no offence intended... but are you white/caucasian/member of the majority race?
i am a sri lankan living in sri lanka, and i am (officially) sinhalese.. the majority race.. i know that my being part of the majority has got me out of a lot of grief... and because of that i go out of my way to help people that are getting grief because they are the minority..
i am not blaming you, far from it. but saying that a white person running with a laptop would probably be treated far FAR differently from a POC doing the same thing
terrorism/terrizm/ Noun: The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
*The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.*
how many governments does that definition cover?
how many politicians?
as someone who was born, (mostly) grew up in, and currently lives in, a country where the term "terrorism/terrorist" is used in SO many contexts -.lk for those who want to know (not.us like many would think) - the word "terrorism" is more accurately defined as "that guy over there that we don't agree with"..
unfortunately, "terrorist" has become a new witch-hunt word - equal in power (or a VERY close second to "pedo")
i think it is time that we ALL start identifying ourselves as terrorists.. because close to every political statement we make - including "seriously.. can you imagine life with THAT guy in office" while standing at the water cooler - can be construed as terrorism..
this is one of the reasons that the UN has yet to define terrorism.. because if they were to do so, many - in fact, most - governments would fall under the "terrorist" definition.
my advice; call, email, write a letter, send a pigeon to senator leiberman (and any others supporting this bill and tell them "you are not with us. you are not with the terrorists. you ARE a terrorist".. maybe they will get the clue
from what i have been reading (please don't ask me to cite sources, it was a long time ago, i think the./ article linked in TFS may have been one of them), TX is the biggest buyer of textbooks in the US. if they could have swung TX, the publishers would have to either go along with the creationists, or publish a texas-only version of the books. considering that the publishers would (probably) not publish a TX only book, and would just add creationism to the books, then getting creationism into the curricula of the other states would be a fait accompli.
in that case, throwing all their effort into TX would make sense for creationists (kind of like the US electoral system). and with that kind of marketing directed at them, it makes it even more laudable that TX DIDN'T pass it.
10 years ago, i was flying from london to sri lanka via jordan airport.
I had a DJ magazine with me for a DJ friend in sri lanka, and lacking anything to read on the flight, i had it in my hand.
the guy at immigration saw the magazine in my bag and wanted to take a look. i knew what was going on, and i also knew that hte magazine didn't have anything they could even REMOTELY consider "lascivious" so i let him have it.
he leafed through a few pages and asked me (with great disappointment) "no mwah mwah mwah?" while kissing his hand.
i had a hard time NOT telling him that i was an IT geek, and we can get our "mwah mwah mwah" from the internet.
the point i am trying to make is that when you try to suppress a biological impulse, nay NECESSITY, people will find a way to get access to it.
they are trying to implement a pornwall in sri lanka as well. a year ago the government blocked ELEVEN sites. now they want to block a hundred. I know the guys in charge of the pornwall. I know their abilities. i know at least two of them are in a porn mailing list that has been in existence in one form or the other since 1998
i would REALLY doubt it was incompetence on the part of the people running the firewall. that is created to make the politicians and the religious extremists feel better.
if the IT guys wanted to take down a site, they would, but most of them really don't want to, and really don't care. as far as they are concerned, they are doing their jobs, but when it comes to things like this "their job" is the bare minimum they are forced to do.
No.. it's gone from a giant monolith that brakes for nobody to a huge entity that will suck the air out of our atmosphere (and possibly charge us for using it)
Hopefully, soon after that they'll go from suck to blow
YIAASL (Yes I Am A Sri Lankan) and I disagree with one of your remarks.
We have had more than a few bomb attacks here in.lk, but as far as I know, none of them were caught before the act. This despite ubiquitous checkpoints, lots of "only you can stop a terrorist" propaganda, and the formation of "Civil Defence Committees" - the government-sanctioned and approved curtain-twitcher brigade.
The fact that no checkpoint has ever caught a "terrorist" was underlined by our Chief Justice almost a year ago.
