I have enjoyed Eryxma.com's hosting. I have had service for about one year and don't have a single complaint. The CEO even gave me his AIM screename! Now the company is larger and he is more busy, but he is still very pleasant. The forums are active, and anything I've ever asked for I've gotten.
I can't say whether they have all of the things you requested... but they are worth a look.
If you remember correctly, Western civilization has had its eras of non-development. The "dark ages," for instance. Also, when the Romans started to be dominant they stopped developing as much. That lasted longer than the Chinese dark ages (which, at most, could be from 13-something to 17 or 18-something.) But Latin has always had an alphabet! Why did Europe stop thinking for almost 1000 years? Because they chose not to! Religion and Feudalism, among other things, created a general disinterest in promoting science.
The fact of the matter is that societies rise and fall. They grow, stop developing as quickly, feel they "know enough" and then have some outside force make them fall.
Even now we can see this effect. The Cold War is over, information is spread more quickly than ever, but you don't see people trying to get commercial space flight or moon resorts up and running. Those who have the money don't care, those who do care don't have the money. Information won't make it magically happen.
That was China in 1300. I have studied China my whole life. I believe what I believe because I know who Chinese society works, speak, read and write Chinese, and have seen students in the country, with no books, learn advanced algebra off of a chalk-board -- because they were inclined to do so. Had they thought farming was enough and that the government would take care of them, no amount of reading would have gotten them off their asses to do work.
Look at America! Are people are some of the least education in the modern world. People laugh at how simple our education is. How is that possible if we have the largest free library system in the world? Because we don't care to learn.
I see you're neither a linguist or historian. I'm both.
An "inefficient" "alphabet" can not stunt a society's growth. This cast is most easily proven by China's current development. They are using Chinese ideograms, are developing rapidly, are developing cutting edge ideas, and have good literacy rates.
Historically speaking the slow down of development can most easily be tied to politics, Confucianism, and society. You have to remember -- in 1300 they had 1000 foot-long boats and may have even curcumnavigated the globe (it seems Zhenghe was a pretty amazing guy.)
So don't blame a language for limiting a people's potential. We, as global citizens, could be eons ahead of where we are now if we could erase history and social stigma (and preference) in an exact way. In 1000 years someone will make a comment about why we didn't. It will be clear then, as it is now, what we are/did wrong. The Chinese of 1300, for whatever reasons, decided that they didn't need to keep going forward in the sciences, so they didn't. I wish they hadn't, but they did.
Couldn't one (with a nice fast connection and large harddrive) set up a server that allows users to make accounts. With these accounts they could start book projects. The new projects could be listed on the front page -- even if they are incomplete. They could be updated chapter by chapter. They could be voted on and commented on, so as to encourage the reader (whose project it is) to finish the book/do more books/redo chapters that had slip-ups.
It seems that you could eventually have a good collection of good public domain readings. Some books could have multiple readings as well. Just a thought...
I'm no expert, but I remember something in my college biology class that went something like this:
The sugars in sodas and the sugars in OJ are different things. Just like the sugar in snickers is different than that in bread. Somehow, though I don't remember how, you manage to use the OJ/bread sugars better than you do the coke/snickers sugars.
Note: I've spent my whole life living around Asia. Currently I call Turkmenistan home.
Calling yourself the sole superpower is arrogant. It also mandates a certain amount of responsibilty.
This of it as a paternal responsibility. If you declare yourself that, you take on the responsibility to aid the world. Billions of dollars are indeed given to different sources, though few of them humanitarian. But we have in our power the ability to feed the entire world. While that's not necessary, I would say that we have signed up for feeding the people who otherwise wouldn't eat. That's about 500000000 people (that's 500 million.) We actually do have those resources. We throw away that much corn every year to keep prices stable.
The issue is "why should we feed the world? We're an individual country out for our own." We should because we can. We should because we call ourselves the leaders of the free world.
And though the hatred of the West, in particular America, is often much more selfish, this neediness helps feed that.
Most of the world is still developing (as in the term "developing country"). We expect them to act like they're only problem is whether or not their people are acting properly. It's not. Food, clothes, shelter come first.
We have the KKK. It used to be much larger. Used to have significant membership in the government. That is just as bad as the Taliban. That wasn't that long ago -- the KKK-types just have a lot more power now-a-days. (Meaning they can do more with less. The internet, weapons, etc are all accessible in ways they were not then.)
