No vote, no voice. This would be the simplest way to enact real reform. If you are not allowed to vote in an election you cannot run adds in support, lobby, or donate cash to pol.
While I disagree with both the manner and some of the ideas in your. I agree completely with idea that there are federal employees reading and posting on slashdot.
Let me offer some empirical evidence of this. Not to long ago, when I was trying to unwind and relax my mind, I came across a story on CNN. It was discussing the FBI's new cyber crime division for tracking hackers. They had a quick shot of the agents at work, they were browsing Slashdot of all places.
Slashdot is a major gathering place for people with the technical knowledge to understanding to do bad things. There is are also many geeks that work for the government, why should they not find slashdot interesting? Is it not targeted at geeks, not Linux zealots who think the government is evil? The tag line is not news for the paranoid.
Lastly I agree with you the Internet should not be taxed. This is not because I fear it will hurt e-commerace but because I am not sure who you will tax. Let's say the packet I send out here in Michigan is routed through the UK, then to Ohio were the company I buy from has serveres. However, the company I buy from is regestered in California. Who I pay the tax to? The internet is a new paridigm in which new ways to raise money should be considered.
"My school is now requiring all teachers to wear name tags because of what happened in Columbine."
My public school took this a step futhor. All staff and students are required were name tags. As it was explained to me the reason for this was to identify any non student, so that they could not shoot up the school.
The rational of this, from my discussions with some teachers, is that the school board wanted to say they did something in reaction to colubine, not to fix the problem, nor even atempt to fix the problem.
I would not say the people are idoits, simply they are looking for the easyesy way out, nothing else.
So if the mindstorms robot was combined with this it could be aware of its own position? The ability to do this would be a major boon to them. All that would be required is the ability to pass the information from the computer to the robot.
I will not focus on the trust of your argument about the value of FreeNet. Instead it is the idea that Anonymity is the precursor of free exchange of ideas.
Let me begin by stating that I agree that thinking, is one of the intrinsic goals of man. That part of the goal of man life should be to live consciously. If this is true then the sharing of ideas is fundamentally a moral imperative.
Part of the correct exigi of any book, is to consider the context the author was writing in, and the type of writing they have done. I would hope one does not read Sci Am for politics. To continue this principal part of the parsing of a thought is to set it in the context of the speaker.
Anonymity prevents this from happening. You cannot parse the thoughts fully. The value of sharing information, the reason for a moral imperative, is the benefit to those who communicate. If this value can't be attained, is anonymity an evil?
This is simply not true. For example the rights to free speech, due process, cruel and unusual punishment have been upheld often.
The only right explicitly restricted from children was the right to vote.
The doctrine of In Loci Parentus, and the ideas behind it, does not restrict the rights they simply state that the right is given to the parent to enforce and protest. But the right is not destroyed.
When the parent does not act in the best interests of the child these rights are taken back from the parent and given to someone else. The parents of any of these kids have the right to sue Pinkerton, for the same causes as an 18 can.
The only right explicitly restricted from children was the right to vote.
The doctrine of In Loci Parentus, and the ideas behind it, does not restrict the rights they simply state that the right is given to the parent to enforce and protest. But the right is not destroyed.
When the parent does not act in the best interests of the child these rights are taken back from the parent and given to someone else. The parents of any of these kids have the right to sue Pinkerton, for the same causes as an 18 can.
As a freshman, my friends and I spent all lunch hour, many a day, trying to figure out the most painful, damaging torture possible. We were avid readers who were stretching our imaginations not disturbed children. One of them is at MIT (Comp Sci), another at U of MD(BioChem), and another at GW (Journalism), none of them have done anything detrimental to the school. They were the debate team, editors of the Lit Mag, leads in the school play, and members of the Its Ac. team.
As well as this I found the "Displays intense intolerance or prejudice." to be troubling. As a member of the debate team it was our job to be intolerant and debate with prejudice.
