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And don't forget, a former vice-president of the US recently gave a speech in the land that produced most of the 9/11 terrorists, while people were killing each other over cartoons or perceived wrongs from 1500 years ago, all in the name of their god, in which he decried "imperialist" America. The guy practically told his Saudi audience we deserved 9/11 and whatever else they could throw at us, and the major news networks barely mention it. The same people who are (rightly) expressing outrage over Arabs running American ports won't condemn someone who told a group of Arabs "come and kill us, please!"
Given that Jobs created NeXT, and Pixar, and the iPod, I'm sure he would've come up with something else without Woz around. Smart engineers are a dime a dozen; brilliant entrepreneurs, on the other hand, are astoundingly rare.
Cordon off a large area of ocean, certainly >100 sq mi, likely at least 10 times that. Ideally that area would straddle the continental shelf too, I would guess.
Do you have any conception of just how astoundingly large the ocean is? An area 10 miles to a side would be a pretty pitiful "large area". There are cities that are bigger than 100^2 miles! You could section off an area 1 million^2 miles and not have an appreciable effect on commerce or travel, but would provide for liebensraum for the fishies.
'Course, as someone else pointed out, this has already been done.
The singularity will equalize both Third World and First World to something far better.
Do you realize how messianic you sound? All our troubles will be solved by the singularity! Be at peace children, the singularity is coming! Step into the light!
Please. At least when the priest exhorts me to believe on Sundays he's willing to give out free wine while doing so.
If they want to make a difference, how about investing money into good civics lessons in the countries wracked by violence. Teach them peaceful resolution of differences, undermine their tribal identities to create a unified national identity and teach them the value of working together in a way respectful of basic civil rights.
Oddly enough, that was one of the original ideas behind the UN. Until it became wracked with sectarian conflict between different tribes, er, nations.
As for helping poor countries establish stable democracies, the Cato Institute had a study several years ago positing that property rights, more than any other single variable, were the key to long term stability and prosperity. Interesting reading, if you can find it.
If transhumanism/singularity research could get the kind of funding malaria gets from these philanthropists, the world would be a far better place.
Yes, because an obscure technobabble based religion is far more important than helping prevent a disease that has been wiped out in the First World, but is still more devastating than almost any other disease in the Third World.
He was also my boss, once upon a time. Well, my boss's boss's boss, but still. For what it's worth, the few times I was in a meeting with him, he impressed me with his ability to make a decision quickly and make things happen. I didn't always agree with his reasoning, but at least when he wanted something done, it got done.
How would one fit the free Linux options into this equation, I wonder?
Easy, you wouldn't. Enterprise class installations don't generally use Debian, Gentoo, or some other free version of Linux. Almost all of them use either SuSE or RedHat, if only to get the support that comes with those distros. When you have to install hundreds of servers, it definitely helps you sleep at night knowing that there's someone just a phone call away who can fix things that get broken.
I use Fedora at home, but I'd never recommend a mission critical server use that. It's so much safer going with something with a support contract.
I don't think that law has as many teeth as you seem to think.
According to 49(5)(a), the max punishment for not disclosing your key is two years. Compare that to whatever the max punishment is for having kiddie porn on your PC, or plotting to assassinate the PM/Queen/visiting dignitary or whatever. Two years is likely going to be far less, and you'll end up with a much cleaner slate afterwards. Having to tell people "I was put in jail for standing up for privacy rights" sounds a lot better than "convicted sex offender/terrorist".
Think about it, these companies are trying to advertise their services, right? So when someone with the muscle and clout of the FTC comes along (how many Ad Council ads have you seen this week? probably more than you might realize) and starts advertising that certain companies are breaking Grandma's computer, what's the chance of said companies selling anymore products?
I've personally never bought or been influenced by an add on a TV or radio.
Who's your auto/home/life insurer? How did you choose that company?
What kind of car/truck/motorcycle do you drive (if any)? What makes you think that car/whatever is better than another (better enough to buy, at least)?
