So free healthcare is the cornerstone of freedom now? I find it interesting how socialism now becomes the bastion of freedom. The truth is, you have the freedom to accel and gain the things you need in a democracy particularly when its economy is capitalist based. I'm not so crass that I think capitalism is god, but I do believe that universal healthcare will (as has been shown) reduce the level of service. But I digress. I would argue that these "shades of grey" probably work because they are infused with democracy or progressive, free-thinking. I just choose to have as much of the real thing as I can get.
The preceding opportunity to stump a political position was brought to by some whiner who just can't get a grip. Luckily, the parent managed to get justified on Slashdot with the coincidence that the word "NASA" was used. Thus obfiscating him of any ridicule he richly deserves.
Okay, if you're using Windows for anything but work and maybe Media Player, you know you're asking for trouble. Years of bitching and whining does little to change anything. This is getting fairly silly. New exploit comes out. Media covers exploit. IT community bemoans MS for not being more proactive. Linux and UNIX geeks bask in the glow of a screen viewing an OS completely uneffected by the exploit. MS patches vulnerability. We're all placated until the next exploit comes along then we all bitch again. OH! And then MS says, "The next Windows, Man, that's gonna solve all this shit. Hunger, peace, global warming, everything! Go buy it!" Blah...frickin'...blah...frickin'...blah. If you're tired, switch. It's really that simple.
Freedom and socialism are mutually exclusive. From Wiki: "Socialism is an ideology with the core belief that society should exist within an environment where not-for-profit popular collectives control the means of power, and therefore the means of production." How long do you think freedom would last if those in "power" decide they don't like your level of "production" or even what you're producing? I think Europe is used to a largely class system so socialism is fairly familiar to them. It's a shame. It slants their perception of freedom.
To the two above posts:
Are you suggesting we're not all [born] equal? Are you suggesting that maybe, just maybe some people are born deserving of servitude while others are born to rule? Barring freedom, this is pretty-much the alternative.
The reason the west has prospered is freedom. That prosperity is why we have the military might we do. I can only pity the people of the world who have not enjoyed the freedoms that I have. Which is why I fight hard against those in this country who share YOUR views. EGADS! I engaged in politcal banter on/. Something I've come to loath!
We opened relations with China under Nixon 30 years ago. The thinking appears to be, "give them a taste of democracy's wealth and they will move towards it." Where are they now? Simply a hybrid. A communist country with enough reforms to keep money coming in. They are NOT closer to a democracy. Frankly, relations with China should never have happened or at least should have been cut-off when Tiananmen Square occurred. That wasn't just a dark day for China, it was a dark day for the world. On that day, the world decided that business with China was worth more than freedom and we've been making that choice ever since. Google isn't evil, they're just status-quo.
"proper teaching and understanding of science"
Oh stop. This is just another opportunity for evolutionists to bash ID's blah blah blah. This has nothing to do with technology. If you believe a supreme being created Earth fine. If you believe Evolution is the origin of man, fine. Hell, one or the other happened thousands/millions/a long time ago. There were no computers, no coders, no hackers, no cell phones, no robots, no AI, no shoestrings, no stone tools, no axes, no spears, no nothing. This has nothing to do with technology. All these evolution debates do is give one side the opportunity to call the other a bunch of idiots. The same with all of the political crap! It's killing Slashdot. You can post an article on any given topic and an anti-Bush statement will appear. It's getting old, people. Maybe its a sign of the medium age/understanding/intellect of the Slashdot contributor.
Then Microsoft is the new Napster for including SMB in Windows. UNIX and every OS that allows sharing, linking, exporting, etc. are guilty as well. These guys are stupid. I don't mean they're ignorant, they don't get it, they're technically challenged, I mean they're stupid. As in, their gene pool should be stopped! This is what you get, people, when you start covering electrical outlets with plastic covers. Nature has no way to weed out the idiots!
