You don't seem to understand that "Rock 'N Roll" is (was) a "fad" and will vanish in due time. Maybe it will eventually, but before it does it will have made it's mark on the world to the tune of half a decade or more
But if you want the benefits of pop culture (sales & profits), you have to take the downsides also. We make it too easy for them to have the good sides of globalization without the bad. We should put our foot down. Why do we always trade on THEIR terms?
How about I trade or don't trade with them on my terms, and you trade or don't trade with them on your terms? Sure we have the same rulers, but there's no real such thing as "we."
Are you sure? I've always found it ironic that people who can't find anything to do on a Sunday afternoon, still want to live forever.
I am not the kind of person who can't find anything to do on a Sunday afternoon. I have an extremely full and happy life and would love to add 10, 20, 100, 500 years to that.
Sundays afternoons are actually when I frequently nap because I'm so exhausted from the rest of the week!
And we still don't really know if we will be able to live forever, or whether we will just be able to live healthily for longer
As a practical matter it's always about getting past the next obstacle rather than living forever. Defeat one cause of death and you are on to the next, which may not even be discovered yet.
And even if we could, would it be desirable to live forever? Would anybody want to go on after 200 years? How about 500? 1000? 10000? 1 million? 1 billion?
Those who don't desire it certainly wouldn't have to do it. And those who want to keep going are certainly welcome to, assuming of course that they aren't doing it at the expense of others.
That would certainly be wonderful, and I'm sure it's theoretically possible at one point, but I wonder if it's a bit overoptimistic. I mean a lot overoptimistic.
If they are going to solve this problem in five years I don't need to worry at all about diet and exercise, right? What an excuse for not taking good care of myself....
Not that it's illegal in the UK, just addressing your presumption that this sort of ignorance is restricted to the US.
Heh - touche. Although it was less presumption and more being a traditional lazy guy who didn't read the full article. BTW, before you posted that, others pointed it out to me and I addressed it; I actually know a little bit about UK homeschooling law.
You missed the part where this happened over the pond as it were, where homeschooling is a lot more difficult, otherwise, yeah, spot on.
Yes, I did. Thank you for pointing that out. My understanding of UK law is that homeschooling is legal under the "education otherwise" clause of the law. Not sure how difficult that is in practice.
Fry says her daughter was allergic to Wi-Fi, and blames Jenny's school for not removing wireless routers and other networking equipment
This is a no brainer. If your school is doing something that you think is killing your child, take your child out of school and homeschool her. People do so for much, much less than this, and there are many other benefits, and I completely disagree with you, but if this is how you feel, homeschooling is the obvious choice to make.
It works at three levels:
1. Selfish... It's fine for people to play the game at level one, because they are also helping others learn and work their way up the skill ladder
Wow - that is a really cool observation. Atwood just went way up in my estimation for expressing this.
Atwood: Sorting a conversation by votes is a pretty effective way to destroy conversation. How can you follow the logical flow of back and forth, chronological dialog when the ground is constantly shifting underneath you as posts get voted up or down? You can't.
I read the freaking summary and it mentioned Israeli soldiers executing people, so I'm not sure how that's not the topic of the OP. Maybe you are asserting that the summary is inaccurate and doesn't match the article? If that's your argument it would make more sense if you would assert that explicitly so we can follow.
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They will put you in jail for distribution of non-licensed encryption technology until you add that backdoor.
Not if you distribute it on an anonymous encrypted network.
You don't seem to understand that "Rock 'N Roll" is (was) a "fad" and will vanish in due time. Maybe it will eventually, but before it does it will have made it's mark on the world to the tune of half a decade or more
Maybe even longer than that. ;)
And you don't own me.
That kind of freedom doesn't exist right now, by any stretch of the imagination.
But if you want the benefits of pop culture (sales & profits), you have to take the downsides also. We make it too easy for them to have the good sides of globalization without the bad. We should put our foot down. Why do we always trade on THEIR terms?
How about I trade or don't trade with them on my terms, and you trade or don't trade with them on your terms? Sure we have the same rulers, but there's no real such thing as "we."
I am sure there will be a lot of challenges (possibly with brain overload, too much conservativism
Not to mention too much liberalism, and just too much politics and government in general! :)
But Mysql / MariaDB still beat PostgreSQL when it comes to replication.
PostgreSQL's replication must really, really suck, then.
Are you sure? I've always found it ironic that people who can't find anything to do on a Sunday afternoon, still want to live forever.
