"use food as a fuel for our cars when there are millions of people in the world starving?"
People starve because of two reasons: War (Social strife/violence) and Economics.
People are literally marched to death to flee war, and our unbalanced economic system renders whole communities too poor to grow/buy food. People starving has nothing to do with an inability to meet demand through production and everything to do with the margins being squeezed.
"Maybe we did 'evolve' socialisation out a fear of being eaten by Lions.. but I much prefer my theory instead."
Or, and this is just *my theory*, but maybe a hazy flying creature with purple eyes dropped man -- socialized man mind you -- out of a hole in his pocket and said unto himself "i am the prime mover. everything is as I make it". He looked down, saw them and was happy.
Or, perhaps some other fairy tale.
Or, perhaps, solitary apes evolved into humans who socalized. Or basically, somewhere we find that "community" became a trait to improve success against predators. And these anthros are trying to describe 'community' as a physical trait -- and predatorship as the motivator.
Or, perhaps you believe in God and are trying to muddy the conversation.
What? Are you some kind of commie? Everyone knows that the only road to success is through competition! War! Metaphorically or literally, War is the only method of relation. Cooperation? Are you kidding? Cooperation is for self-defeated fools and hippies!
"I think they're really gonna hate us for not doing anything about our ongoing mess, even though we knew what we're causing."
What, you think they want us to give up all *THIS* (points to piles of Walmart-purchased plastic convenience) or *THIS* (points to 3400sq ft home) or *THESE* (points to 5.2L 7passenger SUV x 2)!
Common! Really! WHO WOULD GIVE UP ALL THIS WONDERFULL STUFF!
"What does free trade have to do with illegal aliens trying to sneak into the US"
That Mexico and USA allows the WEALTHY to move their capital at will is contrary to the notion of 'freedom' between the two nations. Not only does this capital move, but the wealthy do as well. The USA isnt so much a nation any more than it is a 'home based' for the international plutocratic classes. They arent any loyal to the USA. It is absurd to think that these Internationally Privileged People could be "loyal" to the land, people or trivial mass-market american ideals? ha! how absurd. These people use very sophisticated propaganda to control the USA, and win support for to maintain its outrageous military.
Why do Mexicans die in the desert? Because the imbalance of wealth between these two "free trading" nations is so massive. Why is this the case? Because none of the international ruling would do anything other than exploit Mexico/Mexicans. Why would a member of the "USA resident plutocracy" care about the nation of Mexico? Or ANY nation save their current home-base?
The USA's current financial position is a result of two things:
1) Virgin Territory. The American Nations that our European Ancestors committed genocide against had little technology. We stole this vast, previously unexploited continent. 2) WWII. North America didnt host any fighting in WWII. The USA did however finance the war (both sides) with arms and sundry. When Europe / Japan were rebuilding their nations, the USA got to dream up religion/consumer driven American Dream.
So, why are Mexicans dying trying to get to the USA? Because you keep them out simply. Let them in, freely.
How Free(dom) is the Free movement that has to be accompanied by the "Dollar Passport"?
America isnt Free at all. Not unless your a part of the moneyed class. And it is the moneyed class who write the rules in the USA (without question) and this moneyed class actively prevents mexican immigration.
Contrast the European Union version of a "Free Market". When Capital moves freely, so should people. Fortunately, Europe is not (yet) dominated by the Capital Classes. Europeans still have a healthy understanding that strife is based in social conflict. Memory of fascism (state-capitalist Germany for example) and monarchy (little more than rule by the rich (sound familiar?)) keeps Europeans' shit-detectors much sharper than Americans.
So, why are Mexicans dying trying to get to the USA? Because Mexico is poor. The USA is not. And Plutocratic classes dont care if some poor Mexican dies in the desert.
Scary I know. Fact is we cant have this many people with this standard of living -- EVEN if the West declined to much lower levels.
The U.N. needs an international convention on Population Control.
Sorry to say. If not, were going to have a collaps / die back. Ever grow fruit flies in a closed container of agar? Day 1: 4; Day 2: 15; Day 3: 50; Day 4: 200; Day 5: 10.
