Yes. That happens too. Jocks might be given a free ride or they might cheat their way to the top. And from what I've seen, this can also apply to American-taught PE classes. The general Physical Education curiculum seems to be watered down so that no effort is required to pass it.
This may be hard to imagine for some of you, but the physical education curiculum taught in other countries can actually be extremely strenuous and demanding for every one involved.
The diference between geeks and jocks is a unique American invention. At my school, the star athlete was also the top student in his class, and that was not an isolated case.
The quote you're attributing to Chomsky only shows up in Werner Cohn's writings* and Chomsky seems to think that Werner Cohn is a "pathological liar"**.
"Chomsky is going to go on record saying that there is nothing unacceptable or ant-semitic about Faurisson's book,"
Chomsky was quoted as saying that his views were diametrically opposed to those of Faurisson's and that he couldn't say whether Faurisson was an anti-semite or not. The "nothing unacceptable" part, I believe you're making that up.
"The data is inherently useless (in terms of mineral rights) to anyone that is not the property owner, or interested in control over what happends to the property (hostile takeover threat)."
"7.1 Disputes between Land Owners and Free Miners
The Mineral Tenure Act gives a free miner the right to enter onto all lands where the minerals are held by the government. This includes private land where mineral rights are not held as freehold by the surface title. Section 11(2) of the Act places some restrictions on this right to enter private land; refer to chapter 2.2 for details."
http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Titles/Publications / eb-book/h)chap7.htm
"On the other hand, this guy is innocent until proven guilty, and deserves his day in court. "
"Innocent until proven guilty" is about the criminal law. The government did not blacklist that guy, only an association did. This has nothing to do with criminal law. An individual association doesn't have the same obligation than its government does. I am not sure how it works in Australia, but in the US, as long as noone discriminates against a protected group, its citizens have the right to discriminate against any other group.
What the BSA does not do is send suicide bombers, assasinations, bombs, planes, and violence to kill and murder innocent people.
I agree, the BSA is not a terrorist organization, but I wouldn't be surprised if the "worst kind of crime" isn't going to demand the worst kind of punishment for whoever gets caught.
filtering software = blocking software (blocking sounds more negative)
copyrighted = reading-restricted / usage-restricted / viewing-restricted / viewing-controled / copy-disabled (this is variation on your suggestions)
copyright / patents = untaxed property rights (this is something that some/.ers have mentioned already, although I'm not so sure it's a good idea)
"So go edit the source and respectfully submit it to the authors, rather than whining about it. These are folks doing fantastic things, free and _for_ free. Chip in or shut up. "
Please don't take my post as a criticism of k12linux. I was responding to the previous poster's comments. I said what I said only because I felt the previous poster was missing Scaramush's main point about simplicity and ease-of-use.
I am not part of k12linux, but I have written open source code, I did teach middle-school kids computer-skills, and I have edited other people's wiki-enabled web pages. See seedwiki.com for proof.
What about you? When was the last time you simplified someone else's web page instead of just adding to it? And when was the last time you deleted useless software features instead of just adding more of your own? Telling someone to simplify and refactor their work is not easy. I'm sure not going to tell them. I don't know these people. I was just responding to a comment made in the context of Scaramush's suggestion. That's all.
I know that if I was a library admin I sure wouldn't want users surfing into a nimda infected website, infecting all of my unprotected pcs.
Library PCs have Outlook Express disabled. The nimda worm, the one that you can download from a web site, is an Outlook Express file.
I would reply to the rest of your post, but your analogies are soooo good. I couldn't bring myself to criticize any of them.
Why is it so hard to accept that in a public place (where there are alot of people who want to be protected from negative stuff that filtering could be a good thing, if applied correctly and intelligently.
If people really wanted to protect themselves, then give them a voluntary filter and let them turn it off whenever they wanted.
Personally, I think that people are far more interested in protecting their neighbors than protecting themselves. After all, most people will tell you that they can take care of themselves, but it's their neighbors that they're worried about.
"Try k12linux.org [k12linux.org]. There is a shite load of projects to bring Linux into the schools there. "
Sorry, but k12linux.org, the web site itself, is not simple by any stretch of the imagination. If your average English teacher looked at this, she would be scared out of her wits.