This hasn't stopped the government from raiding tamil lodges, the brother of the president - who also is the secretary of defence (or should it be the other way round?) from claiming that all tamils who are in the main city should be "sent back to their homes" (and actually doing it once before the CJ stopped him), and continuous harrassment of the general public with checkpoints etc etc etc.
But the bombers seem to get through. Either they blow themselves up, or they leave a parcel bomb behind. And if they don't bomb the place, the government might in a false-flag attack to maintain power.
I can't vouch for Israel or Iraq, but here in SL, we have yet to catch a single suicide bomber before s/he blew him/herself up. And, as for your other point, they are not always (or even mostly) "bug-eyed, sweating, twitching, and frequently high"
why NOT advertise on geek sites like/.? there are enough of us here who pretty much wanted to go into space as soon as they heard it was a job opportunity. even i am willing to drag my sorry ass off the couch and start training if there was even a 0.001 chance that i would get chosen. and i really don't care where i go, ISS, moon, mars.. one way or return ticket. cover my food and lodging (and broadband) and you don't even need to pay me.
Slashdot Mirror
no offence intended ... but are you white/caucasian/member of the majority race?
i am a sri lankan living in sri lanka, and i am (officially) sinhalese .. the majority race .. i know that my being part of the majority has got me out of a lot of grief ... and because of that i go out of my way to help people that are getting grief because they are the minority ..
i am not blaming you, far from it. but saying that a white person running with a laptop would probably be treated far FAR differently from a POC doing the same thing
on thunderbird:
edit > account settings > [account in question] > copies & folders > tick "place replies in the folder of the message being replied to"
admittedly a few more steps than "click on 'conversation view'" .. but it is there .. and i love it so much
suchetha
Supposedly this patent is from 2010..
but according to this article "[Search by sketch] was mentioned in years 2007, 2010 and sometime in the late 90s"
if that is the case then there should be enough prior art to invalidate the patent for this concept
... according to google is
terrorism/terrizm/
Noun:
The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
*The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.*
how many governments does that definition cover?
how many politicians?
as someone who was born, (mostly) grew up in, and currently lives in, a country where the term "terrorism/terrorist" is used in SO many contexts - .lk for those who want to know (not .us like many would think) - the word "terrorism" is more accurately defined as "that guy over there that we don't agree with"..
unfortunately, "terrorist" has become a new witch-hunt word - equal in power (or a VERY close second to "pedo")
i think it is time that we ALL start identifying ourselves as terrorists.. because close to every political statement we make - including "seriously.. can you imagine life with THAT guy in office" while standing at the water cooler - can be construed as terrorism..
this is one of the reasons that the UN has yet to define terrorism.. because if they were to do so, many - in fact, most - governments would fall under the "terrorist" definition.
my advice; call, email, write a letter, send a pigeon to senator leiberman (and any others supporting this bill and tell them "you are not with us. you are not with the terrorists. you ARE a terrorist".. maybe they will get the clue
Suchetha "why yes, i am a terrorist" Wijenayake
from what i have been reading (please don't ask me to cite sources, it was a long time ago, i think the ./ article linked in TFS may have been one of them), TX is the biggest buyer of textbooks in the US. if they could have swung TX, the publishers would have to either go along with the creationists, or publish a texas-only version of the books. considering that the publishers would (probably) not publish a TX only book, and would just add creationism to the books, then getting creationism into the curricula of the other states would be a fait accompli.
in that case, throwing all their effort into TX would make sense for creationists (kind of like the US electoral system). and with that kind of marketing directed at them, it makes it even more laudable that TX DIDN'T pass it.
10 years ago, i was flying from london to sri lanka via jordan airport.