This is a social dilema, not a religious one. Islam is not inspiring this, Islam is an excuse. Just as Jesus didn't inspire the KKK. The difference is that the KKK were the ones in power, and the current "bigots" are not. That's social.
We can no longer live separately, so we must find a way to live together peacefully. -King
Religious fervor rarely has anything to do with religion.
We've had our jihads. (We as Christians, though I'm non-religious myself.) We've repressed people in the name of religion. We've done all of these things. The crusades are the most obvious example, but to this day religious oppression goes on in America. And certainly in its past religion has played a significant role in repression in the past.
But you'll notice, if you study it, that there's little guidance from religious texts. There's much misinterpretation, however. That is social. We want guidance, so we find it in religion. (Changing "we.") We're mad that the U.S. is such a bully, we try to find reasons to hate it. Religion is a beautiful thing often used as a scapegoat.
So don't think this jihad thing is new. It's as old as humanity as we know it.
We can no longer live separately, so we must find some way to live together peacefully. - King
I have spent my whole life living around the world. Currently I reside in Turkmenistan. That's an Iran away from Iraq. To the southwest lay Afghanistan.
The world doesn't hate us because we have freedom. There is a lot of hatred because we are selfish capitalists. There is a lot of hatred because we have out for number one, and don't care that much about how much others have to suffer while we get that. There is a lot of hatred because the cold war hurt a lot of people in countries not our own. There is a lot of hatred because a lot of the world has to suffer a lot of the time, while we don't -- and don't bother to use our vast resources to aid those people. (Not that we don't give aid -- but that if we gave all the aid we could afford there would be no hunger in the world, for instance.) They hate us for a lot of reasons, our respect for freedom not being high on the list.
Most repressive governments just want to be left alone.
And remember, these are developing nations. We had a society just as bad as the Taliban's. Even today we have a tremendous amount of inequality. I'm not saying the Taliban are right in what they attempted, I'm just saying that you're ignorant if you think we magically moved from monarchy to the celebration of individuality. We've never been there, we're not there now, and we probably won't be there.
In this world we can no longer live apart, so we must find some way to live together in peace. -King
They have a chart on the product's webpage, but does the 11Mps (indoor is 410ft) range apply to 802.11b devices? and does the outdoor (1800ft) apply to 802.11b devices?
If it does, I may just get one of these things. The range in my WAP/router (linksys) sucks. then again -- i would buy a booster if i could find one that works well.
No.. that's not even what is important. What is important is that now computers come, and are sold, with GNU/Linux preinstalled. That means the statistics of how many "linux installations" will come closer to reflecting the actual number.
(i.e. before most people downloaded their distro of choice, now -- even if they just put on pirated windows or an old windows -- these are all checked as "linux installations.")
Eryxma Networks really has done a great job for me. They use GNU/Linux servers and are dirt cheap (right now 1GB of storage and 50GB of transfer for 3 bucks/month).
the service has been great. the ceo even gave me his AIM screenname. I recommend them highly.
Actually.. it is pretty much how much you want. I have the zaurus as well. When I upgraded my software to www.openzaurus.org and opie, i had the choice of how to distribute my memory. I chose to go 40 MB of RAM and 24 MB of ROM. I could have had 16MB of RAM and 48 MB of ROM though. (I wish I had -- I would like more internal storage... but i guess programs need RAM to run:))
So. it is 96 MB, in (almost) whatever configuration you want
Since this is just a test of unpacking and deleting lots of files... couldn't one do this test in Windows/Mac OSX to see how their file systems match up.
I lived in China for most of that decade. I saw the growth. If you leave one region for more than a year, it is a different place the next time you see it. It's amazing. I've never seen anything like it.
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I have enjoyed Eryxma.com's hosting. I have had service for about one year and don't have a single complaint. The CEO even gave me his AIM screename! Now the company is larger and he is more busy, but he is still very pleasant. The forums are active, and anything I've ever asked for I've gotten.
I can't say whether they have all of the things you requested... but they are worth a look.
Exactly! It had nothing to do with the writing system, it had to do with the current society!
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I'm glad someone is on my team.
You are right -- I was not clear. I was referring to lower education. Primary-high school.
