The internet's global, no one seens the difference between a site hosted in Ca, US and one in London, Uk for example. Just move the site offshore, and no US legislation can touch you. ( Havenco, anyone?)
That's why governments are afraid of the net, because it transcends their power. No longer is individuals at the mercy of government.
And if they make all ISPs block sites? (ignoring how costly this would be). Cryptography comes to the rescue, use freenet or ssh tunnels into offshore computers. Once something's on the net, it'll always be there.
Ok, but would you classify yourself as a typical woman? The thing is, the grandparent to this never say it applies to all females, just most. Generalising saying all X are like Y is seldom right, but i think there might be a grain of truth in it.
As for Genes vs. Enviroment i think most researchers are hovering around 50%/50% each (again, on the average).
Still, i don't think society can account for everything that is today defined as typical female traits. I think that if you put a large no of newborn babies on an island, left and came back 20 years later that you'd find that, on average, women were less agressive and men were more. It's a pattern that repeats over all the world, even in separate cultures that have no connection. It's just too much to be a coincidence. But then again, i could be completly wrong. Happens all the time.:)
Tell me what you think.. it's an interesting discussion.
Sweden's the most wired country in the world, surpassing even the US. (According to some IDC study i can't find right now) The people are friendly, and everybody speaks english.
Swedes are very good at adopting new technology, and because the country only has ~9e6 citizens new tech can (and is) quickly adopted. Think of it as a lab where tech is "tested" before it spreads around the world.
Also, it's not a bad place to live. You don't have to be afraid to go out at night, it's roomy, lots of space and few people. As for cities in sweden, i'd go with the capital - Stockholm. Probably has the largest concentration of IT companies outside SV.
But then again.. this post isn't very much different from all others. Close your eyes and pick a country.:) As long as you're open to new experiences and keep a friendly face it doesn't really matter where you are. There are IT jobs all around the world, not just in Silicon Valley.
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The company is called axis - and their site is, surprisingly enough at: axis.com. Here is the link to the cameras w/ a builtin webserver.
You need to read up on your history. Rob Pike is up there with Kernighan and Richtie as one of the original creators of UNIX. Together with Kernighan he's been writing classical "musthave" books like The Practice of Programming and the Unix Programming Environment. Rob definately knows what he's talking about.
You know what's funny? A lot of people in Europe use "capitalism" the same way you use "socialism". The opinion of the majority is that capitalism is the great evil, and socialism is the way for true freedom and democracy. You got the opposite in the US. Go figure.
Me - i've lived on both sides of the pond - and things are pretty much the same everywhere. Capitalism isn't more evil than socialism. Or the other way around..
There is nothing in socialism that states for it to be socialism, you have to have an oppresive government. Likewise, there's nothing in capitalism that says it needs to be implemented with democracy.
There are a couple of gotchas you need to watch out for when discussing politics. Practice vs. Theory - Some systems sound great in theory, but doen't work in practice. Speech vs. Reality - The difference between what the politicians say, and what they acctually do Policial vs. Economic - This is something people often confuse. There's a big difference between enconomic models (like capitalism) and political (like faschism).
You can implement socialism under a democratic government, and have a pretty decent country - or you can implement it under a oppresive government and the people will be oppressed. That has nothing to do with socialism itself though. You could do the same thing with capitalism.
And as for Sweden not being fully socialistic, that's right. It's very rare that any country follows a docrin to the letter. The theories tend to be fairly extreme and unsuitable for a implementation without softening them. The US for example, isn't 100% capitalistic (though, it comes pretty close - but you also see a lot of the bad effects of capitalism in the US).
Let's try to define the basics of socialism in a short sentence: Socialism is a form of government where everybody puts a part of their wealth into a big pile, which then people (according to need) take stuff from. Likewise for capitalism: Capitalism is a form of government where everybody works for themselves. Wealth is not distributed artificially.
Socialism tend to produce a flat society (almost no super rich, few rich, a large middle class, almost no poor). Capitalism on the other hand makes a more heirarcical society, where the rich are really rich, there's a decent sized middle class and quite a few really poor people.
I'm not sure what this has to do with RMS interview though *grin*:)
This is typical american superstition, not any better than the witch trials of history.
While socialism does have it's fair share of problems, the poster obviously never lived in a socialistic society and is basing her opinion on "common knowledge". It's the attitude of someone who doesn't know what the issue is, and isn't really interested in finding out.
There is always a large gap between political theory and practice, which you can see in any country. What was implemented in Russia during most of the 20th century is usually named Stalinism - a bit part of that political ideology is that the government knows everything the best and that the citizens shoud do what the government tells it to do (since the government knows it all). That is a far cry from the theory of socialism.
The basic morality as expressed in Christianity is really not unique, and forms of it has long predated the religion. It can be argued that such a contract (thou shalt not kill each other) is neccisary to establish a society in the first place.
