Basically, these events are an inevitable result of certain situations . ..
Colloquially refered to as "Too Many Rats in the Cage."
That and the fact that the modern American High School is going to be viewed historically as one of the greatest cases of institutionalized abuse; ever, whose only real function is to try to mold you into a good paramilitary worker bee.
Some of us persist in being mammals, of the larger more predatory variety at that, not bees.
No, I am not speaking out of some personal grudge coming from my own unpleasant High School experience. I did not attend. I have, however, been affected, having watched what it does to friends and loved ones; which ultimately includes all of humanity.
Plus I have to deal with y'all at the Post Office.
Slamdance is supposed to be a place for controversial media that is to hot for even Sundance, so being too hot for Slamdance is something of an honor.
One could, in fact, think of it as the highest award they have to give.
You see when people adopted the monkier of open source software. ..
So that Microsoft could exploit the ambiguity of the word "open" to claim that their software is open source? I'm afraid the word "open" is just as open to interpretaion as any other non-technical word.
Of course RMS provided a technical defintion of what he meant by "Free Software."
The reason a lot of people prefer to use "Open Source" isn't because the term "free" is ambiguous (although I recognize the existence of the "libre" crowd); it's because they the disagree with the specificity of the term. The definition of "Open Source" is more, ummmmmmmmm, "Open."
It seems MS is being bashed for following the requirements being set forth by the media producers.
Microsoft's long term strategy is to be the gateway to media, i.e. be the holder of necessary DRM technologies on which the entire industry depends, so that they get a few pennies every time any media is commercially transacted.
They are also, you might note, actually one of the producers of media; with their own interests in protection.
As such if you if you look at the member list of most media standards organizations you will find Microsoft prominent as one of the founders of that organization.
They are not merely flotsom in the stream, they have been the ones in the background egging on the producers to adopt various digital rights technologies; with claims that they can actually produce and enforce it.
"So I'm afraid I'm just going to state it as fact and abandon."
Or let me rephrase it this way:
Extreme discomfort is leading me to be a bit wooley headed and cranky, which is leading me to be a bit arrogant and wrong, so I'd better just shut the fuck up now.
Maybe I should just hire you to follow me around to smooth out the turbulence I leave in my wake. Ya done real good.
Reagan used to have people like that - "What the President meant was. .."
Ok, maybe that's a bad example. At least I hope it is.
In any case, the reason for my post is that I'm not entirely sure that wasn't something like OP's point either. It has the whiff of my "let's not fill space with nuclear radiation" post about it. He even put a smilely at the end of it in an attempt to avoid gang rape. Well, at least it kept the crowd small.
It's good to know that my suffering at least serves as an example to others. Now if I were only smart enough to learn from it myself.
The problem is that I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work; and there are plenty of people who don't understand that just because something works doesn't mean it's not too good to be true as well.
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Homer worked in Hollywood?
KFG
Basically, these events are an inevitable result of certain situations . . .
Colloquially refered to as "Too Many Rats in the Cage."
That and the fact that the modern American High School is going to be viewed historically as one of the greatest cases of institutionalized abuse; ever, whose only real function is to try to mold you into a good paramilitary worker bee.
Some of us persist in being mammals, of the larger more predatory variety at that, not bees.
No, I am not speaking out of some personal grudge coming from my own unpleasant High School experience. I did not attend. I have, however, been affected, having watched what it does to friends and loved ones; which ultimately includes all of humanity.
Plus I have to deal with y'all at the Post Office.
Slamdance is supposed to be a place for controversial media that is to hot for even Sundance, so being too hot for Slamdance is something of an honor.
One could, in fact, think of it as the highest award they have to give.
KFG
KFG
Hey, Mr. Hand? Yeah, we got another one that didn't "take." Could ya send Doc Schreber around with a needle? Thanks, yer a peach.
KFG
You see when people adopted the monkier of open source software. . .
So that Microsoft could exploit the ambiguity of the word "open" to claim that their software is open source? I'm afraid the word "open" is just as open to interpretaion as any other non-technical word.
Of course RMS provided a technical defintion of what he meant by "Free Software."
The reason a lot of people prefer to use "Open Source" isn't because the term "free" is ambiguous (although I recognize the existence of the "libre" crowd); it's because they the disagree with the specificity of the term. The definition of "Open Source" is more, ummmmmmmmm, "Open."
