Assenege seems like someone with a hard-on for power and attention, a bit of a megalomaniac. Why should a random person have this amount of power just because they came up with / helped implement the idea?
Because along with that hard on comes the set of brass ones required to seriously piss off the powers that be in the most powerful country.
He's giving the US government and its financial backers the fingers and signing it with his name. No one's forcing the whistle-blowers to go through him to expose their secrets. For some reason they trust him enough to hand over the goods.
I guess we should thank the German pirates for putting it out there so we can have a nice ruckus about it...before we forget about it again in a day or 2.
Amidst all the arguments for and against the burning of a "holy" book, saying that it'll piss people off and possibly lead to attacks is not a valid one.
The purpose of terrorism is to cause fear. By changing our behavior for fear of terrorist attacks, we're letting them win without firing a single shot. Our task as citizens who think this bookburning is insane is to loudly proclaim that fact and condemn them, but we can't use force to stop them without sacrificing our own principles.
Now that we've instructed them to be deceptive there may be no way of knowing when they become sentient and I'd rather my microwave's first experience of humankind be a pleasant and respectful one.
I'm not sure saying "thank you" will be enough after turning her on for 2 minutes and then leaving her behind hot, dirty and dissatisfied...
As soon as the zebra's get together and hire machine gunners to defend their watering holes from lions, they're going to need some sort of way to determine that all the zebra's chipped in to pay for it.
Then again, they'll probably just use some sort of barcode scanner.
Some companies really have trouble communicating. I mean, if that's how they feel, why not just put up a big ol' "no really, we do not want your money!" banner on the website? Comes down to the same thing and saves a ton of time for all involved...and as a bonus they get to fire the geographically challenged phone operators:)
Isn't that future pretty much here already? If I look at the offerings from the local pc supply place, even the lowliest 50 buck cpu's come with 2 cores.
Quite frankly, that sound like a pile of bonkers...and I have exactly the same experiences;-)
Sometimes when you need some file read bad, the poor thing is already swapping like crazy and then at noon the ridiculous automated antivirus scan kicks sucking down what remains of the cpu...she needs a little hug and words of encouragement in a world of abusive sysadmins.
She also likes having her keyboard cleaned for some reason...
While I agree that a pat on the back can be good, doesn't getting one every 5 minutes for even the most mundane of tasks diminish the praise received for something that is actually worthy of being called an accomplishment?
In a typical game these days you earn about a quarter of the achievements available for getting through the tutorial without uninstalling.
Doesn't have to be. Just like with other crimes the burden of proof would be with the prosecution. If for example the accused were demonstrably nowhere near the victim at the time the rape allegedly occurred and there is no reason to suspect a case of mistaken identity then that would be proof of a deliberately lying witness.
There is a reason bearing false witness is explicitly among the 10 commandments.
I aint no Howard Roark. I would take the money. I don't think many of us would have the kind of integrity to refuse.
Why? Are you starving? Homeless? Or would you spend it on a fancy car, a house that's bigger than you really need etc? Not trying to flame, I'm honestly curious. I for one prefer being able to look in the mirror over a big chunk of cash...
Do you have any idea just how many planes there are in the skies above an airport? If it were that easy to automate don't you think we'd have fully automated cars by now? Cars only have to deal with 2 dimensions and we're nowhere near a system that we're willing to trust our safety to.
I like to use an interpreted language to make a proof of concept and play around with that for a bit. Then once I feel I have a solid grasp of the problem I'm trying to fix and the solution I want to use I'll do a rewrite in C if performance or other reasons warrant it.
That's only proof that it's not an infinite amount of monkeys...or that they haven't been given typewriters and are struggling with all of Word's delightful little habits.
If Google is listing its own products above those of their competitors, they're doing a pretty shitty job. Doing a google search for "search engine" gets me a wiki, an aggregator site, Altavista, Bing and then Google;-)
The first news result is about Google facing some sort of Texas AG inquiry though...
Well, what's the alternative? Strapping a hang-glider to a pig and then firing it off with a catapult? No true environmentalist would do that to a pig...so icicles in hell it is.
And now you know why some European countries have chosen to consider internet access in the same category as gas, electricity and water. Society depends on it;-)
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No matter the flaws with his paper, this guy has certainly managed to inspire a whole lot of people to delve into a subject and collaborate on it.
Those who think deep thoughts are precious. Those who manage to inspire thousands of others to do so...
Assenege seems like someone with a hard-on for power and attention, a bit of a megalomaniac. Why should a random person have this amount of power just because they came up with / helped implement the idea?
Because along with that hard on comes the set of brass ones required to seriously piss off the powers that be in the most powerful country.
He's giving the US government and its financial backers the fingers and signing it with his name. No one's forcing the whistle-blowers to go through him to expose their secrets. For some reason they trust him enough to hand over the goods.
