...a domestic company doing the same quasi-legal activity, in a country that many describe as embodying neo-mercantilism. I don't see things ending well for Uber.
Well, the law about dog height is a different than the censorship issue. Chen is suing over the censorship of his post. The dog law is only a law in Beijing; censorship is a National/Party issue.
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And strictly speaking, we don't know whether his posting was actually removed by somebody who was a member of any government or indeed the Communist Party. In fact, the most likely scenario is that some employee at whichever web-hosting company runs the blog saw some reference to Beijing's local government and automatically deleted the post without even reading it further.
From TFA:
When [the post] was taken down, Chen in effect sued his own Web site. Although Chen knew the Internet host was acting on orders from a "black hand," or censor, legally his target had to be the host organization that physically knocked him off, he said.
"They explained. It's not their fault, and I understand that," he said.
I guess we can now argue about whether the host is passing the buck onto the government, but there isn't much reason to not believe them. It isn't like the Chinese government isn't known for overreacting over online criticism.
So how can this become 'a bold challenge' that illustrates that 'some of China's educated elite may be growing impatient with a one-party authoritarian system'?
From TFA again:
As far as is known, Chen's filing, at the Xicheng District Court in central Beijing, marked only the second time that a Chinese citizen has gone to court over party censorship.
...
Chen, 65, a retired Commerce Ministry official and U.N. Development Program accountant
Being the second to challenge the government of a state known to not take kindly to dissent is pretty bold. And based on Chen's resume he sounds like an educated guy. Want to debate about whether he's 1337 or not?
There has been quite a bit of discussion about "where to find streams" over at worldcupblog.org. Most of the qualifying matches have been available to watch live online from Chinese and Israeli websites, but most of the "pirate" streaming sites require you to dl weird, Windows-only software to be able to watch the games, so as a Mac user I haven't been able to. I bought my first TV and got cable just to be able to watch the World Cup this year. It's a great event.
Einstein did once comment that "God does not play dice [with the
universe]." This quotation is commonly mentioned to show that Einstein
believed in the Christian God. Used this way, it is out of context; it
refers to Einstein's refusal to accept the uncertainties indicated by quantum
theory. [Emphasis mine] Furthermore, Einstein's religious background was Jewish rather
than Christian.
A better quotation showing what Einstein thought is the following: "I
believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of
what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of
human beings."
Einstein was unable to accept Quantum Theory because of his belief in
an objective, orderly reality: a reality which would not be subject to
random events and which would not be dependent upon the observer. He believed
that Quantum Mechanics was incomplete, and that a better theory would have
no need for statistical interpretations. So far no better theory has been
found and evidence suggests that it never will be.
A longer quote from Einstein appears in Science, Philosophy, and
Religion, A Symposium, published by the Conference on Science, Philosophy,
and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc., New
York, 1941. In it he says:
The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events
the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no room left by the side
of this ordered regularity for causes of a different nature. For him neither
the rule of human nor the rule of divine will exists as an independent
cause of natural events. To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering
with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science,
for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific
knowledge has not yet been able to set foot.
But I am convinced that such behavior on the part of representatives
of religion would not only be unworthy but also fatal. For a doctrine which
is to maintain itself not in clear light but only in the dark, will of
necessity lose its effect on mankind, with incalculable harm to human progress.
In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have
the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal God, that is, give up
that source of fear and hope which in the past placed such vast power in
the hands of priests. In their labors they will have to avail themselves
of those forces which are capable of cultivating the Good, the True, and
the Beautiful in humanity itself. This is, to be sure, a more difficult
but an incomparably more worthy task...
Einstein has also said:
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions,
a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal
God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something
is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration
for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
The latter quote is from Albert Einstein: The Human Side, edited
by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, and published by Princeton University
Press. Also from the same book:
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider
ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority
behind it.
the soon-to-be-developed Abrambott can automatically calculate how much to "donate" to contrarian lawmakers to buy off secure their votes, using proprietary "Duke Cunningham" algorithms!
I know most of the do-it-yourself crowd already has copies of XP lying around (or runs linux), but the cost of the operating system is included in the iMac's cost, so it's not fair to compare prices with a home built system without including the OS.
