Its great technology and a rather good job of engineering but most people need to walk more not less.
In other words: People just aren't willing to even consider giving up The Car. I'm not pointing to you specifically, but people keep pointing out -- WHY NOT WALK. Well, would obviously extend the range / ease of getting to nearby shops etc.
I think this may have been Mr. Karmen's primary blind spot. He was looking at replacing the car. People see this as "better walking".
I don't need $3,000 shoes even if they do make my walking twice as easy.
I play the "quiet and mysterious" card. Seems to work fairly well. Little social skills needed. Every once in awhile they get to emotionally attatched before they realize geekiness and I manage to snag a bona fide GF.;-)
Your dictionary ruins my post. You're no fun. Slashdot is not a place for "facts". Please leave!:-)
No, but seriously, I think there is something missing there. A double standard is a standard which is applied inconsistently among consistent parties. (It's a double standard if men and women are treated differently in the workplace because they should be judged on their ability to do their job. It's not a double standard to have more stalls in a womens bathroom, because it actually takes longer per person to do ones duty . )
Because States are -- at their most basic levels -- cooperatives to protect the security of a group of people, then one would reason that it is quite legitimate to gather intelligence about other "cooperatives" because they are not "consitent" (They differ in a way that is relevant to the standard). On that basis, I have very relevant differences from the British person.
Now, if the U.S. demanded other countries to cease their spying -- THAT would be a double standard.
Jason Kottke has posted a similar article about Weblogs and power laws. He points to this thread for getting him thinking--and guesses Shirky was inspired there as well.
Here is where you are dead wrong. Saddam will sell oil to the U.S. - but for 200x more than he'll sell it (and is selling it) to the Russians!
Now THAT is propagana.
1. Oil/gas is cheap in the U.S. This war will be really expensive 2. The market determines the price. We can buy oil from whomever we want. If Hussein sells it to Russia cheap, prices will shrink from other places. 3. Even IF such a thing were true, the Russians would just turn around and sell it to us for 1.5X their price. Cheaper than war.
The U.S. is in *no* position to preach or enforce *any* of its doctrines with regards to:
WoMD
We, "saved" Kuwait. (Yes, that was about oil). We did NOT remove Hussein, but ended that war on several conditions. Namely, that Iraq NOT build these weapons. Hussein made the deal, but went back on his word. He had 12 years of defiance including kickiing out the inspectors. The U.S. is sticking by it's word. If Hussein doesn't stick to that agreement, then we are still at war.
The U.S. does not use bio or chemical weapons. It has nukes. Perhaps you find these morally wrong. I believe the world would go to shit if democratic, western countries gave them up.
Human Rights
Say what you will, this country consistently strived for human rights in line with many others. There are some black marks in my mind. The DP is wrong and Guantanamo is ethically quesionable at best. Still, if you CARE about human rights, you want the U.S. on your side.
c) Totalitarian Regimes under the control of a Dictatorship
Again--please. Don't allow your distaste for these policies (fine, that's legit) to alter your understanding of reality. Choose: Do you want to live in N. Korea, Iran, Iraq or the U.S?
d) Religious Freedom
What religious freedom don't I have?
(Oh, and FYI, I'm not German, I just live here. I'm Australian, as if that even matters.) Well, I guess we can agree on that;-). I was just going by the web site your profile links to. It being in English through me off a bit though.
*** Response to off topic post mod us both down;-)*** *** Err, I think we're flame bait too *** War in Iraq is *not* going to be pretty for you guys.
No shit. It's going to be damn ugly. This is no joy ride--it's being done very important reasons.
The US is now what Germany was in the 30's... off to fight its merry war with 'justifiable cause'.
And France is playing--well France. If you are against war in total that's fine. But the U.S. is not going to war to expand its borders. It's not going for oil (we could ask Hussein to open the floodgates and out it would come.)
Don't you Americans realize that the UN was *made* to prevent countries like yours from abusing their power? Uh, no. The U.N. was developed to prevent World Wars. To allow a stage in which countries could weigh in politically, without resorting to war. But Hussein has shown utter contempt for this process. He HAS chemical and biological weapons (which he agreed NOT to have after Persian Gulf). He has kicked out inspectors and if one plays softie to Hussein--you'll lose.
