(unless I'm mistaken here) they weren't at all inolved in the posting of a link to slashdot.
Obviously, they're not going to target solely Slashdot readers. And perhaps, they didn't want the link to go out to soon. But either way, they chose to publish an incomplete draft of their book out in the open and they seem open to the idea that other people send them contributions.
"Sure, with that number of editors the result can only be good. (NOT)"
At this point, I am just pointing out a way to easily collect more information. When all that content is gathered in a semi-organized fashion, those two guys can and should restructure/rewrite the entire book from scratch.
And another thing. I don't think I am unique in my predicament. I think everyone varies in their learning (dis)abilities. The presence of symptoms is not a binary manifestation (either you have it, or you don't). Learning (dis)abilities manifest themselves in everyone at various degrees.
We also don't like when people use these 'disorders' to get special treatment, like getting extra time to write tests, being excused from certain requirements, etc.
Speaking as someone who could never finish those tests on time. And speaking as someone who has some learning disabilities, but none that can fit nicely into a box and none that can qualify for getting excused from certain requirements.
I would prefer to have those requirements lowered for *everyone* in the class. Since many classes are graded on a curve, what's the use in *ranking* a student above another student when both students don't take the test under the same conditions.
"I would spend 3-4 hours checking slashdot and browsing the web at a time! After I post messages like this I somehow have to check them every few hours."
Yep. Same here. I reread my messages to see how clever I am. I reread my messages to see how much Karma I've gained. I rehash some of my old messages in my mind when I'm offline.
I know this sounds pathetic, but this is an ego thing for me.
What I find amusing is the obsession of modern medical, particularly psychiatric/psychological, science with the term "disorder".
The psychiatric/psychological professions have disorders as well. Eric Berne M.D. talks about this in his book called "Games People Play". That book boggled my mind.
Don't worry, you can only see the Hulk only during the last ten minutes of the movie. The rest of the movie is only used to set up those last ten minutes.
"TO SLASHDOT READERS: Yes, this book is incomplete. Yes it has mistakes. Yes, we are working as hard as we can to fix them. Please email the authors directly rather than simply ranting/flaming on slashdot. We will take your comments into consideration, and will list you in the credits. We've already built up a large queue of fixes thanks to helpful emails."
Looks like they're trying to have Slashdot readers write their book for them. It's not a bad idea, but it would be easier if they added editing/commenting capablities directly onto their site. Otherwise, it's just too much of a hassle.
It also would be better if they promised the contributors to keep the book online and free of charge even after it gets picked up by a publisher.
"(see, the death penalty is considered barbaric in most of the civilized world)"
***Yet, France has no problems executing Greenpeace activists.***
You make a good point there. Personally, I don't think European countries can claim moral superiority over the United States. In fact, when France was faced with a similar set of circumstances, they went all out and tortured and killed thousands of people to find the "terrorists". This was over the independence of Algeria. This was the first time a colony struck back direcly at the capital of the colonizing power. Interestingly enough, France lost that war, so I'm not sure if it's appropriate for the United States to emulate their model.
***(although some of the hatred of the US is a result of mean-spiritedness. For example, hatred of Jews is rampant in the Middle East, and many hate the US for standing up for the rights of people who happen to be Jewish)***
Don't forget the hathred of Arabs. From where I stand, Arabs are hated much more than the Jews. In fact, the expression "anti-semite" originally came from the hathred of Arabic speaking people, which the Jews happen to be a part of.
"if US governments didn't keep on installing and overthrowing murderous dictators on a regular basis, depending on who they prefer today)" ***....as shown there, your ignorance of history. The US tends to overthrow dictators.***
I don't think the original poster is ignorant of your version of history. After all, everyone who went to an American high school and everyone who has access to Fox News already knows your version of history. Besides, he agrees that the US does overthrow murderous dictators. That's not his point. His point is that the US also tends to install and replace dictators with *other* murderous dictators. That's his point.
*****It DOESN'T MATTER what type of government it is; majority rules. ****
::: If that were the case there would be anarchy in the streets and nobody would pay any taxes.:::
No, if majority really ruled. The majority of individuals would try to evade taxes, *but* that same majority of individuals would try to make sure their neighbors paid their taxes. I think this pretty much explains our current state of affairs. Take a look at our spaghetti tax code and take a look at our two-faced politicians. They're just a reflection of our conflicting interests.