ESR, for example.
KFG
I have a CRT monitor with an analog VGA connection.
Oh, hey. Thanks for being a good citizen and turning yourself in. The helis are on the way. Enjoy your stay in the beautiful Caribbean.
KFG
It seems MS is being bashed for following the requirements being set forth by the media producers.
Microsoft's long term strategy is to be the gateway to media, i.e. be the holder of necessary DRM technologies on which the entire industry depends, so that they get a few pennies every time any media is commercially transacted.
They are also, you might note, actually one of the producers of media; with their own interests in protection.
As such if you if you look at the member list of most media standards organizations you will find Microsoft prominent as one of the founders of that organization.
They are not merely flotsom in the stream, they have been the ones in the background egging on the producers to adopt various digital rights technologies; with claims that they can actually produce and enforce it.
KFG
The signals we'd pick up from a civilization similar to ours would be . . .
."Send more Chuck Berry."
. .
KFG
Can you say . . .
Not without having to shoot myself afterwards, for my own good.
KFG
Doesn't matter, some kid with a Tonka backhoe is just going to end up dyking off the network anyway.
KFG
. . .have a little faith in the scientific publication process . . .
Well, maybe he hasn't had half his brain sucked out yet?
KFG
the speed of light in a vacuum.
Appears to be zero. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go blow my nose and take a shower.
KFG
Kirk in a fist fight with a torn shirt
Twenty bucks says the torn shirt takes him.
KFG
Yeah, I figured that one would beat a Time Machine reference to the finish line.
KFG
Nonsense. Some of us are the consumed.
KFG
rm -f-r UID822
KFG
. . .that in itself will become a major impediment to dealing with any true threats.
This has nothing to do with "true threats" as you understand the term. Nothing. At all.
They only appear clueless when they succeed in their misdirection of your attention. The fuckers know exactly what they are doing.
KFG
Minor Nation?
Noid.
KFG
Considering you'd have to fly under someone's flag or risk getting sunk immediately by every country's navy as a pirate vessel. . .
Tell me about it. The problem with moving outside the law, even legitimately, is that you're, well, outlaw, ain'cha?
Freedom's a bitch. With Borderline Personality Disorder. And a gun.
KFG
"So I'm afraid I'm just going to state it as fact and abandon."
Or let me rephrase it this way:
Extreme discomfort is leading me to be a bit wooley headed and cranky, which is leading me to be a bit arrogant and wrong, so I'd better just shut the fuck up now.
KFG
Maybe I should just hire you to follow me around to smooth out the turbulence I leave in my wake. Ya done real good.
."
Reagan used to have people like that - "What the President meant was. .
Ok, maybe that's a bad example. At least I hope it is.
In any case, the reason for my post is that I'm not entirely sure that wasn't something like OP's point either. It has the whiff of my "let's not fill space with nuclear radiation" post about it. He even put a smilely at the end of it in an attempt to avoid gang rape. Well, at least it kept the crowd small.
It's good to know that my suffering at least serves as an example to others. Now if I were only smart enough to learn from it myself.
KFG
Think harder.
.because something works doesn't mean it's not too good to be true as well."
.for the demo.
I thought at least hard enough to write this:
". .
In other words; it won't work in any real world, practical sense. It's too good to be true.
For example, just how MUCH heat can we gather and store in the ground? What's the differential? How much can we get back?
Enough to attract investors; not enough to accelerate a paradigm.
More to the point, how do we keep the heat we pump into a point in the ground from radiating away and disapating?
Blueboard and builder's foil ought to be sufficient. .
KFG
And i suppose you think that generating electricity from wind turbines or solar panels is impossible too?
I suppose you think it's impossible to turn lead bars into gold?
KFG
This sounds too good to be true.
The problem is that I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work; and there are plenty of people who don't understand that just because something works doesn't mean it's not too good to be true as well.
KFG
When you scale down a diesel electric train system to automotive size. . .
Why would you do anything as daft as that?
KFG
Also, now that the drive train has been disconnected from the engine, we can move on to any type of fuel we want for the generator.
Now if I could only remember where I put my Mr. Fusion.
KFG