The ironic thing about the Taliban destroying the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan is that the Quran encourages religious tolerance. Of course, Jesus of Nazerreth did the same but that doesn't stop Pat Robertson from spouting hate.
The Quran and the Bible are both used for such things as denouncing other religions and even justifing genocide (look at Rwanda). People have gotten so fanatical about their point of view being "right" that anything that is "wrong" is sought out and destroyed by people who tell you to convert to the way of peace and love or die. Excuse me?
Scientology, however, I don't view as a religion. What kind of religion requires you to send in millions of dollars before you can find out what it is you espouse to believe in? This "church" uses tactics against their critics similar to what the Catholic Church used against supposed "witches" hundreds of years ago, short of killings. Ironically, the more The Church of Scientology tries to stamp out publicly available copies of the OT and higher works, the more copies show up.
Re:Why do we need a phone you can throw away?
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Now if this phone is several ounces of plastic and metal vs. a smaller amount of paper and plastic (and possibly less metal), you are now throwing away much less.
Ah, but the only non-paper element in this new phone is the chip and they're already working on making chips by staking the paper.
What will be great is when you'll be able to recycle the phone when you don't need it anymore.
What was Ford Prefect's theory on why humans are always stating the obvious like "It's a nice day" and "This is it we're going to die" and "This appears to be a real-world exhibit"?
Of course, if your dad owns a small coffee shop, I would hope that he realizes his own mortality and prepares for the inevitable.
Talk to a financial advisor, get insurance. You know that you have to pay estate taxes, so don't be surprised about them.
The objections of Warren Buffett to dropping the estate tax is exactly reason we have it in the first place, to prevent a meritocracy from forming where the rich were born rich and they leave their rich kids even richer than they were.
I like the idea of being able to turn off certain ads and also the forum-driven response idea. The proposal to use karma i don't like, however.
Also, if any of these ideas are implemented, then it's obvious that user profiles will be kept by OSDN. I would want assurance that information on me and what specific ads I look at is not sold to sponsors. Keeping demographics on which specific ads are popular or not is fine, as is keeping track of which type of ads I like.
Nielson (sp?) has been doing this for close to 50 years to help advertisers target commercials to a specific audience.
The people who participate in Nielson research sign a contract and are compensated. Nielson has the permission of the parents to collect information on the children.
That is why you see commercials for sugary breakfast cereal during Saturday morning cartoons, and commercials for phone sex in the middle of the night on USA. There is nothing wrong with this type of advertising. It does not infringe upon your rights in any way.
So, you're telling me that you wouldn't know that kids watch Saturday morning cartoons and adults watch TV in the middle of the night unless a pollster told so? Did you remember to screw your head on this morning?
Second, the schools involved are providing computers and bandwidth connected to the internet free of charge.
Wow, three for three, what happened to being rational? Where do you live that you don't pay taxes?
I'm not a rabid, "capitalism uber alles", right-winger, but your argument seems to boil down to: the idea was correct, reality just got in the way. You might want to rethink the argument seeing how we happen to live in this reality.
Since when do ideas have to conform to reality? I was just stating that someone had a vision that had the potential of being perfect.
When we start making sure that ideas are grounded on reality as we know it, then the thinkpol will exist and we will all be doomed.
OK, I know I will probably get a negative moderation to this, but I don't care.
This is the first person asking where the rest of the story is, why is it given (-1 redundant)? How are you redundant when you are the first person to speak up?
I don't even want to think about what I saw in the other requests the obviously missing link. Not only were they given (-1 redundant), but people replied with various jokes that were grossly inappropriate.
And while I'm on the subject of inappropriate replies, those replies to the person who wanted to know what IP is were disgraceful. Although a few people gave a serious answer, others took it as an opportunity to make stupid jokes that have no place here.
I believe you are refering to "Russian Communism" (as opposed to "Chinese Communism", which hasn't failed). The Soviet Union was not governed by Communism, it was a Socialist state. There has never been a truly Communist Government.
Communism is not doomed to failure, if resources are properly allocated. Unfortunately, greedy human nature is what dooms this to failure.
And capitilism wouldn't work if it wasn't for the government passing laws to prevent Big Business from stepping all over Joe Consumer and Bob Employee.
And if purchase data helps the drugstore keep the things people buy in in stock and makes the ad flyers they receive more likely to have the stuff they want in them, why, that's just making a happier (if violated) customer.
Of course they could just find out what's selling the old fashion, by taking inventory.
Re:Let your feet do the walking ...
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IMHO, these free ISP target casual users that lack the savvy to realize what they are giving away in exchange for that free connection. By
definition, Linux users are advanced. Were I a marketer, I'd want nothing to do with you. There are easier sheep to fleece.
I use(d) Netzero because as a college student who pays his own tuition and commutes an hour to school, I can't afford to spend 20 USD on Internet service.
I don't mind the ads with Netzero anymore, before the current version I used the netcracker program that stopped the adbar from appearing because the damn thing wouldn't dock. However, I can no longer stay connected, most times my connection drops before the adbar can even display.
Someone told me that the school has free dialup, so I'm goiung to check into that, but I fear that the speeds might not be al that great(considering that the students in the dorms have
Re:Let your feet do the walking ...
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Remove the screensaver.
I can just imagine someone who didn't bother reading the Policy trying to change their screensaver to something other than ads (read: seti@home) and just finding it change back to the ads (if Juno bothers trying, that is).
Turn your PC off if you want to.