That this war is now being trivialized into some sort of 'happy meme' worthy of idle discussion by tech nerds in the context of some sci-fi-turned-reality 'cyberwar' is really disturbing.
Please. The development of using computers in war *is* a big story. But you won't see much of this story next week. It's one point in the storyline. If you RTFA you'll also noticed that they worry that a cyber attack that took out a power supply could cut power to hospitals too. In other words, it could do more harm to people.
If globalization, McDonalds, Britney and all the other wonderful machinations of The American Way didn't turn me off your crappy country, then the robotic nature of its citizens kowtowing to the propaganda machine being operated by King George Bush II definitely is...
Snore. Globalization may have been an American "innovation", but Europe and Japan are equally involved. If people didn't LIKE those things, they wouldn't buy them. I'm American and I don't.
I don't care if there are guidelines for 'cyberwar against Iraq' being published... This war is NONSENSE!!
Then what SHOULD we do? Go along with the European line? That would have resulted in Hussein continuing his weapon's program WITHOUT inspectors. Inspectors are only there because Bush threatened war. Here's your choice. Allow Hussein to do what he wants? Or, be willing to fight to keep him from developing these weapons? And these weapons include nukes.
Anyway these guidelines aren't about THIS war. They're about any and all future wars. Which happens to include this war.
Oh yeah... and since you appear to be from Germany, I wanted to say I'm Ok with yall be pacifist. Really!;-)
My rejected submission -- more details, but a bit long. The big news in my mind was not the microsoft bit--it was that ATM machines were unavilable because of the worm.
~~~
The worm that slowed the internet to a crawl over the weekend apparently did more damage than most originally believed. On Monday, many companies were still struggling to clean up. Financial companies and airlines seemed to be hit most acutely. Many web sites that manage payments and check loans were inaccessible. Inexplicably--and really inexcusably--some ATMS were also unavailable. Investigators are also struggling to pinpoint the worms starting point, but are having little success because it took off so fast.
Apparently similar code was released by David Litchfield of NGS Software Inc a few months ago. Virus "author," "Lion" credited Litchfield's code.
The Washington Post has an AP story up as well as this, which is older but has some additional details. The kicker to all this--the worm hit one year after Microsoft launched its "Trustworthy Computing." That and even some of Microsoft's own computers were hit (NYT Reg. Req.).
I'm rethinking my future career in Computer Science since I heard that a single microchip takes 2 pounds of oil and 1 pound of toxic chemicals to create.
Then, that's why you should go into the Industry. Find out ways to fabricate chips without such things.
Lexus just called to complain because the AfterMarketCar2BoatConverter(TM) offers a feature Lexus didn't plan on offering. They're forcing AMCH to shut down. It's my car I should be able to do whatever I want with it--EVEN IF I BREAK THE LAW.
And if I do, I should hear from Mr. Policeman, not Lexus. All they get to say is... well if it sinks--We'd be happy to help you try again. That will be $50,000.
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Its great technology and a rather good job of engineering but most people need to walk more not less.
In other words: People just aren't willing to even consider giving up The Car. I'm not pointing to you specifically, but people keep pointing out -- WHY NOT WALK. Well, would obviously extend the range / ease of getting to nearby shops etc.
I think this may have been Mr. Karmen's primary blind spot. He was looking at replacing the car. People see this as "better walking".
I don't need $3,000 shoes even if they do make my walking twice as easy.
Cnet's got a write up on this too.
Damn V-day! First, my bastion of geekness tells me I need a date. Now, one hour later, it tells me I have a kid and I have to name it.
ACK!
