Here's why the post's wrong: First: India is a constitutionally secular [alfa.nic.in] country, not a Hindu one.
Maybe. But what's going to stop all the right-wing Hindu politicians from passing laws that hurt non-Hindus? Like you said "inefficiency and corruption plague the Indian administration and justice systems". And given this ineffectiveness of making the caste system illegal, one could argue it's just a token law to shift blame when the shit hits the fan. Particularly here, here, here, and here, all courtesy of google.
I'm aware of the numerous posts before mine regarding this subject, but I do have one thing to contribute, even if most of you don't get to see this since it's Monday: IF, and that's a big if, I happen to go see this POS, I plan on saying to my friends while leaving the theatre, "I can't believe we lost the war!."
It is now. Back when it wasn't mainstream, they showed edgy stuff like _Married With Children_, about a poor, very disfunctional family composed of an aging/balding womans shoesalesman (old highschool football legend of sorts), a "housewife" who does nothing but sit in front of the tube eating bonbons all day, the typical blond bimbo, and a short, miserable son who constantly fantasizes about "getting lucky". 'Course, you probably know about the show. Apparently, it offended lots of people (fundamentalist Christians, lesbians/gays, fat people, etc.), so in later episodes, the series became lame. God, I miss that show (can still catch reruns on FX channel, a Fox subsiduary or something). There were other shows too, but none stand out as much as the aforementioned show.
So India wants to require people to have some form of ID before accessing from an Internet cafe, so what? The problem I see here is that there's a big fuss over privacy and anonymity. FYI, they (India) don't have to require IDs. Instead, they could require all Internet cafes get security cameras pointed straight at customers faces when they visit. From there, it's only a matter of linking your image back to you (something police departments are capable of with the equipment they have). Whether it's some Internet cafe in India or that Kinkos down the street, your privacy is not protected, because company policy only go as far as where the government permits.
Why? Because when those lazy parents bitch to their gov't that tv is corrupting their children's minds, the gov't can finally reveal those parents for what they are; LAZY. They were given an opportunity to control what their kids watch and they failed to utilize it. Therefore, those parents are the ones corrupting their kids by doing nothing!
Las Vegas usually holds various conventions/expos for merchants looking for merchandise to sell. People with large warehouses of goods usually go there to display their 'wares'. Incidentally, Las Vegas also publishes a huge tome of a directory with the names, phone numbers, addresses of those various dealers. The stuff you can get at bulk prices range from party novelty stuff to video games to pr0n tapes. For starters, look up the publication "Trade News".
Are you suggesting that Protestants require each member to become infected by such a parasite? That could explain that one episode of X-Files where Dogget and Scully investigate that Utah cult which implants that thing in the guy's spine.
This is Very Simple: OSS is not a viable option for businesses interested in making money.
Maybe not, the way most Linux distros are going about it. I'm not sure if this will work, but the OSS community could possibly collect donations to get various work done for Linux. For example, suppose there's a new device that needs new drivers for it to work on Linux. Money collected could be used as a "reward" for whoever writes the drivers and submits them first. Of course, afterwards the drivers are publically released, considering that the whole OSS community contributed something to get them done.
Uh, shit, I can't remember the rest of my idea. Sorry, long day.
Eh, so what do the Brits use then? I'm pretty sure they're closer to Europe (geographically) than the US. Don't even start with the correct English spellings of various oft-mentioned words.
I second that motion! The connection to pr0n will cause the console to sell well, and if M$ uses the "razor/blade" method of making a profit, we may see M$'s final days:)
I can't remember who said this, but some Wall Street broker (Michael Milkin?) once said that spending money on big expensive projects is the best way to fight poverty (you know, the trickle-down effect). While I may agree that going into the space race is a bad idea for India at the moment, honestly, IT'S THEIR GODDAMN FUCKING MONEY! THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT! If their gov't wants to receive flack for not improving their infrastructure or living conditions, then so be it. In the mean time, allowing a huge wealth disparity within India may cost the gov't dearly in the long haul.
