Well, I'm glad you asked that. Upon further inspection, I've thought about it some more. I think there are several reasons why with many interpretations that you must find and choose which best (if not all) applies to your life/situation.
2) I have had friends that have used the expression "Killing with kindness". It means that any ill-treatment by your enemy does not affect you and you are strong in your convictions. It shows you are not quick to judgement. Being kind on top of that to them manifests moral resolve.
3) If you see the term "enemy" as a friend who you disagree/conflict with. Again, it's about looking beyond the present to the greater goal of the relationship. Perhaps a middle ground or balance can be obtained? It's not suggesting to be weak or not fight. Think about a football game where both teams battle it out on the field but are men enough to congratulate and shake hands after the game (i.e sportsmen-like conduct).
4)Sometimes, to achieve [agrape] love, you have to manifest "tough love" as when a parent punishes their kids because they care for them.
Good post. However, I somewhat disagree on one of your terminologies, that being of "Love is the act of the will whereby another individual is placed ahead of yourself." I would like to clarify that statement just a bit. I think the love you are referring to here is [agrape] love, which is unconditional or a long-term love. Agrape love is something that is built over a long period of time whereby that bond created between 2 individuals is greater and more valuable than the love for one's own self (egotism). It looks past any present and/or past conflict between each individual to the great whole. This agrape love isn't "putting someone on a pestal" or idoltry, which is how I believed you explained it. I also think that each version of love can be graphed on a cartesian coordinate system where AGRAPE (+Y-axis), PHILEO (+X-axis), STORGE (-X-axis), and EROS(-Y-axis). Each relationship plots their own graph whereby the ultimate goal is to create and obtain AGRAPE but not at the expense of the others but by summing them up.
Yeah, it's a scary time and it might seem sad but I think it's the best decision for the both companies and the economy as a whole. If these good people have valuable skills, they should have no problem finding another position and learn from the experience.
I suppose this is 'sound logic' or scientific evidence of the existence of "black holes" in the universe, huh? Let's not even bring "shooting stars" or comets into play here.
I agree, Mike did a good job giving a lot of detailed information about Microsoft as a whole. Why would Mike answer questions from the linux/BSD/Mac communities about vista and their system in general? If the situation were reversed, would the linux/BSD/Mac communities candidly respond to any questions from Mike and MicroSoft? I think not.
I think Goggle hold true to their motto of "Do No Evil". Perhaps they should change it to "Decipher No Perniciousness" (using the the thesauraus). In seeing it in this context, it does mean "to filter [bad content]."
How is this hypocrisy?
Simply because they do not fight every "blitzkrieg" for Joe Schmoe makes them "Evil"? C'mon, they stood up to Bellsouth in a much more evil litigation.
The simplest answer lies where Oracle needs to provide this sort of information to Oracle DBA's and its users on a "need-to-know" basis whereby you log on to their website and become a paying-member for the latest news, security updates, and services (consenting to a non-disclosure agreement). Oracle can easily get away with this as opposed to Microsoft in the OS market because most people who own Oracle are highly trained and need to know this mission critical information.
I don't know what his answer would be but I certainly would. It'd be a great experiment to say the least. I think the key issue would be setting up a class structure for all those engineers (an OS to manage the OS design). I would think dividing each engineer into groups of 3's and spending 3 hours each day with that group would be start, where upon an arbitrary leader would make the implementation decisions after they've had weeks of discussion on each design concept. (A Sierpinski Triangle social structure to reduce as many "holes" as possible)
That's how I would do it at least if someone offered it to me. I'm just a entry-level CS major so I don't know if that would be the best team design.
What would the rest of you do if someone offered you that deal?
Hehe. J/K...However, I digress. I don't like people who nick-pick. That's not the answer. The key is for people to built upon concepts to reach a new understanding.
Actually, if white people were the dominant culture, why do you see some white kids pretending to be black (and buying CDs from DeathRow Records)?
