What bothers me is that you would refer to a war as 'some of the best history'... You, my friend, are very wrong. Wars are some of the WORST of our history, where thousands upon millions have died.
Let me rephrase: Wars make for some of the most fascinating history (much like car crashes are fascinating).
More books are written about war than about anything else. We're hopelessly fascinated with our own self-destructiveness.
Hey, I'm a geek, and I love gadgets and technological gee-gaws, even the military ones. And I love reading history, and wars make for some of the best history. But is anyone else in the US bothered by how we seem absolutely enveloped by The Holiness and Greatness and Glory of Our Military? It's near worshipful (aka Idolatry). And I don't even watch Fox news.
You get both Quick and Dirty _and_ Correct and Proper. It looks like both simultaneously!
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Yes, there are people who can decide things purely on technological merit, but they are extremely rare. It's obvious that for most people Linux and OSS have more impact as a religion than a technology.
Some of us made cool, rational decisions about Linux' technical superiority, and only _then_ let slip the emotional dogs of war.
So what does that mean? Something won't work 100%, so don't do anything at all? Do you suggest legalizing murder, rape and speeding because these crimes happen despite of the laws?
These laws are on the books to establish the _punishments_ for these crimes, when prosecuted. Society agrees that these are all wrong things to do, and the laws are the documentation on how to punish the crime-doers. The _clarity and certainty_ of punishment are more likely to deter crime than the existence of any laws. That's why these folks are making the "can you prosecute it?" arguments.
When something becomes a federal jobs/vote-buying program, it'll never get fixed. The key to knowing when something has arrived at that point is: when the feds decide to do something about it.
If Gorman can map the fiber network though, doesn't that mean someone else could do the same?
I worked once with a guy who had worked in anti-sub warfare in the USN. He said Clancy was onto all sorts of classified stuff (_and_ a lot of baloney, too). Seems he was able to piece together a number of unclassified bits into a (synergistically) classified piece.
I didn't know killing was one of the rights of the govt.
It's one of the rights it keeps for itself. A monopoly on the use of violence within a geographical area is a salient attribute of governments. What government doesn't have its own legal (by its own definition, mind you) agents of violence?
I really suppose you have a kid (I do, and can state my personal thoughts on this matter). There's very little chance of parental censorhip succeeding with kids - why? Bcos kids are kids, that's all. This is a matter where Western and Eastern thinking differs a lot - the value of state censorship.
What's your point? That the Eastern-mind approach that values state cencorship may work in a Western world that doesn't value it?
Tip for spineless parents: if you have a kid, and you want to cut down the game playing? Shut the machine down: "It's my computer, and I'm shutting it down. Touch it and I will take away the game CD." Pretty easy if you're not a gutless weenie.
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Carrot and stick have wonderful persuasive properties.
That's what happens when you're on a Mission from God.
The founders feared a standing army for a good reason. We now have Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace.
Let me rephrase: Wars make for some of the most fascinating history (much like car crashes are fascinating).
More books are written about war than about anything else. We're hopelessly fascinated with our own self-destructiveness.
No, but you need to do a certain level of maintenance. Like with everything you own. Like your own body. Everything requires some kind of maintenance.
Hey, I'm a geek, and I love gadgets and technological gee-gaws, even the military ones. And I love reading history, and wars make for some of the best history. But is anyone else in the US bothered by how we seem absolutely enveloped by The Holiness and Greatness and Glory of Our Military? It's near worshipful (aka Idolatry). And I don't even watch Fox news.
You get both Quick and Dirty _and_ Correct and Proper. It looks like both simultaneously!
Some of us made cool, rational decisions about Linux' technical superiority, and only _then_ let slip the emotional dogs of war.
These laws are on the books to establish the _punishments_ for these crimes, when prosecuted. Society agrees that these are all wrong things to do, and the laws are the documentation on how to punish the crime-doers. The _clarity and certainty_ of punishment are more likely to deter crime than the existence of any laws. That's why these folks are making the "can you prosecute it?" arguments.
Naturally, Ashcroft and Co. don't want to get into _my_ computer, but they do want to get into _anybody's_ computer.
When something becomes a federal jobs/vote-buying program, it'll never get fixed. The key to knowing when something has arrived at that point is: when the feds decide to do something about it.
This is the USA, the Land of Opportunity.
I worked once with a guy who had worked in anti-sub warfare in the USN. He said Clancy was onto all sorts of classified stuff (_and_ a lot of baloney, too). Seems he was able to piece together a number of unclassified bits into a (synergistically) classified piece.
I am not a lawyer, but --insert long lawyerly opinion here justifying your deepest wishes for Linux--.
For some reason this reminds me of the joke: what did the sadist do to the masochist? Nothing.
Just run UDP-over-TCP. Works great for NFS through firewalls.
For you I recommend a good night's sleep.
So here I am presented with the notion that the Jews killed themselves! And that blacks discriminated against themselves!
No, the idea of "The People" as some abstract entity, embodied in "The State", is _evil_.
That's ludicrous. You've obviously taken one too many American civics courses.
Just check out "Death By Government" for a reality check (that is, some truth, not your cherished superstitions).
Sorry, the Constitution is a dead letter. Say it with me now: "The 10th Amendment is in the dustbin of history."
It's one of the rights it keeps for itself. A monopoly on the use of violence within a geographical area is a salient attribute of governments. What government doesn't have its own legal (by its own definition, mind you) agents of violence?
What strict moral codes? I look around and there are hardly any moral codes. It's "anything goes" here in the decadent, dying West.
What's your point? That the Eastern-mind approach that values state cencorship may work in a Western world that doesn't value it?
Tip for spineless parents: if you have a kid, and you want to cut down the game playing? Shut the machine down: "It's my computer, and I'm shutting it down. Touch it and I will take away the game CD." Pretty easy if you're not a gutless weenie.
"Spelling and Grammar Patrol on deck!" When will you people learn to say what you mean, not the opposite of what you mean?