If I replace a million people with me neat new device, what do those people do to live?
How 'bout if we cut the number of hours the remaining laborers are allowed to work? c.f. the 30/35 hr work week movements in Europe. That has the added benefit of more leasure time, which means more opportunity for spending money at bars, amusement parts, theatres, what-have-you.
Hmmm....that was an interesting graph. Thanks for pointing it out. It looks like fears of Safari closing out the browser market on OSX may have been more right than wrong. Notice that the relative shares of other browsers have dcreased dramatically. I just hope that reflects a certain amount of eagerness over a new product, as I would feel sorry to lose iCab.
IIRC their philosophy goes at least back to Plato, who (IIRC) suggested a model state where the "guardians" knew religion was a hoax, but espoused it anyway in order to control the masses.
I'm afraid to say that while you do recall correctly, you misunderstand the context of that statement. Plato did comment about the guardians (philosopher kings) not believing in gods. However, he does not say that they should espouse these beliefs, but that the stories about the gods should be continued. Please remember that there is very little that is held in common between modern organized religion and the ancient Greek pantheistic culture. I've said culture and not religion here, because that is the part that Plato advocates perpetuating, not religion as we view it today. He discusses these stories as being the basis of moral teachings, and the beginnings of instruction on how to be a good citizen of his ideal city-state.
If you want to look at the idea of religion as political instrument of control, you will have to get quite a bit more contemporary. Marx is the most famous of the philosophers who pointed out that those in power use the tool of religion and the myth of afterlife to keep those they depend on (workers in modern terms) quiescent. IOW, don't struggle or fret too hard about your condition now, you will be rewarded later. Trust us and keep working.
Has anyone checked the watering schedule for the tree of liberty recently?
Are you advocating revolution? I assume that you are referring to the quote by (? Thomas Jefferson ?) that the tree of liberty is watered by the blood of tyrants.
Exactly. They want to be sure that any virus scanner that people use will allow them to control what it finds and doesn't find. Just take a look at their so called firewall for an example of how they will use this scanner.
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I've actually found quite a bit that is worthwhile on MacOSXhints. I subscribe to the RSS feed and usually find two or three topics a day that range from moderately interesting, to very cool.
And, of course, it will be very beautiful when the street needs to get torn up four times to allow each of four different companies to run their fiber. Most city councils will not be very enthusiastic about that!
and recently visited Ukraine (OK, not Russia, but economically similar). The mafia is all over that place, and I have no doubt that these kids were being hassled for "protection money"
I beg to differ. Russia and Ukraine are very different in terms of economic and political situations. Ukraine has been totally looted by their political elite. There is no infrastructure left to mention at all. Ukraine is also a primarily agricultural country that has little industial presence at all (what there is is mostly located along the Polish border). Russia has been looted as well, but has (to a large degree) begun to return to a steady footing. They still have their infrastructure, and have an enormous industrial base. They also have an extremely educated populace.
None of this addresses your main points, but it is also important to note that Ukraine has varying amounts of criminal presence depending upon which cities you examine. The western cities have a large criminal populace as they have made their livelihood for decades off of smuggling goods from Europe through Poland (well, for centuries depending on how loosely you interpret history). This has, of course, engendered an enormous black market. Same goes for the black sea areas (especially Odessa) that smuggle goods to and from Turkey (notable quantities of drugs and prostitutes). Odessa also has been a traditional center of organized crime, even before the break up of the Soviet Union.
I suspect that the lack of Nietzsche, Plato, and Aristotle in your education had more to do with your particular institution and the professors in it than anything else. The problem with many philosophers is that they often get shuttled between departments depending upon the politics between the instructors. I was a politics (poli sci at other schools) major, and we studied all three that you listed far more than we ever approached Marx (Kant and Hegel were also in the mix). I asked about the lack of Marx (relative lack) a couple times, and was told that he had been far more influential in x (pick one: Economics, History, Sociology) than in Politics.:-) I always found that funny, but...
The split up is probably due to the impossibility of introducing more than a smattering of Big Ideas (TM) that these fellows discussed and having any hope of a shred or two sticking in the minds of the students.
As far as the inability to admit to totally wasting ones time, that is a well documented psychological fact. It is a trait of humanity that is exploited well by bosses and politicians.
I don't follow what you mean here. "what you are looking at is secure" doesn't make much sense. How can something like a docment be secure? Logically, I mean, it can be *secured*, but then you have to specify against what or for what (i.e. "secured against intrusion", or "secured for transit"). AFAIK, secure cannot be used in the manner that you are using it.
This is a requirement that all government sponsored, publicly accessible computers attached to the internet or provided in government programs by the provence must be running free (as in the GNU definition of free, not as in beer) software. The reasons behind this are:
To comply with proposed EU standards on open computing
To promote the development of skills within the local community and therefore increase the skills of the workforce.
Andalucia is a beautiful and unique place, that is also relatively poor (when compared to Madrid, Pais Basco, or Catalonia) and takes every oportunity they can.