Yeah, racism exists everywhere on both sides. I've talked to a few black women and they've told me that they don't date white guys. They've always said it's a "preference." I see this as the same "preference" (racism) if a white employer doesn't want to hire a black person. I'm quite sure this is happens vice-versa as well. So what do we do to fix this? All one can do is to try to open people's minds to what really matters and take the appropriate steps to a well-balanced society. However, if both sides want equal-opportunity-racism, there is not much that can be done.
In the end, I'm all about someone with maturity and sensibility (class), regardless of what their skin-tone is. All that is far and few between because everyone wants to be happy and have some fun in their life.
At one time in my life, I was in a cubicle next to a redneck/hillbilly who could barely speak english as well.
The moral of the story is that we should reward excellence and not ignorance. Of course, some people need assistance to be able to attain the skills to succeed (Example: I'd like to see any SysAdmin look after 1000 boxes on the old win3.1wfw and not complain for an "upgrade" to do the best they can for their job).
In the end, there's malfeasance on both sides. I think affirmative action is ridiculous, however I think there needs to be more investment into the black community for education, whereby it meets or exceeds the national standard. To me, this seems to be the only solution to the problem, unless someone can come up with something better. I'd like to hear it.
Yeah, there will always be racism on both sides but what can both sides do to fix the main problem(s) at hand that occur on both sides of the table?
What? Is this some kind of new cologne by Richard Stallman, as he shakes his hippy hair/beard from side to side in the commercial as it mimicks those herbial essense ones for women's shampoo? Seriously!
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Well, I'm glad you asked that. Upon further inspection, I've thought about it some more. I think there are several reasons why with many interpretations that you must find and choose which best (if not all) applies to your life /situation.
1) The Simple Truth - "Love Thine Enemy"
2) I have had friends that have used the expression "Killing with kindness". It means that any ill-treatment by your enemy does not affect you and you are strong in your convictions. It shows you are not quick to judgement. Being kind on top of that to them manifests moral resolve.
3) If you see the term "enemy" as a friend who you disagree/conflict with. Again, it's about looking beyond the present to the greater goal of the relationship. Perhaps a middle ground or balance can be obtained? It's not suggesting to be weak or not fight. Think about a football game where both teams battle it out on the field but are men enough to congratulate and shake hands after the game (i.e sportsmen-like conduct).
4)Sometimes, to achieve [agrape] love, you have to manifest "tough love" as when a parent punishes their kids because they care for them.
Good post. However, I somewhat disagree on one of your terminologies, that being of "Love is the act of the will whereby another individual is placed ahead of yourself." I would like to clarify that statement just a bit. I think the love you are referring to here is [agrape] love, which is unconditional or a long-term love. Agrape love is something that is built over a long period of time whereby that bond created between 2 individuals is greater and more valuable than the love for one's own self (egotism). It looks past any present and/or past conflict between each individual to the great whole. This agrape love isn't "putting someone on a pestal" or idoltry, which is how I believed you explained it. I also think that each version of love can be graphed on a cartesian coordinate system where AGRAPE (+Y-axis), PHILEO (+X-axis), STORGE (-X-axis), and EROS(-Y-axis). Each relationship plots their own graph whereby the ultimate goal is to create and obtain AGRAPE but not at the expense of the others but by summing them up.
> FUCK Larry Ellison!
Dude, do you know how I know you're gay?
Yeah, it's a scary time and it might seem sad but I think it's the best decision for the both companies and the economy as a whole. If these good people have valuable skills, they should have no problem finding another position and learn from the experience.
I find that interesting. Thanx for the wikipedia link. That CSI episode must have been spectacular to watch.
*weeps to death*
If this works out for verizon, it's going to kill Google. Who's next after this? Apple?
No slashdotter will ever get a chance at women that hot
When you mean 'chance', what's the probability you are stating here?
W0W! w00t! Did he touch b00bie?
I suppose this is 'sound logic' or scientific evidence of the existence of "black holes" in the universe, huh? Let's not even bring "shooting stars" or comets into play here.
I agree. I think Bill is a good sport and very wise when it comes to giving charity.
I'd say Gates because Melinda and Bill have such lovely children
> My father is my hero! Gates wouldn't even lend me money to buy my first car.
Your father: "It's because you can't drive, you little bastard!"
