Oh, that's easy! Ideally Microsoft pays the fine first, once again getting bit in the ass by software patents, and thus becomes an even greater force against software patents. Software patents are eliminated, and both MS and Free Software folks have a big party together with beer kegs and streamers and drunken install CD swapping.
Until....PC has a little too much "beer-fueled revelry" and gets videoed by the free software folks playing "boot camp" with Mac. The whole things gets posted on YouTube and only Free Software survives the resulting media frenzy.
With dual Quantum-Nano processors, just open the holo-window dialog box and set the video refresh to -20 minutes. Make sure you avert your eyes from the dialog box when making the change, however, since once it's measured, it ceases to exist.
They are entertainers...and the characters are pretty funny. I don't think that, just because thier characters are buffoons means they are less talented or deserving.
Case in point: I don't think anyone would question the talents of Peter Sellers, yet Inspector Clueso is far more of a buffoon then either of the two.
I also have a couple young children...
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I've had to disable the Linux screensaver that grabs random web images because it gets porn pretty much every time it runs. Now, I really don't care if it's just nudity, I honestly don't see that as a big deal. I am concerned about concepts of objectification, humiliation, abuse, violence, etc.
I can't protect him from such things, but I would like the opportunity to prepare him. At this stage, that means I need to monitor what he is exposed to.
To those of you who came to my defense....
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Thank you
Being politically independant, I've been known to tweak both sides of the aisle.
And, what the heck, let's throw some irony into the mix. A couple years back, I was having a....let's say "lively discussion" with a staunchly Republican friend of mine over the matter of Trent Lott. I basically said the Mr. Lott's statements were inexcusable - particularly given that your party was founded on a platform of civil rights.
This may be the only time that particular individual did not have a counter argument ready for me.
I believe that "Republican" and "Democrat" is just packaging for "Red" Vs."Blue"....and I truly believe there is good and bad in both camps.....but, sometimes, I wish there were more than only 2 major camps.
[and we are getting way off-topic, but what the heck]
I've often thought that a 2-party system was a fundamental flaw. It seems that, with only two parties, it tends to break down to a "turf war". This, in turn, tends to promote the more extreme members. If it were instead a multiple party system, not only would there be more points of view to debate, but it would be necessary to build concensus. This, in turn, would force everyone to at least consider the positions of those they may not entirely agree with and should promote those who are better at building "bridges" instead of simpley "amassing territory".
But...political pundit...I am not.
If you do not have rule by majority....
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then what do you have? Dictatorship? Facism? Elitism?
This, last time I checked, is a Democracy...not perfect to be sure...but you might have noticed that slavery has been outlawed for quite some time (courtesy the Republican party I might add). Indeed, the political turmoil of that day led Abraham Lincoln to be our first, and only, third party candidate ever elected president (with the effect of the GOP displacing the Federalist as a major party).
Oh...and I am a descendant of the Chickasaw nation....feel free to talk to me about cultural oppresion anytime you want.
It boils down to a choice...
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Either you accept the blocking software with the understanding that some sites that should not be blocked get blocked anyway.
Or, you don't use the blocking software because of censorship of otherwise legitimate sites
Or, you niavely belive that the above situation will reconcile itself (i.e. blocking software that works precisely the way you want it to all the time).
Like anything, where you are with this depends on your particular needs and/or station in life.
I see no need to turn this into an assault on the 1st amendment, it really boils down to how some parents are trying to protect their children from potentially harmful content.
I say, live and let live on this one.
You want a better debate? Try applying the same philosophy to the death penalty. In order to be pro-death penalty, you must fall into either one of two camps:
1) You believe a system can be put in place such that an innocent man is never put to death.
2) You understand that 1) is a practical impossibility, but are willing to accept the consequences for the "greater good"
Or,
3) If you don't believe 1) and can't accept 2), you are anti death-penalty.
4) If your personal beliefs preclude ending life for any reason, you are anti-death penalty.
To me, these "contraversial issues" are not so complex once broken down. People will be different, rather than waste time trying to get us all on the same page, just let them be different. Neither of the above arguments are ultimately winnable, all we are left with are laws that the majority of us agree to.
I can't speak to the IT profession as that is not my field of expertise. I am, however, an aircraft structural engineer and have been one for a long time now. Most everything I know I learned after college and I'm still learning new stuff.
No...that degree is mearly your ticket to the starting gate...the good ones realize that.
Note that this is in reference to Belt Drive Turntables....eventually, drive systems were necessatitated that no longer required this. but here is the Wiki quote:
"Belt drive system Belt drives brought improved motor and platter isolation compared to idler-wheel designs. Motor noise heard as low-frequency rumble was much reduced. Many belt-drive turntables having multiple speeds used a simple mechanical system to change speeds, using a mechanism to move the belt between different-sized pulleys on the motor shaft. For electronic speed control, it is difficult to design multiple-speed synchronous motors; consequently, DC servomotors with electronics providing speed control have gained favor. On the most sophisticated designs, optical sensors on the platter are used to ensure the speed of the platter remains stable. Many platters have a continuous series of strobe markings machined or printed around their edge to provide optical pulses to these speed-control systems. Viewing these markings in artificial light at mains frequency produces a stroboscopic effect, which can be used by the operator to verify rotational speed. DC servomotors rotate in steps rather than continuously. This is referred to as 'cogging', and can add noise during playback. Helical armature motors can be used to overcome this. Problems with belt instability and deterioration have largely been solved by use of modern elastic polymers."
