They also have very short heroes with furry feet. I'm not sure who that's a dig at (or, even, who it's praising)
By and large, though, I agree, and it's one of the reasons I read sci-fi / fantasy (rarely now, tho). If you have to make the whole world yourself, it will reflect what you think. Unless you're a vulcan it's going to have to. Sci-fi tells you as much about the author as it does about the story
Hell, you could just write down the passwords and use some old-fashioned crypto on them. Rail ciphers are quite simple but mangle the text thoroughly (but retrievably) the one the masons use looks like a doodle...there's loads of ways of writing something down securely - they had spooks long before computers, after all...
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On that note, I'd like to suggest that any/.ers write to Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi of Ohio thanking him for his stance on the SSSCA (essentially, it's not out of draft stage yet but I'm not voting for it:)). A picture of a letter from the Congressman to one Christopher Rhoads is still (1352 Zulu) on H|OCP, if you want evidence.
Remember, tell 'em when they're doing it right, not just when they're doing it wrong
Stones. That is mainly what the palestinians launch at the israelis. The whole situation over there is a bloody mess, each side (that is, israel and the terrorists) trying to outdo the other in the quaint little game they have of seeing how many palestinian civvies they can kill. The only real loser is the civvies. The terrorists don't appear to care that their action will cause more harm to these people they'd die to protect, and the israelis seem determined to enact their own final solution to the palestinian problem.
Oh, and one final question: Arafat isn't doing enough to stop the terrorists, right? How is Arafat supposed to do anything to stop terrorists when all of Arafat's security people get killed by israelis in tanks or gunships?
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They also have very short heroes with furry feet. I'm not sure who that's a dig at (or, even, who it's praising)
By and large, though, I agree, and it's one of the reasons I read sci-fi / fantasy (rarely now, tho). If you have to make the whole world yourself, it will reflect what you think. Unless you're a vulcan it's going to have to. Sci-fi tells you as much about the author as it does about the story
Hell, you could just write down the passwords and use some old-fashioned crypto on them. Rail ciphers are quite simple but mangle the text thoroughly (but retrievably) the one the masons use looks like a doodle...there's loads of ways of writing something down securely - they had spooks long before computers, after all...
On that note, I'd like to suggest that any /.ers write to Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi of Ohio thanking him for his stance on the SSSCA (essentially, it's not out of draft stage yet but I'm not voting for it :)). A picture of a letter from the Congressman to one Christopher Rhoads is still (1352 Zulu) on H|OCP, if you want evidence.
Remember, tell 'em when they're doing it right, not just when they're doing it wrong
A lot of people do appear to be confusing
a) OS code not costing you anything
and
b) OS code being valueless, i.e. able to be, well, stolen, without consideration.
I can understand this, as it is rare for something that's free not to be valueless, but it can and does happen
Stones. That is mainly what the palestinians launch at the israelis. The whole situation over there is a bloody mess, each side (that is, israel and the terrorists) trying to outdo the other in the quaint little game they have of seeing how many palestinian civvies they can kill. The only real loser is the civvies. The terrorists don't appear to care that their action will cause more harm to these people they'd die to protect, and the israelis seem determined to enact their own final solution to the palestinian problem.
Oh, and one final question: Arafat isn't doing enough to stop the terrorists, right? How is Arafat supposed to do anything to stop terrorists when all of Arafat's security people get killed by israelis in tanks or gunships?