The problem is that that source is effectively useless. because you cannot distribute the resulting binaries AT ALL.
You can. You just have to pass a very vigorous compliance test. FreeBSD -- a volunteer organization -- did it, so it can not be unbearably hard.
in which case you basicly end up having to have each user of such a system compile java from source.
Since when is "building from source" a bad thing?..
But, anyway, you should stop the FUD-spreading -- not "each user of such a system". An organization can build a JDK once on a system, and let all users of all compatible systems use it.
There is no evidence whatsoever about what Bush is using it for, good or bad. Which is the whole problem.
I can see, how this could be the problem for Bush's personal enemies: "we know, he is guilty, but we can't prove it". The rest of us are fine.
But considering the people who show up on the No-Fly list (higher-ups of third parties and environmental and anti-war groups)
Name three...
utterly innocent are _still_ being held in Gitmo
You are talking about the few unfortunate Muslims from China, who are still at Gitmo, because they have nowhere to go to (China would, likely, kill them). It is an awfully unfortunate limbo, and I wish, US took them in as refugees (from China), but no such dangers threaten public figures like Comedy Central comedians.
And c'mon, who the hell is running that No-Fly list?
Morons, of course, like the rest of the government bureaucracy. But the thread is not about No-Fly list, it is about whether or not it takes any courage to criticize the President. I may even submit that people doing so on the street need to overcome fears of police threats (real or perceived), but a comedian doing it on TV at the White House dinner? Please... If anything, he has immunity now.
Doesn't change the fact that the security council is not going to approve a resolution that declares an action from the USA illegal. It won't happen, so asking for it in this case is just stupid.
No. Calling the action illegal was stupid.:-)
Without explicit approval, it is.
Nothing is illegal until a relevant authority (usually — a court of law) says so. In case of the altercation between countries, such authority is UN and its Security Council. The most you can have is "allegedly illegal". To me the simple legality derives from the fact, that this was not even a new war, but a resumption of the 1991 war, due to Iraq's (repeated) violations of the terms of the 1992 cease-fire. Yes, it would've been nicer politically if UN could make it even more clear, than 18 resolutions finding Iraq in violation did, but it was not needed legally. You may disagree, but until some court rules, US is has not done anything illegal.
Disagreeing with an explanation does not in itself make for a new explanation. Maybe you would have a point if you actually brought up one?
I did not try to offer an explanation and I don't want to. What I showed, was that your explanation holds no water.
The idea is much older, yes. It has been very well documented during the 30s hwever, and you don't have to read Mein Kampf for that at all.
Then kindly stop this not-so-well-hidden "Bush-is-a-Nazi" motif, alright?
At any rate, I am accusing G.W. Bush and his henchmen of hijacking the system for their own personal gain at the expense of those whom the system should serve.
Every politician and political party gets accused of "hijacking the system". It is way generic. But the particular allegation of initiating the Iraq war as an excuse for stiffening internal control is simply wrong — the could've used the Afghanistan war for that.
To a physicist, however, black means "absence of photons" and carries no connotation whatsoever of "melanin enhanced".
Where did the physicists come in? I though, we are discussing Wikipidia contributors and Walmart's astroturfers among them. And even if all contributors had precise science backgroud, don't forget the readers...
There are accusations, that Walmart breaks Wikipidia's No Point Of View (NPOV) policy, to which a reply was made, that the policy itself is an unreachable Ideal, and that a POV can be expressed even when simply listing known facts.
The lit-crit's comment was very interesting and on-topic, because, after all, WP's pages are comprised of words, which often have connotations in domains other than the current one (English does not have namespaces), and evoke emotions. He even gave a good Wallmart-specific example ("force" vs. "compell"). It was a good post, which also exemplified relevance of Literary Criticism as a science.
... and we aren't that sincere". So once joked a famous (ex-)Soviet comedian.
Yes, it is the thought that counts, and your spouse is no less sincere for using the gas and/or electrical kitchen appliances (with timers and thermal sensors, no less!) instead of the open wood-burning fire to cook a dinner for you.
For the obvious reason of the USA having a veto there, no.
US having a veto is part of the rules of the same "game", that made us beg for French, Russian, and Chinese reapproval. But illegal our action was not, for there is no UN SC verdict to that effect.
did not the evil Reichstag-burning Repukkkes already have an excuse for it -- the Afghan war?
Seems they didn't think it was enough.
No, much simpler explanation is that — contrary to your world-ending allegation — the Iraq-war was not intended as an excuse for more internal power-grabbing. And Occam tells us to take the simplest of the explanations.
