Animals do indeed feel emotion. And, IMO, they should not be treated as "less" than human, as the vast majority of them are today. Because they are NOT less than human. They are merely different, their intelligence and wisdom is different from ours, but it is not non-existant.
The dark ages didn't come about in one generation. It took a lot longer than that. Say Vader was 40 or 50 in IV. Anakin Skywalker was 10 in I. It does NOT make sense for such rapid de-generation.
ever since Lucas came up with Midiclorians, I don't know whats going on in his head...
I think you're right. I always imagined the Force as more of a spiritual than biological/chemical thing. Anyway, back to the subject at hand.
I'm actually glad Kenny is going to be inside R2 again, it will give the Saga a greater measure consistency. With all the technological changes happening in the real world, the Star Wars universe will seem extremely lopsided. Think about it - a universe that was more advanced in Episode I, II and III than in Episode IV, V and VI? That doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense, so it would be wise to at least take the precaution of making some parts of the story consistant in effects, character personalities, etc.
Unlike a lot of Star Wars viewers, I didn't think Episode I was bad. I liked it, and I liked Jar Jar too. So sue me. "Midichlorians" were the thing that partially messed up the scope of the movie, for me.
So really, yes. Even if a robot would be more "Realistic", they should keep Kenny in the role just for the sake of a constant in the series. If Lucas loses touch with elements of the previous movies and goes off on a cinemalogical tangent, he will end up with a finished Saga that just doesn't fit together well. He should avoid that at all costs!
I predicted this!! It's not all that surprising , considering the History of the Universe. Man has always sought to live on through his inventions, and for good reason. With intelligent beings having been created by us, we can, in essence, as a race - mankind, live on. Let me explain why I said that humans have been striving for this for so long. Of course, BTW, this is just the beginning and to get "truly" smart Robots, more advanced hardware, software, and nanotechnology will all need to be incorporated. Now...why did I say that mankind has always wanted to "live on"? here's why:
In the beginning of the Universe, there were 3 races. Humans, elves and dwarves. The three races lived in harmony for centuries. They continually sought together to find and maintain the delicate balance between the Spiritual, Magical and Physical properties of the world. But the humans grew weary of their lifespans. The typical human lifespan was 60 years. The typical Dwarven lifespan was 300, and the typical Elven lifespan was 500. The humans deemed this unfair. Soon a new religion swept the land, mainly attracting humans: Science. They propogated physical properties while neglecting their spiritual and magical properties. Soon they developed powerful new weapons such as crossbows, gunpowder, and chemical explosives. While Elven magic was still prevalent, the Dwarves had no protection against the new human weapons, but to replicate them, for they too were good at Physical and Mechanical engineering. But the humans had a lot more practice and developing such weapons, had more confidenence and drive, and outnumbered both Dwarves and Elves. So the Dwarves tried to make peace with the humans and help them - but the humans refused the help and destroyed the Dwarves completely. The Elven wizards killed thousands of humans, but only 1 in 10000 was an Elf wizard. 3/10 humans were capable bowmen, gunmen, or explosive users. So, in vast battles, 3 000 000 gunmen, crossbowmen and explosive users faced 10 000 wizards and 300 000 pike/sword/longbow-men.
The Elves put up a fight, but after a while, were destroyed. There were centuries of fantastic battles: Magic vs Science, the Lightning of Power vs the Destruction of Science, and the human factories and Elven towers were destroyed around them. In the end , few humans remained, but no Elves at all remained. The humans had lost their science and knowledge, and the Elves had lost their very species. Centuries later, we are where we are today.
I'm sorry if this displeases Christian fanatics who disagree with the truth - the truth of the Universe as I've outlined it here, but....well, too bad.
What you have to realize is that while Word documents might be a big deal today, in the fast paced world of computing, they really won't be significant in the future. A new medium - a method - of transferring and communication between hosts, indeed - systems, business, communications and other systems - is emerging. XML.
But is this really a computing only phenomenon? No, of course not. It maps directly to the rest of existence. The green Earth will still be here - those moutains, the green grass, the blue sky - even the black coal of the coal mines. That is your kingdom. When Microsoft is long forgotten, still the world will revolve as it has for billions of years. And in the death of Microsoft, perhaps a new star will be born. Perhaps a tree. Everything that exists lends itself to continued existence of some other thing.
So it is with the world and indeed with Microsoft Word binary-format documents. Word format will eventually die, but perhaps something will arise, a good thing, and while it will contain some of the essence of Microsoft Word binary format documents, nature will forgive its misuse while its molecules were part of Microsoft's Word binary documents. Indeed, the very harddrives of the people using Word will be the vehicle for transformations like this, all over the world - and in the end, the world will continue as it has, for billions of years.
