The real shame is the decline of the adventure genre, which derived from interactive fiction, which was all about story. The best adventure games told stories through their gameplay, with puzzles making sense within the plot, and advancing the plot through the solving of puzzles. If you want to see how to tell a story though a game, go back and look at games like Secret of Monkey Island, Loom, Quest for Glory, or Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.
Fair enough. The lack of openness is bad, but not as bad as actual data manipulation. But since there was no data manipulation, the lack of openness is the worst thing that's actually shown by these emails. It would have been more correct for me to say "the worst allegation to emerge from these emails...".
The consumer had to worry about the transition from leaded gas to unleaded gas. The consumer had to worry about the transition from analog TV to digital TV. The consumer had to worry about the transition from 7 digit phone numbers to 10 digit phone numbers (where applicable). Why shouldn't the consumer have to worry about IPv6?
If you can show that the scientists are possibly playing fast and loose with the data
Big IF. The worst thing these emails show is someone asking what function would best fit his data. That's totally SOP in every branch of the sciences. There is not even the slightest appearance of impropriety to anyone who practices science.
It's not bias if it's accurate. Suppose I'm a judge, and in the course of my private life I make a statement that "water is wet". If later on I get a case where someone is claiming as a central point to their argument that water is not wet.
Should I then recuse myself from that case? Would justice be better served by a judge who was not already aware that water is in fact wet?
So I can use official Debian source packages with Raspbian with no modification? Just add the source repos and use 'apt-get source --compile' and it just works?
And, what's your point? Are you claiming that the US didn't try to railroad a whistleblower pointing out abuse of the security apparatus? Anyone who actually values national security should be thanking Thomas Drake and calling for the heads of everyone involved in his prosecution.
Furthermore, it is unlawful to collect, store, analyze, or disseminate the CONTENT of the communications of US Persons without a warrant. Period. This is not some kind of a joke.
Great, so when can we expect indictments against those involved in Trailblazer?
So yeah, excuse me if I am suspect of something that is literally Russian propaganda pushing this story.
You can't argue the facts in this case, so you impugn the messenger. The Thomas Drake case is well known, and the facts are not in dispute.
Whistleblowers being punished is, sadly, also not anything new.
No, not new. But it's still news when it happens, and it's completely indefensible.
It would be nice if we didn't have to rely on RT to get interviews of central figures in the crucial issues of our time. Where's the Thomas Drake interview on CNN, NBC or FOX?
Fairly considering contrary opinions is a prerequisite for being a judge.
Yes, and when the contrary opinion has been fairly considered and found to be harmful, one can say so without impugning their impartiality. You have the same wishy-washy notion of impartiality that has infected journalism. Sometimes one side is right, and it's not wrong to say so.
If you want competence from your judges you have to understand that they bring experience to the table. That experience is valuable. Anyone who hasn't concluded that the US is the enemy of good copyright policy is frankly too ignorant to conduct a fair trial.
The elephant in the discussion is the iPad, an ARM based device with a locked bootloade. No one wants to talk about making it illegal
I'd love to talk about making it illegal. It should be illegal to sell any locked down computing device, from a desktop, to a tablet, to a game console, to a microwave.
Pay $99/year for a developer license and you can load your own bootloader
Fuck you. It's my computer, I shouldn't have to pay anyone anything to use it how I see fit. If you're scared of root kits, that's your problem. Don't make it my problem.
Except that he's not biased. His statement that the US is the enemy when it comes to copyright law is completely accurate. Anyone who thinks the US isn't the enemy is biased in favor of the US and the copyright maximalists who run it.
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Von Neumann probes should be possible within the known laws of physics. Physical constraints cannot be the solution to the Fermi paradox.
In which case, LibreOffice works just fine.
The real shame is the decline of the adventure genre, which derived from interactive fiction, which was all about story. The best adventure games told stories through their gameplay, with puzzles making sense within the plot, and advancing the plot through the solving of puzzles. If you want to see how to tell a story though a game, go back and look at games like Secret of Monkey Island, Loom, Quest for Glory, or Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.
I'm pretty sure it's this attitude that is responsible for the Fermi paradox.
Fair enough. The lack of openness is bad, but not as bad as actual data manipulation. But since there was no data manipulation, the lack of openness is the worst thing that's actually shown by these emails. It would have been more correct for me to say "the worst allegation to emerge from these emails...".
The consumer had to worry about the transition from leaded gas to unleaded gas. The consumer had to worry about the transition from analog TV to digital TV. The consumer had to worry about the transition from 7 digit phone numbers to 10 digit phone numbers (where applicable). Why shouldn't the consumer have to worry about IPv6?
