"That term is so vague, or shall we say nebulous, that it can't be used for meaningful statements." "Don't pay attention to who has your data, or who controls all of the computing you do, just ignore it."
Thanks a lot for the video and link/post. I wonder why googling 'a free digital society' does not find it. Not even the FSF page has much info on the talk.
Until something changes, I have to treat this as more propaganda. When the same press release admits to many other factors in these "diseases" and even its own "medicine" system to be at fault, this just sounds like more dribble.
"The site has come as a surprise to the archaeologists who had thought that the area had been studied in such depth that few discoveries of such magnitude remained."
Our behaviors aren't really all that advanced, as humans, and in order for us to get much further we are going to have to acknowledge that, instead of build bigger and better in order to please some part of ourselves that is afraid to grow..
Just bought a newly released Asus netbook pre-loaded with XP.
I don't know why they chose XP, it could have been many reasons, but as a casual user the changes from Vista to XP were substantial - but they always will be - your options are always the same.
(a) Choose another, similar product from the [vendor] (b) Choose another, similar product from another vendor
In the case of windows and its lack of ethics in regards to inter-operability [or their past] this has harmed their overall effectiveness in the market. The consumer has been locked in, and more importantly so has their data...
Now to change means an entire platform shift, as there is nothing that is fully compatible and as "comfortable".
Get rid of platform dependance, version dependance. I myself run several machines on this little netbook, multiboot and vm, and they all perform various functions.
I saw this a couple of days ago looking for a torrent of a show I missed on discovery, and thought, kind of interesting, everywhere else is adding bookmark this, share that, so of course thepiratebay could become more social..
What is shared on TPB? A lot of content, its hard to say that its mainly pirated, but of course HDTV shows and any free software is probably indexed by it.
When I saw it I didn't think it'd be 'slashdot' worthy, but it was peculiar, I'm sure that for pirates that use facebook it is going to make sharing all the easier.
Block it? Thats utterly silly, I think it is a precedent, maybe isohunt and mininova will add this feature, as they seem to have larger communities that release their own media through these portals.
Yea, an 800/810 is a little nicer, and the 810 with the keyboard might make for better typing, but also could remove one handed operation. Carry a few extra batteries and its pretty nice for web browsing (flash is a bit slow) and quite killer for remote desktops (mstsc better than vnc here..)
"Just as we look back at the beginning of the previous century and shake our heads at how people could ignore the pollution they caused, future generations will look back at us -- living in the early decades of the information age -- and judge our solutions to the proliferation of data."
I think that statement is quite insightful. Thanks for taking time out of the busy day to think about the future.
Now to go and watch %90 of the information go to...
Though much information has been washed away in the overflow of out-of-this world experiences and the legality/medical issue, every new mind that looks at this conundrum has a chance of figuring it out.
A majority of people have let a very important aspect of the drug phenomon be obscured; namely that of, what are these drugs doing to us? And what does the changing of perception do to a mind and the reality around it? Do psychedelics mimic the religious experience of olde or is there a part of the psyche that all of that stuff resides in?
The exploration of consciousness, memory, and the mind, will be highly influential in the direction of the world. I think that is the major point that drug use brings up. But does everyone need to sign themselves up to be a guinea pig?
All drugs are not the same, but when forced to buy a considerably 'mild' and slightly addictive drug from someone who may also be selling a 'highly' addictive and 'hard' drug, the line is blurred.
Legalization is one concern, but not a major one. The poor decision of criminalization caused a much bigger problem. And the [american] government (and probably others..) possibly helping traffic the drugs isn't really a clear message.. [its a constantly recurring theme.]
On one hand you have hippies and druggies saying drugs are ok and have minimal consequences. On the other the establishment proclaims that they are the $devil, and you will turn instantly into an alien if you even think about it. Kind of hard for a young kid to get a clear message from that, also. Both sides are just plain wrong.
You will have no problem finding a person using them, whether they are obviously intoxicated or just glassy eyed, and socially many people accept them, discounting the people with obviously hyped up phobias that should actually just see psychologists.
Prohibition is a clearly ineffective operation, at least for the goals it advertises.
I think a much more intelligent solution to drug use has to be facilitated. Making them illegal didn't "work", and I don't think blanket legality will either.
Another social problem overlooked? A scientific discovery awaiting?
I don't know, I forgot.
"making brand new memories.. and recalling.. upside down, the feeling of free falling..." - buck 65
Slashdot Mirror
I think this is a TLD4 variant, I've had to remove it several times
over the past several months, pretty persistent but the usual.
"McDonald's did not disclose how many people were impacted .."
I saw a sign that said, "99 Million customers hacked".
QOTD: "He's on the same bus, but he's sure as hell got a different ticket."
Also further explained at about 10:20 in http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Richard_Stallman_Talk_2009-10-09_part2.ogv
"That term is so vague, or shall we say nebulous, that it can't be used for meaningful statements."
"Don't pay attention to who has your data, or who controls all of the computing you do, just ignore it."
Thanks a lot for the video and link/post. I wonder why googling 'a free digital society'
does not find it. Not even the FSF page has much info on the talk.
While discovering new properties of old phenomena is interesting,
does anyone ever question the 'bravado' of the wording of such
discoveries?
Does it inhibit later discoveries, in creating artificial limitations
through language and subsequently expectation?
The fact that this post is modded as flamebait shows how these ideas
are merely being censored, instead of discussed.
But, maybe you don't want to know that you *may* be supporting war and
murder with your way of life, so you can play video games and use ipods.
