Windsor, Ontario. 10.30.2008 A recent discovery by a research team from the University of Windsor in Ontario Canada has unlocked one of the secrets to the universe. A recent finding which is the first to quantify what had been previously known as "Dark Matter" has caused a stir amongst Venture Capitalists and Academics alike.
Academics are relieved that a previously misunderstood phenomenon has been resolved. Dr. S.Banndyd head of the Cosmology department at the University Of Windsor is proud of the team lead by Researcher Dr. B. Smith, "This marks a great achievement by the team, and they should be commended. The fundamental truth, now finally understood is marks a boon to human knowledge. The mystery of Dark Matter and gravity is finally revealed. We are ecstatic. But we really owe our discovery to 500 years of public knowledge and contributory research." Dr. Smith is quoted as saying "We knew this to exist, the interaction between DarkMatter and the rest of space, but had simply not been documented before. But we have finally put the facts on paper in a quantitatif manner." he later added "We are very proud - and will be going out for some WalkerVille Ale this eve."
The Head of the Corporatist Whoring Department Mr. F. Mehard is estatic. Citing the case law established in the United States in the earliest years of this century, where corporations were able to patent basic action and fundamental ideals. He feels this will be a boon in license revenue for the institution.
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how hard to find 20 billions for sending humans? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 27,@06:29PM EDT (#133)
I don't see the interest in sending a sample-return robot to mars in 2014 when humans will have walked on mars allready in 2008, and brang back tons of rocks at that time. We just need a president that dares to make a kennedy-speach about going there fast, for the sake of our children who have nothing to dream about anymore.
Let's convince the SoccerMoms(TM) that we need to do it for the chillldreeen!! You can get anything if its for the chillldreen!
My ancestors struggled for centuries to overcome people like you. I studied issues like this in college, and even did one of my senior theses on the issue of europeans capturing African slaves. Even if African Tribes-people were involved in slave trafficing, that doesn't relegate the europeans from the consequences of their actions.
So Europeans have comitted a more heinous crime by enslaving blacks than blacks did by enslaving one another?
Explain this please... Let me guess - that all of Africa's history has been retold to absolve Eurpeans of their guilt, that Africans are the only noble peoples on the planet - that Eurpeans (because they participated in slavery) are evil throughout eternity - and your owed repartition of some sort... get on with your racism please...
why not put it to a GOOD use, one that will benefit us here on earth
That is a perfectly shortsighted, selfish and simple idea. Good work.
Never mind that the sheeple (like yourself) are too stupid to save themselves (population growth*environmental damage). Getting off this planet and giving our people some perspective about our importance in the universe is of immense value. Our our mere existance - and continued existance had better become a priority
"when do I get to have MYYYYYYYY turn, when do i get MYYYYYYYY stuff, I want a shiney new SUV, and a new LAWN MOWER, and a new DISHWASHER and the gov is taking all MYYYYY money with TAXXESSSS for other people's STUFFFF".
Unless we stop thinking like "benefit us here" and we "better send african americans" and other simple selfish crap were all going to continue our march into oblivion.
If we continue to allow greedy, money hungry, selfish corporate whores lead the planet we'll all be dead LONG before we get off this planet - at least you and I and our children. If your part of the 0.000000000001 privliged enough to escape at the last minute good for you. Id rather include the rest of humanity. Wake up and realize privitization = enslavement.
Never mind all the rover/probe missions to Mars. If we are not commited to sending Man to Mars - forget it. I believe were fairly confident that there are no martians, and only an idiot would feel that there is no life outside of Earth - so finding microbe sized fossils is really a little ho-hum. If we dont find them no Mars we'll say "oh well - they are probably on some other planet" and if we do it will be "we were right, there is life on other planets". One way or the other Im sure scientists are confident of life outside of Earth - somewhere.
The future for humanity is life off this planet - if not on Mars, lets goto the moon. And AND STAY THERE lets NOT go looking for rocks and whatnot on Mars, instead lets put a base on the moon, and use the IIS (another waste of energy) to construct the crafts and supply. I recognize that the shuttle cannot be the freight system for such a project so we will not be able until the next-gen reusable launch vehicle is in use.
Humans living off the planet is obviously the ultimate goal of the space program, so why bother toying around with the idea?
