condorcet is similar in to IRV in only one way.
* It uses the same ballot.
But mainly the counting is hugely different, IRV gets all the press in the election reform circles cause it is easier to understand. And it is at least better then Plurality (its hard not to be).
Condorcet method of counting will try to find the candidate that the majority of people can agree on. It will find a compromise candidate, if you will.
your system of government has created this 2 party polerized state. Its a winner take all system with no room to encurage the middle ground. you need to move to a system that allows voters to come to a comprimise, I would suggest getting rid of the office of president all togeather. but if you must still have it use a ranked ballot of some sort. Condorcet would be my first choice but honestly anything is better then your current system.
ahh, yes More Secure. one system I log into at work requires "strong passwords" ie
* has to be very diffrent from your last 10 passwords
* has to have special chars
* has to change your password every 2 months.
the problem is I login to this system every 6 weeks. so every! time need to login I
1. Call the IT desk
2. Ask them to reset my password
3. They Email me my password.
4. I login
When the password is reset there is no Idenification of me. They simply assume that access to my work email is valid enough
By Increasing the level of security They have effectivly reduced the level of security to that of a seperate system (company email).
BTW: company email pollicy is change every 6 months, incrimenal is allowed.
Question: How many requests of Password resets do you get with your system? What method of Password distribution do you use? What method of verification do you use on reseting a password?
I am unwilling to shut down half a dozen industries, reduce lifestyles back to the 17th century and potentially kill millions through half a dozen causes that can be avoided by maintaining an oil based economy (think no fertilizers, no shipping, no refrigeration), based on, "Well this *might* be really bad."
you are being silly. are you also unwilling to invest in technology that could replace oil (Wind/Hydro/Solar/Tidal/Insolation/zero emmision vehicles)?
nobody needs to move to 17th century technology. what we need it 21st century technology.
Which kind of freedom do you usually support, BTW? Negative (no interference) or positive (protection to pursue your life goals)?
you know I have never seen freedom described in this way. but I suppose politically I would support "positive freedom". I believe in a strong central government, with universal charter of rights and freedoms. I also believe in the GPL is more usefull then BSD.
How does preventing this loophole become a "stretching" of the original intent?
I have a diffrent consept of the Intent of GPLv2. I thought it was to allow you to know what was being executed on your machine (hardware or virtual). so if I own and run a machine I should have a right to know what is happening to that machine. and I should be able to change it to make it do what I want, on my machine.
but if I comunicate with somebody elses machine (via network) I don't need to know what will be executed on there machine. I only would like to know the protocall being used. and what response should be expected for a given input.
now as for the "loophole" that GPLv3 covers. which is interaction of GPL code running on a DRM machine. which allows you to change the GPL but not to execute it on the machine after. I remain firmly undecided.
I see the potetial afront to my freedom however I also see how this is maybe more of an issue of the hardware/machine licence.
I need to meditate on my belief structure much longer before I decide if I am for or against v3
Not that I disagree or anything, but I think your are confusing "Aristocracy" : rule by the best with "Plutocracy" : rule by the wealthy And many would say that many of the western so called democracies are already Plutocracies. and not just moving that way.
I have almost never found and op-ed that was worth my time. Most try to convince the reader of there view, with no effort given to the truth. which funny enough is what "news" is supposed to do report on what actually is happening.
I watched the movie, and I read the article. both are great at setting up straw men. and neither one told me anything I didn't know already. If you want an opinion on Global warming do some research, in real science magazines, (nature is a good start).
you say Al Gore isn't a shill, but you know what he might be, "Gore in 2000 something!". but this Harris guy IS a shill, and this "Bob Carter" guy so is he. shills are fucking evil (even worse then used car salesmen). They are not worth my time or yours.
I hate the term "free software" cause if I tell my mom I can install "free software" on her computer to save her the $500 MS Office fee. she thinks that the only reason this software is worthwhile is cause of its cost. using the term "free" stupifies and blinds people to the real beniffits of "Libra/freedom" software. it makes people believe that if then can get a "Freeware/shareware/warez" version of there current software, then there is no need to use libra/freedom software. but there is, Free software to most people means $0. they won't ask further questions about the ambiguity of the english language, and what kind of free I mean. I really think the FSF should go about a rebranding of "Free Software" into "Freedom Software" of "Libra Software". cause damint my mom needs to upgrade her Windows ME, and I need to explain to her that just cause I can get $0 Warez of MS Office/Win XP. does not mean that Linux/OpenOffice which are "Free" have no advantages...
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uhm...since when does the BBC not ask pointed questions? I listen to the BBC about 2-3 times a week and evey interview has confentational and pointed questions. since when doess asking pointed questions make you unrespectable?
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condorcet is similar in to IRV in only one way.
* It uses the same ballot.
But mainly the counting is hugely different, IRV gets all the press in the election reform circles cause it is easier to understand. And it is at least better then Plurality (its hard not to be).
Condorcet method of counting will try to find the candidate that the majority of people can agree on.
It will find a compromise candidate, if you will.
your system of government has created this 2 party polerized state.
Its a winner take all system with no room to encurage the middle ground.
you need to move to a system that allows voters to come to a comprimise,
I would suggest getting rid of the office of president all togeather.
but if you must still have it use a ranked ballot of some sort.
