In the last free election in Germany, the Nazis got about 32% of the vote if memory serves, this being in 1932.
In January '33 Hitler was appointed Chancellor by the President (Hindenburg). The Reichstag fire was staged shortly thereafter and new elections were called for. The Nazis only got 45% of the manipulated vote (the Communists and one other party were outlawed by Hindenburg prior to the election, but still got tons of votes). This was sufficient, however, to give him over 50% of the Reichstag seats and thereby pass whatever legislation he liked. The Enabling Act was passed shortly thereafter cementing his dictatorship.
My point is that Hitler was never elected by the German people. It was more of a coup d'etat, aided and abetted by an ailing and possibly demented Hindenburg who died in January 1934.
However, I have to wonder what a high GDP growth and near-full employment are worth if you are dead.
Obviously there is a problem with ANY form of social engineering - it's untested, and has unpredictable results on society. We conservatives say this in response to welfare programs and affirmative action. Modern capitalism and the downsizing trend have social effects. That's not subject to argument. Instead of a knee-jerk conservative 'but it could damage productivity' response, how about taking a look at the problems instead?
You are assuming that the author is stating that the machine in question is the most powerful in the world. Those three sentences do not convey that meaning, however. The author is stating that 'even [if we were using] the most powerful machine on Earth'.
I usually get a bit of that out of my rectum each morning.
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I can't be bothered buying their cards. I have used ATI boards since 1987. I have owned the EGA Wonder 800, VGA Wonder, Mach8 accelerator (a Win 3.1 accelerator!), Rage chipset boards, Radeons from 7000-9000. Since I ran into a Linux brick wall with them (no specs, no binary drivers) my last two purchases have been Nvidia. I recommend the same for you if you use Linux.
There IS no market for web 3D. Since it wasn't possible to create a market beforehand, perhaps this was the only option for him. It looks, from his blog, like he got to this point only after several failed ventures. A VRML successor was the end result of these. Therefore, making this an ISO standard probably wasn't his initial goal. It was probably easier than admitting that his work in the recent past had mostly been a wasted.
My biggest question is: why is this on the Slashdot front page? I don't think most people care.
I wish it had, but all the multicultural horseshit in schoolbooks nowadays doesn't attack the issues. Wisdom, ethics, responsibility - these things have no place in education because they smack of morality, which is forbidden to be taught as an adjunct of religion.
I'm almost entirely atheist (a lapsed Catholic) but these values have a place, religion or no. How many decades will it be before someone sits down and tries this?
You haven't walked the streets much apparently if you think progress has been made. While a black middle class has arisen, there are still just as many trapped in slums as before, and the racial stigma has not lifted. The problems have changed: it's no longer alcohol but rather other kinds of drugs that serve as the symptom. These are the followers: they are left behind.
In the business world, glass ceilings still exist for women. It isn't as apparent, but it's there. Moreover, I can count (but I consider it shocking) how many times i've been directed to 'find a woman' for a job because our ratios are horrible. Invariably, this is a low level job, and invariably, management doesn't give the women quite the same chance that the men have to bond with them.
In terms of mocking minorities, I am not going to repost something, but read my JE of a few months ago, happening right in suburban NJ. Then tell me things are better.
Discrimination has no solution. Look at the two alternatives:
Ignore the discrimination and trust to human nature: well, human nature doesn't have an exemplary history of ensuring nondiscrimination. Gender based roles (and racial/appearance based roles) are tightly integrated with just about every society whether animal or human, and a certain portion of the population (the 'followers') will feel constrained by these roles despite their fitness to take on others, absent gender/racial or appearance based stigma.
Have a whole host of rules and regulations to make sure society and employment are nondiscriminatory. This causes stigma for the beneficiaries of said regulation, with the perception (if not reality) that they are unqualified for the positions granted them by the regulation. Moreover, it also encourages corruption, whereby those of means are able to avoid the regulations. The net effect is that no one is happy - not the wronged groups, and not the traditional advantaged groups. Ultimately this will cause more discrimination as a result, solving nothing.
The belief of the 1960s progenitors of US affirmative action programs (most notably the late Sen. Moynihan) was that a period of #2 would permit #1 to succeed. I believe the last 40 years have proven him rather misguided. I don't know what the solution is - and I doubt there is one - but enforced discrimination isn't it.
Web browsers cannot do this, and using the browser for applications better served by a terminal interface is why we've taken a great leap backward in usability.
What if they decide using Linux is 'hate speech against capitalism'?
It's very unlikely, but still. I have no idea what you do with your time. You could be a Mason and have a secret handshake. You could be a goth and like to pretend to be a vampire. Whatever - the point is that your speech should be protected even if it IS 'hate speech', which is something the US doesn't recognize, because the authors of our Constitution correctly divined that someday, someone would use that capability to outlaw speech they didn't like, which is oppressive.
Just like this French law is. The French can have whatever laws they like but i'll be damned if an American firm has to abide by them when conducting operations on US soil.
It's because its opponents include people like you with a political axe to grind. You're not making a good poster boy for OSS. They'll use the specter of people like you to convince politicians that any measure is appropriate to defend free enterprise against you.
Example: refusal to extradite criminals who might be subject to a death penalty in the US. Moral indignation is the reason why.
Comity my ass, the same principle applies here. Censorship laws are bullshit in the US, and no US company should have to bend a millimeter to a censorship law that smacks of being written by a Fascist.
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However, Orwell's Animal Farm is a bit more interesting.
Maybe the Martians stole Welles' text.
