In my town, due to budget problems, they have virutally eliminated the science curriculum (using 15+ year old books, no lab time, cutting teachers, etc). They are now saying that the crises is *so bad* that they may force students to pay for all sports.
Winsupersite is, for the most part, a very pro-microsoft website
From the aprox 30 sec I looked at the site, it looks like they are supported by or are a part of a magazine called something along the lines of "Windows and.Net". It is hardly surprising that they would be pro-MicroSoft/pro-NT and herald both as super technologists. After all, without those technologies they wouldn't have a magazine!
That is a sentiment that I 100% agree with, and find it difficult to imaging a disagreement. Unfortunately, the reality of beauracracy is very different. Case in point, I just got a call from my Mother who picked up the transcript of a civil hearing she is involved in at the local county court. She called me because she couldn't figure out how to get the CD to play (it is now done as an audio recording rather than a typed transcript). After about 30 min of frustration I discover that the CD is in god knows what format with the files CD.exe and something like "autoplay.inf".
Obviously windows only media. Does this suck? Yes (she works on a Mac). Is there anything she can do about it? Not without paying a lawyer far more than she can afford or wasting more time than she has at the court-house. If such vitals documents of publc record are in-accessible, what hope do we have for the government as a whole?
Science has long been at it's best when its at war. Make of that what you will, but it's always been so.
This is a highly subjective analysis! Might technology advances such as computes and avaiation etc have something to do with the massive amounts of funding that the military receives? Couldn't you comment, based on the same evidence, that Science is at it's best when it is well funded?
Of course, Apple may still have a problem selling these newer faster machines because they've managed to produce an OS that works fantastic on even older models like the dual 533 I'm writing this on!
That is one of the problems with Apple that has kept me using their machines for so long!:-) It is sooooo very nice to buy machines on a five to six year cycle instead of every one to two years! I was using my old Performa for so long that my friends couldn't give away PC's made at the same time!:-)
It is the logical nature of government to expand. The people who are most interested in gaining power are those who wish to control others -- not those who wish to mind their own business and live in peace.
Not to contest your other points, but I don't think it matters what kind of person seeks office. Power corrupts.
In due fairness to us drunks, we are not the only ones who leave keys in doors! When I was working as a political canvasser, I would hand the keys to person answering the door about once a month. Drunks would do it much more frequently, of course, but not exclusively.
Mountain gorillas (fighters, not apes...I mean...violent...I mean...oh bother) have discovered the effectiveness of these against US surplus Apaches sold to the like of Columbia and Nicaragua as well (no reference, sorry).
Wall Street ranks companies based on growth, and if growth slows or stops all together, it looks bad. Does this mean the company is bad? No, just that wall street thinks in twisted ways and down grades the stock from buy to hold.
That is not really twisted thinking, that is capitalism. A firm, like a market, must expand to survive. There is no holding steady in capitalism. It is expand or die. That's economics.
This is too much!! You have saved (alternatively) $10,000 or $582+? I know that 10,000 is more than 582, but there is a big difference there, boy-o. You just hit 100 miles, yet refer to your 'first hundred miles'. Hehehe. You shills make me giggle!
Do you have no history of people being forced to vote a certain way by employers, gangsters, and the like? In the US, we must vote in secret (there are mail-in absentee ballots but they are the exception) so that there is no way for someone to be forced to vote in a certain way.
In Oregon voting method is determined by county. Through most of the state votes now occur only via mail-in ballots. When this idea was first evaluated (94, IIRC) there was a great deal of concern about this; undue influence of bosses/husbands/friends etc. They did studies and found that this was not as great an issue as initially feared. Of course, that is a very hard thing to judge and the worry that someone else might be voting or influencing the vote is always very real. So far there haven't been any reported cases of this occuring, and we are experience much higher voter turn-outs than pre-mail-in.
Nothing. Other than the laws designed to protect wives from abusive husbands in general. i.e. What's to protect her from being beat up nomatter how she votes?
In Oregon there are stiff felonies to punish anyone who attempts to influence a vote cast via our mail-in system. AFAIK, these have never yet been used. These are, unfortunately, the hardest crimes to find because the victim must voluntarily alert the police.
Realistically, fabs are incredibly safe as far as chemicals go.
I'm remembering when I was working at an HP building that had some sort of chip etching facilities in it. I think that it was not for manufacturing, but for design (Corvallis, OR). Nonetheless, we were evacuated four times in one week because the chemical alarms went off. It turned out that the dumping station for the janitors' chemicals was situated in such a way that the air intake system for the fab area was sucking in the fumes from the cleaning chemicals and circulating throughout the air system! *Gulp* Even though it was not the dangerous chems causing the alarms, I had nightmares about my bones rotting away from the insides for days.
Credit where credit is due! The DPW carries a large part of the praise for the resulting no-trace condition. They spend months cleaning the place up, and months more building the next one.
That being said, BRC is a nigh trace-free encampment.
What silliness! Why do you suppose that the Internet/Web hasn't already become concious? Why do you think that China isn't already a self-aware entity? Do you honestly have the arrogance to suppose that it was your choice whether or not you clicked on the links in the story?
Why do you think that humans would be able to recognize whether or not this has happened, is happening, or will happen? Hehe, silly slashdot, philosophy is for the web-uber-mind!
Could someone explain why the GNU-Darwin people think Apple will care what they do?
It seems that the importance in this move is not in what Apple will do, but in what GNU-darwin has done. They made the only move that they could take and still retain their principles. They are silly if they think that Apple will change because of them. They are honorable in either case.
