Libertarians believe in private property. They tend to hold the same view that the Founders did on intellectual property -- that it should be temporary, to "promote science and the useful arts."
I fail to see how Sonny Bono's and Disney's outrageous extension of copyright duration promotes either science or the useful arts.
Thanks. People seem to either not know or want to forget that the Constitution does not grant rights to people. Rather, it limits the government.
Amendments 9 and 10 just spelled that out in neon lettering.
As far as "interpretability" goes, the 2nd is slightly vague, but when taken with the other writings and sayings of the people who wrote it, it becomes clear that they intended that the average Joe have access to weaponry. They didn't want a standing army, etc. Each male with a gun was part of the "militia," called up to defend the neighborhood/town/city/state/nation. Rather than have a standing army, the idea was to train teh regular citizenry to be the defenders of the nation. Those "other writings" aren't part of the Constitution, but all the other laws of the country are interpreted by the courts along with the "intent of congress," so including the "intentions of the founders" in adjudication of constitutional law is par for the course. On a strict reading it would seem to say that each state can have its own army, but armed gangs are illegal.
However: remembering that the constitution doesn't grant people rights, it only limits the government 's scope of actions by granting it specific, enumerated powers, there's no where in the Constitution that prohibits citizens from owning weapons. We would be able to own guns without the 2nd amendment at all. Assuming, of course, that the courts could also remember (alas, they cannot) that U.S. Citizens are not granted specific rights, but have all rights be default.
A clearer case is #1:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
"Congress shall make no law" doesn't have much wiggle room in it.
Number 9 is pretty clear, too:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
"Shall not." Gotcha.
However, the quality went down as the years progressed. Number 17, for instance, is a mess. It changed the U.S. from a Republic into a Representative Democracy. From a Federation of Soverign States into one big state. It should really be repealed.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
It's pretty clean compared to number 12, though. Sheesh:
The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;--the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
http://web.mit.edu/installers/www/installer-faq.ht ml
Common Features of the Windows installers:
The installers are created using the WISE 5.0 installation software. Installation programs created by WISE offer three command line options. These options are:
1./M Manual Mode The/M option runs the installation in manual mode. You will be prompted for the locations of your Windows, System, and Temp directories. You can specify any directories, if they do not exist they will be created. Any changes to INI files will be saved into the Windows directory that you specify. With this option you can have the installtion file run without installing any files into your real Windows and System directory. You can then manually copy the files to their proper destination. This option can also be useful for clients that have unique Windows installations.
2./X Extract Mode If you run the installation executable with the/X option, list of the files contained will be displayed. You can select some of the files to extract them from the installation. If you place a directory name after the/X option all of the files in the installation will be extracted into the specified directory.
3./Z Extract Mode The/Z option performs the same function as the/X option except that Windows is exited after the extraction.
Could someone elaborate on the repeater functionality? Could I place unwired access points at regular distances, with only the one at the end wired to the regular network, and roam all down the chain with an 802.11b device (PDA for instance)?
I hope that the $230 is if you get all the premium channels, plus road runner, plus digital TV, etc. I know someone with a $150/mo bill now, but they have all that crap.
I've got basic plus Road Runner. If my bill rises too much, I will switch to DSL and satellite.
For the first time, the strongest Linux distributions surpass the weakest UNIX systems in overall functionality. Using the version 2.4 Linux kernel has improved the features of the operating system. In addition, all of the vendors studied - SuSE, Red Hat, Caldera, Turbolinux, and Debian GNU - have increased the breadth and depth of their bundled network infrastructure software. The report provides detailed analysis against critical criteria: scalability, RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability), system management, Internet and web-application services, and directory and security services. With these upgrades in place, the leading distributions of Linux are able to serve as general-purpose operating systems for a wide range of departmental and workgroup applications
Yeah, let's destroy the country so that we can save it.
It's much better to work withing the system and steer it back to its constitutional roots. Why? Well, if we destroy the U.S. first, the Constitution goes with it. Then it all gets replaced with something else. But what?
"Pat Robertson"
"Hillary Clinton"
"Rush Limbaugh"
"Larry Ellison"
Etc.
Who, these days, would actually stand up for what's recorded in our Declaration of Independance and Constitution? The U.S. was born in the Age of Enlightenment, where people cherish Man's ability to reason, where they valued personal freedom and accountability; where they would even pledge their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to achieve those things. Today? A bunch of cowards eager to spend someone else's money, and tenured chowderheads dreaming up new entitlements.
Feh.
Enforce the Constitution. That's all it will take. Even Madison, one of the guys who wrote it, said that 'one day this country will live up to its principles' -- or something like that. Eternal vigilence, etc. Freedom is not free! You have to pay for it every day.
We get the country described in the Constitution only if we work to make it that way. We get to keep it only if we work to defend it.
On another note, it's the "X Window System", not "X Windows". That's why your favorite client/server bitmapped display manager's name doesn't infringe on a Microsoft trademark.
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Amazon has it listed as "Wriring Secure Code (With CD-ROM)"
Wriring... hm...
Reminds me of that Dilbert cartoon where the MSFT lackey has to leverage Microsoft's market dominance to make an typo in the Word dictionary a new industry-standard word, plus, kill himself in their Comdex booth as an example to others...
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Apple dropped it when they dropped OpenSTEP for Win32
um... huh?
Libertarians believe in private property. They tend to hold the same view that the Founders did on intellectual property -- that it should be temporary, to "promote science and the useful arts."
I fail to see how Sonny Bono's and Disney's outrageous extension of copyright duration promotes either science or the useful arts.
Amendments 9 and 10 just spelled that out in neon lettering.