You're lucky, my school actually made a profit on selling me software. Their student OEM version almost always costed more than the OEM full version I could hunt down on Price Watch
Chomsky gave away the rights of his work to someone he thought he could trust and then that person betrayed him. It's hardly what you make it sound like. As to the defense of Faurisson's civil rights, I think you would be apalled by what the ACLU has defended in the past. Based on your own reasoning, since the ACLU defended Nazis, then they must be Nazis.
"The ACLU has often been at the center of controversy for defending the free speech rights of groups that spew hate, such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis. But if only popular ideas were protected, we wouldn't need a First Amendment. History teaches that the first target of government repression is never the last. If we do not come to the defense of the free speech rights of the most unpopular among us, even if their views are antithetical to the very freedom the First Amendment stands for, then no one's liberty will be secure. In that sense, all First Amendment rights are 'indivisible.' " http://www.aclu.org/library/pbp10.html
My bad, perhaps I should put a disclaimer on how bad my French translations can be. The French text mentions that Serge Thion published Chomsky's article defending Faurisson's civil rights as an "avis" for Faurisson's memoire. An "avis" means "opinion". I don't believe it means "foreward" but its akward placement in the front of the book could easily suggest as much. In any case, Chomsky is also against the placement of this article, since that's never what he intended it for.
"Mais Chomsky commit une erreur, la seule dans cette affaire. Il donna son texte à un ami d'alors, Serge Thion, en lui permettant de l'utiliser à sa guise. Or Thion le fit paraître, comme avis , au début du mémoire publié pour défendre Faurisson. Chomsky n'a cessé de rappeler qu'il n'avait jamais eu l'intention de voir publier son texte à cet endroit et qu'il chercha, mais trop tard, à l'empêcher (5). " http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/04/BRICMONT/ 15109
Chomsky says: "Some time ago I was asked to sign a petition in defense of Robert Faurisson's 'freedom of speech and expression.' The petition said absolutely nothing about the character, quality or validity of his research, but restricted itself quite explicitly to a defense of elementary rights that are taken for granted in democratic societies, calling upon university and government officials to 'do everything possible to ensure the [Faurisson's] safety and the free exercise of his legal rights.' I signed it without hesitation. " http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/8010-free-exp ression.html
Apparently, Chomsky gave the French translation rights of his work to Serge Thion to publish as he pleased. Chomsky denies that he ever intended his work to be published with Faurrisson's and he further claims that he tried to stop it when he found out about it.
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/04/BRICMONT/ 15109 (the article is in French)
So there you have it. I don't know if Chomsky is lying, but his story sounds entirely plausible to me.
Stephan
Don't forget about her University's rules and regulations. Those can be very stringent and irrational. Personally, I wouldn't give her anything that might get her expelled.
"`proven' wrong? Haven't read too many economics textbooks, have you? Never mind actual work in the field... "
Neocon, Did you post an inflamatory message as an anonymous coward and then replied to yourself?
Chomsky, an holocaust-denier? On the contrary. Tell me, when did he deny the holocaust? Can you point me to an article he has written, or a speech he has made, where he even alludes to this? That's a very serious allegation you're making.
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This may be hard to imagine for some of you, but the physical education curiculum taught in other countries can actually be extremely strenuous and demanding for every one involved.
Stephan
The diference between geeks and jocks is a unique American invention. At my school, the star athlete was also the top student in his class, and that was not an isolated case.
I give up. This is going nowhere. I'll just agree to disagree. Have a good week.
Stephan
*http://www.wernercohn.com/Chomsky.htmls / utlook_html
**http://monkeyfist.com:8080/ChomskyArchive/essay
Chomsky was quoted as saying that his views were diametrically opposed to those of Faurisson's and that he couldn't say whether Faurisson was an anti-semite or not. The "nothing unacceptable" part, I believe you're making that up.
"7.1 Disputes between Land Owners and Free Minerss / eb-book/h)chap7.htm
The Mineral Tenure Act gives a free miner the right to enter onto all lands where the minerals are held by the government. This includes private land where mineral rights are not held as freehold by the surface title. Section 11(2) of the Act places some restrictions on this right to enter private land; refer to chapter 2.2 for details." http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Titles/Publication
"Innocent until proven guilty" is about the criminal law. The government did not blacklist that guy, only an association did. This has nothing to do with criminal law. An individual association doesn't have the same obligation than its government does. I am not sure how it works in Australia, but in the US, as long as noone discriminates against a protected group, its citizens have the right to discriminate against any other group.