Contrast Free trade, and the unhindered movement of capital with immigration law.
The international plutocracy controls virtually every western nation (south america being my one shining hope..). They write the both the Domestic law (keeping out/keeping in their labour) and their ability to move their own capital as they see fit, unhinged in any way to the community (the labour) that built it (or operates or relies on it for survival).
I'll be honest, this is standard socialist rhetoric. But its also true. The USA, with its international monopoly on violence for the last 60 years has seen that any non-poverty-stricken nature fall in line with its policy. And the USA is the most corrupt, plutocratic nation on earth. And that is also true.
Now, the american audience on/. is going to become alarmed, maybe indignant to my assertion (that the USA is imperialist, and uses violence to maintain its hegemony), but I'll simply ask, how did the imbalance in the first paragraph arise without this being the case?
Is it the Capital Classes simply want to be able to "help" people by moving their capital? But not allow the movement of people? Look at the USA's relationship with Mexico for instance. Free capital trade vs. Mexicans dying in the dessert.
The USA plutocracy realizes that the Middle Class USA may finally catch on if they permit the labour market to be "free market" too. Free markets dont exist. Never have, never will. Markets are not natural, economics isnt a natural science. It is however a legal and social construct. And, those with the biggest guns set the rules.
In short, this off-topic post isnt about RFID as much as it is about people being capital. Capital owned by the state. The barriers to the free movement of people is evidence that the international plutocracy likes it that way.
Sounds exactly like my experience... my cousins had a Collectovision ADAM that impressed the heck out of my dad (why cant these things be more than toys?).
My dad still cant work mouse. I cant fix a car. I didnt get a CollecoVision ADAM, my first machine was a C64 w/ 1541. I got a 300bd modem and discovered BBSs before I was in highschool.
Its funny that Ive never considered it, but how would my life have been different if my dad bought me a gocart (which I also lusted after) when I was a kid as opposed to that C64?
It may delight you to try and slander those who accept ACC as valid. Hell, this "debate" on/. is probably going to become very heated with lots of trolls like yours. There is not a debate in scientific circles.
The ID "situation" on the other hand, is not a debate either. In both cases, the Theocratic and Plutocratic right are sowing FUD to influence the masses and solidify their positions. This idea is probably far outside your worldview, and will cause you to deride and mock me. Im no longer willing to expend the energy to try and convince "your type" nor am I going to apologize for not using language that coddles you.
Here are two facts: There is no God. Sorry, you'll have to accept death. Humanity is changing the atmosphere and climate. Sorry, you'll have to accept your actions.
Blogazine is being used to infer the rights/protections of journalism. There have been recent court cases discussing whether a 'blogger' and a 'blog' are equivelent to journalism and other traditional print media (newspapers for instance).
No, I didnt read the article (by the comments here, i would guess it is complete marketroid bs) but I can guess the new word "blogazine" is for...
In Canada nuclear power companies are absolved of their liability for disaster, transfering the cost of a disaster to the public. They arent required to pay for the insurance.
No other power industry gets this subsidy.
If you take this, and wholly-private handling of nuclear waste, Nuclear is *NOT* cost effective.
its only cost effective in this 'transfered cost / risk' faux economic environment.
My conclusion? Why build expensive nuclear when there are cheaper alternatives (solar/wind).
In a Whole Cost Accounting sense, Solar and Wind are the cheapest ($) possible energy source.
Representative vs. Proportional Representative assemblies
What we have here is a failure to evolve the system of Democracy. In the past, when communication systems were poor, people were somewhat illiterate (post universal enfranchisment), people would have to 'know' their prospective representative in more character-based sense. This person would embody local values, exhibit strong personal-leadership skills or otherwise be a 'local standout'.
But, as the modern world was born the discussion 'widened'. We (Democractic Citizens) are no longer required to simply Trust in A Person (your "Representative") to make good decisions when the Vote arises. We are able to communicate many more ideas, within a much larger area... this communication means we dont need him to be "independantly trustworth" (so to speak). Physical geography matters much less. But, with the first-person-past-the-post system, your stuck being drowned-out by your neighbours. You might be a liberal in a strong conservative area -- too bad, your vote doesnt count.