I agree, Mike did a good job giving a lot of detailed information about Microsoft as a whole. Why would Mike answer questions from the linux/BSD/Mac communities about vista and their system in general? If the situation were reversed, would the linux/BSD/Mac communities candidly respond to any questions from Mike and MicroSoft? I think not.
There will infinitely be 6 degrees of separation.
What's wrong with orange? You think china will turn into red, white, and blue over night? I'd say, give China 6 more years.
I think Goggle hold true to their motto of "Do No Evil". Perhaps they should change it to "Decipher No Perniciousness" (using the the thesauraus). In seeing it in this context, it does mean "to filter [bad content]."
How is this hypocrisy?
Simply because they do not fight every "blitzkrieg" for Joe Schmoe makes them "Evil"? C'mon, they stood up to Bellsouth in a much more evil litigation.
> All I can say is: Ouch!
How about a circle of 6's or 9's ?
The simplest answer lies where Oracle needs to provide this sort of information to Oracle DBA's and its users on a "need-to-know" basis whereby you log on to their website and become a paying-member for the latest news, security updates, and services (consenting to a non-disclosure agreement). Oracle can easily get away with this as opposed to Microsoft in the OS market because most people who own Oracle are highly trained and need to know this mission critical information.
I don't know what his answer would be but I certainly would. It'd be a great experiment to say the least. I think the key issue would be setting up a class structure for all those engineers (an OS to manage the OS design). I would think dividing each engineer into groups of 3's and spending 3 hours each day with that group would be start, where upon an arbitrary leader would make the implementation decisions after they've had weeks of discussion on each design concept. (A Sierpinski Triangle social structure to reduce as many "holes" as possible)
That's how I would do it at least if someone offered it to me. I'm just a entry-level CS major so I don't know if that would be the best team design.
What would the rest of you do if someone offered you that deal?
"Not sure what qualifies you as a genious."
It's obviously not spelling.
Hehe. J/K...However, I digress. I don't like people who nick-pick. That's not the answer. The key is for people to built upon concepts to reach a new understanding.
Yeah, she's cute. She can manage my products any day.
Actually, if white people were the dominant culture, why do you see some white kids pretending to be black (and buying CDs from DeathRow Records)?
Yeah, racism exists everywhere on both sides. I've talked to a few black women and they've told me that they don't date white guys. They've always said it's a "preference." I see this as the same "preference" (racism) if a white employer doesn't want to hire a black person. I'm quite sure this is happens vice-versa as well. So what do we do to fix this? All one can do is to try to open people's minds to what really matters and take the appropriate steps to a well-balanced society. However, if both sides want equal-opportunity-racism, there is not much that can be done.
In the end, I'm all about someone with maturity and sensibility (class), regardless of what their skin-tone is. All that is far and few between because everyone wants to be happy and have some fun in their life.
At one time in my life, I was in a cubicle next to a redneck/hillbilly who could barely speak english as well.
The moral of the story is that we should reward excellence and not ignorance. Of course, some people need assistance to be able to attain the skills to succeed (Example: I'd like to see any SysAdmin look after 1000 boxes on the old win3.1wfw and not complain for an "upgrade" to do the best they can for their job).
In the end, there's malfeasance on both sides. I think affirmative action is ridiculous, however I think there needs to be more investment into the black community for education, whereby it meets or exceeds the national standard. To me, this seems to be the only solution to the problem, unless someone can come up with something better. I'd like to hear it.
Yeah, there will always be racism on both sides but what can both sides do to fix the main problem(s) at hand that occur on both sides of the table?
Good comment but which one should Google buy?
"ZDNet has a feature on The Essence of Geek,..."
What? Is this some kind of new cologne by Richard Stallman, as he shakes his hippy hair/beard from side to side in the commercial as it mimicks those herbial essense ones for women's shampoo? Seriously!
"Did someone say...purge?"
Shouldn't it be "Star Mek: The Next Gentrification"?
[transmission via GTalk]
Captain KirK: "Lt. Uhura, full speed ahead."
Lt. Uhura: "I, I, Captain." [smileys]
(cyber-phonesex ensues)