By the way, the words chaos and anarchy are not even related. Anordia means chaos (no order) and anarchy means no ruler. I know you don't believe this, but one can have order without a ruler.
Allen was easy to work with, while Gates was not. If he didn't get his way, "he acted like a spoiled kid, which is what he was."
Assuming this is true, may be this was a key ingredient in his success. After all, Bill Gates is one of the few entrepreneurs who managed to keep a controling share of his company.
The problem you guys have is "why didn't I think of that back then". And the truth of the matter is he played by the rules and won.
Bill Gates is not evil, but Bill Gates is certainly not the poster child for meritocracy either. Bill's dad was a top-notch lawyer in New York. This gave him a top-notch education to begin with and an easy access to capital. Please, don't make it sound like everyone could have done what he did.
"There IS something wrong with creating the desire in the first place."
When I try to make myself more attractive to the opposite sex, is that "wrong" too?
"It's an intentional scheme to emotionally manipulate people into being dissatisfied, for one's own profit, at the disadvantage of the "mark". It's selfish and immoral."
Selfish. May be. Immoral. I don't think so.
If people actually worried more about their individual happiness/selfishness, then may be we'll have less psychopaths in this world. Selfishness for oneself and selfishness for ones own family is a natural need. If you repress that need (as society makes you do), you only make the world more unfair for yourself and you increase your ever-growing frustration.
My advice. Go enjoy yourself. Go get laid. Go sell bottled water (if you want). There is nothing immoral about selfishness. Changing others by making them feel guilty is not going to work. You can continue trying (if that's how you get your jollies), but frankly I don't think that's going to work.
"This way large corperate radio stations won't interfere with someone's remotely powered pacemaker. "
Excuse-me, remotely powered pacemaker!?!? You must be smoking some good stuff...
As to interference, here is a good article on the Myth of interference.
Noone has proved it's safe and noone has proved it's harmful. Proving that something is safe is like proving a negative -- it is damn right impossible.
If you want us to sacrifice our technology and sacrifice our way of life, please give us some proof. If you want me to roll over and play dead everytime I can't prove a negative -- you're kidding yourself.
On Iraq, I agree with you 100%. On the library not allowing food, I wasn't talking about food. I was talking about coffee with coffee lids on it. And as to the homeless thing, this was a major news items, many libraries didn't want homeless people and many of them had security guards just for that purpose.
Slashdot Mirror
Turn this into "publish every law on the web" and you will get politicians on board.
Put your pants back on boy. The recent Supreme Court ruling invalidates all state same-sex sodomy laws. http://us.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/26/scotus.sodomy/
Obviously, they're not going to target solely Slashdot readers. And perhaps, they didn't want the link to go out to soon. But either way, they chose to publish an incomplete draft of their book out in the open and they seem open to the idea that other people send them contributions.
At this point, I am just pointing out a way to easily collect more information. When all that content is gathered in a semi-organized fashion, those two guys can and should restructure/rewrite the entire book from scratch.
Yes, it means you can distribute chipmunk versions of popular songs.
Cuba anyone? The only country that I know of that quarantines people with HIV.
And another thing. I don't think I am unique in my predicament. I think everyone varies in their learning (dis)abilities. The presence of symptoms is not a binary manifestation (either you have it, or you don't). Learning (dis)abilities manifest themselves in everyone at various degrees.
Speaking as someone who could never finish those tests on time. And speaking as someone who has some learning disabilities, but none that can fit nicely into a box and none that can qualify for getting excused from certain requirements.
I would prefer to have those requirements lowered for *everyone* in the class. Since many classes are graded on a curve, what's the use in *ranking* a student above another student when both students don't take the test under the same conditions.
Yep. Same here. I reread my messages to see how clever I am. I reread my messages to see how much Karma I've gained. I rehash some of my old messages in my mind when I'm offline.
I know this sounds pathetic, but this is an ego thing for me.
The psychiatric/psychological professions have disorders as well. Eric Berne M.D. talks about this in his book called "Games People Play". That book boggled my mind.