Strong partisanship has also evolved. The networks of die-hard partisan politicians have evolved to be self-necessary. ie: you cannot get elected without the network (the power, connection, support, money, endorsment etc)
The result? Stagnation. Party Whips. Entrenchment. Corruption.
Every party OTHER THAN Democratic & Republican in the USA should be running on a SINGLE TICKET Proportional Representation Plank.
This is ALSO true of every NON Liberal party in Canada (including the Rightist party(s))
The Green Party of Canada is committed to implementing Proportional Representation in Canada to ensure that Canadians have a Democracy capable of properly serving Canadians in the future.
From the website; The Living Platform is a collection of pages that grows and evolves through membership cooperative participation - another example of the Green Party's comitment to open deliberation and community driven politics.
I know this is beyond the scope of his analysis, but he missed the concept of Emobided Energy.
When considering his 'travel options', he only slightly brushes over scooters. Because a scooter requires, say, 10% of the energy to manufacture and ship, it has a serious advantage when you include emmissions/environment in your travel.
Not only is the scooter option a savings upfront (in its manufacture), but the infrastructure required is much smaller. Parking lots, highways, streets are all smaller and less abused by scooter-owners.
I suggest a per-pound * per-km tax to reward responsible scooter owners.
That doesn't make much sense in the context of this project. if the goal is to help people - why put this software ideology and zealotry ahead of the wants or needs of users?
If you want Developing Nations to have access to all every software layer -- as would be the goal of this project -- GNU/Linux is the choice. OSX doesnt qualify as open to its users. Simple.
Why not allow people to choose? Do poor people have to have their decisions made for them, unlike the lucky wealthy people? Do we know what's best for them? Imperial hubris.
Why not allow them to choose? Because they cannot (literally) afford the choice. Putting OSX on this machine is like giving away the first bit of crack "Its free the first time". After that, its $300US for every machine they want. Further! They dont have access to "move into" any slice of Software that they choose, because the technology they are working with is not Freely Available for them to use.
Get it? Teaching GNU/Linux enables them to avoid dependance. To avoid having wealthy people make their software choices for them (as apple would do with whatever parts of OSX it pleases).
Free markets are a failure. Competing with China is like doing business with Mars. The basic rules are different. Its like competing with someone with different gravity.
I havent read that Friedman, but the same reason I boycott Walmart is why I dont want to see The Race to the Bottom accelerate.
When every nation has its own Plutocratic Class -- and they are colluding -- is when we are in real trouble. Free trade is about the powerfull accepting the world is small, and there is no purpose in them fighting amoungst themselves.
Slashdot Mirror
Look kids; an anti-communist censor! Ooooh.
"use food as a fuel for our cars when there are millions of people in the world starving?"
People starve because of two reasons: War (Social strife/violence) and Economics.
People are literally marched to death to flee war, and our unbalanced economic system renders whole communities too poor to grow/buy food. People starving has nothing to do with an inability to meet demand through production and everything to do with the margins being squeezed.
I noticed your godgab website lists "buddhism" as a religion. It is not religion. it is a philosphopy.
The Buddha was a temporal, mortal man.
Please stop insulting Buddhist by associating their practices with those theists who suspsend reason (religions).
Thanks.
HA!
.. but I much prefer my theory instead."
"Maybe we did 'evolve' socialisation out a fear of being eaten by Lions
Or, and this is just *my theory*, but maybe a hazy flying creature with purple eyes dropped man -- socialized man mind you -- out of a hole in his pocket and said unto himself "i am the prime mover. everything is as I make it". He looked down, saw them and was happy.
Or, perhaps some other fairy tale.
Or, perhaps, solitary apes evolved into humans who socalized. Or basically, somewhere we find that "community" became a trait to improve success against predators. And these anthros are trying to describe 'community' as a physical trait -- and predatorship as the motivator.
