Yeah but the University of Helsinki (his old school) also gave him one. Torvalds has also been invited to the independence day reception of the Finnish president, which is one of the greatest honors here that the state can offer you.
Or then again, maybe Quake and Doom were marketed better than System Shock2, Thief and Deus ex? Remember the hype before Quake? Remember how much single player Quake sucked?
Sure those quotes seem a bit harsh, but keep in mind that Decent of Man for example was written in 1871.
Darwin was fairly advanced for his time. Just to show the man wasn't all bad:
"On the 19th of August we finally left the shores of Brazil. I thank God, I shall never again visit a slave-country. "
"Those who look tenderly at the slave-owner, and with a cold heart at the slave, never seem to put themselves into the position of the latter;--what a cheerless prospect, with not even a hope of change! picture to yourself the chance, ever hanging over you, of your wife and your little children--those objects which nature urges even the slave to call his own--being torn from you and sold like beasts to the first bidder!"
Both of the quotes are from The Voyage of the Beagle (probably written in 1839, I don't feel like googling around for that info. Sorry)
I however agree that Darwin nor Darwinism are God and I'm sure Darwin wouldn't have wanted us to think so either.
There is one huge problem. No-one can verify that you really have cast the vote and not your Hitler-loving-neighbour-with-huge-shotgun. Buying votes or forcing people to vote would become a huge issue. (Of course this seems to happen in someplaces today, but surely not everywhere)
Re:didnt stalin call churchill a warmongerer too?
on
Strike on Iraq
·
· Score: 1
Churchill WAS a warmonger in almost everyway possible way. He really wasn't a great man. Also worth noting is his use of alcohol.
Churchill however WAS the right man at the right time and place. I wouldn't probably be living in a free Europe without him.
I hope that Bush is the right man at the right time and place. At least he isn't really a great man in any normal sense of the word "great".
If you are a "US hating terrorist" you can always order pork and then not eat it. It is really ridiculous to think real terrorists wouldn't somehow get through this system.
I've also been told that to get a work permit in the US nowadays you have to answer questions like "Are you a member of any terrorist organization?" and "Are you a member of Amnesty International?". The first one I can understand (at least if you are trying to catch very dumb terrorists), but the latter one is only unnerving.
It's true that distributed.net was an important techinological step in distributed computing, but it's also true that their results are useless. The way they where achieved might be somewhat useful.
I have to admit that cracking the cipher was pretty cool and it might have increased awarness about PGP and other ciphers, but at least now it's time to move on to something more useful...
I'm a European and I'm really at least a bit proud of that, what you probably could see from my other posts bashing the US( and prasing the Europe for no reason at all). But this is just MAD. What on earth is wrong with the author of this story?
I feel that there are a lot of things wrong with the US and even more so now with Dubya in charge, but I don't hate America and wouldn't like to be isolated from all the great sites in the US. I mean what would I do without my daily dose of Slashdot? The only site in Europe I visit regularly is Guardian's website. Some of the problems mention on the article are valid, but surely the right way of fixing them is not by isolating Europe. The author seems to be pissed about reading texts by stupid [here I go again] Americans clinging to their Constitution like it's the word of God from the net. Surely I feel like that many times, but this does NOT mean that it doesn't do good for me to read about other people's ideas. Isolating Europe and the US would probably just lead to a war or something like that, because if people don't communcate they seem to get mad at each other for some odd reason
Sorry about this post. Didn't mean to ramble so much. Peace.
I have to comment as a European. I believe Europe as a whole seems to be much more relaxed about nudity in films. Showing a nipple in Schindler's list would not cause ratings to go up.
Well of course there are exceptions within Europe, but still. For example the UK seems to have pretty wierd ratings at times.
What's the point in changing standards when the current one is ok? I mean current DVD technology is good enough for most video uses. This "improvement" can merely scare people from buying that DVD players to replace their VHS systems.
It's too early to change standards! I mean VHS lasted for more than ten years and so should the current DVD technology.
This has happened alot in other fields. For example a Finnish magazine critic wrote a review about a play that was published even though the play was canceled and never performed (at least not before the review). The odd part was that he basically said that everything about the play sucked.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah but the University of Helsinki (his old school) also gave him one. Torvalds has also been invited to the independence day reception of the Finnish president, which is one of the greatest honors here that the state can offer you.
Or then again, maybe Quake and Doom were marketed better than System Shock2, Thief and Deus ex? Remember the hype before Quake? Remember how much single player Quake sucked?
I have to "me too" this post. Pie menus are really, really, REALLY great. The normal menus feel very stupid now.
Sure those quotes seem a bit harsh, but keep in mind that Decent of Man for example was written in 1871.
