As soon as the 4th planeload of people find out how they've been lied to, they take action and save many more lives.
And then they all died.
... the only person to do ANYTHING is an octogenarian who gets killed for his efforts to protect the strong...
And now he's dead. I'm not sure what you advocate we are supposed to do, but that's some pretty compelling evidence that attacking an armed assailant when you are unarmed is not the secret to longevity.
We had a whole debate about this last summer, and some members of Congress actually argued that the President has a Constitutional prerogative to use whatever intelligence gathering methods he wants as long as he has a plausible argument that we're "at war."
The problem is that as far as the government is concerned, they are always at "war". Presently you can count the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as all the wars against US citizens, including, but not limited to, the global war on terror, and the war on drugs, and apparently, the war on privacy.
ATT recently established decent service where I'm at ($30/mo buys me 3Mb DSL vs $46/mo for my current 6Mb cable) and to my knowledge has no monthly transfer limits.
There *are* limits, you just have no knowledge of them. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
When you're ready to shut down the US Postal Service, which would cease to be a financially viable enterprise if junk mail were eliminated.
The US Postal Service has lost over $2 billion so far this year and is asking Congress for a bailout of $25 billion over the next 8 years in the form of a statuary mandate to change the way health benefits are payed to its retirees.
I'd say the days of the USPS being "financially viable" have already passed.
Mice will not even approach anywhere they think a cat lives.
That depends on the mouse and the cat. I am currently trying to catch one enterprising dormouse that has been stealing dry cat food right from the cat's dish. He then scampers off to enjoy his delicious repast in relative safety underneath a cabinet. All under the watchful eyes of my good-for-nothing lazy-ass cat.
If you've got nothing to hide, there's no reason for you to use encryption, is there?
I take it that's a rhetorical question, but it's worth answering anyway to point out why I would like to see every data connection encrypted. Because, you see, I do have something to hide - my social security number, bank account routing numbers, PIN numbers, passwords, home address/telephone numbers, my signature, my mother's maiden name just to name a few.
So you care what Stallman thinks, and don't care what I think. That's fine with me. My point is why do you care what either of us think? It doesn't impact you in any way.
That's the rule that makes it "wrong" for me to use Ubuntu because some of the drivers have "binary blobs" in them.
There is no such rule, nor is it wrong (with or without quotation marks) to use Ubuntu. You are railing against a problem that doesn't exist. No one is preventing you from using Ubunutu
No hard feelings. Really. If you want, I'll send you a CD of Ubuntu. For free.
Thank you for posting this; I would have bought up many of the same points had you not done so already.
My first thoughts upon seeing Clippy were "That's cute, a talking paper clip. Now how do I get rid of it? Just throw it the trash can right?" Well, no. Not that easy. I suddenly went from mildly amused to being annoyed. Of course it's not that easy. The cutesy animations are just that - a fancy UI, a thin veneer, with little underlying substance.
You would think so, but the the "Flower Power" children of the 1960's have demonstrated how easily these ideals can get corrupted once it is your turn to take the reins. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
However, allowing a financial motive to support the act will certainly increase the occurrences of that act. Those that provide financial incentive are just as responsible for the act as those who committed it in person.
I thought the charges were for downloading and emailing. Possibly possession. None of these actions implies that a financial transaction occurred.
I don't disagree with your point, but I don't see how it pertains to this case.
If programming languages were like religion then I'd be like the Woody Allen character in Hannah and Her Sisters - desperately searching for something to believe in, but fatefully destined never to find it.
For many projects I end up using C++ not because I necessarily feel its the best language for the task but because I have so much time invested in learning it. It's like a commitment.
For some tasks I have to program in Lisp. I wish I enjoyed it, but I really don't. "Let's see, is that 17 or 18 closing parentheses? What the heck I'll just add more until it compiles." I guess I haven't yet reached nirvana.
If you need a change to the software what do you do?
1: Beg/pray/hope the community makes the change you want.
2: Pay a developer to do it which makes the product no longer FREE
If I need a change to Linux software I typically make it myself. Such is the power of FOSS.
Consider the commercials currently running on television. Are you a Mac or a PC? Of course it's a false dichotomy that there are only two choices, but nevertheless that's the message being presented to millions of people each day.
The answer to ignorance is education. I would love to turn on the television one day and see an "I'm an Ubuntu" commercial.
I predict due to user bug requests, version 1.2 will include a newline after the text is printed; and version 1.3 will add a command line switch to provide backwards compatibility with version 1.1.
...when many homeowners have supplemented their income through home-equity lines of credit...
Homeowners don't supplement their income with credit. The loan represents a liability for the borrower, and an asset for the lender. The borrower may also incur an expense in the form of interest payments, which may be considered income by the lender.
That's how I do my books, anyway. If I'm wrong someone please correct me. I'll go to the bank right now and "supplement" my income:)
It took millions of people drinking illegally for years to get Prohibition rescinded.
And on their behalf I bid you welcome. It was an arduous, dangerous, and sometimes thankless task, but in the end I hold fast that we were just humble servants acting in the best interests of the greater public good.
The problem is that as a patient you are supposed to have the right to informed consent about your treatment options. Prescribing a placebo is inherently deceptive and arguably unethical.
How is this much different from a car mechanic who, upon finding nothing wrong with your vehicle, replaces parts anyway so that you'll feel like your car has been "repaired"?
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As soon as the 4th planeload of people find out how they've been lied to, they take action and save many more lives.
And then they all died.
... the only person to do ANYTHING is an octogenarian who gets killed for his efforts to protect the strong ...
And now he's dead. I'm not sure what you advocate we are supposed to do, but that's some pretty compelling evidence that attacking an armed assailant when you are unarmed is not the secret to longevity.
