I used to be a BT Openworld subscriber here in the UK. They also had a "transparent proxy" running. I freely sent all my data in cleartext until one day their connection to the US went down, and every time I tried to access any sites in the US, it spat back a proxy error at me. So I setup my own squid server in Ireland and routed all my traffic securely through there.
I phoned up the support line and got some slimy "technician" who claimed nothing was wrong. I told him his proxy server was spitting back errors at me, to which he replied he didn't think they had any proxy servers and were my proxy settings ok.
So he put me onto his "manager" who told me I wasn't supposed to know about the proxy and he'd look into it. That was the last I heard of it, 10 minutes later they'd fixed it.
There are two points I'd like to bring forward here.
Firstly: Globalism. You defined globalism as either the spread of good or the spread of bad, or at least that is how I interpreted it. I believe that globalism is neither, that rather it is the spread of a single culture across the planet. Not necessarily the so called "Western" culture, for I think westerners have a great deal to learn from those in the East. Globalism is, I believe, better defined as "the access to and influence of particular groups of people (posses if I may) on other groups of people, creating a new group of "globalist" people. I.e., those who have been influenced by other cultures and have modified their way of living to reflect, in particular, the good things they see in other cultures."
The second point I'd like to bring forward is the use of the word "We".
The author of the article here on Slashdot appears to be what I'd call a typical American. As a British resident, Irish citizen and Swedish national, I feel I have the right to comment on this. I have been many places and seen many things, including but not limited to Western Europe, the United States, northern Africa and the Middle East. I know that the "We" you speak of is not defined by where you live or where you were born, but rather by what you believe and which culture you "belong to". I don't believe the Taliban are fighting America or technology or "The West" in particular, I think they're fighting against the idealised way of Western "civilisation." There are many people here in Britain, in America and other western countries who are open minded towards those in the Middle East who may have different religious and cultural beliefs than most westerners, contrary to popular belief. It is the closed minded, "America is the best thing since sliced bread" type of people who not only the Taliban but people like me despise.
Anyway, nuff said. I'll start flaming soon if I'm not careful... People may hate me for this, but my first responce to the attacks on the World Trade Centre on Sep 11 was: Good for the Taliban, it's about time the Americans wake up and realise they're not the only people on the planet. And yes I am very sorry that so many people had to lose their lives because of it, and my condolences to those who suffered the consequences.
I telecommute between my home office - here in South West England, and the ISP I work for in the West of Ireland. I have no troubles with timezones, because we're both in the same timezone (which doesn't really matter anyway as I live on a timezone in the 6th dimension...)
I saw some posts concerning management, and this is where I'd like to contribute my tuppence. I work very closely with my immediate supervisor, even though I've never actually met the guy. (Apparently, he's an ex-RAF technician covered in tatoos.) We communicate mainly via e-mail, but once a week on a Monday morning I have a "meeting" with my colleages and supervisor. This "meeting" (I use quotes because we don't _actually_ meet) is conducted via IRC (yes, it's actually true, IRC _can_ be used for things other than wasting large amounts of time!)
I'm not really sure what the point of this post was anymore...
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I used to be a BT Openworld subscriber here in the UK. They also had a "transparent proxy" running. I freely sent all my data in cleartext until one day their connection to the US went down, and every time I tried to access any sites in the US, it spat back a proxy error at me. So I setup my own squid server in Ireland and routed all my traffic securely through there.
I phoned up the support line and got some slimy "technician" who claimed nothing was wrong. I told him his proxy server was spitting back errors at me, to which he replied he didn't think they had any proxy servers and were my proxy settings ok.
So he put me onto his "manager" who told me I wasn't supposed to know about the proxy and he'd look into it. That was the last I heard of it, 10 minutes later they'd fixed it.
There are two points I'd like to bring forward here.
Firstly: Globalism. You defined globalism as either the spread of good or the spread of bad, or at least that is how I interpreted it. I believe that globalism is neither, that rather it is the spread of a single culture across the planet. Not necessarily the so called "Western" culture, for I think westerners have a great deal to learn from those in the East. Globalism is, I believe, better defined as "the access to and influence of particular groups of people (posses if I may) on other groups of people, creating a new group of "globalist" people. I.e., those who have been influenced by other cultures and have modified their way of living to reflect, in particular, the good things they see in other cultures."
The second point I'd like to bring forward is the use of the word "We".
The author of the article here on Slashdot appears to be what I'd call a typical American. As a British resident, Irish citizen and Swedish national, I feel I have the right to comment on this. I have been many places and seen many things, including but not limited to Western Europe, the United States, northern Africa and the Middle East. I know that the "We" you speak of is not defined by where you live or where you were born, but rather by what you believe and which culture you "belong to". I don't believe the Taliban are fighting America or technology or "The West" in particular, I think they're fighting against the idealised way of Western "civilisation." There are many people here in Britain, in America and other western countries who are open minded towards those in the Middle East who may have different religious and cultural beliefs than most westerners, contrary to popular belief. It is the closed minded, "America is the best thing since sliced bread" type of people who not only the Taliban but people like me despise.
Anyway, nuff said. I'll start flaming soon if I'm not careful... People may hate me for this, but my first responce to the attacks on the World Trade Centre on Sep 11 was: Good for the Taliban, it's about time the Americans wake up and realise they're not the only people on the planet. And yes I am very sorry that so many people had to lose their lives because of it, and my condolences to those who suffered the consequences.
I telecommute between my home office - here in South West England, and the ISP I work for in the West of Ireland. I have no troubles with timezones, because we're both in the same timezone (which doesn't really matter anyway as I live on a timezone in the 6th dimension...)
I saw some posts concerning management, and this is where I'd like to contribute my tuppence. I work very closely with my immediate supervisor, even though I've never actually met the guy. (Apparently, he's an ex-RAF technician covered in tatoos.) We communicate mainly via e-mail, but once a week on a Monday morning I have a "meeting" with my colleages and supervisor. This "meeting" (I use quotes because we don't _actually_ meet) is conducted via IRC (yes, it's actually true, IRC _can_ be used for things other than wasting large amounts of time!)
I'm not really sure what the point of this post was anymore...
-chris