Here's an advice: Broaden you mind, think outside the box that your culture has framed you in. Travel around the world, meet other cultures, be open! You'll find out that the way of your hometown may not have been the best, and that there are thousands of other ways of managing your life.
Fundamentalism is ugly in any religion, but christian fundamentalists are often the worst.
The trick with this new lyrics server is that it's in Russia, where U.S. law (and copyright law in general) seems to mean little or nothing.
How stupid can you get? Of course US laws means nothing outside the borders of USA. Only an american would be surprised to learn that. Sheez. There is a world outside the US.
The nice thing about this is that Alice and Bob always knows that someone is interfering with their communications, but they *don't* loose any secrets even if Mallory keep cutting the fiberoptics. It's an annoyance, but not a real problem. Letting Eve read your data is usually FAR worse than disrupting communications.
Besides, if Eve and Mallory are so much more powerful than Alice and Bob they've lost the game even before it started. The secret police can always install a Tempest device, break into your house and put video cameras and sound pickups all over your house. Likewise, if they control all the means of communication between me and Alice, the best i can hope for is that they won't be able to read my messages. It's always up to them if we can communicate or not.
Funny - i just wrote an essay on that topic. It's in swedish though;)
Anyway - some of the sources I used: Some good sources: The Codebreakers, David Kahn. *The* source of cryptographic stories and research up until the 60's. A must have. Applied Cryptography, Bruce Schneier. A lot of practical advice, but also more political views.
Encyclopedia of Cryptology, David Newton - Reference work with clear explanations for the most in current and older cryptography.
The Codebook - Simon Singh. A lot easier than the above material.
and finally some links: http://www.hack.gr/users/dij/crypto/ http://www.rsa.com http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/algorithms.html
The open source community is pure communism, and one of the few examples of a real world community acctually working. "From each one according to ability, to each one according to need". Since supply is infinite, this works in the software world. (if i download a copy of something, i don't take anything away from you). The cost of production is low, the supply is infinite and the cost of market entry is low.
Most americans are raised to think that communism is evil, and that it is in no way compatible with "freedom". I once heard someone say "Linux is CAPITALISTIC because you have the FREEDOM to do anything you want". And since when does capitalism (the desire to create profit) have anything to do with freedom (the ability to do what you want) ?
People confuse economic ideologies and political. For example.. Communism and capitalism are economic ideologies, democracy and fascism are political. There's a world of difference, and although democratic (or republic) forms of government are usually implemented with some form of capitalism, there's nothing preventing a country from having a democratic government implementing communist economic policies.
You need to see the difference between the economy and politics. Just because you use linux doesn't mean you want a socialist government:)
I'm not sure exactly what this has to do with Linux and K12 education though:)
Well - you're not even the technology leaders any more. (http://www.idc.com/Data/Global/content/GB021400PR .htm)
As for why you're still using the imperial system? Heh - that's anyone's guess. There isn't a single thing about the imperial system that's better. Probably pretty much the same reason why you're not using GSM - you think you're all high and mighty and can do what you want without anyone being able to do anything about it.
hmm.. that usually works too.. for a while. brittain tried it, china did it, france did it.. a lot of nations have put themseleves as world leaders, but no one lasts for ever.
Loki rocks tho.:)
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This was the most insightful comment i've seen in a long while.
Limiting domain names to one per legal entitity would solve most of todays problems. No more cybersquatting. More available domain names. It would enforce use of dns as it was intended. It wouldnt be product.com anymore, but product.company.com.
If course, the problem is what to do with all current domain names - i would think a radical "you get to keep one" stategy would work best in the long run. Granted, it won't do much for trademark problems.. but still.
This is a great idea! Please, moderate that AC up.
What we should do, is to create a fund that people with too much money on their hand can donate to. OSS Developers needing resources could then apply for a grant. You would have something like an advisory board deciding who gets what, and how much.
The more i think of this, the better it sounds. Companies making money off OSS Software would have a way of giving back to the community without having to worry about who the money should be sent to.
Developers doing especially interesting things could get money from the fund to work on their project or hardware needed to write drivers could be bought.
A lot of projects needs money, and there are lots of companies and people that could give it. This would be a way for them to meet.
i doubt he did it to make another buck or two, it sounded a lot more like he was trying to point out where you could find more info where the complete explanation was too long to write in this interview.
> Now, I need a few recommendations. Can anyone > recommend a good GUI to cvs? Or should I learn > the command line interface (it seems > tedious, but I'm used to SourceSafe)?
Slashdot Mirror
The internet's global, no one seens the difference between a site hosted in Ca, US and one in London, Uk for example. Just move the site offshore, and no US legislation can touch you. ( Havenco, anyone?)
