Is there really no true libre social network, and if not, why not? Do I need to start one, or is it already in the works?
There is also "Zurker" (slogan: Democracy Makes Us Different) https://www.zurker.com/ which just turned two years old. The founder is very upbeat about it's recent progress.:)
Same here, I completed two Coursera MOOCs this year and had no idea what to expect, but considering they were free and how much time I allocated was up to me, I would have been reasonably satisfied just to finish the courses with a passing grade. As it turned out, the quality of learning resources and interaction from fellow students was so outstanding, I felt excited to be a part of the experience and really motivated to make my best effort. Further, having almost 100,000 students sign up for one of the courses did no harm apart from making the discussion forum a little difficult to navigate. I gained relevant, practical, skills which have increased my earning capacity, and I am looking forward to choosing many more courses in future. The best part for me, however, was being able to personally recommend Coursera to dozens of friends in less-developed countries who are desperate to expand their knowledge, but are unable to afford the costs of studying abroad. Most have failed to secure one of the very limited places at their local universities, which tend to have rather meagre ranges of course on offer in any case. They would have no qualms about having to complete the odd survey as part of the coursework.
This charade, of successive governments declaring their concern/anger/whatever about "security" is beginning to turn in on itself. I watched this video again just last week, which features a chap from Scotland Yard bragging about the ease with which they turned the reporter's mobile phone into a location/communications tracking and monitoring device. The UK seems to take some pride in being a world leader in surveillance and espionage. If the reported supply of chemicals to countries like Syria for use as weapons (to cite just one example) is any indication, it would be fairly safe to assume this expertise and technology is also on sale to anyone willing to meet the price. I guess it's time we stopped being distracted by dramatic headlines long enough to figure out why the member countries which created ECHELON/PRISM are now pushing this dumb "OMG, foreign governments use spies!" narrative quite so forcefully.
You could check out Zoho Mail [zoho.com] email hosting service for businesses / organizations. afaik, Zoho is India based, and not a US-owned organisation, so potentially less accessible to NSA snoops. Individuals can also create a free @zoho.com email address for personal use.
Nietzche wrote about having had disabling migraines for a year, until one night he went for a walk, and on the top of a mountain the entire text of "Thus Spake Zarathrustra" came to him all at once, and he went home and copied it down.
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
-- origin disputed
Wild guess, but a major reason for the dispute could be the huge number of people who wish they'd coined that insightful and hilarious quote, myself included!
A friend who lives in Switzerland was telling me while back he was concerned about an increased rate of suicide there, which was the highest in Europe on 2010. He attributed this to the requirement to keep military issue rifles at home. It's worth adding that Switzerland is also considered low-threat target for terrorist attacks.
Seconded, and I would add the long-running British 'Private Eye' for politics heavily laced with satire.
Rolling Stone also seems to have its moment of clarity, although I can never decide whether they're genuine.
I thought Australia was the world's largest island, and the largest country in the continent of Australasia, which includes New Zealand and Tasmania as well as sundry smaller islands.
Is it possible that, by allocating private funds from citizens with personal wealth and property they want to protect against theft by less well-off members of the community, new jobs will be created, eventually reducing unemployment among lower-income families, thereby alleviating one of the precursors to street crime?
If the crime rate falls, insurance premiums should follow.
OK. I'll stop now.
I like this suggestion, it's practical, relatively easy to implement, and extensible to include timed refresh or some method of creating a "waiting list" - something many sites might benefit from.
They could use the 2014 World Cup to destroy Brazil with an unprecedented wave of child/sex/drugs/weapons trafficking and payola scandals funded by laundered money. Maybe some of the requisite funds were being collected during the first few milliseconds of trading after 2pm, 18 Sep 2013, on the U.S. Stock and Futures markets
and it is depressing, reading about millions being poured into the search for "meaning" by dredging the bottomless well of narcissism we call Facebork.