Or, perhaps you believe in God and are trying to muddy the conversation.
What? Are you some kind of commie? Everyone knows that the only road to success is through competition! War! Metaphorically or literally, War is the only method of relation. Cooperation? Are you kidding? Cooperation is for self-defeated fools and hippies!
Cooperation is down right Un'Merican!
"I think they're really gonna hate us for not doing anything about our ongoing mess, even though we knew what we're causing."
What, you think they want us to give up all *THIS* (points to piles of Walmart-purchased plastic convenience) or *THIS* (points to 3400sq ft home) or *THESE* (points to 5.2L 7passenger SUV x 2)!
Common! Really! WHO WOULD GIVE UP ALL THIS WONDERFULL STUFF!
"What does free trade have to do with illegal aliens trying to sneak into the US"
That Mexico and USA allows the WEALTHY to move their capital at will is contrary to the notion of 'freedom' between the two nations. Not only does this capital move, but the wealthy do as well. The USA isnt so much a nation any more than it is a 'home based' for the international plutocratic classes. They arent any loyal to the USA. It is absurd to think that these Internationally Privileged People could be "loyal" to the land, people or trivial mass-market american ideals? ha! how absurd. These people use very sophisticated propaganda to control the USA, and win support for to maintain its outrageous military.
Why do Mexicans die in the desert? Because the imbalance of wealth between these two "free trading" nations is so massive. Why is this the case? Because none of the international ruling would do anything other than exploit Mexico/Mexicans. Why would a member of the "USA resident plutocracy" care about the nation of Mexico? Or ANY nation save their current home-base?
The USA's current financial position is a result of two things:
1) Virgin Territory. The American Nations that our European Ancestors committed genocide against had little technology. We stole this vast, previously unexploited continent.
2) WWII. North America didnt host any fighting in WWII. The USA did however finance the war (both sides) with arms and sundry. When Europe / Japan were rebuilding their nations, the USA got to dream up religion/consumer driven American Dream.
So, why are Mexicans dying trying to get to the USA? Because you keep them out simply. Let them in, freely.
How Free(dom) is the Free movement that has to be accompanied by the "Dollar Passport"?
America isnt Free at all. Not unless your a part of the moneyed class. And it is the moneyed class who write the rules in the USA (without question) and this moneyed class actively prevents mexican immigration.
Contrast the European Union version of a "Free Market". When Capital moves freely, so should people. Fortunately, Europe is not (yet) dominated by the Capital Classes. Europeans still have a healthy understanding that strife is based in social conflict. Memory of fascism (state-capitalist Germany for example) and monarchy (little more than rule by the rich (sound familiar?)) keeps Europeans' shit-detectors much sharper than Americans.
So, why are Mexicans dying trying to get to the USA? Because Mexico is poor. The USA is not. And Plutocratic classes dont care if some poor Mexican dies in the desert.
The Answer: Population Control.
Scary I know. Fact is we cant have this many people with this standard of living -- EVEN if the West declined to much lower levels.
The U.N. needs an international convention on Population Control.
Sorry to say. If not, were going to have a collaps / die back. Ever grow fruit flies in a closed container of agar? Day 1: 4; Day 2: 15; Day 3: 50; Day 4: 200; Day 5: 10.
Contrast Free trade, and the unhindered movement of capital with immigration law.
/. is going to become alarmed, maybe indignant to my assertion (that the USA is imperialist, and uses violence to maintain its hegemony), but I'll simply ask, how did the imbalance in the first paragraph arise without this being the case?
The international plutocracy controls virtually every western nation (south america being my one shining hope..). They write the both the Domestic law (keeping out/keeping in their labour) and their ability to move their own capital as they see fit, unhinged in any way to the community (the labour) that built it (or operates or relies on it for survival).
I'll be honest, this is standard socialist rhetoric. But its also true. The USA, with its international monopoly on violence for the last 60 years has seen that any non-poverty-stricken nature fall in line with its policy. And the USA is the most corrupt, plutocratic nation on earth. And that is also true.
