Yes, there was nothing in the article about the Pope condemning transparency. He is not railing against the Internet and transparency. He is concerned the risks, and there are risks with any form of communication. Communication can be used for good and for evil. People on Slashdot have been concerned about the digital haves and have-nots. Also we have been concerned about privacy issues and degrading of people. He is also concerned with truth verses relativism. That is what I believe he is talking about. At the same time it is my feeling he is also underestimating the many great benefits that an open Internet has to offer.
It looks like the reason for seizing the equipment was because of a possible felony that the equipment was used during the felony or shows that a felony was committed. So who are they going after? And what is the felony? It seems odd but I don't know the whole story.
If I have a beef with the iPad, it's that while it's a lovely device for consuming content, it doesn't do much to facilitate its creation.
Yes, Grossman does get it right. That is my disappointment too. The iPad is all about consuming content, being a consumer. It is unlike a PC which can be used to create content. The iPad is a passive device.
Every theory I've come across relies on a faith in untestable or non-falsifiable postulates. Our physical reality is defined by what we look for; there are any number of legitimate theories based on data that isn't available yet, because we didn't look in the right places, or ask the right questions.
Yes, we don't know Truth/Reality in the full. We only know bits and pieces and we have some concepts that are just wrong. I agree that all of our theories are incomplete and based "untestable or non-falsifiable postulates". And Kurt Godel showed that to be the case even with math with his incompleteness theorems. And yet I believe we can successfully strive to better understand reality, not the many different realities we perceive, but the one true Reality we live in.
Though science has given us a better understanding of reality, it is good to recognize the limitations of science and to question the assumptions, presuppositions and axioms that make up the theories and our beliefs. Ask yourself how well does this theory/belief match reality? If it does a poor job, if possible replace it with one that does a better job. And recognize that because humans can be biased and blind to reality, there are and will continue to be theories promoted that fall far short of reality and/or are based on bad assumptions. Don't let that get you down. Strive to better understand reality. That is the journey I am on and I believe the Christian worldview gives me the best framework to understand reality.
It sounds like you are a Truth Seeker who has become jaded because of the basic assumptions underlying science and because our broken human nature does not always treat the scientific results properly. You are pointing out the mess we are in and how Naturalism does not solve the problems. I would encourage you to continue to seek to understand Reality/Truth. It is important. I found that the Christian Faith fits reality best. Consider it. There are presuppositions/assumptions also with Christianity but I believe it does explain reality best and science can fit into that Christian framework.
XPGnome is a XP look alike script that converts a Ubuntu Gnome distribution to look like Windows XP. Personally I don't think making it look like Windows XP is the best way to go, because it is not Windows XP.
I think Google Docs could possibly be improved with Etherpad's code. Etherpad is the collaborative editing word processor so Google Docs would be an obvious choice to improve with Etherpad's code or concepts.
If you are publishing a document that can be printed then PDF is a good format. If you expect people to extract data from the document then you should look for a different format. It depends on the purpose of posting the document on the web.
The long-awaited findings show that calculating rates and types of evolutionary change may be even more difficult to do without a rich data set.
If I read things right, it took over 40,000 generations to make a single functional change. To extrapolate, 40,000 human generations is approaching 1 million years. That is a very long time, however there are a lot of unknowns and the rate of mutations was not constant. If the rate was increased by a factor of 100 or better what environmental differences would be needed to make different rate of change? I know any answer will be speculation because we don't have a rich data set, but I am curious.
Yes, I agree, RSS does the same thing that flipping though a newspaper would do, and I think it does it better in the digital world than this fast flipping would do. We are not dealing with a physical newspaper so tools like RSS exist so that we can find those interesting articles. We don't need fast flip. Mod up the parent.
Desktop Linux has been hurt by not being able to produce distributions that have patented audio and video codecs. Patents have prevented desktop Linux from just working. The average Joe wants to watch video and listen to music without having to install software that tells him this may be illegal.
The story on the chinaSMACK site demonstrates that Chinese search engine Baidu features a comparable search-suggestion function, which similarly recommends adult-themed sites, but that the government has not attacked Baidu over the issue of porn.
China was a rule by decree country. Who you know is very important in China. Laws are considered by many Chinese to by somewhat flexible if you know the right person. Laws are administered at the local and provincial levels of government. This means consistency in law enforcement is lacking.
I believe we all are broken in different ways and thus we all have problems we have to deal with. The real question is "Is your problem extreme that you are in need of help so you can function relatively well in society?"
"What Chinese spooks did in 2008, Russian crooks will do in 2010 and even low-budget criminals from less developed countries will follow in due course," the Cambridge researchers, Shishir Nagaraja and Ross Anderson, wrote in their report, "The Snooping Dragon: Social Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement."
I would guess that the Russian crooks are doing it today with very targeted attacks. We just have not discovered it, or if discovered the financial institutions attacked have covered it up.
Linux uses a very different set of paradigms than Windows does, and if you're a longtime Windows user, as I am, you'll need to understand them before you can properly update and install software.