So challenging a claim which basically says "we're better than you, because our moms and dads were better than yours and you can never be as good as us" is politically incorrect?
Judaism maintains that the righteous of all nations have a place in the world to come. This has been the majority rule since the days of the Talmud. Judaism generally recognizes that Christians and Moslems worship the same G-d that we do and those who follow the tenets of their religions can be considered righteous in the eyes of G-d.
Contrary to popular belief, Judaism does not maintain that Jews are better than other people. Although we refer to ourselves as G-d's chosen people, we do not believe that G-d chose the Jews because of any inherent superiority. According to the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 2b), G-d offered the Torah to all the nations of the earth, and the Jews were the only ones who accepted it. The story goes on to say that the Jews were offered the Torah last, and accepted it only because G-d held a mountain over their heads! (In Ex. 19:17, the words generally translated as "at the foot of the mountain" literally mean "underneath the mountain"!) Another traditional story suggests that G-d chose the Jewish nation because they were the lowliest of nations, and their success would be attributed to G-d's might rather than their own ability. Clearly, these are not the ideas of a people who think they are better than other nations.
Because of our acceptance of Torah, Jews have a special status in the eyes of G-d, but we lose that special status when we abandon Torah. Furthermore, the blessings that we received from G-d by accepting the Torah come with a high price: Jews have a greater responsibility than non-Jews. While non-Jews are only obligated to obey the seven commandments given to Noah, Jews are responsible for fulfilling the 613 mitzvot in the Torah, thus G-d will punish Jews for doing things that would not be a sin for non-Jews.
Um, how about the Tango. Top speed of 120 mph, 0-60 mph in 4 seconds, 80 mile range. Additionally, To minimize any day-time inconvenience, the Tango's on-board charger is designed to charge to 80% in under 10 minutes if 400 amp AC service is available at a nearby charging station. This gives approximately 50 additional miles of range per quick-charge.
Yeah, them not having a Rodney joke in the question is the ultimate in "no respect."
Some of my favorites of his:
The girl was ugly. When she walks in the room, mice jump on chairs. I mean ugly. I took her to a dog show. She won.
My wife's a bad cook. After dinner, I don't brush my teeth, I count them. I leave dental floss in the kitchen, the roaches hang themselves.
I tell ya, this girl was fat. She asked me why my eyes were bulging. I told her, "You're standing on my foot!"
I tell ya, nothin' goes right. I bought a Japanese car. I turn on the radio. I don't understand a word they're sayin'.
I tell ya, cleanliness, that's what's important. But some people are too clean. Like my uncle Louie. He used to take five showers a day, four baths a day. And when he died, as a tribute to my uncle's cleanliness, the entire funeral procession went through a carwash.
I tell ya, my wife is never nice. She won a trip to Las Vegas for two. She went twice.
This girl was ugly. I took her to the beach. The tide went out and stayed there.
This girl was ugly. I took her to a plastic surgeon. He added a tail.
Oh, with my wife, I gotta watch myself. When I told my wife she was lousy in bed - she went out - she got a second opinion.
That's all well and good, but I don't remember seeing anywhere in the article where the students talk about wanting to go to MIT. Instead, I remember them talking about wanting to go to an in-state (Arizona) school. That's where the problem is. And don't tell me that they need to "set their sights higher" or some other bullshit. There are practical and cultural reasons for wanting to stay in Arizona, close to their respective families.
If he thinks that Valve is his friend he [it most definately is a guy) doesn't use a Mac. Mac "gamers" (a term which, even as a Mac user, I tend to think of as being oxymoronic) tend to have a hatred of Valve that is only rivaled by their hatred of "micro$$$of7." They take the non-porting of HL as a personal insult.
I doubt that you read through all 23 pages of the thread before posting, but all the necessary background knowledge isn't presented in that thread, so I'll lay some of it out for you here.
