but then again given the PUC's track record, maybe we're all in for rolling DSL blackouts.
In-spite of what the television tells you, the purpose of the rolling blackouts was extortion. There was PLENTY of available electricity 'on-the-grid', but the utilities felt it was not in there (immediate & present) best interest ($$$) to deliver it to Californian citizens. Bush gave 'permission' to his Energy Cartel friends to 'crush' the Californian Government's regulations.
Wake up and smell the Plutocracy friend, the Energy Utilities got away with shutting off your power in order to sway public opinion... of course, youve probably heard of Enron and their relationship to the Bush's energy commission. The problem is that the 'market' will always decide to screw you, thats why you have a GOVERNMENT (community group) who REGULATES (codifies social agreements). Jesus.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has started a "Open Source Television" program called ZeD. The development of the program is done online, collaboratively(sp?) from the ZeD website.
The show's pilot broadcast is running on CBC at 11:25 weeknights from 18-May-02 thru 12-April-02.
Not quite what Cringly is describing, but very interesting non-the-less.
These days, Greenpeace aren't a charity or a lobby in any meaningful sense of the word.
Bullshit. You are assuming no one has a view of the world other than yours. Some people are capable of altruism. That has nothing to do with whether or not you think they are.
They are in the entertainment business for Western teenagers, and they have to keep their name in the news to keep the donations rolling in
I have absolutely no comment for this - it's a result of your biased opinion, not an issue of substance.
Cynical? Perhaps. I think it is a significantly more complex problem than 'cynicism'.
But their dodgy science has done a lot of harm
Take a car, close yourself in a garage and see let us know what effect this has on you. While your at it, whip up a nice pre-cocktail of the water down the river from %insert_big_chemical_company_factory_near_you%. Let us know the result of your experiment... how about a little "common sense" eh?
to the idea that anyone with something to say on the environment doesn't have a radical left-wing axe to grind.
What does the "Left" have to do with expressing concern for having a healthy environment? It sounds like your trying to rally the "useful idiots of the Right" by suggesting the Green Movement is employing the forces of the "left leaning usefull idiots"...really, lets give the rhetoric a break... (oh, btw, please see site saying "Left" and "Right" means nothing - except in places with unhealthy political duopolies - Republican and Democrat do not political philosophies make...)
We STILL don't know EXACTLY what happened to the dinosaurs. Could it be possible that this thermal cycle is NORMAL for this planet in that, like a person with a virus, their tempurature rises to try to rid itself of the virus?
Did dinosaurs build machines that used chemical processes to suck stuff out of the planet and then SPEW stuff that is toxic into the environment..? Maybe thats what killed them eh?
Environmental change is natural (the hot/cold cycle) but what WE ARE DOING is not a "natural" part of that cycle, we are a FIRST external force on that natural balance.
You'd think ICAAN wouldnt have the nuts to make such an obviously self-serving decision in light of the OBVIOUS conflict of interst. It realy is sickening that these Corporate Whores would insult the public with such drivel... im amazed.
This by no means is DIRECTLY related, but it remind me of the fact that ENRON got to selecting their own regulators in the energy commission.
Coruption in America is starting to become almost a Banana-Republic-like comedy.
If I wrote a stealth component today, I would have it seek out an Ad-Aware signature file and modify it to ignore me, or add my directory to the ignore lists. Ad-Aware could respond by digitally signing the files, or with other techniques.
If this begins (too late?) than I fully expect our friends @ NAI or Symantec to add this trash to their virus software. Anything that tries to protect itself from being removed is a virus. %insert_your_own_windows_joke_here%.
Ive been very happy with Ad-Aware, and as the author suggests, the first run on my own machine was a real eye-opener. I have some frineds in a local PC clone shop, and they run AdAware on almost all their repair/re-stage jobs -- they have been amazed at the numbers of Malware apps they have found running on people's PCs.
What kind of BS is that - how is it more less 'easy' to get into Canada vs. anywhere else? Sounds like youve been listening to too-much "terrorists come int o the US" Bullshit on T.V.
but pounding the GNU/Linux marking shows that they do want their credit
I dont think its the "peer respect" that FSF (RMS) is looking for when they 'pound' the "GNU/" moniker. I think, and Ive read RMS saying this, that to leave off the "GNU/" prevents people from learning about Free(dom) software and the Freedom that GPL/FSF/GNU provides.