This has, as the title of this post says, gone WAY overboard. Way overboard.
MP3s and other "copyrighted" files are just like any other file, a number with a base of 256. You can't copyright a number - to do so, IMO, is more of a crime than copying that number over a network. After all, trying to own a number is like trying to own the universe.
Anyone who thinks they can hold claim to a number, would have to be able to state every number in the universe, and someone who could do that, would be able to unmake the universe. This unmaker would certainly not be an executive from the RIAA or MPAA.
I'm sure it's possible. I haven't tried with the BSD's, but what you need to do is add a static route on your OpenBSD firewall and redirect FTP requests to your internal server. (Forward packets hitting port 21 of your Firewall to port 21 of your internal host running FTP, and obviously the reverse path wouldn't be a problem since all traffic would be allowed on the Output chain).
As for the basic services, some of them actually come in pretty handy. Sure, you don't want to allow them to be misused, but there's quite a simple solution for that.
Under Linux 2.2.x, you'll use "ipchains" to block off the ports these services are running on to all but your own trusted hosts. You should also block off any packets claiming to come from non-routable adresses and other suspicious stuff. This way, you don't actually need to disable any of your services, you can simply block off the ports they run on.
The need for security at all is worrying to some, though, including me. Because it means that we are losing touch with ourselves - with the essential goodness of the universe. That security in other forms (non-digital) has been around for thousands of years is no license for teh behaviour of mistrust security demands - neither, however, is the non-use of it license for abuse of the trust shown by the individual in question - no, if we are to be one - with ourselves, with eachother....
This can simply be explained by explaining the universe itself - not all of the universe, but a vague conceptualization of it, and how it - in part - relates to to the parts of us that come into play when thinking about things that make us need security - alienation from fellow human beings, the thought that something deceptive is running through our minds, our souls. This is the algorithm.
What you have to realize is that while virtual based IP adresses are useful in some cases, they are in fact, not secure. The cases that spring to mind where IP-based virtual hosts would be useful would be for DNS server(s). Say Company X can only afford a single rackmount unit. They could configure their box, with virtual interfaces (eth0:1 etc under Linux, or equivalents under NT or other operating systems), and use one box for running 2 name daemons, each bound to different "virtual" IP adresses. But for webhosting?
For Webhosting, it actually makes sense to make use of Site proxying such as Apache provides. Typically, how this would be set up is this:
You'd have a Firewall/proxy box sitting on a single legal (routable) IP adress. You'd run Linux, BSD, or (insert any other operating system), and use that box to "NAT" (Network Address Translation) to seperate boxes behind that box - or even virtual interfaces on the same box - which would, undoubtedly, use non-routable addresses (illegal IPs). This way, you could have Apache proxying your site from 197.x.x.y (your legal IP), to the illegal IP running on your "internal" box.
So when a user types in "www.foo.com", it hits 197.x.x.y, where Apache is running, and Apache, with the VirtualHost directive (VirtualHost 197.x.x.y), uses the "ProxyPass" Function to redirect the request to the site in question, running possibly on your internal box. So you could go to www.foo.com:80(default), which would really go to 192.168.2.10:8080, running a Zope Server, and www.foo2.com:80, would, possibly go to another box running Apache on 192.168.2.11:80 - whatever you want, literally.
I think this is where Arin wants administrators to start going, and I've been doing it for ages. It works well, and for that - the authors of Apache, Linux, and the many open source utilities that support those Applications must be commended. If you aren't doing this, try it. It's quite brilliant. The way it all fits together, is an echo of the very thoughts that inhabit the minds of the thousands of individuals using - and not using, (but perhaps, subconciously using, or wanting to use) these systems. For the code itself is like a Christmas present. Yes, a year - two years. 10,000 years. In the blink of an eye, the coding time. Think about the implications of 10,000 years of coding tiem in one blink of an eye! Indeed, we live in strange times.
It's all the same. It's all changed. Yet the more it changes, the more similar to its predecessors it will be.
The OS wars have been happening for decades, yet the truly smart people know the truth - it's all the same, at the core, the processor has the same registers, the same flags, the hardware is the same, and it doesn't care what OS it's running. To the hardware, it's all a string of binary bits that are being channeled through it.
A true guru won't really be held back by the OS that's running, but rather by his own philosophical views of that particular system. In other words, while the system might be functional - even if only in the hands of him and his peers, it might not be tolerable from the point of view that his own philosophical values project towards him and indeed, others around him - who will or - perhaps - will not, be influenced by his actions while using the system in question.
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Animals do indeed feel emotion. And, IMO, they should not be treated as "less" than human, as the vast majority of them are today. Because they are NOT less than human. They are merely different, their intelligence and wisdom is different from ours, but it is not non-existant.
but he will be shot at one or all of the other locations.