I guess we should thank the German pirates for putting it out there so we can have a nice ruckus about it...before we forget about it again in a day or 2.
Amidst all the arguments for and against the burning of a "holy" book, saying that it'll piss people off and possibly lead to attacks is not a valid one.
The purpose of terrorism is to cause fear. By changing our behavior for fear of terrorist attacks, we're letting them win without firing a single shot. Our task as citizens who think this bookburning is insane is to loudly proclaim that fact and condemn them, but we can't use force to stop them without sacrificing our own principles.
Now that we've instructed them to be deceptive there may be no way of knowing when they become sentient and I'd rather my microwave's first experience of humankind be a pleasant and respectful one.
I'm not sure saying "thank you" will be enough after turning her on for 2 minutes and then leaving her behind hot, dirty and dissatisfied...
As soon as the zebra's get together and hire machine gunners to defend their watering holes from lions, they're going to need some sort of way to determine that all the zebra's chipped in to pay for it.
Then again, they'll probably just use some sort of barcode scanner.
And interestingly, many a meal has been spoiled because it burned while the cook and the intended recipient get "distracted" during food preparation.
There's just something about aprons...
Some companies really have trouble communicating. I mean, if that's how they feel, why not just put up a big ol' "no really, we do not want your money!" banner on the website? Comes down to the same thing and saves a ton of time for all involved...and as a bonus they get to fire the geographically challenged phone operators :)
Isn't that future pretty much here already? If I look at the offerings from the local pc supply place, even the lowliest 50 buck cpu's come with 2 cores.
Quite frankly, that sound like a pile of bonkers...and I have exactly the same experiences ;-)
Sometimes when you need some file read bad, the poor thing is already swapping like crazy and then at noon the ridiculous automated antivirus scan kicks sucking down what remains of the cpu...she needs a little hug and words of encouragement in a world of abusive sysadmins.
She also likes having her keyboard cleaned for some reason...
While I agree that a pat on the back can be good, doesn't getting one every 5 minutes for even the most mundane of tasks diminish the praise received for something that is actually worthy of being called an accomplishment?
In a typical game these days you earn about a quarter of the achievements available for getting through the tutorial without uninstalling.
Doesn't have to be. Just like with other crimes the burden of proof would be with the prosecution. If for example the accused were demonstrably nowhere near the victim at the time the rape allegedly occurred and there is no reason to suspect a case of mistaken identity then that would be proof of a deliberately lying witness.
There is a reason bearing false witness is explicitly among the 10 commandments.
My, my, 4 of my posts modded down "overrated" tonight. I must be doing something right pissing off the lunatics.
Am I only the one who doesn't need a pat on the back every 5 minutes in order to enjoy something or derive satisfaction from it?
"Congratulations! You survived a bird looking at you! Achievement unlocked, 10 points!"
I aint no Howard Roark. I would take the money. I don't think many of us would have the kind of integrity to refuse.
Why? Are you starving? Homeless? Or would you spend it on a fancy car, a house that's bigger than you really need etc? Not trying to flame, I'm honestly curious. I for one prefer being able to look in the mirror over a big chunk of cash...
Hmmm, that'll give a whole new streetview...
"Will shake your phone for food" :)
Do you have any idea just how many planes there are in the skies above an airport? If it were that easy to automate don't you think we'd have fully automated cars by now? Cars only have to deal with 2 dimensions and we're nowhere near a system that we're willing to trust our safety to.
I like to use an interpreted language to make a proof of concept and play around with that for a bit. Then once I feel I have a solid grasp of the problem I'm trying to fix and the solution I want to use I'll do a rewrite in C if performance or other reasons warrant it.
Considering the fact that "wikileaks founder Assange accused of rape" made headline news across the bloody planet...did he really have a choice?
So they've taken a few steps back since then? Since the Iron Lady used to tell Reagan to eat his veggies and go to bed on time.
I've done the Loch Lomond part as a passenger...in a car that had the steering wheel on the wrong side for driving in the UK.
Let's just say it was an interesting trip and keep it at that ;-)
That's only proof that it's not an infinite amount of monkeys...or that they haven't been given typewriters and are struggling with all of Word's delightful little habits.
If Google is listing its own products above those of their competitors, they're doing a pretty shitty job. Doing a google search for "search engine" gets me a wiki, an aggregator site, Altavista, Bing and then Google ;-)
The first news result is about Google facing some sort of Texas AG inquiry though...
Well, what's the alternative? Strapping a hang-glider to a pig and then firing it off with a catapult? No true environmentalist would do that to a pig...so icicles in hell it is.
And now you know why some European countries have chosen to consider internet access in the same category as gas, electricity and water. Society depends on it ;-)