Me, I'm running the other way as fast as I can.
We had a whole debate about this last summer, and some members of Congress actually argued that the President has a Constitutional prerogative to use whatever intelligence gathering methods he wants as long as he has a plausible argument that we're "at war."
The problem is that as far as the government is concerned, they are always at "war". Presently you can count the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as all the wars against US citizens, including, but not limited to, the global war on terror, and the war on drugs, and apparently, the war on privacy.
IMHO digital armor would be a preferable defense to FISTing. Your mileage may vary.
ATT recently established decent service where I'm at ($30/mo buys me 3Mb DSL vs $46/mo for my current 6Mb cable) and to my knowledge has no monthly transfer limits.
There *are* limits, you just have no knowledge of them. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
When you're ready to shut down the US Postal Service, which would cease to be a financially viable enterprise if junk mail were eliminated.
The US Postal Service has lost over $2 billion so far this year and is asking Congress for a bailout of $25 billion over the next 8 years in the form of a statuary mandate to change the way health benefits are payed to its retirees.
I'd say the days of the USPS being "financially viable" have already passed.
Do you go to a brothel to just get a bed?
Maybe. It's none of your business.
Mice will not even approach anywhere they think a cat lives.
That depends on the mouse and the cat. I am currently trying to catch one enterprising dormouse that has been stealing dry cat food right from the cat's dish. He then scampers off to enjoy his delicious repast in relative safety underneath a cabinet. All under the watchful eyes of my good-for-nothing lazy-ass cat.
if you have a better way worked out, let me know. thanks.
You just go to your bank and make a bank-to-bank wire transfer.
If you've got nothing to hide, there's no reason for you to use encryption, is there?
I take it that's a rhetorical question, but it's worth answering anyway to point out why I would like to see every data connection encrypted. Because, you see, I do have something to hide - my social security number, bank account routing numbers, PIN numbers, passwords, home address/telephone numbers, my signature, my mother's maiden name just to name a few.
So you care what Stallman thinks, and don't care what I think. That's fine with me. My point is why do you care what either of us think? It doesn't impact you in any way.
That's the rule that makes it "wrong" for me to use Ubuntu because some of the drivers have "binary blobs" in them.
There is no such rule, nor is it wrong (with or without quotation marks) to use Ubuntu. You are railing against a problem that doesn't exist. No one is preventing you from using Ubunutu
No hard feelings. Really. If you want, I'll send you a CD of Ubuntu. For free.
B-bu-but it's got wobbly windows, and you can turn your clock upside down!
Thank you for posting this; I would have bought up many of the same points had you not done so already.
My first thoughts upon seeing Clippy were "That's cute, a talking paper clip. Now how do I get rid of it? Just throw it the trash can right?" Well, no. Not that easy. I suddenly went from mildly amused to being annoyed. Of course it's not that easy. The cutesy animations are just that - a fancy UI, a thin veneer, with little underlying substance.
You would think so, but the the "Flower Power" children of the 1960's have demonstrated how easily these ideals can get corrupted once it is your turn to take the reins. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
However, allowing a financial motive to support the act will certainly increase the occurrences of that act. Those that provide financial incentive are just as responsible for the act as those who committed it in person.
I thought the charges were for downloading and emailing. Possibly possession. None of these actions implies that a financial transaction occurred.
I don't disagree with your point, but I don't see how it pertains to this case.
If programming languages were like religion then I'd be like the Woody Allen character in Hannah and Her Sisters - desperately searching for something to believe in, but fatefully destined never to find it.
For many projects I end up using C++ not because I necessarily feel its the best language for the task but because I have so much time invested in learning it. It's like a commitment.
For some tasks I have to program in Lisp. I wish I enjoyed it, but I really don't. "Let's see, is that 17 or 18 closing parentheses? What the heck I'll just add more until it compiles." I guess I haven't yet reached nirvana.
If you need a change to the software what do you do?
1: Beg/pray/hope the community makes the change you want.
2: Pay a developer to do it which makes the product no longer FREE
If I need a change to Linux software I typically make it myself. Such is the power of FOSS.
Consider the commercials currently running on television. Are you a Mac or a PC? Of course it's a false dichotomy that there are only two choices, but nevertheless that's the message being presented to millions of people each day.
The answer to ignorance is education. I would love to turn on the television one day and see an "I'm an Ubuntu" commercial.
I predict due to user bug requests, version 1.2 will include a newline after the text is printed; and version 1.3 will add a command line switch to provide backwards compatibility with version 1.1.
Perhaps, perhaps not, but the key question is, is anyone free or are we all slaves? And if slaves, WHO ownes us?
My guess would be OPEC.
Bankers don't, on the other hand, create free, zero-income banks.
Not intentionally, anyways.
...when many homeowners have supplemented their income through home-equity lines of credit...
Homeowners don't supplement their income with credit. The loan represents a liability for the borrower, and an asset for the lender. The borrower may also incur an expense in the form of interest payments, which may be considered income by the lender.
That's how I do my books, anyway. If I'm wrong someone please correct me. I'll go to the bank right now and "supplement" my income:)
It took millions of people drinking illegally for years to get Prohibition rescinded.
And on their behalf I bid you welcome. It was an arduous, dangerous, and sometimes thankless task, but in the end I hold fast that we were just humble servants acting in the best interests of the greater public good.
The problem is that as a patient you are supposed to have the right to informed consent about your treatment options. Prescribing a placebo is inherently deceptive and arguably unethical.
How is this much different from a car mechanic who, upon finding nothing wrong with your vehicle, replaces parts anyway so that you'll feel like your car has been "repaired"?
A quadrillion dollars should be enough for anybody.