Believe it or not, WE are supposed to be the leaders. Government -- all of it -- is supposed to follow.
I do understand what you're saying, but then, my friend, the "WE are supposed to be the leaders" thing does not work in the reality.
Take a look around, my friend - Out of the more than 200 governments in this world, which one is led by the people?
Even in countries that have/had/had previously succumbed to chaos - Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Republic of Congo, for example - the "groups of people" who supposed to be "leading" the countries were/are nothing more than bandits/terrorists.
The last thing the Muslim Brotherhood wants is "Freedom".
The one thing that brought the Egyptian government to the free software is that Egypt is facing imminent bankruptcy.
Egyptian pounds have lost 50% of its value since the uprising, and it's poised to lose even more, thanks to the clueless Muslim Brotherhood on running anything effectively.
Right now, as we speak, Egyptians are busy changing their Egyptian pounds into foreign currencies because they know that the Egyptian pounds gonna be devalued even more !!
When I say, spend money on space programs, I don't mean spending money exclusively on constellations and/or SLS.
There are many more meaningful space programs out there and we should invest on some of them (I do understand that we no longer have the mean to do whatever we need, but we _still_ need to do something, don't we??)
I do support spending the limited amount of resources that we have on things that can advance our country in terms of technology prowess and in knowledge acquisition skills.
However, what we have today - and I mean, the current POTUS - ain't doing that at all.
Instead of leading USA to a greater height, Obama is leading USA to nowhere.
I'm not a Republican nor a Democrat - I'm an independent who is very sick and tired of all the unnecessary politicking that is taking USA to oblivion.
The president is designed to hold back congress from doing crazy stuff. That's why he has the veto power - and nothing more.
AND NOTHING MORE ???
You mean to say, the role of the POTUS is not being the ***DE FACTO LEADER*** of the USA?
If the position of the POTUS is designed, as you said, "to hold back congress from doing crazy stuff", how come presidents such as Lincoln, JFK and Reagan managed to lead the United States of America to greater heights?
Or to put it another way --- Do you, Sir, really understand the true role of the POTUS?
How the hell can you plan a major project when every year you're faced with the possibility of major cuts?
Fact of the matter is this - instead of being the leader of the citizens of the United States of America, Obama chooses to be a crowd pleaser.
Instead of concentrate the limited resource available to make America strong - by spending them on R&D and also space programs - Obama opted for spending the money for welfare to feed the crack addicts and those who are too lazy to work
But to answer your assertion - it's not "lack of alternatives" for there _WERE_ alternatives - it's just that the average voters don't want to vote for them.
While the majority of the Pakis are Muslims, the Pakistan population is *NOT* 100% Islamic.
There are Hindus and Christians living in Pakistan.
Just because something is viewed as "blaspheme" to _some_ of the Muslims that doesn't mean it is blasphemic to the Hindus or the Christians.
To ban Internet just because of the "Islamic blaspheme" is to exercise the "Tyranny of the Majority" rule.
Imagine if America set up a law banning open prayer due to "noise pollution" - that would certainly makes the lives of many Muslims that bit tougher, wouldn't it?
...and then it makes Linux as an operating system -- and everything that runs on it and depends on it, look bad...
While I agree that this incident does put Linux on the front pages in part of the Net, I seriously doubt the "look bad" part.
In fact, imho, this incident will generate more positive than negative for Linux.
Admins and users that are still sitting on the fence would take note, that Linus just don't take fuck as an excuse - and if anyone dares to fuck up like that fella he will get a public tongue lashing - and the top priority of Linux is to *NOT INTRODUCE ANY USERSPACE BUG*.
Since Saudi Arabia is an ally to the USA - which gives it the right to implement any kind of net restriction without getting any condemnation from Uncle Sam.
What I find interesting is your need to make the man average and ordinary.
Did I ever??
My point being that the BRAIN of the man is not that different from that of the other 99.99999% of the human race.
And I did say - and I welcome you to re-read what I had said above - that the one thing that differentiate that man from the rest is his WILL (or motivation) that drove him to use his brain to the fullest.
Does the possibility that some have greater cognitive capacity than others bother you?
Could it be that you, Sir, are suffering from reading comprehension that had led you to baselessly accusing me of the thing you are accusing me of?