How do you mean its outlook - any program which makes its way onto a Windows computer has the opportunity to do this. A diskdrive is as big a security hole as is Outlook. Period. You dont need Outlook to do this. Patching outlook to not receive attachments will not solve this problem.
We could write a prog which used whatethehellever *.DLL offers the API to send email. If some goober executes any code on a Windows computer it can do anything it pleases. No one will argue differently - because the OS has NO INHERENT SECURITY
"We have done a fair amount of public education. Maybe it hasn't been as effective as we would have liked." "We have spent alot on propaganda. Maybe the people who we are trying to brainwash arent fucking idiots."
Oh,/. is so hypocritical. They say boycott the MPAA and then see geek movies is a very valid point.
I alot of the threads on this site are pretty clear on topic - this person is making a comment that this movie because it qualifies as cool to the geeks; that it is ok to see (or maybe not but thats the point of the poster).
I agree - Im not going to go see this movie, in fact, I am going to wait till its on DVD then rip and distribute it.
As in many socialist cultures, however, reality threatens to undermine idealism. Even if landmark legal disputes such as the Napster case are resolved, many other obstacles stand before the kind of digital nirvana espoused by peer-to-peer evangelists. They envision a global network that would allow communication and files to flow directly from one person's desktop to another, unseen and untouched by any person or company along the way.
Are these people serious?
Have the American people become so indoctrinated and confused by propaganda that Ultra-Capitalism is the one true way - to believe this crap? 'digital nirvana' & ' untouched by any person or company along the way'What they are saying is that 'nirvana' is a naive and unattainable goal - that you are 'kidding yourself' if you think that anything will/can exist without the involvement of some 'company'?
What the hell is going on? I am becoming increasingly hostile (when will I go postal?) when I hear this garbage - are American people this fucking stupid? I dont think they are... but the your corrupt government is talking to people far below the lowest-common-denominator. Americans are being fed a steady diet of Ultra-Capatalist propaganda, so much so that a religion is forming - the whole damned country has been convinced that trying to organize the CULTURE by the CITIZENS and actually run the countries GOVERNMENT 'by and for the people' is a useless fairytail - that everything in the universe has been granted to them by some magical corporation who is like a fairy goddamngodmother. This propaganda campaign has stolen the will and imagination of the people. I understand the dynamics of capitalism has value, it does provide some benefit - but by no means does the country need these corporatist whores, they are essentially raping the environment, the population and the future of the Country (and world because America is enjoying a 'premier' position in todays world.. things change though).
could further impede another factor widely deemed crucial to the growth of any online initiative: making money.
Puhleeze
This rant has little to do with P2P which is a nonissue frankly, their is no distinguishing a napster client from an ftp client from a ftp server from a napster server: Run an FTP site and your P2P filesharing - big fucking whip.
The fact that markatroids are speaking to sheeple as if this 'P2P' idea is something that is revolutionary it is not - with moderately fat pipes, and sufficiently distributed services (like mirroring/. onto 10,000 DSL pc's and randomizing the box that serves) you could re-distribute the whole net -we wouldn't need any big-biz to fund massive sites- again no technical magic.
The real problem is that screed like this is trying to convince people that the actions of an individual are pointless and meaningless, that unless some corporation ordains something it does not deserve existence (worse - if the existence of something hinders the will of some corporation it is sacrilege).
America had better stop and think what it wants for a future: Corporate enslavement or Utopian Nirvana - you may never truly have either (exactly) but you do have a choice to ORGANIZE A CULTURE FOR ONE OR THE OTHER: WHICH DO YOU WANT?
Despite what libertarians (clothing.dress("flameretardantsuit")) tell you, if you eliminate a citizen organized group (government), whose mandate is to provide service to the citizenry, for only their benefit, you eliminate the ability to act on the behalf of all people.. assure services, rights and protection. Im not talking about a massive, do everything gov.. centralized government is not necessary.. but one run by citizens for citizens (and only them) is absolutely necessary. And America: you no longer have a government working to provide a better existence for people... a transformation is occurring. Quickly.
A good start will be to take back your government from the Corporatists:
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FUD? FUD doesn't apply to a world where sales are predominantly decided by children.