I agree, the BSA is not a terrorist organization, but I wouldn't be surprised if the "worst kind of crime" isn't going to demand the worst kind of punishment for whoever gets caught.
filtering software = blocking software (blocking sounds more negative) /.ers have mentioned already, although I'm not so sure it's a good idea)
copyrighted = reading-restricted / usage-restricted / viewing-restricted / viewing-controled / copy-disabled (this is variation on your suggestions)
copyright / patents = untaxed property rights (this is something that some
Please don't take my post as a criticism of k12linux. I was responding to the previous poster's comments. I said what I said only because I felt the previous poster was missing Scaramush's main point about simplicity and ease-of-use.
I am not part of k12linux, but I have written open source code, I did teach middle-school kids computer-skills, and I have edited other people's wiki-enabled web pages. See seedwiki.com for proof.
What about you? When was the last time you simplified someone else's web page instead of just adding to it? And when was the last time you deleted useless software features instead of just adding more of your own? Telling someone to simplify and refactor their work is not easy. I'm sure not going to tell them. I don't know these people. I was just responding to a comment made in the context of Scaramush's suggestion. That's all.
Stephan
Library PCs have Outlook Express disabled. The nimda worm, the one that you can download from a web site, is an Outlook Express file.
I would reply to the rest of your post, but your analogies are soooo good. I couldn't bring myself to criticize any of them.
If people really wanted to protect themselves, then give them a voluntary filter and let them turn it off whenever they wanted.
Personally, I think that people are far more interested in protecting their neighbors than protecting themselves. After all, most people will tell you that they can take care of themselves, but it's their neighbors that they're worried about.
Sorry, but k12linux.org, the web site itself, is not simple by any stretch of the imagination.
If your average English teacher looked at this, she would be scared out of her wits.
You're lucky, my school actually made a profit on selling me software. Their student OEM version almost always costed more than the OEM full version I could hunt down on Price Watch
"The ACLU has often been at the center of controversy for defending the free speech rights of groups that spew hate, such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis. But if only popular ideas were protected, we wouldn't need a First Amendment. History teaches that the first target of government repression is never the last. If we do not come to the defense of the free speech rights of the most unpopular among us, even if their views are antithetical to the very freedom the First Amendment stands for, then no one's liberty will be secure. In that sense, all First Amendment rights are 'indivisible.' "
http://www.aclu.org/library/pbp10.html
"Mais Chomsky commit une erreur, la seule dans cette affaire. Il donna son texte à un ami d'alors, Serge Thion, en lui permettant de l'utiliser à sa guise. Or Thion le fit paraître, comme avis , au début du mémoire publié pour défendre Faurisson. Chomsky n'a cessé de rappeler qu'il n'avait jamais eu l'intention de voir publier son texte à cet endroit et qu'il chercha, mais trop tard, à l'empêcher (5). "/ 15109
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/04/BRICMONT
1. Law. Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/8010-free-ex
Apparently, Chomsky gave the French translation rights of his work to Serge Thion to publish as he pleased./ 15109 (the article is in French)
Chomsky denies that he ever intended his work to be published with Faurrisson's and he further claims that he tried to stop it when he found out about it.
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/04/BRICMONT
So there you have it. I don't know if Chomsky is lying, but his story sounds entirely plausible to me.
Stephan
http://www.stripper-faq.org/
What about sending it via UPS?
Don't forget about her University's rules and regulations. Those can be very stringent and irrational.
Personally, I wouldn't give her anything that might get her expelled.
Apparently, college didn't do much for your ponctuation, either...
An SUV, one of the big ones. ; )
Neocon, Did you post an inflamatory message as an anonymous coward and then replied to yourself? Chomsky, an holocaust-denier? On the contrary. Tell me, when did he deny the holocaust? Can you point me to an article he has written, or a speech he has made, where he even alludes to this? That's a very serious allegation you're making.