Instead of having the DoJ tear them apart, M$ will now shoot themselves in the head, tightening the leash they have on the end user by further limiting what he can do with his shit (not like it already does for the sake of "system stability"). I can't wait until M$ products require each person to submit retinal scans, fingerprint ID, and sperm samples to validate that you are indeed in the database of official license holders. Hell, stamp barcodes on our foreheads while you're at it, Bill!
I'm surprised at you, Archie! If Clinton did sell those nuclear secrets, wouldn't Congress be immediately sold on having the National Missile Defense System?
Me? Well, I am looking forward to leading my minions from the depths of Hell in the conquest of Earth:)
AND ANOTHER THING! The military leadership doesn't give a fuck what the slashdot community thinks of their games any more they the community cares what military leaders thing of C++ vs C.
Well, considering that they're a part of the gov't and the gov't is supposed to listen to its constituents (much of the/. community), I think they should (not necessarily by reading/.). Or are you talking about China's military?
Didn't blue win the war game?Officials were unusually tight-lipped about what actually happened in the game but were willing to describe some of their conclusions.
You'd think they'd tell you if that were true? I suggest you reread the article.
Have you ever wondered about the rate in which our technology increases? It keeps doubling. Do you ever ponder that there might be a threshold where we reach critical mass? Something moving so fast and so furious... it simply falls out of our control?
I think this is the reason why we have Luddites.
That's going to happen to humanity eventually. We keep packing more and more into less and less (for example, more schooling in shorting time frame - you easily knew twice as much by your senior year in HS than your parents).
I see your point. Unfortuneately, the reason why we're packing so much info into our heads is because the educational system is flawed. Parents these days want their kids to experience everything there is to this world so that those children can achieve their full possibilities as scientists, engineers, etc. Yet, educators have failed in allowing kids to sample these careers without packing all that knowledge into the ciriculum. The point is, nowadays, people need to specialize in something and work as a cog in this machine we call society because of all that knowledge to soak up. Much like robots are made specialized in one activity (welding metal, placing resistors, etc.)
We're going to need to take the smaller and more trivial tasks off our hands. There will be no alternative. What's the solution? Certainly not a group of people engineer to be simple/stupid (Brave New World), but rather, machines.
Right now, robots are unfriendly, imposing, and insanely clumsy. We *need* them to be able to move and act naturally as we do. We need them to not be scary. We need them to be more fluid. They'll inevitably have to interact with us in a personal fashion.
Or, what we need are robots to replace humans. That way, workers won't call in sick, slack off (ie read Slashdot), sue the company, etc. It's easier that way.
And if you're still unconvinced, think about the applications of robotics technology with fluid, human-like motion in medicine. Wouldn't it be nice to give amputees brand new arms that move flawlessly when compared to the real thing?
I was thinking the other day that anime is even more removed from reality than film and television, being a drawn and subjective perspective on the world.
I was thinking the other day that professional wrestling is even more removed from reality than film and television, being a drawn and subjective perspective on the world.
Is this why geeks like it more than other socio-cultural groups? It is well known that geeks are more scared of reality than other subcultures, and so are more likely to run from it into the comforting womb of fantasy.
Replace geeks with jocks and anime with wrestling and you'll understand your argument sounds "cookie-cutter-ish".
Just kill all the evil militaristic assholes that starve their own people for profit and distribute grains fairly. Honest, that's all you need to do.
Ah, yes, but then you'd have to deal with the issues of the sovereignty of nations, that is, their right to deal with domestic issues without other nations telling them what to do or how to do this or that. I seem to recall the UN having told, or even scorned, the US for various things that violated various UN charters, and the end result was having people like Sen. Strom Thurman tell the UN to get lost. So, taking this precedent, us Americans would then become hypocrites in the eyes of the world if we were to do things as assasinate politicians who disagree with us.
From what I'm reading, a LOT or/.ers are making plenty of assumptions about the reasoning behind China's move. One question: Do any of you even know someone who's Chinese? Have any of you even bothered to study their history? All I keep hearing are stereotypes and misinformation being strewn about that reminds me of all the conspiracy fluff you'd find on the 'Net. For all we know, their reasoning might possibly to avoid the potention problems with cybersquating and international politics (don't think the chinese equivalent of www.georgebushsucksbigcock.cn would go well with G. W.).