Mathematical prodigy or any other type of prodigy means nothing, so far as the brain goes.
The grey matter in between your ears contains similar amount of chemicals as the ones inside the head of those so-called "prodigies".
I don't think it was a matter of choice at all, but rather some sort of unique wiring
Unless it is proven that that deceased Indian math genius suffered from some acute type of "savant syndrome", I seriously doubt his brain has any "unique wiring" of any kind.
My view is that it's more of a "will" - the will to think, to explore, to use as much brain capacity as the brain can provide, without any negative effect.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was given a brain, a brain that is not that different from the one we have in between our own ears.
The only difference between Srinivasa Ramanujan and 99.99999% of the human race is that he opted to use his brain power as much as it could be sustained.
If only the rest of 99.99999% of the human population can do the same - becoming a galaxy-roaming race wouldn't stay merely a dream for long.
- one of the criteria of the elimination of potential candidates was...
Security: "We preferred to be conservative about security, and in some cases did not select algorithms with exceptional performance, largely because something about them made us 'nervous,' even though we knew of no clear attack against the full algorithm."
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Believe it or not, WE are supposed to be the leaders. Government -- all of it -- is supposed to follow.
I do understand what you're saying, but then, my friend, the "WE are supposed to be the leaders" thing does not work in the reality.
Take a look around, my friend - Out of the more than 200 governments in this world, which one is led by the people?
Even in countries that have/had/had previously succumbed to chaos - Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Republic of Congo, for example - the "groups of people" who supposed to be "leading" the countries were/are nothing more than bandits/terrorists.
The last thing the Muslim Brotherhood wants is "Freedom".
The one thing that brought the Egyptian government to the free software is that Egypt is facing imminent bankruptcy.
Egyptian pounds have lost 50% of its value since the uprising, and it's poised to lose even more, thanks to the clueless Muslim Brotherhood on running anything effectively.
Right now, as we speak, Egyptians are busy changing their Egyptian pounds into foreign currencies because they know that the Egyptian pounds gonna be devalued even more !!
Even though I am not a member of the Ronald Reagan fan club, I gotta admit this one thing:
Neither JFK nor Eisenhower nor FDR has brought the USSR to its knees.
On the other hand, Reagan did - by playing the "space weapon poker" game that bankrupted the former Soviet Union, which in turn, led to its breakup.
When I say, spend money on space programs, I don't mean spending money exclusively on constellations and/or SLS.
There are many more meaningful space programs out there and we should invest on some of them (I do understand that we no longer have the mean to do whatever we need, but we _still_ need to do something, don't we??)
I do support spending the limited amount of resources that we have on things that can advance our country in terms of technology prowess and in knowledge acquisition skills.
However, what we have today - and I mean, the current POTUS - ain't doing that at all.
Instead of leading USA to a greater height, Obama is leading USA to nowhere.
I'm not a Republican nor a Democrat - I'm an independent who is very sick and tired of all the unnecessary politicking that is taking USA to oblivion.
I've heard rumors that something in the blood of alligators / crocodiles can kill even the toughest super-germs.
If the rumor of gator blood is true, how does it compare to panda blood?
The president is designed to hold back congress from doing crazy stuff. That's why he has the veto power - and nothing more.
AND NOTHING MORE ???
You mean to say, the role of the POTUS is not being the ***DE FACTO LEADER*** of the USA?
If the position of the POTUS is designed, as you said, "to hold back congress from doing crazy stuff", how come presidents such as Lincoln, JFK and Reagan managed to lead the United States of America to greater heights?
Or to put it another way --- Do you, Sir, really understand the true role of the POTUS?
How the hell can you plan a major project when every year you're faced with the possibility of major cuts?
Fact of the matter is this - instead of being the leader of the citizens of the United States of America, Obama chooses to be a crowd pleaser.
Instead of concentrate the limited resource available to make America strong - by spending them on R&D and also space programs - Obama opted for spending the money for welfare to feed the crack addicts and those who are too lazy to work
Lack of alternatives.
This is off-topic.
But to answer your assertion - it's not "lack of alternatives" for there _WERE_ alternatives - it's just that the average voters don't want to vote for them.
While the majority of the Pakis are Muslims, the Pakistan population is *NOT* 100% Islamic.
There are Hindus and Christians living in Pakistan.
