"The entire point of republican democracy, as opposed to direct democracy, is that making representation a full-time job allows our representatives to put the time and effort into being informed about the issues."
It's called a representative democracy, not a republican democracy. I know many monarchies who have a representative democratic system.
I manage a server on my local university and I simply whitelist SSH access and all other ports are precisely controlled via whitelists too.
Users have basic access to standard ports like http and https but for any other port you need to be in a whitelist. Works like a charm and it allows me to see attacks very easily.
"I had no idea GPL people were so like the RIAA that they would want to "crucify" a company for possibly accidentally using (stealing? slashdot will call using GPL code against GPL license [and giving the result away for free]"stealing" but slashdot won't call downloading songs/movies stealing?) open source code without releasing the resulting open source. Sounds... very progressive. "
"If it was actually part of Windows 7 i think there would have been a much bigger fuss!"
If it was actually part of Windows Microsoft would probably do a quadruple check to see if they don't have any infringing code in their operating system and ofcourse there would be extra emphasis on OSS licenses like the GPL because if the infriging code was from another company, the company would only be interested in a big sum of cash. If there is GPL code in Windows, the FSF would probably start a case that would be revolutionary in the computer world since it could mean opensourcing Windows.
I'd rather imagine world peace breaking out than Windows code going open source.
That or invert the polarity of the quantum-modulator. Then the only thing they will have to worry about is local tachyon-fields that are hard to nullify even with Sierpinski-singularities. But I'm sure they will find an elegant solution for that.
"Compiling an application is in most cases nothing more complex than typing "./configure && make" and you're good to go."
I personally know this is a lie. Pretty much every time I compiled software it was a bloody mess with me being required to edit config files and settings flags. Furthermore I hated the slowness of the compiling and the invisibility of the gains(speed).
The moment I met a decent packagemanager(aptitude) was the moment that I understood the advantages of linux software installation. No dependency hell, no nightmarish compiling and simple commands to install software. That's what the average user needs, not technical mumbojumbo.
Every time somebody suggests that compiling is easy, God kills a kitten. Think of all the kittens!
"The interesting question is NOT why Idaho state spams the most, but WHY usa spams so much."
One vector: language. People who don't have english as a first language will not fall prey to spam as easily as most native english speakers do. If you recieve mail in a language that you don't use a lot in e-mail communications it is easier to pick out the spam e-mails. If a spam mail contains a virus that turns you into a bot, you will help to propagate the spam by making the sender look reliable(because you probably have the spambot in your addressbook or some sort of friendlist).
If I would recieve an english mail from a friend who doesn't regularly use the english language while mailing me I am more inclined to distrust the message.
"The recipe for Stilton Cheese [stiltoncheese.com] is well known, but you can only call it Stilton if it has been made in the three Counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. It cannot be made in the village of Stilton that gave it its name since, at the time the EU came up with the definition, it had been forgotten that it had ever been produced there!"
But wait, there is more.
- it can only be produced in the three Counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire - it must be made from locally produced milk that has been pasteurised before use - it can only be made in a cylindrical shape - it must be allowed to form its own coat or crust - it must never be pressed and - it must have the magical blue veins radiating from the centre of the cheese
Stilton actually contains magic. Stilton cheese is awesome!
Personally, I would have guessed it would be farther away like a moon of Jupiter or Pluto. To have a very cold place so close to us is pretty cool(the cheese is burning me).
But does this have any practical use? Can we use this place for experiments of any kind or is it just pure knowledge?
"The point here is that the Government previously said it was legal. Then after the fact, pull the rug out from underneath organizations in order to prosecute them."
That's exactly what happened in Nuremberg. The nazi-government sanctioned violating dozens of rules and the people who executed those rules were later tried for following orders.
The idea of Nuremberg is that you cannot hide behind what the government orders.
"The next step, say Ponomarev and co, is to attach the motor to a nanoscopic resonator, such as a spring board or nanomushroom, and make it vibrate. If you can do that, they say, you'd be powering a classical object using a quantum motor.'""
Maybe Ponomarev is tripping on some nanomushrooms when I'm reading things like this.
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"The entire point of republican democracy, as opposed to direct democracy, is that making representation a full-time job allows our representatives to put the time and effort into being informed about the issues."
It's called a representative democracy, not a republican democracy. I know many monarchies who have a representative democratic system.
I manage a server on my local university and I simply whitelist SSH access and all other ports are precisely controlled via whitelists too.
Users have basic access to standard ports like http and https but for any other port you need to be in a whitelist. Works like a charm and it allows me to see attacks very easily.
"I had no idea GPL people were so like the RIAA that they would want to "crucify" a company for possibly accidentally using (stealing? slashdot will call using GPL code against GPL license [and giving the result away for free]"stealing" but slashdot won't call downloading songs/movies stealing?) open source code without releasing the resulting open source. Sounds ... very progressive. "
We are talking about Microsoft here. 'Nuff said.