Those of us that do what we love are fortunate. It's easy to tell someone to do what you love. If our children work hard, they may as well. However, there are a lot of things that just have to be done to get to that point. To get a degree in the field you want, you still have to take classes that have little to do with your field. If you start telling kids, "only do what you love to do" they may simply not take these classes seriously and fail. We could talk further about how determination and the will to take on menial tasks for a greater good built the modern societies we live in. I think we should be careful not to come off as pompous when discussing "doing what we love" because that's the sort of thing that can breed disrespect towards generations that have brought us here on their backs. OTOH, the idea that "hey, I like my job" is a big lie adults tell kids to get them to cut the grass is extremely simplistic. Believe it or not, some people like to crunch numbers, while some of us find it repulsive. Others love to sew while others can't make a pair of cut-off jeans. Different strokes, people. Making the assumption that the bank manager didn't like his job but the jet pilot did probably has more to do with the fact that you think flying a jet would be cool. Why don't we teach our kids that they should pursue a job that entails what they love, but that they need to work hard to get to that point. They will appreciate it much more having accomplished it as opposed to simply having a feeling they are entitled to it.
I think maybe Windows' landscape has changed but security wasn't so passe' to other software makers. I wonder how much arbitrary code could have been executed by UNIX or even Netware in those days? And I leave open the possibility that it could have. In the long run, this was left uncheck and maybe forgotten for what, 12-15 years now? And more importantly, was brought right into the server code from the desktop code. I think therein lies the fundamental problem with Windows and why SA's warned for years about Microsoft's assbackwards approach to security. Windows is at it's heart a desktop OS and as such has a reverse understanding of security.
You have to understand that there is a huge contingency of activists and lobbyists who want the government to take a direct role in raising children. They see the school system as the avenue for this. Just look at how schools are moving away from core-curriculum studies to social programs. Laws like these are a way to have what appear to be well-intentioned bills passed to enhance this move towards social "indoctrination," for lack of a better word. You start talking about having one parent at home, you're labeled as not fulfilling the needs of that parent. You start talking about letting "faith-based" programs augment ethical studies and after-school programs and you're violating "separation of church and state." In the long run, parents need to be parents. As parents, however, we have to let our voice be heard and kill the ideals that the modern educational system is pushing. This is why I advocate cutting education spending. Strip the overhead and you can pay teachers more. Cut out the bureaucracy, and the teachers will be teaching sciences, grammar, math, and other essential skills and not the agenda of the new superintendent fresh from his seminar at Berkeley. Hey, we're seeing some of the smartest kids coming from the backwoods of W. Virginia (don't laugh, some kid just blew the curve in academics nationally from W.V.) at a so-called "poor school." If you ask me it sounds like less is more.
So...a mysterious warp that we can't explain may be explained by something ELSE we can't explain!? Guess the only thing constant is change. Hey, today it's a tree tomorrow it's a dog!
IOW: "Microsoft, as part of its 'Innovation By Impersonation' initiative, launched its Urge music service. Justin Timberlake was on-hand for the kick-off singing a rounding rendition of 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.'"
"a long way in front"
And this is new? MS has been following on many technologies for years. My guess is, much of Vista will be a rip-off of OS X and Linux. Remember in 1995 when Netscape was building a business on Internet technology and Bill Gate's keynote didn't even mention the word "internet?" Innovation, Baby....it's all innovation.
You really need a life. You're getting way too worked up over this. Again, there is no evidence Bush is having the NSA wiretap your D&D conference calls, Skippy. Calm down.
"people under 18 ought to be allowed to make their own decisions"
You are either a child yourself or not a parent. Children by definition cannot make all decisions for themselves. Following your logic, if a child decides to walk into traffic let them. They need to learn the consequences. If a child decides to drink bleach, let them. Pornography, smoking, and other vices are, to a lesser degree, dangerous to those who lack the cognitive skills to make the decision completely. Therefore, they need guidance, and yes restriction, from parents. By extension, the government plays a role by allow parents and adults to have representation on the local, state, and federal level for such restrictions. When you consider the fact that education is compulsory in this country for minors, children are away from home and out of parental supervision for a considerable amount of time. Therefore parents vote for legistlators that will work to help extend their values. Granted, it's not perfect and often breaks down, but this law was not a particularly bad law. In the case of pornography, I am shocked by the fact that there are people in this country that advocate allowing children view porn. We all want to know when a pedophile moves into our neighborhood yet there are groups actively lobbying to allow porn in our libraries.
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So free healthcare is the cornerstone of freedom now? I find it interesting how socialism now becomes the bastion of freedom. The truth is, you have the freedom to accel and gain the things you need in a democracy particularly when its economy is capitalist based. I'm not so crass that I think capitalism is god, but I do believe that universal healthcare will (as has been shown) reduce the level of service. But I digress. I would argue that these "shades of grey" probably work because they are infused with democracy or progressive, free-thinking. I just choose to have as much of the real thing as I can get.
