You must not realize the impact non-violent crime has on society. It accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars in losses, not just to companies, but to individuals, tax dollars, and consequently government services, education, everything.
Violent crimes effect an individual in a very drastic way, and such criminals should be punished harshly. However, non-violent crimes effect enourmous numbers of people, sometimes in minor ways, but often in profound ways. Violent crimes can destroy a life. Non-violent crimes tear at the fabric of society in a subtle but systemic fashion.
Is the person who dies because their healthcare fund was raided less dead, less of a victim, than someone killed with a gun? If you think so, I'd like to know where you've had your education-- that school system or university may need more funding.
Very Interesting concepts there! Thank you for the good reading matgerial. I suppose my original thought remains the same though-- Gold does not have value independantly of the goods it can be exchanges for. If all of the food, clothing, houses, Yaks etc. disapeared, and there was nothing to exchange the Gold for, it would cease to have value, while if all of the Gold disapeared and we were left only with the goods and services it could be exchanged for we would get by.
I personally would enjoy it very much if the "good of ultimate preference" became something like intelectual/creative thought. "You want that video card? That will be 3 poems, one witticism, and a patentable idea!" Giving change on this type of currency would be interesting as well. "Do you have change for a Trilogy?" Or begging: "Can you spare a haiku?"
It's worth pointing out here that the phrase "Real Money" hasn't meant dick squat since the US went off the Gold Standard in the 1970s (1972? 71?). Today money is backed by the full faith and credit of the US (or whatever country you happen to live in) Government. Without anything of real value behind the money it has value simply because people belive it to have value.
You appear to have done some thinking on this issue, but still seem to mistake the symbol of value for the value itself. Even when gold is used, it is still only a symbol of value, or items that have intrinsic value, i.e., food, entertainment etc. In programming terms, even gold is still just a *pointer. The true value are the actual contents of the memory.
Base it on the price of Gold and you only need to worry about the fluctuation of your own economy.
This may be correct, but economies today are even more complicated than when the US went off the gold standard. It's all more global and intertwined, although you may have meant this remark to be only in reference to the game, in which case disregard;)
I hope we can both at least agree that this purchase seems a bit silly, unless the customer has a lot more money where that came from.
Do you really think Ms. Morrison can be as critical and objective about her own works as she can about Judy Blume's?
I dunno-- see my original post indicating that I attended a University in which Toni Morrison was taught, not one at which Toni Morrison was teaching. Toni Morrison would, however, be able to give you the non-objective view of what, specifically and exactly, the author was attempting to convey. Anyone else, anywhere else in the world, everyone who is not Toni, can only tell what they think the author was trying to convey.
Your response seems to imply that the Author's point of view on his/her own work does not have as much value as an external party's view of the same-- this is a somewhat popular school of thought on Literary, Historical, and Art cirticism, though not one I agree with. I see the creator of a work of art uniquely qualified to comment on said work; If the world really was a flat rock on the back of a turtle, I'd like to know the reasoning of the person who put it there.
It's not that you'll get a better or worse education. It's that you'll get a better or worse personal network. That's all it is.
I disagree. Here's an example of the educational difference: Where I went to college, there is a Literature class every semester on the works of Toni Morrison. At Princeton, there is also a Literature class on the works of Toni Morrison. The difference? At Princeton, that class is taught by Toni Morrison. Which students receive the greater insight into the author's ideas and themes?
Here's an example that may hit closer to home for Slashdot readers: At my colllege, in a comp. & cog. sci. class I had, we studied the research of Daniel Dennet. At MIT, students of cog and comp sci also study the research of Daniel Dennet. The difference? At MIT, those students study Daniel Dennet's work with Daniel Dennet.
So, go ahead- tell yourself that all you missed out on was the social network. While you're studying and lamenting (or not caring about) your social network, students at these institutions are learning at twice the rate (and 10x the price) with the assistance of primary 1st hand sources, their collegues, and their grad students who have also heard the story from the horses' mouths.
Thank goodness. As much as I love Nintendo, I'm just not that interested in the DS - too big and too feature-dependent (i.e. touchscreen).
It's smaller and lighter than the orignal GB, and easily pocket-able. As for the touch screen, that may be a love-or-hate thing, but I love it, and most other people seem to also. Just try it and see, at least once, in the store. Metroid is pretty damn good, and exceptional at showing how advantagious the touch screen can be for precise control, since you can play with or without it, and with is definitely better for control.
Wow, I feel like a drug dealer now... First try is free...
