Is a world without advocates really a world in which you want to live? The weak will be left to the mercy of the strong, and we'll be in exactly the same situation where we are today, except both sides will be even more ignorant of their rights and privileges, and disputes will get even sillier.
Oooh. Pull the other one, it has bells on it. Look at the strong (i.e., the rich). Note how many lawyers they have working for them. Now look at the weak (i.e., the poor). Note how many lawyers they have working for them. Then tell me again how the lawyers protect the weak from the strong. Lawyers, with a few honorable exceptions, are tools by which the rich extract what they want from the poor, not vice-versa.
Huh? The votes counts I've seen put Bush ahead
by barely 1500 votes; a recount could easily
swing the vote that much. I don't understand
how votes in other states can make any difference
to a *Florida* recount. The election now hangs
on Florida's electoral votes, and the only thing
that will determine Florida's electoral votes is
Florida's recount.
> I really doubt that a re-count of allready
> counted votes would suddenly turn out
> completely different. I'd say Bush won.
You've never witnessed a vote re-count, have you?
They *never* get the same figures twice. No,
I'm not kidding. No, that doesn't fill me with
confidence about our electoral officials.
Mozilla is Open Source. Netscape is not. You
can't be "a little bit pregnant" and you can't
be "mostly Open Source". And, as other posters
have noted, Netscape is refusing even the
simplest bug fixes from Mozilla, which means
Netscape is getting none of the benefits of
Open Source whatsoever.
Don't know how serious you are--but in a
serious production environment, that is,
of course, not adequate. You generally
need an ability to keep *at least* about
six backup/archival copies. At our site,
we keep 24 plus incrementals.
For the Kana? Sure. For kanji? Not unless the
aforementioned tools can make your text console
work with double-byte characters; there are over
1850 kanji.
> That leaves only 13% for all of Unix and Novell
> combined. Surely that can't be right.
Actually, it may be. It's easier to get out-of-
the-box Japanese language support from Windows.
They make a version specifically for Japan and
the GUI makes it easy to support the Japanese
kana and kanji (tough to do that in text mode
without specialized hardware).
Hence the easiest way to ensure you always win:
100-square board, 99 mines.
Chris Mattern
Re:Last frame of the trailer
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I think that's because "DND" is the Canadian
_D_epartment of _N_ational _D_efense. Just like
searching on "DoD" will get you lots of stuff
about the Pentagon.
> Kanji can be viewed as an alphabet, where
> written Chinese is not.
Uh, no, it can't. Kanji is every bit as
ideographic as Chinese. You may be confusing
kanji with kana. Kana is syllabic in nature
(which you can get away with in Japanese, since
Japanese has a rather small number of syllables).
In Japan, you have to learn *three* sets of
letters (four if you count the latin alphabet):
the two sets of kana, hiragana and katakana,
and the kanji (of which there are about 1850).
You're supposed to know both kana and the 881
"basic" kanji by the time you get of elementary
school. I'm amazed that Japanese schoolkids
don't go psycho.
> The problem is that even if everyone in America
> voted for Ralph Nader, he still wouldn't be
> made president because the Electoral college
> wouldn't permit it.
Uh, come again? If everyone in America voted
for Ralph Nader, he would carry every state
and the Electoral College would elect him
unanimously.
> it only goes to show that this country is not a
> Democracy
Uh, no, it's not. Did you pay attention in
high school civics? The U.S. is a republic.
There's an argument to made against the
EC (and one for it, too, even though it
doesn't get heard much), but this ain't it.
Slashdot Mirror
> Don't agree to the EULA, but keep and use the
> software anyway. Use it in accordance with
> rights and restrictions stipulated by copyright
> law.
Um, *how?* The software will refuse to install
if you don't click that little "I Agree" button...
Chris Mattern
> Duncan Idaho has a gratuitous Scottish accent,
> too.
"I am Duncan Idaho of the clan Idaho..."
There can be only one Kwisatz Haderach!
Chris Mattern
> I vote for machine guns on the front of our
> vehicles!
Jeez, are you still stuck in Division 5? Don't you want lasers?
Chris Mattern
> I won't try to explain it, but you should go
> see it.
If you encounter someone who claims he *can*
explain Serial Experiments Lain, get him
psychological help quickly.
Chris Mattern
> and NCBA (.coop)
Do chickens really *need* their own TLD?
Chris Mattern
Oooh. Pull the other one, it has bells on it. Look at the strong (i.e., the rich). Note how many lawyers they have working for them. Now look at the weak (i.e., the poor). Note how many lawyers they have working for them. Then tell me again how the lawyers protect the weak from the strong. Lawyers, with a few honorable exceptions, are tools by which the rich extract what they want from the poor, not vice-versa.