Sheesh! I didn't think he was THAT bad. Certainly not bad enough to get shot.The dark ages didn't come about in one generation. It took a lot longer than that. Say Vader was 40 or 50 in IV. Anakin Skywalker was 10 in I. It does NOT make sense for such rapid de-generation.
ever since Lucas came up with Midiclorians, I don't know whats going on in his head...
I think you're right. I always imagined the Force as more of a spiritual than biological/chemical thing. Anyway, back to the subject at hand.
I'm actually glad Kenny is going to be inside R2 again, it will give the Saga a greater measure consistency. With all the technological changes happening in the real world, the Star Wars universe will seem extremely lopsided. Think about it - a universe that was more advanced in Episode I, II and III than in Episode IV, V and VI? That doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense, so it would be wise to at least take the precaution of making some parts of the story consistant in effects, character personalities, etc.Unlike a lot of Star Wars viewers, I didn't think Episode I was bad. I liked it, and I liked Jar Jar too. So sue me. "Midichlorians" were the thing that partially messed up the scope of the movie, for me.
So really, yes. Even if a robot would be more "Realistic", they should keep Kenny in the role just for the sake of a constant in the series. If Lucas loses touch with elements of the previous movies and goes off on a cinemalogical tangent, he will end up with a finished Saga that just doesn't fit together well. He should avoid that at all costs!I predicted this!! It's not all that surprising , considering the History of the Universe. Man has always sought to live on through his inventions, and for good reason. With intelligent beings having been created by us, we can, in essence, as a race - mankind, live on. Let me explain why I said that humans have been striving for this for so long. Of course, BTW, this is just the beginning and to get "truly" smart Robots, more advanced hardware, software, and nanotechnology will all need to be incorporated. Now...why did I say that mankind has always wanted to "live on"? here's why:
In the beginning of the Universe, there were 3 races. Humans, elves and dwarves. The three races lived in harmony for centuries. They continually sought together to find and maintain the delicate balance between the Spiritual, Magical and Physical properties of the world. But the humans grew weary of their lifespans. The typical human lifespan was 60 years. The typical Dwarven lifespan was 300, and the typical Elven lifespan was 500. The humans deemed this unfair. Soon a new religion swept the land, mainly attracting humans: Science. They propogated physical properties while neglecting their spiritual and magical properties. Soon they developed powerful new weapons such as crossbows, gunpowder, and chemical explosives. While Elven magic was still prevalent, the Dwarves had no protection against the new human weapons, but to replicate them, for they too were good at Physical and Mechanical engineering. But the humans had a lot more practice and developing such weapons, had more confidenence and drive, and outnumbered both Dwarves and Elves. So the Dwarves tried to make peace with the humans and help them - but the humans refused the help and destroyed the Dwarves completely. The Elven wizards killed thousands of humans, but only 1 in 10000 was an Elf wizard. 3/10 humans were capable bowmen, gunmen, or explosive users. So, in vast battles, 3 000 000 gunmen, crossbowmen and explosive users faced 10 000 wizards and 300 000 pike/sword/longbow-men.The Elves put up a fight, but after a while, were destroyed. There were centuries of fantastic battles: Magic vs Science, the Lightning of Power vs the Destruction of Science, and the human factories and Elven towers were destroyed around them. In the end , few humans remained, but no Elves at all remained. The humans had lost their science and knowledge, and the Elves had lost their very species. Centuries later, we are where we are today.
I'm sorry if this displeases Christian fanatics who disagree with the truth - the truth of the Universe as I've outlined it here, but....well, too bad.Just my $0.02
What you have to realize is that while Word documents might be a big deal today, in the fast paced world of computing, they really won't be significant in the future. A new medium - a method - of transferring and communication between hosts, indeed - systems, business, communications and other systems - is emerging. XML.
But is this really a computing only phenomenon? No, of course not. It maps directly to the rest of existence. The green Earth will still be here - those moutains, the green grass, the blue sky - even the black coal of the coal mines. That is your kingdom. When Microsoft is long forgotten, still the world will revolve as it has for billions of years. And in the death of Microsoft, perhaps a new star will be born. Perhaps a tree. Everything that exists lends itself to continued existence of some other thing.So it is with the world and indeed with Microsoft Word binary-format documents. Word format will eventually die, but perhaps something will arise, a good thing, and while it will contain some of the essence of Microsoft Word binary format documents, nature will forgive its misuse while its molecules were part of Microsoft's Word binary documents. Indeed, the very harddrives of the people using Word will be the vehicle for transformations like this, all over the world - and in the end, the world will continue as it has, for billions of years.