Thank goodness for all the wonderfully funny/insightful/. comments! I am happy and completely distracted.
They are definitely intent on increasing control through these methods imo. This might be only the tip of the iceberg. London remains the world capital with the most CCTV cameras, many of which can read vehicle licence plates and who knows what else. People in London can be tracked whether walking, driving or using public transport. Recent legislation mandating education to age 18, coupled with the introduction of fingerprint scanning in at least some London borough schools for students using the cafeteria at lunchtime, further extends the ability to account for a growing number of people during peak working hours. It's really creepy when you add up all these different initiatives.
Maybe because the US and its partners in this data gathering project (Canada, UK, Australia etc) have outsourced the data analysis to Israel. Could help explain the UK export licence for Israel that was recently reported:
"£7,765,450,000 of the £7.8bn worth of equipment exported to Israel is covered by just one licence approval - for equipment employing cryptography and software for equipment employing cryptography."
The very same moon rocks that has been proved to be fake by a musem. You will have to look up the locational facts, I don't have them.
Here you go:
A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say.
It was given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees during a goodwill tour by the three Apollo-11 astronauts shortly after their moon mission in 1969.
When Mr Drees died, the rock went on display at the Amsterdam museum.
At one point it was insured for around $500,000 (£308,000), but tests have proved it was not the genuine article. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8226075.stm]
If you are seriously looking for one, I recently completed an excellent MOOC from Mt. San Jacinto College covering English grammar titled "Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade" offered by coursera.org
Nice, fun, predictions!
I'm willing to up the ante and predict that, in 100 years from now
- Legislation will be proposed outlawing the use of remote gene re-sequencers to change people's religious beliefs against their will
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Is there really no true libre social network, and if not, why not? Do I need to start one, or is it already in the works?
There is also "Zurker" (slogan: Democracy Makes Us Different) https://www.zurker.com/ which just turned two years old. The founder is very upbeat about it's recent progress. :)
Same here, I completed two Coursera MOOCs this year and had no idea what to expect, but considering they were free and how much time I allocated was up to me, I would have been reasonably satisfied just to finish the courses with a passing grade. As it turned out, the quality of learning resources and interaction from fellow students was so outstanding, I felt excited to be a part of the experience and really motivated to make my best effort. Further, having almost 100,000 students sign up for one of the courses did no harm apart from making the discussion forum a little difficult to navigate. I gained relevant, practical, skills which have increased my earning capacity, and I am looking forward to choosing many more courses in future. The best part for me, however, was being able to personally recommend Coursera to dozens of friends in less-developed countries who are desperate to expand their knowledge, but are unable to afford the costs of studying abroad. Most have failed to secure one of the very limited places at their local universities, which tend to have rather meagre ranges of course on offer in any case. They would have no qualms about having to complete the odd survey as part of the coursework.
This charade, of successive governments declaring their concern/anger/whatever about "security" is beginning to turn in on itself. I watched this video again just last week, which features a chap from Scotland Yard bragging about the ease with which they turned the reporter's mobile phone into a location/communications tracking and monitoring device. The UK seems to take some pride in being a world leader in surveillance and espionage. If the reported supply of chemicals to countries like Syria for use as weapons (to cite just one example) is any indication, it would be fairly safe to assume this expertise and technology is also on sale to anyone willing to meet the price. I guess it's time we stopped being distracted by dramatic headlines long enough to figure out why the member countries which created ECHELON/PRISM are now pushing this dumb "OMG, foreign governments use spies!" narrative quite so forcefully.
RAF? They come from the land that invented plaid.
Are you implying that the RAF comes from the land now known as Austria?
You could check out Zoho Mail [zoho.com] email hosting service for businesses / organizations. afaik, Zoho is India based, and not a US-owned organisation, so potentially less accessible to NSA snoops. Individuals can also create a free @zoho.com email address for personal use.
Nietzche wrote about having had disabling migraines for a year, until one night he went for a walk, and on the top of a mountain the entire text of "Thus Spake Zarathrustra" came to him all at once, and he went home and copied it down.
