Uh, you probably mistyped it... This should link to the page, check for yourself.
Speaking of GIS. Taco, Hemos, anyone: Get a new episode up ASAP! It's been weeks now, and that ground control crap (a nice an idea actually) is no replacement.
Well then move to europe where EVERYTHING is controlled by the government.
No you come to Europe and see for yourself. Free market, entrepreneurship and independent/critical thought are flourishing despite those "damn" socialist and their irresistible drive to provide social wellfare etc. (I'm talking about western Europe here, maybe you meant the former Eastern block, but since you just said Europe I wouldn't know).
You sound like a communist saying how the government should break up businesses.
The US sentences people people to death for their crimes. Why not do the same to companies?
Ah ok. I must have misunderstood your original point.
However:
Hitler didn't overlook Switzerland by accident.
This is not undisputed. Some argue that we were left alone because our banks were more important to Nazi germany than our soil. I personally believe there is some truth in this argument. Our military policy (among other strategies) at that time was to build extremely well-defended fortifications in remote places, and to place bombs on most of our exposed infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, etc.) With the following goals:
a) Increase the difficulty of invading our country to the point were a Blitzkrieg type attack would be impossible
b) Make sure that if the ennemy gets in, all he gets are ruins.
c) Provide ample retreat opportunities for the army to reorganize and fight back guerilla style.
The problem with all this is that the most important part of the country to defend -- it's people -- would have been left exposed to an extremely barbaric occupant.
Our governement never seriously believed we could resist a full blown attack by the Germans, so besides the purely military approach, there was heavy diplomatic activity as well (having some high-profile politicians which openly admired Hitlers regime may have eased contact...).
As to the firearms in private hands point:
I suppose you refer to the fact that every Swiss citizen serves in the army (from age 20 to 42, a 15 week long basic service and about 2 weeks per year of refresher courses, ~1 year total). During this period the personal assault rifle is left under the responsibility of the "citizen-soldier", this much is true. So, like many others in Switzerland, I do have an automatic assault rifle with a certain ammount of ammo stored in my home (think about it next time you confuse us with Sweden;).
But you don't get this gun over the counter no questions asked! You are trained (full infantery drill) to handle it securely, shoot it with precision, and keep it in working condition (instructors love those "It's-Midnight-Get up!-disassembly-assembly-90secs-flat" type exercices). There is no relation between american style militias and a semi-professional army like we have in Switzerland. As a matter of fact, I have often wondered if "well-regulated militias" in the US constitution couldn't possibly mean something like the Swiss Army (please bear in mind that my knowledge of american history is verry limited).
Wow, I've gone a little off track here. I hope you find some relevance in my ramblings...
A slip of the pinky there is much less forgiving than a GUI config tool that only allows you to do a specific task and clearly spells out the dangers associated with it.
Of course you're basically right, but re the overused rm example: Look, you specifically requested rm to -force deletion of any file without confirmation request. What do you expect it to do? (Are you really really sure about this?)
Kind of reminds me of the self-destruct button in Spaceballs: only consider pressing if you have a really, really valid reason...
The problem with this is that smoking is an addiction. If you warn a heroin addict that his habit is bad for his health, will he stop? Of course not, and that's the reason why those warnings won't do anything to make a smoker stop.
(yeah, I know some would argue that cell-phones are addictive too)
BTW heroin addicts... In Europe, some countries actually distribute heroin (free of charge) to registered addicts, because it seems that "clean" heroin taken in a controlled environnment is relatively "harmless". The drug death toll has sunken notably in those countries since then. They should do that with nicotine too.
Well in Switzerland using a cell-phone without some sort of hands-free device while driving is prohibited. It's not very strongly enforced tough, which annoys me to no end.
This happened due to a similar study to the ones you cite which was pretty conclusive about the fact that cell-phone usage while driving roughly doubled the distance it takes you to get your car to halt in an emergency. Something about it being equivalent to drunk driving was stated as well.
Interesting to note (from the above linked report):
1 August 2000 - ICANN to issue a formal call for proposals by those seeking to sponsor or operate one or more new TLDs, accompanied by a New TLD Registry Application Form, instructions for filling out the application, and a statement of criteria for the Board's eventual decision.
