you are confusing the term 'capital' with the organizing forces of 'capitalism' which is predicated on the concept of profit made from the surplus labor of a workforce...also, not all markets are capitalist and goods which are traded are not considered 'capital'...
>>Of course MacOS-X is a great OS, but it isn't a community-supported project. It is something you buy, not something you build by yourself
Darwin - which is what OS X runs on top of - IS open source, can be downloaded separately and installed using X-11 or Gnome as a window server... http://developer.apple.com/darwin/ htt p://www.opendarwin.org/
to those needing OO on OS X but don't want to hunt down obscure and tempramental dependencies to make it work on X11 I suggest checking out NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/ it seems a little sluggish but it does what I need it to do and even has a drawing app for simple graphics...and its FOSS
'This is also why we have checks and balances (some would argue have been erroded) to control the centralization of power to make it work for everyone (even the minorities). So far this system has been successful.'
'control the centralization of power'?! and 'so far this system has been successful'?
for who? and how has there been any control on the centralization of power when less than 1% of US citizens own greater than 80% of the wealth? ask the parents of any kid who's school can't afford new textbooks or to pay teachers a decent salary where the power and wealth resides in our successful 'republic'...
while I find this idea fascinating the only problem with the use of sGA in this content is that both the rule set and the weighting system have to be implemented from some meta-source - i.e. a panel of experts, academic body etc...which can have a determinate effect on the evolution of the system...not that this is a negative thing but it subverts the idea of an 'open system' and the data can become skewed by the influence of the weighting system; similar to letting a body of academics with a particular agenda peer review the data...great idea though!:)
FYI: Hegel never actually uses the term 'dialetic' in his writings and refers to what was later termed 'synthesis' (i.e., thesis + anti-thesis) as 'the whole'
I visited a website shortly before Xmas: BuyBlue http://www.buyblue.org/ which published stats stating that Amazon donated 60% of their political contributions to the GOP. Not that one should base buying decisions on a corporations political contributions alone but it does make one think a little harder about what buying from Amazon really means.
Composer: I give lectures and use Composer (a lot) to create 'poor man's Power Point' presentations...the advantage of this to me is enormous: I don't like Power Point - I no longer use any MS products,.html is quick and easy, I can embed any media I want into a page, and it does exactly what I need it to. I rely in Composer heavily and would be lost without it even though I have tried other methods of creating slides for my lectures.
Chatzilla: this is very handy, easy to use, and I like the interface...plus people can download it and use it in my workshops for free and it's x-platform...wish it could do file transfers but maybe it does this in the new 1.7.5?
Browser: sorry, but I don't like IE, Safari is still half-baked and while Firefox is very nice Moz has all the moving parts I need in one place without having to launch and manage new apps/windows during heavy work sessions.
if any of you have read "The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero" by Robert Kaplan and live in the Boston/Cambridge area check out the Math Circle...info here: http://www.themathcircle.org/
I used to use a http://www.booqbags.com/ booqbag first generation BP3 model until it got pickpocketed in a Brussels café due to it having a flashy orange shell...I am curently using an Allyco Life backpack but rumour has it that the company is out of business so I have been eyeing a booqbag Boa.XM for my 14" iBook...I do a lot of traveling in Europe and I recommend getting something that has a minimum of zippered compartments, lockable, hidden zippers, waterproof, has stealth compartments (for hiding money) and is a solid black (or dark) color (I was told by Brussels police that colored packs = tourist = easy mark)...
I am a touring musician and have written this bullet-point list of tips and tricks for laptop musicians for avoiding getting pick-pocketed:
- colored backpacks = tourist or student
this was a surprise to me but a policeman at the police station near where I was mugged said that backpacks with any sort of color on them are most prone to being pick-pocketed or stolen for some reason...the only conjecture he made was that it is mostly tourists who carry backpacks and the buyer usually chooses a colored bag so their luggage is distinctive when picking it out of a group of similar luggage (i.e., the baggage carousel at all airports)...so I sold the backpack I have (it had an orange outer shell on it) and purchased one which is pure black...more on my new backpack later...
- NEVER wear a what's called a 'fanny-pack'
these are packs that you wear around the waist like a belt that can hold wallets and credit cards and money...they were originally marketed to bicyclists but became popular with tourists as well...this is target #1 for pickpockets...fanny-packs = credit cards and money...don't wear them and if you own one throw it away unless you use it while bicycling...they're useless...