"If it was actually part of Windows 7 i think there would have been a much bigger fuss!"
If it was actually part of Windows Microsoft would probably do a quadruple check to see if they don't have any infringing code in their operating system and ofcourse there would be extra emphasis on OSS licenses like the GPL because if the infriging code was from another company, the company would only be interested in a big sum of cash. If there is GPL code in Windows, the FSF would probably start a case that would be revolutionary in the computer world since it could mean opensourcing Windows.
I'd rather imagine world peace breaking out than Windows code going open source.
That or invert the polarity of the quantum-modulator. Then the only thing they will have to worry about is local tachyon-fields that are hard to nullify even with Sierpinski-singularities. But I'm sure they will find an elegant solution for that.
However, the trick to counter this little menace is to block the anti_adblock js-file. Works like a charm.
I seriously doubt that there is an easy and hard-to-defeat method that will stop adblocking software(I haven't seen any).
"Compiling an application is in most cases nothing more complex than typing "./configure && make" and you're good to go."
I personally know this is a lie. Pretty much every time I compiled software it was a bloody mess with me being required to edit config files and settings flags. Furthermore I hated the slowness of the compiling and the invisibility of the gains(speed).
The moment I met a decent packagemanager(aptitude) was the moment that I understood the advantages of linux software installation. No dependency hell, no nightmarish compiling and simple commands to install software. That's what the average user needs, not technical mumbojumbo.
Every time somebody suggests that compiling is easy, God kills a kitten. Think of all the kittens!
like the eggs of the Zerg.
Is that the largest encyclopedia in the world for just $99 in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
Well pack them up in bubblewrap. Lots and lots of bubblewrap.
"Perhaps we should look to French history for guidance in the proper handling of nobility!"
With a massive reign of terror?
And how are you going to market that? We have a port that rhymes with ireWire?
"In our society, someone with lots of money can almost always get their way against someone with no money."
In any society, .......
"The interesting question is NOT why Idaho state spams the most, but WHY usa spams so much."
One vector: language. People who don't have english as a first language will not fall prey to spam as easily as most native english speakers do. If you recieve mail in a language that you don't use a lot in e-mail communications it is easier to pick out the spam e-mails. If a spam mail contains a virus that turns you into a bot, you will help to propagate the spam by making the sender look reliable(because you probably have the spambot in your addressbook or some sort of friendlist).
If I would recieve an english mail from a friend who doesn't regularly use the english language while mailing me I am more inclined to distrust the message.
Integer rounding.
"The recipe for Stilton Cheese [stiltoncheese.com] is well known, but you can only call it Stilton if it has been made in the three Counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. It cannot be made in the village of Stilton that gave it its name since, at the time the EU came up with the definition, it had been forgotten that it had ever been produced there!"
But wait, there is more.
- it can only be produced in the three Counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
- it must be made from locally produced milk that has been pasteurised before use
- it can only be made in a cylindrical shape
- it must be allowed to form its own coat or crust
- it must never be pressed and
- it must have the magical blue veins radiating from the centre of the cheese
Stilton actually contains magic. Stilton cheese is awesome!
"You can have my cheese, okay?"
That isn't funny because it propagates the idea that rats and mice like cheese. They don't and they prefer sweet things like soft candy.
Ever wondered why your mouse traps don't catch mice? Exactly.
Personally, I would have guessed it would be farther away like a moon of Jupiter or Pluto. To have a very cold place so close to us is pretty cool(the cheese is burning me).
But does this have any practical use? Can we use this place for experiments of any kind or is it just pure knowledge?
"The point here is that the Government previously said it was legal. Then after the fact, pull the rug out from underneath organizations in order to prosecute them."
That's exactly what happened in Nuremberg. The nazi-government sanctioned violating dozens of rules and the people who executed those rules were later tried for following orders.
The idea of Nuremberg is that you cannot hide behind what the government orders.
"The next step, say Ponomarev and co, is to attach the motor to a nanoscopic resonator, such as a spring board or nanomushroom, and make it vibrate. If you can do that, they say, you'd be powering a classical object using a quantum motor.'""
Maybe Ponomarev is tripping on some nanomushrooms when I'm reading things like this.
So that means that the Year of Linux on the Desktop will be between 2011 and 2013?
Sources:
http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html
http://www.ipv6.sltnet.lk/know4-exhaust.html
"The actual news here is that they co-existed with the Maori"
If by co-exist you mean EAT THEM, then yes, there was a lot of co-existence.
Using Firefox 3.5.3 and having no problems whatsoever. No crash in firefox happened that can't be attributed to adobe or flash in the last year.
Your recursive remark recurses me.
And people who manufacture things for computers should adhere to that standard.
Next up: Astronomists convert to the 100-day year.