When you consider that most everyone on/. boards understand what the GPL means, then consider that in reference to GNU/Linux. Everyone of us (mostly) likely understand what the GNU/GPL part is talking about (again - that whole "Freedom" thing)... now consider your family, your coworkers, your neighbours - they just might have heard of Linux (*maybe*). They almost certainly not heard of "GNU/Linux" - and they most CERTAINLY dont understand the Freedom that RMS is talking about.
RMS demands the "GNU/Linux" moniker because it is this "Freedom" he is trying to spread, when the media skip it, they take the easy way out - not providing the public with the knowledge of the Concept of Freedom Software.
It isnt a "Im responsible, look at me, give me the credit" plea from RMS its the "Wait a minute, you have to tell people about the Freedom, and ethics of Sharing that has to be considered, that has given birth to GNU/Linux." Without this, GNU/Linux would not exist - it is a subtle but absolutely NON-TRIVIAL difference.
a governmental subsidy for no apparent societal benefit.
This is UNTRUE. The copy-right people decided that they would collect the levy and extend citizens rights. You are now LEGALLY ENTITLED to copy other people's audio CDs.
What does that mean? Tell your friends to come over with their blank media and COPY ANY DISC of yours they like, set up CD-copy pools at LAN parties, call your Local University radio station and ask them to sponsor a "Copy any CD in our Library" radio-show (invite people to come down and burn away), arrange a CD-burn session at the local library.
Whats my point? Well, all CDs in Canada (at least your own burned copies) now cost a total of $2.00 - TELL PEOPLE TO STOP BUYING MUSIC IN STORES.
Consumers don't have any rights. A consumer will rarely win against a large company in court, unless the company settles, because it is too much of a hassle for them to deal with. Look at the current situation in the US, all the laws are being made to help out.. Big Business. Within 10 - 20 years will will no longer be the United States of America, we will be the United Corporations of America.
Ah, but you mis-understand -- this isnt an issue of 'consumer' rights, it is CITIZENS' Rights. "Voting with your dollars" and all this other mumbo-jumbo is an effort to make citizens movements impotent and ineffective. Its like accepting a butter-knife from your opponent in a sword-fight. What you have in your pocket is a baseball bat (Democractic Governance) but you Americans keep accepting a position at the bottom of the shit-hill when issues of this nature arise.
You will NEVER dig yourself out of your present Plutocratic mess as long as you continue to buy the BS that absolute-free-market capitalism works, and is unassailable. It does not, and it will surely lead to the next American Revolution... or World War.
new-age, mushy, self-righteous political correctness
Sorry, your 8th grade, Rightist knee-jerk idiocy about "political correctness" is pretty sad.
Saying "Ghana is about as important to the Internet as fish are to bicycles and no matter how many meetings you convene there, the simple fact of Ghanian irrelevance will not change.
perfectly illustrates my point. This isnt about how important Ghana's internet interests are to *you*. That is EXACTLY what im talking about. Dont you think that Ghana may want to partipate, as a full and equal partner in the "Global Information Village"? Further, why wouldnt their partnership be valuable? If your retort is 'they are poor, 3rd world nation' you have a very limited and select world-view, myopic and jingoistic is EXACTLY the right way to describe it.
I personally welcome a larger presence of ideas and perspectives from other cultures... backwards and 'poor' ones included. If you leave the fantasy that is NorthAmerica (if not physically - then figuratively) you'll realize some important things about the world, and your participation/position in it.
Further, Im not talking about feel-good-pop-PC-equal-funding-for-womens-field-ho ckey bullshit here, im trying to tell you that Ghana, as different and 'irrelevant' to the American Internet Industry as it may be, has a great deal of value, wisdom and knowledge to TEACH US.
Come down of your High Horse pal, you might be convinced the NorthAmerican consumo-culture and American Cultural/Physical/Financial Imperialism is just fine, but others (myself(canadian)) completely and wholly are opposed to it.