- ALWAYS file a police report
when your credit cards are stolen the thief knows full well that they have a limited amount of time to use it before the owner discovers it is missing and calls the card companies to cancel the accounts...in this period of time they usually rush into a jewelry store and buy an expensive piece of jewelry - but not too expensive where it gives them away...usually a couple of thousand Euro...and they will do this in a couple of stores until the card gets turned down...they then have purchased a booty which they then fence for cash...so it's a good bet that your card will show a purchase no matter how quick you are in reporting the card(s) stolen...an official police report will be needed to dispute any illicit charges made to your card(s)...I know it's painful to sit in a police station for hours and be treated like a criminal but it is absolutely worth it in the end...it is difficult to dispute illicit charges with most credit card companies without a police report...get one, don't even think about it...
- distribute your valuables
this means: don't put all your money and credit cards in one place (like your wallet) but spread them out in various hiding places (more on this later)...for example: cash, credit cards and passport should be kept in separate places in your backpack or on your person...also, hotel's have safes in the room which are free...keep valuables in different places since PP's usually operate in one quick move which means they get one chance to get at the goods and flee...
- money belts, neck wallets and shoulder wallets
personally I hate neck wallets...the string cuts into my neck and usually I have too much stuff to carry to keep it all in a single pouch around my neck...a passport, plane tickets, cash, credit cards, drivers license, etc. all start to weigh a lot when wearing them around your neck all day...and money belts are a pain to get to when your fumbling for money while buying a train ticket or need to present your passport in a hurry...I did some searching and I found a 'shoulder wallet' which fits like a gun holster...all your valuables are located just under your left pectoral/breast and are easily gotten to...I typically wear a T-shirt under a denim shirt so I wear the shoulder wallet over my T and under the denim shirt...when I need to get to money or passport I just reach into my shirt and grab it from a Velcro pouch under my left arm...the downside to wearing a money belt or waist wallet is that they can be pick-pocketed by experts...they just cut the back of your belt, distract you and pick up the fallen money belt...volia! a neck wallet is good but gets heavy after a while and is awkward to get to when carrying luggage since you need two hands to manipulate it...a shoulder wallet is good because you c
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you can set up the trackpad on any Apple laptop to double-click...I did it to psot this response to you! ;)
you are confusing the term 'capital' with the organizing forces of 'capitalism' which is predicated on the concept of profit made from the surplus labor of a workforce...also, not all markets are capitalist and goods which are traded are not considered 'capital'...
>>Of course MacOS-X is a great OS, but it isn't a community-supported project. It is something you buy, not something you build by yourself
t p://www.opendarwin.org/
Darwin - which is what OS X runs on top of - IS open source, can be downloaded separately and installed using X-11 or Gnome as a window server...
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/
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closed universe?! Darwin is an open source OS...how is it a closed universe?
to those needing OO on OS X but don't want to hunt down obscure and tempramental dependencies to make it work on X11 I suggest checking out NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/
it seems a little sluggish but it does what I need it to do and even has a drawing app for simple graphics...and its FOSS
OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 is for Mac OS X (X11)d s.html
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloa
OO is for X-11...no-one I know has been able to install it properly due to dependency hell
don't bother with OO -- use NeoOffice instead (office suite)
http://www.neooffice.org/
or AbiWord (word processing only)
http://www.abisource.com/
or spend $60 and get
Nisus (word processing only)
http://www.nisus.com/
I have all three and like each for different reasons but tend to use NeoOffice and Nisus the most...
'This is also why we have checks and balances (some would argue have been erroded) to control the centralization of power to make it work for everyone (even the minorities). So far this system has been successful.'
'control the centralization of power'?!
and
'so far this system has been successful'?
for who? and how has there been any control on the centralization of power when less than 1% of US citizens own greater than 80% of the wealth?
ask the parents of any kid who's school can't afford new textbooks or to pay teachers a decent salary where the power and wealth resides in our successful 'republic'...
while I find this idea fascinating the only problem with the use of sGA in this content is that both the rule set and the weighting system have to be implemented from some meta-source - i.e. a panel of experts, academic body etc...which can have a determinate effect on the evolution of the system...not that this is a negative thing but it subverts the idea of an 'open system' and the data can become skewed by the influence of the weighting system; similar to letting a body of academics with a particular agenda peer review the data...great idea though! :)
FYI: Hegel never actually uses the term 'dialetic' in his writings and refers to what was later termed 'synthesis' (i.e., thesis + anti-thesis) as 'the whole'
actually, the Unix OS is called Darwin and is a blend of FreeBSD and the Mach kernal
>To get an idea of the power of XUL, check out the >Mozilla Amazon Browser which is in all ways a >faster and easier method for browsing amazon.
I agree and use this handy app all the time for research...find it here:
http://www.faser.net/mab/installation.cfm
the bash shell on Darwin actually does complete commands for the user...
Darwin is free though...