Please feel free to research what is meant by "artificial light at mains frequency"....go on....I'll wait right here.
If you can get your hands on an old high-quality turntable (for playing vinyl records), you will notice a series of regular black marks in several rows along the side of the turntable itself. These were based on the idea that the power feeding your lights is at 60 Hz so the marks were calibrated to appear to stand still at specified RPMs (such as 33 for standard LP records).
First, we are going to have to work out the process for extracting picante sauce from peanut butter...perhaps a quantum-nano nutcracker....they may be small, but we'd build a lot of them!
The guy that got your fries last time you went to McDonald's or Burger King or whatever, doesn't care about you...but the police officer, firefighter, engineer, doctor, or other professionals do...at least to the extent their profession requires.
You see, once you've gone past the menial labor industry, your job becomes more than simply 'how you earn your income' or 'what you do for a living', it becomes part of how you identify yourself as a person.
While there will always be exceptions to any rule, in general, the police officer became a police officer because something about that profession appealed to who he was.
Nothing wrong with being vigilant against abuses of power, but the particulars of this case don't exactly herald a fall into totalitarianism just yet...to wit:
1) Said section of road was at the base of a steep hill
2) The couple had sent numerous e-mails to the officer and, in fact, the charge he filed was "stalking"...he has since dropped those charges. As I understand, the couple was never charged with pointing a camera at a public road.
d) If a), b), and c) are true for one civilization, it might be true for any number of civilizations
Therefore, it just may be that, the galaxy is so overwhelmingly large that the time for any one civilization to expand enought to encounter another distinct civilization is arbitrarily long.
Then again the SA article was full of fluff so perhaps I missed an important detail?
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Oh, that's easy! Ideally Microsoft pays the fine first, once again getting bit in the ass by software patents, and thus becomes an even greater force against software patents. Software patents are eliminated, and both MS and Free Software folks have a big party together with beer kegs and streamers and drunken install CD swapping.
Until....PC has a little too much "beer-fueled revelry" and gets videoed by the free software folks playing "boot camp" with Mac. The whole things gets posted on YouTube and only Free Software survives the resulting media frenzy.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Sure...that's easy for you to say.....
Now that you've pointed out they are acting on principle...that changes everything ;)
OHHHH!....that makes me VERY ANGRY!!! (huff huff huff)....Very Angry INDEED!!!!
With dual Quantum-Nano processors, just open the holo-window dialog box and set the video refresh to -20 minutes. Make sure you avert your eyes from the dialog box when making the change, however, since once it's measured, it ceases to exist.
man...I'm crushing my Karma with political commentary today :(
They are entertainers...and the characters are pretty funny. I don't think that, just because thier characters are buffoons means they are less talented or deserving.
Case in point: I don't think anyone would question the talents of Peter Sellers, yet Inspector Clueso is far more of a buffoon then either of the two.
I've had to disable the Linux screensaver that grabs random web images because it gets porn pretty much every time it runs. Now, I really don't care if it's just nudity, I honestly don't see that as a big deal. I am concerned about concepts of objectification, humiliation, abuse, violence, etc.
I can't protect him from such things, but I would like the opportunity to prepare him. At this stage, that means I need to monitor what he is exposed to.
Thank you
Being politically independant, I've been known to tweak both sides of the aisle.
And, what the heck, let's throw some irony into the mix. A couple years back, I was having a....let's say "lively discussion" with a staunchly Republican friend of mine over the matter of Trent Lott. I basically said the Mr. Lott's statements were inexcusable - particularly given that your party was founded on a platform of civil rights.
This may be the only time that particular individual did not have a counter argument ready for me.
I believe that "Republican" and "Democrat" is just packaging for "Red" Vs."Blue"....and I truly believe there is good and bad in both camps.....but, sometimes, I wish there were more than only 2 major camps.
[and we are getting way off-topic, but what the heck]
I've often thought that a 2-party system was a fundamental flaw. It seems that, with only two parties, it tends to break down to a "turf war". This, in turn, tends to promote the more extreme members. If it were instead a multiple party system, not only would there be more points of view to debate, but it would be necessary to build concensus. This, in turn, would force everyone to at least consider the positions of those they may not entirely agree with and should promote those who are better at building "bridges" instead of simpley "amassing territory".
But...political pundit...I am not.
then what do you have? Dictatorship? Facism? Elitism?
This, last time I checked, is a Democracy...not perfect to be sure...but you might have noticed that slavery has been outlawed for quite some time (courtesy the Republican party I might add). Indeed, the political turmoil of that day led Abraham Lincoln to be our first, and only, third party candidate ever elected president (with the effect of the GOP displacing the Federalist as a major party).