Inspite of what the Television tells you, American "progress" is not Welcome Everywhere... eat a little huble pie and listen to someone(where) else a while.
And this is because Ghana is a world Internet power, right?
Um, they are going to Ghana hopefully because* ICANN is meant to serve as a World Body, the International Congress of Nations. Which the honourable and respected nation of Ghana is a member.
Holy-f'ing-christ, do you two (this and a post below) not realize just how myopic and jingoistic your posts are(!!)?
*PLUS the Plutocratic-whore$ of ICANN love a good boon-doggle, Im sure it wasnt hard to sell to themselves (who would probably align with the mindset/thinking, with-regards-to Ghana, as the two of you.) a fun trip to that backwards-3rd-World Ghana.
Below is the Date/Site & Contact info for the Dept.of Ind & Cdn Heritage hearings -- please, if you life in any of these cities GOTO these hearings. If not to present/speak, at least to applaud && boo at the appropriate times.
This is the final step before Canada gets its very own DMCA.... What fun that will be.
Halifax, Nova Scotia - Friday, March 8, 2002 Citadel Halifax Hotel (902) 422-1391
Vancouver, British Columbia - Friday, March 15, 2002 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel (604) 893-7257
Montreal, Quebec - Thursday, March 21, 2002 Holiday Inn Montreal-Midtown (514) 842-6111
Toronto, Ontario - Tuesday, March 26, 2002 Holiday Inn On King (416) 599-4000
Ottawa, Ontario - Thursday, April 11, 2002 Government Conference Centre (613) 990-6700
Sheer perfection. This device does exactly what it intends. It bridges the scheduler/phone/wireless email world perfectly. Nothing one the market is simpler or more functional.
Kudos to RIM - Im plopping down my $$$ the moment its available.
UBE is UBE. Spam is as spam does -- the 'political' qualifier is a subjective one. Do i really want spam from the NRA, Republicans, Christian Family Front (or whatever) or other right-wing crazies littering my mailbox because *they* think their message is worthy? I think not.
I think the "market" (i.e. voters)
Lets not insult American Democracy with such filthy name calling. Citizenship, Democracy and Civil Responsibility has nothing to do with the unabridged pursuit of immediate physical gratification - ie: The Market.
Political elections, however, don't quite work that way...
Political elections is not like selling Penis Enlargment Devices or Get RI$H QUICK!!!!! $cheme$. I understand how you could confuse markets and hucksterism with American Politics, but please, dont apologize and suggest that it is 'ok'.
hit me w/ a flaim bait if you will
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IT seems like this crowd has a terrible 'way-back-itise'.
I realize BeOS was a great OS. It had allot of terrific ideas. Im not suggesting Be was worthless. And I also recognize that people can scratch their own itch if they damn-well-please. Im not about to tell anyone what they should spend their Coding-Karma.
BUT
What is the point of rebuilding BeOS completely and totally? Why not move on? Steal (with pride) Be's good features and ideas, assimilate them into GNU/Linux and move on. Trying to re-implement something to have a work-alike seems more like drugery and backwards-itis.
I wish the BlueOS people great luck - but I would suggest that they should implement the features that they love into GNU/Linux and move forward - the beauty of the GNU/Linux system is that the best rises to the top (because there is no impedment by irrelevant externalities(sp?)) - if BeOS's features have merit, and they are implemented in GNU/Linux, then they will have a home.
Replicating Be just doesnt make sense to me.
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A lot of people, including me, are transitioning from Linux to the Macintosh
Well, you would like kinda silly down at Apple World HQ with GNU/Linux on your desktop wouldnt you...
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but then again given the PUC's track record, maybe we're all in for rolling DSL blackouts.
In-spite of what the television tells you, the purpose of the rolling blackouts was extortion. There was PLENTY of available electricity 'on-the-grid', but the utilities felt it was not in there (immediate & present) best interest ($$$) to deliver it to Californian citizens. Bush gave 'permission' to his Energy Cartel friends to 'crush' the Californian Government's regulations.