...Meaning RMS may get his.gnu. Maybe slashdot wants to sponsor.dot?
Or more generally: sophisticated 3D games, which go beyond the FPS à la Doom/Quake/Unreal.
This is the main reason why I dual boot into Win these days. For actual work, I've found pretty much everything I need on the Linux side (however, once I'm already in Win, it's a lot faster to just fire up word rather than reboot into linux, especially since my personal files are available trough both samba and nfs)
Hey, not everyone in the world has as braindead drinking laws as the US you know (cheap shot, I know).
Ok, I don't know what the age is for the UK but it's generally 16 in European Countries. Some are verry liberal, like France or Spain, where nobody will ever think of checking your age before selling you alcohol (i.e. if you've got more than 2 hairs under your chin*), whereas I hear some others, like the Scandinavian countries try to discourage it as much as possible trough heavy taxing and probably more strict age checks.
I guess you just found your next travel destination;)
Just don't drive afterwards ok?
*: That's only for one half of the population, of course. For the other one, the criteria is wearing a bra;)
PS: I live in Switzerland, btw. We're very liberal on that front (and others), too.
Slashdot Mirror
Uh, you probably mistyped it... This should link to the page, check for yourself.
Speaking of GIS. Taco, Hemos, anyone: Get a new episode up ASAP! It's been weeks now, and that ground control crap (a nice an idea actually) is no replacement.
Ok, so you probably won't mind my "arragant" (or was that arrogant?) correction of your misspelling:
;)
Germany -> Deutschland (not Deutcheland)
German -> Deutsch (not deutche)
... Ah nitpicking
There we go.
...And what would you do when keyboard and mouse input freezes under Windows (any flavour) or Mac?
Right. reboot.
Got any links to encoding quality comparisons? Speed isn't everything, you know...
LOL! Don't forget the obvious related link.
This is such flaimbait I shouldn't even reply...
Well then move to europe where EVERYTHING is controlled by the government.
No you come to Europe and see for yourself. Free market, entrepreneurship and independent/critical thought are flourishing despite those "damn" socialist and their irresistible drive to provide social wellfare etc. (I'm talking about western Europe here, maybe you meant the former Eastern block, but since you just said Europe I wouldn't know).
You sound like a communist saying how the government should break up businesses.
The US sentences people people to death for their crimes. Why not do the same to companies?
Ah ok. I must have misunderstood your original point.
;).
However:
Hitler didn't overlook Switzerland by accident.
This is not undisputed. Some argue that we were left alone because our banks were more important to Nazi germany than our soil. I personally believe there is some truth in this argument. Our military policy (among other strategies) at that time was to build extremely well-defended fortifications in remote places, and to place bombs on most of our exposed infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, etc.) With the following goals:
a) Increase the difficulty of invading our country to the point were a Blitzkrieg type attack would be impossible
b) Make sure that if the ennemy gets in, all he gets are ruins.
c) Provide ample retreat opportunities for the army to reorganize and fight back guerilla style.
The problem with all this is that the most important part of the country to defend -- it's people -- would have been left exposed to an extremely barbaric occupant.
Our governement never seriously believed we could resist a full blown attack by the Germans, so besides the purely military approach, there was heavy diplomatic activity as well (having some high-profile politicians which openly admired Hitlers regime may have eased contact...).
As to the firearms in private hands point:
I suppose you refer to the fact that every Swiss citizen serves in the army (from age 20 to 42, a 15 week long basic service and about 2 weeks per year of refresher courses, ~1 year total). During this period the personal assault rifle is left under the responsibility of the "citizen-soldier", this much is true. So, like many others in Switzerland, I do have an automatic assault rifle with a certain ammount of ammo stored in my home (think about it next time you confuse us with Sweden
But you don't get this gun over the counter no questions asked! You are trained (full infantery drill) to handle it securely, shoot it with precision, and keep it in working condition (instructors love those "It's-Midnight-Get up!-disassembly-assembly-90secs-flat" type exercices). There is no relation between american style militias and a semi-professional army like we have in Switzerland. As a matter of fact, I have often wondered if "well-regulated militias" in the US constitution couldn't possibly mean something like the Swiss Army (please bear in mind that my knowledge of american history is verry limited).
Wow, I've gone a little off track here. I hope you find some relevance in my ramblings...