They also have a very politically active populace (as does most of Spain), with one of the largest Communist parties in Spain. Both of these conditions seem to combine in making the idea as Free (as in freedom) software quite appealing.
Okin agreed: "We need to get input from others as well. Clearly, there is no point in these undergraduates learning only about Microsoft technology. We need a broad approach."
The reason I wondered was because so much of secure programming involves access control in many ways, direct and indirect. Obviously, Microsoft's access control mechanisms vary wildly from Unix paraadigms. I'm not a hardcore programmer, but I can only assume that priviledge escalation exploits under a Redmond OS would be very different from something similar with linux.
That sentence states unambiguously that the course will cover non-MS architecture.
I honestly don't see where you find an unambiguous statement that non-MS architectures will be covered. The quote that you included simply indicates that there is a certain awareness of the limitations of a single-source approach, and that there is some priority placed on a "broad approach." There is no indication of the inclusion of breadth in the syllabus, nor of a time-line for this inclusion. Just an empty statement of need.
I'm not saying that they won't include other technologies, or that they will. The statement you included gives no indication one way or the other.
Problem is, OS's are developed to desktop standards, not laptop ones. Granted, my 400mhz may run OSX nicely
Unless I am mistaken, the PPC powering your 400 MHz desktop is exactly the same as the one in an iBook. The PPC is cool enough/low wattage enough that they don't need to make seperate laptop/desktop versions.
I would prefer a future where sprawl is ended. Reasonable sized personal transport is king for short distances. Public transit is used for long distances. And I can spend less tax $$ on the infrastrucure for cars, less of my personal income on cars and less time killing people for oil. (you pro-bush yankees listening..?)
I think that the future of transportation may be in a spoke and hub format similar to how the airlines currently work (though with many more hubs). Imagine high-speed rail running between metropolitan (and geographically strategic rural) areas with a network of local-use transportation options(ala, the Flexcar system, or even light-rail and buses).
The problem, of course, is that too many of us yankees are obsessed with the idea of MY car. That is, arguably, due to a long pattern of marketing, so is probably changable. Not in the near-term, however.
Suppressing ads from servers is a fairly common practice. Probably 2-3% of our users do it.
BTW, kudos on the newly restyled alt tags. They are actually attractive and I've even clicked on a few! Tell your advertisers that they are morons if they don't put a decent alt tag in place!
Well said - this is a perfect example of Doublespeak, for which you could also say that the built-in presumption is that the user cannot be trusted
And notat the sly redrawing of questions into the realms of issues as ephemeral and subjective as "trust" and away from legal facts of copy-right and freedom of speech.
Three cheers! One of the *first* things to remember when the police come knocking is you do not have to answer any of their questions. Don't do it! You never know when a seemingly minor bit of information will damage you or a friend.
Knowing your rights, and following the letter of the law in regards to them, is crucial to maintaining a free society. It keeps everyone honest, keeps you free.
Remember, the police have plenty of ways to legally get information from you if they need it for an investigation. If they need your help, they get it through the proper channels.
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How 'bout if we cut the number of hours the remaining laborers are allowed to work? c.f. the 30/35 hr work week movements in Europe. That has the added benefit of more leasure time, which means more opportunity for spending money at bars, amusement parts, theatres, what-have-you.
That has been one proposed measure.
An SCO spokesperson is quoted as saying: "You better stop, or we are going to place your liscences under double-secret revocation!"
Or running something like Up-to-date and doing far better than making do...
Hmmm....that was an interesting graph. Thanks for pointing it out. It looks like fears of Safari closing out the browser market on OSX may have been more right than wrong. Notice that the relative shares of other browsers have dcreased dramatically. I just hope that reflects a certain amount of eagerness over a new product, as I would feel sorry to lose iCab.
It is not very well publicized. In fact, I only found out about it because it comes pre-linked in NetNewsWire
I think that you are exagerating the danger. Don't forget that with gasoline fires you always have the option of jumping really high for a long time.
I'm afraid to say that while you do recall correctly, you misunderstand the context of that statement. Plato did comment about the guardians (philosopher kings) not believing in gods. However, he does not say that they should espouse these beliefs, but that the stories about the gods should be continued. Please remember that there is very little that is held in common between modern organized religion and the ancient Greek pantheistic culture. I've said culture and not religion here, because that is the part that Plato advocates perpetuating, not religion as we view it today. He discusses these stories as being the basis of moral teachings, and the beginnings of instruction on how to be a good citizen of his ideal city-state.
If you want to look at the idea of religion as political instrument of control, you will have to get quite a bit more contemporary. Marx is the most famous of the philosophers who pointed out that those in power use the tool of religion and the myth of afterlife to keep those they depend on (workers in modern terms) quiescent. IOW, don't struggle or fret too hard about your condition now, you will be rewarded later. Trust us and keep working.
Be quiet or I shall be forced to say Unix to you a second time!
Are you advocating revolution? I assume that you are referring to the quote by (? Thomas Jefferson ?) that the tree of liberty is watered by the blood of tyrants.