That's why governments are afraid of the net, because it transcends their power. No longer is individuals at the mercy of government.
And if they make all ISPs block sites? (ignoring how costly this would be). Cryptography comes to the rescue, use freenet or ssh tunnels into offshore computers. Once something's on the net, it'll always be there.
Ok, but would you classify yourself as a typical woman? The thing is, the grandparent to this never say it applies to all females, just most. Generalising saying all X are like Y is seldom right, but i think there might be a grain of truth in it.
:)
As for Genes vs. Enviroment i think most researchers are hovering around 50%/50% each (again, on the average).
Still, i don't think society can account for everything that is today defined as typical female traits. I think that if you put a large no of newborn babies on an island, left and came back 20 years later that you'd find that, on average, women were less agressive and men were more. It's a pattern that repeats over all the world, even in separate cultures that have no connection. It's just too much to be a coincidence. But then again, i could be completly wrong. Happens all the time.
Tell me what you think.. it's an interesting discussion.
-henrik
Sweden's the most wired country in the world, surpassing even the US. (According to some IDC study i can't find right now) The people are friendly, and everybody speaks english.
:)
Swedes are very good at adopting new technology, and because the country only has ~9e6 citizens new tech can (and is) quickly adopted. Think of it as a lab where tech is "tested" before it spreads around the world.
Also, it's not a bad place to live. You don't have to be afraid to go out at night, it's roomy, lots of space and few people. As for cities in sweden, i'd go with the capital - Stockholm. Probably has the largest concentration of IT companies outside SV.
But then again.. this post isn't very much different from all others. Close your eyes and pick a country.
As long as you're open to new experiences and keep a friendly face it doesn't really matter where you are. There are IT jobs all around the world, not just in Silicon Valley.
Here is the link to the cameras w/ a builtin webserver.
They seem to have a lot of nifty stuff there.
No, i'm not in any way associated with them.
Some unrecognized researcher?
You need to read up on your history. Rob Pike is up there with Kernighan and Richtie as one of the original creators of UNIX. Together with Kernighan he's been writing classical "musthave" books like The Practice of Programming and the Unix Programming Environment. Rob definately knows what he's talking about.
-henrik
You know what's funny?
A lot of people in Europe use "capitalism" the same way you use "socialism". The opinion of the majority is that capitalism is the great evil, and socialism is the way for true freedom and democracy. You got the opposite in the US. Go figure.
Me - i've lived on both sides of the pond - and things are pretty much the same everywhere. Capitalism isn't more evil than socialism. Or the other way around..
-henrik
And things like that never, ever happen in the US i suppose?
Just think of GSM (worldwide, 'xpt the US), tte Metric system (same there), PAL vs. NSTC (dunno how big PAL is accutally - could be wrong here)
-henrik
There are a couple of gotchas you need to watch out for when discussing politics.
Practice vs. Theory - Some systems sound great in theory, but doen't work in practice.
Speech vs. Reality - The difference between what the politicians say, and what they acctually do
Policial vs. Economic - This is something people often confuse. There's a big difference between enconomic models (like capitalism) and political (like faschism).
You can implement socialism under a democratic government, and have a pretty decent country - or you can implement it under a oppresive government and the people will be oppressed. That has nothing to do with socialism itself though. You could do the same thing with capitalism.
And as for Sweden not being fully socialistic, that's right. It's very rare that any country follows a docrin to the letter. The theories tend to be fairly extreme and unsuitable for a implementation without softening them. The US for example, isn't 100% capitalistic (though, it comes pretty close - but you also see a lot of the bad effects of capitalism in the US).
Let's try to define the basics of socialism in a short sentence: Socialism is a form of government where everybody puts a part of their wealth into a big pile, which then people (according to need) take stuff from.
Likewise for capitalism: Capitalism is a form of government where everybody works for themselves. Wealth is not distributed artificially.
Socialism tend to produce a flat society (almost no super rich, few rich, a large middle class, almost no poor). Capitalism on the other hand makes a more heirarcical society, where the rich are really rich, there's a decent sized middle class and quite a few really poor people.
I'm not sure what this has to do with RMS interview though *grin* :)
-henrik
While socialism does have it's fair share of problems, the poster obviously never lived in a socialistic society and is basing her opinion on "common knowledge". It's the attitude of someone who doesn't know what the issue is, and isn't really interested in finding out.
There is always a large gap between political theory and practice, which you can see in any country. What was implemented in Russia during most of the 20th century is usually named Stalinism - a bit part of that political ideology is that the government knows everything the best and that the citizens shoud do what the government tells it to do (since the government knows it all). That is a far cry from the theory of socialism.
The basic morality as expressed in Christianity is really not unique, and forms of it has long predated the religion. It can be argued that such a contract (thou shalt not kill each other) is neccisary to establish a society in the first place.