Wow their cowboy - Children are the ONLY ones susceptible to Fear, Uncertainty and doubt. Be that a child of 32 years and 180lbs or 12 years and 80lbs. When making decisions please rely on facts, make informed decisions based on 'graphics and games'. "Commercials" are a tool of markatroids wielding balls of FUD. I dont know how things are run in your family (or social group) but 'children' dont make decisions here. If you are felt to be incapable of objective, reasoned thought, uninfluenced by markatroid FUD - you are not permitted to make decisions. So, when a child says 'but PS2 has the XMAHSAD MegaGraphix(TM) dual-line-in-line-sight-line PROSucessor, I just gotta have it" you know they are a victim of FUD and should be ignored... and re-educated.
For about fifty dollars a month, Japanese gamers will get next-generation wireless networking
That has to be one of the greatest slobbering missives Ive read here in some time. The invocation of wireBBBZZZZless to describe what cant be anymore than a wireless hub/gateway and a wireless NIC in the PS2 may be going a little far... a device isnt exactly wireBBBZZZZless if you can travel all the way to the garage with it, I think wireBBBZZZZless would mean you arent tethered to a singular 'basestation'.
Now - if Sony has something up their sleeves that will allow 'next generation wireless networking' on a campus (or in a MetroArea) I want the same thing for my Laptop. Single purpose units (a machine to play games, a machine to play DVD's, a machine to Play MP3's , etc) is a waste of time - I much prefer maintaining all the functionality into a single device that is modular/upgradeable/non-proprietary - ie a computer.Who wants to buy a PS2 with all these static-built-in features, only to be forced to buy another device 12 months later that duplicates those features -may improves some others (like gamegraphics) your PS2 becomes garbage then.
And If Sony's trackrecord is served: you wont see the IEEE1394 and USB ports do anything other than plug in additional Sony PS2 ExtendoPack(TM) modules.
No thanks - Ill much prefer upgrading my video card.
Oh, and remember Geeks "The [music] industry will take whatever steps it needs to protect itself and protect its revenue streams. It will not lose that revenue stream, no matter what." The disturbing part is what Heckler says Sony will attempt to do to help them win: "Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this," Heckler told the Summer Forty-Niner. "We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [Internet-service provider]. We will firewall it at your PC."
DO you really want these people being the 'hub' of your entertainment system?
That is a very good point. I am not expert enough to argue the 'fine points' or 'do the math', but you could be right - but just my laymans impression would be that you are wrong. You make a very valid point, and it would have to be analyzed, but the great increase in NOT shipping/refining gasoline - combined with the filth created when its burnt in cars - is probably much greater than the energy waste in extra stores and additional energy conversion.
I would love to read an analysis - again, I dont believe Im qualified to know for certain.
Like most of the so-called Zero Emission vehicles this just relocates the emissions. The car just puts out air, but the horsepower to compress that air came from somewhere.
Although I agree that thinking no emissions are created is obviously wrong. A clear point can be made (maybe by someone with more concrete knowledge) that your average NorthAmerican powerplant (all sources on whole) will convert energy (whatever type) to electricity far more efficiently than the many poorly maintained cars/trucks on the roads.
It wouldnt mean zero-energy consumption for all travel (remember: energy cannot be created or destroyed, only change its form) but it would mean a better controlled system where citizens could force ever increasing rates of efficiency from an overall more efficient system (at present im sure).
Cities and towns can prevent businesses from moving in (and possibly even revoke corporate charters), and they can enact their own minimum wage laws (Santa Cruz, anyone?) The power of the people is local, not vested in two Corporate Clones...
I agree with you that smaller more local/specifically focused governments may be a better system. But the problem exists that the Corporatists have nothing stopping them from pitting community vs. community - or threatening... you see it is much easier to move a business than move a whole town of families. Corporatists have learnt the best thing they can do is reduce barriers to trade set about by citizens. NAFTA/FTAA/WTO/WorldBank are all puppet organizations by Corporatists to reduce/remove any rights you have as a citizen - the time is coming when communities (countries) will be negotiating treaties of employment with big business. Unless there is a central government (a world government) that can say 'this will not happen anywhere' we will be in a 'race to the bottom', with each 'community' desperately trying to whore themselves and their environment for the fleeting promise of short term employment and questionable 'gain'.
I think people are seeing this, Nader is pulling a very strong campaign.. but the economy is based on this foundation of exploitation. When the Corporatists feel the heat (as they do now based on popular public opinion regarding capitalism in its present state) they know whats good for them - the economy will have a downturn, and people will say ' this is what happens when you dont let corporatists run a free market!'. This is sheer and utter bullshit.
