Unless Big Brother has a way of say, forming and shaping public opinion, by say, centralized mass media or somesuch.
And how much of a choice do you have with two parties, essentially implementing the same agenda with slightly different means and focus on detail?
What I know about the states of affairs in the US is deeply worrying to me and my colleagues. But then again we don't know first hand and might be severely mistaken.
Personally I'd say that the opposite is true. If our ancestors weren't as bold and daring as they were, I guess we would still huddle in that secure cave somewhere in Africa.
Fear in it's current giantic dimensions seems to be a pretty recent phenomenon. I don't think the world was explored by the most cautious of persons.
"This source code is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and other U.S. law, and may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries (currently Afghanistan (Taliban controlled areas), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or to persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports (including Denied Parties, entities on the Bureau of Export Administration Entity List, and Specially D"esignated Nationals)."
Hey Mozilla project, care to host it somewhere a bit more... you know... free?
Well, maybe it's catching on and more companies would consider such a move.
While the coffee is quite expensive, maybe it's due to the fact that it's some exquisite blend. And at least for me the idea of having a Mozilla coffee is vastly entertaining.
Quoth the article:
"The weight of the system will be soon reduced from the current 17 kilogrammes (37 pounds) to some 10 kilogrammes, while the projecting part of the actuators will be halved to five centimetres (one and three quarter inches)."
Goverment should act in the interest of the people it represents. If globalization is in the firm grasp of people who give a damn about you, I'd think it's more than appropriate to take countermeasures.
You don't get "cradle to grave welfare" in socialist countries. What you get are things like basic medical insurance so *anybody* can go to a hospital without going broke. If you pay up, the service gets better, but basic medical threatment is available to anyone. I for one think that this is A Good Thing(tm).
Or something like a social security net so you won't go completely bankrupt and set yourself up in a cozy little slum. Whatever you refuse to pay to those social systems comes back to you in form of other problems like increased crime rate.
So I have to pay more taxes. *shrugs* To me it's well worth it, because I know I'm going to get old myself or may have an accident that leaves me disabled and unable to work.
Personally I like the idea to spend the big $$$ on something that benefits society as a whole, not just the 5% cream on the top; even if I belong to the top, I still do so *within* society.
Just remember that we are *NOT* talking communism or one of it's totalitarian implementations here. There is still lots of capitalism and competition, it's just not completely unchecked and a kind of safety net has been set up.
I've used both and the conclusion is (at least for me) that I like JSTL (and Taglibs in general) more.
While Velocity provides for a clean separation of logic and presentation, so do taglibs with the added benefit that they are *much* easier on the webdesigner, and there is tool support to render them during design phase. Besides that, there *has* to be logic in the presentation, namely presentation logic. The backend gives a damn how a number has to be formatted, or from which resources actual pieces of text come. Taglibs provide a rich set of features to accomplish this. I'm also very fond of available third-party taglibs with a clean mechanism for using and incorporating them.
Of course this can be done with velocity too in the form of helper beans, but I find the tag approach much easier and cleaner.
I don't need a tool that forces separation upon me, I do it out of my own accord. Everything possible with Velocity can be done in Taglibs, and I believe with the backing JSP receives it's the more future oriented approach. Chances are that you are able to hire guns proficient in Taglibs and JSP, at least more so than Velocity... if only for the vast amount of resources like books and tutorials on offer for JSP.
My bet is on JSTL and Tablibs, altough I've used templating systems (Webmacro, Freemarker, Velocity, HTML::Template...) extensively and grew quite fond of them.
LinuxTag`s organizational staff announced an enourmous increase of LinuxTag this year. Two hours before the end of the fair they drew a preliminary summary over Linuxtag 2003: more than 19500 visitors were counted, that`s a plus of over 40% compared to last year.
The many international guests, like John "Maddog" Hall from the USA and Yutaka Niibe from Free Software Initiative Japan, provided for full auditories. Even when it came to content most speeches were first class.
For the most part exhibitors were positively surprised and satisfied. An "extreme number of business contacts" has been registered. Lots of exhibitors saw their expectations completely fulfilled. Those who up to now perceived the LinuxTag more of a community event with only a few business clients have been disabused.
Oliver Zendel, head of LinuxTag e.V., sees the LinuxTag as a big success and proof that Linux and free software could prevail even in a professional business context. LinuxTag is Europe`s largest Linux Fair and in his opinion a "worldwide leading fair for Free Software".
Conspicous was the signal sent throughout Germany by Munichs pro linux descision. According to information from Pro-Linux the number of accredited journalists doubled compared to last year.
scenes from the prior versions of the matrix. for each reaction Neo shows in the current incarnation of the matrix, his reactions in older versions are shown too. well, my guess at least.
I'm with you. That's why I wrote that I can "somehow" understand it, and stated my reasons for doing so. However, I'm still against censorship and don't want to give the impression that I'm supporting it in the case of C&C, which I do not.
Slashdot Mirror
Unless Big Brother has a way of say, forming and shaping public opinion, by say, centralized mass media or somesuch.
And how much of a choice do you have with two parties, essentially implementing the same agenda with slightly different means and focus on detail?
What I know about the states of affairs in the US is deeply worrying to me and my colleagues. But then again we don't know first hand and might be severely mistaken.
Personally I'd say that the opposite is true. If our ancestors weren't as bold and daring as they were, I guess we would still huddle in that secure cave somewhere in Africa.
Fear in it's current giantic dimensions seems to be a pretty recent phenomenon. I don't think the world was explored by the most cautious of persons.
Then don't terrorize people to avoid that they get so pissed that they blow themselves up into your face just to make the point of disliking you.
