I think that the point of this piece was more to comment on how wasteful the expenditure of tax dollars has been. Not that that really excuses this particular gaffe, but they do actually make a valid point.
The torrents will only be slowed during peak hours though. MWeb is my ISP herein South Africa and they do it but they make it clear that they do. I have no problem with it because the connection is quite cheap, and I just do my torrenting overnight.
Most universities claim ownership of works created by students under the auspices of their classes. I encountered that while I was studying, and even queried the university's IP people, stuff which the students do on their own time is their own though. I think a school would probably get away with something similar.
A fair point, but the privileges of one group of citizens shouldn't be given at the expense of another group... I realise that this is a difficult balance to strike but I think it's quite clear to see that things are quite extreme in one direction right now.
This isn't capitalism. Under a properly capitalist system, laws such as the DMCA (which is what this is, if I'm not mistaken? I'm not American, I'm not sure) would never be allowed, in fact a capitalist government's purpose is to protect the rights of its citizens, so quite the opposite of this in fact.
There have been posts about the methodology of the trials, I don't think there's that big a problem.
Bear in mind that circumcision is a common tradition among African tribes, they do it at an initiation ceremony at around 11 years old or so. As to whether this is right or humane or whatever, I'm not going to venture an opinion.
But, there are also tribes which don't practise it, so there's more than enough opportunity to find a control group. The fact that it was performed years ago removes the influence of waiting for healing from the procedure to complete, and FWIW I've never come across any indication in my discussions with the Africans that being circumcised curbs their performance at all. They seem to think it's a good thing.
As to your comment about abstinence: Yes, I agree with you on principle, but try telling people to stop having sex. Not going to work.
Yes, exactly. For one thing, here in South Africa, where the government sponsors a lot of AIDS medication, if there was a cure it would save a heck of a lot of money to them, so they would probably even fund production of a cure if it was proved to be viable.
Trials here in South Africa showed that circumcision reduced the HIV infection rate, because apparently the skin on the inside of the foreskin is more porous, therefore without it there was less of a gap for the virus to get in. This only works one-way, naturally, and it's not 100%, but while no cure was in sight, I think it's better than doing nothing.
I also do the DRM stripping thing but all my family's Kindles are registered to the same Amazon account so it's really not an issue. If brother / girlfriend / whoever wants to read a book then they're all in the same shared pool.
I have a mixture of eBooks and paper books, the thing I really love about my Kindle is that all the old out-of-copyright books are free and easy to get. Some older books are difficult to find on paper these days, and without stuff like Gutenberg (though many of them are available for free from Amazon) I'd never have been able to read some of them.
I stand under correction here but I'm under the impression that the motor industry doesn't bother with patents much. I don't remember who told me that or where I heard it so I can't really substantiate it...
And what happens when the owners move the factories back to China (or other foreign nation) when they can make robots with no (or little) taxing there? I sincerely hope you were being sarcastic. I like the comments about the new economy, though they seem a little thick on buzzwords to me. Just as when I posted a question about DVD rental stores a while ago everyone made horse-and-buggy comments, the factory worker might become extinct but other jobs will surface. People need to take responsibility for themselves and take some initiative, rather than sitting on their arses complaining that there aren't any jobs and demanding welfare benefits.
TBH, I don't like having a computer on. I sit in front of a computer all day at work, so at home I like to have it off as much as possible. I have an SSD so it boots quickly enough, which makes only turning it on when I need it quite a viable option.
AFAIK it's just the HPs that have RPN. No other calculator I've seen has it. I have an HP 49 which I'm quite happy with, though I seldom use it these days, unless I don't feel like switching my computer on for a few quick calculations.
There's a lot of rhetoric bandied about by political figures here at the moment. What do you think would contribute best to the development of South Africa?
Downside: while perhaps no worse than putting the same information on your phone, it's one more step toward giving a third party all of your personal information in one place.
If you use Google Wallet then Google has all this info anyway. The point made that it's easier to cancel this is also valid though, so I think on balance this may be a good thing. Presumably the information won't be stored on the card itself? Or will it? How does Google Wallet work? (I don't live in a country where we can use it)
Big telescopes like this are usually kept away from where people an get to, I've seen a few large optical telescopes. This sounds bigger than any of them though.
In theory if several providers collude to keep the price high, in a market which isn't strongly regulated that would provide an opening for an additional provider to make a profit by undercutting them. Of course with all the regulation preventing competition then this isn't that easy.
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For the record, I'm not an American... I also don't oppose funding solar R&D! But in this case the money seems to have been grossly misinvested.
I think that the point of this piece was more to comment on how wasteful the expenditure of tax dollars has been. Not that that really excuses this particular gaffe, but they do actually make a valid point.