Of course, if you don't turn your PC off like they order you are 100% responsible for any money that has to be spent fixing problems that arise from the computer constantly running.
Did read as far as the point where it is stated that the same company that provides these devices to the school also provides services and equipment to the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies?
Also, if the mathematical algorithm generated by the device is unique, isn't it the same as the fingerprint itself? If it isn't unique, then what happens when two individuals' fingerprints generate the identifier?
Although I believe in biometrics as a solution, I think it should be combined with smart card technology.
Uh, the NASDAQ (and the Dow, and the S&P500, and the NEIKKI) doesn't respond to the financial worth of the stock. It responds to what is the equivalent of pithy replies to pro-ms posts on Slashdot. Only difference is that the originators of the comments the markets actually respond to claim that they know what they're talking about (of course, we know otherwise).
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The Quran and the Bible are both used for such things as denouncing other religions and even justifing genocide (look at Rwanda). People have gotten so fanatical about their point of view being "right" that anything that is "wrong" is sought out and destroyed by people who tell you to convert to the way of peace and love or die. Excuse me?
Scientology, however, I don't view as a religion. What kind of religion requires you to send in millions of dollars before you can find out what it is you espouse to believe in? This "church" uses tactics against their critics similar to what the Catholic Church used against supposed "witches" hundreds of years ago, short of killings. Ironically, the more The Church of Scientology tries to stamp out publicly available copies of the OT and higher works, the more copies show up.
Ah, but the only non-paper element in this new phone is the chip and they're already working on making chips by staking the paper.
What will be great is when you'll be able to recycle the phone when you don't need it anymore.
Something to do with brains turning off I think.
Talk to a financial advisor, get insurance. You know that you have to pay estate taxes, so don't be surprised about them.
The objections of Warren Buffett to dropping the estate tax is exactly reason we have it in the first place, to prevent a meritocracy from forming where the rich were born rich and they leave their rich kids even richer than they were.
Also, if any of these ideas are implemented, then it's obvious that user profiles will be kept by OSDN. I would want assurance that information on me and what specific ads I look at is not sold to sponsors. Keeping demographics on which specific ads are popular or not is fine, as is keeping track of which type of ads I like.
The people who participate in Nielson research sign a contract and are compensated. Nielson has the permission of the parents to collect information on the children.
That is why you see commercials for sugary breakfast cereal during Saturday morning cartoons, and commercials for phone sex in the middle of the night on USA. There is nothing wrong with this type of advertising. It does not infringe upon your rights in any way.
So, you're telling me that you wouldn't know that kids watch Saturday morning cartoons and adults watch TV in the middle of the night unless a pollster told so? Did you remember to screw your head on this morning?
Second, the schools involved are providing computers and bandwidth connected to the internet free of charge.
Wow, three for three, what happened to being rational? Where do you live that you don't pay taxes?
There's only one solar system. And that's the unary star system comprised of planets and asteroids orbiting the star Sol.
Since when do ideas have to conform to reality? I was just stating that someone had a vision that had the potential of being perfect.
When we start making sure that ideas are grounded on reality as we know it, then the thinkpol will exist and we will all be doomed.
This is the first person asking where the rest of the story is, why is it given (-1 redundant)? How are you redundant when you are the first person to speak up?
I don't even want to think about what I saw in the other requests the obviously missing link. Not only were they given (-1 redundant), but people replied with various jokes that were grossly inappropriate.
And while I'm on the subject of inappropriate replies, those replies to the person who wanted to know what IP is were disgraceful. Although a few people gave a serious answer, others took it as an opportunity to make stupid jokes that have no place here.
OK, I'm done.
Where is the link, anyway?
Communism is not doomed to failure, if resources are properly allocated. Unfortunately, greedy human nature is what dooms this to failure.
And capitilism wouldn't work if it wasn't for the government passing laws to prevent Big Business from stepping all over Joe Consumer and Bob Employee.
Of course they could just find out what's selling the old fashion, by taking inventory.
I use(d) Netzero because as a college student who pays his own tuition and commutes an hour to school, I can't afford to spend 20 USD on Internet service.
I don't mind the ads with Netzero anymore, before the current version I used the netcracker program that stopped the adbar from appearing because the damn thing wouldn't dock. However, I can no longer stay connected, most times my connection drops before the adbar can even display.
Someone told me that the school has free dialup, so I'm goiung to check into that, but I fear that the speeds might not be al that great(considering that the students in the dorms have
I can just imagine someone who didn't bother reading the Policy trying to change their screensaver to something other than ads (read: seti@home) and just finding it change back to the ads (if Juno bothers trying, that is).
Turn your PC off if you want to.
Of course, if you don't turn your PC off like they order you are 100% responsible for any money that has to be spent fixing problems that arise from the computer constantly running.
Also, if the mathematical algorithm generated by the device is unique, isn't it the same as the fingerprint itself? If it isn't unique, then what happens when two individuals' fingerprints generate the identifier?
Although I believe in biometrics as a solution, I think it should be combined with smart card technology.
By who? Companies performing the benchmarks with $$$ from Microsoft.
In that case, one would want to make sure that the serving of the Italian food is properly timed to coincide with the arrival of the ship.
e.g.: The motions of electrons in their orbits around the nucleus of an atom do follow Newtonian physics, which is why we have quantum physics.
What's important are the laws of conservation. If there are no outside influences on a system, then energy must be conserved.
KEi + Ui = KEf + Uf.
Of course, there are other types of energy that can be placed in that equation. The important thing is that the sums equal ou.