It's open source. Any decent operating system will have a package in its repository.
If you can show that the scientists are possibly playing fast and loose with the data
Big IF. The worst thing these emails show is someone asking what function would best fit his data. That's totally SOP in every branch of the sciences. There is not even the slightest appearance of impropriety to anyone who practices science.
For example, at present I can only think of a couple of opponents that would rise to the level of 'enemy' for the US.
I can think of about 306 million enemies of the current US regime.
There's no way they're going to risk their careers for a few thousand dollars.
No worries, they don't have to risk their carreers to accept bribes.
Also, campaign contributions aren't classified as bribes.
Campaign contributions are absolutely bribes. There should be no ambiguity about this.
They basically are, but the way the laws are currently, there's nothing wrong with them.
All this means is that bribery is legal in the US, not that there is nothing wrong bribery or US law.
It's not bias if it's accurate. Suppose I'm a judge, and in the course of my private life I make a statement that "water is wet". If later on I get a case where someone is claiming as a central point to their argument that water is not wet.
Should I then recuse myself from that case? Would justice be better served by a judge who was not already aware that water is in fact wet?
So I can use official Debian source packages with Raspbian with no modification? Just add the source repos and use 'apt-get source --compile' and it just works?
It's not my definition of computer, it's Turing's definition. Do you have a better definition than Turing? If so, let's hear it.
RT is Kremlin-controlled Russian state media.
And, what's your point? Are you claiming that the US didn't try to railroad a whistleblower pointing out abuse of the security apparatus? Anyone who actually values national security should be thanking Thomas Drake and calling for the heads of everyone involved in his prosecution.
Furthermore, it is unlawful to collect, store, analyze, or disseminate the CONTENT of the communications of US Persons without a warrant. Period. This is not some kind of a joke.
Great, so when can we expect indictments against those involved in Trailblazer?
So yeah, excuse me if I am suspect of something that is literally Russian propaganda pushing this story.
You can't argue the facts in this case, so you impugn the messenger. The Thomas Drake case is well known, and the facts are not in dispute.
Whistleblowers being punished is, sadly, also not anything new.
No, not new. But it's still news when it happens, and it's completely indefensible.
It would be nice if we didn't have to rely on RT to get interviews of central figures in the crucial issues of our time. Where's the Thomas Drake interview on CNN, NBC or FOX?
Why not contribute the changes you make back to main line Debian?
Judges know that they can't have even the appearance of bias.
This judge does not appear to be biased based on his statements. Any impartial observer would make the same statements.
Fairly considering contrary opinions is a prerequisite for being a judge.
Yes, and when the contrary opinion has been fairly considered and found to be harmful, one can say so without impugning their impartiality. You have the same wishy-washy notion of impartiality that has infected journalism. Sometimes one side is right, and it's not wrong to say so.
If you want competence from your judges you have to understand that they bring experience to the table. That experience is valuable. Anyone who hasn't concluded that the US is the enemy of good copyright policy is frankly too ignorant to conduct a fair trial.
The elephant in the discussion is the iPad, an ARM based device with a locked bootloade. No one wants to talk about making it illegal
I'd love to talk about making it illegal. It should be illegal to sell any locked down computing device, from a desktop, to a tablet, to a game console, to a microwave.
Pay $99/year for a developer license and you can load your own bootloader
Fuck you. It's my computer, I shouldn't have to pay anyone anything to use it how I see fit. If you're scared of root kits, that's your problem. Don't make it my problem.
Seriously, go fuck yourself.
The acceptable solution is the status quo.
There's no hardware lock preventing them, turn SecureBoot off and you're good to go.
No, I paid for this feature and I want to benefit from the security it provides.
Or if you want to leave SecureBoot on use an OS from a vendor that provides keys.
No, I want to use a fully community developed and free operating system on my hardware.
Or if you want to use an OS that doesn't provide keys yet still want SecureBoot on then get a key from a CA like Verisign.
Now I have to ask Verisign permission to use MY hardware? And presumably pay them money for the privilege?
I don't see what the problem is here.
Because apparently you didn't think this through very thoroughly.
Did Microsoft say that wouldn't change? If they did, do you really think you could trust them?
Do you realize that you can't play Duck Hunt on an LCD?
Except that he's not biased. His statement that the US is the enemy when it comes to copyright law is completely accurate. Anyone who thinks the US isn't the enemy is biased in favor of the US and the copyright maximalists who run it.