Communism is basically the idea that the workers should control the means of production. FreeDevelopers.net is therefore a much more 'communistic' company than managed software companies.
BTW, don't let the claims made by the authoritarian governments of China and the USSR mislead you; they have even less to do with communism than our government has to do with capitalism. There's an interesting interview with Noam Chomsky on this topic here.
I'll take that one step further, and say that noone should have to work more than 4 hours a day.
Bertrand Russel wrote a great esay on the topic called In Praise of Idleness (you can get rid of that stupid GeoCities javascript by getting to it via fly.to/russell).
Will I learn more about blindness if I close my eyes or wear
a blindfold?
No, it is not a good idea to try to pretend to be
blind. As a matter of fact, you could get just the opposite impression about what it is like to be blind. You might have a hard time finding things, you might bump into things, you might knock something over, or you might hurt yourself. You might feel frightened, frustrated or confused; then you might think this is what it is like for blind people. But it is not like that for us. Blind people (depending on how long they've been blind) have training and experience that you do not have, and we know how to do things (sometimes differently) that you do not. It is easier for us than it would be for you. If you want to learn more about blindness, instead of pretending to be blind, you might want to ask a blind person to talk with you. Perhaps you will
want to contact a local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind.
It's kind of a personal matter for me, as I've worked with a blind person once, (are you reading this, Eddy?), and that experience helped me understand blindness much better than I could have otherwise.
I'm pretty sure I saw one on slashdot a while ago. New messaging systems are like new VCR standards or video phones; the more wide-spread they are, the more useful they become. If all citizens already had accounts and only needed to activate them, it would quickly become a standard.
...is make a private system where you have to pay to send email.
Wait, keep reading for just a minute, please...
You're still here? Good. Everybody's been pointing out that when snail mail spammers can send mail at no cost to everyone, out mailboxes will be filled to the brim each day.
My point is, why should they do it for free?
If there is a nationally available system where it costs (for instance) one dollar to send an email to another person, who could then quickly and easily refund the money if he choose to, spamming would be so prohibitively expensive that noone would do it.
...and they don't fix potholes or rescue cats from trees, either.
The ACLU defends *individual* liberties. The second amendment gives states the right to operate militias, and therefore is not within the mandate of the ACLU.
The ACLU is one of the most important organizations in the history of political freedom. They chose their mission, and IMHO they do a damn fine job of it.
Does anyone else remember the part where they mention their last names? I think it went something like "We're the Super Mario Brothers! I'm Mario Mario, and this is Luigi Mario!"
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Why would anyone take this p.o.s. seriously?
BTW, don't let the claims made by the authoritarian governments of China and the USSR mislead you; they have even less to do with communism than our government has to do with capitalism. There's an interesting interview with Noam Chomsky on this topic here.
I voted for Nader!
Bertrand Russel wrote a great esay on the topic called In Praise of Idleness (you can get rid of that stupid GeoCities javascript by getting to it via fly.to/russell).
Will I learn more about blindness if I close my eyes or wear a blindfold?
No, it is not a good idea to try to pretend to be blind. As a matter of fact, you could get just the opposite impression about what it is like to be blind. You might have a hard time finding things, you might bump into things, you might knock something over, or you might hurt yourself. You might feel frightened, frustrated or confused; then you might think this is what it is like for blind people. But it is not like that for us. Blind people (depending on how long they've been blind) have training and experience that you do not have, and we know how to do things (sometimes differently) that you do not. It is easier for us than it would be for you. If you want to learn more about blindness, instead of pretending to be blind, you might want to ask a blind person to talk with you. Perhaps you will want to contact a local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind.
It's kind of a personal matter for me, as I've worked with a blind person once, (are you reading this, Eddy?), and that experience helped me understand blindness much better than I could have otherwise.
How did you do that?
I'm pretty sure I saw one on slashdot a while ago. New messaging systems are like new VCR standards or video phones; the more wide-spread they are, the more useful they become. If all citizens already had accounts and only needed to activate them, it would quickly become a standard.
Wait, keep reading for just a minute, please...
You're still here? Good. Everybody's been pointing out that when snail mail spammers can send mail at no cost to everyone, out mailboxes will be filled to the brim each day.
My point is, why should they do it for free?
If there is a nationally available system where it costs (for instance) one dollar to send an email to another person, who could then quickly and easily refund the money if he choose to, spamming would be so prohibitively expensive that noone would do it.
Well, that's my two cents, anyway.
I didn't think it was nearly as good as his other books, but it was quite amusing.
Logic is a tool; We think with logic, not in logic.
Thiking in logic would be like making a house out of hammers.
Where are the moderator points when I need them?
The ACLU defends *individual* liberties. The second amendment gives states the right to operate militias, and therefore is not within the mandate of the ACLU.
The ACLU is one of the most important organizations in the history of political freedom. They chose their mission, and IMHO they do a damn fine job of it.
For more info on their position see http://www.aclu.org/library/aaguns.html.
Does anyone else remember the part where they mention their last names? I think it went something like "We're the Super Mario Brothers! I'm Mario Mario, and this is Luigi Mario!"