What's your favorite breakfast cereal?
What kind of shoes are you wearing?
What's your favorite soft drink?
Do you own an iPod?
Chances are, if any of the above apply to you, you've been influenced by advertising, either on the radio or TV or somewhere else.
It's dangerous because it plays into the administration game of buildling up a mania about the Muslim world
I think the Muslims are doing a pretty good job of that all by themselves.
a mania they need to "justify" an upcoming attack on Iran.
Considering that Denmark is about to become the chair of the Security Council, I think you should be more worried of their public's reaction to Muslims torching their embassies than anything else. As I pointed out humorously elsewhere, the Danes (and Norweigans, and Swedes) are the descendants of the Vikings, some of the most blood thirsty raiders in history (and paradoxically(?), some of the most libertarian minded, too). I don't think the Arabs (it seems to be mostly Arabic Muslims doing most of the violence, though Afghani, Pashtun, Turkomen, Turkish, and some Persian ones are kicking up quite a bit of dust, too) have taken that history into account. They're playing with fire, and are going to get burned.
I agree completely. In fact, I would take it one step further and say that Muslims (especially, but not only, the ones who are protesting so much) are hypocrites. They claim to ban idolatry, and yet ask any Muslim what he or she thinks of the Koran. Muslims view the Koran as, literally, the word of God. They place so much reverance on the book, even more so than the sects of Christianity to which you referred do to the Bible, that they essentially worship it. If that isn't idolatry, I don't know what is.
it's not because they are savages, it's because thir society is different and less developed.
"Different" is fine, but "less developed" certainly sounds like a synonym for "savage" to me. After all, a savage is one without culture or civilization. If you're less developed, then you're not civiliized, so you must be a savage.
Q: How do you know you're an ignorant shit? A: When you can't tell the difference between extremists and true followers of a religion.
So, pray tell, who are the true followers of Islam? Cause if you read the Koran (I have, several times) it looks like the people killing other people just for disagreeing with them are the true followers. I'm not going to waste time with quotes from the Koran, there are plenty. Suffice to say, these people are doing exactly what their god and prophet told them to do.
Can you imagine the uproar if the roles were reversed and it was a caricature of Christ depicted in the newspapers?
This kind of thing happens once in awhile. Leaving aside the notorious Piss Christ, there are usually cartoons about Jesus every Christmas and Easter. Just go check out The Onion's archive for "Easter fun for kids". But while people might protest it as tasteless, no one's tried to blow up the offices of that fine publication.
Face it, the Middle East is full of savages who do not operate as civilized people in the West or East do. The more they protest and kill, the more scared of them I am. And the more scared of them I get, the more I support killing every single one of them, just to make my family and me stay safe. What I hope and pray those people realize is that I'm not the only American/Westerner who feels this way and that we have the ability to make that happen, they do not! So the sooner they start acting like civilized people (note: not Christian, just civilized), the better their chances of continuing as a culture and people.
I'm not in favor of genocide just for the sake of it, but if their culture teaches it's ok to kill people who disagree with you, that makes their culture too dangerous to keep around. If it comes down to us or them, I'll vote for "us", thank you for very much.
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And don't forget, a former vice-president of the US recently gave a speech in the land that produced most of the 9/11 terrorists, while people were killing each other over cartoons or perceived wrongs from 1500 years ago, all in the name of their god, in which he decried "imperialist" America. The guy practically told his Saudi audience we deserved 9/11 and whatever else they could throw at us, and the major news networks barely mention it. The same people who are (rightly) expressing outrage over Arabs running American ports won't condemn someone who told a group of Arabs "come and kill us, please!"
The world is truly insane.
and what would jobs have marketed without woz?
Given that Jobs created NeXT, and Pixar, and the iPod, I'm sure he would've come up with something else without Woz around. Smart engineers are a dime a dozen; brilliant entrepreneurs, on the other hand, are astoundingly rare.