At any rate, another well known idea from the 30s.. 'make people feel so they don't think'. It seems to be another popular tactic of the current government of the USA.
That idea is well known since long before Nazi Germany, and is in use by most politicians at most times (starting, at least, since Athens and Rome). Sorry, you are trying to paint an image of George W. Bush studying "Mein Kampf" late at night, and you remain patently ridiculous at that...
You can be sure that the current government will find another country to stick its nose into illegally before a full withdraw from Iraq takes place, thereby prolonguing the excuse of 'war.
Mmm, illegally? Surely, you'll have no problems backing up this claim with a UN Security Council resolution condemning our resumption of hostilities againsst Iraq as such...
Put up or shut up, so to speak...
If you lack an excuse, just create one.
So, you are alleging, the Iraq war was an excuse created to be able to spy on US citizens? Whatever the possible benefits of such spying, did not the evil Reichstag-burning Repukkkes already have an excuse for it — the Afghan war?
And did not the noble Democratic lions vote for the war en masse, because they (rightly) wanted to depose Saddam too, and were just as concerned about his WMDs shenanigans?
Yeah, I'm trolling. But admit it, when you read "migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux" in the summary, you too thought: "from Windows". In fact, FAA switched from the "proprietory Unix platform"...
I'd seriously hate to see what "works with some difficulty" looks like...
Oh, and even more importantly, "works with some difficulty" would mean occasional crashes. This is something Applix does not do. Once you figure out, how to start it with all symbols resolved (it was linked on FreeBSD-3.x), it is a lot more stable than the new and shiny KOffice, for example.
From 2010 people will not be able to receive government health and welfare payments without a card.
That's it? So it is only required for the recipients of the government assistance? Such recipients already need to present quite an ammount of documentation to prove eligibility. What else?
TFA says, when people could apply for it, and when it will be available, but there is no word "compulsory" in the article anywhere... Is it really going to be more invasive than the driver licenses already are?
Jesus H. Christ in a sidecar carrying a crutch and bouncing on a pogo stick, if that's "just works" then I'd seriously hate to see what "works with some difficulty" looks like...
That's software for you. The good part, though, is once one person has figured it out, there is no need for anyone else to worry -- or even see the hackiness of it.
Surprisingly enough, it keeps working for me with FreeBSD-6.1, even with the latest gnome libraries. Just have to do some shlib-magic (using LD_PRELOAD and /etc/libmap.conf), but it "just works".
I wish, they'd release either a more modern binary package, or the source code so that a proper port could be made...
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It sounds worrying. Yet some packets are already favoured, even on today's internet. Businesses routinely pay a premium for fast, secure "tunnels" through the network. Firewalls and virus filters discriminate against suspicious traffic. Big companies already pay extra for hosting and "content delivery" services to make their websites download faster. This has not hampered innovation. And telecoms operators insist that they have no intention of blocking or slowing existing traffic.
An overly prescriptive set of net-neutrality rules could prove counterproductive. For a start, it would mean that all new network construction costs would have to be recouped from consumers alone, which could drive up prices or discourage investment. Ensuring "neutrality" could require regulators to interpose themselves in all kinds of agreements between network operators, content providers and consumers. If a network link is too slow to support a particular service, does that constitute a breach of neutrality? Strict rules could also hinder the development of new services that depend on being able to distinguish between different types of traffic, imposing a "one size fits all" architecture on the internet just as engineers are considering novel ways to improve its underlying design
Fasces -- axes wrapped in wooden rods -- are the ancient Rome's symbol of the State's power given to the official, for whom they are carried.
The word "Fascism" is derived from the same root and one explanation of theirswastika is the two fasces crossed (not mentioned on Wikipedia), although they also hinted at the other (Aryan) connotations of the symbol...
A Ukrainian doesn't have the same cost of living in other things as well: food, entertainment, transportation, etc. Cost of living doesn't only apply to housing.
You repeat yourself, forcing me to do the same. Yes, a Ukrainian's cost of living is lower, but not by as much. An American would typically have more disposable income at the end of each month, that a Ukrainian's total monthly income.
If you don't want to pay as much, then stop complaining when no one shows up to apply.
Exactly! I'm not complaining, thank you very much. And if/when they stop showing up, I'll raise the pay. This happened already (in the bubble years), it may happen again. Free market at work.
It's simple: the cost of living is much higher here.