Stonehenge doesn't even approach the 10,000 year mark either. Roughly carbon dated to 3,000 BC as well. Those stones are NOT as hard to move as the conspiracy theorists would have you believe.
You took off your tinfoil hat, didn't you?Didn't YOU!?!?::sigh:: Ok, all is not lost! You must, however, be willing to part with your testicles...
I didn't say the government hasn't done anything, I said it doesn't do these things well, specifically in the price-to-product ratio. Further, my point was that such issues are out of the mainstream of what a US President's responsibilities are, and should be. Let the President decide issue like this, and you get federal bans on stem cell research an a national brain drain of interested scientists to countries without bans. Last, I doubt many Slashdot readers have been living, period, for 70 years, much less living them under s bridge.
So, my question for you: Do you seriously read and consider the point of view presented in posts, or automatically latch on to a detail to criticize without a look at the larger context? And if you claim the former, reply with an actual UID rather than AC so I and those who read carefuly can see your other comments to see what the truth is.
People living today only see viruses for the trouble that they cause. It works like natural selection though, making the overall system stronger and more resilant in the long-run
What the hell kind of reasoning is that?
You: Viruses can be good!
Me: Um, why?
You: They make operating systems stronger!
Me: Stronger against what?
You Stronger against viruses!
Reads like a fucking Dilbert comic. I bet you belive a circle is round because the definitiion of a circle is that it is round, and this is a circle, so it must be round, because circles are round.
The plague killed unimaginable percentages of the european population some centuries ago. It's natures little way of saying "Whoa there! Maybe humans don't need to cover every inch of the Earth just yet!".
Besides, the President is supposed to take care of foreign policy. Federal government doesn't do research well, nor does it very effectively dole out cash for such things. No need to waste a candidate's time on this.
At least with this one type of spam I know that the spammer is paying big bugs in bandwith to make it work.
Hold yer horses there Mr Rose-Colored Glasses: Spamers aren't exactly known for their ethical consuption of paid-for-out-of-pocket bandwidth. I'm sure it would be trivial to turn zombied computers into SPIT-bots.
If they use Linux when they grow up, they'll be using a GUI and won't know any more about the Unix command line or Unix internals than the average person knows about the Windows command prompt or Windows internals today.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... IT CAN'T BE TRUE!
Your understanding of female relationships is far to advanced for you to be here; Where is the real ArtDent, and how did you get access to his low UID slashdot account?
Also note worthy is that researchers at MIT have found a way to produce similar results using animal flesh. The most drastic results, reaching the unheard of 99% efficiency level, are in the Equus Caballus species. A resurgence in the use of the term "horse power" is expected.
Some janitor with a penchant for anonymity and serious emotional problems with a fear of commitment will pass by and solve the problem, leaving Google to search for him. Could even make a decent movie....
A truly well done MB design is really a piece of art.
Yes, but while mobos may be art, a piece of art is no necesarily a good mobo- The throughput on a Van Gogh is pretty crappy. Although, I've hear that mobos based on Much's "The Scream" can really move sometimes.
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Violent crimes effect an individual in a very drastic way, and such criminals should be punished harshly. However, non-violent crimes effect enourmous numbers of people, sometimes in minor ways, but often in profound ways. Violent crimes can destroy a life. Non-violent crimes tear at the fabric of society in a subtle but systemic fashion.
Is the person who dies because their healthcare fund was raided less dead, less of a victim, than someone killed with a gun? If you think so, I'd like to know where you've had your education-- that school system or university may need more funding.
I personally would enjoy it very much if the "good of ultimate preference" became something like intelectual/creative thought. "You want that video card? That will be 3 poems, one witticism, and a patentable idea!" Giving change on this type of currency would be interesting as well. "Do you have change for a Trilogy?" Or begging: "Can you spare a haiku?"
You appear to have done some thinking on this issue, but still seem to mistake the symbol of value for the value itself. Even when gold is used, it is still only a symbol of value, or items that have intrinsic value, i.e., food, entertainment etc. In programming terms, even gold is still just a *pointer. The true value are the actual contents of the memory.
Base it on the price of Gold and you only need to worry about the fluctuation of your own economy.
This may be correct, but economies today are even more complicated than when the US went off the gold standard. It's all more global and intertwined, although you may have meant this remark to be only in reference to the game, in which case disregard ;)
I hope we can both at least agree that this purchase seems a bit silly, unless the customer has a lot more money where that came from.
It's turtles, all the way down.
