You're right about Haskell being a beautiful language, but it is not as fast as C/C++. Even Java is usually faster. It's still pretty fast for a declarative language and has a C interface for when you need to speed up certain parts of code.
I was just pointing out that during that time we would've looked like we're happily tossing nukes around our own planet, to anyone using that detection method.
"Pirate Parties around the world are one-issue parties"
This is incorrect. The scope of the Pirate Party movement differs from country to country. In countries like Sweden and Germany they evolved from being one-issue parties and worked out programs that cover a whole range of political issues, while their membership and electorate keep growing steadily. Here is the party program of the German Piratenpartei, for example: http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Parteiprogramm
You can't have a 'traditional' party right from the start, there need to be certain levels of momentum, manpower and support, for it to be able to branch out and compete with the established parties on their turf. The cool thing about new parties is that you can take part and contribute to shaping the program and course significantly, which is exactly what they need. If you agree with their general aims - contribute. Pirate Parties won't magically materialize out of thin air and change politics by people just waiting for them to do so.
That's not a Western idea, as it is not an idea at all. It's a fact that is independent of 'Western values'. While some cultures don't see anything as separate from their ideology or religion, that does nothing to bind the purely scientific results, once they become available. They might be glorified and used by a particular ideology in a certain way, but as I explained in my previous post, ideologies and cultural values are temporary cruft, easily brushed from the scientific achievements they birthed, once they die off.
Science is quite separate from cultural values and ideologies. Breakthroughs can be of benefit to all factions of our human civilization. Also, 'western ideas' is a very broad term. I don't find it particularly meaningful, seeing as even among the 'western countries' there are numerous disagreements on basic issues, such as the structuring of society and economy. It is difficult to take such nationalistic squabbling in the name of ideology seriously, as the ideological makeup and the entire culture of a country can shift and transform over the course of only two generations, while such achievements persist as foundation for everyone to build on, when the original enmities are long dead.
'Our civilization'? I was under the impression that everyone on this planet belongs to 'our civilization' and thus all our great accomplishments are worthy of celebration. Space race? Enemies? What time are you living in exactly? Would you prefer for scientific and engineering achievements not to happen, unless they belong to your country, serving your 'nation'?
I better stop, this is getting too close to Godwin territory.
Likely human reaction in this hypothetical situation: frantically trying to do something and getting everyone killed.
Another likely reaction: "Screw the girl and the charges, at least I will live." It's not their girl, after all.
Human driver sacrificing himself at all costs? You watch too much Hollywood indeed.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe this is exactly the kind of success the truecrypt honeypot project was made for.
You're right about Haskell being a beautiful language, but it is not as fast as C/C++. Even Java is usually faster. It's still pretty fast for a declarative language and has a C interface for when you need to speed up certain parts of code.
I was just pointing out that during that time we would've looked like we're happily tossing nukes around our own planet, to anyone using that detection method.
There have been thousands of nuclear explosions over the course of a few decades on our planet, FYI.
Spoofing a MAC address is the easiest thing to do. So your method is simple, but secure it is not.
"Pirate Parties around the world are one-issue parties"
This is incorrect. The scope of the Pirate Party movement differs from country to country. In countries like Sweden and Germany they evolved from being one-issue parties and worked out programs that cover a whole range of political issues, while their membership and electorate keep growing steadily. Here is the party program of the German Piratenpartei, for example: http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Parteiprogramm
You can't have a 'traditional' party right from the start, there need to be certain levels of momentum, manpower and support, for it to be able to branch out and compete with the established parties on their turf. The cool thing about new parties is that you can take part and contribute to shaping the program and course significantly, which is exactly what they need. If you agree with their general aims - contribute. Pirate Parties won't magically materialize out of thin air and change politics by people just waiting for them to do so.
It's a bit amusing how everyone in the video is acting as if this is a major achievement in robotics and a really fascinating research experiment, while everyone and their mom have been building hexapods for years. Examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msaWXY3OuQQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Soq9qpK5Ac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MC3IkTxBTU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oXuSXCKJeY
That's not a Western idea, as it is not an idea at all. It's a fact that is independent of 'Western values'. While some cultures don't see anything as separate from their ideology or religion, that does nothing to bind the purely scientific results, once they become available. They might be glorified and used by a particular ideology in a certain way, but as I explained in my previous post, ideologies and cultural values are temporary cruft, easily brushed from the scientific achievements they birthed, once they die off.
Science is quite separate from cultural values and ideologies. Breakthroughs can be of benefit to all factions of our human civilization. Also, 'western ideas' is a very broad term. I don't find it particularly meaningful, seeing as even among the 'western countries' there are numerous disagreements on basic issues, such as the structuring of society and economy. It is difficult to take such nationalistic squabbling in the name of ideology seriously, as the ideological makeup and the entire culture of a country can shift and transform over the course of only two generations, while such achievements persist as foundation for everyone to build on, when the original enmities are long dead.
'Our civilization'? I was under the impression that everyone on this planet belongs to 'our civilization' and thus all our great accomplishments are worthy of celebration. Space race? Enemies? What time are you living in exactly? Would you prefer for scientific and engineering achievements not to happen, unless they belong to your country, serving your 'nation'? I better stop, this is getting too close to Godwin territory.
Likely human reaction in this hypothetical situation: frantically trying to do something and getting everyone killed. Another likely reaction: "Screw the girl and the charges, at least I will live." It's not their girl, after all. Human driver sacrificing himself at all costs? You watch too much Hollywood indeed.
GNOME's gconf is a Linux registry. I'm sure KDE has something in that direction too, just more obscure and difficult to navigate.
Well, just like with the Firefox NoScript extension, you have to allow scripts from certain sites. For slashdot it is slashdot.org and fsdn.com.
It certainly has the first from your list: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/odjhifogjcknibkahlpidmdajjpkkcfn
I was hoping for Nocturnal Neckbeard.
http://ompldr.org/vNjA3aw