Just in case anybody is interested how this thing actually looks:
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,42298,00.html
Use some of generated power to drive the fuel pumps?
At least Slashdot gives every single of their brainfarts a broad public forum. What else to wish for?
... and thank God that Enigma was compromised, otherwise chances are good that you would be toast by now. Bretzel toast.
No, more along the lines of "who will be next on the list".
please. thats *SO* wrong.
:)
I'd be: Robovaccum or Freedom Maid, Robovacuum or Freedom Maid...
"This source code is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and other U.S. law, and may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries (currently Afghanistan (Taliban controlled areas), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or to persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports (including Denied Parties, entities on the Bureau of Export Administration Entity List, and Specially D"esignated Nationals)."
Hey Mozilla project, care to host it somewhere a bit more... you know... free?
Well, maybe it's catching on and more companies would consider such a move.
While the coffee is quite expensive, maybe it's due to the fact that it's some exquisite blend. And at least for me the idea of having a Mozilla coffee is vastly entertaining.
Only if the person using it weighs 17kg.
Quoth the article: "The weight of the system will be soon reduced from the current 17 kilogrammes (37 pounds) to some 10 kilogrammes, while the projecting part of the actuators will be halved to five centimetres (one and three quarter inches)."
way better than ignorant, asshole...f isher.htm
http://bipolar.about.com/library/celebs/bl-carrie
Hey, that's a great business opportunity for China!
I bet the Office of Homeland Security would give an arm and a leg for this software. I wonder if there are open source Echelon drivers available.
Why not?
Goverment should act in the interest of the people it represents. If globalization is in the firm grasp of people who give a damn about you, I'd think it's more than appropriate to take countermeasures.
You don't get "cradle to grave welfare" in socialist countries. What you get are things like basic medical insurance so *anybody* can go to a hospital without going broke. If you pay up, the service gets better, but basic medical threatment is available to anyone. I for one think that this is A Good Thing(tm).
Or something like a social security net so you won't go completely bankrupt and set yourself up in a cozy little slum. Whatever you refuse to pay to those social systems comes back to you in form of other problems like increased crime rate.
So I have to pay more taxes. *shrugs* To me it's well worth it, because I know I'm going to get old myself or may have an accident that leaves me disabled and unable to work.
Personally I like the idea to spend the big $$$ on something that benefits society as a whole, not just the 5% cream on the top; even if I belong to the top, I still do so *within* society.
Just remember that we are *NOT* talking communism or one of it's totalitarian implementations here. There is still lots of capitalism and competition, it's just not completely unchecked and a kind of safety net has been set up.
get used to the fact that unlimited growth is not sustainable, which is the paradigm "american capitalism" is based on.
socialism will work for europe, I'm quite sure of that. time will tell.
... what's a decade between friends anyway when you celebrate 1% of gained marketshare in 2013.
I've used both and the conclusion is (at least for me) that I like JSTL (and Taglibs in general) more.
While Velocity provides for a clean separation of logic and presentation, so do taglibs with the added benefit that they are *much* easier on the webdesigner, and there is tool support to render them during design phase. Besides that, there *has* to be logic in the presentation, namely presentation logic. The backend gives a damn how a number has to be formatted, or from which resources actual pieces of text come. Taglibs provide a rich set of features to accomplish this. I'm also very fond of available third-party taglibs with a clean mechanism for using and incorporating them.
Of course this can be done with velocity too in the form of helper beans, but I find the tag approach much easier and cleaner.
I don't need a tool that forces separation upon me, I do it out of my own accord. Everything possible with Velocity can be done in Taglibs, and I believe with the backing JSP receives it's the more future oriented approach. Chances are that you are able to hire guns proficient in Taglibs and JSP, at least more so than Velocity... if only for the vast amount of resources like books and tutorials on offer for JSP.
My bet is on JSTL and Tablibs, altough I've used templating systems (Webmacro, Freemarker, Velocity, HTML::Template...) extensively and grew quite fond of them.
finding himself all alone in a barren world. what a prospect. or maybe just to realize that humankind went to the matrix out of its own accord :)
damn. too slow.
LinuxTag`s organizational staff announced an enourmous increase of LinuxTag this year.
Two hours before the end of the fair they drew a preliminary summary over Linuxtag 2003:
more than 19500 visitors were counted, that`s a plus of over 40% compared to last year.
The many international guests, like John "Maddog" Hall from the USA and Yutaka Niibe from
Free Software Initiative Japan, provided for full auditories. Even when it came to content
most speeches were first class.
For the most part exhibitors were positively surprised and satisfied. An "extreme number of business
contacts" has been registered. Lots of exhibitors saw their expectations completely fulfilled.
Those who up to now perceived the LinuxTag more of a community event with only a few business
clients have been disabused.
Oliver Zendel, head of LinuxTag e.V., sees the LinuxTag as a big success and proof that
Linux and free software could prevail even in a professional business context. LinuxTag is
Europe`s largest Linux Fair and in his opinion a "worldwide leading fair for Free Software".
Conspicous was the signal sent throughout Germany by Munichs pro linux descision. According
to information from Pro-Linux the number of accredited journalists doubled compared to
last year.
scenes from the prior versions of the matrix. for each reaction Neo shows in the current incarnation of the matrix, his reactions in older versions are shown too. well, my guess at least.
... more like the Colorado river and ample amounts of time.
I'm with you. That's why I wrote that I can "somehow" understand it, and stated my reasons for doing so. However, I'm still against censorship and don't want to give the impression that I'm supporting it in the case of C&C, which I do not.