I don't think you could go near the money at all. As soon as you touch it you would end up assisting in it's creation. Say it was something you were truly interested in working on - then you have the option of a) trying to find private non-military/DOD funding. or b) doing it yourself.
Either of those may be unfeasable depending on the gizmo. But if you do get it created than you are set. It may always be possible that the DOD/military will come along later and swipe it. But at least you can damn them for it and be free of any guilt. This would of course depend again on the gizmo and or the creators political views. Scientists tend to work on things that interest them and so I'm sure there are tons out there that have no problems working on military projects. As far as I'm concerned though - I'd try to stick with the stuff that moves civilization along and not backwards.
"The Federal Communications Commission issued regulations in November 1998 implementing the law.[2889] The regulations include several additional provisions including requiring that all mobile phone companies facilitate location tracking of users. Privacy groups challenged the implementation of the law in federal court and telecommunications companies, who argued that the regulations give the government more power than authorized under the law and the Constitution.[2890] In August 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that law enforcement agencies must meet the highest legal standard before using these new surveillance capabilities."
I was traumatized by "To Sail Beyond the Sunset". It was simply horrible, It took half a year before I could pick up another Sci-Fi book. I enjoyed "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" though and many of his other books/short stories were good, so I suppose there is hope....
Look, I love the idea of linux. It's a movement that has a chance of improving not only technology but the way people interact with each other. In so far as it leans hard against the greed factor. I tried to switch to linux when the msblast worm hit. I had a copy of madrake and it installed fairly easily but that was where the ease stopped. I can run basic apps, star office is great and I can get to the net without issue but I'll be damned If I can get anything I download to install. I haven't found a manual yet that clearly says how to do it either. What the hell is get tar ball.gz, do I put on app on top of another to get it to kick off. I'm using KDE if that makes any difference This may sound like a troll but I am dead serious and would appreciate it if anyone could point me in the right direction, aside from google. As for now the ideals of M$ may suck ass but It's darn easy to get anything to run.
SCO Rep: "And how would you like to pay for your SCO IP license?"
Linux Customer: "I would, very much, like to pay in buckets of poop."
SCO Rep: "Buckets of what?"
Linux Customer: "Buckets of poop, Sir. I would be delighted to top off your 'full of Shit' meter. It will, of course, be the poop of the highest standard. Eat it with a silver spoon, you can."
Red Hat's "decision to file legal action does not seem conducive to the long-term survivability of Linux--" is chilling in light of the business strategy that SCO has adopted in its sales of UnixWare licenses to actual and potential users of the Linux kernel.
I wouldn't say "chilling", I would say "ironic", or perhaps "stupid".
Does this remind anyone of the white room that the ships have to go through to get to Zion in the Matrix Reloaded. You have to look at the pictures. Af first I thought these would just be holos over a table, but this is much more versatile. Especially if you mix this with the FOG screens over at arstechnica. That could create a pretty interactive environment.
It's much too bright out there when that things on, and too dark out when it's off... Anyway, I was looking forward to when these shirts would come out. But I can't say that I like any of them. So, oh well... The Einstein one is bloody horrible though; I can only imagine how bad the one's were that didn't get honorable mention.
Lot's of scientists have been tossed about because of bad science (e.g. Lamarckian evolution) However, people seem to get very upset when you show Jesus' flaws. Let alone bring up the fact that religion is inconsistant (consistancy being a key to science) and that not one reasonable person could defend religion for more than five minutes in a reasonable manner without relying on either the word "faith" or a viscious circle of dogmatic unprovable logic
Fuck does not necessarily mean hate. Although it is easy to take it as it's implied meaning. I would not advocate personal hate towards another but as a representative head of the RIAA I am sure he knows that his position is one of loathing by the masses. That and as I am sure you have read the articles about his background: he was the Chief of Staff for Bill Frist, specifically. So he must not have any problems making tons 'o' money while screwing over the general populace. He has no integrity and will fill Ms. Rosens' shoes quite well.
So lets all welcome Mitchy to his new job with a giant FUCK YOU!
Dean is interesting and better than any of the other candidates but he's for the death penalty which would be yet another setback for the progression of civilization.
How do you feel personally about cases that involve people sharing files. Not hacking networks or destroying and manipulating an individual's private information. But, people, more and more frequently younger people, sharing files? In particular where do you stand on the RIAA/P2P situation? Is it just a matter of "This is where the money is/Just doing what I'm told." Or, do you feel deeply about your position and if so how do you think it helps to progress civilization? I am trying to ask these questions in an unbiased manner but it is difficult it understand your side of the coin.
I am still waiting for the car that drives itself. Commuting anywhere is a wicked pain. I don't know how you got modded up though. what you said, no matter how you qualify it still makes you an ass.