Wake up and smell the Plutocracy friend, the Energy Utilities got away with shutting off your power in order to sway public opinion... of course, youve probably heard of Enron and their relationship to the Bush's energy commission. The problem is that the 'market' will always decide to screw you, thats why you have a GOVERNMENT (community group) who REGULATES (codifies social agreements). Jesus.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has started a "Open Source Television" program called ZeD. The development of the program is done online, collaboratively(sp?) from the ZeD website.
The show's pilot broadcast is running on CBC at 11:25 weeknights from 18-May-02 thru 12-April-02.
Not quite what Cringly is describing, but very interesting non-the-less.
This idea is pretty risky, they are venturing into uncharted waters.
They better have a good CTO at the helm, times could get rough.
I hope there investors arent cast out to sea.
Sony released a prototype calld SDR-3X some time ago. You can see an article of it and video here.
These days, Greenpeace aren't a charity or a lobby in any meaningful sense of the word.
Bullshit. You are assuming no one has a view of the world other than yours. Some people are capable of altruism. That has nothing to do with whether or not you think they are.
They are in the entertainment business for Western teenagers, and they have to keep their name in the news to keep the donations rolling in
I have absolutely no comment for this - it's a result of your biased opinion, not an issue of substance.
Cynical? Perhaps.
I think it is a significantly more complex problem than 'cynicism'.
But their dodgy science has done a lot of harm
Take a car, close yourself in a garage and see let us know what effect this has on you. While your at it, whip up a nice pre-cocktail of the water down the river from %insert_big_chemical_company_factory_near_you%. Let us know the result of your experiment... how about a little "common sense" eh?
to the idea that anyone with something to say on the environment doesn't have a radical left-wing axe to grind.
What does the "Left" have to do with expressing concern for having a healthy environment? It sounds like your trying to rally the "useful idiots of the Right" by suggesting the Green Movement is employing the forces of the "left leaning usefull idiots"...really, lets give the rhetoric a break... (oh, btw, please see site saying "Left" and "Right" means nothing - except in places with unhealthy political duopolies - Republican and Democrat do not political philosophies make...)
We STILL don't know EXACTLY what happened to the dinosaurs. Could it be possible that this thermal cycle is NORMAL for this planet in that, like a person with a virus, their tempurature rises to try to rid itself of the virus?
Did dinosaurs build machines that used chemical processes to suck stuff out of the planet and then SPEW stuff that is toxic into the environment..? Maybe thats what killed them eh?
Environmental change is natural (the hot/cold cycle) but what WE ARE DOING is not a "natural" part of that cycle, we are a FIRST external force on that natural balance.
You mean like this?
"Gentlemen, Start your Shredders!"
VRMMMMM VRMMM SHHHHHHHHHRREEWWW.
You'd think ICAAN wouldnt have the nuts to make such an obviously self-serving decision in light of the OBVIOUS conflict of interst. It realy is sickening that these Corporate Whores would insult the public with such drivel... im amazed.
This by no means is DIRECTLY related, but it remind me of the fact that ENRON got to selecting their own regulators in the energy commission.
Coruption in America is starting to become almost a Banana-Republic-like comedy.
If I wrote a stealth component today, I would have it seek out an Ad-Aware signature file and modify it to ignore me, or add my directory to the ignore lists. Ad-Aware could respond by digitally signing the files, or with other techniques.
If this begins (too late?) than I fully expect our friends @ NAI or Symantec to add this trash to their virus software. Anything that tries to protect itself from being removed is a virus. %insert_your_own_windows_joke_here%.
Ive been very happy with Ad-Aware, and as the author suggests, the first run on my own machine was a real eye-opener. I have some frineds in a local PC clone shop, and they run AdAware on almost all their repair/re-stage jobs -- they have been amazed at the numbers of Malware apps they have found running on people's PCs.
What kind of BS is that - how is it more less 'easy' to get into Canada vs. anywhere else? Sounds like youve been listening to too-much "terrorists come int o the US" Bullshit on T.V.
time for some perspective James.
but pounding the GNU/Linux marking shows that they do want their credit
/. boards understand what the GPL means, then consider that in reference to GNU/Linux. Everyone of us (mostly) likely understand what the GNU/GPL part is talking about (again - that whole "Freedom" thing)... now consider your family, your coworkers, your neighbours - they just might have heard of Linux (*maybe*). They almost certainly not heard of "GNU/Linux" - and they most CERTAINLY dont understand the Freedom that RMS is talking about.