I don't have the exact wording here, but the esteemed Thomas Jefferson once commented: In matters of fashion follow the flow like water. In matters of principle stand firm like a rock. Wise words, the applicability of them to this situation seems to lie in the interpretation of the conflicts between open source and Apple open source as stylish or substantive. It seems unlikely that this conflict could have been avoided, at least proclus is able to walk away with pride and principles. They seem far more valuable than any distribution, IMO.
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In my town, due to budget problems, they have virutally eliminated the science curriculum (using 15+ year old books, no lab time, cutting teachers, etc). They are now saying that the crises is *so bad* that they may force students to pay for all sports.
From the aprox 30 sec I looked at the site, it looks like they are supported by or are a part of a magazine called something along the lines of "Windows and .Net". It is hardly surprising that they would be pro-MicroSoft/pro-NT and herald both as super technologists. After all, without those technologies they wouldn't have a magazine!
That is a sentiment that I 100% agree with, and find it difficult to imaging a disagreement. Unfortunately, the reality of beauracracy is very different. Case in point, I just got a call from my Mother who picked up the transcript of a civil hearing she is involved in at the local county court. She called me because she couldn't figure out how to get the CD to play (it is now done as an audio recording rather than a typed transcript). After about 30 min of frustration I discover that the CD is in god knows what format with the files CD.exe and something like "autoplay.inf".
Obviously windows only media. Does this suck? Yes (she works on a Mac). Is there anything she can do about it? Not without paying a lawyer far more than she can afford or wasting more time than she has at the court-house. If such vitals documents of publc record are in-accessible, what hope do we have for the government as a whole?
This is a highly subjective analysis! Might technology advances such as computes and avaiation etc have something to do with the massive amounts of funding that the military receives? Couldn't you comment, based on the same evidence, that Science is at it's best when it is well funded?
That is one of the problems with Apple that has kept me using their machines for so long! :-) It is sooooo very nice to buy machines on a five to six year cycle instead of every one to two years! I was using my old Performa for so long that my friends couldn't give away PC's made at the same time! :-)
Not until you get to Mrs. McCleary tech level.
Not to contest your other points, but I don't think it matters what kind of person seeks office. Power corrupts.
In due fairness to us drunks, we are not the only ones who leave keys in doors! When I was working as a political canvasser, I would hand the keys to person answering the door about once a month. Drunks would do it much more frequently, of course, but not exclusively.
Mountain gorillas (fighters, not apes...I mean...violent...I mean...oh bother) have discovered the effectiveness of these against US surplus Apaches sold to the like of Columbia and Nicaragua as well (no reference, sorry).
Like the National Guard armory that is right down the street from my home?
AFAIK, I die every night and am replaced by something that is an imperfect copy of the thing from the day before.
That would explain my poor memory at least.
That is not really twisted thinking, that is capitalism. A firm, like a market, must expand to survive. There is no holding steady in capitalism. It is expand or die. That's economics.
This is too much!! You have saved (alternatively) $10,000 or $582+? I know that 10,000 is more than 582, but there is a big difference there, boy-o. You just hit 100 miles, yet refer to your 'first hundred miles'. Hehehe. You shills make me giggle!
In Oregon voting method is determined by county. Through most of the state votes now occur only via mail-in ballots. When this idea was first evaluated (94, IIRC) there was a great deal of concern about this; undue influence of bosses/husbands/friends etc. They did studies and found that this was not as great an issue as initially feared. Of course, that is a very hard thing to judge and the worry that someone else might be voting or influencing the vote is always very real. So far there haven't been any reported cases of this occuring, and we are experience much higher voter turn-outs than pre-mail-in.
In Oregon there are stiff felonies to punish anyone who attempts to influence a vote cast via our mail-in system. AFAIK, these have never yet been used. These are, unfortunately, the hardest crimes to find because the victim must voluntarily alert the police.
To the capitalist, the only use value, is exchange value.
Holy Airbrush Work Batman!
I'm remembering when I was working at an HP building that had some sort of chip etching facilities in it. I think that it was not for manufacturing, but for design (Corvallis, OR). Nonetheless, we were evacuated four times in one week because the chemical alarms went off. It turned out that the dumping station for the janitors' chemicals was situated in such a way that the air intake system for the fab area was sucking in the fumes from the cleaning chemicals and circulating throughout the air system! *Gulp* Even though it was not the dangerous chems causing the alarms, I had nightmares about my bones rotting away from the insides for days.
What would be the chances of signing up for these daily postings in a mailing list format?
Don't forget the warnings about wizardly weather responsibility in Ursula K. LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea.
You mean that I can finally eat raw hamburger by the spoonfull?
Credit where credit is due! The DPW carries a large part of the praise for the resulting no-trace condition. They spend months cleaning the place up, and months more building the next one.
That being said, BRC is a nigh trace-free encampment.
What silliness! Why do you suppose that the Internet/Web hasn't already become concious? Why do you think that China isn't already a self-aware entity? Do you honestly have the arrogance to suppose that it was your choice whether or not you clicked on the links in the story?
Why do you think that humans would be able to recognize whether or not this has happened, is happening, or will happen? Hehe, silly slashdot, philosophy is for the web-uber-mind!
It seems that the importance in this move is not in what Apple will do, but in what GNU-darwin has done. They made the only move that they could take and still retain their principles. They are silly if they think that Apple will change because of them. They are honorable in either case.
I don't have the exact wording here, but the esteemed Thomas Jefferson once commented: In matters of fashion follow the flow like water. In matters of principle stand firm like a rock. Wise words, the applicability of them to this situation seems to lie in the interpretation of the conflicts between open source and Apple open source as stylish or substantive. It seems unlikely that this conflict could have been avoided, at least proclus is able to walk away with pride and principles. They seem far more valuable than any distribution, IMO.