Now, the american audience on
Is it the Capital Classes simply want to be able to "help" people by moving their capital? But not allow the movement of people? Look at the USA's relationship with Mexico for instance. Free capital trade vs. Mexicans dying in the dessert.
The USA plutocracy realizes that the Middle Class USA may finally catch on if they permit the labour market to be "free market" too. Free markets dont exist. Never have, never will. Markets are not natural, economics isnt a natural science. It is however a legal and social construct. And, those with the biggest guns set the rules.
In short, this off-topic post isnt about RFID as much as it is about people being capital. Capital owned by the state. The barriers to the free movement of people is evidence that the international plutocracy likes it that way.
...for the record, I did get a 100cc kawasaki a few years later.... and didnt end up a stadium motorcross racer. cheers.
Sounds exactly like my experience... my cousins had a Collectovision ADAM that impressed the heck out of my dad (why cant these things be more than toys?).
My dad still cant work mouse. I cant fix a car. I didnt get a CollecoVision ADAM, my first machine was a C64 w/ 1541. I got a 300bd modem and discovered BBSs before I was in highschool.
Its funny that Ive never considered it, but how would my life have been different if my dad bought me a gocart (which I also lusted after) when I was a kid as opposed to that C64?
Anthropogenic Climate Change is an accepted truth.
... are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents ... that absorb or scatter radiant energy. ... [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations"
/. is probably going to become very heated with lots of trolls like yours. There is not a debate in scientific circles.
reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme, IPCC's purpose is to evaluate the state of climate science as a basis for informed policy action, primarily on the basis of peer-reviewed and published scientific literature (3). In its most recent assessment, IPCC states unequivocally that the consensus of scientific opinion is that Earth's climate is being affected by human activities: "Human activities
It may delight you to try and slander those who accept ACC as valid. Hell, this "debate" on
The ID "situation" on the other hand, is not a debate either. In both cases, the Theocratic and Plutocratic right are sowing FUD to influence the masses and solidify their positions. This idea is probably far outside your worldview, and will cause you to deride and mock me. Im no longer willing to expend the energy to try and convince "your type" nor am I going to apologize for not using language that coddles you.
Here are two facts:
There is no God. Sorry, you'll have to accept death.
Humanity is changing the atmosphere and climate. Sorry, you'll have to accept your actions.
Now, bring on the wacky lunatic insults.
Blogazine is being used to infer the rights/protections of journalism. There have been recent court cases discussing whether a 'blogger' and a 'blog' are equivelent to journalism and other traditional print media (newspapers for instance).
No, I didnt read the article (by the comments here, i would guess it is complete marketroid bs) but I can guess the new word "blogazine" is for...
Blogs should be held to traditional standards
Regarding #1, Disaster:
In Canada nuclear power companies are absolved of their liability for disaster, transfering the cost of a disaster to the public. They arent required to pay for the insurance.
No other power industry gets this subsidy.
If you take this, and wholly-private handling of nuclear waste, Nuclear is *NOT* cost effective.
its only cost effective in this 'transfered cost / risk' faux economic environment.
My conclusion? Why build expensive nuclear when there are cheaper alternatives (solar/wind).
In a Whole Cost Accounting sense, Solar and Wind are the cheapest ($) possible energy source.
No, I agree with the website. It is clearly (pun intended) "an engineering feat unrivaled in the annals of the hard drive industry."
Sheesh, i mean, COME-ON MAN! Its a clear WINDOW!
Representative vs. Proportional Representative assemblies
What we have here is a failure to evolve the system of Democracy. In the past, when communication systems were poor, people were somewhat illiterate (post universal enfranchisment), people would have to 'know' their prospective representative in more character-based sense. This person would embody local values, exhibit strong personal-leadership skills or otherwise be a 'local standout'.
But, as the modern world was born the discussion 'widened'. We (Democractic Citizens) are no longer required to simply Trust in A Person (your "Representative") to make good decisions when the Vote arises. We are able to communicate many more ideas, within a much larger area... this communication means we dont need him to be "independantly trustworth" (so to speak). Physical geography matters much less. But, with the first-person-past-the-post system, your stuck being drowned-out by your neighbours. You might be a liberal in a strong conservative area -- too bad, your vote doesnt count.