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Maybe. But what's going to stop all the right-wing Hindu politicians from passing laws that hurt non-Hindus? Like you said "inefficiency and corruption plague the Indian administration and justice systems". And given this ineffectiveness of making the caste system illegal, one could argue it's just a token law to shift blame when the shit hits the fan. Particularly here, here, here, and here, all courtesy of google.
I'm aware of the numerous posts before mine regarding this subject, but I do have one thing to contribute, even if most of you don't get to see this since it's Monday: IF, and that's a big if, I happen to go see this POS, I plan on saying to my friends while leaving the theatre, "I can't believe we lost the war!."
It is now. Back when it wasn't mainstream, they showed edgy stuff like _Married With Children_, about a poor, very disfunctional family composed of an aging/balding womans shoesalesman (old highschool football legend of sorts), a "housewife" who does nothing but sit in front of the tube eating bonbons all day, the typical blond bimbo, and a short, miserable son who constantly fantasizes about "getting lucky". 'Course, you probably know about the show. Apparently, it offended lots of people (fundamentalist Christians, lesbians/gays, fat people, etc.), so in later episodes, the series became lame. God, I miss that show (can still catch reruns on FX channel, a Fox subsiduary or something). There were other shows too, but none stand out as much as the aforementioned show.
So India wants to require people to have some form of ID before accessing from an Internet cafe, so what? The problem I see here is that there's a big fuss over privacy and anonymity. FYI, they (India) don't have to require IDs. Instead, they could require all Internet cafes get security cameras pointed straight at customers faces when they visit. From there, it's only a matter of linking your image back to you (something police departments are capable of with the equipment they have). Whether it's some Internet cafe in India or that Kinkos down the street, your privacy is not protected, because company policy only go as far as where the government permits.
Why? Because when those lazy parents bitch to their gov't that tv is corrupting their children's minds, the gov't can finally reveal those parents for what they are; LAZY. They were given an opportunity to control what their kids watch and they failed to utilize it. Therefore, those parents are the ones corrupting their kids by doing nothing!
Las Vegas usually holds various conventions/expos for merchants looking for merchandise to sell. People with large warehouses of goods usually go there to display their 'wares'. Incidentally, Las Vegas also publishes a huge tome of a directory with the names, phone numbers, addresses of those various dealers. The stuff you can get at bulk prices range from party novelty stuff to video games to pr0n tapes. For starters, look up the publication "Trade News".
Here, you can have some of my Ritalin (tm).
Are you suggesting that Protestants require each member to become infected by such a parasite? That could explain that one episode of X-Files where Dogget and Scully investigate that Utah cult which implants that thing in the guy's spine.
Maybe not, the way most Linux distros are going about it. I'm not sure if this will work, but the OSS community could possibly collect donations to get various work done for Linux. For example, suppose there's a new device that needs new drivers for it to work on Linux. Money collected could be used as a "reward" for whoever writes the drivers and submits them first. Of course, afterwards the drivers are publically released, considering that the whole OSS community contributed something to get them done.
Uh, shit, I can't remember the rest of my idea. Sorry, long day.Eh, so what do the Brits use then? I'm pretty sure they're closer to Europe (geographically) than the US. Don't even start with the correct English spellings of various oft-mentioned words.
I second that motion! The connection to pr0n will cause the console to sell well, and if M$ uses the "razor/blade" method of making a profit, we may see M$'s final days :)
I can't remember who said this, but some Wall Street broker (Michael Milkin?) once said that spending money on big expensive projects is the best way to fight poverty (you know, the trickle-down effect). While I may agree that going into the space race is a bad idea for India at the moment, honestly, IT'S THEIR GODDAMN FUCKING MONEY! THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT! If their gov't wants to receive flack for not improving their infrastructure or living conditions, then so be it. In the mean time, allowing a huge wealth disparity within India may cost the gov't dearly in the long haul.