Chris Mattern
> It's not vaporware -- plenty of developers have
> seen it being used at shows.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from a rigged demo."
Chris Mattern
Here.
Huh? The votes counts I've seen put Bush ahead
by barely 1500 votes; a recount could easily
swing the vote that much. I don't understand
how votes in other states can make any difference
to a *Florida* recount. The election now hangs
on Florida's electoral votes, and the only thing
that will determine Florida's electoral votes is
Florida's recount.
Chris Mattern
> I really doubt that a re-count of allready
> counted votes would suddenly turn out
> completely different. I'd say Bush won.
You've never witnessed a vote re-count, have you?
They *never* get the same figures twice. No,
I'm not kidding. No, that doesn't fill me with
confidence about our electoral officials.
Chris Mattern
> Of course there is something Lando-ish about .. were the parodists just invited in for
> this
> dinner with the Dark Lord himself?
I can just hear Lucas in a few months:
"I am altering the bargain. Pray I do not alter
it further..."
Chris Mattern
Mozilla is Open Source. Netscape is not. You
can't be "a little bit pregnant" and you can't
be "mostly Open Source". And, as other posters
have noted, Netscape is refusing even the
simplest bug fixes from Mozilla, which means
Netscape is getting none of the benefits of
Open Source whatsoever.
Chris Mattern
> Uhm... "duh": Buy _two_... :)
Don't know how serious you are--but in a
serious production environment, that is,
of course, not adequate. You generally
need an ability to keep *at least* about
six backup/archival copies. At our site,
we keep 24 plus incrementals.
Chris Mattern
> Did you actually say that a Microsoft product
> is somehow better than an Open Source product?
> on Slashdot? Are you crazy?
No, he didn't. He said IE is better than
Netscape. Netscape is not Open Source.
Chris Mattern
> "CmdrTaco and the Cowboy Beeboppers"
> songs include:
"The Real Gates Blues"
"Bad Hemos, No Biscuit"
Chris Mattern
For the Kana? Sure. For kanji? Not unless the
aforementioned tools can make your text console
work with double-byte characters; there are over
1850 kanji.
Chris Mattern
> That leaves only 13% for all of Unix and Novell
> combined. Surely that can't be right.
Actually, it may be. It's easier to get out-of-
the-box Japanese language support from Windows.
They make a version specifically for Japan and
the GUI makes it easy to support the Japanese
kana and kanji (tough to do that in text mode
without specialized hardware).
Chris Mattern
Hence the easiest way to ensure you always win:
100-square board, 99 mines.
Chris Mattern
I think that's because "DND" is the Canadian
_D_epartment of _N_ational _D_efense. Just like
searching on "DoD" will get you lots of stuff
about the Pentagon.
Chris Mattern
> Kanji can be viewed as an alphabet, where
> written Chinese is not.
Uh, no, it can't. Kanji is every bit as
ideographic as Chinese. You may be confusing
kanji with kana. Kana is syllabic in nature
(which you can get away with in Japanese, since
Japanese has a rather small number of syllables).
In Japan, you have to learn *three* sets of
letters (four if you count the latin alphabet):
the two sets of kana, hiragana and katakana,
and the kanji (of which there are about 1850).
You're supposed to know both kana and the 881
"basic" kanji by the time you get of elementary
school. I'm amazed that Japanese schoolkids
don't go psycho.
Chris Mattern
> Regardless, medical weenies know what you mean
> when you say "$patient is coding".
Whereas a Linux weenie would say, "Well, who
let him have a laptop?"
Chris Mattern
"Mr. Gates...don't make me angry. You wouldn't
like me when I'm angry."
Chris Mattern
> Well, there must be *something* causing the
> media to keep repeating provably false
> assertions. If it isn't bias or coercion, what
> could it be?
A much simpler explanation: repeating exciting,
provocative accusations regardless of their
accuracy sells papers and pulls in TV viewers.
Chris Mattern
> The problem is that even if everyone in America
> voted for Ralph Nader, he still wouldn't be
> made president because the Electoral college
> wouldn't permit it.
Uh, come again? If everyone in America voted
for Ralph Nader, he would carry every state
and the Electoral College would elect him
unanimously.
> it only goes to show that this country is not a
> Democracy
Uh, no, it's not. Did you pay attention in
high school civics? The U.S. is a republic.
There's an argument to made against the
EC (and one for it, too, even though it
doesn't get heard much), but this ain't it.
Why did this get modded to four?
Chris Mattern