To danger, anyway. What'd be neat is if they went black when anything threatening came by. We could set up anything dangerous to emit bluetooth "danger" signals....
by buying his books or encouraging others to buy them, you are financially supporting osc and his homophobic agenda. you are sending him a message, with your dollars, that you approve what he is doing, and you are giving him financial support to continue it.
This sounds as ridiculous as claims I hear that by buying REM or Erasure or Chopin I'm "advancing the gay agenda" -- or by buying Dixie Chicks I show that I "hate america." (or by buying any of the above instead of using P2P I'm supporting the RIAA). I believe to some extent in the concept of a boycott, but really, when I buy an artist's music/book/painting/other work the *only* message I'm sending is that I like their work. Not their lifestyle or their home decoration, not even necessarily their personality, and certainly not their politics.
Or rather, let the Iranian government do this. Let them put their fists down, inconvenience and stiffle their own people, but with just enough proxy servers and new services opening cracks that the people are always getting a taste of what's available to them.
At some point, everybody in their country will understand what's between them and what they want.
I'm not anywhere near as big a fan of Card's essays as I am his fiction, but then again, there's a *huge* difference between the quality. His fiction generally paints nuanced, human characters whose motivations and actions make sense; his essays tend to seem very black and white and often don't. Don't judge one by the other.
Though I might add the first essay is actually more nuanced than one might suppose.
they aren't interested in Science Fiction. They want the tech-fantasy crap.
The stuff that will be guaranteed to appeal to the 12 - 24 year old male audience.
Is this the same industry that's worried they're losing their viewers to the Internet and Video games? Falling ratings on guys 18-34?
I'm in that demographic, and I don't mind saying that that the bullsh** LeGuin describes is exactly why I continue to simply read books rather than turn on the tube.
Note to producers: I know, I'm in the semi-intelligent demographic, which you've written off, but seriously, could it hurt to try?
If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update.
You should see what the release notes *used* to say:
"If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update. In fact, put it in a seperate, EM shielded room. Actually, now that we think of it, please also back it up. Twice."
What do you expect in a society that told you Al Gore said he invented the internet?
Employers are *contributing* to motion from tech
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Pity America tends to look down on academic achievement as well...
I'll buy that statement *only* if you extend it to prospective employers. Of those (including myself) who I've seen struggle in a terrible job market over the last 2-3 years, the majority are math/science educated, experience technical professionals.
And this brings up an interesting question: since there's very little social respect in technical pursuits, and now that we're letting employers remove much of the economic incentive to be trained in math/science, who's going to pick it as a profession?
Becoming a suit or tradesman increasingly looks like the wiser choice.
This while I know half a dozen educated, experienced technical professionals who've suffered through the recent poor job market being told they're overqualified...
. (Fuck, do I have to write a goddamned novel with each slashdot post to prove I'm aware of the facts so I don't get accosted by people who assume that the only way you can have an opinion in opposition to theirs is if you don't have all the "facts"...and their version of the "facts" at that?)
No. You just have to likewise refrain from belittling people who hold points of view different from yours that still fit the facts by implying they're delusional via the term "tinfoil hat".
Seriously, I brought them up recently at a meeting for a small, barely organized community non-profit I'm on the "board" of. I was thinking Wikis could help, and the minute I said the word, everybody else in the room laughed, except for the one other developer who knew what they were. It sounded like a Star Wars creature to them....
I'm below average. Way. I don't even know the rules.
Of course, this is like comparing non-drivers to drivers, under your analogy, but hey, how many 15/16 year olds do you know who're sure they're probably better drivers than their parents?
Well think about a sheet stretched out very flat. On this sheeta are a number of very light objects. Now think of a lead weight placed in the center of the sheet. The sheet will bend into an inverted cone shape and all the items will slide towards the weight.
Slide towards the weight? Dragged by what, gravity?
I suppose now you're going to tell me what exactly is waving when I work out all those particle-wave functions....
He can control (or 50% control with Sony now) who covers the songs
AFAIK, anyone can cover just about anything by paying mechanical royalties to the publisher who holds the copyrights. Not super expensive either... think the rate is.08 per recording.
You get in the car and type grep store. You are given a list of 400 7-11's in your area and 50 grocery stores. After picking one and reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour en route, you arrive at the barber shop."
Because you're wrong in this case. Where I work, we rely on paypal to pay our freelancers, and we haven't been able to send payments normally since Friday at least. Today we haven't been able to log in at all.
