I'm fairly sure that by accepting money for someone else's property, you are stealing money from that person, whether you deprived that person of the property or not.
You're right, but let's not reinforce the notion that imaginary "property" is property.
Agreed. I think Slashdotters are grossly overreacting, here (lawyerophobia, probably). Many RTS games (last time I checked, anyway... it's been a while) provide alternate color sets for the color blind. It's a reasonable accommodation, and if market forces aren't enough motive to make business provide reasonable services for people in wheelchairs or who have trouble with certain shades of light, I'm quite happy with society requiring it via legislation.
Actually, using Babel Fish to translate the original English (after changing "Let's" to "Let us") to German and then that same German back to English, we get:
"Do not let us the straight technology say are rather there still."
But using Google Translate, without even needing to expand "Let's" in English, we get:
"Let's just say the technology is not quite so far."
I've forbidden note taking in some of my classes. I hand out copies of material not in the book. But when I lecture, I do so with the intention that what I say be listened and paid attention to. If someone's trying to write what I say, their attention and working memory is so divided that they can't be picking up much of anything.
I commend you greatly for that and think it's a wonderful idea, but I don't know about *forbidding* note-taking. There are some people (not me, but some people) for whom information sticks much better if they go through the motions of writing it down.
Second, note taking is a tool which helps you learn the material better.
Why does that mean taking notes on a laptop is a bad idea? Maybe you think drawing a Q makes it stick in your mind more than hitting the Q button... but, speaking only for myself, I don't think that's the case. On the contrary, it allows me to pay attention to what I'm writing, not to physically writing it (typing has become second nature, but not writing by hand).
Me, I have great difficulty taking notes and paying attention to the instructor at the same time. ADD or something, you know? I should really get a laptop, because I can type without really needing to even think about it.
The curve is steep, because you have to learn a whole lot (vertical) at once in order to make any progress in your ability to use it (horizontal). The metaphor makes sense.
No. Non-Christians pretending to be Christians ("wolves in sheep's clothing") used Christianity to perpetrate some of the worst atrocities in history for their own personal, evil ends, usually money and power. That includes George Bush; nothing he did marks him as a Christian, no matter that he does in fact profess to be one. In fact, none of the TV preachers in multimillion dollar churches wearing five thousand dollar suits are Christians; they (like Bush and every other rich person) worship money, not God.
I get it. The only true Christians are those who agree with your views. Where have I heard that before?
True, but only insofar as *everything* in the modern European/Western world comes from Catholicism. The Church claimed domain over every portion of society - all things flowed from the Church.
On the other hand, secularism was only made possible because of the "modern science" you credit to the Catholic Church. Re-embracing the intellectual trappings of religion wouldn't be a dead end - it would be walking backwards towards the dark ages.
Is it just me or does open source (GPL) sound heavly influinced by communism
I am a communist, actually. I can't speak for Stallman's influences.
(ie every one should get the same etc)
That's not really what communism is about exactly, but I suppose you're not looking for a lesson in Marxism. And even if it was, this would still be a poor attempt at red-baiting.
if he uses lgpl or bsd why do you have a problem with it...the original developer was not a crazy commie
My views on free/open source, like my views on economics and cooperation in general, are in the minority. I can't judge a person too much based on their disagreement with me on those issues. The people who released the libraries under a permissive license have their own motivation, but one thing I can't stand is a maker of proprietary software paying lip service to the ideals of open source only long enough as they can gain personally from it. (I can already anticipate your arguments that this proves that "communism doesn't work", so don't bother)
Haven't played D&D since middle school (AD&D 2nd ed era), though I did buy the 3rd edition core books and never used them. Are Planescape and Dark Sun still out of print? Those were the shit, man.
Several days ago, I downloaded 40 (I just checked) D&D 4e books. Then I noticed their pulling of the PDFs from legal sites and was happy for being able to retroactively claim justification.:)
I was about to remind you that the summary only said it *sounds* like a paradox, until I re-read it. Apparently my brain refused to process the line as written the first time. In Soulskill's defense, this is clearly the first advance in medicine he/she has ever heard of in his/her life.
Yeah, I was particularly depressed to discover that the "minority groups" mentioned weren't somethings like The Black Businessman's Association (a name I just made up) but included groups like the fucking NAACP. I'm a supporter of the group, and this is really shameful of them.
They already made a Sims MMO, called The Sims Online. I playtested it as part of a focus group, in fact. I told them that, while fun, I just couldn't see myself paying a monthly fee for it. I never played it again, but apparently the rest of the public agreed with me.
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I'm fairly sure that by accepting money for someone else's property, you are stealing money from that person, whether you deprived that person of the property or not.
You're right, but let's not reinforce the notion that imaginary "property" is property.
Agreed. I think Slashdotters are grossly overreacting, here (lawyerophobia, probably). Many RTS games (last time I checked, anyway... it's been a while) provide alternate color sets for the color blind. It's a reasonable accommodation, and if market forces aren't enough motive to make business provide reasonable services for people in wheelchairs or who have trouble with certain shades of light, I'm quite happy with society requiring it via legislation.