In the last free election in Germany, the Nazis got about 32% of the vote if memory serves, this being in 1932.
In January '33 Hitler was appointed Chancellor by the President (Hindenburg). The Reichstag fire was staged shortly thereafter and new elections were called for. The Nazis only got 45% of the manipulated vote (the Communists and one other party were outlawed by Hindenburg prior to the election, but still got tons of votes). This was sufficient, however, to give him over 50% of the Reichstag seats and thereby pass whatever legislation he liked. The Enabling Act was passed shortly thereafter cementing his dictatorship.
My point is that Hitler was never elected by the German people. It was more of a coup d'etat, aided and abetted by an ailing and possibly demented Hindenburg who died in January 1934.
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Seriously.
However, I have to wonder what a high GDP growth and near-full employment are worth if you are dead.
Obviously there is a problem with ANY form of social engineering - it's untested, and has unpredictable results on society. We conservatives say this in response to welfare programs and affirmative action. Modern capitalism and the downsizing trend have social effects. That's not subject to argument. Instead of a knee-jerk conservative 'but it could damage productivity' response, how about taking a look at the problems instead?
You are assuming that the author is stating that the machine in question is the most powerful in the world. Those three sentences do not convey that meaning, however. The author is stating that 'even [if we were using] the most powerful machine on Earth'.
Tritium isn't even used in the process. Deuterium, which is far more common, is.
One neutron versus two.
I usually get a bit of that out of my rectum each morning.
I can't be bothered buying their cards. I have used ATI boards since 1987. I have owned the EGA Wonder 800, VGA Wonder, Mach8 accelerator (a Win 3.1 accelerator!), Rage chipset boards, Radeons from 7000-9000. Since I ran into a Linux brick wall with them (no specs, no binary drivers) my last two purchases have been Nvidia. I recommend the same for you if you use Linux.
I'm going to accept advice on the future from someone who can't tell the difference between your and you're.
Right.
There IS no market for web 3D. Since it wasn't possible to create a market beforehand, perhaps this was the only option for him. It looks, from his blog, like he got to this point only after several failed ventures. A VRML successor was the end result of these. Therefore, making this an ISO standard probably wasn't his initial goal. It was probably easier than admitting that his work in the recent past had mostly been a wasted.
My biggest question is: why is this on the Slashdot front page? I don't think most people care.
The exultant cry of vengeance!
You didn't read my JE.
The hard core of the issue, bigotry, still remains.
I wish it had, but all the multicultural horseshit in schoolbooks nowadays doesn't attack the issues. Wisdom, ethics, responsibility - these things have no place in education because they smack of morality, which is forbidden to be taught as an adjunct of religion.
I'm almost entirely atheist (a lapsed Catholic) but these values have a place, religion or no. How many decades will it be before someone sits down and tries this?
How do you enforce this? With EEOCs? Jail time? Bullet to the head?
If you ignore it, it's the functional equivalent of #1 in the grandparent.
If you enforce it, it's the functional equivalent of #2 in the grandparent.
In other words, no solution at all.
You haven't walked the streets much apparently if you think progress has been made. While a black middle class has arisen, there are still just as many trapped in slums as before, and the racial stigma has not lifted. The problems have changed: it's no longer alcohol but rather other kinds of drugs that serve as the symptom. These are the followers: they are left behind.
In the business world, glass ceilings still exist for women. It isn't as apparent, but it's there. Moreover, I can count (but I consider it shocking) how many times i've been directed to 'find a woman' for a job because our ratios are horrible. Invariably, this is a low level job, and invariably, management doesn't give the women quite the same chance that the men have to bond with them.
In terms of mocking minorities, I am not going to repost something, but read my JE of a few months ago, happening right in suburban NJ. Then tell me things are better.
The belief of the 1960s progenitors of US affirmative action programs (most notably the late Sen. Moynihan) was that a period of #2 would permit #1 to succeed. I believe the last 40 years have proven him rather misguided. I don't know what the solution is - and I doubt there is one - but enforced discrimination isn't it.
Web browsers cannot do this, and using the browser for applications better served by a terminal interface is why we've taken a great leap backward in usability.
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The correct link is www.goat.cx. Goatse got suspended by the cx registry.
For christ's sake, at least troll correctly.
Your complacent belief that allowing that sort of censorship is okay given the context is how the totalitarians will ultimately win.
What if they decide using Linux is 'hate speech against capitalism'?
It's very unlikely, but still. I have no idea what you do with your time. You could be a Mason and have a secret handshake. You could be a goth and like to pretend to be a vampire. Whatever - the point is that your speech should be protected even if it IS 'hate speech', which is something the US doesn't recognize, because the authors of our Constitution correctly divined that someday, someone would use that capability to outlaw speech they didn't like, which is oppressive.
Just like this French law is. The French can have whatever laws they like but i'll be damned if an American firm has to abide by them when conducting operations on US soil.
It's because its opponents include people like you with a political axe to grind. You're not making a good poster boy for OSS. They'll use the specter of people like you to convince politicians that any measure is appropriate to defend free enterprise against you.
Example: refusal to extradite criminals who might be subject to a death penalty in the US. Moral indignation is the reason why.
Comity my ass, the same principle applies here. Censorship laws are bullshit in the US, and no US company should have to bend a millimeter to a censorship law that smacks of being written by a Fascist.
My IBM 42H1292 keyboard is the only one I will use. My noisy clacking will destroy your puny membrane switches!
Would it be ok to continue pillaging, though?
Thank you.
This has happened before.