well, i figure there's life out there - the question for me would be, is it intelligent? it is highly likely that there is bacteria and algae and other wee flora and fauna out there. what i wonder is whether or not the miracle of our brains' evolution is as common as the actual biological definition of life.
honestly, i'd like to believe there's other intelligences out there. i'd be pretty damn disappointed if we were as good as it got.
the point of the betrayal gauge would be: if they WOULD feel betrayed if they found out, it's cheating;)
i like the idea that if you wouldn't do it in front of your partner it's cheating, but i DO know of some people who are prudish enough to be ashamed that they masturbate while in a relationship...and to me and many others, that is not cheating. therefore, neither the admission nor the 'in front of' rule would apply to those particular relationships. in the case of the prudish people i know, i doubt that the shame they feel would translate to a feeling of betrayal on the part of their lovers, so i think the betrayal gauge is a better one in those cases.
in the end though, i do agree that it is highly individual...some people feel betrayed even by a hug.
"But the judges also warned that Napster could be liable for huge damages, which could lead to spaweeping changes in the way it operates its service."
it's not like me to pick on obvious typos, but this one instantly made me think -but it's the record label execs who have the cash and the time to go for spa treatments!-
that's as apt a summation of my attitude towards this as any...
what does this have to do with the acquisition of deja by google? google already has that info in their DB, and there are huge masses of folks on deja who distribute already-created child porn. the problem is already there - why does their merger somehow make it worse?
the kicker is NOT tracking the activity via weblogging or some other fashion. the kicker in the law is this:
"The legislation that Brown plans to sponsor would require all ISPs doing business in Michigan to obtain a valid and verified credit card or telephone number at the time of registration and to hold on to that data for at least one year."
suddenly they have addresses, credit reports, etc. tracking a telephone number or access location means nothing if you're dialing in from an internet cafe somewhere in hohokus. and this effectively restricts truly poor people from having viable access.
now, i'm all for finding and busting child pornographers, but this statement was ridiculous:
"This has nothing to do with free speech, but everything to do with giving law enforcement the tools they need to do their job in the information age."
how in the world do they justify saying that this has nothing to do with free speech? free services that do not require credit cards or phone numbers make email accessible to people who, through one reason or another, might not have *either.* but those people are not criminals and shouldn't be punished just because some fiend out there happens to use the same service. i know a squatter in ann arbor with no phone who needs to have an email address - is she now going to be cut off because of the short sightedness of law enforcement officials?
it is also relatively pointless to attempt to track user information to get to child pornographers, since REAL childporn mongerers have very well developed aliases and can hide in a ton different ways - a fake address, phone number, or credit card number can be provided.
too bad the law is just too blind to see where they're messing up.
"I can't image listening to streaming audio from the net in my car while driving into work just yet!"
well, i know for a fact that the folks who brought you imagine radio (now radio sonicnet) are working on that very thing - that as well as streaming to your PDA. it's not going to come within the next few months, but it's pending:>
their gig might give you some idea of how to structure something similar. they're not truly successful yet, but they do have a small devoted following.
when resellers try to hoodwink the media
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from the article:
Melmed says that DSLnetworks was meeting its previously agreed payment schedule to Covad. "The bottom line is this: We had a deal worked out with Covad, and they're reneging on that deal," he said.
for some reason, this sounds suspiciously like a "the check's in the mail" situation. if DSLnetworks truly had an operable deal with Covad, i can't imagine why Covad would cut them off. They make it perfectly clear earlier in the article that they're doing this because they can't afford to "carry the deadweight," as they put it. it would be in their interest to recoup their loss, and any decent repayment plan should address that issue.
i think, if i didn't have a really wonderful experience with speakeasy, i might be more sympathetic. but right now i'm hoping that Covad does as much of this as they need to - even if it includes me!
though there is the slight possibility that watching actions on television could then result in the neurons firing when someone recreates the action in real life, the situation with the monkey seemed to indicate that the brain has to record a fairly similar physical experience before mirror neurons come into play.
to present a more concrete take on it - i have a wonderful time on rollercoasters; therefore, watching someone on a rollercoaster gives me a residual glee. if i got *sick* on rollercoasters, watching someone on a rollercoaster would make me tense. if i had never been on a rollercoaster in my life, i'd grin if the person i was watching laughed, and feel bad if the person i was watching looked scared because i'd know what those feelings were. however, i wouldn't necessarily associate those responses with the rollercoaster. there's not enough emotional context to the action until the person knows what their emotional response would be to performing/engaging in an action. therefore, a two-dimensional image presenting an action would generally not cause the same kind of emotional association.