Cordon off a large area of ocean, certainly >100 sq mi, likely at least 10 times that. Ideally that area would straddle the continental shelf too, I would guess.
Do you have any conception of just how astoundingly large the ocean is? An area 10 miles to a side would be a pretty pitiful "large area". There are cities that are bigger than 100^2 miles! You could section off an area 1 million^2 miles and not have an appreciable effect on commerce or travel, but would provide for liebensraum for the fishies.
'Course, as someone else pointed out, this has already been done.
Or from the UAE...
As long as a secret committee of 14 government bureaucrats approves it without White House or Congressional oversight, I'm cool with it.
The singularity will equalize both Third World and First World to something far better.
Do you realize how messianic you sound? All our troubles will be solved by the singularity! Be at peace children, the singularity is coming! Step into the light!
Please. At least when the priest exhorts me to believe on Sundays he's willing to give out free wine while doing so.
If they want to make a difference, how about investing money into good civics lessons in the countries wracked by violence. Teach them peaceful resolution of differences, undermine their tribal identities to create a unified national identity and teach them the value of working together in a way respectful of basic civil rights.
Oddly enough, that was one of the original ideas behind the UN. Until it became wracked with sectarian conflict between different tribes, er, nations.
As for helping poor countries establish stable democracies, the Cato Institute had a study several years ago positing that property rights, more than any other single variable, were the key to long term stability and prosperity. Interesting reading, if you can find it.
If transhumanism/singularity research could get the kind of funding malaria gets from these philanthropists, the world would be a far better place.
Yes, because an obscure technobabble based religion is far more important than helping prevent a disease that has been wiped out in the First World, but is still more devastating than almost any other disease in the Third World.
He was also my boss, once upon a time. Well, my boss's boss's boss, but still. For what it's worth, the few times I was in a meeting with him, he impressed me with his ability to make a decision quickly and make things happen. I didn't always agree with his reasoning, but at least when he wanted something done, it got done.
Oh, I got the feeling the cops in GTA just don't care as long as you don't actually *hit* them of steal a car right before their nose ;)
Yep, sounds like cops in the real world, alright!
How would one fit the free Linux options into this equation, I wonder?
Easy, you wouldn't. Enterprise class installations don't generally use Debian, Gentoo, or some other free version of Linux. Almost all of them use either SuSE or RedHat, if only to get the support that comes with those distros. When you have to install hundreds of servers, it definitely helps you sleep at night knowing that there's someone just a phone call away who can fix things that get broken.
I use Fedora at home, but I'd never recommend a mission critical server use that. It's so much safer going with something with a support contract.
Centripical forces, I knew they had a better function than seperating Uranium 235 and Uranium 238!
Seperating blood cells and plasma?
Separating men from boys on the Tilt-O-Wheel?
GTA should include prostitutes hitting the player violently with their handbags, or kicking the player in the nuts.
Or pulling a nine out of their purse and capping the player. What, you think prostitutes walk around without protection of their own? Are you naive?
I don't think that law has as many teeth as you seem to think.
According to 49(5)(a), the max punishment for not disclosing your key is two years. Compare that to whatever the max punishment is for having kiddie porn on your PC, or plotting to assassinate the PM/Queen/visiting dignitary or whatever. Two years is likely going to be far less, and you'll end up with a much cleaner slate afterwards. Having to tell people "I was put in jail for standing up for privacy rights" sounds a lot better than "convicted sex offender/terrorist".
If someone gets a hold of your whole computer, they can read files. If someone hacks your system, they can read your files.
Not if you're prompted for a passphrase during boot. Of course, this would require you to shutdown the computer when not in use, but how hard is that?
Gaming is typically comprised of a secret group of PuppetMasters who author, manipulate, and otherwise control the storyline
And this is different from real reality how?