Why not simply make it easier _to_ vote? If people can do their banking online, and by telephone why cant we build a system of civic participation based on these technologies? Why not simply issue everyone a 'voter registration' number, and allow them to vote electronically? The ICAAN model is terrific, register to vote, receive a letter vial snailmail, then vote online (for the computer-challenged; vote by telephone).
The suggestion above may be even more complicated than necessary - how about just allowing people to vote by calling a 1800number. To confirm their identity they will enter their social security number and the amount of their previous years income (or income tax, or some other commonly known variable that changes yearly).
Why arent our governments building systems to include people and provide more choice? How has the political system North America (Canada & US mostly) become so exclusive? The people who control the system have no interest in including citizens - because they have built themselves a system of aristocracy together with the corporatists.
Loosen the 'central' control method - it is not as necessary as it was when communication was slow and expensive. What about 'hyper-referendums' where decisions like "What mix should we spend the budget surplus? Socialprograms/debt/taxcuts - enter your 3 integers now:" or some such - we should be able to participate.. not just every 3 or 4 years.
America: Free yourselves and do the rest of the World a Favour(TM), tell your friends/neighbours/relatives/coworkers to:
Should I be able to plead "free speech" for shouting "kill all white children" from the rooftops (I bet this would _really_ scare children walking the streets below).
So if something 'scares children' it should be illegal? Call off Halloween.
How/. can have this argument over and over is beginning to amuse me, very simple rules on censorship: Censorship is bad - in any form. Because information/ideas are subjective, and unless you are willing conform to my beliefs then you should not consider asking me to live by yours.
America is headed to becoming one of the most oppressive states in the world... no DeCSS linking, no fair-use rights, no nudity/swearing on public TV (WTF is that?), no suicide forums, no warez forums, public nudity is almost uniformly illegal, no drug forums, consumption of social/soft drugs is illegal, prostitution is illegal, broad censorship in public libraries/schools (via censorware), no bottom-less exotic dancers (in some states), no swearing in front of children (in some states), Napsters legal troubles (they are only providing information - and are not violating any copyrights), no sodomy (in some states), no oral-sex (in some states), violent videogames are outlawed (in some city (cities?)... land of the free is laughable...
Ah, Mr Roberts you betray yourself as being anti-socialist. Thats an easy position to take considering the last 75 years of American propaganda on the topic. Communism/Socialism is not evil and scary. It is a viable point of view and social system, but America/Corporations (no real difference for last 100 years) do not want you to realize that. As long as Americans are convinced that capatalism == freedom && communism == evil the corporatists will be happy.
As they will be hearing your irrational post
That aside, Nader feels (IMHO) that corporate interets in America have subverted the government. Which is blindly true - care to argue that?
Corporatist controlled capatalism does not grant one 'civilization': grow up. Turn on your TV, goto a garbage dump, thats American capatalism.
The party is more important than the man. All freedom begins with economic freedom. Vote Republican.
Your tag line makes me shudder - are you kidding? That should read: The party is !more important than the person. Economic freedom does not exist -you have to accept the economy as a trait of humanity to justify that ideal- which it clearly is not. Vote for anyone but a Repubicrat.
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Windsor, Ontario. 10.30.2008
A recent discovery by a research team from the University of Windsor in Ontario Canada has unlocked one of the secrets to the universe. A recent finding which is the first to quantify what had been previously known as "Dark Matter" has caused a stir amongst Venture Capitalists and Academics alike.
Academics are relieved that a previously misunderstood phenomenon has been resolved. Dr. S.Banndyd head of the Cosmology department at the University Of Windsor is proud of the team lead by Researcher Dr. B. Smith, "This marks a great achievement by the team, and they should be commended. The fundamental truth, now finally understood is marks a boon to human knowledge. The mystery of Dark Matter and gravity is finally revealed. We are ecstatic. But we really owe our discovery to 500 years of public knowledge and contributory research." Dr. Smith is quoted as saying "We knew this to exist, the interaction between DarkMatter and the rest of space, but had simply not been documented before. But we have finally put the facts on paper in a quantitatif manner." he later added "We are very proud - and will be going out for some WalkerVille Ale this eve."