Actually, using Babel Fish to translate the original English (after changing "Let's" to "Let us") to German and then that same German back to English, we get:
"Do not let us the straight technology say are rather there still."
But using Google Translate, without even needing to expand "Let's" in English, we get:
"Let's just say the technology is not quite so far."
Terminator had an interesting sci-fi plot. T2 was nothing but mindless action, which just bores me. I don't know why everyone loved #2 so much.
The one person who uses his NDS Lite more than any other person I know
Yes, that number usually turns out to be 1. ;)
Users need the flexibility to choose their own mail program.
They have that flexibility. They can use Firefox.
Besides, webmail is today's king.
I don't know about you, but I can't stand webmail.
I've forbidden note taking in some of my classes. I hand out copies of material not in the book. But when I lecture, I do so with the intention that what I say be listened and paid attention to. If someone's trying to write what I say, their attention and working memory is so divided that they can't be picking up much of anything.
I commend you greatly for that and think it's a wonderful idea, but I don't know about *forbidding* note-taking. There are some people (not me, but some people) for whom information sticks much better if they go through the motions of writing it down.
Second, note taking is a tool which helps you learn the material better.
Why does that mean taking notes on a laptop is a bad idea? Maybe you think drawing a Q makes it stick in your mind more than hitting the Q button... but, speaking only for myself, I don't think that's the case. On the contrary, it allows me to pay attention to what I'm writing, not to physically writing it (typing has become second nature, but not writing by hand).
Me, I have great difficulty taking notes and paying attention to the instructor at the same time. ADD or something, you know? I should really get a laptop, because I can type without really needing to even think about it.
That doesn't count as incorrect usage. It's an exaggeration, not misunderstanding of the word 'infinite'.
The curve is steep, because you have to learn a whole lot (vertical) at once in order to make any progress in your ability to use it (horizontal). The metaphor makes sense.
No. Non-Christians pretending to be Christians ("wolves in sheep's clothing") used Christianity to perpetrate some of the worst atrocities in history for their own personal, evil ends, usually money and power. That includes George Bush; nothing he did marks him as a Christian, no matter that he does in fact profess to be one. In fact, none of the TV preachers in multimillion dollar churches wearing five thousand dollar suits are Christians; they (like Bush and every other rich person) worship money, not God.
I get it. The only true Christians are those who agree with your views. Where have I heard that before?
True, but only insofar as *everything* in the modern European/Western world comes from Catholicism. The Church claimed domain over every portion of society - all things flowed from the Church.
On the other hand, secularism was only made possible because of the "modern science" you credit to the Catholic Church. Re-embracing the intellectual trappings of religion wouldn't be a dead end - it would be walking backwards towards the dark ages.
Slashdot. Slashdot listens to him. Slashdot listens to him so we have a chance to complain about him being irrelevant. Case in point.
I don't know about you, but every time I order a martini I get asked if I want it with gin or vodka.
Is it? Even wise people are ignorant out of their area of expertise.
You've never actually talked to a feminist, have you?
Is it just me or does open source (GPL) sound heavly influinced by communism
I am a communist, actually. I can't speak for Stallman's influences.
(ie every one should get the same etc)
That's not really what communism is about exactly, but I suppose you're not looking for a lesson in Marxism. And even if it was, this would still be a poor attempt at red-baiting.
if he uses lgpl or bsd why do you have a problem with it...the original developer was not a crazy commie
My views on free/open source, like my views on economics and cooperation in general, are in the minority. I can't judge a person too much based on their disagreement with me on those issues. The people who released the libraries under a permissive license have their own motivation, but one thing I can't stand is a maker of proprietary software paying lip service to the ideals of open source only long enough as they can gain personally from it. (I can already anticipate your arguments that this proves that "communism doesn't work", so don't bother)
It really is the way to go.
Except, of course, for the software *you* write.
It's official: Slashdot has become Digg.
Haven't played D&D since middle school (AD&D 2nd ed era), though I did buy the 3rd edition core books and never used them. Are Planescape and Dark Sun still out of print? Those were the shit, man.
Several days ago, I downloaded 40 (I just checked) D&D 4e books. Then I noticed their pulling of the PDFs from legal sites and was happy for being able to retroactively claim justification. :)
I was about to remind you that the summary only said it *sounds* like a paradox, until I re-read it. Apparently my brain refused to process the line as written the first time. In Soulskill's defense, this is clearly the first advance in medicine he/she has ever heard of in his/her life.
Yeah, I was particularly depressed to discover that the "minority groups" mentioned weren't somethings like The Black Businessman's Association (a name I just made up) but included groups like the fucking NAACP. I'm a supporter of the group, and this is really shameful of them.
They already made a Sims MMO, called The Sims Online. I playtested it as part of a focus group, in fact. I told them that, while fun, I just couldn't see myself paying a monthly fee for it. I never played it again, but apparently the rest of the public agreed with me.