Think about it, these companies are trying to advertise their services, right? So when someone with the muscle and clout of the FTC comes along (how many Ad Council ads have you seen this week? probably more than you might realize) and starts advertising that certain companies are breaking Grandma's computer, what's the chance of said companies selling anymore products?
Brilliant! Brilliant! <clink>
I've personally never bought or been influenced by an add on a TV or radio.
Who's your auto/home/life insurer? How did you choose that company?
What kind of car/truck/motorcycle do you drive (if any)? What makes you think that car/whatever is better than another (better enough to buy, at least)?
What's your favorite breakfast cereal?
What kind of shoes are you wearing?
What's your favorite soft drink?
Do you own an iPod?
Chances are, if any of the above apply to you, you've been influenced by advertising, either on the radio or TV or somewhere else.
It's dangerous because it plays into the administration game of buildling up a mania about the Muslim world
I think the Muslims are doing a pretty good job of that all by themselves.
a mania they need to "justify" an upcoming attack on Iran.
Considering that Denmark is about to become the chair of the Security Council, I think you should be more worried of their public's reaction to Muslims torching their embassies than anything else. As I pointed out humorously elsewhere, the Danes (and Norweigans, and Swedes) are the descendants of the Vikings, some of the most blood thirsty raiders in history (and paradoxically(?), some of the most libertarian minded, too). I don't think the Arabs (it seems to be mostly Arabic Muslims doing most of the violence, though Afghani, Pashtun, Turkomen, Turkish, and some Persian ones are kicking up quite a bit of dust, too) have taken that history into account. They're playing with fire, and are going to get burned.
I agree completely. In fact, I would take it one step further and say that Muslims (especially, but not only, the ones who are protesting so much) are hypocrites. They claim to ban idolatry, and yet ask any Muslim what he or she thinks of the Koran. Muslims view the Koran as, literally, the word of God. They place so much reverance on the book, even more so than the sects of Christianity to which you referred do to the Bible, that they essentially worship it. If that isn't idolatry, I don't know what is.
If you understood the concept of hyperbole, you wouldn't consider any of it dangerous.
I keep forgetting no one on Slashdot understands the concept of hyperbole.
it's not because they are savages, it's because thir society is different and less developed.
"Different" is fine, but "less developed" certainly sounds like a synonym for "savage" to me. After all, a savage is one without culture or civilization. If you're less developed, then you're not civiliized, so you must be a savage.
Stupid sods. I'm Danish, you want a pice of me? Bring it on. We Danes are not afraid of anyone.
I wonder if the imams realize they're picking a fight with the freakin' Vikings, for cryin' out loud?
Q: How do you know you're an ignorant shit?
A: When you can't tell the difference between extremists and true followers of a religion.
So, pray tell, who are the true followers of Islam? Cause if you read the Koran (I have, several times) it looks like the people killing other people just for disagreeing with them are the true followers. I'm not going to waste time with quotes from the Koran, there are plenty. Suffice to say, these people are doing exactly what their god and prophet told them to do.
Can you imagine the uproar if the roles were reversed and it was a caricature of Christ depicted in the newspapers?
This kind of thing happens once in awhile. Leaving aside the notorious Piss Christ, there are usually cartoons about Jesus every Christmas and Easter. Just go check out The Onion's archive for "Easter fun for kids". But while people might protest it as tasteless, no one's tried to blow up the offices of that fine publication.
Face it, the Middle East is full of savages who do not operate as civilized people in the West or East do. The more they protest and kill, the more scared of them I am. And the more scared of them I get, the more I support killing every single one of them, just to make my family and me stay safe. What I hope and pray those people realize is that I'm not the only American/Westerner who feels this way and that we have the ability to make that happen, they do not! So the sooner they start acting like civilized people (note: not Christian, just civilized), the better their chances of continuing as a culture and people.
I'm not in favor of genocide just for the sake of it, but if their culture teaches it's ok to kill people who disagree with you, that makes their culture too dangerous to keep around. If it comes down to us or them, I'll vote for "us", thank you for very much.