As far as "interpretability" goes, the 2nd is slightly vague, but when taken with the other writings and sayings of the people who wrote it, it becomes clear that they intended that the average Joe have access to weaponry. They didn't want a standing army, etc. Each male with a gun was part of the "militia," called up to defend the neighborhood/town/city/state/nation. Rather than have a standing army, the idea was to train teh regular citizenry to be the defenders of the nation. Those "other writings" aren't part of the Constitution, but all the other laws of the country are interpreted by the courts along with the "intent of congress," so including the "intentions of the founders" in adjudication of constitutional law is par for the course. On a strict reading it would seem to say that each state can have its own army, but armed gangs are illegal.
However: remembering that the constitution doesn't grant people rights, it only limits the government 's scope of actions by granting it specific, enumerated powers, there's no where in the Constitution that prohibits citizens from owning weapons. We would be able to own guns without the 2nd amendment at all. Assuming, of course, that the courts could also remember (alas, they cannot) that U.S. Citizens are not granted specific rights, but have all rights be default.
A clearer case is #1:
"Congress shall make no law" doesn't have much wiggle room in it.
Number 9 is pretty clear, too:
"Shall not." Gotcha.
However, the quality went down as the years progressed. Number 17, for instance, is a mess. It changed the U.S. from a Republic into a Representative Democracy. From a Federation of Soverign States into one big state. It should really be repealed.
It's pretty clean compared to number 12, though. Sheesh:
I just bought Alpha Centauri. I have the Windows version (a gift), but hate having to boot back into Windows.
Now I've got RTCW and Alpha Centauri on Linux. If I just had Age of Empires 2 and Half-Life... I'd be set.
tsia
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http://web.mit.edu/installers/www/installer-faq.ht ml
/M Manual Mode The /M option runs the installation in manual mode. You will be prompted for the locations of your Windows, System, and Temp directories. You can specify any directories, if they do not exist they will be created. Any changes to INI files will be saved into the Windows directory that you specify. With this option you can have the installtion file run without installing any files into your real Windows and System directory. You can then manually copy the files to their proper destination. This option can also be useful for clients that have unique Windows installations.
/X Extract Mode If you run the installation executable with the /X option, list of the files contained will be displayed. You can select some of the files to extract them from the installation. If you place a directory name after the /X option all of the files in the installation will be extracted into the specified directory.
/Z Extract Mode The /Z option performs the same function as the /X option except that Windows is exited after the extraction.
Common Features of the Windows installers:
The installers are created using the WISE 5.0 installation software. Installation programs created by WISE offer three command line options. These options are:
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Is that true? And which very-famous post?
/. is not censoring. They don't delete anything, it's all still there, and anyone on the planer can read it, even if it's at -1.
To be censorship, the material in question has to be inaccessible.
That. Is. So. Sweet.
Thank you!
Could someone elaborate on the repeater functionality? Could I place unwired access points at regular distances, with only the one at the end wired to the regular network, and roam all down the chain with an 802.11b device (PDA for instance)?
Another thought:
IPSec on the access point. Screw WEP!
I suppose that Microsoft will have to re-think things like ".exe" at the end of a filename meaning "run me" to the OS.
Until then, I for one will keep laughing.
Will the nanoprobes monitor the water supply for pollution by nanoprobes? Huh? Huh?
I hope that the $230 is if you get all the premium channels, plus road runner, plus digital TV, etc. I know someone with a $150/mo bill now, but they have all that crap.
I've got basic plus Road Runner. If my bill rises too much, I will switch to DSL and satellite.
He even told people how to use Word, but save documents in a nonproprietary format.
It's fine for a company, or a person, to defend themselves against false accusations.
But... it's not libel or slander if it's true!
Fuck the fucking fuckers.
So I went to their website. The front page had several Linux and Unix articles on it. I clicked on one:
From the D.H. Brown website, Sept. 2001:
... doesn't seem terribly anti-Linux to me.
Yeah, let's destroy the country so that we can save it.
It's much better to work withing the system and steer it back to its constitutional roots. Why? Well, if we destroy the U.S. first, the Constitution goes with it. Then it all gets replaced with something else. But what?
"Pat Robertson"
"Hillary Clinton"
"Rush Limbaugh"
"Larry Ellison"
Etc.
Who, these days, would actually stand up for what's recorded in our Declaration of Independance and Constitution? The U.S. was born in the Age of Enlightenment, where people cherish Man's ability to reason, where they valued personal freedom and accountability; where they would even pledge their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to achieve those things. Today? A bunch of cowards eager to spend someone else's money, and tenured chowderheads dreaming up new entitlements.
Feh.
Enforce the Constitution. That's all it will take. Even Madison, one of the guys who wrote it, said that 'one day this country will live up to its principles' -- or something like that. Eternal vigilence, etc. Freedom is not free! You have to pay for it every day.
We get the country described in the Constitution only if we work to make it that way. We get to keep it only if we work to defend it.
Or, "Lycrasoft"
Oh, wrong industry...
On another note, it's the "X Window System", not "X Windows". That's why your favorite client/server bitmapped display manager's name doesn't infringe on a Microsoft trademark.
So long, and thanks for all the^W^W^W^W^Wfuck off
Amazon has it listed as "Wriring Secure Code (With CD-ROM)"
Wriring... hm...
Reminds me of that Dilbert cartoon where the MSFT lackey has to leverage Microsoft's market dominance to make an typo in the Word dictionary a new industry-standard word, plus, kill himself in their Comdex booth as an example to others...
News Flash: Disposable post-modernist cynicism is no longer fresh or enlightening.
The truth is always fresh and enlightening.
Bah. People always trot out homeless sick kids when there's a competing cause.
News flash: homeless sick kids are not the only important thing on the planet.
Here's my perception of Windows:
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This error was at Forbes.com.