If you remember correctly, Western civilization has had its eras of non-development. The "dark ages," for instance. Also, when the Romans started to be dominant they stopped developing as much. That lasted longer than the Chinese dark ages (which, at most, could be from 13-something to 17 or 18-something.) But Latin has always had an alphabet! Why did Europe stop thinking for almost 1000 years? Because they chose not to! Religion and Feudalism, among other things, created a general disinterest in promoting science.
The fact of the matter is that societies rise and fall. They grow, stop developing as quickly, feel they "know enough" and then have some outside force make them fall.
Even now we can see this effect. The Cold War is over, information is spread more quickly than ever, but you don't see people trying to get commercial space flight or moon resorts up and running. Those who have the money don't care, those who do care don't have the money. Information won't make it magically happen.
That was China in 1300. I have studied China my whole life. I believe what I believe because I know who Chinese society works, speak, read and write Chinese, and have seen students in the country, with no books, learn advanced algebra off of a chalk-board -- because they were inclined to do so. Had they thought farming was enough and that the government would take care of them, no amount of reading would have gotten them off their asses to do work.
Look at America! Are people are some of the least education in the modern world. People laugh at how simple our education is. How is that possible if we have the largest free library system in the world? Because we don't care to learn.
I see you're neither a linguist or historian. I'm both.
An "inefficient" "alphabet" can not stunt a society's growth. This cast is most easily proven by China's current development. They are using Chinese ideograms, are developing rapidly, are developing cutting edge ideas, and have good literacy rates.
Historically speaking the slow down of development can most easily be tied to politics, Confucianism, and society. You have to remember -- in 1300 they had 1000 foot-long boats and may have even curcumnavigated the globe (it seems Zhenghe was a pretty amazing guy.)
So don't blame a language for limiting a people's potential. We, as global citizens, could be eons ahead of where we are now if we could erase history and social stigma (and preference) in an exact way. In 1000 years someone will make a comment about why we didn't. It will be clear then, as it is now, what we are/did wrong. The Chinese of 1300, for whatever reasons, decided that they didn't need to keep going forward in the sciences, so they didn't. I wish they hadn't, but they did.
Couldn't one (with a nice fast connection and large harddrive) set up a server that allows users to make accounts. With these accounts they could start book projects. The new projects could be listed on the front page -- even if they are incomplete. They could be updated chapter by chapter. They could be voted on and commented on, so as to encourage the reader (whose project it is) to finish the book/do more books/redo chapters that had slip-ups.
It seems that you could eventually have a good collection of good public domain readings. Some books could have multiple readings as well. Just a thought...
I think there's something wrong. I'm number 403...
Maybe this is the dot-slash effect...
I'm no expert, but I remember something in my college biology class that went something like this:
The sugars in sodas and the sugars in OJ are different things. Just like the sugar in snickers is different than that in bread. Somehow, though I don't remember how, you manage to use the OJ/bread sugars better than you do the coke/snickers sugars.
just my $.02
Note: I've spent my whole life living around Asia. Currently I call Turkmenistan home.
Calling yourself the sole superpower is arrogant. It also mandates a certain amount of responsibilty.
This of it as a paternal responsibility. If you declare yourself that, you take on the responsibility to aid the world. Billions of dollars are indeed given to different sources, though few of them humanitarian. But we have in our power the ability to feed the entire world. While that's not necessary, I would say that we have signed up for feeding the people who otherwise wouldn't eat. That's about 500000000 people (that's 500 million.) We actually do have those resources. We throw away that much corn every year to keep prices stable.
The issue is "why should we feed the world? We're an individual country out for our own." We should because we can. We should because we call ourselves the leaders of the free world.
And though the hatred of the West, in particular America, is often much more selfish, this neediness helps feed that.
Most of the world is still developing (as in the term "developing country"). We expect them to act like they're only problem is whether or not their people are acting properly. It's not. Food, clothes, shelter come first.
We have the KKK. It used to be much larger. Used to have significant membership in the government. That is just as bad as the Taliban. That wasn't that long ago -- the KKK-types just have a lot more power now-a-days. (Meaning they can do more with less. The internet, weapons, etc are all accessible in ways they were not then.)
