To all those who point to the corruption or the abuse of rights granted, and to all those who argue that the tribes have had plenty of time to acclimate and assimilate, you're missing the point. Yes, there are assholes in any human tribe: white, black, brown, yellow, red. Yes, politicians and leaders of any nation or any government tend to be corrupt.
But none of that changes the fact of what any sovereign nation is owed.
The rights granted to natives in tribal lands are not about reparation for the wrongs of the past. It's about compromising and living together. They lived here first, and even though they fought wars with each other, as people have fought wars throughout history, doesn't matter. Europeans came to these shores and fought their own wars with the tribes who were here. Some of them were peaceful, others were not. It's irrelevant. What IS relevant is that they have been granted sovereign status because they want to govern themselves, by their own laws, and live independently. And because they were here first the governments of Canada and the US have honored their wishes to some very small* extent. That's it. They don't want to assimilate or acclimate. They don't want to live in the past; they don't need to be "modernized". They simply want to be recognized as sovereign, self-governing people. No one owes them anything except what was negotiated by the treaties which allow them to live independently and by their own terms. And maybe respect, but that's up to you to decide.
If they are a sovereign nation, they may have a right to licensing fees or profits from commercial activity in their airspace. IANAL, so I leave it for a court to decide, but I cannot dismiss the claim as reverse racism like so many others apparently can.
Sorry, I have gone a very long time without posting, and this is probably a flame, but anytime I hear "reverse racism" I think of a spoiled boy or girl complaining because they didn't get a pony for their birthday, so they think they suddenly understand hardship.
*I say small because the tribes near me in the southwestern US have been given mostly shitty, arid land that no one else wanted at the time. They can't farm it effectively, and hunting and fishing is severely limited. I don't blame them for opening casinos and scamming the tourists. What else are you gonna do? Harvest dust? I hear they have embraced alsoholism to help pass the time, so that must be ok then.
You are wise to be wary.
BTW, "I've got implants" refers to the in-game ability to increase your stats and abilities with mods that can be crafted, bought or that drop off various baddies in the universe. And AO has been using the same crass advertising ever since they lost a million subscribers after launch because they overhyped and WAY under-delivered. I was one they lost, and I never went back. I've heard it's better, but I don't really care.
An idea struck me the other day. I've been thinking about what I consider to be our broken democracy for several years now, and I've half-ass considered writing A New Constitution, just as a personal writing project really. Wednesday (a time for introspection for a lot of people) I decided if I do that it should be submitted as an RFC. What could be more democratic than open source government? It's an intriguing thought.
I've been playing poker since I was proably 5 or 6 years old. Growing up , when we visited my grandparents' house my dad, my grandfather and my uncle always played poker in another room while my mom helped my grandmother in the kitchen. I bothered them until they let me play, but their condition was that I had to put up my own money. Betting your allowance against a bunch of guys who really would take it and not feel sorry for you makes you think pretty seriously about strategy, odds and winning.
Since we're on the topic... what about water-resistant? I'd like to be more at ease walking around London in fickle weather conditions. Any suggestions?
ALB has been brought up before. It's more expensive, but you only buy what you download. All indie, no RIAA. I buy from them religiously and love their selection.
ALB sells lunchcards that get around the per song CC transaction fees nicely. Seriously, this service is great. I don't like stealing, and I don't like RIAA extortion. I do like supporting artists over corporations. I don't mind $.99 per song one bit. My favorite recent buys are Muggs (of Cypress Hill fame, or for the truly old school 7A3) and The Black Keys. Seriously, give these a listen; one is dark downtempo, the other is outstandingly gritty blues.
I would feel honored, not insulted. Same as I feel about someone asking about entering the computer industry. Curiousity is nothing to be offended by. Just because they have little or no experience doesn't mean they have little or no appreciation and respect for what you do.
As for the question, my recommendations are:
1) Have plenty of reserve cash. I hope the industry is better in 5 or 10 years, but even if it is you'll need money while you train and take those entry level jobs.
2) Experience is better than certifications. You often need the latter before anyone will let you get the former, but if anyone offers you ANY job remotely related to the field you're interested in, take it. On the job experience builds your skills and your contacts.
3) Combine your interests. The things that stand out most on your resume are not your certifications or even your IT experience (though both are often required), but the other interesting things about you. For instance, I entered IT from a background as a high school teacher. Know what? Most employers find that background tremendously valuable and look to me as a trainer.
Agree or disagree, I usually at least understand Slashdot editorial comments. But I don't get "we wasted all those RC5 keys". You mean we cracked them when they could have been used? I hope not. You mean we cracked them without the promise of 1 meelion dollar bills? Ok, greedy, but I'm with you.
Thank you. In fact, if it was your post I read before, thank you twice. I've been totally addicted to audiolunchbox since I read the last/. article on the subject. Some of my favorite downloads: Muggs, J Boogie, hOMe for the Holidays, and teh best fucking blues I've heard in a long time - The Black Keys. Oh, hello??? OGG downloads???