Not by as much. A new-yorker -- even paying his rent through the nose -- still has a few hundreds of dollars left after deducting "the cost of living" (usually -- better living, BTW) monthly. Compared with a few hundreds of dollars total, that a Ukrainian is making per month, that's a lot of money.
Do we want to make all our infrastructure dependent on another country, and keep high-earning jobs here or not?
We'd rather. But not if it means interfering with free trade. These jobs need not be as high-earning. Supply and demand, you know.
What do you think motivates those Chinese, Indian, and Eastern European CS students, who, according to the summary "pick up the slack"? Love of humanity? Yes, it is money -- and the hope to be able to earn and spend it in America some day.
You can't really train abroad for a job as a doctor or a lawyer in the US. So a Computer Scientist it is for many people.
Yeah, I'd like to be paid more too, but why does an American deserve a better pay than an Indian or a Filippino?
FGovernment does not directly control the pay in a free market economy. What US can do is try to "spice up" the CS image. Make geeks cool. This is not easy too, because it does not directly control the media either, but ought to be simpler (and less invasive), than the labor market distortion.
That said, I think, the next "big wave" is in bio- and nano-tech. May as well let less developed countries work on office software.
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But, anyway, you should stop the FUD-spreading -- not "each user of such a system". An organization can build a JDK once on a system, and let all users of all compatible systems use it.
You do need to "register" with Sun to get the source, but same goes even for New York Times... The registration is free.
Why? Its not like he could have been taken away and shot for the disrespect, even though some anti-Bush hysterics claim exactly that...
A "nerve" maybe, but nothing exceptionally courageous. Takes more courage to ask a group of loud fellow subway riders to turn it down a bit.
There are accusations, that Walmart breaks Wikipidia's No Point Of View (NPOV) policy, to which a reply was made, that the policy itself is an unreachable Ideal, and that a POV can be expressed even when simply listing known facts.
The lit-crit's comment was very interesting and on-topic, because, after all, WP's pages are comprised of words, which often have connotations in domains other than the current one (English does not have namespaces), and evoke emotions. He even gave a good Wallmart-specific example ("force" vs. "compell"). It was a good post, which also exemplified relevance of Literary Criticism as a science.
Yes, it is the thought that counts, and your spouse is no less sincere for using the gas and/or electrical kitchen appliances (with timers and thermal sensors, no less!) instead of the open wood-burning fire to cook a dinner for you.
Put up or shut up, so to speak...
So, you are alleging, the Iraq war was an excuse created to be able to spy on US citizens? Whatever the possible benefits of such spying, did not the evil Reichstag-burning Repukkkes already have an excuse for it — the Afghan war?And did not the noble Democratic lions vote for the war en masse, because they (rightly) wanted to depose Saddam too, and were just as concerned about his WMDs shenanigans?
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Yeah, I'm trolling. But admit it, when you read "migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux" in the summary, you too thought: "from Windows". In fact, FAA switched from the "proprietory Unix platform"...
TFA says, when people could apply for it, and when it will be available, but there is no word "compulsory" in the article anywhere... Is it really going to be more invasive than the driver licenses already are?
I wish, they'd release either a more modern binary package, or the source code so that a proper port could be made...
The rationale, I believe, is that it is mostly trucks, that use diesel, and they should pay more for road maintainance.
It is also easier to tax the minority in a Democracy.
The word "Fascism" is derived from the same root and one explanation of their swastika is the two fasces crossed (not mentioned on Wikipedia), although they also hinted at the other (Aryan) connotations of the symbol...
Or is this just another application of Bayesian filters again?
Exactly! I'm not complaining, thank you very much. And if/when they stop showing up, I'll raise the pay. This happened already (in the bubble years), it may happen again. Free market at work.
According to the Economist article on the subject, the concerns are overblown.
Perhaps, the current number of the practitioners of this particular Art reflects the demand?
The articles talks about the number of new CS-majors "in pipeline", but how many have exited the workforce in the same time?
You can't really train abroad for a job as a doctor or a lawyer in the US. So a Computer Scientist it is for many people.
Yeah, I'd like to be paid more too, but why does an American deserve a better pay than an Indian or a Filippino?
FGovernment does not directly control the pay in a free market economy. What US can do is try to "spice up" the CS image. Make geeks cool. This is not easy too, because it does not directly control the media either, but ought to be simpler (and less invasive), than the labor market distortion.
That said, I think, the next "big wave" is in bio- and nano-tech. May as well let less developed countries work on office software.
We are in a thread, that began with the subject "Thank you Lamar".