The Head of the Corporatist Whoring Department Mr. F. Mehard is estatic. Citing the case law established in the United States in the earliest years of this century, where corporations were able to patent basic action and fundamental ideals. He feels this will be a boon in license revenue for the institution.
"We have spoken with an array of Venture Capitalists and lawyers, and are sure that a new startup will be founded to commercialize this information." said Mr F. Mehard. "The new corporation will likely be called Gravity Inc., we feel that our patent-filling-slave^H^H^H^H associate will process the request online this morning - we should have our patent by mid-day. This 'Dark-Matter'(TM) ® © which we have described plays such a fundamental part of "RealyGrabbyStuff(TM) ® ©." ReallyGrabbyStuff(TM) ® © is the new trade name chosen for Gravity, and Mr. F. Mehard feels his product will be a hit saying "We fully expect that our Team Of Rabid Lawyers(TM) ® © will have no problem extort^H^H^H^H^H^H closing license deals with the residents of the planet. Without our "ReallyGrabbyStuff"(TM) ® © every person on the planet would be lost to drift in space - and as such, they owe the privilege being Flaeterning(TM) ® © (the expression used when describing the application of "ReallyGrabbyStuff(TM) ® ©") to the new Gravity Inc. Corporation. We were the first to document this behavior completely, and as such are entitled to owning all application of said technology".
Mr. F. Mehard and the Team Of Rabbid Lawyers(TM) ® © then left he University aboard their Anti-ReallyGrabbyStuff(TM) ® © vehicle, bystanders were noticed as saying "boy are we lucky - maybe now we wont have to live in the sewers and eat rats." the departing dignitaries were then seen tossing small pieces of food(TM) ® © and other(TM) ® © stuff down at the hungry academics and students below.
Dont like this vision of the future? Then take control of your country from the bastards! Tell your friends/neighbours/relatives/coworkers to:
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how hard to find 20 billions for sending humans? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 27,@06:29PM EDT (#133)
I don't see the interest in sending a sample-return robot to mars in 2014 when humans will have walked on mars allready in 2008, and brang back tons of rocks at that time. We just need a president that dares to make a kennedy-speach about going there fast, for the sake of our children who have nothing to dream about anymore.
Let's convince the SoccerMoms(TM) that we need to do it for the chillldreeen!!
You can get anything if its for the chillldreen!
My ancestors struggled for centuries to overcome people like you. I studied issues like this in college, and even did one of my senior theses on the issue of europeans capturing African slaves.
Even if African Tribes-people were involved in slave trafficing, that doesn't relegate the europeans from the consequences of their actions.
So Europeans have comitted a more heinous crime by enslaving blacks than blacks did by enslaving one another?
Explain this please... Let me guess - that all of Africa's history has been retold to absolve Eurpeans of their guilt, that Africans are the only noble peoples on the planet - that Eurpeans (because they participated in slavery) are evil throughout eternity - and your owed repartition of some sort... get on with your racism please...
why not put it to a GOOD use, one that will benefit us here on earth
.
That is a perfectly shortsighted, selfish and simple idea. Good work.
Never mind that the sheeple (like yourself) are too stupid to save themselves (population growth*environmental damage). Getting off this planet and giving our people some perspective about our importance in the universe is of immense value. Our our mere existance - and continued existance had better become a priority
"when do I get to have MYYYYYYYY turn, when do i get MYYYYYYYY stuff, I want a shiney new SUV, and a new LAWN MOWER, and a new DISHWASHER and the gov is taking all MYYYYY money with TAXXESSSS for other people's STUFFFF"
Unless we stop thinking like "benefit us here" and we "better send african americans" and other simple selfish crap were all going to continue our march into oblivion.
Let's privatize all this and get going.
If we continue to allow greedy, money hungry, selfish corporate whores lead the planet we'll all be dead LONG before we get off this planet - at least you and I and our children. If your part of the 0.000000000001 privliged enough to escape at the last minute good for you. Id rather include the rest of humanity. Wake up and realize privitization = enslavement.
Never mind all the rover/probe missions to Mars. If we are not commited to sending Man to Mars - forget it. I believe were fairly confident that there are no martians, and only an idiot would feel that there is no life outside of Earth - so finding microbe sized fossils is really a little ho-hum. If we dont find them no Mars we'll say "oh well - they are probably on some other planet" and if we do it will be "we were right, there is life on other planets". One way or the other Im sure scientists are confident of life outside of Earth - somewhere.
