Same here, I'd vouch for CONTACT or should you also consider some non-scifi stuff to get them interested in space & astronomy issues, the "cosmos" book accompanying Sagan's TV series of the same name.
check out swiftfox (http://www.getswiftfox.com/), I think they have a repository available that'll provide you with beta5 for your cpu architecture of choice.
You could also look into getting a HOTAS Cougar from Thrustmaster. They fit the bill perfectly for the Falcon sim family, having been used once in the F16s heydays to train real pilots.
They cost a dime or two, but sometimes you see them at a discount in large electronics stores because these are non-ff devices, so they tend to sit on the shelves like lead in retail stores. Being made mostly from metal parts, you'll never touch another plasticky stick after you've made the "cougar" experience;-)
"If the Catholic church still ran things like they did back during the inquisition, I'd be actively hunting and killing their church leaders"
Did you feature on the cover of "Internet Tough Guy Magazine" lately? Your "solution" sounds just a brutal as those who made it onto the list you compiled.
The Amiga had "kickstart" in its ROMs (consisting mostly of libraries like exec, intution, graphics.library and so on), but in order to make the machine usable and get to see more than an animation of a hand inserting a floppy into a disk drive, you still had to boot off floppies or a hard disk to get to your workbench screen. Calling the kickstart rom's an operating system is taking things a bit too far IMHO.
Martial arts is for pro bodyguards and nerds with inferiority complexes. Are you a pro bodyguard?
Not a pro bodyguard, but I've found martial arts to create an excellent balance between work and recuperation / time off the job.
Anyone using martial arts or knowledge thereof to justify bragging rights hasn't understood the underlying philosophical concept which is "the best fight is the one that's never fought". Most martial arts (especially of eastern origin) have strong ties to philosphy like Taoism, Zen Bhuddism or even religion.
My guess is the author used his knowledge of martial arts in a humorous context more than anything else.
As for pgp signing, you might want to check out the firegpg plugin for firefox if that happens to be your browser of choice.
I too switched to gmail, after 15 years of using a console only client (first elm, then some pine, followed by mutt). I think my biggest arguments in its favour are the ability to access your email from anywhere, and of course the advanced search and labelling features gmail offers.
The only downside left for me now that google has apparently implemented imap access is the fact that it's impossible to display or compose messages in a fixed with font without using HTML email.
I have no idea why gmail seems unable to do that as it works ok in google groups, but it's only a minor gripe left with an otherwise excellent webmail system.
Apparently, "Vagrants" is a band of some sort, but I've never heard of them;-)
Maybe it's not an explanation why morals exist, but surely their existence is advantageous to the survival probability of a group of people supporting each other.
When you say "morality isn't only about people around you", that may be true, but that's not what I had in mind when I made my comment.
I have to disagree. Your argument is only valid if you're able to support yourself during your entire lifetime without a group of people caring for and about you in times of sickness or other calamities.
The behaviour you outline above is pretty anti-social, and it's a sure bet it wouldn't be tolerated for very long by the tribe you were born into, possibly leading to instant gene-pool removal of yourself (or, at least, exclusion / expulsion from the tribe whose members you were abusing).
So I guess common sense does indeed dictate at least a fundamental adherence to basic principles that you'd call "moral", as it secures your survival within a group of people that'll support you in the long run.
Let's say you decide to go for a high paying, high priority job in a large company. I wonder what these military fascists will do then? Let you get the job? Or maybe anonymously tip off the HR department that you're a dangerous person, etc.
I wonder what your "job satisfaction" would be like should you work at a company that relies on "anonymous outsider tips" on their prospective employees. Sounds like they really trust each other there, right?
Nothing wrong with expanding, but avoid exponential growth at all costs.
As Daniel Quinn has pointed out in his excellent novel "Ishmael", growing as a species is fine and dandy as long as you don't wage war on your surroundings.
Totalitarian agriculture (that's the term he uses for our way of life as a global culture, being totally dependent on the massive surplusses our food production yields) is the fire burning beneath our cultural cauldron, causing us to overrun the planet, its resources and most other species sharing it with us.
It's obvious this way of life is not sustainable in the long run by *any* ecosystem, be it planet earth or even the universe itself, as it results in a massive population growth (you first need massive food production surplusses in order to start and maintain exponential growth), so I'd suggest solving this problem first before we take it with us into space as a cultural meme. The solution could be to manage (and limit!) our food production in a meaningful manner to stop this exponential population growth.