i can understand why they would want to close the list of announcements of security flaws - it would make sense in terms of protecting their users from people who would take the information and abuse it.
but what's the point in making it cost money? Paul Vixie states "Recent events have very clearly shown that there is a need for a fee-based membership forum" but there's no description of said events, or explanation of any sort. haven't the vendors and name server operators already invested enough in BIND, without making the security information cost more?
can someone else explain the purpose of the fee to me?
i've heard lots of people gush about installing linux on laptops, but i have to say that with all the distros i've tried, i inevitably have horrid problems with the PCMCIA/PC card drivers, and even supposedly approved drivers don't work. i haven't had a need to install win2000 (thank gods) but i have had no problem installing win98 from scratch.
who knows, maybe i'm cursed;)
but i still don't think that commenting on laptop install is a valid reason to slam Linux - after all, i haven't been able to make NT complete an install on any laptop i've tried!
i can definitely understand your point of view, but i have to say that the only way that Linux would be able to *expand* their market out from the developer and hardcore Linux community is by offering support. the generic computer user is fairly insecure about learning on their own, and they like handholding - as a former tech supporter, i have a first-hand knowledge of this. since someone had to come up with a sustainable business model for a company based around the distribution of a free OS, i personally think that offering support for the average user is a good start. honestly, it's about the only reasonable place i can see for justifying the expense.
it is dangerous reasoning, but the thing is, when you look at it as 'we don't want to punish them for life,' you're missing one point. the sex offender may have paid their debt to society but the person offended *against* has to live with it forever. they are punished for life, if they can't find a way to let it go. there's no guaranteed way they can "pay their debt" and then leave it behind.
i do believe that privacy is an important issue that is being eroded. i also believe that eroding privacy laws specifically for sex offenders is a damn better deterrent than the prison terms they get. it's a conflict, and i can't help but fall on the erosion side because the current process for reforming child molesters has a less than 15% success rate. if it were higher, i'd say let em go. but it isn't.
i can understand the level of dispute on this thread - i have a Jornada myself and won't get a Palm because i dislike the input method. however, i can say that people who have 'car offices' (like real estate agents, sales reps, and lobbyists - not techies) will have a much better time using this kind of laptop/PDA combination. the pad of paper makes sure that they don't have to take their eyes off the road while they're driving, and since it folds and doesn't weigh much it'll be appealing for long travel.
i used to do tech support for lobbyists who drove many places, had phone meetings in transit, etc - they will LOVE this item.
and don't forget, the thinkpad 701 was not very well designed either! for example, the keyboard made it difficult for you to attach peripherals in the side ports after you opened it. they grew from that little model to the brilliance of their 300 and 600 series. therefore, i think this type of item will be improved in the same manner - over time.
our wonderful public transportation systems!! they're the cause of massive frustration in almost any city around - especially for commuters.;) that would also necessitate literal 'building cities around' the invention...but i've no idea why it would make Bezos laugh. other than because he's a dork.
hey, there's DEFINITELY a legitimate complaint here. i worked at Pfizer when Viagra was being developed, and the clinicians had to work like MAD to be able to access decent information resources through the firewall. it took them ages to finally get the IT department to make a special wormhole through the proxy to enable them unlimited access to the items that their jobs required...
in most large agencies, the definitions of porn are fairly broad, from what i've seen.
govt regulation being vigorous AND enlightened?
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after he wrote that, i really didn't care much about anything he could say - in my opinion there is no such thing as enlightened government regulation, so his entire point is moot.
it's even more ludicrous when you try to imagine Dubya saying anything remotely RESEMBLING an enlightened comment about the internet.
i think neural nets in the home would be most functional for people who are blind and live independently, or people with limited mobility. it would be a great way to increase the electronic independence of many disabled folks...