I dont think its the "peer respect" that FSF (RMS) is looking for when they 'pound' the "GNU/" moniker. I think, and Ive read RMS saying this, that to leave off the "GNU/" prevents people from learning about Free(dom) software and the Freedom that GPL/FSF/GNU provides.
When you consider that most everyone on
RMS demands the "GNU/Linux" moniker because it is this "Freedom" he is trying to spread, when the media skip it, they take the easy way out - not providing the public with the knowledge of the Concept of Freedom Software.
It isnt a "Im responsible, look at me, give me the credit" plea from RMS its the "Wait a minute, you have to tell people about the Freedom, and ethics of Sharing that has to be considered, that has given birth to GNU/Linux." Without this, GNU/Linux would not exist - it is a subtle but absolutely NON-TRIVIAL difference.
a governmental subsidy for no apparent societal benefit.
This is UNTRUE . The copy-right people decided that they would collect the levy and extend citizens rights. You are now LEGALLY ENTITLED to copy other people's audio CDs.
See here for details
What does that mean? Tell your friends to come over with their blank media and COPY ANY DISC of yours they like, set up CD-copy pools at LAN parties, call your Local University radio station and ask them to sponsor a "Copy any CD in our Library" radio-show (invite people to come down and burn away), arrange a CD-burn session at the local library.
Whats my point? Well, all CDs in Canada (at least your own burned copies) now cost a total of $2.00 - TELL PEOPLE TO STOP BUYING MUSIC IN STORES.
Consumers don't have any rights. A consumer will rarely win against a large company in court, unless the company settles, because it is too much of a hassle for them to deal with. Look at the current situation in the US, all the laws are being made to help out .. Big Business. Within 10 - 20 years will will no longer be the United States of America, we will be the United Corporations of America.
Ah, but you mis-understand -- this isnt an issue of 'consumer' rights, it is CITIZENS' Rights. "Voting with your dollars" and all this other mumbo-jumbo is an effort to make citizens movements impotent and ineffective. Its like accepting a butter-knife from your opponent in a sword-fight. What you have in your pocket is a baseball bat (Democractic Governance) but you Americans keep accepting a position at the bottom of the shit-hill when issues of this nature arise.
You will NEVER dig yourself out of your present Plutocratic mess as long as you continue to buy the BS that absolute-free-market capitalism works, and is unassailable. It does not, and it will surely lead to the next American Revolution... or World War.
new-age, mushy, self-righteous political correctness
o ckey bullshit here, im trying to tell you that Ghana, as different and 'irrelevant' to the American Internet Industry as it may be, has a great deal of value, wisdom and knowledge to TEACH US.
/Physical/Financial Imperialism is just fine, but others (myself(canadian)) completely and wholly are opposed to it.
Sorry, your 8th grade, Rightist knee-jerk idiocy about "political correctness" is pretty sad.
Saying "Ghana is about as important to the Internet as fish are to bicycles and no matter how many meetings you convene there, the simple fact of Ghanian irrelevance will not change.
perfectly illustrates my point. This isnt about how important Ghana's internet interests are to *you*. That is EXACTLY what im talking about. Dont you think that Ghana may want to partipate, as a full and equal partner in the "Global Information Village"? Further, why wouldnt their partnership be valuable? If your retort is 'they are poor, 3rd world nation' you have a very limited and select world-view, myopic and jingoistic is EXACTLY the right way to describe it.
I personally welcome a larger presence of ideas and perspectives from other cultures... backwards and 'poor' ones included. If you leave the fantasy that is NorthAmerica (if not physically - then figuratively) you'll realize some important things about the world, and your participation/position in it.
Further, Im not talking about feel-good-pop-PC-equal-funding-for-womens-field-h
Come down of your High Horse pal, you might be convinced the NorthAmerican consumo-culture and American Cultural
Inspite of what the Television tells you, American "progress" is not Welcome Everywhere... eat a little huble pie and listen to someone(where) else a while.
And this is because Ghana is a world Internet power, right?