Humanity is not exempt from ecological laws and causalities, even if our culture teaches us otherwise ("pinnacle of creation", anyone?;-)
Check www.ishmael.org if you'd like to find out more about Dan's excellent books.
I think one of the contributing factors to be considered is that he's rather well off financially, won't have to work another single day in his life again and is basically free to do as he damn well pleases. I think in such circumstances, quite a few older people would be able to finish their studies, especially in a field that has become a life-long passion (which is rather the norm with astronomers than an exception). Kudos for Brian May for pulling this one off though, it's hard work even *with* a lot of passion involved.
I'd get him a nice bicycle instead if you're ready to spend that much money on something that is only likely to turn him into a couch potato if time spent gaming isn't strictly regulated;-)
all googlemail.com email addresses will also receive mails at gmail.com, I think, at least that's been the case for all addresses I've set up for friends and family in Germany.
When, oh when in the entire history of taker culture has a simple naming convention ever stopped monarchs, autarchs or governments from taxing an item?;-)
The issue here is not Biodiesel, but simple veggie oil that you can get cheaply at the supermarket next door. I would think it's as illegal to be used for fuel as the good old "Heizoel", which even has (had?) a colour additive added to it so it's more easily spotted when used in fuel tanks.
While not exactly legal over here in Germany either, many people run their Diesel cars on a mix of commercial grade diesel and vegetable oil, which comes even often used from fast food outlets if you can believe it.
It's quite easy to spot (or smell, rather) these cars when following them as you develop a sudden hunger for french fries out of the blue!;-)
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Same here, I'd vouch for CONTACT or should you also consider some non-scifi stuff to get them interested in space & astronomy issues, the "cosmos" book accompanying Sagan's TV series of the same name.
Ah, Tomas Rokicki... running AmigaTeX off two 3,5" floppies and 20 disks, those were good times, good times.
check out swiftfox (http://www.getswiftfox.com/), I think they have a repository available that'll provide you with beta5 for your cpu architecture of choice.
Cheers, uwe
Too bad the BeBox didn't at least get a honourable mention... damn, that machine had me excited for a while.
You could also look into getting a HOTAS Cougar from Thrustmaster. They fit the bill perfectly for the Falcon sim family, having been used once in the F16s heydays to train real pilots.
;-)
They cost a dime or two, but sometimes you see them at a discount in large electronics stores because these are non-ff devices, so they tend to sit on the shelves like lead in retail stores. Being made mostly from metal parts, you'll never touch another plasticky stick after you've made the "cougar" experience
I had to drag the home button from the bookmarks bar into the customize dialog, then drag and drop it into the toolbar from there.
Did you feature on the cover of "Internet Tough Guy Magazine" lately? Your "solution" sounds just a brutal as those who made it onto the list you compiled.
The Amiga had "kickstart" in its ROMs (consisting mostly of libraries like exec, intution, graphics.library and so on), but in order to make the machine usable and get to see more than an animation of a hand inserting a floppy into a disk drive, you still had to boot off floppies or a hard disk to get to your workbench screen. Calling the kickstart rom's an operating system is taking things a bit too far IMHO.
All the best, uwe
Not a pro bodyguard, but I've found martial arts to create an excellent balance between work and recuperation / time off the job.
Anyone using martial arts or knowledge thereof to justify bragging rights hasn't understood the underlying philosophical concept which is "the best fight is the one that's never fought". Most martial arts (especially of eastern origin) have strong ties to philosphy like Taoism, Zen Bhuddism or even religion.
My guess is the author used his knowledge of martial arts in a humorous context more than anything else.
As for pgp signing, you might want to check out the firegpg plugin for firefox if that happens to be your browser of choice.
I too switched to gmail, after 15 years of using a console only client (first elm, then some pine, followed by mutt). I think my biggest arguments in its favour are the ability to access your email from anywhere, and of course the advanced search and labelling features gmail offers.
The only downside left for me now that google has apparently implemented imap access is the fact that it's impossible to display or compose messages in a fixed with font without using HTML email.
I have no idea why gmail seems unable to do that as it works ok in google groups, but it's only a minor gripe left with an otherwise excellent webmail system.
