I'm in the same situation. I was originally going to move the 56Kb line out to the new house in the country and host my webserver there. Sure, it would cost a lot per month (same as his T) but that's the price of doing business. Then I got a sweetheart deal from my local ISP: help in exchange for hosting, plus a 384Kb frame relay line to my house. That was great for a few years, but it wasn't costing them any less, and when they quit using frame relay, they had to drop my home connection.
No cable on our road; too far out for DSL. I had used dialup, but I'd rather choke myself to death with a hampster. Tried satellite, but interactive use over a satellite is like shooting yourself in the foot, day after day. Finally found a local business which had cable with line of sight. I pay him $20/month rent to host a cablemodem, router, and antenna on the roof. I pay the cableco for a 5MB/512KB business connection, and I'm all set.
Homeschool. It's the only way to go. Had that been an option when I was young, my mother said she would have pursued it. Easier than fighting with the school district to get the education I needed.
Same for me, but they skipped me ahead. I was in 2nd grade and 3rd grade in the same year. I wasn't bored anymore, I was just smaller and smarter -- not a good combination.
There are no errors in global warming science. If there were, people might doubt it, and people Must Not Doubt. Faith is essential. If we lose faith in Global Warming, we'll lose the greatest threat ever to grace the environmental movement. Without a civilization-endangering threat, how are we to maintain our control over the sheeple? Must... Keep... Faith. Global Warming is a fact. Do Not Doubt.
I'm sure that the next hundred years will be much less "interesting" than the previous hundred years, which saw the violent deaths of 250,000,000 people.
At least some of Dyson's argument is based on outdated information,
You so didn't understand the least thing he said. His point is that whenever you see universal agreement among scientists, you're seeing a problem which is not well understood, and which needs more study. Quite frankly, we're all dumber than Freeman (I've sat across the dinner table from him). Not paying close attention to him is only the first mistake you'll make.
In fact, the global warming loonies do just that. They say: There are multiple stable climates. To avoid tipping ourselves into a stable climate which is inimicable to human life, WE MUST ACT NOW. We cannot afford to actually be sure that 1) what we fear has any chance of happening, or 2) that the action we suggest will actually reduce that chance. We are THAT CLOSE TO THE END OF THE WORLD.
Big corporations never plan for the future. National Grid doesn't keep track of when it put in its poles, and it doesn't replace them on a schedule. Railroad companies have no idea when they put their ties under their rails, and they never replace them until there's a derailment.
Freeman is a very nice guy and was a good physicist, but he's a lousy politician
Sure, because he speaks the truth. The computer models are just computer models. What? You think there aren't any bugs? Let the person who has written the first bug-free program throw the first stone at Freeman. Anybody? Ahhhh, I thought not.
During a lousy summer job in 1977 I wrote (on paper) (in assembly language) a PDP-8 disassembler. Ran it in my head again and again (did I mention how boring the job was?). When I got back to Clarkson I typed it in, and... I still had three bugs (one was by attempting to push the limits of the assembler itself).
Ahhh, but that's the whole point. Privacy is important, thus the RIAA must be defeated. Nobody wants to *steal* music, but everybody wants the *freedom* to steal music.
No, you haven't missed anything. Don't forget, though, that any open source developer is free to only give away their software to their friends. It's just that their *friends* have to have the right to redistribute. So don't think that open source == downloadable code published on the 'net.
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When was the last famine in a free market society?
I'm in the same situation. I was originally going to move the 56Kb line out to the new house in the country and host my webserver there. Sure, it would cost a lot per month (same as his T) but that's the price of doing business. Then I got a sweetheart deal from my local ISP: help in exchange for hosting, plus a 384Kb frame relay line to my house. That was great for a few years, but it wasn't costing them any less, and when they quit using frame relay, they had to drop my home connection.
No cable on our road; too far out for DSL. I had used dialup, but I'd rather choke myself to death with a hampster. Tried satellite, but interactive use over a satellite is like shooting yourself in the foot, day after day. Finally found a local business which had cable with line of sight. I pay him $20/month rent to host a cablemodem, router, and antenna on the roof. I pay the cableco for a 5MB/512KB business connection, and I'm all set.
The worlld is increasinhhly shifting to free markets. They have proven to be very resilient.
What about XFN (XHTML Friends Network)?
Homeschool. It's the only way to go. Had that been an option when I was young, my mother said she would have pursued it. Easier than fighting with the school district to get the education I needed.
Same for me, but they skipped me ahead. I was in 2nd grade and 3rd grade in the same year. I wasn't bored anymore, I was just smaller and smarter -- not a good combination.
There are no errors in global warming science. If there were, people might doubt it, and people Must Not Doubt. Faith is essential. If we lose faith in Global Warming, we'll lose the greatest threat ever to grace the environmental movement. Without a civilization-endangering threat, how are we to maintain our control over the sheeple? Must
I'm sure that the next hundred years will be much less "interesting" than the previous hundred years, which saw the violent deaths of 250,000,000 people.
Whenever somebody tells me that I must take immediate action, I reach for my wallet.
His reputation precedes you.
Hasn't scared Linksys away. Businesses get paid to take risks.
You so didn't understand the least thing he said. His point is that whenever you see universal agreement among scientists, you're seeing a problem which is not well understood, and which needs more study. Quite frankly, we're all dumber than Freeman (I've sat across the dinner table from him). Not paying close attention to him is only the first mistake you'll make.
Freeman is suggesting that they're being politicians, not scientists. Thus, as a scientist himself, he has the authority to criticize them.
In fact, the global warming loonies do just that. They say: There are multiple stable climates. To avoid tipping ourselves into a stable climate which is inimicable to human life, WE MUST ACT NOW. We cannot afford to actually be sure that 1) what we fear has any chance of happening, or 2) that the action we suggest will actually reduce that chance. We are THAT CLOSE TO THE END OF THE WORLD.
No.
Big corporations never plan for the future. National Grid doesn't keep track of when it put in its poles, and it doesn't replace them on a schedule. Railroad companies have no idea when they put their ties under their rails, and they never replace them until there's a derailment.
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Sure, because he speaks the truth. The computer models are just computer models. What? You think there aren't any bugs? Let the person who has written the first bug-free program throw the first stone at Freeman. Anybody? Ahhhh, I thought not.
During a lousy summer job in 1977 I wrote (on paper) (in assembly language) a PDP-8 disassembler. Ran it in my head again and again (did I mention how boring the job was?). When I got back to Clarkson I typed it in, and
You would have been less wrong had you stopped there. Freeman has the cojones; you don't.
That's why people proposing drastic action need to ask Climate Change: What if They're Right?.
Ahhh, but that's the whole point. Privacy is important, thus the RIAA must be defeated. Nobody wants to *steal* music, but everybody wants the *freedom* to steal music.
A short lifespan is poverty.
How long before they learn to disable each others' kill switches?
Not that I'm paranoid or anything. I've just read too many science-fiction books, that's all.
The wife swears by her Logitech trackball, to the point where I had to buy her one for work (cheap enough and not even worth asking the boss).
I doubt very much that Microsoft would ever be labellable as an "open source" company. More like a "software company with some open source products."
No, you haven't missed anything. Don't forget, though, that any open source developer is free to only give away their software to their friends. It's just that their *friends* have to have the right to redistribute. So don't think that open source == downloadable code published on the 'net.