Did the migraines stop after he wrote the text?
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
-- origin disputed
Wild guess, but a major reason for the dispute could be the huge number of people who wish they'd coined that insightful and hilarious quote, myself included!
..one could have chosen a word that combined the two...
What replacement word do you suggest?
But lets just invent enemies that are going to invade tomorrow if we don't keep killing Arabs.
Your wish/prediction has been granted/realised, Africans are the new Arabs.
A friend who lives in Switzerland was telling me while back he was concerned about an increased rate of suicide there, which was the highest in Europe on 2010. He attributed this to the requirement to keep military issue rifles at home. It's worth adding that Switzerland is also considered low-threat target for terrorist attacks.
Seconded, and I would add the long-running British 'Private Eye' for politics heavily laced with satire. Rolling Stone also seems to have its moment of clarity, although I can never decide whether they're genuine.
I thought Australia was the world's largest island, and the largest country in the continent of Australasia, which includes New Zealand and Tasmania as well as sundry smaller islands.
Is it possible that, by allocating private funds from citizens with personal wealth and property they want to protect against theft by less well-off members of the community, new jobs will be created, eventually reducing unemployment among lower-income families, thereby alleviating one of the precursors to street crime?
If the crime rate falls, insurance premiums should follow.
OK. I'll stop now.
I like this suggestion, it's practical, relatively easy to implement, and extensible to include timed refresh or some method of creating a "waiting list" - something many sites might benefit from.
You beat me to it!
They could use the 2014 World Cup to destroy Brazil with an unprecedented wave of child/sex/drugs/weapons trafficking and payola scandals funded by laundered money. Maybe some of the requisite funds were being collected during the first few milliseconds of trading after 2pm, 18 Sep 2013, on the U.S. Stock and Futures markets
My understanding is that the literal translation "doing [something] over" = "overdoing [something]"
and it is depressing, reading about millions being poured into the search for "meaning" by dredging the bottomless well of narcissism we call Facebork. Thank goodness for all the wonderfully funny/insightful /. comments! I am happy and completely distracted.
You had me at "Tony Blair.."
They are definitely intent on increasing control through these methods imo. This might be only the tip of the iceberg. London remains the world capital with the most CCTV cameras, many of which can read vehicle licence plates and who knows what else. People in London can be tracked whether walking, driving or using public transport. Recent legislation mandating education to age 18, coupled with the introduction of fingerprint scanning in at least some London borough schools for students using the cafeteria at lunchtime, further extends the ability to account for a growing number of people during peak working hours. It's really creepy when you add up all these different initiatives.
... but why pick Israel of all allies?
Maybe because the US and its partners in this data gathering project (Canada, UK, Australia etc) have outsourced the data analysis to Israel. Could help explain the UK export licence for Israel that was recently reported :
"£7,765,450,000 of the £7.8bn worth of equipment exported to Israel is covered by just one licence approval - for equipment employing cryptography and software for equipment employing cryptography."
The very same moon rocks that has been proved to be fake by a musem. You will have to look up the locational facts, I don't have them.
Here you go:
A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say.
It was given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees during a goodwill tour by the three Apollo-11 astronauts shortly after their moon mission in 1969. When Mr Drees died, the rock went on display at the Amsterdam museum.
At one point it was insured for around $500,000 (£308,000), but tests have proved it was not the genuine article. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8226075.stm]
If you are seriously looking for one, I recently completed an excellent MOOC from Mt. San Jacinto College covering English grammar titled "Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade" offered by coursera.org
A phone made 100 years ago will still work. Unbalanced ringing and pulse dialling are all supported.
There's something appealing and slightly romantic about that
Nice, fun, predictions! I'm willing to up the ante and predict that, in 100 years from now - Legislation will be proposed outlawing the use of remote gene re-sequencers to change people's religious beliefs against their will