Exactly. They want to be sure that any virus scanner that people use will allow them to control what it finds and doesn't find. Just take a look at their so called firewall for an example of how they will use this scanner.
I've actually found quite a bit that is worthwhile on MacOSXhints. I subscribe to the RSS feed and usually find two or three topics a day that range from moderately interesting, to very cool.
And, of course, it will be very beautiful when the street needs to get torn up four times to allow each of four different companies to run their fiber. Most city councils will not be very enthusiastic about that!
King Phillip Chases Oold Fat Girl Scouts!
I beg to differ. Russia and Ukraine are very different in terms of economic and political situations. Ukraine has been totally looted by their political elite. There is no infrastructure left to mention at all. Ukraine is also a primarily agricultural country that has little industial presence at all (what there is is mostly located along the Polish border). Russia has been looted as well, but has (to a large degree) begun to return to a steady footing. They still have their infrastructure, and have an enormous industrial base. They also have an extremely educated populace.
None of this addresses your main points, but it is also important to note that Ukraine has varying amounts of criminal presence depending upon which cities you examine. The western cities have a large criminal populace as they have made their livelihood for decades off of smuggling goods from Europe through Poland (well, for centuries depending on how loosely you interpret history). This has, of course, engendered an enormous black market. Same goes for the black sea areas (especially Odessa) that smuggle goods to and from Turkey (notable quantities of drugs and prostitutes). Odessa also has been a traditional center of organized crime, even before the break up of the Soviet Union.
I suspect that the lack of Nietzsche, Plato, and Aristotle in your education had more to do with your particular institution and the professors in it than anything else. The problem with many philosophers is that they often get shuttled between departments depending upon the politics between the instructors. I was a politics (poli sci at other schools) major, and we studied all three that you listed far more than we ever approached Marx (Kant and Hegel were also in the mix). I asked about the lack of Marx (relative lack) a couple times, and was told that he had been far more influential in x (pick one: Economics, History, Sociology) than in Politics. :-) I always found that funny, but...
The split up is probably due to the impossibility of introducing more than a smattering of Big Ideas (TM) that these fellows discussed and having any hope of a shred or two sticking in the minds of the students.
As far as the inability to admit to totally wasting ones time, that is a well documented psychological fact. It is a trait of humanity that is exploited well by bosses and politicians.
I don't follow what you mean here. "what you are looking at is secure" doesn't make much sense. How can something like a docment be secure? Logically, I mean, it can be *secured*, but then you have to specify against what or for what (i.e. "secured against intrusion", or "secured for transit"). AFAIK, secure cannot be used in the manner that you are using it.
This is a requirement that all government sponsored, publicly accessible computers attached to the internet or provided in government programs by the provence must be running free (as in the GNU definition of free, not as in beer) software. The reasons behind this are:
Andalucia is a beautiful and unique place, that is also relatively poor (when compared to Madrid, Pais Basco, or Catalonia) and takes every oportunity they can.
They also have a very politically active populace (as does most of Spain), with one of the largest Communist parties in Spain. Both of these conditions seem to combine in making the idea as Free (as in freedom) software quite appealing.
I honestly don't see where you find an unambiguous statement that non-MS architectures will be covered. The quote that you included simply indicates that there is a certain awareness of the limitations of a single-source approach, and that there is some priority placed on a "broad approach." There is no indication of the inclusion of breadth in the syllabus, nor of a time-line for this inclusion. Just an empty statement of need.
I'm not saying that they won't include other technologies, or that they will. The statement you included gives no indication one way or the other.
Unless I am mistaken, the PPC powering your 400 MHz desktop is exactly the same as the one in an iBook. The PPC is cool enough/low wattage enough that they don't need to make seperate laptop/desktop versions.
I think that the future of transportation may be in a spoke and hub format similar to how the airlines currently work (though with many more hubs). Imagine high-speed rail running between metropolitan (and geographically strategic rural) areas with a network of local-use transportation options(ala, the Flexcar system, or even light-rail and buses).
The problem, of course, is that too many of us yankees are obsessed with the idea of MY car. That is, arguably, due to a long pattern of marketing, so is probably changable. Not in the near-term, however.
Followed by the obligatory (and hightly important) Gumby, "Oh!" :-)
BTW, kudos on the newly restyled alt tags. They are actually attractive and I've even clicked on a few! Tell your advertisers that they are morons if they don't put a decent alt tag in place!
All of them. Until they become collapsed, that is... :-)
And notat the sly redrawing of questions into the realms of issues as ephemeral and subjective as "trust" and away from legal facts of copy-right and freedom of speech.
Three cheers! One of the *first* things to remember when the police come knocking is you do not have to answer any of their questions. Don't do it! You never know when a seemingly minor bit of information will damage you or a friend.
Knowing your rights, and following the letter of the law in regards to them, is crucial to maintaining a free society. It keeps everyone honest, keeps you free.
A few links for the google impaired:Remember, the police have plenty of ways to legally get information from you if they need it for an investigation. If they need your help, they get it through the proper channels.