I'm glad others are following market demand and giving geeks what they want: good music, good quality, best distribution model on the planet, fair price. I'll be sharing my paycheck with Bleep, as well.
I still play DAoC. I still love DAoC. And while I agree with you that Mythic has borrowed from the greatest British, Celtic and Norse legends, what they're suing for isn't content. It's trademark.
The point is that Microsoft could blur market lines with Mythica's release. That's why we protect trademark. So the 800 lb gorilla doesn't gain any more weight.
Say what you will about the mindless hack and slash style of the Diablos, they are addictive. More relevant, however, is the fact that the soundtrack for DII rocks! (Ok, it doesn't really rock, it kind of ambients. But THE perfect mood music for a day of old school pen and paper gaming!)
I think you missed the point of my post. I don't condone the general principle of piracy, but in my view it IS a symptom that the market isn't meeting customer demand. Demand for what? Good music for a fair price, minus the assloads of profit being intercepted by a middle man without a creative bone in his body. The demand can be met, to which I hope services like iTunes attest.
... comes in another year when piracy is down but so are profits. Funny thing happens when you develop an antagonistic relationship with your customers instead of following the age-old law of supply and demand.
-madgeorge
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He makes some good points, but ultimately he is wrong in his assertion that Linux is a process. The process he's referring to is actually the process of open source development. Linux does describe something tangible beyond a collaborative process, namely a very distinct operating system kernel. There are other distinct kernels, and there are other open source projects that have everything to do with the identical process by which Linux is developed but absolutely nothing to do with Linux proper.
I'm not sure about that. Can you imagine if Novell had announced this 2 years ago? Linux lovers would have praised them, but no one else would have taken them seriously because so few people took Linux seriously. It would have been another questionable product/marketing move from Novell.
Now, however, Linux has tons of mind share, and we also know why Novell got involved with the SCO train wreck.
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omg.yahoo.com anyone?
How have I been ignorant of this for so long? And why(!) (bleeding eyes) have I been cursed to be exposed to it now? Why has my Dog forsaken me?
To all those who point to the corruption or the abuse of rights granted, and to all those who argue that the tribes have had plenty of time to acclimate and assimilate, you're missing the point. Yes, there are assholes in any human tribe: white, black, brown, yellow, red. Yes, politicians and leaders of any nation or any government tend to be corrupt.
But none of that changes the fact of what any sovereign nation is owed.
The rights granted to natives in tribal lands are not about reparation for the wrongs of the past. It's about compromising and living together. They lived here first, and even though they fought wars with each other, as people have fought wars throughout history, doesn't matter. Europeans came to these shores and fought their own wars with the tribes who were here. Some of them were peaceful, others were not. It's irrelevant. What IS relevant is that they have been granted sovereign status because they want to govern themselves, by their own laws, and live independently. And because they were here first the governments of Canada and the US have honored their wishes to some very small* extent. That's it. They don't want to assimilate or acclimate. They don't want to live in the past; they don't need to be "modernized". They simply want to be recognized as sovereign, self-governing people. No one owes them anything except what was negotiated by the treaties which allow them to live independently and by their own terms. And maybe respect, but that's up to you to decide.
If they are a sovereign nation, they may have a right to licensing fees or profits from commercial activity in their airspace. IANAL, so I leave it for a court to decide, but I cannot dismiss the claim as reverse racism like so many others apparently can.
Sorry, I have gone a very long time without posting, and this is probably a flame, but anytime I hear "reverse racism" I think of a spoiled boy or girl complaining because they didn't get a pony for their birthday, so they think they suddenly understand hardship.
*I say small because the tribes near me in the southwestern US have been given mostly shitty, arid land that no one else wanted at the time. They can't farm it effectively, and hunting and fishing is severely limited. I don't blame them for opening casinos and scamming the tourists. What else are you gonna do? Harvest dust? I hear they have embraced alsoholism to help pass the time, so that must be ok then.
I'm waiting until my shirt comes in before I go see the movie. You know, like the Star Wars and Trekkie nerds do. http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?produc tid=716
I'm blacklisting Dad now. Whatever you do, don't open that email with the subject line "Barking Frog"
You just did. :)
You are wise to be wary. BTW, "I've got implants" refers to the in-game ability to increase your stats and abilities with mods that can be crafted, bought or that drop off various baddies in the universe. And AO has been using the same crass advertising ever since they lost a million subscribers after launch because they overhyped and WAY under-delivered. I was one they lost, and I never went back. I've heard it's better, but I don't really care.
EB Games had my preorder at 10 am this morning. No line, no hassle.
An idea struck me the other day. I've been thinking about what I consider to be our broken democracy for several years now, and I've half-ass considered writing A New Constitution, just as a personal writing project really. Wednesday (a time for introspection for a lot of people) I decided if I do that it should be submitted as an RFC. What could be more democratic than open source government? It's an intriguing thought.