The scambaiter was sent a fake cashier's check in the mail to pay for computers. This is a common fraud - someone sends a seller a check for more than the sale amount and asks the seller to send the balance back to them along with whatever they ordered. The seller goes to the bank, cashes the cashier's check, and send off the money and whatever goods were sold. The check, of course, is fake and eventually ends up not clearing, so you then have (a) lost your merchandise, (b) lost whatever money you sent the scammer, and (c) have to give whatever money you got from cashing the check back to the bank.
So the seller gets a triple reaming.
In the scambait above, the scammer quickly sent a fake cashier's check. The check was sent from inside the US, while the shipping address was in the UK. Not only is the scammer a criminal, but he is a criminal with international ties. This is not someone to feel sorry for.
Submitting this story (especially the specific scambait) is a really damn dumb thing to do (if the submitter isn't a 419 scammer looking for revenge, that is). The person paying for the shipments probably knows about the scambait now. It also blows the cover on the techniques that the various people on the site use. Yes, nothing on the Web is private, but by making the site more well known, its effectiveness is diminished. Thanks a pantsfull.
I'd suggest you read it (which is why I linked to it). It's gives a perspective that is usually reasonably well thought out, incorporates news from a variety of sources, and isn't found at all in the mainstream media. I don't agree with all of it, but it certainly is interesting.
I wonder how they picked the Socialist Party USA as "The" party to represent the Socialists. Myself, I'm much more partial to the Socialist Equality Party. I think that their election statement is quite a bit better than that of SP-USA.
I know about them because I like reading their main webpage for news analysis. It certainly gives a different perspective than that which is found elsewhere.
You should read Chain of Command (Look Ma! No referral link!) In it, Seymour Hersh describes Rumsfield giving evasive testimony about Abu Ghraib.
A disgusted "senior CIA official told me, when I asked about Rumsfeld's testimony and that of Stephen Cambone, his undersecretary for intelligence, 'Some people think you can bullshit anyone.'"
I went to a small, very politically conservative college for a couple of years (then I dropped out), and was shocked by how many of the conservative students there truly believed that "the ends justify the means." Their belief in their ideals was total, and they were willing to do whatever they felt was necessary to realize these beliefs.
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...a domestic company doing the same quasi-legal activity, in a country that many describe as embodying neo-mercantilism. I don't see things ending well for Uber.
I guess we can now argue about whether the host is passing the buck onto the government, but there isn't much reason to not believe them. It isn't like the Chinese government isn't known for overreacting over online criticism.
From TFA again:Being the second to challenge the government of a state known to not take kindly to dissent is pretty bold. And based on Chen's resume he sounds like an educated guy. Want to debate about whether he's 1337 or not?There has been quite a bit of discussion about "where to find streams" over at worldcupblog.org. Most of the qualifying matches have been available to watch live online from Chinese and Israeli websites, but most of the "pirate" streaming sites require you to dl weird, Windows-only software to be able to watch the games, so as a Mac user I haven't been able to.
I bought my first TV and got cable just to be able to watch the World Cup this year. It's a great event.
the soon-to-be-developed Abrambott can automatically calculate how much to "donate" to contrarian lawmakers to buy off secure their votes, using proprietary "Duke Cunningham" algorithms!
Democracy in action!
Apple-L highlights the address bar. Apple-D is the "bookmark" command.
Apple-K highlights the search box. It's probably the keystroke in Firefox that I use the most.
Operating system
Camera comperable to the iSight
I know most of the do-it-yourself crowd already has copies of XP lying around (or runs linux), but the cost of the operating system is included in the iMac's cost, so it's not fair to compare prices with a home built system without including the OS.
Also, TheScamBaiter.com (possibly NSFW) is quite good. It's run by the fellow who ran the Anus Laptops bait that was posted here a while back.
Judaism does not claim that. From JewFAQ:
No.
I can say that since I RTFA:
"People think we're trying to replace guide dogs, but we're not."
And it's from Spokane, WA.
So who else out there's read "The Second Variety"?
No one in Korea? Hm...Maybe we should send them a copy.
Yeah, them not having a Rodney joke in the question is the ultimate in "no respect."
Some of my favorites of his:
The girl was ugly. When she walks in the room, mice jump on chairs. I mean ugly. I took her to a dog show. She won.