I dunno-- see my original post indicating that I attended a University in which Toni Morrison was taught, not one at which Toni Morrison was teaching. Toni Morrison would, however, be able to give you the non-objective view of what, specifically and exactly, the author was attempting to convey. Anyone else, anywhere else in the world, everyone who is not Toni, can only tell what they think the author was trying to convey.
Your response seems to imply that the Author's point of view on his/her own work does not have as much value as an external party's view of the same-- this is a somewhat popular school of thought on Literary, Historical, and Art cirticism, though not one I agree with. I see the creator of a work of art uniquely qualified to comment on said work; If the world really was a flat rock on the back of a turtle, I'd like to know the reasoning of the person who put it there.
--Cheers
I disagree. Here's an example of the educational difference: Where I went to college, there is a Literature class every semester on the works of Toni Morrison. At Princeton, there is also a Literature class on the works of Toni Morrison. The difference? At Princeton, that class is taught by Toni Morrison. Which students receive the greater insight into the author's ideas and themes?
Here's an example that may hit closer to home for Slashdot readers: At my colllege, in a comp. & cog. sci. class I had, we studied the research of Daniel Dennet. At MIT, students of cog and comp sci also study the research of Daniel Dennet. The difference? At MIT, those students study Daniel Dennet's work with Daniel Dennet.
So, go ahead- tell yourself that all you missed out on was the social network. While you're studying and lamenting (or not caring about) your social network, students at these institutions are learning at twice the rate (and 10x the price) with the assistance of primary 1st hand sources, their collegues, and their grad students who have also heard the story from the horses' mouths.
It's smaller and lighter than the orignal GB, and easily pocket-able. As for the touch screen, that may be a love-or-hate thing, but I love it, and most other people seem to also. Just try it and see, at least once, in the store. Metroid is pretty damn good, and exceptional at showing how advantagious the touch screen can be for precise control, since you can play with or without it, and with is definitely better for control.
Wow, I feel like a drug dealer now... First try is free...
Aditionallly, try putting an HTML ebook(s) on a memory device addressed like this-- I've filled up 128MB SD cards with 80MB of html files this way.
You took off your tinfoil hat, didn't you? Didn't YOU!?!? ::sigh:: Ok, all is not lost! You must, however, be willing to part with your testicles...
David Hume said it best: Cause and effect is bullshit. I'm paraphrasing, of.
So, my question for you: Do you seriously read and consider the point of view presented in posts, or automatically latch on to a detail to criticize without a look at the larger context? And if you claim the former, reply with an actual UID rather than AC so I and those who read carefuly can see your other comments to see what the truth is.
What the hell kind of reasoning is that?
You: Viruses can be good!
Me: Um, why?
You: They make operating systems stronger!
Me: Stronger against what?
You Stronger against viruses!
Reads like a fucking Dilbert comic. I bet you belive a circle is round because the definitiion of a circle is that it is round, and this is a circle, so it must be round, because circles are round.
Besides, the President is supposed to take care of foreign policy. Federal government doesn't do research well, nor does it very effectively dole out cash for such things. No need to waste a candidate's time on this.
Hold yer horses there Mr Rose-Colored Glasses: Spamers aren't exactly known for their ethical consuption of paid-for-out-of-pocket bandwidth. I'm sure it would be trivial to turn zombied computers into SPIT-bots.
Wha... Hey....what's going on...? zzzzzzz...... cthulhu@hastur_can_bite_me.com
Maybe you are. I don't know. What I do know is that donkeys are asses. Mules are, well, mules. And sterile. Cross species lovin' doesn't pay.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... IT CAN'T BE TRUE!
In related news, Kryptonite has also come under fire from critics for killing Superman.
Your understanding of female relationships is far to advanced for you to be here; Where is the real ArtDent, and how did you get access to his low UID slashdot account?
Oh, real nice for you to tell me that now! I was all packed and ready to go.
And how did I get modded insightful? The site I linked to is SatireWire. I'm beginning to thing that some people don't RTFA I link to!
As this article from Satire Wire shows, spam can be a work of art or literature.
Also note worthy is that researchers at MIT have found a way to produce similar results using animal flesh. The most drastic results, reaching the unheard of 99% efficiency level, are in the Equus Caballus species. A resurgence in the use of the term "horse power" is expected.
Some janitor with a penchant for anonymity and serious emotional problems with a fear of commitment will pass by and solve the problem, leaving Google to search for him. Could even make a decent movie....
Yes, but while mobos may be art, a piece of art is no necesarily a good mobo- The throughput on a Van Gogh is pretty crappy. Although, I've hear that mobos based on Much's "The Scream" can really move sometimes.
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