I had a DJ magazine with me for a DJ friend in sri lanka, and lacking anything to read on the flight, i had it in my hand.
the guy at immigration saw the magazine in my bag and wanted to take a look. i knew what was going on, and i also knew that hte magazine didn't have anything they could even REMOTELY consider "lascivious" so i let him have it.
he leafed through a few pages and asked me (with great disappointment) "no mwah mwah mwah?" while kissing his hand.
i had a hard time NOT telling him that i was an IT geek, and we can get our "mwah mwah mwah" from the internet.
the point i am trying to make is that when you try to suppress a biological impulse, nay NECESSITY, people will find a way to get access to it.
they are trying to implement a pornwall in sri lanka as well. a year ago the government blocked ELEVEN sites. now they want to block a hundred. I know the guys in charge of the pornwall. I know their abilities. i know at least two of them are in a porn mailing list that has been in existence in one form or the other since 1998
i would REALLY doubt it was incompetence on the part of the people running the firewall. that is created to make the politicians and the religious extremists feel better.
if the IT guys wanted to take down a site, they would, but most of them really don't want to, and really don't care. as far as they are concerned, they are doing their jobs, but when it comes to things like this "their job" is the bare minimum they are forced to do.
There are no such women.
Yes there are. I'm married to one. Talk about geek heaven...
so.. umm.. she got a sister?
Ook!
OOK!
why THIS of course!!
Yes, they were
and IIRC they only 'released' a 1000 block at a time
thetropics/7666 the website from hell (aka the lucky devil)
it's gone too. it used to be mentioned on one of the MIT Sinhala pages as a Sinhala language resource on the net.
Suchetha
No.. it's gone from a giant monolith that brakes for nobody to a huge entity that will suck the air out of our atmosphere (and possibly charge us for using it)
Hopefully, soon after that they'll go from suck to blow
at 13, there are *no* ugly girls
also at 14, 15, 16, 17.
at 18 there is booze..
lost it at 15 to a 19 yr old.. OMG i was *RAPED*
well isn't that .. special
(thank yous to Shepherd Book and The Church Lady)
YIAASL (Yes I Am A Sri Lankan) and I disagree with one of your remarks.
We have had more than a few bomb attacks here in .lk, but as far as I know, none of them were caught before the act. This despite ubiquitous checkpoints, lots of "only you can stop a terrorist" propaganda, and the formation of "Civil Defence Committees" - the government-sanctioned and approved curtain-twitcher brigade.
The fact that no checkpoint has ever caught a "terrorist" was underlined by our Chief Justice almost a year ago.
This hasn't stopped the government from raiding tamil lodges, the brother of the president - who also is the secretary of defence (or should it be the other way round?) from claiming that all tamils who are in the main city should be "sent back to their homes" (and actually doing it once before the CJ stopped him), and continuous harrassment of the general public with checkpoints etc etc etc.
But the bombers seem to get through. Either they blow themselves up, or they leave a parcel bomb behind. And if they don't bomb the place, the government might in a false-flag attack to maintain power.
I can't vouch for Israel or Iraq, but here in SL, we have yet to catch a single suicide bomber before s/he blew him/herself up. And, as for your other point, they are not always (or even mostly) "bug-eyed, sweating, twitching, and frequently high"
My blog Rants Raves and Miscellaneous Musings may help you understand.
all well and good.. but remember
whatever you do.. DON'T MENTION THE WAREZ
.. served me with a restraining order
why NOT advertise on geek sites like /.? there are enough of us here who pretty much wanted to go into space as soon as they heard it was a job opportunity. even i am willing to drag my sorry ass off the couch and start training if there was even a 0.001 chance that i would get chosen. and i really don't care where i go, ISS, moon, mars.. one way or return ticket. cover my food and lodging (and broadband) and you don't even need to pay me.
.. its that they didn't even BOTHER to call me after that.
... on linux?
t.rex come from engerland?
Suchetha
jesus.. was JEWISH
and raise you a Yahoo Serious
Ever hear of the "microsoft tax" that you pay when you buy a computer? well guess where another such tax is going to be applied to.
whether you use it FAT formatted or not, the manufacturer will be paying the tax to billyboy and transferring the cost (and then some) to you
good luck evading this one
Suchetha