The preceding opportunity to stump a political position was brought to by some whiner who just can't get a grip. Luckily, the parent managed to get justified on Slashdot with the coincidence that the word "NASA" was used. Thus obfiscating him of any ridicule he richly deserves.
Okay, if you're using Windows for anything but work and maybe Media Player, you know you're asking for trouble. Years of bitching and whining does little to change anything. This is getting fairly silly. New exploit comes out. Media covers exploit. IT community bemoans MS for not being more proactive. Linux and UNIX geeks bask in the glow of a screen viewing an OS completely uneffected by the exploit. MS patches vulnerability. We're all placated until the next exploit comes along then we all bitch again. OH! And then MS says, "The next Windows, Man, that's gonna solve all this shit. Hunger, peace, global warming, everything! Go buy it!" Blah...frickin'...blah...frickin'...blah. If you're tired, switch. It's really that simple.
Freedom and socialism are mutually exclusive. From Wiki: "Socialism is an ideology with the core belief that society should exist within an environment where not-for-profit popular collectives control the means of power, and therefore the means of production." How long do you think freedom would last if those in "power" decide they don't like your level of "production" or even what you're producing?
I think Europe is used to a largely class system so socialism is fairly familiar to them. It's a shame. It slants their perception of freedom.
If rebates are so cool, let BB go through the process of getting them. Something tells me they will have no problem getting a rebate.
To the two above posts: /. Something I've come to loath!
Are you suggesting we're not all [born] equal? Are you suggesting that maybe, just maybe some people are born deserving of servitude while others are born to rule? Barring freedom, this is pretty-much the alternative.
The reason the west has prospered is freedom. That prosperity is why we have the military might we do. I can only pity the people of the world who have not enjoyed the freedoms that I have. Which is why I fight hard against those in this country who share YOUR views.
EGADS! I engaged in politcal banter on
We opened relations with China under Nixon 30 years ago. The thinking appears to be, "give them a taste of democracy's wealth and they will move towards it." Where are they now? Simply a hybrid. A communist country with enough reforms to keep money coming in. They are NOT closer to a democracy. Frankly, relations with China should never have happened or at least should have been cut-off when Tiananmen Square occurred. That wasn't just a dark day for China, it was a dark day for the world. On that day, the world decided that business with China was worth more than freedom and we've been making that choice ever since. Google isn't evil, they're just status-quo.
"proper teaching and understanding of science"
Oh stop. This is just another opportunity for evolutionists to bash ID's blah blah blah. This has nothing to do with technology. If you believe a supreme being created Earth fine. If you believe Evolution is the origin of man, fine. Hell, one or the other happened thousands/millions/a long time ago. There were no computers, no coders, no hackers, no cell phones, no robots, no AI, no shoestrings, no stone tools, no axes, no spears, no nothing. This has nothing to do with technology. All these evolution debates do is give one side the opportunity to call the other a bunch of idiots.
The same with all of the political crap! It's killing Slashdot. You can post an article on any given topic and an anti-Bush statement will appear. It's getting old, people. Maybe its a sign of the medium age/understanding/intellect of the Slashdot contributor.
Oh how cute, an idiot! I like you, you're silly!
Then Microsoft is the new Napster for including SMB in Windows. UNIX and every OS that allows sharing, linking, exporting, etc. are guilty as well. These guys are stupid. I don't mean they're ignorant, they don't get it, they're technically challenged, I mean they're stupid. As in, their gene pool should be stopped! This is what you get, people, when you start covering electrical outlets with plastic covers. Nature has no way to weed out the idiots!
This should spark some great debate on technology.
Those of us that do what we love are fortunate. It's easy to tell someone to do what you love. If our children work hard, they may as well. However, there are a lot of things that just have to be done to get to that point. To get a degree in the field you want, you still have to take classes that have little to do with your field. If you start telling kids, "only do what you love to do" they may simply not take these classes seriously and fail. We could talk further about how determination and the will to take on menial tasks for a greater good built the modern societies we live in. I think we should be careful not to come off as pompous when discussing "doing what we love" because that's the sort of thing that can breed disrespect towards generations that have brought us here on their backs.
