You would beta someone to death with Macbook on a flight for acting weird? There is a CSI season 1 episode that deals with a similar situation, called "Undfriendly Skies".
It does work. How, I don't know. And it's not my business to know. Homeopathy is not an easy discipline to master and best homeopathic doctors are in India.
Of course my "proof" is just a series of personal anectodes, like my wifes recurrent brain tumor shrinking and disappearing completely 3 months after starting homeopathic treatment. Confirmed by MRI. Chronic ulcer that could be barely contained by western medicine going away 6 years ago after homeo treatment? Could be a string of accidents and correlation=!causation but, hell if I go to a non-homeopath again unless it's for broken bones or similar. Arnica, bryonia, nux vomica, they are such great helpers, I dont know how I would live w/o them.
I think you missed the point. NK is not going to launch a nuclear missile at the United States. Nuclear weapons protect them from an invasion because they can instantly kill a hundred thousand troops once we step on their soil. Sure we can turn their country into a parking lot immediately after that. But it's a gamble that no politician in the US would be willing to make.
I'm interested why should I pay out of my pocket to run a phone line to some shithole little town
in the middle of nowhere? Let me guess now that internet access has been declared a human right all
the nice people in small towns and rural communities expect me to pay for their broadband as well?
But maybe, just maybe they'll one day realize that everything has both benefits and disadvantages.
Low crime rate, low pollution, friendly neighbors but on the other hand no phone and internet.
Let them exercise their freedom of will and make informed choices for themselves.
Are you saying there are philosophers that go against the Turing test definition of intelligence? If so, how do that know that anyone besides themselves is intelligent? For all I know everyone I know is just a robot mimicking intelligent and emotional behavior.
And yet it's possible for obese people to first become unhealthily sin and then starve to death. If there is no food around there is not one thing your Body can magically do to preserve weight, and no amount of hand-waving and politically correct talk can get around the laws of physics. Therefore the only thing you Body can do is to make you take the trip to the fridge more often or get that extra-large upgrade at MacDonald's. And that, is completely under control of one's will.
It's called "Computer SCIENCE" for a reason. It's not magic. If something breaks, it can be backed out.
Have you watched the SICP 86 videos by Hal Abelson and Gerald Sussman? It's neither science nor it's about computers. And it's actually more like MAGIC.
And you think that Kasparov became a World champion by sitting alone with a chess set on a desert island for 30 years? Actually, he was sent to a specialized Soviet chess school at around 6 or 7 of age and from there on had the chess knowledge programmed into his head for 10 hours every day until he could recall the begining, middle and endgame of every remotely interesting chess match without error. So he is not much dofferent from a chess computer.
Sure, Sir Elton
Shutdown the Internet! Then we'll all go to bars and basements jamming together, building up on each others rhythms, creating beautiful live music!
While the idle rich are roaming around breaking your stuff at will because several thousand dollars means nothing to them. Do you want to encourage more Paris Hilton type behavior? Break the law, pay the restutution fine, forget about it immediately, do it again.
Amazing intellectual dishonesty on you part here. Lots of vague words trying to explain the fact that you can't provide even a basic outline of you argument or just an example.
It won't sell here locked. People in Europe and Asia find the very idea of a locked phone rather fruity. You shop for a phone you like then compare monthly plans from various carriers and get the one you like. Always.
But, rally Apple will sell some here, but outselling Nokia smart phones? Not very likely.
Not a counterpoint
Look. Stallman is a very smart man and an experienced lecturer. He has probably given this overview talk a thousand times. And I bet every time he is asked the same question. The guy who asked the question got what he deserved in. Let me elaborate.
RMS makes a proposition - "Closed source software is immoral". "If it's immoral then how do I feed my family, pay off my student loans, by lot's of cool hi-tech gadgets, etc.?" is in no shape of form an argument, counterpoint or counterexample against the proposition" And that's why "I don't care" is an appropriate answer. Let me elaborate even further.
You either agree with the proposition or disagree with it. If you disagree then there is no question of how one should make a living. You should just continue to cash in on writing proprietary software.
If you agree (and notice how at this point convincing the general population that proprietary software is immoral becomes completely irrelevant. All that matters is that you agree) and you are a moral person than there are also shouldn't be a question. You just stop doing it. Otherwise you agree that it is immoral and moral people don't do immoral things (by definition) but you're saying that you won't stop doing an immoral thing until you figure how to make money in some other way. Logically, you have just admitted that you're an immoral person. So what kind of answer should someone who has just publicly admitted that he is immoral expect from RMS??! The guy in the audience is lucky RMS didn't attack him and kicked out his immoral ass.
You don't get a research degree to get a salary bonus. PhD is not a nobility title that will automatically command you a higher salary through status alone. You go through the process to become a scientist knowing full well that you will get paid less than someone with a BS working in the industry. You do it for the love of science and knowledge.
I think you're contradicting yourself. First you wine about natives living in town taking your money, but when they try to provide for themselves by hunting their traditional prey you also get mad. And it's the prey that is traditional not the weapons and transportation.
Let me ask you one thing, what is the most important thing in life? Where i live is family and protecting the family honor at all costs. Just because your individualistic culture doesn't honor family doesn't mean you d get to decide what is universally moral.
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You would beta someone to death with Macbook on a flight for acting weird? There is a CSI season 1 episode that deals with a similar situation, called "Undfriendly Skies".
That is a pretty dark post you write. Do you feel better now?
