now if we can decide on an acceptable definiton we can have a conversation
I felt that the original story used the word "fact" to mean "what some call fact, others call belief".
You and me can agree on a less sloppy definition, but as long as some use the word as an adjective to confer more meaning to their statements it will remain sloppy:
It is a fact that God created man in his image.
The law of supply and demand is a fact.
It is a fact that the USA is not responsible. The facts presented here are open to debate.
Social conventions are a fact of life.
the word truth can also be draged
through the mud this way.
How about truth, fact, etc: something we agree upon without absoluteness and suject to change.
The administration of all facets of society are under human control, the distribution of relative control is based on belief(fact) also under human control.
This is an ecological system.
All social theory's have good points.
We don't have to go back in time to life on the farm or "communism".
5. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes,even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
There are things we agree upon... our Facts, our Truths, our Laws, our Absolutes, etc.
and there are things we don't... someones Facts, someones Truths, someones Laws, etc.
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing;
sometimes,even when false, improperly put, by a transfer
of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a
thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds
with false facts.
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing;
sometimes,even when false, improperly put, by a transfer
of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a
thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds
with false facts.
However, contributing to an academic effort to generate more public information about cancer does not benefit any particular pharmaceuticals company, and only brings the day when an affordable cure for cancer is available closer
At least when a university sells a patent, it can go towards further developing research centers, student financial aid, or recruiting genetically-engineered athletes.
blablabla...Are you going to sell the results to large pharmaceutical companies?
No. The results of this study are the intellectual property of the University of Oxford and the National Foundation for Cancer Research, who will make the scientific findings of this project available to the greater scientific community...blablabla
blablabla...Are you going to sell the results to large pharmaceutical companies?
No. The results of this study are the intellectual property of the University of Oxford and the National Foundation for Cancer Research, who will make the scientific findings of this project available to the greater scientific community...blablabla
"I'd give CPU cycles to a bunch of researchers who will publicly publish their results and make them available royalty-free to the world, but not to people like these."
Slashdot Mirror
"It's just the way these places are. They can't handle modernity, for some cultural reason we don't understand and can't do anything about."
Let me count the ways this statement is blind, illogical and unproductive
Am i now evil or have the rules changed?
sorry just testing if it happens again
(why did i get a "0" on my last post before any moderation)
I'm a (Communist(Capitalist)), capitalist on a communist infrastructure, i believe it's the way to go.
To maximize creativity and innovation everything from the operating system on down and through the net should be open standards.
First target vaguely, then demonize, then let the vigilantes do their work...what is the plan anyway?
I felt that the original story used the word "fact" to mean "what some call fact, others call belief".
You and me can agree on a less sloppy definition, but as long as some use the word as an adjective to confer more meaning to their statements it will remain sloppy:
It is a fact that God created man in his image.
The law of supply and demand is a fact.
It is a fact that the USA is not responsible.
The facts presented here are open to debate.
Social conventions are a fact of life.
the word truth can also be draged through the mud this way.
How about truth, fact, etc: something we agree upon without absoluteness and suject to change.
The administration of all facets of society are under human control, the distribution of relative control is based on belief(fact) also under human control.
This is an ecological system.
All social theory's have good points.
We don't have to go back in time to life on the farm or "communism".
2- Greed is only viable in closed community's
3- Nations are closed community's
4- Free trade is greed for now
From the lone tribe to the global village, the journey is not over
(Open borders)
Teaching that people are basically selfish(in a fearful way) does create violent behaviour.
Define selfish as positive: Community does permit the maximization of personnal gratification.
Two people have more chance of survival than one. This does not need to be taught, but built upon.
This statement says, that one shouldn't have to buy food produced by a corporation...
No it doesn't say that, that is youre understanding of the intentions of the writer based on youre own "fact tree".
5. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes,even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
There are things we agree upon... our Facts, our Truths, our Laws, our Absolutes, etc.
and there are things we don't... someones Facts, someones Truths, someones Laws, etc.
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes,even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes,even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
Yeah, I heard this story on CNN today...
please stop
Yeah, It's getting weird
The story is in everyday language
The companys website is in marketing language
(marketing language is a subgroup of legal language not to be confused with everyday language)
Cheerleading?
starting to feel the stress?
blablabla...Are you going to sell the results to large pharmaceutical companies?
No. The results of this study are the intellectual property of the University of Oxford and the National Foundation for Cancer Research, who will make the scientific findings of this project available to the greater scientific community...blablabla
This is no different from saying:
will sell, rent or lease to anyone
blablabla...Are you going to sell the results to large pharmaceutical companies?
No. The results of this study are the intellectual property of the University of Oxford and the National Foundation for Cancer Research, who will make the scientific findings of this project available to the greater scientific community...blablabla
"I'd give CPU cycles to a bunch of researchers who will publicly publish their results and make them available royalty-free to the world, but not to people like these."
Me too.
At least this is more interesting than listening to economics being revered as science rather than religious belief.
At least it's more interesting than listening to economics being revered as science rather than religious belief.
disseminate this OpenSoya into Monsanto supplies, so that it gets contaminated, forcing Monsanto to release their soya under the GPL too.
Open Source community work to genetically engineer its own soya and corn, then release it under the GPL to farmers.