I visited a website shortly before Xmas: BuyBlue http://www.buyblue.org/ which published stats stating that Amazon donated 60% of their political contributions to the GOP. Not that one should base buying decisions on a corporations political contributions alone but it does make one think a little harder about what buying from Amazon really means.
Composer: I give lectures and use Composer (a lot) to create 'poor man's Power Point' presentations...the advantage of this to me is enormous: I don't like Power Point - I no longer use any MS products, .html is quick and easy, I can embed any media I want into a page, and it does exactly what I need it to. I rely in Composer heavily and would be lost without it even though I have tried other methods of creating slides for my lectures.
Chatzilla: this is very handy, easy to use, and I like the interface...plus people can download it and use it in my workshops for free and it's x-platform...wish it could do file transfers but maybe it does this in the new 1.7.5?
Browser: sorry, but I don't like IE, Safari is still half-baked and while Firefox is very nice Moz has all the moving parts I need in one place without having to launch and manage new apps/windows during heavy work sessions.
if any of you have read "The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero" by Robert Kaplan and live in the Boston/Cambridge area check out the Math Circle...info here:
http://www.themathcircle.org/
thank you very much for posting this info!
I used to use a http://www.booqbags.com/ booqbag first generation BP3 model until it got pickpocketed in a Brussels café due to it having a flashy orange shell...I am curently using an Allyco Life backpack but rumour has it that the company is out of business so I have been eyeing a booqbag Boa.XM for my 14" iBook...I do a lot of traveling in Europe and I recommend getting something that has a minimum of zippered compartments, lockable, hidden zippers, waterproof, has stealth compartments (for hiding money) and is a solid black (or dark) color (I was told by Brussels police that colored packs = tourist = easy mark)...
I am a touring musician and have written this bullet-point list of tips and tricks for laptop musicians for avoiding getting pick-pocketed:
- colored backpacks = tourist or student
this was a surprise to me but a policeman at the police station near where I was mugged said that backpacks with any sort of color on them are most prone to being pick-pocketed or stolen for some reason...the only conjecture he made was that it is mostly tourists who carry backpacks and the buyer usually chooses a colored bag so their luggage is distinctive when picking it out of a group of similar luggage (i.e., the baggage carousel at all airports)...so I sold the backpack I have (it had an orange outer shell on it) and purchased one which is pure black...more on my new backpack later...
- NEVER wear a what's called a 'fanny-pack'
these are packs that you wear around the waist like a belt that can hold wallets and credit cards and money...they were originally marketed to bicyclists but became popular with tourists as well...this is target #1 for pickpockets...fanny-packs = credit cards and money...don't wear them and if you own one throw it away unless you use it while bicycling...they're useless...
- ALWAYS file a police report
when your credit cards are stolen the thief knows full well that they have a limited amount of time to use it before the owner discovers it is missing and calls the card companies to cancel the accounts...in this period of time they usually rush into a jewelry store and buy an expensive piece of jewelry - but not too expensive where it gives them away...usually a couple of thousand Euro...and they will do this in a couple of stores until the card gets turned down...they then have purchased a booty which they then fence for cash...so it's a good bet that your card will show a purchase no matter how quick you are in reporting the card(s) stolen...an official police report will be needed to dispute any illicit charges made to your card(s)...I know it's painful to sit in a police station for hours and be treated like a criminal but it is absolutely worth it in the end...it is difficult to dispute illicit charges with most credit card companies without a police report...get one, don't even think about it...
- distribute your valuables
this means: don't put all your money and credit cards in one place (like your wallet) but spread them out in various hiding places (more on this later)...for example: cash, credit cards and passport should be kept in separate places in your backpack or on your person...also, hotel's have safes in the room which are free...keep valuables in different places since PP's usually operate in one quick move which means they get one chance to get at the goods and flee...
- money belts, neck wallets and shoulder wallets
personally I hate neck wallets...the string cuts into my neck and usually I have too much stuff to carry to keep it all in a single pouch around my neck...a passport, plane tickets, cash, credit cards, drivers license, etc. all start to weigh a lot when wearing them around your neck all day...and money belts are a pain to get to when your fumbling for money while buying a train ticket or need to present your passport in a hurry...I did some searching and I found a 'shoulder wallet' which fits like a gun holster...all your valuables are located just under your left pectoral/breast and are easily gotten to...I typically wear a T-shirt under a denim shirt so I wear the shoulder wallet over my T and under the denim shirt...when I need to get to money or passport I just reach into my shirt and grab it from a Velcro pouch under my left arm...the downside to wearing a money belt or waist wallet is that they can be pick-pocketed by experts...they just cut the back of your belt, distract you and pick up the fallen money belt...volia! a neck wallet is good but gets heavy after a while and is awkward to get to when carrying luggage since you need two hands to manipulate it...a shoulder wallet is good because you c