but I really don't understand why we're all so hung up on the GPL3 vs. Microsoft thing. For now and in the near future, anything that happens of any significance in the desktop or corporate IT world will have to suffer MS putting their nose in. It's just a fact of life. Will there always be companies selling linux distros that will be willing to sleep with the devil (speaking very figuratively; please don't flame me)? Yeah, probably, and I don't see anything wrong with it--they are within the rules of business, rules for which we are responsible. If you believe in the linux cause, you have to admit that it does more good for the OS and its philosophy to spend your time contributing to linux (vis-a-vis cash, development, or intelligent discourse) than to whine about the bully who wants his cut.
...that someone we're paying with our tax dollars either fucked up or didn't care. Now what? Can we simply vote for better people? Of course not: history demonstrates conclusively that these better people don't exist, don't want the job, or go unnoticed (largely because the general public doesn't have the time or the means or the interest to assess the competence of prospective officials). So what do we do to put qualified people into positions responsible for our welfare, and hold them accountable once they're there?
It's a hard question, so I think I'll just ignore it, in light of the sad truth that a month from now, no one (who doesn't have a personal connection to the tragedy) will care. To hell with "doomed to repeat it."
It was known well before the collapse that the bridge was in need of repairs. It seems that no public employee, elected or not, understands that prevention is better than reaction. New techniques to detect a heightened probability of failure are useful only if someone acts on the information once it is available.
I don't think one book, even if it looks like the rest of the teen girl trash rags, is going to overcome a decades of social pressure to avoid being seen as "nerdy." What we really need is to have high schools that don't go out of their way to reinforce the perception that going to state for ****ball is the pinnacle of achievement.
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...by a bunch of people who were shaken down for lunch money in grade school talking about physical security?
What do you mean occifer? My car says I'm sotally tober.
You wish your system had security like that.
but I really don't understand why we're all so hung up on the GPL3 vs. Microsoft thing. For now and in the near future, anything that happens of any significance in the desktop or corporate IT world will have to suffer MS putting their nose in. It's just a fact of life. Will there always be companies selling linux distros that will be willing to sleep with the devil (speaking very figuratively; please don't flame me)? Yeah, probably, and I don't see anything wrong with it--they are within the rules of business, rules for which we are responsible. If you believe in the linux cause, you have to admit that it does more good for the OS and its philosophy to spend your time contributing to linux (vis-a-vis cash, development, or intelligent discourse) than to whine about the bully who wants his cut.
It's a hard question, so I think I'll just ignore it, in light of the sad truth that a month from now, no one (who doesn't have a personal connection to the tragedy) will care. To hell with "doomed to repeat it."
It was known well before the collapse that the bridge was in need of repairs. It seems that no public employee, elected or not, understands that prevention is better than reaction. New techniques to detect a heightened probability of failure are useful only if someone acts on the information once it is available.
And if that fails, a cup of cold water to pour on the t-shirt.
... what Dateline does can only be called "news" in a very loose sense... I think you mean lose sense.Or, that's about as interesting as I find the opinion of anyone who works for the FCC...
I don't think one book, even if it looks like the rest of the teen girl trash rags, is going to overcome a decades of social pressure to avoid being seen as "nerdy." What we really need is to have high schools that don't go out of their way to reinforce the perception that going to state for ****ball is the pinnacle of achievement.
Mod parent up -- way to think different (tm).