Do you foresee a time when scientists will be able to put aside personal ego and pride and perform experiments without trying to force the results to fit into the current paradigm?
I specifically reference current experiments in alternative energy ("cold fusion" if you will) wherein results are obtained that require either bending the theory to fit the results, or vice versa.
Despite not having read all of the responses to this article, I feel that I can add a new perspective to the ongoing discussion.
BBBLLLEEEPPPHHH!!!
Science has no business "consulting" with anyone on anything. Ethical considerations? Remember Hitler. His programs advanced our medical knowledge, although the experiments were usually fatal to the "volunteers". Ethics has no place mixing with science.
This experiment can greatly expand our knowledge of how life works. If we end up creating the next Black Plague and killing 1,000,000,000 people -- maybe it was meant to happen. This world's too crowded as it is.
Give me knowledge or give me death! People suck, kill a friend today.
The only reason Mandrake did not win is because they did not "dumb" down the installation process. It still requires a person to do a modicum of study and learning.
If the average intelligence is supposed to have increased, what scale are they using? Thousandths of a percent?
The worst thing that could happen is that the RIAA forces Napster to 'cease and desist' from producing, updating, and destributing their program and shuts down Napster server.
One solution would be to create an open-source program, similar to the ICQ, where a person logs on and issues a search for a song. All "TunezNet" users that are online at that moment and have that song in their database would be displayed.
If the worst does come to pass, this is a quite workable solution.
The foundation of this issue is one of control. The Internet cannot be controlled in its present form. Nor should it be.
Its growth is determined in part by the developer of the network, and for the moment that is America. Everyone is familiar with the illogical behavior of our legislators as they pursue their personal agendas, as they are walked down the path of dimishing freedom by their corporate masters.
There will come a time when people must decide if the gradual and continual reduction in personal liberties is an acceptable price to prevent Johnny from masturbating to downloaded porn.
I have hope. Call me foolish, naive, dreaming, but I do have hope. Hope that someone with influence, somewhere, will begin acting intelligently, rationally, and with respect for life.
Linus Torvalds and the creation of Linux are a herald for me, a herald that people care about producing not for money but for an intangible -- the quality of the product.
So what is he does post? Your identity on the internet is so fluid that nothing can be proven. What can the judge say? "Because a hacker impersonated you on the internet and posted where I told you not to, I'm going to slap your wrist with a short prison term." Shit, bullshit, malarky, crapola, chocolate syrup.
It's late, I'm angry, filter accordingly. Learn what is happening before continuing the joke this has become! If your GIFs were produced with software which is licensed, you are OK. I make my GIFs with Photoshop or steal them from the web. Photoshop is licensed, e.g. I'm OK. I thought this was covered here before. Read the news for Christ's sake!
Other than one bad problem with the install code, I'm quite happy with Caldera 2.3 and am going to be trying Mandrake 6.1 soon.
The problem I found was at the end of the installation where you can play Tetris. If you leave the computer idle long enough for the screen to go blank, the installation process crashes and the monitor will never wake up.
If you were in the Dallas area at the time of the Waco "Incident", you could watch video footage (on public access of course, no network would touch it) of the FBI breaking down the walls and changing into the compound with tanks shooting fire. The people inside only responded and did NOT incite violence in any way.
There was no child molestation or drug manufacturing occurring. The government was angry that some people were living outside of its control, and so shut them down -- violently with the BATF.
This was only a page in the book detailing how government sucks, is composed of crooks and thieves and murderers who are only interested in maintaining their position in power at any cost. They have left behind the campaign promises that allowed them to achieve the office they occupy.
"All people suck, government is a lie, I am now God and this is my compound." -- Bill Hicks (one of the better comic minds of this century)
"All government is bad, but democracy is better than all of them." -- Anonymous
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There is no reality beyond what your senses tell you. And I'm not trusting them just to be sure.
I specifically reference current experiments in alternative energy ("cold fusion" if you will) wherein results are obtained that require either bending the theory to fit the results, or vice versa.
A true diatribe about the ignorance and general wrong-thinkingness of todays population would probably cause an overload of
One summary statement and question is all that is necessary:
You think exposure to sexuality is dangerous.
Why does a country like Holland, where everything the conservative fights is flaunted on the street, not disolve into anarchy if what you say is true?
Kill a supermarket clerk today and improve the human gene pool.
Into the fetid septic tank that America has become, we go.
Does anyone here with a smidgeon of intelligence and experience honestly expect the government to begin acting logically and rationally?
Continue behaving normally -- ignore government and it generally ignores you.
Life sucks, kill a friend today.
can save us now. America is hell and has been for some time. Problem is, the rest of the world is worse.
Lawyers understand little of technology -- and that only insofar as it relates to the people who pay them.
Elect a Geek King and execute Bill Gates!
BBBLLLEEEPPPHHH!!!