He's educating the public. Considering the ignorance and the potential hysteria of the public, I think it's a worthwhile endeavour.
Don't worry, you can only see the Hulk only during the last ten minutes of the movie. The rest of the movie is only used to set up those last ten minutes.
Looks like they're trying to have Slashdot readers write their book for them. It's not a bad idea, but it would be easier if they added editing/commenting capablities directly onto their site. Otherwise, it's just too much of a hassle.
It also would be better if they promised the contributors to keep the book online and free of charge even after it gets picked up by a publisher.
***Yet, France has no problems executing Greenpeace activists.***
You make a good point there. Personally, I don't think European countries can claim moral superiority over the United States. In fact, when France was faced with a similar set of circumstances, they went all out and tortured and killed thousands of people to find the "terrorists". This was over the independence of Algeria. This was the first time a colony struck back direcly at the capital of the colonizing power. Interestingly enough, France lost that war, so I'm not sure if it's appropriate for the United States to emulate their model.
***(although some of the hatred of the US is a result of mean-spiritedness. For example, hatred of Jews is rampant in the Middle East, and many hate the US for standing up for the rights of people who happen to be Jewish)***
Don't forget the hathred of Arabs. From where I stand, Arabs are hated much more than the Jews. In fact, the expression "anti-semite" originally came from the hathred of Arabic speaking people, which the Jews happen to be a part of.
"if US governments didn't keep on installing and overthrowing murderous dictators on a regular basis, depending on who they prefer today)" ***....as shown there, your ignorance of history. The US tends to overthrow dictators.***
I don't think the original poster is ignorant of your version of history. After all, everyone who went to an American high school and everyone who has access to Fox News already knows your version of history. Besides, he agrees that the US does overthrow murderous dictators. That's not his point. His point is that the US also tends to install and replace dictators with *other* murderous dictators. That's his point.
No, if majority really ruled. The majority of individuals would try to evade taxes, *but* that same majority of individuals would try to make sure their neighbors paid their taxes. I think this pretty much explains our current state of affairs. Take a look at our spaghetti tax code and take a look at our two-faced politicians. They're just a reflection of our conflicting interests.
By the way, the words chaos and anarchy are not even related. Anordia means chaos (no order) and anarchy means no ruler. I know you don't believe this, but one can have order without a ruler.
DNA Profiling
Assuming this is true, may be this was a key ingredient in his success. After all, Bill Gates is one of the few entrepreneurs who managed to keep a controling share of his company.
That was a low blow. I've never been more insulted in my entire life.
Bill Gates is not evil, but Bill Gates is certainly not the poster child for meritocracy either. Bill's dad was a top-notch lawyer in New York. This gave him a top-notch education to begin with and an easy access to capital. Please, don't make it sound like everyone could have done what he did.
When I try to make myself more attractive to the opposite sex, is that "wrong" too?
"It's an intentional scheme to emotionally manipulate people into being dissatisfied, for one's own profit, at the disadvantage of the "mark". It's selfish and immoral."
Selfish. May be. Immoral. I don't think so.
If people actually worried more about their individual happiness/selfishness, then may be we'll have less psychopaths in this world. Selfishness for oneself and selfishness for ones own family is a natural need. If you repress that need (as society makes you do), you only make the world more unfair for yourself and you increase your ever-growing frustration.
My advice. Go enjoy yourself. Go get laid. Go sell bottled water (if you want). There is nothing immoral about selfishness. Changing others by making them feel guilty is not going to work. You can continue trying (if that's how you get your jollies), but frankly I don't think that's going to work.
Good. At least I am not the only one who doesn't know what a "DS", an "np", a "k", an "s", an "odp", and a "c128" means?
Get your priorities straight.
Excuse-me, remotely powered pacemaker!?!? You must be smoking some good stuff... As to interference, here is a good article on the Myth of interference.
If you want us to sacrifice our technology and sacrifice our way of life, please give us some proof. If you want me to roll over and play dead everytime I can't prove a negative -- you're kidding yourself.
On Iraq, I agree with you 100%. On the library not allowing food, I wasn't talking about food. I was talking about coffee with coffee lids on it. And as to the homeless thing, this was a major news items, many libraries didn't want homeless people and many of them had security guards just for that purpose.