My wife's a bad cook. After dinner, I don't brush my teeth, I count them. I leave dental floss in the kitchen, the roaches hang themselves.
I tell ya, this girl was fat. She asked me why my eyes were bulging. I told her, "You're standing on my foot!"
I tell ya, nothin' goes right. I bought a Japanese car. I turn on the radio. I don't understand a word they're sayin'.
I tell ya, cleanliness, that's what's important. But some people are too clean. Like my uncle Louie. He used to take five showers a day, four baths a day. And when he died, as a tribute to my uncle's cleanliness, the entire funeral procession went through a carwash.
I tell ya, my wife is never nice. She won a trip to Las Vegas for two. She went twice.
This girl was ugly. I took her to the beach. The tide went out and stayed there.
This girl was ugly. I took her to a plastic surgeon. He added a tail.
Oh, with my wife, I gotta watch myself. When I told my wife she was lousy in bed - she went out - she got a second opinion.
That's all well and good, but I don't remember seeing anywhere in the article where the students talk about wanting to go to MIT. Instead, I remember them talking about wanting to go to an in-state (Arizona) school. That's where the problem is.
And don't tell me that they need to "set their sights higher" or some other bullshit. There are practical and cultural reasons for wanting to stay in Arizona, close to their respective families.
the best way to rate productivity in an OS is by how easy the OS is to anthropomorphize. ("It wants me to use it!")
hmmmm...How about DAVID DUKE?
I doubt this is real mostly because I don't think Jobs would want them to use the fancy "-re" spelling of Center.
If he thinks that Valve is his friend he [it most definately is a guy) doesn't use a Mac. Mac "gamers" (a term which, even as a Mac user, I tend to think of as being oxymoronic) tend to have a hatred of Valve that is only rivaled by their hatred of "micro$$$of7." They take the non-porting of HL as a personal insult.
The scambaiter was sent a fake cashier's check in the mail to pay for computers. This is a common fraud - someone sends a seller a check for more than the sale amount and asks the seller to send the balance back to them along with whatever they ordered. The seller goes to the bank, cashes the cashier's check, and send off the money and whatever goods were sold. The check, of course, is fake and eventually ends up not clearing, so you then have (a) lost your merchandise, (b) lost whatever money you sent the scammer, and (c) have to give whatever money you got from cashing the check back to the bank.
So the seller gets a triple reaming.
In the scambait above, the scammer quickly sent a fake cashier's check. The check was sent from inside the US, while the shipping address was in the UK. Not only is the scammer a criminal, but he is a criminal with international ties. This is not someone to feel sorry for.
Submitting this story (especially the specific scambait) is a really damn dumb thing to do (if the submitter isn't a 419 scammer looking for revenge, that is). The person paying for the shipments probably knows about the scambait now. It also blows the cover on the techniques that the various people on the site use. Yes, nothing on the Web is private, but by making the site more well known, its effectiveness is diminished. Thanks a pantsfull.
if you're a bad student, it's even more!
Hanging such a thing up on my wall gave me +5 to all virginity prolonging rolls and -8 to all Sex With A Real Live Girl rolls.
But it was still worth it.
Thanks again.
I'd suggest you read it (which is why I linked to it). It's gives a perspective that is usually reasonably well thought out, incorporates news from a variety of sources, and isn't found at all in the mainstream media. I don't agree with all of it, but it certainly is interesting.
I wonder how they picked the Socialist Party USA as "The" party to represent the Socialists. Myself, I'm much more partial to the Socialist Equality Party. I think that their election statement is quite a bit better than that of SP-USA.
I know about them because I like reading their main webpage for news analysis. It certainly gives a different perspective than that which is found elsewhere.
A disgusted "senior CIA official told me, when I asked about Rumsfeld's testimony and that of Stephen Cambone, his undersecretary for intelligence, 'Some people think you can bullshit anyone.'"
I went to a small, very politically conservative college for a couple of years (then I dropped out), and was shocked by how many of the conservative students there truly believed that "the ends justify the means." Their belief in their ideals was total, and they were willing to do whatever they felt was necessary to realize these beliefs.
It scares the shit out of me.