>Now, for the questions :
>1- Is the baby going to be open sourced ?
>2- Is this going to delay the release of 2.4 ?
>3- I'd like me a beowulf cluster of these...
4 - Does she look anything like Tux??
If you look at the history of the so-called "war on drugs" it becomes very apparent that it exists mainly to spy on U.S. citizens and render their constitutional rights to privacy and security null and void.
It's a blank cheque, established by Hoover and Nixon, given more spending power by Regan, and cashable at any time by federal agents.
Read anything you can on the cointelpro program, which was the starting point for all the bending of laws and rights in order to keep tabs on U.S. citizens, and spreading some very nasty lies in the "interest of national security".
We shouldn't be surprised that similar tatics have now reaced the internet. Actually, we can be pretty sure they've existed on the net for a long while now.
I would recommend these authors to any and all sci fi readers:
HG Wells: Definitely a father of the genre. A man with a very sharp and accurate vision, as well as a great understanding of human nature. Much of what he wrote actually accurately predicted the social events and technical achievements of the 20th Century. Titles to check out:"The Time Machine", "Childhood's End", "The Invisible Man".
Philip K. Dick: A writer who examines the ideas of artificial life and questions the fundamentals of reality. Titles to check out: "The Electric Ant" (a short story), "We Sell Dreams Wholesale" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" (from which the movies "Total Recall" and "Blade Runner" were taken).
Once you are familiar with the themes and attitudes of the genre, treat yourself to:
STANSILAW LEM: A brilliant and humorous writer, who may be a bit over-technical at times, but performs fun mind stunts and presents some good brain teasers. He's entirely hilarious. His material was originally written in Polish, but most of it has been translated into English. Titles to check out: Anything you can find:)
And of course everything by:
Douglas Adams: Again, a very humorous story teller, whose characters and scenarios are entirely unforgettable.
This may sound odd, but I've yet to come across any blatantly racist or hateful messages on internet.
And I've poured over quite a few web pages, including some of the seedier sites to which one is forcibly directed while searching for mp3's or the odd serial number for shareware programs.
True, most of those have been offensive and disgusting, definitely hurtful towards women and minors, but they hardly seem to constitute hate-crime or propaganda for or against any particular groups.
What I do find on the net, not surprisingly, are things that reinforce the stereotypes that have been impressed upon us and fostered by the news media and sensational television programs.
These viewpoints begin in our school rooms at the earliest grades, and are largely reinforced by the history books that are forced down the throats of students -- usually with no secondary sources to balance them or challenge their credence.
I would hope the UN would attempt to level things by making more information available to students -- the whole, truthful view of history; one that does not glorify those who rose to positions of power by oppressing others and silencing the stories of any who would voice dissent.
And hopefully such an education would lead to a more responsible and less biased media.
We all despise the idea of censorship and fear challenges to the freedom of expression... but let's not be blind to the fact that we are already victims of such; our journalists do not get to present a full, unbiased story, but are assigned their particular "angle" before they even start assembling their data.
And the content of television news and the printed press are determined by sponsors and the owners of the TV stations and newspapers.
Our only hope is to challenge the status quo that ignores or permits this sort of treatment, and to encourage free expression, especially on the internet -- whether it be of a nature with which we do not agree or something we support whole-heartedly.
Information and knowledge are sacred things; truthful, unbiased and complete information is vital to the growth of the individual and the formation of a realistic world view. It is only when information is withheld or perverted that racism and hateful illusions can be maintained.
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>Now, for the questions : >1- Is the baby going to be open sourced ? >2- Is this going to delay the release of 2.4 ? >3- I'd like me a beowulf cluster of these... 4 - Does she look anything like Tux??
It's a blank cheque, established by Hoover and Nixon, given more spending power by Regan, and cashable at any time by federal agents.
Read anything you can on the cointelpro program, which was the starting point for all the bending of laws and rights in order to keep tabs on U.S. citizens, and spreading some very nasty lies in the "interest of national security".
We shouldn't be surprised that similar tatics have now reaced the internet. Actually, we can be pretty sure they've existed on the net for a long while now.
wait a minute... Elvis -- Yeti... hmm.
not sure I notice the difference.
Yeti wear gold lame', don't they?
Even if they don't, I'm certain that Elvis stole his act from them.
All that hip shakin'.
They are lewd, these snow creatures... lewd! I tell ya!
Dammit! Now where's my seconal??
HG Wells: Definitely a father of the genre. A man with a very sharp and accurate vision, as well as a great understanding of human nature. Much of what he wrote actually accurately predicted the social events and technical achievements of the 20th Century.
Titles to check out:"The Time Machine", "Childhood's End", "The Invisible Man".
Philip K. Dick: A writer who examines the ideas of artificial life and questions the fundamentals of reality.
Titles to check out: "The Electric Ant" (a short story), "We Sell Dreams Wholesale" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" (from which the movies "Total Recall" and "Blade Runner" were taken).
Once you are familiar with the themes and attitudes of the genre, treat yourself to:
STANSILAW LEM: A brilliant and humorous writer, who may be a bit over-technical at times, but performs fun mind stunts and presents some good brain teasers. He's entirely hilarious. His material was originally written in Polish, but most of it has been translated into English. :)
Titles to check out: Anything you can find
And of course everything by:
Douglas Adams: Again, a very humorous story teller, whose characters and scenarios are entirely unforgettable.
or hateful messages on internet.
And I've poured over quite a few web pages, including some of the
seedier sites to which one is forcibly directed while searching for
mp3's or the odd serial number for shareware programs.
True, most of those have been offensive and disgusting, definitely
hurtful towards women and minors, but they hardly seem to constitute
hate-crime or propaganda for or against any particular groups.
What I do find on the net, not surprisingly, are things that
reinforce the stereotypes that have been impressed upon us and
fostered by the news media and sensational television programs.
These viewpoints begin in our school rooms at the earliest grades,
and are largely reinforced by the history books that are forced
down the throats of students -- usually with no secondary sources
to balance them or challenge their credence.
I would hope the UN would attempt to level things by making more
information available to students -- the whole, truthful view of
history; one that does not glorify those who rose to positions
of power by oppressing others and silencing the stories of any
who would voice dissent.
And hopefully such an education would lead to a more responsible
and less biased media.
We all despise the idea of censorship and fear challenges to the freedom
of expression... but let's not be blind to the fact that we are
already victims of such; our journalists do not get to present a
full, unbiased story, but are assigned their particular "angle"
before they even start assembling their data.
And the content of television news and the printed press are determined
by sponsors and the owners of the TV stations and newspapers.
Our only hope is to challenge the status quo that ignores or permits
this sort of treatment, and to encourage free expression,
especially on the internet -- whether it be of a nature with
which we do not agree or something we support whole-heartedly.
Information and knowledge are sacred things; truthful, unbiased
and complete information is vital to the growth of the individual
and the formation of a realistic world view. It is only when
information is withheld or perverted that racism and hateful
illusions can be maintained.