Um, they are going to Ghana hopefully because* ICANN is meant to serve as a World Body, the International Congress of Nations. Which the honourable and respected nation of Ghana is a member.
Holy-f'ing-christ, do you two (this and a post below) not realize just how myopic and jingoistic your posts are(!!)?
*PLUS the Plutocratic-whore$ of ICANN love a good boon-doggle, Im sure it wasnt hard to sell to themselves (who would probably align with the mindset/thinking, with-regards-to Ghana, as the two of you.) a fun trip to that backwards-3rd-World Ghana.
Below is the Date/Site & Contact info for the Dept.of Ind & Cdn Heritage hearings -- please, if you life in any of these cities GOTO these hearings. If not to present/speak, at least to applaud && boo at the appropriate times.
This is the final step before Canada gets its very own DMCA.... What fun that will be.
Halifax, Nova Scotia - Friday, March 8, 2002
Citadel Halifax Hotel
(902) 422-1391
Vancouver, British Columbia - Friday, March 15, 2002
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel
(604) 893-7257
Montreal, Quebec - Thursday, March 21, 2002
Holiday Inn Montreal-Midtown
(514) 842-6111
Toronto, Ontario - Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Holiday Inn On King
(416) 599-4000
Ottawa, Ontario - Thursday, April 11, 2002
Government Conference Centre
(613) 990-6700
I like my data to be libre, I therefore MUCH prefer W3C standards, see a comparison of SVG && Flash here
Sheer perfection. This device does exactly what it intends. It bridges the scheduler/phone/wireless email world perfectly. Nothing one the market is simpler or more functional.
Kudos to RIM - Im plopping down my $$$ the moment its available.
designed to infect computers loaded with the .Net framework."
.NET virus.
With the proper diligence, and a competent admin -- NO computer should ever be infected with the
Only a boob could ever allow such a thing to occur.
... heheh now this is a meme I like... if only i controlled the Media, I could infect billions with this simple mind-virus.
Muahahahahhahah
Coyote Linux is a derivitive of LRP. It *is* GPL (as it is really GNU/Linux (again, it is LRP)).
The (iirc) non-gpl part is the windows-based installer. But i think it is available gratis.
Ive built CoyoteGNU/Linux routers for friends, would recommend it.
political spam should be illegal, I'
UBE is UBE. Spam is as spam does -- the 'political' qualifier is a subjective one. Do i really want spam from the NRA, Republicans, Christian Family Front (or whatever) or other right-wing crazies littering my mailbox because *they* think their message is worthy? I think not.
I think the "market" (i.e. voters)
Lets not insult American Democracy with such filthy name calling. Citizenship, Democracy and Civil Responsibility has nothing to do with the unabridged pursuit of immediate physical gratification - ie: The Market.
Political elections, however, don't quite work that way...
Political elections is not like selling Penis Enlargment Devices or Get RI$H QUICK!!!!! $cheme$. I understand how you could confuse markets and hucksterism with American Politics, but please, dont apologize and suggest that it is 'ok'.
IT seems like this crowd has a terrible 'way-back-itise'.
I realize BeOS was a great OS. It had allot of terrific ideas. Im not suggesting Be was worthless. And I also recognize that people can scratch their own itch if they damn-well-please. Im not about to tell anyone what they should spend their Coding-Karma.
BUT
What is the point of rebuilding BeOS completely and totally? Why not move on? Steal (with pride) Be's good features and ideas, assimilate them into GNU/Linux and move on. Trying to re-implement something to have a work-alike seems more like drugery and backwards-itis.
I wish the BlueOS people great luck - but I would suggest that they should implement the features that they love into GNU/Linux and move forward - the beauty of the GNU/Linux system is that the best rises to the top (because there is no impedment by irrelevant externalities(sp?)) - if BeOS's features have merit, and they are implemented in GNU/Linux, then they will have a home.
Replicating Be just doesnt make sense to me.
A lot of people, including me, are transitioning from Linux to the Macintosh
Well, you would like kinda silly down at Apple World HQ with GNU/Linux on your desktop wouldnt you...
An AC has this website and has this pic of the inside of one of the cars.