A bank withdrawl I made into my personal account took twice as long last week to process as normal... and cleared during the weekend, which has never happened to me before.
I've got a theory, just a personal one, not a scientific one, but it's that addictive things don't actually fill the need they seem to be a response to -- they blunt the edge or feel like they fill the need. Thus you're constantly actually hungry for the real need, but habituated to the addiction as a response, and that's when you're trapped.
Nobody's visiting Wyoming OR Massachusetts. And you haven't heard much about the candidates hitting California, have you? Kerry's lead there is 10-15%. Pushing out 5-8% could win Bush the election. Why doesn't he try it?
My conclusion follows because the EC is largely just a hi-relief/low-resolution reflection of an underlying reality: regional character exists and influences group voting behavior. There would be *a* difference, but not the huge shift you're thinking of. And certainly, you wouldn't find that in the current election, MA would get more attention than say Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Iowa, because even though the populations of those states are somewhat smaller than MA, there's more voters there who are likely (due to regional character) to change their minds.
And I think you'd find the shift would take an unanticipated direction. What if, for example, the pockets of red in blue metro areas are much larger/heavier than the pockets of blue in red states? My experience suggests this is likely.
I don't really have any problem with the inner, less populous states being resource colonies
Which is exactly why the checks and balance systems exists -- because you're not the only one who has no problem with the oppression of a minority by a majority.
And it's not as if Wyoming and co are really running the show. The current setup doesn't let the smaller states run roughshod over the interests of the larger ones -- rather, it keeps the reverse situation from happening. It gives the small power to stall/block problematic initiatives, even while letting the majority steer a general agenda. It's actually pretty effective at what it does.
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need is an easier way to block their senses.
To danger, anyway. What'd be neat is if they went black when anything threatening came by. We could set up anything dangerous to emit bluetooth "danger" signals....
by buying his books or encouraging others to buy them, you are financially supporting osc and his homophobic agenda. you are sending him a message, with your dollars, that you approve what he is doing, and you are giving him financial support to continue it.
This sounds as ridiculous as claims I hear that by buying REM or Erasure or Chopin I'm "advancing the gay agenda" -- or by buying Dixie Chicks I show that I "hate america." (or by buying any of the above instead of using P2P I'm supporting the RIAA). I believe to some extent in the concept of a boycott, but really, when I buy an artist's music/book/painting/other work the *only* message I'm sending is that I like their work. Not their lifestyle or their home decoration, not even necessarily their personality, and certainly not their politics.
Or rather, let the Iranian government do this. Let them put their fists down, inconvenience and stiffle their own people, but with just enough proxy servers and new services opening cracks that the people are always getting a taste of what's available to them.
At some point, everybody in their country will understand what's between them and what they want.
I'm not anywhere near as big a fan of Card's essays as I am his fiction, but then again, there's a *huge* difference between the quality. His fiction generally paints nuanced, human characters whose motivations and actions make sense; his essays tend to seem very black and white and often don't. Don't judge one by the other.
Though I might add the first essay is actually more nuanced than one might suppose.
"[But] we believe there is value in our Unix licensing business and we offer our customers . . . value they need to be made aware of."
Does Darl even understand how much he sounds like a racketeer there? I can almost hear him cracking his knuckles where the sentence has the ellipses.
they aren't interested in Science Fiction. They want the tech-fantasy crap.
The stuff that will be guaranteed to appeal to the 12 - 24 year old male audience.
Is this the same industry that's worried they're losing their viewers to the Internet and Video games? Falling ratings on guys 18-34?
I'm in that demographic, and I don't mind saying that that the bullsh** LeGuin describes is exactly why I continue to simply read books rather than turn on the tube.
Note to producers: I know, I'm in the semi-intelligent demographic, which you've written off, but seriously, could it hurt to try?
If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update.
You should see what the release notes *used* to say:
"If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update. In fact, put it in a seperate, EM shielded room. Actually, now that we think of it, please also back it up. Twice."
What do you expect in a society that told you Al Gore said he invented the internet?
Pity America tends to look down on academic achievement as well...
I'll buy that statement *only* if you extend it to prospective employers. Of those (including myself) who I've seen struggle in a terrible job market over the last 2-3 years, the majority are math/science educated, experience technical professionals.
And this brings up an interesting question: since there's very little social respect in technical pursuits, and now that we're letting employers remove much of the economic incentive to be trained in math/science, who's going to pick it as a profession?