Oh...and I am a descendant of the Chickasaw nation....feel free to talk to me about cultural oppresion anytime you want.
Either you accept the blocking software with the understanding that some sites that should not be blocked get blocked anyway.
Or, you don't use the blocking software because of censorship of otherwise legitimate sites
Or, you niavely belive that the above situation will reconcile itself (i.e. blocking software that works precisely the way you want it to all the time).
Like anything, where you are with this depends on your particular needs and/or station in life.
I see no need to turn this into an assault on the 1st amendment, it really boils down to how some parents are trying to protect their children from potentially harmful content.
I say, live and let live on this one.
You want a better debate? Try applying the same philosophy to the death penalty. In order to be pro-death penalty, you must fall into either one of two camps:
1) You believe a system can be put in place such that an innocent man is never put to death.
2) You understand that 1) is a practical impossibility, but are willing to accept the consequences for the "greater good"
Or,
3) If you don't believe 1) and can't accept 2), you are anti death-penalty.
4) If your personal beliefs preclude ending life for any reason, you are anti-death penalty.
To me, these "contraversial issues" are not so complex once broken down. People will be different, rather than waste time trying to get us all on the same page, just let them be different. Neither of the above arguments are ultimately winnable, all we are left with are laws that the majority of us agree to.
I physically own one of these turntables and it really-in-truly works with only ambient artificial light...
Fairly substantial billet-aluminum table, belt drive, little black marks along the edge...no stobe light.
I only quoted Wikipedia to give you an outside reference, discount if you must, but these turntables do exist.
I can't speak to the IT profession as that is not my field of expertise. I am, however, an aircraft structural engineer and have been one for a long time now. Most everything I know I learned after college and I'm still learning new stuff.
No...that degree is mearly your ticket to the starting gate...the good ones realize that.
Note that this is in reference to Belt Drive Turntables....eventually, drive systems were necessatitated that no longer required this. but here is the Wiki quote:
"Belt drive system
Belt drives brought improved motor and platter isolation compared to idler-wheel designs. Motor noise heard as low-frequency rumble was much reduced. Many belt-drive turntables having multiple speeds used a simple mechanical system to change speeds, using a mechanism to move the belt between different-sized pulleys on the motor shaft. For electronic speed control, it is difficult to design multiple-speed synchronous motors; consequently, DC servomotors with electronics providing speed control have gained favor. On the most sophisticated designs, optical sensors on the platter are used to ensure the speed of the platter remains stable. Many platters have a continuous series of strobe markings machined or printed around their edge to provide optical pulses to these speed-control systems. Viewing these markings in artificial light at mains frequency produces a stroboscopic effect, which can be used by the operator to verify rotational speed. DC servomotors rotate in steps rather than continuously. This is referred to as 'cogging', and can add noise during playback. Helical armature motors can be used to overcome this. Problems with belt instability and deterioration have largely been solved by use of modern elastic polymers."
Please feel free to research what is meant by "artificial light at mains frequency"....go on....I'll wait right here.
I already did 60 Hz driving the ambient light
BZZT...your wrong!
MY turntable has no such amber light
If you can get your hands on an old high-quality turntable (for playing vinyl records), you will notice a series of regular black marks in several rows along the side of the turntable itself. These were based on the idea that the power feeding your lights is at 60 Hz so the marks were calibrated to appear to stand still at specified RPMs (such as 33 for standard LP records).
Then, no one would used them because they wouldn't want to pay the royalty fees...at least until there was an "open-source" analogy to copyright.
almost sounds like an idea, doen't it?
First, we are going to have to work out the process for extracting picante sauce from peanut butter...perhaps a quantum-nano nutcracker....they may be small, but we'd build a lot of them!
...as opposed to RAM cheese.....no.......I guess that's not very funny after all.....
let me correct the above statement:
The guy that got your fries last time you went to McDonald's or Burger King or whatever, doesn't care about you...but the police officer, firefighter, engineer, doctor, or other professionals do...at least to the extent their profession requires.
You see, once you've gone past the menial labor industry, your job becomes more than simply 'how you earn your income' or 'what you do for a living', it becomes part of how you identify yourself as a person.
While there will always be exceptions to any rule, in general, the police officer became a police officer because something about that profession appealed to who he was.
Nothing wrong with being vigilant against abuses of power, but the particulars of this case don't exactly herald a fall into totalitarianism just yet...to wit:
1) Said section of road was at the base of a steep hill
2) The couple had sent numerous e-mails to the officer and, in fact, the charge he filed was "stalking"...he has since dropped those charges. As I understand, the couple was never charged with pointing a camera at a public road.
Well, part of it anyway. At first I thought it was one of those "Discovery Channel" specials
boy....I could not have been more wrong....all I'm going to say is, it's really important to filter your cable channels these days....
a) We exist
b) We are a civilization
c) We have not colonized the universe
d) If a), b), and c) are true for one civilization, it might be true for any number of civilizations
Therefore, it just may be that, the galaxy is so overwhelmingly large that the time for any one civilization to expand enought to encounter another distinct civilization is arbitrarily long.
Then again the SA article was full of fluff so perhaps I missed an important detail?
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