See, that's the only reason I don't get Tivo. I'm pretty sure that is the point of Tivo so I won't argue it. But I don't want to be compiled into too many stats and I don't want all my viewing habbits monitored.... But that's just me I guess. Is there another version w/o snooping built in?
Sorry but someone has to point out the horrible inaccuracy of this analogy. I guess it would follow more like this: And if I were rich and then someone made a law stating that...no wait...damn I can't even work that into something coherent. It's that bad an analogy. To put it another way. If we were once allowed to do something (work with programs and hardware for purposes other than they were intended for personal use) and then some old idiots said "Oh, no, some big fscking companies said they don't like you messing with there stuff even though you bought it. So you can't do it." and people responded in turn "You fscking suck and can either live up to our demands as your customers and make what we want or we'll tell other people how to do it for themselves." I just don't get why they are bothering to include MSoft in the loop. Just give it to the people...
This just makes me sad. I was under the impression that Sweden was far ahead of the U.S. as far as civilized intelligent decision makers were concerned. I was eventually looking forward to moving to a country that valued basic rights and understood the value of freedom. At a minimum in relation to humans vs. companies. Ah well, another country crossed off the list. Here's to hoping that the EUCD proposal gets flushed down the toilet...
On the contrary Mr. AC, I watch Fox. It's the best way to get the right-wing perspective. I will freely state that I am not centrist. I am far to the left and reside with the small category of people that value freedom. That real kind of freedom that doesn't bow to invasion of privasy even if privasy isn't technically included in the constitution. I do not think the constituion is the end-all either. It is a flawed piece of work and the founding fathers knew that. It would be great if "modern people" understood that as well, instead of just blabbering about nutcases whenever they disagree with something.
Mod parent up as funny!
"Fox is centrist... concerned with accuracy."
Man, that's funny.. Has Trolling officially been moved to Monday?
To stay slightly on topic. I really like the idea of the Segway. It was the implementation that didn't work so well. Eventually I think/hope they will come out with models that have a better range and are lighter and faster.
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I don't think you could go near the money at all. As soon as you touch it you would end up assisting in it's creation. Say it was something you were truly interested in working on - then you have the option of a) trying to find private non-military/DOD funding. or b) doing it yourself. Either of those may be unfeasable depending on the gizmo. But if you do get it created than you are set. It may always be possible that the DOD/military will come along later and swipe it. But at least you can damn them for it and be free of any guilt. This would of course depend again on the gizmo and or the creators political views. Scientists tend to work on things that interest them and so I'm sure there are tons out there that have no problems working on military projects. As far as I'm concerned though - I'd try to stick with the stuff that moves civilization along and not backwards.
Ethics might be a good reason. It's difficult to rationalize taking blood money just because what you create might end up being used for bad purposes.
Well, it used to be difficult...now it's sharp business.
Apparently you missed the part that said:
"The Federal Communications Commission issued regulations in November 1998 implementing the law.[2889] The regulations include several additional provisions including requiring that all mobile phone companies facilitate location tracking of users. Privacy groups challenged the implementation of the law in federal court and telecommunications companies, who argued that the regulations give the government more power than authorized under the law and the Constitution.[2890] In August 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that law enforcement agencies must meet the highest legal standard before using these new surveillance capabilities."
Nothing to see here...move along...
I was traumatized by "To Sail Beyond the Sunset". It was simply horrible, It took half a year before I could pick up another Sci-Fi book. I enjoyed "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" though and many of his other books/short stories were good, so I suppose there is hope....
Look, I love the idea of linux. It's a movement that has a chance of improving not only technology but the way people interact with each other. In so far as it leans hard against the greed factor. I tried to switch to linux when the msblast worm hit. I had a copy of madrake and it installed fairly easily but that was where the ease stopped. I can run basic apps, star office is great and I can get to the net without issue but I'll be damned If I can get anything I download to install. I haven't found a manual yet that clearly says how to do it either. What the hell is get tar ball.gz, do I put on app on top of another to get it to kick off. I'm using KDE if that makes any difference This may sound like a troll but I am dead serious and would appreciate it if anyone could point me in the right direction, aside from google. As for now the ideals of M$ may suck ass but It's darn easy to get anything to run.
SCO Rep: "And how would you like to pay for your SCO IP license?"
Linux Customer: "I would, very much, like to pay in buckets of poop."
SCO Rep: "Buckets of what?"
Linux Customer: "Buckets of poop, Sir. I would be delighted to top off your 'full of Shit' meter. It will, of course, be the poop of the highest standard. Eat it with a silver spoon, you can."
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Red Hat's "decision to file legal action does not seem conducive to the long-term survivability of Linux--" is chilling in light of the business strategy that SCO has adopted in its sales of UnixWare licenses to actual and potential users of the Linux kernel.
I wouldn't say "chilling", I would say "ironic", or perhaps "stupid".