I play the "quiet and mysterious" card. Seems to work fairly well. Little social skills needed. Every once in awhile they get to emotionally attatched before they realize geekiness and I manage to snag a bona fide GF. ;-)
Your dictionary ruins my post. You're no fun. Slashdot is not a place for "facts". Please leave! :-)
No, but seriously, I think there is something missing there. A double standard is a standard which is applied inconsistently among consistent parties. (It's a double standard if men and women are treated differently in the workplace because they should be judged on their ability to do their job. It's not a double standard to have more stalls in a womens bathroom, because it actually takes longer per person to do ones duty . )
Because States are -- at their most basic levels -- cooperatives to protect the security of a group of people, then one would reason that it is quite legitimate to gather intelligence about other "cooperatives" because they are not "consitent" (They differ in a way that is relevant to the standard). On that basis, I have very relevant differences from the British person.
Now, if the U.S. demanded other countries to cease their spying -- THAT would be a double standard.
Has anyone actually accomplished anything through e-mail? (Other than enlarging appendages, of course)
;-)
I think this amounts to more of "ignoring the massive amounts of nothingness" than a privacy win
In most of the world we call different standards for different classifications "different standards".
Not double standards.
The double standard is if Britain watches over the U.S. similarly and then we "exchange" the information about each other's population
Jason Kottke has posted a similar article about Weblogs and power laws. He points to this thread for getting him thinking--and guesses Shirky was inspired there as well.
Here is where you are dead wrong. Saddam will sell oil to the U.S. - but for 200x more than he'll sell it (and is selling it) to the Russians!
;-). I was just going by the web site your profile links to. It being in English through me off a bit though.
Now THAT is propagana.
1. Oil/gas is cheap in the U.S. This war will be really expensive
2. The market determines the price. We can buy oil from whomever we want. If Hussein sells it to Russia cheap, prices will shrink from other places.
3. Even IF such a thing were true, the Russians would just turn around and sell it to us for 1.5X their price. Cheaper than war.
The U.S. is in *no* position to preach or enforce *any* of its doctrines with regards to:
WoMD
We, "saved" Kuwait. (Yes, that was about oil). We did NOT remove Hussein, but ended that war on several conditions. Namely, that Iraq NOT build these weapons. Hussein made the deal, but went back on his word. He had 12 years of defiance including kickiing out the inspectors. The U.S. is sticking by it's word. If Hussein doesn't stick to that agreement, then we are still at war.
The U.S. does not use bio or chemical weapons. It has nukes. Perhaps you find these morally wrong. I believe the world would go to shit if democratic, western countries gave them up.
Human Rights
Say what you will, this country consistently strived for human rights in line with many others. There are some black marks in my mind. The DP is wrong and Guantanamo is ethically quesionable at best. Still, if you CARE about human rights, you want the U.S. on your side.
c) Totalitarian Regimes under the control of a Dictatorship
Again--please. Don't allow your distaste for these policies (fine, that's legit) to alter your understanding of reality. Choose: Do you want to live in N. Korea, Iran, Iraq or the U.S?
d) Religious Freedom
What religious freedom don't I have?
(Oh, and FYI, I'm not German, I just live here. I'm Australian, as if that even matters.)
Well, I guess we can agree on that
*** Response to off topic post mod us both down ;-)***
...
;-)
*** Err, I think we're flame bait too ***
War in Iraq is *not* going to be pretty for you guys.
No shit. It's going to be damn ugly. This is no joy ride--it's being done very important reasons.
The US is now what Germany was in the 30's... off to fight its merry war with 'justifiable cause'.
And France is playing--well France. If you are against war in total that's fine. But the U.S. is not going to war to expand its borders. It's not going for oil (we could ask Hussein to open the floodgates and out it would come.)
Don't you Americans realize that the UN was *made* to prevent countries like yours from abusing their power?
Uh, no. The U.N. was developed to prevent World Wars. To allow a stage in which countries could weigh in politically, without resorting to war. But Hussein has shown utter contempt for this process. He HAS chemical and biological weapons (which he agreed NOT to have after Persian Gulf). He has kicked out inspectors and if one plays softie to Hussein--you'll lose.
That this war is now being trivialized into some sort of 'happy meme' worthy of idle discussion by tech nerds in the context of some sci-fi-turned-reality 'cyberwar' is really disturbing.