Strong partisanship has also evolved. The networks of die-hard partisan politicians have evolved to be self-necessary. ie: you cannot get elected without the network (the power, connection, support, money, endorsment etc)
The result? Stagnation. Party Whips. Entrenchment. Corruption.
Most modern Democracies have a measure of Proportional Representation.
Every party OTHER THAN Democratic & Republican in the USA should be running on a SINGLE TICKET Proportional Representation Plank.
This is ALSO true of every NON Liberal party in Canada (including the Rightist party(s))
The Green Party of Canada is committed to implementing Proportional Representation in Canada to ensure that Canadians have a Democracy capable of properly serving Canadians in the future.
Please see the Green Party's 2006 Platform:Renewing our Democracy
Anyone who A) dosnt vote and B) donsnt like the entrenchment of the current parties should be lobbying for Proportional Representation...
Too bad the republicrats will collude to prevent it.
The Green Party of Canada has been using a Wiki to write its Living Platform.
Have a look at the Living Platform here.
From the website; The Living Platform is a collection of pages that grows and evolves through membership cooperative participation - another example of the Green Party's comitment to open deliberation and community driven politics.
"hold down the Shift key while your mouse is in the playlist area and the button turns into an add new Smart playlist button"
Oh really! What happens when I hold down the "~" key? Or the Alt & Shift?
Its called a "RIGHT CLICK" for context menu.
Why do i have to use they keyboard AND the mouse? Kinda random dontcha think?
If you think that a KDE theme is all you need to get the user experience of OSX you're just being silly.
And, please, other than a theme what pray-tell is this magical OSX experience? Im a medium-term GNU/Linux user. I use various UNIXs @ work.
Why do I always find OSX uncomfortable and strange?
Oh, its because of farmiliarity. Im sure OSX is lovely, but, at first, second and third blush, its not exactly welcoming.
I know this is beyond the scope of his analysis, but he missed the concept of Emobided Energy.
When considering his 'travel options', he only slightly brushes over scooters. Because a scooter requires, say, 10% of the energy to manufacture and ship, it has a serious advantage when you include emmissions/environment in your travel.
Not only is the scooter option a savings upfront (in its manufacture), but the infrastructure required is much smaller. Parking lots, highways, streets are all smaller and less abused by scooter-owners.
I suggest a per-pound * per-km tax to reward responsible scooter owners.
That doesn't make much sense in the context of this project. if the goal is to help people - why put this software ideology and zealotry ahead of the wants or needs of users?
If you want Developing Nations to have access to all every software layer -- as would be the goal of this project -- GNU/Linux is the choice. OSX doesnt qualify as open to its users. Simple.
Why not allow people to choose? Do poor people have to have their decisions made for them, unlike the lucky wealthy people? Do we know what's best for them? Imperial hubris.
Why not allow them to choose? Because they cannot (literally) afford the choice. Putting OSX on this machine is like giving away the first bit of crack "Its free the first time". After that, its $300US for every machine they want. Further! They dont have access to "move into" any slice of Software that they choose, because the technology they are working with is not Freely Available for them to use.
Get it? Teaching GNU/Linux enables them to avoid dependance. To avoid having wealthy people make their software choices for them (as apple would do with whatever parts of OSX it pleases).
Sounds like Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_game
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Free markets are a failure. Competing with China is like doing business with Mars. The basic rules are different. Its like competing with someone with different gravity.
I havent read that Friedman, but the same reason I boycott Walmart is why I dont want to see The Race to the Bottom accelerate.
When every nation has its own Plutocratic Class -- and they are colluding -- is when we are in real trouble. Free trade is about the powerfull accepting the world is small, and there is no purpose in them fighting amoungst themselves.
Here's something you might find interesting, http://www.cosmopod.com/. A FreeNX based KDE desktop. 1GB free storage.
...then he shouldnt power it with petroleum...?