Does this remind anyone of the white room that the ships have to go through to get to Zion in the Matrix Reloaded. You have to look at the pictures. Af first I thought these would just be holos over a table, but this is much more versatile. Especially if you mix this with the FOG screens over at arstechnica. That could create a pretty interactive environment.
Not sure that's quite right. I only have one eye and I've been able to see any holos I've looked at it's that damned 3D that I can't get past....
Still, it's the tactile feel of the keyboard that would be hard to move away from.
It's much too bright out there when that things on, and too dark out when it's off... Anyway, I was looking forward to when these shirts would come out. But I can't say that I like any of them. So, oh well... The Einstein one is bloody horrible though; I can only imagine how bad the one's were that didn't get honorable mention.
Lot's of scientists have been tossed about because of bad science (e.g. Lamarckian evolution) However, people seem to get very upset when you show Jesus' flaws. Let alone bring up the fact that religion is inconsistant (consistancy being a key to science) and that not one reasonable person could defend religion for more than five minutes in a reasonable manner without relying on either the word "faith" or a viscious circle of dogmatic unprovable logic
Fuck does not necessarily mean hate. Although it is easy to take it as it's implied meaning. I would not advocate personal hate towards another but as a representative head of the RIAA I am sure he knows that his position is one of loathing by the masses. That and as I am sure you have read the articles about his background: he was the Chief of Staff for Bill Frist, specifically. So he must not have any problems making tons 'o' money while screwing over the general populace. He has no integrity and will fill Ms. Rosens' shoes quite well.
So lets all welcome Mitchy to his new job with a giant FUCK YOU!
They didn't include the extra day in a leap year in the calculation. That'll shave some time off...
Fuck the RIAA and Mitch Bainwol
There's nothing like compromising the integrity of the U.S. is there, Mitch. Oh, wait the U.S. doesn't have any integrity left due to people like you.
Damn Republicans....
Dean is interesting and better than any of the other candidates but he's for the death penalty which would be yet another setback for the progression of civilization.
Bring Nader back.
My first thought upon reading the article was: "I doubt the circutry would last long in my microwave."
How do you feel personally about cases that involve people sharing files. Not hacking networks or destroying and manipulating an individual's private information. But, people, more and more frequently younger people, sharing files? In particular where do you stand on the RIAA/P2P situation? Is it just a matter of "This is where the money is/Just doing what I'm told." Or, do you feel deeply about your position and if so how do you think it helps to progress civilization? I am trying to ask these questions in an unbiased manner but it is difficult it understand your side of the coin.
I am still waiting for the car that drives itself. Commuting anywhere is a wicked pain. I don't know how you got modded up though. what you said, no matter how you qualify it still makes you an ass.
See, that's the only reason I don't get Tivo. I'm pretty sure that is the point of Tivo so I won't argue it. But I don't want to be compiled into too many stats and I don't want all my viewing habbits monitored.... But that's just me I guess. Is there another version w/o snooping built in?
Sorry but someone has to point out the horrible inaccuracy of this analogy. I guess it would follow more like this:
And if I were rich and then someone made a law stating that...no wait...damn I can't even work that into something coherent. It's that bad an analogy.
To put it another way. If we were once allowed to do something (work with programs and hardware for purposes other than they were intended for personal use) and then some old idiots said "Oh, no, some big fscking companies said they don't like you messing with there stuff even though you bought it. So you can't do it." and people responded in turn "You fscking suck and can either live up to our demands as your customers and make what we want or we'll tell other people how to do it for themselves."
I just don't get why they are bothering to include MSoft in the loop.
Just give it to the people...
This just makes me sad. I was under the impression that Sweden was far ahead of the U.S. as far as civilized intelligent decision makers were concerned. I was eventually looking forward to moving to a country that valued basic rights and understood the value of freedom. At a minimum in relation to humans vs. companies. Ah well, another country crossed off the list. Here's to hoping that the EUCD proposal gets flushed down the toilet...
Now if you think about it, who wants to be around a blind man with a stick,
I am a blind man without a stick. I swing code around instead...
The answers were excellent though.
On the contrary Mr. AC, I watch Fox. It's the best way to get the right-wing perspective. I will freely state that I am not centrist. I am far to the left and reside with the small category of people that value freedom. That real kind of freedom that doesn't bow to invasion of privasy even if privasy isn't technically included in the constitution. I do not think the constituion is the end-all either. It is a flawed piece of work and the founding fathers knew that. It would be great if "modern people" understood that as well, instead of just blabbering about nutcases whenever they disagree with something.
Mod parent up as funny!
"Fox is centrist... concerned with accuracy."
Man, that's funny.. Has Trolling officially been moved to Monday?
To stay slightly on topic. I really like the idea of the Segway. It was the implementation that didn't work so well. Eventually I think/hope they will come out with models that have a better range and are lighter and faster.
I bave been trying to get this on DVD for a couple of years. Has anyone heard any news on it?