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well, i figure there's life out there - the question for me would be, is it intelligent? it is highly likely that there is bacteria and algae and other wee flora and fauna out there. what i wonder is whether or not the miracle of our brains' evolution is as common as the actual biological definition of life.
honestly, i'd like to believe there's other intelligences out there. i'd be pretty damn disappointed if we were as good as it got.
i can't help looking at those pictures and thinking of how much easier it would be to make jewelry using that tool ;)
seriously, the possible applications are pretty broad, and i like that aspect of this post.
the point of the betrayal gauge would be: if they WOULD feel betrayed if they found out, it's cheating ;)
i like the idea that if you wouldn't do it in front of your partner it's cheating, but i DO know of some people who are prudish enough to be ashamed that they masturbate while in a relationship...and to me and many others, that is not cheating. therefore, neither the admission nor the 'in front of' rule would apply to those particular relationships. in the case of the prudish people i know, i doubt that the shame they feel would translate to a feeling of betrayal on the part of their lovers, so i think the betrayal gauge is a better one in those cases.
in the end though, i do agree that it is highly individual...some people feel betrayed even by a hug.
from the c|net article:
"But the judges also warned that Napster could be liable for huge damages, which could lead to spaweeping changes in the way it operates its service."
it's not like me to pick on obvious typos, but this one instantly made me think -but it's the record label execs who have the cash and the time to go for spa treatments!-
that's as apt a summation of my attitude towards this as any...
what does this have to do with the acquisition of deja by google? google already has that info in their DB, and there are huge masses of folks on deja who distribute already-created child porn. the problem is already there - why does their merger somehow make it worse?
i didn't for weeks, and still managed to utilize my dialup from various places...
the kicker is NOT tracking the activity via weblogging or some other fashion. the kicker in the law is this:
"The legislation that Brown plans to sponsor would require all ISPs doing business in Michigan to obtain a valid and verified credit card or telephone number at the time of registration and to hold on to that data for at least one year."
suddenly they have addresses, credit reports, etc. tracking a telephone number or access location means nothing if you're dialing in from an internet cafe somewhere in hohokus. and this effectively restricts truly poor people from having viable access.
now, i'm all for finding and busting child pornographers, but this statement was ridiculous:
"This has nothing to do with free speech, but everything to do with giving law enforcement the tools they need to do their job in the information age."
how in the world do they justify saying that this has nothing to do with free speech? free services that do not require credit cards or phone numbers make email accessible to people who, through one reason or another, might not have *either.* but those people are not criminals and shouldn't be punished just because some fiend out there happens to use the same service. i know a squatter in ann arbor with no phone who needs to have an email address - is she now going to be cut off because of the short sightedness of law enforcement officials?
it is also relatively pointless to attempt to track user information to get to child pornographers, since REAL childporn mongerers have very well developed aliases and can hide in a ton different ways - a fake address, phone number, or credit card number can be provided.
too bad the law is just too blind to see where they're messing up.
"I can't image listening to streaming audio from the net in my car while driving into work just yet!"
:>
well, i know for a fact that the folks who brought you imagine radio (now radio sonicnet) are working on that very thing - that as well as streaming to your PDA. it's not going to come within the next few months, but it's pending
their gig might give you some idea of how to structure something similar. they're not truly successful yet, but they do have a small devoted following.
Melmed says that DSLnetworks was meeting its previously agreed payment schedule to Covad. "The bottom line is this: We had a deal worked out with Covad, and they're reneging on that deal," he said.
for some reason, this sounds suspiciously like a "the check's in the mail" situation. if DSLnetworks truly had an operable deal with Covad, i can't imagine why Covad would cut them off. They make it perfectly clear earlier in the article that they're doing this because they can't afford to "carry the deadweight," as they put it. it would be in their interest to recoup their loss, and any decent repayment plan should address that issue.
i think, if i didn't have a really wonderful experience with speakeasy, i might be more sympathetic. but right now i'm hoping that Covad does as much of this as they need to - even if it includes me!
take another read of the article.
though there is the slight possibility that watching actions on television could then result in the neurons firing when someone recreates the action in real life, the situation with the monkey seemed to indicate that the brain has to record a fairly similar physical experience before mirror neurons come into play.
to present a more concrete take on it - i have a wonderful time on rollercoasters; therefore, watching someone on a rollercoaster gives me a residual glee. if i got *sick* on rollercoasters, watching someone on a rollercoaster would make me tense. if i had never been on a rollercoaster in my life, i'd grin if the person i was watching laughed, and feel bad if the person i was watching looked scared because i'd know what those feelings were. however, i wouldn't necessarily associate those responses with the rollercoaster. there's not enough emotional context to the action until the person knows what their emotional response would be to performing/engaging in an action. therefore, a two-dimensional image presenting an action would generally not cause the same kind of emotional association.