Darwin was fairly advanced for his time. Just to show the man wasn't all bad:
"On the 19th of August we finally left the shores of Brazil. I thank God, I shall never again visit a slave-country. "
"Those who look tenderly at the slave-owner, and with a cold heart at the slave, never seem to put themselves into the position of the latter;--what a cheerless prospect, with not even a hope of change! picture to yourself the chance, ever hanging over you, of your wife and your little children--those objects which nature urges even the slave to call his own--being torn from you and sold like beasts to the first bidder!"
Both of the quotes are from The Voyage of the Beagle (probably written in 1839, I don't feel like googling around for that info. Sorry)
I however agree that Darwin nor Darwinism are God and I'm sure Darwin wouldn't have wanted us to think so either.
(that's some good spelling) Submitting sucks.
No. - The Master Bord Replyeth
How are you going to make sure that someone else is not looking over the shoulder of the person voting?
(I'm not familiar with Schneier's book, so please enlighten me!)
There is one huge problem. No-one can verify that you really have cast the vote and not your Hitler-loving-neighbour-with-huge-shotgun. Buying votes or forcing people to vote would become a huge issue. (Of course this seems to happen in someplaces today, but surely not everywhere)
Churchill WAS a warmonger in almost everyway possible way. He really wasn't a great man. Also worth noting is his use of alcohol.
Churchill however WAS the right man at the right time and place. I wouldn't probably be living in a free Europe without him.
I hope that Bush is the right man at the right time and place. At least he isn't really a great man in any normal sense of the word "great".
Well you could always EAT something if you are starving.
If you are a "US hating terrorist" you can always order pork and then not eat it. It is really ridiculous to think real terrorists wouldn't somehow get through this system.
I've also been told that to get a work permit in the US nowadays you have to answer questions like "Are you a member of any terrorist organization?" and "Are you a member of Amnesty International?". The first one I can understand (at least if you are trying to catch very dumb terrorists), but the latter one is only unnerving.
Your comment is too US-centric. It's already dark here.
It's true that distributed.net was an important techinological step in distributed computing, but it's also true that their results are useless. The way they where achieved might be somewhat useful.
I have to admit that cracking the cipher was pretty cool and it might have increased awarness about PGP and other ciphers, but at least now it's time to move on to something more useful...
So what does cracking rc5-64 prove then?
That it's breakable when you have a lot of computer power?
Well guess what? We knew that before they broke the damn cipher.
Sorry. I just can't see the point in this. Even SETI@Home provides more knowledge. Atleast we know that ET isn't VERY easy to find.
Considering that the link does not work, I find it strange that this is intersting...
According to Picasso God is a cubist. Just look at giraffes.
I read it and it was one of the most interesting articles seen on Slashdot for a long time.
I'm a European and I'm really at least a bit proud of that, what you probably could see from my other posts bashing the US( and prasing the Europe for no reason at all). But this is just MAD. What on earth is wrong with the author of this story?
I feel that there are a lot of things wrong with the US and even more so now with Dubya in charge, but I don't hate America and wouldn't like to be isolated from all the great sites in the US. I mean what would I do without my daily dose of Slashdot? The only site in Europe I visit regularly is Guardian's website. Some of the problems mention on the article are valid, but surely the right way of fixing them is not by isolating Europe. The author seems to be pissed about reading texts by stupid [here I go again] Americans clinging to their Constitution like it's the word of God from the net. Surely I feel like that many times, but this does NOT mean that it doesn't do good for me to read about other people's ideas. Isolating Europe and the US would probably just lead to a war or something like that, because if people don't communcate they seem to get mad at each other for some odd reason
Sorry about this post. Didn't mean to ramble so much. Peace.
I have to comment as a European. I believe Europe as a whole seems to be much more relaxed about nudity in films. Showing a nipple in Schindler's list would not cause ratings to go up. Well of course there are exceptions within Europe, but still. For example the UK seems to have pretty wierd ratings at times.
Well it would not affect Norway in anyway, because they are not a member of the EU.
According to CIA factbook for example: Taiwan: Population below poverty line: 1% (1999 est.) US: Population below poverty line: 12.7% (1999 est.)
What's the point in changing standards when the current one is ok? I mean current DVD technology is good enough for most video uses. This "improvement" can merely scare people from buying that DVD players to replace their VHS systems. It's too early to change standards! I mean VHS lasted for more than ten years and so should the current DVD technology.
This has happened alot in other fields. For example a Finnish magazine critic wrote a review about a play that was published even though the play was canceled and never performed (at least not before the review). The odd part was that he basically said that everything about the play sucked.
The page says that Bill Gates is annoyed for the pain they put everybody through in computing.
Bill Gates would NEVER be sorry about anything Microsoft has done!
And so what if you will never have sex again?
What do you mean AGAIN ?