The article clearly states that you have to swipe your CC at the docking station for a refundable deposit. So it is more like a library.
Pack all the RIAA lawyers into one spaceship and send them somewhere far, far away.
I bet those students are up for a nasty surprise next time they try to fly anywhere.
I'm bookmarking this!
Whats is you point? That we shouldn't sell video games to people who don't want to go to college?
It does work. How, I don't know. And it's not my business to know. Homeopathy is not an easy discipline to master and best homeopathic doctors are in India. Of course my "proof" is just a series of personal anectodes, like my wifes recurrent brain tumor shrinking and disappearing completely 3 months after starting homeopathic treatment. Confirmed by MRI. Chronic ulcer that could be barely contained by western medicine going away 6 years ago after homeo treatment? Could be a string of accidents and correlation=!causation but, hell if I go to a non-homeopath again unless it's for broken bones or similar. Arnica, bryonia, nux vomica, they are such great helpers, I dont know how I would live w/o them.
I think you missed the point. NK is not going to launch a nuclear missile at the United States. Nuclear weapons protect them from an invasion because they can instantly kill a hundred thousand troops once we step on their soil. Sure we can turn their country into a parking lot immediately after that. But it's a gamble that no politician in the US would be willing to make.
in the middle of nowhere? Let me guess now that internet access has been declared a human right all
the nice people in small towns and rural communities expect me to pay for their broadband as well?
But maybe, just maybe they'll one day realize that everything has both benefits and disadvantages.
Low crime rate, low pollution, friendly neighbors but on the other hand no phone and internet.
Let them exercise their freedom of will and make informed choices for themselves.
Are you saying there are philosophers that go against the Turing test definition of intelligence? If so, how do that know that anyone besides themselves is intelligent? For all I know everyone I know is just a robot mimicking intelligent and emotional behavior.
And yet it's possible for obese people to first become unhealthily sin and then starve to death. If there is no food around there is not one thing your Body can magically do to preserve weight, and no amount of hand-waving and politically correct talk can get around the laws of physics. Therefore the only thing you Body can do is to make you take the trip to the fridge more often or get that extra-large upgrade at MacDonald's. And that, is completely under control of one's will.
Have you watched the SICP 86 videos by Hal Abelson and Gerald Sussman? It's neither science nor it's about computers. And it's actually more like MAGIC.
And you think that Kasparov became a World champion by sitting alone with a chess set on a desert island for 30 years? Actually, he was sent to a specialized Soviet chess school at around 6 or 7 of age and from there on had the chess knowledge programmed into his head for 10 hours every day until he could recall the begining, middle and endgame of every remotely interesting chess match without error. So he is not much dofferent from a chess computer.
So many comments, funny how no one noticed you.
Sure, Sir Elton Shutdown the Internet! Then we'll all go to bars and basements jamming together, building up on each others rhythms, creating beautiful live music!
While the idle rich are roaming around breaking your stuff at will because several thousand dollars means nothing to them. Do you want to encourage more Paris Hilton type behavior? Break the law, pay the restutution fine, forget about it immediately, do it again.
Amazing intellectual dishonesty on you part here. Lots of vague words trying to explain the fact that you can't provide even a basic outline of you argument or just an example.
It won't sell here locked. People in Europe and Asia find the very idea of a locked phone rather fruity. You shop for a phone you like then compare monthly plans from various carriers and get the one you like. Always. But, rally Apple will sell some here, but outselling Nokia smart phones? Not very likely.
Not a counterpoint Look. Stallman is a very smart man and an experienced lecturer. He has probably given this overview talk a thousand times. And I bet every time he is asked the same question. The guy who asked the question got what he deserved in. Let me elaborate. RMS makes a proposition - "Closed source software is immoral". "If it's immoral then how do I feed my family, pay off my student loans, by lot's of cool hi-tech gadgets, etc.?" is in no shape of form an argument, counterpoint or counterexample against the proposition" And that's why "I don't care" is an appropriate answer. Let me elaborate even further. You either agree with the proposition or disagree with it. If you disagree then there is no question of how one should make a living. You should just continue to cash in on writing proprietary software. If you agree (and notice how at this point convincing the general population that proprietary software is immoral becomes completely irrelevant. All that matters is that you agree) and you are a moral person than there are also shouldn't be a question. You just stop doing it. Otherwise you agree that it is immoral and moral people don't do immoral things (by definition) but you're saying that you won't stop doing an immoral thing until you figure how to make money in some other way. Logically, you have just admitted that you're an immoral person. So what kind of answer should someone who has just publicly admitted that he is immoral expect from RMS??! The guy in the audience is lucky RMS didn't attack him and kicked out his immoral ass.
That they are not sending the Nigerian 419 scam emails!
You don't get a research degree to get a salary bonus. PhD is not a nobility title that will automatically command you a higher salary through status alone. You go through the process to become a scientist knowing full well that you will get paid less than someone with a BS working in the industry. You do it for the love of science and knowledge.
But the Natives population has declined dramatically which I believe balances the longer lifes they are living.
I think you're contradicting yourself. First you wine about natives living in town taking your money, but when they try to provide for themselves by hunting their traditional prey you also get mad. And it's the prey that is traditional not the weapons and transportation.
Let me ask you one thing, what is the most important thing in life? Where i live is family and protecting the family honor at all costs. Just because your individualistic culture doesn't honor family doesn't mean you d get to decide what is universally moral.