I'd mod your comment up if I had points right now, but you forgot about the bonus "to go" foot fungi you pick up in those old, rented bowling shoes ;-)
Hm, I'm not too sure about this. Ever heard of the term "Sammelklage" (collective suit)?
Shouldn't this be "divide by 8.3" in the true DOS spirit of things? ;-)
LOL! I wish I had modpoints right now. Nothing like a good giggle in the morning, my hat is off to you, sir! ;-)
I remember the times when nearly all x11 related programs came with makemakefiles. Old fart, I guess ;-)
Damn, I feel like firing up "Harpoon" on my old Amiga now. Damn you for revigorating a long-forgotten addiction! ;-)
Apparently, "Vagrants" is a band of some sort, but I've never heard of them ;-)
Maybe it's not an explanation why morals exist, but surely their existence is advantageous to the survival probability of a group of people supporting each other.
When you say "morality isn't only about people around you", that may be true, but that's not what I had in mind when I made my comment.
I have to disagree. Your argument is only valid if you're able to support yourself during your entire lifetime without a group of people caring for and about you in times of sickness or other calamities.
The behaviour you outline above is pretty anti-social, and it's a sure bet it wouldn't be tolerated for very long by the tribe you were born into, possibly leading to instant gene-pool removal of yourself (or, at least, exclusion / expulsion from the tribe whose members you were abusing).
So I guess common sense does indeed dictate at least a fundamental adherence to basic principles that you'd call "moral", as it secures your survival within a group of people that'll support you in the long run.
Let's say you decide to go for a high paying, high priority job in a large company. I wonder what these military fascists will do then? Let you get the job? Or maybe anonymously tip off the HR department that you're a dangerous person, etc.
;-)
I wonder what your "job satisfaction" would be like should you work at a company that relies on "anonymous outsider tips" on their prospective employees. Sounds like they really trust each other there, right?
Good luck to you, Sir.
Nothing wrong with expanding, but avoid exponential growth at all costs.
;-)
As Daniel Quinn has pointed out in his excellent novel "Ishmael", growing as a species is fine and dandy as long as you don't wage war on your surroundings.
Totalitarian agriculture (that's the term he uses for our way of life as a global culture, being totally dependent on the massive surplusses our food production yields) is the fire burning beneath our cultural cauldron, causing us to overrun the planet, its resources and most other species sharing it with us.
It's obvious this way of life is not sustainable in the long run by *any* ecosystem, be it planet earth or even the universe itself, as it results in a massive population growth (you first need massive food production surplusses in order to start and maintain exponential growth), so I'd suggest solving this problem first before we take it with us into space as a cultural meme. The solution could be to manage (and limit!) our food production in a meaningful manner to stop this exponential population growth.
Humanity is not exempt from ecological laws and causalities, even if our culture teaches us otherwise ("pinnacle of creation", anyone?
Check www.ishmael.org if you'd like to find out more about Dan's excellent books.
All the best, uwe
I think one of the contributing factors to be considered is that he's rather well off financially, won't have to work another single day in his life again and is basically free to do as he damn well pleases. I think in such circumstances, quite a few older people would be able to finish their studies, especially in a field that has become a life-long passion (which is rather the norm with astronomers than an exception). Kudos for Brian May for pulling this one off though, it's hard work even *with* a lot of passion involved.
I'd get him a nice bicycle instead if you're ready to spend that much money on something that is only likely to turn him into a couch potato if time spent gaming isn't strictly regulated ;-)
all googlemail.com email addresses will also receive mails at gmail.com, I think, at least that's been the case for all addresses I've set up for friends and family in Germany.
When, oh when in the entire history of taker culture has a simple naming convention ever stopped monarchs, autarchs or governments from taxing an item? ;-)
The issue here is not Biodiesel, but simple veggie oil that you can get cheaply at the supermarket next door. I would think it's as illegal to be used for fuel as the good old "Heizoel", which even has (had?) a colour additive added to it so it's more easily spotted when used in fuel tanks.
While not exactly legal over here in Germany either, many people run their Diesel cars on a mix of commercial grade diesel and vegetable oil, which comes even often used from fast food outlets if you can believe it.
;-)
It's quite easy to spot (or smell, rather) these cars when following them as you develop a sudden hunger for french fries out of the blue!