The future for humanity is life off this planet - if not on Mars, lets goto the moon. And AND STAY THERE lets NOT go looking for rocks and whatnot on Mars, instead lets put a base on the moon, and use the IIS (another waste of energy) to construct the crafts and supply. I recognize that the shuttle cannot be the freight system for such a project so we will not be able until the next-gen reusable launch vehicle is in use.
Humans living off the planet is obviously the ultimate goal of the space program, so why bother toying around with the idea?
LETS GO DAMMIT!
but the real culprit is Outlook.
How do you mean its outlook - any program which makes its way onto a Windows computer has the opportunity to do this. A diskdrive is as big a security hole as is Outlook. Period. You dont need Outlook to do this. Patching outlook to not receive attachments will not solve this problem.
We could write a prog which used whatethehellever *.DLL offers the API to send email. If some goober executes any code on a Windows computer it can do anything it pleases. No one will argue differently - because the OS has NO INHERENT SECURITY
Re-writing Windows is necessary to fix it.
"We have done a fair amount of public education. Maybe it hasn't been as effective as we would have liked."
"We have spent alot on propaganda. Maybe the people who we are trying to brainwash arent fucking idiots."
Oh, /. is so hypocritical. They say boycott the MPAA and then see geek movies is a very valid point.
I alot of the threads on this site are pretty clear on topic - this person is making a comment that this movie because it qualifies as cool to the geeks; that it is ok to see (or maybe not but thats the point of the poster).
I agree - Im not going to go see this movie, in fact, I am going to wait till its on DVD then rip and distribute it.
Fuck the MPAA and the RIAA let them burn!
As in many socialist cultures, however, reality threatens to undermine idealism. Even if landmark legal disputes such as the Napster case are resolved, many other obstacles stand before the kind of digital nirvana espoused by peer-to-peer evangelists. They envision a global network that would allow communication and files to flow directly from one person's desktop to another, unseen and untouched by any person or company along the way.
/. onto 10,000 DSL pc's and randomizing the box that serves) you could re-distribute the whole net -we wouldn't need any big-biz to fund massive sites- again no technical magic.
Are these people serious?
Have the American people become so indoctrinated and confused by propaganda that Ultra-Capitalism is the one true way - to believe this crap?
'digital nirvana' & ' untouched by any person or company along the way'What they are saying is that 'nirvana' is a naive and unattainable goal - that you are 'kidding yourself' if you think that anything will/can exist without the involvement of some 'company'?
What the hell is going on? I am becoming increasingly hostile (when will I go postal?) when I hear this garbage - are American people this fucking stupid? I dont think they are... but the your corrupt government is talking to people far below the lowest-common-denominator. Americans are being fed a steady diet of Ultra-Capatalist propaganda, so much so that a religion is forming - the whole damned country has been convinced that trying to organize the CULTURE by the CITIZENS and actually run the countries GOVERNMENT 'by and for the people' is a useless fairytail - that everything in the universe has been granted to them by some magical corporation who is like a fairy goddamngodmother. This propaganda campaign has stolen the will and imagination of the people. I understand the dynamics of capitalism has value, it does provide some benefit - but by no means does the country need these corporatist whores, they are essentially raping the environment, the population and the future of the Country (and world because America is enjoying a 'premier' position in todays world.. things change though).
could further impede another factor widely deemed crucial to the growth of any online initiative: making money.
Puhleeze
This rant has little to do with P2P which is a nonissue frankly, their is no distinguishing a napster client from an ftp client from a ftp server from a napster server: Run an FTP site and your P2P filesharing - big fucking whip.
The fact that markatroids are speaking to sheeple as if this 'P2P' idea is something that is revolutionary it is not - with moderately fat pipes, and sufficiently distributed services (like mirroring
The real problem is that screed like this is trying to convince people that the actions of an individual are pointless and meaningless, that unless some corporation ordains something it does not deserve existence (worse - if the existence of something hinders the will of some corporation it is sacrilege).
America had better stop and think what it wants for a future: Corporate enslavement or Utopian Nirvana - you may never truly have either (exactly) but you do have a choice to ORGANIZE A CULTURE FOR ONE OR THE OTHER: WHICH DO YOU WANT?