I am not the kind of person who can't find anything to do on a Sunday afternoon. I have an extremely full and happy life and would love to add 10, 20, 100, 500 years to that.
Sundays afternoons are actually when I frequently nap because I'm so exhausted from the rest of the week!
And we still don't really know if we will be able to live forever, or whether we will just be able to live healthily for longer
As a practical matter it's always about getting past the next obstacle rather than living forever. Defeat one cause of death and you are on to the next, which may not even be discovered yet.
And even if we could, would it be desirable to live forever? Would anybody want to go on after 200 years? How about 500? 1000? 10000? 1 million? 1 billion?
Those who don't desire it certainly wouldn't have to do it. And those who want to keep going are certainly welcome to, assuming of course that they aren't doing it at the expense of others.
Interesting observations. I'd love to be in good health without having to work for it. For that matter, I should probably start working for it...
Personally, I am not a huge fan of the idea of living effectively forever if it just means that I am only working for my next gene therapy.
I could take that for awhile if costs would eventually go down.
That would certainly be wonderful, and I'm sure it's theoretically possible at one point, but I wonder if it's a bit overoptimistic. I mean a lot overoptimistic.
If they are going to solve this problem in five years I don't need to worry at all about diet and exercise, right? What an excuse for not taking good care of myself....
Not that it's illegal in the UK, just addressing your presumption that this sort of ignorance is restricted to the US.
Heh - touche. Although it was less presumption and more being a traditional lazy guy who didn't read the full article. BTW, before you posted that, others pointed it out to me and I addressed it; I actually know a little bit about UK homeschooling law.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8422489&cid=51044187 http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8422489&cid=51044207
FYI, for anyone wondering about homeschooling in the UK:
Though education is compulsory in the UK for children between the ages of five and sixteen, school is not. Many families prefer to educate their children otherwise than at school, and it is their right under UK law to do so. Home educating families do not have to follow the National Curriculum and there is no single 'right' way to educate a child at home.
The current legal situation in the UK with regard to home education can be summarised in the phrase, "Education is compulsory, schooling is not". ... Compulsory education
7: Duty of parents to secure education of children of compulsory school age
The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full-time education suitableâ"
a: to his age, ability and aptitude, and
b: to any special educational needs he may have,
either by regular attendance at school or otherwise.
Home education is covered under "education otherwise", Section 7 and ensures that every parent has the right to choose not to send their child into the state schooling system.
You missed the part where this happened over the pond as it were, where homeschooling is a lot more difficult, otherwise, yeah, spot on.
Yes, I did. Thank you for pointing that out. My understanding of UK law is that homeschooling is legal under the "education otherwise" clause of the law. Not sure how difficult that is in practice.
Fry says her daughter was allergic to Wi-Fi, and blames Jenny's school for not removing wireless routers and other networking equipment
This is a no brainer. If your school is doing something that you think is killing your child, take your child out of school and homeschool her. People do so for much, much less than this, and there are many other benefits, and I completely disagree with you, but if this is how you feel, homeschooling is the obvious choice to make.
No way would I allow a school to make a decision that I felt was killing or hurting my child. Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states and your child can get a great education even if you yourself are not capable of teaching them.
Of course, I completely disagree with the idea that wi-fi sensitivity exists...
That seems to be off topic unless you're responding to another conversation I was having today, elsewhere.
Right, and I wouldn't want it to. But the GP poster was asserting that Slash doesn't sort by score.
I use the "highest scores first" option that has been here since at least 1999.
It works at three levels: 1. Selfish ... It's fine for people to play the game at level one, because they are also helping others learn and work their way up the skill ladder
Wow - that is a really cool observation. Atwood just went way up in my estimation for expressing this.
Atwood: Sorting a conversation by votes is a pretty effective way to destroy conversation. How can you follow the logical flow of back and forth, chronological dialog when the ground is constantly shifting underneath you as posts get voted up or down? You can't.
I have done it here for years.
I read the freaking summary and it mentioned Israeli soldiers executing people, so I'm not sure how that's not the topic of the OP. Maybe you are asserting that the summary is inaccurate and doesn't match the article? If that's your argument it would make more sense if you would assert that explicitly so we can follow.
It's nice to know some people still believe this.
He is clearly talking about the border and the country that takes management.
And that's what I disagree with. Free people don't need to be "managed."
I take issue with Trump's idea that free people need "management."
Thank God I'm not a Republican any more. I cannot believe they take this seriously.