This has, as the title of this post says, gone WAY overboard. Way overboard.
MP3s and other "copyrighted" files are just like any other file, a number with a base of 256. You can't copyright a number - to do so, IMO, is more of a crime than copying that number over a network. After all, trying to own a number is like trying to own the universe.Anyone who thinks they can hold claim to a number, would have to be able to state every number in the universe, and someone who could do that, would be able to unmake the universe. This unmaker would certainly not be an executive from the RIAA or MPAA.
I'm sure it's possible. I haven't tried with the BSD's, but what you need to do is add a static route on your OpenBSD firewall and redirect FTP requests to your internal server. (Forward packets hitting port 21 of your Firewall to port 21 of your internal host running FTP, and obviously the reverse path wouldn't be a problem since all traffic would be allowed on the Output chain).
As for the basic services, some of them actually come in pretty handy. Sure, you don't want to allow them to be misused, but there's quite a simple solution for that.
Under Linux 2.2.x, you'll use "ipchains" to block off the ports these services are running on to all but your own trusted hosts. You should also block off any packets claiming to come from non-routable adresses and other suspicious stuff. This way, you don't actually need to disable any of your services, you can simply block off the ports they run on.The need for security at all is worrying to some, though, including me. Because it means that we are losing touch with ourselves - with the essential goodness of the universe. That security in other forms (non-digital) has been around for thousands of years is no license for teh behaviour of mistrust security demands - neither, however, is the non-use of it license for abuse of the trust shown by the individual in question - no, if we are to be one - with ourselves, with eachother....
This can simply be explained by explaining the universe itself - not all of the universe, but a vague conceptualization of it, and how it - in part - relates to to the parts of us that come into play when thinking about things that make us need security - alienation from fellow human beings, the thought that something deceptive is running through our minds, our souls. This is the algorithm.DIM b AS Integer
DIM Universe AS Integer55:
b=0:IF b=0 THEN
DOb=b+1
Universe=b+2IF b+0=Universe THEN GOTO 55
What you have to realize is that while virtual based IP adresses are useful in some cases, they are in fact, not secure. The cases that spring to mind where IP-based virtual hosts would be useful would be for DNS server(s). Say Company X can only afford a single rackmount unit. They could configure their box, with virtual interfaces (eth0:1 etc under Linux, or equivalents under NT or other operating systems), and use one box for running 2 name daemons, each bound to different "virtual" IP adresses. But for webhosting?
For Webhosting, it actually makes sense to make use of Site proxying such as Apache provides. Typically, how this would be set up is this:You'd have a Firewall/proxy box sitting on a single legal (routable) IP adress. You'd run Linux, BSD, or (insert any other operating system), and use that box to "NAT" (Network Address Translation) to seperate boxes behind that box - or even virtual interfaces on the same box - which would, undoubtedly, use non-routable addresses (illegal IPs). This way, you could have Apache proxying your site from 197.x.x.y (your legal IP), to the illegal IP running on your "internal" box.
So when a user types in "www.foo.com", it hits 197.x.x.y, where Apache is running, and Apache, with the VirtualHost directive (VirtualHost 197.x.x.y), uses the "ProxyPass" Function to redirect the request to the site in question, running possibly on your internal box. So you could go to www.foo.com:80(default), which would really go to 192.168.2.10:8080, running a Zope Server, and www.foo2.com:80, would, possibly go to another box running Apache on 192.168.2.11:80 - whatever you want, literally.I think this is where Arin wants administrators to start going, and I've been doing it for ages. It works well, and for that - the authors of Apache, Linux, and the many open source utilities that support those Applications must be commended. If you aren't doing this, try it. It's quite brilliant. The way it all fits together, is an echo of the very thoughts that inhabit the minds of the thousands of individuals using - and not using, (but perhaps, subconciously using, or wanting to use) these systems. For the code itself is like a Christmas present. Yes, a year - two years. 10,000 years. In the blink of an eye, the coding time. Think about the implications of 10,000 years of coding tiem in one blink of an eye! Indeed, we live in strange times.
It's all the same. It's all changed. Yet the more it changes, the more similar to its predecessors it will be.
The OS wars have been happening for decades, yet the truly smart people know the truth - it's all the same, at the core, the processor has the same registers, the same flags, the hardware is the same, and it doesn't care what OS it's running. To the hardware, it's all a string of binary bits that are being channeled through it.A true guru won't really be held back by the OS that's running, but rather by his own philosophical views of that particular system. In other words, while the system might be functional - even if only in the hands of him and his peers, it might not be tolerable from the point of view that his own philosophical values project towards him and indeed, others around him - who will or - perhaps - will not, be influenced by his actions while using the system in question.