While another poster has indeed shown that I was incorrect on the first, you've misinterpreted the second.
I did not say that uncertainty rules out God, simply that it makes the existance of God [or at least the standard omniscient/omnipotent God] less likely as it requires more and more conditions for the Theory of God [oh I'm going to get flamed for that one!] to jibe with scientific law.
*shrug* but mayhaps I let my own faith cloud things too much...
Given that he allocuted, I'd bet he'll get far less for playing ball with the feds [and likely far far less if he's ratting out his fellow warez buddies].
Sure, man pages exist, but even once you learn that man does what help really should the man pages are generally written by programmers for programmers.
Newbie guides generally don't get any further than a small command summary, which doesn't really show any strengths of unix over using a gui [or windows!]
The best thing I think would be to provide more "whole system" examples/help rather than help for each individual command. Take some nice simple topics [how to add many users, how to determine network utilization programatically, how to determine open ports and what process is using them...] which are painful to do on windows and use a variety of unix tools to solve them.
Such things happen in all real life games. People suck, and will continue to suck as long as people exist. Asshats love being asshats, and the only way to avoid them is to "take my ball and go home" [quit the game and play elsewhere].
This can commonly be done with FPS style games, but MMORPGS suffer from the fact that there -is- nowhere else to play the game as there's commonly only one world.
In all honesty, I've always avoided paying for MMORPGs [except for puzzle pirates, which promotes a great deal of social pressure by the community on... 'undesirables'] because of this.
Following the cynical argument, people will also believe movies and popular culture over a charismatic politician. Movies about earth destroying asteroids are common and popular, enforcing their likelihood to the masses. Greenhouse effect movies are not. A politician saying "it's just a theory" is trumped by Joe Smith going "Oh, just like in Armageddon!"
If the product is actually something that might not be intuitive [read: "enterprise" software] or amusing [read: RPG/strategy game] I'll generally skim through the manual while the product is installing.
No offense, but I'm nearly certain that your final point in paragraph 2 is incorrect.
Children do have the rights to do whatever they want without their parents permission. After all, children are still considered citizens, and gain all of the rights and priledges associated with that -except- when explicitly spelled out in law. To my knowledge there is no law that says a child must get permission for everything they do. Not yet anyways...
Freedom to pursue happiness is the core of American citizenship, and laws like this one do nothing more than harm liberty.
Or perhaps more accurately, Symantec is hedging their bets. With Microsoft likely to bundle anti-virus with their OS, it's wise to have something else to lean on should their bread and butter suddenly get a big bite taken out of it.
There are 44 different holes, not 44 seperate finds. Students could've independantly [or not so independantly] found the same exploit. In fact, I'd bet that it occured given that they were looking for the same things in largely the same places.
The 'editorial' assumes 2 things which are largely incorrect.
Firstly, that we actually respect the Oscars, and that they themselves aren't completely shallow renderings of that industry. Awards shows aren't respected anymore. They've become popularity contests at best, and an annual soap opera at worst.
Secondly, that Spike was actually targetting the gamer culture, which they weren't. Remember that the most played game of all time is Windows solitare. Deer hunter, myst, and roller coaster tycoon are among the top selling pc games of all time.
God knows I learned the most I ever have about computers by setting up doom and quake servers in the school computer lab. Hiding the files on the network so the teacher couldn't find them...
Simply having the student download videos from yahoo will get them using a computer when they perhaps don't have one normally. And even if that's not the situation, having a student use a computer or be in a supervised environment is far better than what they'd probably be doing if they weren't.
I'm of the opinion that most Americans are far too indebted to even consider charitable donation. They should take care of that first, and then donate later when they don't have interest charges knocking down their door.
They then have more money for themselves, meaning they're less likely to need philanthopy, and more able to give it.
Providing your time [and more likely, some sort of facilities support and supervision] is more than enough. The best thing you could probably do is simply provide the environment for them to be creative and learn.
I was going to post the same thing, until I realised that there's a subtle distinction. Phone tap warrants [to my knowledge] don't actually do anything to the alledged criminal's property. They place the tap at the CO, and listen in. Once the info leaves the ownership of the alledged criminal it's fair game [like their trash].
Actual property search warrants [to my knowledge] require the alledged criminal to be issued the warrant, and present for the search. The info in the computer though [assuming no internet connection] stays in the computer. Placing a keylogger on the machine without informing the owner seems to be a special circumstance to get around age old search warrant law.
It'd be much better if it limited the spying to internet connections.
[disclaimer: I am not austrailian, and I am not a lawyer, some assumptions might be wrong, and render the arguement moot.]
Similar to the game journalism post earlier today, if you want honest impressions, you're going to get them from your buddy saying the stuff rocks/sucks than from any sort of review/preview/ad.
Because of the vast population in China, and the fact that computer [tools of information] are likely to have some of the greatest impact in such a state where government information control is rampant.
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Isn't he mormon? The question is perhaps how many new marriages he has to consumate :]
While another poster has indeed shown that I was incorrect on the first, you've misinterpreted the second.
I did not say that uncertainty rules out God, simply that it makes the existance of God [or at least the standard omniscient/omnipotent God] less likely as it requires more and more conditions for the Theory of God [oh I'm going to get flamed for that one!] to jibe with scientific law.
*shrug* but mayhaps I let my own faith cloud things too much...
Hrm, you are correct.
"God does not play dice."
Perhaps his adherance to faith led to such views? Uncertainty I can imagine would put a large dent in the concept of an omniscient Lord.