Here's an advice: Broaden you mind, think outside the box that your culture has framed you in. Travel around the world, meet other cultures, be open! You'll find out that the way of your hometown may not have been the best, and that there are thousands of other ways of managing your life.
Fundamentalism is ugly in any religion, but christian fundamentalists are often the worst.
-henrik
-henrik
The nice thing about this is that Alice and Bob always knows that someone is interfering with their communications, but they *don't* loose any secrets even if Mallory keep cutting the fiberoptics.
It's an annoyance, but not a real problem. Letting Eve read your data is usually FAR worse than disrupting communications.
Besides, if Eve and Mallory are so much more powerful than Alice and Bob they've lost the game even before it started. The secret police can always install a Tempest device, break into your house and put video cameras and sound pickups all over your house. Likewise, if they control all the means of communication between me and Alice, the best i can hope for is that they won't be able to read my messages. It's always up to them if we can communicate or not.
-henrik
Anyone got a mirror?
-henrik
by Declan McCullagh
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Is it me stuck in a wierd timevortex, or is this article over a year old?
-henrik
This is the kind of processors everybody wants to have, but no one wants to pay for.
-henrik
Oh.. i forgot one thing.
For a good story on the importance of cryptograpgy, look into the history behind the Zimmermann telegram.
-henrik
Funny - i just wrote an essay on that topic. It's in swedish though ;)
Anyway - some of the sources I used:
Some good sources:
The Codebreakers, David Kahn. *The* source of cryptographic stories and research up until the 60's. A must have.
Applied Cryptography, Bruce Schneier. A lot of practical advice, but also more political views.
Encyclopedia of Cryptology, David Newton - Reference work with clear explanations for the most in current and older cryptography.
The Codebook - Simon Singh. A lot easier than the above material.
and finally some links:
http://www.hack.gr/users/dij/crypto/
http://www.rsa.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/algorithms.html
The open source community is pure communism, and one of the few examples of a real world community acctually working. "From each one according to ability, to each one according to need". Since supply is infinite, this works in the software world. (if i download a copy of something, i don't take anything away from you). The cost of production is low, the supply is infinite and the cost of market entry is low.
:)
:)
Most americans are raised to think that communism is evil, and that it is in no way compatible with "freedom". I once heard someone say "Linux is CAPITALISTIC because you have the FREEDOM to do anything you want". And since when does capitalism (the desire to create profit) have anything to do with freedom (the ability to do what you want) ?
People confuse economic ideologies and political. For example.. Communism and capitalism are economic ideologies, democracy and fascism are political. There's a world of difference, and although democratic (or republic) forms of government are usually implemented with some form of capitalism, there's nothing preventing a country from having a democratic government implementing communist economic policies.
You need to see the difference between the economy and politics. Just because you use linux doesn't mean you want a socialist government
I'm not sure exactly what this has to do with Linux and K12 education though
Well - you're not even the technology leaders any more. (http://www.idc.com/Data/Global/content/GB021400PR .htm)
:)
As for why you're still using the imperial system? Heh - that's anyone's guess. There isn't a single thing about the imperial system that's better. Probably pretty much the same reason why you're not using GSM - you think you're all high and mighty and can do what you want without anyone being able to do anything about it.
hmm.. that usually works too.. for a while. brittain tried it, china did it, france did it.. a lot of nations have put themseleves as world leaders, but no one lasts for ever.
Loki rocks tho.
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This was the most insightful comment i've seen in a long while.
Limiting domain names to one per legal entitity would solve most of todays problems. No more cybersquatting. More available domain names. It would enforce use of dns as it was intended. It wouldnt be product.com anymore, but product.company.com.
If course, the problem is what to do with all current domain names - i would think a radical "you get to keep one" stategy would work best in the long run. Granted, it won't do much for trademark problems.. but still.
This is a great idea! Please, moderate that AC up.
What we should do, is to create a fund that people with too much money on their hand can donate to. OSS Developers needing resources could then apply for a grant. You would have something like an advisory board deciding who gets what, and how much.
The more i think of this, the better it sounds. Companies making money off OSS Software would have a way of giving back to the community without having to worry about who the money should be sent to.
Developers doing especially interesting things could get money from the fund to work on their project or hardware needed to write drivers could be bought.
A lot of projects needs money, and there are lots of companies and people that could give it. This would be a way for them to meet.
What do you think?
i doubt he did it to make another buck or two, it sounded a lot more like he was trying to point out where you could find more info where the complete explanation was too long to write in this interview.
It's the dreaded Slashdot Effect(tm). Coming soon to a webserver near you. Watch out!
/henrik
> Now, I need a few recommendations. Can anyone
> recommend a good GUI to cvs? Or should I learn
> the command line interface (it seems
> tedious, but I'm used to SourceSafe)?
Argh. What has the world come to?