Despite what libertarians (clothing.dress("flameretardantsuit")) tell you, if you eliminate a citizen organized group (government), whose mandate is to provide service to the citizenry, for only their benefit, you eliminate the ability to act on the behalf of all people.. assure services, rights and protection. Im not talking about a massive, do everything gov.. centralized government is not necessary.. but one run by citizens for citizens (and only them) is absolutely necessary. And America: you no longer have a government working to provide a better existence for people... a transformation is occurring. Quickly.
A good start will be to take back your government from the Corporatists:
Fine point.
FUD? FUD doesn't apply to a world where sales are predominantly decided by children.
Wow their cowboy - Children are the ONLY ones susceptible to Fear, Uncertainty and doubt. Be that a child of 32 years and 180lbs or 12 years and 80lbs. When making decisions please rely on facts, make informed decisions based on 'graphics and games'. "Commercials" are a tool of markatroids wielding balls of FUD. I dont know how things are run in your family (or social group) but 'children' dont make decisions here. If you are felt to be incapable of objective, reasoned thought, uninfluenced by markatroid FUD - you are not permitted to make decisions. So, when a child says 'but PS2 has the XMAHSAD MegaGraphix(TM) dual-line-in-line-sight-line PROSucessor, I just gotta have it" you know they are a victim of FUD and should be ignored... and re-educated.
For about fifty dollars a month, Japanese gamers will get next-generation wireless networking
That has to be one of the greatest slobbering missives Ive read here in some time. The invocation of wireBBBZZZZless to describe what cant be anymore than a wireless hub/gateway and a wireless NIC in the PS2 may be going a little far... a device isnt exactly wireBBBZZZZless if you can travel all the way to the garage with it, I think wireBBBZZZZless would mean you arent tethered to a singular 'basestation'.
Now - if Sony has something up their sleeves that will allow 'next generation wireless networking' on a campus (or in a MetroArea) I want the same thing for my Laptop. Single purpose units (a machine to play games, a machine to play DVD's, a machine to Play MP3's , etc) is a waste of time - I much prefer maintaining all the functionality into a single device that is modular/upgradeable/non-proprietary - ie a computer.Who wants to buy a PS2 with all these static-built-in features, only to be forced to buy another device 12 months later that duplicates those features -may improves some others (like gamegraphics) your PS2 becomes garbage then.
And If Sony's trackrecord is served: you wont see the IEEE1394 and USB ports do anything other than plug in additional Sony PS2 ExtendoPack(TM) modules.
No thanks - Ill much prefer upgrading my video card.
Oh, and remember Geeks " The [music] industry will take whatever steps it needs to protect itself and protect its revenue streams. It will not lose that revenue stream, no matter what." The disturbing part is what Heckler says Sony will attempt to do to help them win: "Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this," Heckler told the Summer Forty-Niner. "We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [Internet-service provider]. We will firewall it at your PC."
DO you really want these people being the 'hub' of your entertainment system?
Help put whores like Sony in their place:
That is a very good point. I am not expert enough to argue the 'fine points' or 'do the math', but you could be right - but just my laymans impression would be that you are wrong. You make a very valid point, and it would have to be analyzed, but the great increase in NOT shipping/refining gasoline - combined with the filth created when its burnt in cars - is probably much greater than the energy waste in extra stores and additional energy conversion.
I would love to read an analysis - again, I dont believe Im qualified to know for certain.
Like most of the so-called Zero Emission vehicles this just relocates the emissions. The car just puts out air, but the horsepower to compress that air came from somewhere.
Although I agree that thinking no emissions are created is obviously wrong. A clear point can be made (maybe by someone with more concrete knowledge) that your average NorthAmerican powerplant (all sources on whole) will convert energy (whatever type) to electricity far more efficiently than the many poorly maintained cars/trucks on the roads.
It wouldnt mean zero-energy consumption for all travel (remember: energy cannot be created or destroyed, only change its form) but it would mean a better controlled system where citizens could force ever increasing rates of efficiency from an overall more efficient system (at present im sure).
Tell your friends/neighbours/co-workers to:
How about an AirPowered toy plane
Kudos to you
Be sure you print and make copies and give them to other parents. Including the article above.
Cities and towns can prevent businesses from moving in (and possibly even revoke corporate charters), and they can enact their own minimum wage laws (Santa Cruz, anyone?) The power of the people is local, not vested in two Corporate Clones...