Instead of having the DoJ tear them apart, M$ will now shoot themselves in the head, tightening the leash they have on the end user by further limiting what he can do with his shit (not like it already does for the sake of "system stability"). I can't wait until M$ products require each person to submit retinal scans, fingerprint ID, and sperm samples to validate that you are indeed in the database of official license holders. Hell, stamp barcodes on our foreheads while you're at it, Bill!
I'm surprised at you, Archie! If Clinton did sell those nuclear secrets, wouldn't Congress be immediately sold on having the National Missile Defense System?
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Me? Well, I am looking forward to leading my minions from the depths of Hell in the conquest of Earth
Well, considering that they're a part of the gov't and the gov't is supposed to listen to its constituents (much of the /. community), I think they should (not necessarily by reading /.). Or are you talking about China's military?
Well, Teddy Roosevelt did have the "speak softy but carry a big stick" foreign policy...
Because history has proven most humans are idiots?
You'd think they'd tell you if that were true? I suggest you reread the article.
As much as we need sexbots.
Have you ever wondered about the rate in which our technology increases? It keeps doubling. Do you ever ponder that there might be a threshold where we reach critical mass? Something moving so fast and so furious... it simply falls out of our control?I think this is the reason why we have Luddites.
That's going to happen to humanity eventually. We keep packing more and more into less and less (for example, more schooling in shorting time frame - you easily knew twice as much by your senior year in HS than your parents).I see your point. Unfortuneately, the reason why we're packing so much info into our heads is because the educational system is flawed. Parents these days want their kids to experience everything there is to this world so that those children can achieve their full possibilities as scientists, engineers, etc. Yet, educators have failed in allowing kids to sample these careers without packing all that knowledge into the ciriculum. The point is, nowadays, people need to specialize in something and work as a cog in this machine we call society because of all that knowledge to soak up. Much like robots are made specialized in one activity (welding metal, placing resistors, etc.)
We're going to need to take the smaller and more trivial tasks off our hands. There will be no alternative. What's the solution? Certainly not a group of people engineer to be simple/stupid (Brave New World), but rather, machines.Right now, robots are unfriendly, imposing, and insanely clumsy. We *need* them to be able to move and act naturally as we do. We need them to not be scary. We need them to be more fluid. They'll inevitably have to interact with us in a personal fashion.
Or, what we need are robots to replace humans. That way, workers won't call in sick, slack off (ie read Slashdot), sue the company, etc. It's easier that way.
And if you're still unconvinced, think about the applications of robotics technology with fluid, human-like motion in medicine. Wouldn't it be nice to give amputees brand new arms that move flawlessly when compared to the real thing?I still think people would rather have sexbots.
I was thinking the other day that professional wrestling is even more removed from reality than film and television, being a drawn and subjective perspective on the world.
Is this why geeks like it more than other socio-cultural groups? It is well known that geeks are more scared of reality than other subcultures, and so are more likely to run from it into the comforting womb of fantasy.Replace geeks with jocks and anime with wrestling and you'll understand your argument sounds "cookie-cutter-ish".
Maybe you haven't watched enough pr0n lately.
Yes? What do you want? I'm busy now, call back later.
Ah, yes, but then you'd have to deal with the issues of the sovereignty of nations, that is, their right to deal with domestic issues without other nations telling them what to do or how to do this or that. I seem to recall the UN having told, or even scorned, the US for various things that violated various UN charters, and the end result was having people like Sen. Strom Thurman tell the UN to get lost. So, taking this precedent, us Americans would then become hypocrites in the eyes of the world if we were to do things as assasinate politicians who disagree with us.
Read my quote at the bottom and then look at this book.
From what I'm reading, a LOT or /.ers are making plenty of assumptions about the reasoning behind China's move. One question: Do any of you even know someone who's Chinese? Have any of you even bothered to study their history? All I keep hearing are stereotypes and misinformation being strewn about that reminds me of all the conspiracy fluff you'd find on the 'Net. For all we know, their reasoning might possibly to avoid the potention problems with cybersquating and international politics (don't think the chinese equivalent of www.georgebushsucksbigcock.cn would go well with G. W.).