Please. The development of using computers in war *is* a big story. But you won't see much of this story next week. It's one point in the storyline. If you RTFA you'll also noticed that they worry that a cyber attack that took out a power supply could cut power to hospitals too. In other words, it could do more harm to people.
If globalization, McDonalds, Britney and all the other wonderful machinations of The American Way didn't turn me off your crappy country, then the robotic nature of its citizens kowtowing to the propaganda machine being operated by King George Bush II definitely is
Snore. Globalization may have been an American "innovation", but Europe and Japan are equally involved. If people didn't LIKE those things, they wouldn't buy them. I'm American and I don't.
I don't care if there are guidelines for 'cyberwar against Iraq' being published... This war is NONSENSE!!
Then what SHOULD we do? Go along with the European line? That would have resulted in Hussein continuing his weapon's program WITHOUT inspectors. Inspectors are only there because Bush threatened war. Here's your choice. Allow Hussein to do what he wants? Or, be willing to fight to keep him from developing these weapons? And these weapons include nukes.
Anyway these guidelines aren't about THIS war. They're about any and all future wars. Which happens to include this war.
Oh yeah... and since you appear to be from Germany, I wanted to say I'm Ok with yall be pacifist. Really!
For example, why do you think the shuttle is the way it is (part reusable, part disposable)? Politics. The fully reusable one was too expensive.
Uhh, I call that money--not politics.
Do you make your own clothes?
No, but sometimes I sew my buttons back on.
REAL MEN parse the raw html in their heads and just imagine what the pictures are from the tags.
Oh GOD, now it's installed there too!
Liberal arts majors have the social skills to negotiate higher grades.
;-)
Engineers don't.
My rejected submission -- more details, but a bit long. The big news in my mind was not the microsoft bit--it was that ATM machines were unavilable because of the worm.
;-) )
~~~
The worm that slowed the internet to a crawl over the weekend apparently did more damage than most originally believed. On Monday, many companies were still struggling to clean up. Financial companies and airlines seemed to be hit most acutely. Many web sites that manage payments and check loans were inaccessible. Inexplicably--and really inexcusably--some ATMS were also unavailable. Investigators are also struggling to pinpoint the worms starting point, but are having little success because it took off so fast.
Apparently similar code was released by David Litchfield of NGS Software Inc a few months ago. Virus "author," "Lion" credited Litchfield's code.
The Washington Post has an AP story up as well as this, which is older but has some additional details. The kicker to all this--the worm hit one year after Microsoft launched its "Trustworthy Computing." That and even some of Microsoft's own computers were hit (NYT Reg. Req.).
(Yep, still bitter
"This sounds like a collection which will become more valuable as more people have access to the actual content of the collections."
:( )
The problem is. . . then it becomes priceless. (Which for anyone not paying attention--we can't afford
Will these URLs be silently deleted from the cache?
Yes, read Google's FAQ #2
Insert: [META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE"] into the head of the page.
and "If you want the change to take effect sooner than this, the site owner must contact us and request immediate removal of archived content."
I'm rethinking my future career in Computer Science since I heard that a single microchip takes 2 pounds of oil and 1 pound of toxic chemicals to create.
Then, that's why you should go into the Industry. Find out ways to fabricate chips without such things.
It's not as if we're going to give up computers.
You insensitive clod, that IS my machine!
With a little luck maybe it's finished too! ;-)
Think of the PEOPLE!!!!
;-)
MMMMM People making. My FAVorite
Hopefully better than those old bio-degradable cars!
Dang, I left it in the rain JUST ONCE! And off I have to go to the dealership again.
get software firewall. It will ask if Real-player is allowed to play outside of your computer. (Read send informatin to internet). Say no.
Wrong Analogy:
Lexus just called to complain because the AfterMarketCar2BoatConverter(TM) offers a feature Lexus didn't plan on offering. They're forcing AMCH to shut down. It's my car I should be able to do whatever I want with it--EVEN IF I BREAK THE LAW.
And if I do, I should hear from Mr. Policeman, not Lexus. All they get to say is... well if it sinks--We'd be happy to help you try again. That will be $50,000.
Hello Anon Coward
Source is in Washington Post background article. (First one I think). Follow the link.