pros are in governance in most corporations as the function of most corporations is to make money.
Personally, I have a problem killing animals too, I've never understood the generally accepted insanity that includes both the fluffybunnywunny and the rabbit pie.
I guess it's somewhere around empathy. If we can emotionally relate to the intelligence it's a horrendous crime, if we can picture the deceased as an aggressor, or sufficiently different to ourselves then it's somewhere between nothing and a victory.
Current electronics do nothing to stimulate a feeling of empathy, they're tools, extensions of ourselves. Once a machine brain can talk and reason with you, you might just feel different ?
Note to self : Remember bug boys need Adobe Acrobat. Should come in handy when I work out what a bug boy is, maybe an entomologist ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_(literature)
Lots of Charles Dickens' books were published this way originally. Check the Novels section for weekly and monthly serials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
More recently, Gordon Dahlquist did something similar in the UK with The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Books_of_the_Dream_Eaters
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Me also, I'm now thirty six, is that old enough ? The infomercial made me do it, your honor.
Mr Maslow would like to disagree with you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
Sex is right up there with breathing, sleep and food. It's an essential part of being a human, therefore a need.
Which is more efficient, one person asking, in context and getting a reply from someone who knows, or x thousand people hitting google with the same query ?
I wondered what SoF2 was, then found out by scrolling down a bit.
And if the legal system is compromised ?
If the laws are written by, and in favour of, one side of the argument, who then these laws to appropriate more power, and more laws, and who also inflict massive permanent, unwarranted damage on small infringing members of the public ?
What then ?
I'm not trying to defend copyright infringement, but your concept of society seems far from pragmatic. This debate may have become stale, but as it's unresolved and affects a large ( and increasing ) volume of the population and comes very close to ( and is possibly an intended attack on ) Free speech, it's very, very far from pathetic.
I'd say we're getting into civil disobedience territory, copyright was broken by the advent of the Internet. Many, many people have a perfect copying machine ( apart from the guy above who gets scratches in his mp3's ), and the people chosen by this society to create a system which benefits and encourages the creation of artworks via copyright is not doing it's job.
If the majority of a society is uncivil, that society should adjust it's idea of civility. Please don't think there isn't a price for being civil also.
: ( Yes, not you, many apologies.
With all due respect, ( and I'm horrified that a UK university graduate would make such a stupid argument ) if you've not started to pay back your student loans then you've had a free further education ( free to you, I paid for it in tax ). University doesn't guarantee you a better job, or salary, it gives you the opportunity to learn knowledge and skills, which you can then use to *start* to build a career.
May I boldly suggest stopping posting inane drivel to slashdot about how victimised you are having to pay the same for a loaf of bread as everyone else.
Or, stop talking shite, and do some bloody work.
Pragmatic only if you happen live in a country which has a health service who's main objective is to make money.
I live in a country which has a nationalised health service ( it's not great, and getting worse ), it's subsidised by taxes on things which generally cause inhealth ( cigarettes, Etc. ) and the very idea of gambling with information which could seriously affect the most important thing in your life is horrific, to me you're saying that you'd avoid the prostate check ( * ) because they might find that you have prostate cancer ?
Your genetic disposition can surely be statistically approximated by looking at your family history, life expectancy as an average of your grandparents + a margin for increased nutrition and sanitation ? Probable cause of future death ( barring accident ) is likely to be one of the subset of deaths experienced by your recent family ? Is this information used to change your insurance premium ? ( I'm asking, I have no idea. )
Anyway, it sounds like a horrible situation to be in, the hypothetical cancer sufferer of course won't benefit from that information now, but could have if they'd known twenty years ago, which is the very real situation that we are all in now, we will all die of something, and more information about what the causes are likely to be now gives individuals more tools with which to manage that.
FDT ? - http://fdt.powerflasher.com/
... I do a lot of commercial AS3, and haven't opened the Flash IDE for a good while.
Flex ( now Flash ) Builder - http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder4/
They both include all the features you requested, debuggers, svn integration
HTHs
I don't think you gave an adequate answer either, addressing only the financial side of an information gathering process which could very well lead to an extended and more fulfilling life. I think this is symptomatic of having a healthcare system which cares more about money than health.
You seem to be advocating a position whereby saving money is more important than knowing more about the specific body you have, and any potential problems you may have with it in the future.
If you look at it from the position of someone in their fifties with incredibly painful, terminal bowel cancer, I think they'd probably swap quite a lot of money to have had the information earlier that eating certain foods would extend their life considerably. *
* As an example only, I have no idea about the correlation of foods to cancer.
Well they should have, they're trusting a giant company with very personal information ( home porn browsing history available to a potential employer, anyone ? ), and a quick look at that companies philosophy would reveal the 'do no evil' mantra.
You may be sociopathic enough to believe that people who don't share your viewpoint are somehow 'smaller', but in present company, I'd say your meaningless statistic is probably close to reversed, google's 'do no evil' policy has been discussed vigorously here many many times.
* Inserts cobweb covered argument about copyright infringement not denying the original owner and therefore not being theft.
* Wonders idly if post was entirely constructed to use the word schadenfreude.
* Wonders if poster has *ever* been known to break any small law ( like, making a mixtape for that girl, or speeding a little to get home on time ) and if poster expects to ( massively over ) PAY for it at any stage. ( I believe I get to laugh at your misfortune, right ? )
* Yawns, looks around for something to eat.
I know a few people who had a plays-the-first-ten-minutes-then-stops issue. Upgrading the flash player to the latest version seemed to clear most of them.