Science has no business "consulting" with anyone on anything. Ethical considerations? Remember Hitler. His programs advanced our medical knowledge, although the experiments were usually fatal to the "volunteers". Ethics has no place mixing with science.
This experiment can greatly expand our knowledge of how life works. If we end up creating the next Black Plague and killing 1,000,000,000 people -- maybe it was meant to happen. This world's too crowded as it is.
Give me knowledge or give me death!
People suck, kill a friend today.
The only reason Mandrake did not win is because they did not "dumb" down the installation process. It still requires a person to do a modicum of study and learning.
If the average intelligence is supposed to have increased, what scale are they using? Thousandths of a percent?
People suck. Kill a friend today.
Hellooo Perl and PHP!
There will be a period of turbulence as humanity adjusts to this new knowledge.
This has happened before and will happen again.
We'll deal with it and get on with our lives.
I want my matter transmuter!!!
One solution would be to create an open-source program, similar to the ICQ, where a person logs on and issues a search for a song. All "TunezNet" users that are online at that moment and have that song in their database would be displayed.
If the worst does come to pass, this is a quite workable solution.
The foundation of this issue is one of control. The Internet cannot be controlled in its present form. Nor should it be.
Its growth is determined in part by the developer of the network, and for the moment that is America. Everyone is familiar with the illogical behavior of our legislators as they pursue their personal agendas, as they are walked down the path of dimishing freedom by their corporate masters.
There will come a time when people must decide if the gradual and continual reduction in personal liberties is an acceptable price to prevent Johnny from masturbating to downloaded porn.
I have hope. Call me foolish, naive, dreaming, but I do have hope. Hope that someone with influence, somewhere, will begin acting intelligently, rationally, and with respect for life.
Linus Torvalds and the creation of Linux are a herald for me, a herald that people care about producing not for money but for an intangible -- the quality of the product.
If these new 140 GB CD using clear disks and flourescent data markers take off, we'll be able to fit almost any type of media onto a CD.
You can't hear the differences between CD-Audio and DVD-Audio anyways unless you're a geek audiophile with $10,000 speakers. So who cares?
Right, no one.
People suck. Kill a friend today.
I smell the beginnings of a lawsuit...
Yep, barbecue those lawyers long enough and they turn out right crispy!
Mr. Schroedinger, for $10000, is it behind door number 1 or door number 2?
It seems that the server hosting these files has gone down. It's been down since 0900 EST.
The most common Bible today is the King James version, which was given the British version of the GPL by King James.
The GPL is only the current incarnation of a spirit of openness, harmony, and cooperation which has existed since the beginning of the universe.
Therefore, Linux is a fundamental element of the universe.
Most characters you meet on the street on no more than walking protein packs that need recycling.
O'Reilly wanted to exercise his fingers.
Rebuttal
The "power" of the Microsoft development juggernaut is nothing compared to the momentum of the collective, world-wide Open Source movement.
Summary of Rebuttal
Linuks Roolz!!!
Pardon my adolescent outburst. Thank you.
This only points what areas of Linux need to be improved.
-- That which does not kill me only pisses me off
So what is he does post? Your identity on the internet is so fluid that nothing can be proven. What can the judge say? "Because a hacker impersonated you on the internet and posted where I told you not to, I'm going to slap your wrist with a short prison term." Shit, bullshit, malarky, crapola, chocolate syrup.
It's late, I'm angry, filter accordingly. Learn what is happening before continuing the joke this has become! If your GIFs were produced with software which is licensed, you are OK. I make my GIFs with Photoshop or steal them from the web. Photoshop is licensed, e.g. I'm OK. I thought this was covered here before. Read the news for Christ's sake!
Multimedia codecs and applications are more prevalent in the Windows world.
Is a time foreseen when Linux could become an equal in the multimedia arena?
Other than one bad problem with the install code, I'm quite happy with Caldera 2.3 and am going to be trying Mandrake 6.1 soon.
The problem I found was at the end of the installation where you can play Tetris. If you leave the computer idle long enough for the screen to go blank, the installation process crashes and the monitor will never wake up.
If you were in the Dallas area at the time of the Waco "Incident", you could watch video footage (on public access of course, no network would touch it) of the FBI breaking down the walls and changing into the compound with tanks shooting fire. The people inside only responded and did NOT incite violence in any way.
There was no child molestation or drug manufacturing occurring. The government was angry that some people were living outside of its control, and so shut them down -- violently with the BATF.
This was only a page in the book detailing how government sucks, is composed of crooks and thieves and murderers who are only interested in maintaining their position in power at any cost. They have left behind the campaign promises that allowed them to achieve the office they occupy.
"All people suck, government is a lie, I am now God and this is my compound." -- Bill Hicks (one of the better comic minds of this century)
"All government is bad, but democracy is better than all of them." -- Anonymous