But the worst was "Makes threats." What is a threat? Is trash talking on a basketball court a threat, what about psyching in a chess match? This is so vague it is asking to be abused!
WAVE is not the answer. The most basic answer is bettering parenting. However, that can not be changed by the school. The best thing a school can do is to have more and better guidance consolers. Ones whose job is not just scheduling and college admissions. The high school I went to in 9th grade had this. You were required to see the guidance consular for at least 15 minutes, once a week (sometimes in groups). The point was to become familiar, and comfortable with the consular and for the consular to become familiar with you. That way a consular, who is trained in such practices, and does not have an axe to grind, can detect troubled kids.
More than that, by including the consular in the loop for: punishment, bad grades, learn disabilities, etc. It allows a person who knows the child well to devine the best action.
This system worked well for me, even though I was foolish, arrogant, and stubborn, my guidance consular is responsible for ensuring I made it trough my freshman year with as little difficulty as was possible.
If the consular provides anonymity, the student who finds out plans for trouble can report it with anonymity, and still allow for the consular to rate the information based on the knowledge of the reporter, and of their relationship to the reported. Removing a lot of the danger of the WAVE system.
The WAVE system cannot provide the required context that is necessary, for a student reporting system to function. While enough consolers could.
You do however raise a good point. What is a nerd? Does it have anything to do with computers?
I would argue that it does not. How then do you referance a youth who is interested in computers to the detriment of all other interests. I have friends who fit this defonition perfectly. They start their own companies.
Any greek gurus want to conjure up a term?
Nate Custer
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"In the original Old English?"
Old English, it is closer to German then it is to what we consider modern English. Are you referring to a translation or the real, original old English? If the second you are either a lit major or a masochist.
"*none* of the current case had to do with adding things users wanted. Not one line"
Agreed. What I was talking about was providing Office, IE, Windows, NT, MS-VC++, VB is done to create an continuing aesthetic experience for the user. I am saying that MS's practices you outlined do not directly contradict this statement. I am also not saying Microsoft has actually done this, only that they are trying to.
For the most part we are violently agreeing. I agree MS is a Monopoly, and has done things to harm the users. I am simply stating that the best and fair Anti-trust punishment is opening their standards, and file formats. Do you disagree with that point?
No! a majority of the instability in Win32 has to do with poor device drivers. This is due to poorly documented API's. So why do you want to add that instability to Linux?
I read the book, they are told not to enable the screensaver because it may crash the system. It may required things from the display adapter driver.
This is due to the movement of the display adapter to the kernel. They also recomend you only use a 16 bit color, display adapter (640 * 400); because it was written by some NT Guru. They claim any other adapter driver will "put your system in serious danger of crashing in the near future." If they can't right bug free display adapter drivers no wonder they can't right stable kernels.
Spliting MS up is niethor a fair punishment nor one that would acomplish the most good for the greatest number of users.
Microsoft's plan is to close off protocols and thus force the user to their product. If they are split, how does this stop that practice?
On the other hand, opening protocols allows competiters to compeate. That is a good thing.
Microsoft attemps to sell a systematic and consistent aestitic exeirance when using a PC. The idea of this is not a bad one, the concept makes life easy for the end user. Microsofts breath of products is an atempt to create this. With tools for devolopers, Admins, and other geeks, to present the computer their way. They should be allowed to do this.
Slashdot Mirror
How about no voice without a vote?
Nate Custer
No vote, no voice. This would be the simplest way to enact real reform. If you are not allowed to vote in an election you cannot run adds in support, lobby, or donate cash to pol.
That what I think.
While I disagree with both the manner and some of the ideas in your. I agree completely with idea that there are federal employees reading and posting on slashdot.
Let me offer some empirical evidence of this. Not to long ago, when I was trying to unwind and relax my mind, I came across a story on CNN. It was discussing the FBI's new cyber crime division for tracking hackers. They had a quick shot of the agents at work, they were browsing Slashdot of all places.
