The pen has always been a risk. The american (canadian) dream is financial and not ethical or intellectual. People writing dangerous ideas have always been a threat and doing so has been tolerated as far as it doesn't pose and significant threat to making money. The difference now is that the government can now eavesdrop on the pen and they want to do so to better ensure that there aren't too many dangerous ideas.
The why is survival of genes. The people are around you are more likely to share the same genes as you and if the biological goal is to allow your genes to surivive then helping those around you will help that goal. In todays world where we spend a lot more time with non-family people this is a little misguided from it's original intention but nonetheless explains the why.
The cost of a product is not just the cost of the box but the cost of the people to support it. Linux requires more support from people with more knowledge and hence the support is more expensive.
...to think we're clever enough to find a technical solution that massive alters the fuctioning of a biosphere we understand to little about and not cause bigger, unanticipated problems.
The irony is that for the most part these groups pose no real threat; therefore, politicans never really need to solve the problem as they can spin what is happening as an improvment or worsening of the problem to suit their needs.
Hasn't this been well known for a while? The US always has their scapegoats that politicians use to get elected. Witches, Communists, Terrorists, and I'm sure there's many others. A quick peek at US history would have revealed to anyone that this was merely the most recent scapegoat.
This is a continuation of the oil industry and friends' campaign of "we can't argue the science anymore with out looking like morons, so we'll just call people names". It's like the bully in the school yard who knows he's wrong so he'll just kick and scream.
What's the point of your security if you're living in a police state?
but what he's doing, NSA wiretaps, financial snooping, gitmo, pales in comparison to lincoln (suspending habeas corpusm, imposing martial law, attacking democratic party meetings, arresting congressmen, imprisoning several thousand, shutting down newspapers, arresting editors), wilson (sedition act, arrests of dissenters), or FDR (interment, shooting spies on sight, massive censorship).
Shouldn't we be trying to improve on the past rather than use it as an excuse to current practices. That's like saying the KKK isn't so bad cause the Nazis were worse.
The first thing that crossed my mind when I read the article summary was this book. I don't think Zubin's method is really that sound; it sounds like it lacks any sort of backup if things go wrong. However, his point about it not making sense to use the moon as a steping stone to mars is a good one.
Dust storms are obviously complex events with particles going in all sort of directions...clearly indicate the existance of an intelligent dust storm causer.
Yes, See SLIMES (subsurface lithoautrophic microbial ecosystems) that exist deep in the earth *completely* disconnected from surface activity. They get heat from the earth's core and food from breaking down rocks; these would probably survive and in time could recolonize the surface.
Sex is bad because it gives christians something to control. The thing they fear most is loosing control and if people start to doubt the central beliefs they have harped about for centeries, like sex is bad, as wrong as the belief might be, they might start to doubt the rest of the fairy tail and the christians will loose control.
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The pen has always been a risk. The american (canadian) dream is financial and not ethical or intellectual. People writing dangerous ideas have always been a threat and doing so has been tolerated as far as it doesn't pose and significant threat to making money. The difference now is that the government can now eavesdrop on the pen and they want to do so to better ensure that there aren't too many dangerous ideas.
I was happily watching eposides till some goof submitted it to slashdot. Daft fool!
The why is survival of genes. The people are around you are more likely to share the same genes as you and if the biological goal is to allow your genes to surivive then helping those around you will help that goal. In todays world where we spend a lot more time with non-family people this is a little misguided from it's original intention but nonetheless explains the why.
...so he'll probably do what the US wants.
The cost of a product is not just the cost of the box but the cost of the people to support it. Linux requires more support from people with more knowledge and hence the support is more expensive.
Scares me to think that we think we're...I mean.
...to think we're clever enough to find a technical solution that massive alters the fuctioning of a biosphere we understand to little about and not cause bigger, unanticipated problems.
Aerosol means fine particulate matter in the atmosphere....not aersol cans.
The irony is that for the most part these groups pose no real threat; therefore, politicans never really need to solve the problem as they can spin what is happening as an improvment or worsening of the problem to suit their needs.
Hasn't this been well known for a while? The US always has their scapegoats that politicians use to get elected. Witches, Communists, Terrorists, and I'm sure there's many others. A quick peek at US history would have revealed to anyone that this was merely the most recent scapegoat.
Old people think the internet is a series of tubes.
This is a continuation of the oil industry and friends' campaign of "we can't argue the science anymore with out looking like morons, so we'll just call people names". It's like the bully in the school yard who knows he's wrong so he'll just kick and scream.
At last the heat radiated from George Bush's head is explained.
What's the point of your security if you're living in a police state?
but what he's doing, NSA wiretaps, financial snooping, gitmo, pales in comparison to lincoln (suspending habeas corpusm, imposing martial law, attacking democratic party meetings, arresting congressmen, imprisoning several thousand, shutting down newspapers, arresting editors), wilson (sedition act, arrests of dissenters), or FDR (interment, shooting spies on sight, massive censorship).
Shouldn't we be trying to improve on the past rather than use it as an excuse to current practices. That's like saying the KKK isn't so bad cause the Nazis were worse.
The chicken was created on the fifth day you heathens!
The first thing that crossed my mind when I read the article summary was this book. I don't think Zubin's method is really that sound; it sounds like it lacks any sort of backup if things go wrong. However, his point about it not making sense to use the moon as a steping stone to mars is a good one.
Patenting physics computations? That's just dumb.
I find lots of articles claiming elvis is still alive...would you like to but some of his hair I cut off his head last week?
I hope the computer on which this is hosted didn't pass the test.
...he got away from the strictly technology causes and moved on to things that really matter.
Dust storms are obviously complex events with particles going in all sort of directions...clearly indicate the existance of an intelligent dust storm causer.
then it'll be something else.
...we stop creating new languages and use what's out there to do something useful for a bit.
Yes, See SLIMES (subsurface lithoautrophic microbial ecosystems) that exist deep in the earth *completely* disconnected from surface activity. They get heat from the earth's core and food from breaking down rocks; these would probably survive and in time could recolonize the surface.
See: Wilson, E.O. The Future of Life, 2002
Sex is bad because it gives christians something to control. The thing they fear most is loosing control and if people start to doubt the central beliefs they have harped about for centeries, like sex is bad, as wrong as the belief might be, they might start to doubt the rest of the fairy tail and the christians will loose control.