I agree with you that smaller more local/specifically focused governments may be a better system. But the problem exists that the Corporatists have nothing stopping them from pitting community vs. community - or threatening... you see it is much easier to move a business than move a whole town of families. Corporatists have learnt the best thing they can do is reduce barriers to trade set about by citizens. NAFTA/FTAA/WTO/WorldBank are all puppet organizations by Corporatists to reduce/remove any rights you have as a citizen - the time is coming when communities (countries) will be negotiating treaties of employment with big business. Unless there is a central government (a world government) that can say 'this will not happen anywhere' we will be in a 'race to the bottom', with each 'community' desperately trying to whore themselves and their environment for the fleeting promise of short term employment and questionable 'gain'.
I think people are seeing this, Nader is pulling a very strong campaign.. but the economy is based on this foundation of exploitation. When the Corporatists feel the heat (as they do now based on popular public opinion regarding capitalism in its present state) they know whats good for them - the economy will have a downturn, and people will say ' this is what happens when you dont let corporatists run a free market!'. This is sheer and utter bullshit.
Why not simply make it easier _to_ vote? If people can do their banking online, and by telephone why cant we build a system of civic participation based on these technologies? Why not simply issue everyone a 'voter registration' number, and allow them to vote electronically? The ICAAN model is terrific, register to vote, receive a letter vial snailmail, then vote online (for the computer-challenged; vote by telephone).
The suggestion above may be even more complicated than necessary - how about just allowing people to vote by calling a 1800number. To confirm their identity they will enter their social security number and the amount of their previous years income (or income tax, or some other commonly known variable that changes yearly).
Why arent our governments building systems to include people and provide more choice? How has the political system North America (Canada & US mostly) become so exclusive? The people who control the system have no interest in including citizens - because they have built themselves a system of aristocracy together with the corporatists.
Loosen the 'central' control method - it is not as necessary as it was when communication was slow and expensive. What about 'hyper-referendums' where decisions like "What mix should we spend the budget surplus? Socialprograms/debt/taxcuts - enter your 3 integers now:" or some such - we should be able to participate.. not just every 3 or 4 years.
America: Free yourselves and do the rest of the World a Favour(TM), tell your friends/neighbours/relatives/coworkers to:
Should I be able to plead "free speech" for shouting "kill all white children" from the rooftops (I bet this would _really_ scare children walking the streets below).
/. can have this argument over and over is beginning to amuse me, very simple rules on censorship: Censorship is bad - in any form. Because information/ideas are subjective, and unless you are willing conform to my beliefs then you should not consider asking me to live by yours.
So if something 'scares children' it should be illegal? Call off Halloween.
How
America is headed to becoming one of the most oppressive states in the world... no DeCSS linking, no fair-use rights, no nudity/swearing on public TV (WTF is that?), no suicide forums, no warez forums, public nudity is almost uniformly illegal, no drug forums, consumption of social/soft drugs is illegal, prostitution is illegal, broad censorship in public libraries/schools (via censorware), no bottom-less exotic dancers (in some states), no swearing in front of children (in some states), Napsters legal troubles (they are only providing information - and are not violating any copyrights), no sodomy (in some states), no oral-sex (in some states), violent videogames are outlawed (in some city (cities?)... land of the free is laughable...
Ah, Mr Roberts you betray yourself as being anti-socialist. Thats an easy position to take considering the last 75 years of American propaganda on the topic. Communism/Socialism is not evil and scary. It is a viable point of view and social system, but America/Corporations (no real difference for last 100 years) do not want you to realize that. As long as Americans are convinced that capatalism == freedom && communism == evil the corporatists will be happy.
As they will be hearing your irrational post
That aside, Nader feels (IMHO) that corporate interets in America have subverted the government. Which is blindly true - care to argue that?
Corporatist controlled capatalism does not grant one 'civilization': grow up. Turn on your TV, goto a garbage dump, thats American capatalism.
The party is more important than the man. All freedom begins with economic freedom. Vote Republican.
Your tag line makes me shudder - are you kidding? That should read:
The party is !more important than the person. Economic freedom does not exist -you have to accept the economy as a trait of humanity to justify that ideal- which it clearly is not. Vote for anyone but a Repubicrat.
GE and the other multinationals, for them to regulate as they see fit.
You have already done that..