Slashdot is a major gathering place for people with the technical knowledge to understanding to do bad things. There is are also many geeks that work for the government, why should they not find slashdot interesting? Is it not targeted at geeks, not Linux zealots who think the government is evil? The tag line is not news for the paranoid.
Lastly I agree with you the Internet should not be taxed. This is not because I fear it will hurt e-commerace but because I am not sure who you will tax. Let's say the packet I send out here in Michigan is routed through the UK, then to Ohio were the company I buy from has serveres. However, the company I buy from is regestered in California. Who I pay the tax to? The internet is a new paridigm in which new ways to raise money should be considered.
Nate Custer
or at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=slashdot
Your post is diferent, just like everybody elses.
"My school is now requiring all teachers to wear name tags because of what happened in Columbine."
My public school took this a step futhor. All staff and students are required were name tags. As it was explained to me the reason for this was to identify any non student, so that they could not shoot up the school.
The rational of this, from my discussions with some teachers, is that the school board wanted to say they did something in reaction to colubine, not to fix the problem, nor even atempt to fix the problem.
I would not say the people are idoits, simply they are looking for the easyesy way out, nothing else.
Nate Custer
Quoth the poet:
"I love seeing Angelina Jolie...she has not been in one bad movie."
Hackers? Gia? Nuf said.
Nate Custer
So if the mindstorms robot was combined with this it could be aware of its own position? The ability to do this would be a major boon to them. All that would be required is the ability to pass the information from the computer to the robot.
Very Cool!
I will not focus on the trust of your argument about the value of FreeNet. Instead it is the idea that Anonymity is the precursor of free exchange of ideas.
Let me begin by stating that I agree that thinking, is one of the intrinsic goals of man. That part of the goal of man life should be to live consciously. If this is true then the sharing of ideas is fundamentally a moral imperative.
Part of the correct exigi of any book, is to consider the context the author was writing in, and the type of writing they have done. I would hope one does not read Sci Am for politics. To continue this principal part of the parsing of a thought is to set it in the context of the speaker.
Anonymity prevents this from happening. You cannot parse the thoughts fully. The value of sharing information, the reason for a moral imperative, is the benefit to those who communicate. If this value can't be attained, is anonymity an evil?
Nate Custer
This is simply not true. For example the rights to free speech, due process, cruel and unusual punishment have been upheld often.
The only right explicitly restricted from children was the right to vote.
The doctrine of In Loci Parentus, and the ideas behind it, does not restrict the rights they simply state that the right is given to the parent to enforce and protest. But the right is not destroyed.
When the parent does not act in the best interests of the child these rights are taken back from the parent and given to someone else. The parents of any of these kids have the right to sue Pinkerton, for the same causes as an 18 can.
Nate Custer
The only right explicitly restricted from children was the right to vote.
The doctrine of In Loci Parentus, and the ideas behind it, does not restrict the rights they simply state that the right is given to the parent to enforce and protest. But the right is not destroyed.
When the parent does not act in the best interests of the child these rights are taken back from the parent and given to someone else. The parents of any of these kids have the right to sue Pinkerton, for the same causes as an 18 can.
Nate Custer
As a freshman, my friends and I spent all lunch hour, many a day, trying to figure out the most painful, damaging torture possible. We were avid readers who were stretching our imaginations not disturbed children. One of them is at MIT (Comp Sci), another at U of MD(BioChem), and another at GW (Journalism), none of them have done anything detrimental to the school. They were the debate team, editors of the Lit Mag, leads in the school play, and members of the Its Ac. team.
As well as this I found the "Displays intense intolerance or prejudice." to be troubling. As a member of the debate team it was our job to be intolerant and debate with prejudice.
But the worst was "Makes threats." What is a threat? Is trash talking on a basketball court a threat, what about psyching in a chess match? This is so vague it is asking to be abused!