"Itanium(tm) architecture support is included"
;)
so you can have one of the slowest Redhat experiences in history, i suppose?
i can understand why they would want to close the list of announcements of security flaws - it would make sense in terms of protecting their users from people who would take the information and abuse it.
but what's the point in making it cost money? Paul Vixie states "Recent events have very clearly shown that there is a need for a fee-based membership forum" but there's no description of said events, or explanation of any sort. haven't the vendors and name server operators already invested enough in BIND, without making the security information cost more?
can someone else explain the purpose of the fee to me?
i've heard lots of people gush about installing linux on laptops, but i have to say that with all the distros i've tried, i inevitably have horrid problems with the PCMCIA/PC card drivers, and even supposedly approved drivers don't work. i haven't had a need to install win2000 (thank gods) but i have had no problem installing win98 from scratch.
;)
who knows, maybe i'm cursed
but i still don't think that commenting on laptop install is a valid reason to slam Linux - after all, i haven't been able to make NT complete an install on any laptop i've tried!
i can definitely understand your point of view, but i have to say that the only way that Linux would be able to *expand* their market out from the developer and hardcore Linux community is by offering support. the generic computer user is fairly insecure about learning on their own, and they like handholding - as a former tech supporter, i have a first-hand knowledge of this. since someone had to come up with a sustainable business model for a company based around the distribution of a free OS, i personally think that offering support for the average user is a good start. honestly, it's about the only reasonable place i can see for justifying the expense.
according to the press release:
:>
"The briQ also allows the flexibility to run any PowerPC based Linux distribution available."
i assume that means yellowdog, etc
that's what David Brin thought, in his book "Earth" ;)
it is dangerous reasoning, but the thing is, when you look at it as 'we don't want to punish them for life,' you're missing one point. the sex offender may have paid their debt to society but the person offended *against* has to live with it forever. they are punished for life, if they can't find a way to let it go. there's no guaranteed way they can "pay their debt" and then leave it behind.
i do believe that privacy is an important issue that is being eroded. i also believe that eroding privacy laws specifically for sex offenders is a damn better deterrent than the prison terms they get. it's a conflict, and i can't help but fall on the erosion side because the current process for reforming child molesters has a less than 15% success rate. if it were higher, i'd say let em go. but it isn't.
i can understand the level of dispute on this thread - i have a Jornada myself and won't get a Palm because i dislike the input method. however, i can say that people who have 'car offices' (like real estate agents, sales reps, and lobbyists - not techies) will have a much better time using this kind of laptop/PDA combination. the pad of paper makes sure that they don't have to take their eyes off the road while they're driving, and since it folds and doesn't weigh much it'll be appealing for long travel.
i used to do tech support for lobbyists who drove many places, had phone meetings in transit, etc - they will LOVE this item.
and don't forget, the thinkpad 701 was not very well designed either! for example, the keyboard made it difficult for you to attach peripherals in the side ports after you opened it. they grew from that little model to the brilliance of their 300 and 600 series. therefore, i think this type of item will be improved in the same manner - over time.
our wonderful public transportation systems!! they're the cause of massive frustration in almost any city around - especially for commuters. ;) that would also necessitate literal 'building cities around' the invention...but i've no idea why it would make Bezos laugh. other than because he's a dork.
hey, there's DEFINITELY a legitimate complaint here. i worked at Pfizer when Viagra was being developed, and the clinicians had to work like MAD to be able to access decent information resources through the firewall. it took them ages to finally get the IT department to make a special wormhole through the proxy to enable them unlimited access to the items that their jobs required...
in most large agencies, the definitions of porn are fairly broad, from what i've seen.
after he wrote that, i really didn't care much about anything he could say - in my opinion there is no such thing as enlightened government regulation, so his entire point is moot.
it's even more ludicrous when you try to imagine Dubya saying anything remotely RESEMBLING an enlightened comment about the internet.
i think neural nets in the home would be most functional for people who are blind and live independently, or people with limited mobility. it would be a great way to increase the electronic independence of many disabled folks...
exactly - a year and a half of loss. just what i was saying ;) thanks!