His advice and the problems he has shows that he still does not get it. His expectations are still founded in the Windows world, where the latest version of any program is immediately available to be installed, and default is not to worry about updating software. I have to admit, I am on the other side of the fence. I have trouble understanding how Windows work or why this needs to happen in Windows. I am in the Linux/Unix world.
Actually I say this, because surveys point this out. Surveys say that between 70-80% of American's say they are Christian and in surveys a little less than 40% of Americans say they attend church (and that 40% is considered high due to the "halo effect" that is wanting to give the right answer). And George Barna's surveys puts the number of Christians at 30-40% by asking a few questions, but that is still very broad sweep with these people still able to having very unorthodox Christian beliefs like reincarnation. George Barna says about 4% of Americans have a "Biblical wordview" (some debate his definition).
Baylor University with Gallop did a survey of 4 different types of god. The Christian type of a god is the "Benevolent God" and that came in second with 25%, so one in four have a view of a god that fits the Christian view of God.
I really believe most Americans no longer understand what the traditional orthodox Christian faith is about. I am not talking about nitty gritty details, but the broad basics. Thanks for listening to me.
Thanks for replying. Something I have noticed in history is when the government and Christianity gets cozy, Christianity loses and the government wins. Primarily Christianity loses its message of good news which is at its core. So I am totally against a theocracy.
I may be wrong, but it looks like to me from your response that you are concerned about Christianity. Do you feel Christianity is wrong and somehow harmful to society? If so how? Or did you have a bad experience?
If God does not exist, then why should you worry about a few do-gooders that follow Jesus? Reality is Christians are a minority in America though many people will say they are Christian and yet they really don't have a clue of what the Christian faith is all about. Unfortunately they have some very wrong ideas.
PS It is your choice. You are free to reject Jesus, but know that God still loves you and does not want you to be without Him which is hell.
People who think they are nice because God is watching really scare me.
It scares me too, because that is not Christianity is all about though many people think so. As a Christian, I love because God first loved me. God loves each of us even though we have messed up our lives and this world we live in. It is out of gratitude for what Jesus did for all of us I try to live a life worthy of him. I am not better than anybody else. I am not perfect. I am just thankful for what God through Jesus has done for me.
Those "content providers" are afraid of losing control in this risky new venture. By playing it safe they keep their control on known revenue sources. They don't want to take a chance on an unknown thing that could hurt a known revenue source.
You and many others are talking about conditioning. How then do violent video games, like GTA, condition the players? I think it is safe to say that the end result is not making people into murderers. But I believe there must be some conditioning effect. Maybe players end up less respectful of life and others, or also in the case of GTA less respectful of the law and authority. How big is the conditioning effect from violent video games?
I have over the years read several articles about who the most successful CEO's are, those that are humble. When things go well, they give credit to the "team". When things go bad they take the blame. I think in the long run nice guys finish first. You can not trust someone who is a backstabber.
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Yes, there was nothing in the article about the Pope condemning transparency. He is not railing against the Internet and transparency. He is concerned the risks, and there are risks with any form of communication. Communication can be used for good and for evil. People on Slashdot have been concerned about the digital haves and have-nots. Also we have been concerned about privacy issues and degrading of people. He is also concerned with truth verses relativism. That is what I believe he is talking about. At the same time it is my feeling he is also underestimating the many great benefits that an open Internet has to offer.
It looks like the reason for seizing the equipment was because of a possible felony that the equipment was used during the felony or shows that a felony was committed. So who are they going after? And what is the felony? It seems odd but I don't know the whole story.
Yes, Grossman does get it right. That is my disappointment too. The iPad is all about consuming content, being a consumer. It is unlike a PC which can be used to create content. The iPad is a passive device.
Every theory I've come across relies on a faith in untestable or non-falsifiable postulates. Our physical reality is defined by what we look for; there are any number of legitimate theories based on data that isn't available yet, because we didn't look in the right places, or ask the right questions.
Yes, we don't know Truth/Reality in the full. We only know bits and pieces and we have some concepts that are just wrong. I agree that all of our theories are incomplete and based "untestable or non-falsifiable postulates". And Kurt Godel showed that to be the case even with math with his incompleteness theorems. And yet I believe we can successfully strive to better understand reality, not the many different realities we perceive, but the one true Reality we live in.
Though science has given us a better understanding of reality, it is good to recognize the limitations of science and to question the assumptions, presuppositions and axioms that make up the theories and our beliefs. Ask yourself how well does this theory/belief match reality? If it does a poor job, if possible replace it with one that does a better job. And recognize that because humans can be biased and blind to reality, there are and will continue to be theories promoted that fall far short of reality and/or are based on bad assumptions. Don't let that get you down. Strive to better understand reality. That is the journey I am on and I believe the Christian worldview gives me the best framework to understand reality.
It sounds like you are a Truth Seeker who has become jaded because of the basic assumptions underlying science and because our broken human nature does not always treat the scientific results properly. You are pointing out the mess we are in and how Naturalism does not solve the problems. I would encourage you to continue to seek to understand Reality/Truth. It is important. I found that the Christian Faith fits reality best. Consider it. There are presuppositions/assumptions also with Christianity but I believe it does explain reality best and science can fit into that Christian framework.