I've been playing poker since I was proably 5 or 6 years old. Growing up , when we visited my grandparents' house my dad, my grandfather and my uncle always played poker in another room while my mom helped my grandmother in the kitchen. I bothered them until they let me play, but their condition was that I had to put up my own money. Betting your allowance against a bunch of guys who really would take it and not feel sorry for you makes you think pretty seriously about strategy, odds and winning.
Since we're on the topic... what about water-resistant? I'd like to be more at ease walking around London in fickle weather conditions. Any suggestions?
ALB has been brought up before. It's more expensive, but you only buy what you download. All indie, no RIAA. I buy from them religiously and love their selection.
Cut me off, and I'll hack your car and steer you into a ditch. But something tells me in Texas we'll still figure out how to mount a gun rack.
ALB sells lunchcards that get around the per song CC transaction fees nicely. Seriously, this service is great. I don't like stealing, and I don't like RIAA extortion. I do like supporting artists over corporations. I don't mind $.99 per song one bit. My favorite recent buys are Muggs (of Cypress Hill fame, or for the truly old school 7A3) and The Black Keys. Seriously, give these a listen; one is dark downtempo, the other is outstandingly gritty blues.
I would feel honored, not insulted. Same as I feel about someone asking about entering the computer industry. Curiousity is nothing to be offended by. Just because they have little or no experience doesn't mean they have little or no appreciation and respect for what you do.
As for the question, my recommendations are: 1) Have plenty of reserve cash. I hope the industry is better in 5 or 10 years, but even if it is you'll need money while you train and take those entry level jobs. 2) Experience is better than certifications. You often need the latter before anyone will let you get the former, but if anyone offers you ANY job remotely related to the field you're interested in, take it. On the job experience builds your skills and your contacts. 3) Combine your interests. The things that stand out most on your resume are not your certifications or even your IT experience (though both are often required), but the other interesting things about you. For instance, I entered IT from a background as a high school teacher. Know what? Most employers find that background tremendously valuable and look to me as a trainer.
Best of luck to you!
-madgeorge
Agree or disagree, I usually at least understand Slashdot editorial comments. But I don't get "we wasted all those RC5 keys". You mean we cracked them when they could have been used? I hope not. You mean we cracked them without the promise of 1 meelion dollar bills? Ok, greedy, but I'm with you.
Seriously, how do you waste a key?
-madgeorge
Thank you. In fact, if it was your post I read before, thank you twice. I've been totally addicted to audiolunchbox since I read the last /. article on the subject. Some of my favorite downloads: Muggs, J Boogie, hOMe for the Holidays, and teh best fucking blues I've heard in a long time - The Black Keys. Oh, hello??? OGG downloads???
I'm glad others are following market demand and giving geeks what they want: good music, good quality, best distribution model on the planet, fair price. I'll be sharing my paycheck with Bleep, as well.
-madgeorge
Java Desktop System is taken, I believe. :)
I still play DAoC. I still love DAoC. And while I agree with you that Mythic has borrowed from the greatest British, Celtic and Norse legends, what they're suing for isn't content. It's trademark.
The point is that Microsoft could blur market lines with Mythica's release. That's why we protect trademark. So the 800 lb gorilla doesn't gain any more weight.
Say what you will about the mindless hack and slash style of the Diablos, they are addictive. More relevant, however, is the fact that the soundtrack for DII rocks! (Ok, it doesn't really rock, it kind of ambients. But THE perfect mood music for a day of old school pen and paper gaming!)
I think you missed the point of my post. I don't condone the general principle of piracy, but in my view it IS a symptom that the market isn't meeting customer demand. Demand for what? Good music for a fair price, minus the assloads of profit being intercepted by a middle man without a creative bone in his body. The demand can be met, to which I hope services like iTunes attest.
-madgeorge
... comes in another year when piracy is down but so are profits. Funny thing happens when you develop an antagonistic relationship with your customers instead of following the age-old law of supply and demand.
-madgeorge
Not as long as I've been saving this one.
He makes some good points, but ultimately he is wrong in his assertion that Linux is a process. The process he's referring to is actually the process of open source development. Linux does describe something tangible beyond a collaborative process, namely a very distinct operating system kernel. There are other distinct kernels, and there are other open source projects that have everything to do with the identical process by which Linux is developed but absolutely nothing to do with Linux proper.
Give it a few years. It won't be the technology that limits us, but the lobbying.
I'm not sure about that. Can you imagine if Novell had announced this 2 years ago? Linux lovers would have praised them, but no one else would have taken them seriously because so few people took Linux seriously. It would have been another questionable product/marketing move from Novell.
Now, however, Linux has tons of mind share, and we also know why Novell got involved with the SCO train wreck.
--madgeorge