OTOH, the idea that "hey, I like my job" is a big lie adults tell kids to get them to cut the grass is extremely simplistic. Believe it or not, some people like to crunch numbers, while some of us find it repulsive. Others love to sew while others can't make a pair of cut-off jeans. Different strokes, people. Making the assumption that the bank manager didn't like his job but the jet pilot did probably has more to do with the fact that you think flying a jet would be cool. Why don't we teach our kids that they should pursue a job that entails what they love, but that they need to work hard to get to that point. They will appreciate it much more having accomplished it as opposed to simply having a feeling they are entitled to it.
"No, there are not."
"The only legal experts who are on Bush's side in this are..." Ummm.....wha?
There's always the chance their case is pointless anyway. There are legal scholars on both sides of this fence.
I think maybe Windows' landscape has changed but security wasn't so passe' to other software makers. I wonder how much arbitrary code could have been executed by UNIX or even Netware in those days? And I leave open the possibility that it could have. In the long run, this was left uncheck and maybe forgotten for what, 12-15 years now? And more importantly, was brought right into the server code from the desktop code.
I think therein lies the fundamental problem with Windows and why SA's warned for years about Microsoft's assbackwards approach to security. Windows is at it's heart a desktop OS and as such has a reverse understanding of security.
You have to understand that there is a huge contingency of activists and lobbyists who want the government to take a direct role in raising children. They see the school system as the avenue for this. Just look at how schools are moving away from core-curriculum studies to social programs. Laws like these are a way to have what appear to be well-intentioned bills passed to enhance this move towards social "indoctrination," for lack of a better word. You start talking about having one parent at home, you're labeled as not fulfilling the needs of that parent. You start talking about letting "faith-based" programs augment ethical studies and after-school programs and you're violating "separation of church and state." In the long run, parents need to be parents. As parents, however, we have to let our voice be heard and kill the ideals that the modern educational system is pushing. This is why I advocate cutting education spending. Strip the overhead and you can pay teachers more. Cut out the bureaucracy, and the teachers will be teaching sciences, grammar, math, and other essential skills and not the agenda of the new superintendent fresh from his seminar at Berkeley. Hey, we're seeing some of the smartest kids coming from the backwoods of W. Virginia (don't laugh, some kid just blew the curve in academics nationally from W.V.) at a so-called "poor school." If you ask me it sounds like less is more.
Don't you love it when Science validates common sense? I particularly like it when it's tax funded.
"I guess it all depends on how serious the flaw is."
Or how much press they're getting for not having one.
So...a mysterious warp that we can't explain may be explained by something ELSE we can't explain!? Guess the only thing constant is change. Hey, today it's a tree tomorrow it's a dog!
Yep! Class dismissed.
IOW: "Microsoft, as part of its 'Innovation By Impersonation' initiative, launched its Urge music service. Justin Timberlake was on-hand for the kick-off singing a rounding rendition of 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.'"
Taking some liberties with Despair.com:
"Persistence: It's over, Man...let it go!"
"a long way in front"
And this is new? MS has been following on many technologies for years. My guess is, much of Vista will be a rip-off of OS X and Linux. Remember in 1995 when Netscape was building a business on Internet technology and Bill Gate's keynote didn't even mention the word "internet?" Innovation, Baby....it's all innovation.
You really need a life. You're getting way too worked up over this. Again, there is no evidence Bush is having the NSA wiretap your D&D conference calls, Skippy. Calm down.
"people under 18 ought to be allowed to make their own decisions"
You are either a child yourself or not a parent. Children by definition cannot make all decisions for themselves. Following your logic, if a child decides to walk into traffic let them. They need to learn the consequences. If a child decides to drink bleach, let them. Pornography, smoking, and other vices are, to a lesser degree, dangerous to those who lack the cognitive skills to make the decision completely. Therefore, they need guidance, and yes restriction, from parents. By extension, the government plays a role by allow parents and adults to have representation on the local, state, and federal level for such restrictions. When you consider the fact that education is compulsory in this country for minors, children are away from home and out of parental supervision for a considerable amount of time. Therefore parents vote for legistlators that will work to help extend their values. Granted, it's not perfect and often breaks down, but this law was not a particularly bad law. In the case of pornography, I am shocked by the fact that there are people in this country that advocate allowing children view porn. We all want to know when a pedophile moves into our neighborhood yet there are groups actively lobbying to allow porn in our libraries.