Just wanted to point out to those that seem to think that Europe is a single country that the European Union, consisting of 27 member states, of which the European Commission is an institution, is not the same as the European continent and the about 50 sovereign states it comprises.
One might add that some people are capable of acting morally without a god-like character telling them what to do, but rather by long-term survival strategy - it really pays off to be nice to others!
By lowering taxes for corporations or by keeping the loop holes open, yes. But how about enforcing tax rules to make the corporations pay their contribution like they should? That way you could in fact weaken corporations and strengthen the state, spend the extra money on better health care, infra structure or w/e you would otherwise complain about not working well enough in the public sector.
I don't see how taxes in themselves help corporations...
When you take the idea to extremes there, it sounds to me like advocating "security through deterring for seconds or minutes" -- which I would consider even worse than "security through obscurity".
I think every single member of society has a right to know the past criminal history of someone they're in any kind of relationship with. This is completely different from saying someone shouldn't be allowed to re-enter society, but the fact that may people have a hard time getting better than a minimum wage job after committing murder isn't something I feel bad about.
I think such a requirement is quite outrageous. But it does make me think of yet another application of the "project a tag cloud onto the person in front of you" feature seen in Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (at around 7:00).
Say, a convicted imbezzler working with large amounts of cash?
Say, a convicted embezzler, having served his time, applying for a job with no amounts of cash whatsoever, but in spite of his otherwise fine qualifications not getting the job because he's cried out as a criminal in some public source?
hiding what someone has done in the past doesn't necessarily help the people they are around or to reform them
In a case like the above, and even in a case like the in the original post, I think getting over it and moving on -- after actually having served the penalty decided by the judicial system based on the laws passed by the parliament elected by the people -- is actually quite alright.
Self-reply... after re-reading your post, I don't think it meant what I thought it meant. My response probably isn't all that relevant. Maybe it's interesting anyway...
Re:Another two words (Score:3, Informative)
by clone53421 (1310749) Alter Relationship on 2009.06.25 22:25
Apparently it's not as interesting as it's informative;)
2.20.10-0ubuntu1 can, and is the one still used in Ubuntu (even in 9.04).
The newest version of gdm available in Ubuntu, version 2.25.2-0ubuntu0.1 in the try-out gdm-new package, really cannot auto-login, nor can it do timed login or allow you to theme it much more than changing the background picture.
It's in the plans to make 2.25 (or a newer version) the login manager in Ubuntu Karmic (see the blueprint here), and they have (had) discussions about gdm at some gnome mailing list (I don't have the link presently).
About those issues:
- FOSS is by licence and definition not restricted to being government-lead.
- If $17 bn is available, I'm sure you could find an FOSS-type service company who would make the design effort for a tenth of that amount.
... run your p2p app (mldonkey for instance) as a unprivileged user (usually nobody).
Unless your login name is "nobody", GP actually has a point. I for one like to keep my home dir safely chmod'ed to 0700.
Expecting that their distro will automagically take care of running any p2p app as "nobody" for them is another discussion - but I expect some p2p daemons actually run this way?
You pay so others can go? I'm confused, how is church payed for by the government?
In many European countries (at least Denmark and Sweden, I know this for sure), there is an optional (opt-out) 'Church tax' (I don't recall its name which is less linked to Christianity) through which you can contribute to any officially acknowledged religious society you wish. This way you can support your preferred religious society, or the one you would be most likely to attend if you were a believer, or none at all.
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Probably some cynic who just wants to eat and doesn't care about the pain the poor onions are subjected to.
Because the fucking stove is for fucking?
Just wanted to point out to those that seem to think that Europe is a single country that the European Union, consisting of 27 member states, of which the European Commission is an institution, is not the same as the European continent and the about 50 sovereign states it comprises.
to get a new feature
? Otherwise, what is there to try out?
The brick can easily be turned into two doorstops by slicing it diagonally. Easy!
... Illuminating an entire part of the earth would take more power than you could imagine...
Better call Obi-Wan Kenobi then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjCyZ2P9bCA :)
Please read Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" before continuing your praise of the US championing 'economic development and cooperation.'
One might add that some people are capable of acting morally without a god-like character telling them what to do, but rather by long-term survival strategy - it really pays off to be nice to others!
By lowering taxes for corporations or by keeping the loop holes open, yes. But how about enforcing tax rules to make the corporations pay their contribution like they should? That way you could in fact weaken corporations and strengthen the state, spend the extra money on better health care, infra structure or w/e you would otherwise complain about not working well enough in the public sector. I don't see how taxes in themselves help corporations...
When you take the idea to extremes there, it sounds to me like advocating "security through deterring for seconds or minutes" -- which I would consider even worse than "security through obscurity".
Check out the Organic Groups module.
I think every single member of society has a right to know the past criminal history of someone they're in any kind of relationship with. This is completely different from saying someone shouldn't be allowed to re-enter society, but the fact that may people have a hard time getting better than a minimum wage job after committing murder isn't something I feel bad about.
I think such a requirement is quite outrageous. But it does make me think of yet another application of the "project a tag cloud onto the person in front of you" feature seen in Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (at around 7:00).
Say, a convicted imbezzler working with large amounts of cash?
Say, a convicted embezzler, having served his time, applying for a job with no amounts of cash whatsoever, but in spite of his otherwise fine qualifications not getting the job because he's cried out as a criminal in some public source?
hiding what someone has done in the past doesn't necessarily help the people they are around or to reform them
In a case like the above, and even in a case like the in the original post, I think getting over it and moving on -- after actually having served the penalty decided by the judicial system based on the laws passed by the parliament elected by the people -- is actually quite alright.
Self-reply... after re-reading your post, I don't think it meant what I thought it meant. My response probably isn't all that relevant. Maybe it's interesting anyway...
Re:Another two words (Score:3, Informative)
by clone53421 (1310749) Alter Relationship on 2009.06.25 22:25
Apparently it's not as interesting as it's informative ;)
2.20.10-0ubuntu1 can, and is the one still used in Ubuntu (even in 9.04).
The newest version of gdm available in Ubuntu, version 2.25.2-0ubuntu0.1 in the try-out gdm-new package, really cannot auto-login, nor can it do timed login or allow you to theme it much more than changing the background picture.
It's in the plans to make 2.25 (or a newer version) the login manager in Ubuntu Karmic (see the blueprint here), and they have (had) discussions about gdm at some gnome mailing list (I don't have the link presently).
About those issues:
- FOSS is by licence and definition not restricted to being government-lead.
- If $17 bn is available, I'm sure you could find an FOSS-type service company who would make the design effort for a tenth of that amount.
... run your p2p app (mldonkey for instance) as a unprivileged user (usually nobody).
Unless your login name is "nobody", GP actually has a point. I for one like to keep my home dir safely chmod'ed to 0700.
Expecting that their distro will automagically take care of running any p2p app as "nobody" for them is another discussion - but I expect some p2p daemons actually run this way?
... Learning information technology is like peeling an onion. I never finish. ...
Onion peeling analogy fail. ;) Or parent never finishes cooking a meal with onions in it.
You pay so others can go? I'm confused, how is church payed for by the government?
In many European countries (at least Denmark and Sweden, I know this for sure), there is an optional (opt-out) 'Church tax' (I don't recall its name which is less linked to Christianity) through which you can contribute to any officially acknowledged religious society you wish. This way you can support your preferred religious society, or the one you would be most likely to attend if you were a believer, or none at all.
And then one [US user] even had the nerve to customize my front end, and then try and charge people for the software package!
Iff you licensed that OSS of yours under the GPL or another free license, you cannot really complain unless he didn't provide the source code to it.