What's your problem with Switzerland?
(I'm Swiss)
#rm -rf
A slip of the pinky there is much less forgiving than a GUI config tool that only allows you to do a specific task and clearly spells out the dangers associated with it.
Of course you're basically right, but re the overused rm example: Look, you specifically requested rm to -f orce deletion of any file without confirmation request. What do you expect it to do? (Are you really really sure about this?)
Kind of reminds me of the self-destruct button in Spaceballs: only consider pressing if you have a really, really valid reason...
"Weichware mit Offenen Quellen." ;)
We usually don't bother to translate technical terms from english so "Open Source Software", pronounced with a nice bavarian accent should do.
I liked it just fine. Thanks for the work!
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Microsoft at least seems to agree with this now...
You may want to check this mini-howto as well for more complete info on deuglyfying X, and more specifically Netscape...
;)
Can I get a +1 Informative now, too?
The problem with this is that smoking is an addiction. If you warn a heroin addict that his habit is bad for his health, will he stop? Of course not, and that's the reason why those warnings won't do anything to make a smoker stop.
(yeah, I know some would argue that cell-phones are addictive too)
BTW heroin addicts... In Europe, some countries actually distribute heroin (free of charge) to registered addicts, because it seems that "clean" heroin taken in a controlled environnment is relatively "harmless". The drug death toll has sunken notably in those countries since then. They should do that with nicotine too.
Well in Switzerland using a cell-phone without some sort of hands-free device while driving is prohibited. It's not very strongly enforced tough, which annoys me to no end.
This happened due to a similar study to the ones you cite which was pretty conclusive about the fact that cell-phone usage while driving roughly doubled the distance it takes you to get your car to halt in an emergency. Something about it being equivalent to drunk driving was stated as well.
Yes but smoking is an addiction, unlike cell phones... Hrm, well, I'm not sure I have a point here :)
Yeah, that was dumb. I did however mention Flight Unlimited right afterwards....
:(
BTW: This is also true for Bungie games now
[Yeah, I'm replying to my own post, sue me]
.gnu. Maybe slashdot wants to sponsor .dot?
Interesting to note (from the above linked report):
1 August 2000 - ICANN to issue a formal call for proposals by those seeking to sponsor or operate one or more new TLDs, accompanied by a New TLD Registry Application Form, instructions for filling out the application, and a statement of criteria for the Board's eventual decision.
...Meaning RMS may get his
The ICANN site has now been updated. You can get the preliminary report of their little chat-party in Yokohama here.
...Crypto AG fiasco in which the Swiss(?) firm...
Yepp, Swiss indeed.
Falcon 4.0
Flight Simulator
Flight Unlimited
The Janes series
etc.
Or more generally: sophisticated 3D games, which go beyond the FPS à la Doom/Quake/Unreal.
This is the main reason why I dual boot into Win these days. For actual work, I've found pretty much everything I need on the Linux side (however, once I'm already in Win, it's a lot faster to just fire up word rather than reboot into linux, especially since my personal files are available trough both samba and nfs)
...And I know about flightgear, thank you.
Am I alone here?
17 year olds generally don't drink hard liquor *voluntarily*, so there is less need to enforce.
;)
You know, I've got this nice bridge for sale
Heck, read (almost) anything by Phil K. Dick. He is imho one of the most intriguing and disturbing SF authors who's books I read.
Quick suggestion: The man in the high castle. Plays in an alternate universe in which WWII was won by the Axis.
Damn what have I been smoking?
Legal age for driving (cars) is 18 anyway...
Hey, not everyone in the world has as braindead drinking laws as the US you know (cheap shot, I know).
;)
;)
Ok, I don't know what the age is for the UK but it's generally 16 in European Countries. Some are verry liberal, like France or Spain, where nobody will ever think of checking your age before selling you alcohol (i.e. if you've got more than 2 hairs under your chin*), whereas I hear some others, like the Scandinavian countries try to discourage it as much as possible trough heavy taxing and probably more strict age checks.
I guess you just found your next travel destination
Just don't drive afterwards ok?
*: That's only for one half of the population, of course. For the other one, the criteria is wearing a bra
PS: I live in Switzerland, btw. We're very liberal on that front (and others), too.