Becoming a suit or tradesman increasingly looks like the wiser choice.
I assume you're a member of the current US Congress:
US Congress passes H1-B Visa Hike
This while I know half a dozen educated, experienced technical professionals who've suffered through the recent poor job market being told they're overqualified...
That's like referring to someone as "of Dallas".
or of Redmond.
or Crawford.
"Why should I team up with you? I can do this on my own."
Which is, of course, nearly a succinct summarization of the underpinings of libertarian philosophy.
(nearly)
. (Fuck, do I have to write a goddamned novel with each slashdot post to prove I'm aware of the facts so I don't get accosted by people who assume that the only way you can have an opinion in opposition to theirs is if you don't have all the "facts"...and their version of the "facts" at that?)
No. You just have to likewise refrain from belittling people who hold points of view different from yours that still fit the facts by implying they're delusional via the term "tinfoil hat".
Seriously, I brought them up recently at a meeting for a small, barely organized community non-profit I'm on the "board" of. I was thinking Wikis could help, and the minute I said the word, everybody else in the room laughed, except for the one other developer who knew what they were. It sounded like a Star Wars creature to them....
The president of my company said pretty much exactly that today, just with different words:
"The problem with Venture Capital is that it's like giving your teenager a credit card."
Considering most 3-D rendering engines make heavy use of vector mathematics, all you'd really have to do is develop the interface.
Not that you necessarily *want* players doing arbitrary transforms on the gaming environment, but hey, I think it'd be fun.
I'm below average. Way. I don't even know the rules.
Of course, this is like comparing non-drivers to drivers, under your analogy, but hey, how many 15/16 year olds do you know who're sure they're probably better drivers than their parents?
Well think about a sheet stretched out very flat. On this sheeta are a number of very light objects. Now think of a lead weight placed in the center of the sheet. The sheet will bend into an inverted cone shape and all the items will slide towards the weight.
Slide towards the weight? Dragged by what, gravity?
I suppose now you're going to tell me what exactly is waving when I work out all those particle-wave functions....
He can control (or 50% control with Sony now) who covers the songs
.08 per recording.
AFAIK, anyone can cover just about anything by paying mechanical royalties to the publisher who holds the copyrights. Not super expensive either... think the rate is
...is choice. /neo
Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby has got to be the most entertaining Ruby read out there....
"UNIX
You get in the car and type grep store. You are given a list of 400 7-11's in your area and 50 grocery stores. After picking one and reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour en route, you arrive at the barber shop."
-- If Operating Systems Drove Your Car to the Store
Why can't we mod articles as trolls.
Because you're wrong in this case. Where I work, we rely on paypal to pay our freelancers, and we haven't been able to send payments normally since Friday at least. Today we haven't been able to log in at all.
A bank withdrawl I made into my personal account took twice as long last week to process as normal... and cleared during the weekend, which has never happened to me before.
Clearly something's up.
Anything that fills a need can be addictive.
I've got a theory, just a personal one, not a scientific one, but it's that addictive things don't actually fill the need they seem to be a response to -- they blunt the edge or feel like they fill the need. Thus you're constantly actually hungry for the real need, but habituated to the addiction as a response, and that's when you're trapped.
Your conclusion doesn't follow.
Nobody's visiting Wyoming OR Massachusetts. And you haven't heard much about the candidates hitting California, have you? Kerry's lead there is 10-15%. Pushing out 5-8% could win Bush the election. Why doesn't he try it?
My conclusion follows because the EC is largely just a hi-relief/low-resolution reflection of an underlying reality: regional character exists and influences group voting behavior. There would be *a* difference, but not the huge shift you're thinking of. And certainly, you wouldn't find that in the current election, MA would get more attention than say Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Iowa, because even though the populations of those states are somewhat smaller than MA, there's more voters there who are likely (due to regional character) to change their minds.
And I think you'd find the shift would take an unanticipated direction. What if, for example, the pockets of red in blue metro areas are much larger/heavier than the pockets of blue in red states? My experience suggests this is likely.
I don't really have any problem with the inner, less populous states being resource colonies
Which is exactly why the checks and balance systems exists -- because you're not the only one who has no problem with the oppression of a minority by a majority.
And it's not as if Wyoming and co are really running the show. The current setup doesn't let the smaller states run roughshod over the interests of the larger ones -- rather, it keeps the reverse situation from happening. It gives the small power to stall/block problematic initiatives, even while letting the majority steer a general agenda. It's actually pretty effective at what it does.