Just because something is viewed as "blaspheme" to _some_ of the Muslims that doesn't mean it is blasphemic to the Hindus or the Christians.
To ban Internet just because of the "Islamic blaspheme" is to exercise the "Tyranny of the Majority" rule.
Imagine if America set up a law banning open prayer due to "noise pollution" - that would certainly makes the lives of many Muslims that bit tougher, wouldn't it?
...and then it makes Linux as an operating system -- and everything that runs on it and depends on it, look bad...
While I agree that this incident does put Linux on the front pages in part of the Net, I seriously doubt the "look bad" part.
In fact, imho, this incident will generate more positive than negative for Linux.
Admins and users that are still sitting on the fence would take note, that Linus just don't take fuck as an excuse - and if anyone dares to fuck up like that fella he will get a public tongue lashing - and the top priority of Linux is to *NOT INTRODUCE ANY USERSPACE BUG*.
... net restrictions.
Since Saudi Arabia is an ally to the USA - which gives it the right to implement any kind of net restriction without getting any condemnation from Uncle Sam.
Dunno about you, but I'm really sick and tired of yet another episode of the ensuing saga McAfee, the publicity whore !
Please have some heart, Slashdot !!
What I find interesting is your need to make the man average and ordinary.
Did I ever??
My point being that the
BRAIN of the man is not that different from that of the other 99.99999% of the human race.
And I did say - and I welcome you to re-read what I had said above - that the one thing that differentiate that man from the rest is his WILL (or motivation) that drove him to use his brain to the fullest.
Does the possibility that some have greater cognitive capacity than others bother you?
Could it be that you, Sir, are suffering from reading comprehension that had led you to baselessly accusing me of the thing you are accusing me of?
The Germans would give you a highly sophisticated hole, while China would copy that hole and sell millions of cheap holes in the market
Do not use Nvidia GPU.
There are GPUs from other vendors in the market.
Vote with your wallet.
I suspect that you're quite wrong.
I might be wrong.
But, what if I am right?
The man was a mathematical prodigy.
Mathematical prodigy or any other type of prodigy means nothing, so far as the brain goes.
The grey matter in between your ears contains similar amount of chemicals as the ones inside the head of those so-called "prodigies".
I don't think it was a matter of choice at all, but rather some sort of unique wiring
Unless it is proven that that deceased Indian math genius suffered from some acute type of "savant syndrome", I seriously doubt his brain has any "unique wiring" of any kind.
My view is that it's more of a "will" - the will to think, to explore, to use as much brain capacity as the brain can provide, without any negative effect.
I can't find any link at Adafruit's site for the puppet shows.
Can anyone kindly share the links?
Thank you !!
Srinivasa Ramanujan was given a brain, a brain that is not that different from the one we have in between our own ears.
The only difference between Srinivasa Ramanujan and 99.99999% of the human race is that he opted to use his brain power as much as it could be sustained.
If only the rest of 99.99999% of the human population can do the same - becoming a galaxy-roaming race wouldn't stay merely a dream for long.
discovered images of naked people doing less than pristine things
Sex act by itself is a part of nature.
Without sex acts, many higher form animals have no way to procreate.
When sex itself is deemed something that's not "pristine" something is very wrong - way beyond wrong .....
... but rather, walled garden and locked devices
one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world got pwned by an advertising company. lol
ftfy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor
When "Technicolor" was first announced to the world it was BIG NEWS.
Folks flocked to watch movies shot in "Technicolor" just because they were not black and white.
Even lousy movies, movies that are worthless/meaningless, raked in truckloads of cash, just because they were in color.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Technicolor
Then, the fancy died down.
This 3D thing is of course no different.
According to wikipedia's page on the NISH-sponsored competition - @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIST_hash_function_competition
- one of the criteria of the elimination of potential candidates was ...
Security: "We preferred to be conservative about security, and in some cases did not select algorithms with exceptional performance, largely because something about them made us 'nervous,' even though we knew of no clear attack against the full algorithm."
Would the clause above invalidate Blake2??
Presumably the Stuxnet virus was released to retard the development of Iranian nuclear program.
Wonder what's the real aim for this latest round of stuxnet-like virus?
Neanderthal were still plentiful in Europe around 7K to 5K BC
The wells could have been built by the Neanderthals