XPGnome is a XP look alike script that converts a Ubuntu Gnome distribution to look like Windows XP. Personally I don't think making it look like Windows XP is the best way to go, because it is not Windows XP.
Video of Alex is available at the Alex website.
Video of Alex is available at the Alex website.
I think Google Docs could possibly be improved with Etherpad's code. Etherpad is the collaborative editing word processor so Google Docs would be an obvious choice to improve with Etherpad's code or concepts.
If you are publishing a document that can be printed then PDF is a good format. If you expect people to extract data from the document then you should look for a different format. It depends on the purpose of posting the document on the web.
If I read things right, it took over 40,000 generations to make a single functional change. To extrapolate, 40,000 human generations is approaching 1 million years. That is a very long time, however there are a lot of unknowns and the rate of mutations was not constant. If the rate was increased by a factor of 100 or better what environmental differences would be needed to make different rate of change? I know any answer will be speculation because we don't have a rich data set, but I am curious.
Yes, I agree, RSS does the same thing that flipping though a newspaper would do, and I think it does it better in the digital world than this fast flipping would do. We are not dealing with a physical newspaper so tools like RSS exist so that we can find those interesting articles. We don't need fast flip. Mod up the parent.
Desktop Linux has been hurt by not being able to produce distributions that have patented audio and video codecs. Patents have prevented desktop Linux from just working. The average Joe wants to watch video and listen to music without having to install software that tells him this may be illegal.
It is old code. From the FAQ:
the decision was made to split Gecko off at 1.3.1
China was a rule by decree country. Who you know is very important in China. Laws are considered by many Chinese to by somewhat flexible if you know the right person. Laws are administered at the local and provincial levels of government. This means consistency in law enforcement is lacking.
I believe we all are broken in different ways and thus we all have problems we have to deal with. The real question is "Is your problem extreme that you are in need of help so you can function relatively well in society?"
I would guess that the Russian crooks are doing it today with very targeted attacks. We just have not discovered it, or if discovered the financial institutions attacked have covered it up.
His advice and the problems he has shows that he still does not get it. His expectations are still founded in the Windows world, where the latest version of any program is immediately available to be installed, and default is not to worry about updating software. I have to admit, I am on the other side of the fence. I have trouble understanding how Windows work or why this needs to happen in Windows. I am in the Linux/Unix world.
Actually I say this, because surveys point this out. Surveys say that between 70-80% of American's say they are Christian and in surveys a little less than 40% of Americans say they attend church (and that 40% is considered high due to the "halo effect" that is wanting to give the right answer). And George Barna's surveys puts the number of Christians at 30-40% by asking a few questions, but that is still very broad sweep with these people still able to having very unorthodox Christian beliefs like reincarnation. George Barna says about 4% of Americans have a "Biblical wordview" (some debate his definition).
Baylor University with Gallop did a survey of 4 different types of god. The Christian type of a god is the "Benevolent God" and that came in second with 25%, so one in four have a view of a god that fits the Christian view of God.
I really believe most Americans no longer understand what the traditional orthodox Christian faith is about. I am not talking about nitty gritty details, but the broad basics. Thanks for listening to me.
Thanks for replying. Something I have noticed in history is when the government and Christianity gets cozy, Christianity loses and the government wins. Primarily Christianity loses its message of good news which is at its core. So I am totally against a theocracy.
I may be wrong, but it looks like to me from your response that you are concerned about Christianity. Do you feel Christianity is wrong and somehow harmful to society? If so how? Or did you have a bad experience?
If God does not exist, then why should you worry about a few do-gooders that follow Jesus? Reality is Christians are a minority in America though many people will say they are Christian and yet they really don't have a clue of what the Christian faith is all about. Unfortunately they have some very wrong ideas.
PS It is your choice. You are free to reject Jesus, but know that God still loves you and does not want you to be without Him which is hell.
It scares me too, because that is not Christianity is all about though many people think so. As a Christian, I love because God first loved me. God loves each of us even though we have messed up our lives and this world we live in. It is out of gratitude for what Jesus did for all of us I try to live a life worthy of him. I am not better than anybody else. I am not perfect. I am just thankful for what God through Jesus has done for me.
Those "content providers" are afraid of losing control in this risky new venture. By playing it safe they keep their control on known revenue sources. They don't want to take a chance on an unknown thing that could hurt a known revenue source.
You and many others are talking about conditioning. How then do violent video games, like GTA, condition the players? I think it is safe to say that the end result is not making people into murderers. But I believe there must be some conditioning effect. Maybe players end up less respectful of life and others, or also in the case of GTA less respectful of the law and authority. How big is the conditioning effect from violent video games?
I have over the years read several articles about who the most successful CEO's are, those that are humble. When things go well, they give credit to the "team". When things go bad they take the blame. I think in the long run nice guys finish first. You can not trust someone who is a backstabber.