The torrents will only be slowed during peak hours though. MWeb is my ISP herein South Africa and they do it but they make it clear that they do. I have no problem with it because the connection is quite cheap, and I just do my torrenting overnight.
Most universities claim ownership of works created by students under the auspices of their classes. I encountered that while I was studying, and even queried the university's IP people, stuff which the students do on their own time is their own though. I think a school would probably get away with something similar.
A fair point, but the privileges of one group of citizens shouldn't be given at the expense of another group... I realise that this is a difficult balance to strike but I think it's quite clear to see that things are quite extreme in one direction right now.
This isn't capitalism. Under a properly capitalist system, laws such as the DMCA (which is what this is, if I'm not mistaken? I'm not American, I'm not sure) would never be allowed, in fact a capitalist government's purpose is to protect the rights of its citizens, so quite the opposite of this in fact.
There have been posts about the methodology of the trials, I don't think there's that big a problem.
Bear in mind that circumcision is a common tradition among African tribes, they do it at an initiation ceremony at around 11 years old or so. As to whether this is right or humane or whatever, I'm not going to venture an opinion.
But, there are also tribes which don't practise it, so there's more than enough opportunity to find a control group. The fact that it was performed years ago removes the influence of waiting for healing from the procedure to complete, and FWIW I've never come across any indication in my discussions with the Africans that being circumcised curbs their performance at all. They seem to think it's a good thing.
As to your comment about abstinence: Yes, I agree with you on principle, but try telling people to stop having sex. Not going to work.
Yes, exactly. For one thing, here in South Africa, where the government sponsors a lot of AIDS medication, if there was a cure it would save a heck of a lot of money to them, so they would probably even fund production of a cure if it was proved to be viable.
Trials here in South Africa showed that circumcision reduced the HIV infection rate, because apparently the skin on the inside of the foreskin is more porous, therefore without it there was less of a gap for the virus to get in. This only works one-way, naturally, and it's not 100%, but while no cure was in sight, I think it's better than doing nothing.
I also do the DRM stripping thing but all my family's Kindles are registered to the same Amazon account so it's really not an issue. If brother / girlfriend / whoever wants to read a book then they're all in the same shared pool.
I have a mixture of eBooks and paper books, the thing I really love about my Kindle is that all the old out-of-copyright books are free and easy to get. Some older books are difficult to find on paper these days, and without stuff like Gutenberg (though many of them are available for free from Amazon) I'd never have been able to read some of them.
I stand under correction here but I'm under the impression that the motor industry doesn't bother with patents much. I don't remember who told me that or where I heard it so I can't really substantiate it...
TI makes them I believe...
How exactly do I get moderated Troll? Who gave the commies mod points?
And what happens when the owners move the factories back to China (or other foreign nation) when they can make robots with no (or little) taxing there? I sincerely hope you were being sarcastic. I like the comments about the new economy, though they seem a little thick on buzzwords to me. Just as when I posted a question about DVD rental stores a while ago everyone made horse-and-buggy comments, the factory worker might become extinct but other jobs will surface. People need to take responsibility for themselves and take some initiative, rather than sitting on their arses complaining that there aren't any jobs and demanding welfare benefits.
TBH, I don't like having a computer on. I sit in front of a computer all day at work, so at home I like to have it off as much as possible. I have an SSD so it boots quickly enough, which makes only turning it on when I need it quite a viable option.
AFAIK it's just the HPs that have RPN. No other calculator I've seen has it. I have an HP 49 which I'm quite happy with, though I seldom use it these days, unless I don't feel like switching my computer on for a few quick calculations.
There's a lot of rhetoric bandied about by political figures here at the moment. What do you think would contribute best to the development of South Africa?
Dude. Tax breaks are there to encourage businesses to start. They kind of give people jobs, which is also sort of important. Just saying.
Downside: while perhaps no worse than putting the same information on your phone, it's one more step toward giving a third party all of your personal information in one place.
If you use Google Wallet then Google has all this info anyway. The point made that it's easier to cancel this is also valid though, so I think on balance this may be a good thing. Presumably the information won't be stored on the card itself? Or will it? How does Google Wallet work? (I don't live in a country where we can use it)
How does the stylus work though? I've tried it on other devices and their touchscreens don't respond at all...
Maybe just make it clear on the Amazon page that there is also a free version available?
Actually the second to last photo had her without the Gnu mask. I thought she was quite pretty.
Big telescopes like this are usually kept away from where people an get to, I've seen a few large optical telescopes. This sounds bigger than any of them though.
In theory if several providers collude to keep the price high, in a market which isn't strongly regulated that would provide an opening for an additional provider to make a profit by undercutting them. Of course with all the regulation preventing competition then this isn't that easy.
What is your opinion on Alain de Botton's Atheism 2.0?