WAVE is not the answer. The most basic answer is bettering parenting. However, that can not be changed by the school. The best thing a school can do is to have more and better guidance consolers. Ones whose job is not just scheduling and college admissions. The high school I went to in 9th grade had this. You were required to see the guidance consular for at least 15 minutes, once a week (sometimes in groups). The point was to become familiar, and comfortable with the consular and for the consular to become familiar with you. That way a consular, who is trained in such practices, and does not have an axe to grind, can detect troubled kids.
More than that, by including the consular in the loop for: punishment, bad grades, learn disabilities, etc. It allows a person who knows the child well to devine the best action.
This system worked well for me, even though I was foolish, arrogant, and stubborn, my guidance consular is responsible for ensuring I made it trough my freshman year with as little difficulty as was possible.
If the consular provides anonymity, the student who finds out plans for trouble can report it with anonymity, and still allow for the consular to rate the information based on the knowledge of the reporter, and of their relationship to the reported. Removing a lot of the danger of the WAVE system.
The WAVE system cannot provide the required context that is necessary, for a student reporting system to function. While enough consolers could.
Nate Custer
Now about nerd?
;)
Defined as the target audiance for slashdot
You do however raise a good point. What is a nerd? Does it have anything to do with computers?
I would argue that it does not. How then do you referance a youth who is interested in computers to the detriment of all other interests. I have friends who fit this defonition perfectly. They start their own companies.
Any greek gurus want to conjure up a term?
Nate Custer
"In the original Old English?"
Old English, it is closer to German then it is to what we consider modern English. Are you referring to a translation or the real, original old English? If the second you are either a lit major or a masochist.
Nate Custer
When I first went to the website I thought this has got to be a hoax! Boy was I wrong. That is sick.
Nate Custer
"*none* of the current case had to do with adding things users wanted. Not one line"
Agreed. What I was talking about was providing Office, IE, Windows, NT, MS-VC++, VB is done to create an continuing aesthetic experience for the user. I am saying that MS's practices you outlined do not directly contradict this statement. I am also not saying Microsoft has actually done this, only that they are trying to.
For the most part we are violently agreeing. I agree MS is a Monopoly, and has done things to harm the users. I am simply stating that the best and fair Anti-trust punishment is opening their standards, and file formats. Do you disagree with that point?
Nate Custer
You think none of that behavior has to do with what the stupid user wants?
If the level of discussion breaks the surface like many of discussions the here. I would be very interested.
Nate Custer
No! a majority of the instability in Win32 has to do with poor device drivers. This is due to poorly documented API's. So why do you want to add that instability to Linux?
Nate Custer
I read the book, they are told not to enable the screensaver because it may crash the system. It may required things from the display adapter driver.
This is due to the movement of the display adapter to the kernel. They also recomend you only use a 16 bit color, display adapter (640 * 400); because it was written by some NT Guru. They claim any other adapter driver will "put your system in serious danger of crashing in the near future." If they can't right bug free display adapter drivers no wonder they can't right stable kernels.
Nate Custer
sorry, late at night. I ment too.
Mea Culpa
Nate Custer
Spliting MS up is niethor a fair punishment nor one that would acomplish the most good for the greatest number of users.
Microsoft's plan is to close off protocols and thus force the user to their product. If they are split, how does this stop that practice?
On the other hand, opening protocols allows competiters to compeate. That is a good thing.
Microsoft attemps to sell a systematic and consistent aestitic exeirance when using a PC. The idea of this is not a bad one, the concept makes life easy for the end user. Microsofts breath of products is an atempt to create this. With tools for devolopers, Admins, and other geeks, to present the computer their way. They should be allowed to do this.
Nate Custer
But think of all the wonderful code you would deprive the world of! He could not code half as well with only one hand.
Nate Custer
News for nerds?
How?
You forget to mention that antitrust law is triple the damage. Laywers love those words.
Nate Custer