Speaking of which, why exactly is this being built between Mexico and Oklahoma? I mean what actually moves between the two but Mexicans?
Wouldn't something like this be better built between Boston and DC? Maybe even LA and Vegas?
We know where the damned thing is, and can thus take counter measures.
"Up to"
Given that he allocuted, I'd bet he'll get far less for playing ball with the feds [and likely far far less if he's ratting out his fellow warez buddies].
Lack of coherent newbie documentation.
Sure, man pages exist, but even once you learn that man does what help really should the man pages are generally written by programmers for programmers.
Newbie guides generally don't get any further than a small command summary, which doesn't really show any strengths of unix over using a gui [or windows!]
The best thing I think would be to provide more "whole system" examples/help rather than help for each individual command. Take some nice simple topics [how to add many users, how to determine network utilization programatically, how to determine open ports and what process is using them...] which are painful to do on windows and use a variety of unix tools to solve them.
Such things happen in all real life games. People suck, and will continue to suck as long as people exist. Asshats love being asshats, and the only way to avoid them is to "take my ball and go home" [quit the game and play elsewhere].
This can commonly be done with FPS style games, but MMORPGS suffer from the fact that there -is- nowhere else to play the game as there's commonly only one world.
In all honesty, I've always avoided paying for MMORPGs [except for puzzle pirates, which promotes a great deal of social pressure by the community on... 'undesirables'] because of this.
Following the cynical argument, people will also believe movies and popular culture over a charismatic politician. Movies about earth destroying asteroids are common and popular, enforcing their likelihood to the masses. Greenhouse effect movies are not. A politician saying "it's just a theory" is trumped by Joe Smith going "Oh, just like in Armageddon!"
If the product is actually something that might not be intuitive [read: "enterprise" software] or amusing [read: RPG/strategy game] I'll generally skim through the manual while the product is installing.
I mean, there's nothing else to do then...
Don't forget simple things like TV's and overhead projectors. Many of the language instruction stuff I've seen is still on VHS/DVD/CD, not computers.
As a light-skinned native-born American [and New Jersey native] let me just say that such driving and gesturing spans everyone!
[joking!]
No offense, but I'm nearly certain that your final point in paragraph 2 is incorrect.
Children do have the rights to do whatever they want without their parents permission. After all, children are still considered citizens, and gain all of the rights and priledges associated with that -except- when explicitly spelled out in law. To my knowledge there is no law that says a child must get permission for everything they do. Not yet anyways...
Freedom to pursue happiness is the core of American citizenship, and laws like this one do nothing more than harm liberty.
Or perhaps more accurately, Symantec is hedging their bets. With Microsoft likely to bundle anti-virus with their OS, it's wise to have something else to lean on should their bread and butter suddenly get a big bite taken out of it.
There are 44 different holes, not 44 seperate finds. Students could've independantly [or not so independantly] found the same exploit. In fact, I'd bet that it occured given that they were looking for the same things in largely the same places.
The 'editorial' assumes 2 things which are largely incorrect.
Firstly, that we actually respect the Oscars, and that they themselves aren't completely shallow renderings of that industry. Awards shows aren't respected anymore. They've become popularity contests at best, and an annual soap opera at worst.
Secondly, that Spike was actually targetting the gamer culture, which they weren't. Remember that the most played game of all time is Windows solitare. Deer hunter, myst, and roller coaster tycoon are among the top selling pc games of all time.
Oh, certainly, but it is still a better waste than what they'd be doing if they were away from a computer altogether.
You don't.
God knows I learned the most I ever have about computers by setting up doom and quake servers in the school computer lab. Hiding the files on the network so the teacher couldn't find them...
Simply having the student download videos from yahoo will get them using a computer when they perhaps don't have one normally. And even if that's not the situation, having a student use a computer or be in a supervised environment is far better than what they'd probably be doing if they weren't.
Because I'm a cold hearted, selfish bastard.
[joking!]
[sort of...]
I'm of the opinion that most Americans are far too indebted to even consider charitable donation. They should take care of that first, and then donate later when they don't have interest charges knocking down their door.
They then have more money for themselves, meaning they're less likely to need philanthopy, and more able to give it.
Hey, you asked...
Duh.
Providing your time [and more likely, some sort of facilities support and supervision] is more than enough. The best thing you could probably do is simply provide the environment for them to be creative and learn.
Players Inc is in on the agreement according to the espn article I saw.
I was going to post the same thing, until I realised that there's a subtle distinction. Phone tap warrants [to my knowledge] don't actually do anything to the alledged criminal's property. They place the tap at the CO, and listen in. Once the info leaves the ownership of the alledged criminal it's fair game [like their trash].
Actual property search warrants [to my knowledge] require the alledged criminal to be issued the warrant, and present for the search. The info in the computer though [assuming no internet connection] stays in the computer. Placing a keylogger on the machine without informing the owner seems to be a special circumstance to get around age old search warrant law.
It'd be much better if it limited the spying to internet connections.
[disclaimer: I am not austrailian, and I am not a lawyer, some assumptions might be wrong, and render the arguement moot.]
Similar to the game journalism post earlier today, if you want honest impressions, you're going to get them from your buddy saying the stuff rocks/sucks than from any sort of review/preview/ad.
Because of the vast population in China, and the fact that computer [tools of information] are likely to have some of the greatest impact in such a state where government information control is rampant.
That said, it does seem to be a slow news day...