This is a social dilema, not a religious one. Islam is not inspiring this, Islam is an excuse. Just as Jesus didn't inspire the KKK. The difference is that the KKK were the ones in power, and the current "bigots" are not. That's social.
We can no longer live separately, so we must find a way to live together peacefully. -King
Religious fervor rarely has anything to do with religion.
We've had our jihads. (We as Christians, though I'm non-religious myself.) We've repressed people in the name of religion. We've done all of these things. The crusades are the most obvious example, but to this day religious oppression goes on in America. And certainly in its past religion has played a significant role in repression in the past.
But you'll notice, if you study it, that there's little guidance from religious texts. There's much misinterpretation, however. That is social. We want guidance, so we find it in religion. (Changing "we.") We're mad that the U.S. is such a bully, we try to find reasons to hate it. Religion is a beautiful thing often used as a scapegoat.
So don't think this jihad thing is new. It's as old as humanity as we know it.
We can no longer live separately, so we must find some way to live together peacefully. - King
I really must ask, how old are you?
I have spent my whole life living around the world. Currently I reside in Turkmenistan. That's an Iran away from Iraq. To the southwest lay Afghanistan.
The world doesn't hate us because we have freedom. There is a lot of hatred because we are selfish capitalists. There is a lot of hatred because we have out for number one, and don't care that much about how much others have to suffer while we get that. There is a lot of hatred because the cold war hurt a lot of people in countries not our own. There is a lot of hatred because a lot of the world has to suffer a lot of the time, while we don't -- and don't bother to use our vast resources to aid those people. (Not that we don't give aid -- but that if we gave all the aid we could afford there would be no hunger in the world, for instance.) They hate us for a lot of reasons, our respect for freedom not being high on the list.
Most repressive governments just want to be left alone.
And remember, these are developing nations. We had a society just as bad as the Taliban's. Even today we have a tremendous amount of inequality. I'm not saying the Taliban are right in what they attempted, I'm just saying that you're ignorant if you think we magically moved from monarchy to the celebration of individuality. We've never been there, we're not there now, and we probably won't be there.
In this world we can no longer live apart, so we must find some way to live together in peace. -King
The problem is, what sort of mass storage device can write at 8.6 gigabits/sec?
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just testing a theory...
I would think that a photon must have mass. Doesn't a black hole, by it's definition, suck up light as well? Isn't that was makes it black?
They have a chart on the product's webpage, but does the 11Mps (indoor is 410ft) range apply to 802.11b devices? and does the outdoor (1800ft) apply to 802.11b devices?
If it does, I may just get one of these things. The range in my WAP/router (linksys) sucks. then again -- i would buy a booster if i could find one that works well.
Condoms don't kill people, people kill people.
Or on the flip side...
People don't kill people, condoms kill people!
No.. that's not even what is important. What is important is that now computers come, and are sold, with GNU/Linux preinstalled. That means the statistics of how many "linux installations" will come closer to reflecting the actual number.
(i.e. before most people downloaded their distro of choice, now -- even if they just put on pirated windows or an old windows -- these are all checked as "linux installations.")
Eryxma Networks really has done a great job for me. They use GNU/Linux servers and are dirt cheap (right now 1GB of storage and 50GB of transfer for 3 bucks/month).
the service has been great. the ceo even gave me his AIM screenname. I recommend them highly.
which china do you mean? not the china that has the fastest growing major economy i hope...
I don't know why... but i hate seeing multiple desktops for windows... i've always prided that as a reason to convert.
oh well. time to look for something new.
Actually.. it is pretty much how much you want. I have the zaurus as well. When I upgraded my software to www.openzaurus.org and opie, i had the choice of how to distribute my memory. I chose to go 40 MB of RAM and 24 MB of ROM. I could have had 16MB of RAM and 48 MB of ROM though. (I wish I had -- I would like more internal storage... but i guess programs need RAM to run :))
So. it is 96 MB, in (almost) whatever configuration you want
Since this is just a test of unpacking and deleting lots of files... couldn't one do this test in Windows/Mac OSX to see how their file systems match up.
Does anyone have any benchmarks comparing them?
I never said they didn't fail.. i was just replying to the guy before me. and i didn't say they were communist. i said they were "communist."
I lived in China for most of that decade. I saw the growth. If you leave one region for more than a year, it is a different place the next time you see it. It's amazing. I've never seen anything like it.