Either way. It will come to an end.
go the same route as sony did. epic fail.
Just destroy your selves so we can go back to our huts and tipis, thanks.
Until something changes, I have to treat this as more propaganda.
When the same press release admits to many other factors in these
"diseases" and even its own "medicine" system to be at fault, this just
sounds like more dribble.
"two massive, 6,000-year-old tombs that are among "Britain's first architecture,"
"The site has come as a surprise to the archaeologists who had thought that the area had been studied in such depth that few discoveries of such magnitude remained."
Maybe their thoughts are limiting them ...
I heard they sold all of their gold for two *bits* (per second).
"Making that same substandard security technology free won't change that equation.'"
Hmm?
A FOAF's worked on a project aimed at 'securing XP'. I do not know if it was this one.
This friend asked the programmer if he had heard of SELinux. He said, "What?"
Surreal.
"the government could use its massive purchasing power to get companies to produce more secure products" - really?
There needs to be more motivation for them to release products that are more than 'good enough'?
Pretty interesting.
I just helped a friend post his discography to demonoid-
I wonder if they would block links from them also?
Our behaviors aren't really all that advanced, as humans, and
in order for us to get much further we are going to have to
acknowledge that, instead of build bigger and better in order
to please some part of ourselves that is afraid to grow..
Just bought a newly released Asus netbook pre-loaded with XP.
I don't know why they chose XP, it could have been
many reasons, but as a casual user the changes
from Vista to XP were substantial - but they
always will be - your options are always the same.
(a) Choose another, similar product from the [vendor]
(b) Choose another, similar product from another vendor
In the case of windows and its lack of ethics in ...
regards to inter-operability [or their past] this
has harmed their overall effectiveness in the market.
The consumer has been locked in, and more
importantly so has their data
Now to change means an entire platform shift, as
there is nothing that is fully compatible and as
"comfortable".
Get rid of platform dependance, version
dependance. I myself run several machines
on this little netbook, multiboot and vm,
and they all perform various functions.
I saw this a couple of days ago looking for a torrent ..
of a show I missed on discovery, and thought, kind of
interesting, everywhere else is adding bookmark this,
share that, so of course thepiratebay could become more
social
What is shared on TPB? A lot of content, its hard to
say that its mainly pirated, but of course HDTV shows
and any free software is probably indexed by it.
When I saw it I didn't think it'd be 'slashdot' worthy,
but it was peculiar, I'm sure that for pirates that use
facebook it is going to make sharing all the easier.
Block it? Thats utterly silly, I think it is a precedent,
maybe isohunt and mininova will add this feature, as they
seem to have larger communities that release their own
media through these portals.
Wow, free pron sites, please explain this in the 1, 2, 3 vernacular that we are all familiar with.
Anyone ever wonder how much code from DOS 4.0, and probably even earlier, ... ?
is in Windows 7, due to backward compatibility and code fudging
Yea, an 800/810 is a little nicer, and the 810 with the keyboard might make for better typing,
but also could remove one handed operation. Carry a few extra batteries and its pretty nice for
web browsing (flash is a bit slow) and quite killer for remote desktops (mstsc better than vnc here..)
"Just as we look back at the beginning of the previous century and shake our heads at how people could ignore the pollution they caused, future generations will look back at us -- living in the early decades of the information age -- and judge our solutions to the proliferation of data."
I think that statement is quite insightful. Thanks for taking
time out of the busy day to think about the future.
Now to go and watch %90 of the information go to ...
The reality is that such silly distinctions are useless and the differences are minimal and trivial.
"I remember back when the internet was free" .... sigh.
Though much information has been washed away in the overflow of
out-of-this world experiences and the legality/medical issue,
every new mind that looks at this conundrum has a chance of
figuring it out.
A majority of people have let a very important aspect of the
drug phenomon be obscured; namely that of, what are these drugs
doing to us? And what does the changing of perception do to
a mind and the reality around it? Do psychedelics mimic the
religious experience of olde or is there a part of the psyche
that all of that stuff resides in?
The exploration of consciousness, memory, and the mind, will be
highly influential in the direction of the world. I think that
is the major point that drug use brings up. But does everyone
need to sign themselves up to be a guinea pig?
All drugs are not the same, but when forced to buy a considerably
'mild' and slightly addictive drug from someone who may also
be selling a 'highly' addictive and 'hard' drug, the line
is blurred.
Legalization is one concern, but not a major one. The poor
decision of criminalization caused a much bigger problem.
And the [american] government (and probably others..)
possibly helping traffic the drugs isn't really a clear
message.. [its a constantly recurring theme.]
On one hand you have hippies and druggies saying drugs are
ok and have minimal consequences. On the other the establishment
proclaims that they are the $devil, and you will turn instantly
into an alien if you even think about it. Kind of hard for a young
kid to get a clear message from that, also. Both sides are just
plain wrong.
You will have no problem finding a person using them, whether
they are obviously intoxicated or just glassy eyed, and
socially many people accept them, discounting the people
with obviously hyped up phobias that should actually just see
psychologists.
Prohibition is a clearly ineffective operation, at least for
the goals it advertises.
I think a much more intelligent solution to drug use has to
be facilitated. Making them illegal didn't "work", and I don't
think blanket legality will either.
Another social problem overlooked? A scientific discovery awaiting?
I don't know, I forgot.
"making brand new memories .. and recalling .. ..." - buck 65
upside down, the feeling of free falling