Condorcet would be my first choice but honestly anything is better then your current system.
your joking?
Mac, More Hardware support then Linux?
Lets See.
Lets See Can Linux Run on a Mac ?
Can OSX run on any machine not sold by Apple?
Can Linux ?
So Linux can run on almost any machine OSX can, and it can also run on many machines OSX can not.
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I tip my hat to you good sir.
ahh, yes More Secure.
one system I log into at work requires "strong passwords"
ie
* has to be very diffrent from your last 10 passwords
* has to have special chars
* has to change your password every 2 months.
the problem is I login to this system every 6 weeks.
so every! time need to login I
1. Call the IT desk
2. Ask them to reset my password
3. They Email me my password.
4. I login
When the password is reset there is no Idenification of me.
They simply assume that access to my work email is valid enough
By Increasing the level of security They have effectivly reduced the level of security to that of a seperate system (company email).
BTW: company email pollicy is change every 6 months, incrimenal is allowed.
Question:
How many requests of Password resets do you get with your system?
What method of Password distribution do you use?
What method of verification do you use on reseting a password?
you are being silly.
are you also unwilling to invest in technology that could replace oil
(Wind/Hydro/Solar/Tidal/Insolation/zero emmision vehicles)?
nobody needs to move to 17th century technology. what we need it 21st century technology.
you make a strong argument.
Which kind of freedom do you usually support, BTW? Negative (no interference) or positive (protection to pursue your life goals)?
you know I have never seen freedom described in this way.
but I suppose politically I would support "positive freedom".
I believe in a strong central government, with universal charter of rights and freedoms.
I also believe in the GPL is more usefull then BSD.
a revolution in technology
like the 3 seashell thing?
How does preventing this loophole become a "stretching" of the original intent?
I have a diffrent consept of the Intent of GPLv2.
I thought it was to allow you to know what was being executed on your machine (hardware or virtual).
so if I own and run a machine I should have a right to know what is happening to that machine. and I should be able to change it to make it do what I want, on my machine.
but if I comunicate with somebody elses machine (via network) I don't need to know what will be executed on there machine. I only would like to know the protocall being used. and what response should be expected for a given input.
now as for the "loophole" that GPLv3 covers. which is interaction of GPL code running on a DRM machine. which allows you to change the GPL but not to execute it on the machine after. I remain firmly undecided.
I see the potetial afront to my freedom
however
I also see how this is maybe more of an issue of the hardware/machine licence.
I need to meditate on my belief structure much longer before I decide if I am for or against v3
Not that I disagree or anything, but I think your are confusing
"Aristocracy" : rule by the best
with
"Plutocracy" : rule by the wealthy
And many would say that many of the western so called democracies are already Plutocracies.
and not just moving that way.
The Apollo Program...sigh I went back to the 1960's
um, I realy think just turning it off is enough.
no need to remove the antenna.
give to your local "food bank"/"soup kitchen"/"shelter".
it will go a lot further, then the local restraunt.
some food banks even sell "gift certificates" for just this purpose.
wow, are you off topic!
I have almost never found and op-ed that was worth my time.
Most try to convince the reader of there view, with no effort given to the truth. which funny enough is what "news" is supposed to do report on what actually is happening.
I watched the movie, and I read the article. both are great at setting up straw men. and neither one told me anything I didn't know already. If you want an opinion on Global warming do some research, in real science magazines, (nature is a good start).
you say Al Gore isn't a shill, but you know what he might be, "Gore in 2000 something!". but this Harris guy IS a shill, and this "Bob Carter" guy so is he. shills are fucking evil (even worse then used car salesmen). They are not worth my time or yours.
sorry for the rant....but...
I hate the term "free software" cause if I tell my mom I can install "free software" on her computer to save her the $500 MS Office fee. she thinks that the only reason this software is worthwhile is cause of its cost.
using the term "free" stupifies and blinds people to the real beniffits of "Libra/freedom" software.
it makes people believe that if then can get a "Freeware/shareware/warez" version of there current software, then there is no need to use libra/freedom software.
but there is, Free software to most people means $0. they won't ask further questions about the ambiguity of the english language, and what kind of free I mean.
I really think the FSF should go about a rebranding of "Free Software" into "Freedom Software" of "Libra Software".
cause damint my mom needs to upgrade her Windows ME, and I need to explain to her that just cause I can get $0 Warez of MS Office/Win XP.
does not mean that Linux/OpenOffice which are "Free" have no advantages...
BAH!!!...
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he gets paid for his opinion to be what it is!
uhm...since when does the BBC not ask pointed questions?
I listen to the BBC about 2-3 times a week and evey interview has confentational and pointed questions.
since when doess asking pointed questions make you unrespectable?
And what Internatial agreements has this Virtual Country Signed. that prevent it from executing its virtual people. ... :)
well my Resume Says I have this experiance.
my server is my desktop. :)
and both run ubuntu.
its a very low volume server, and a very low volume desktop.
why have 2 computers when 1 will do
1. that's unhealthy
2. paying vacation time is a leagal requirement. (in canada at least)
yes, one of these things is topical in the current thread.
your a shill.