I tend to see anarchism as "no power structures". Organisation is good, concentrated power is not. Because, as we have all witnessed by now, power corrupts.
I also like to point out that the first usage of "libertarian" was as part of the phrase "libertarian socialism", to distinguish it from Marx's "state socialism". Bakunin had some pithy sayings about this.
I guess he considers a transparent government for the people, by the people, etc left-wing.
Which it is, in some sense. Conservatives traditionally support established authorities, whereas "power to the people" tends to be a progressive/leftish thing. And if knowledge is power, then surely knowledge to the people is a kind of power to the people, and certainly subversive to the authorities.
Of course there are a million exceptions to this way of looking at it, but I get where he's coming from.
There was also a lot of fear about what would happen if some of these people were given fair trials and actually found innocent. It was felt even the possibility of such a thing was too politically dangerous to take chances with.
They are being illegally imprisoned without trial because they might be found innocent? Justice in the US is truly dead.
No...just WOMEN in general. You never get laid for free. Hook up in a bar for a one nighter...chances are you bought her a drink or so. Girlfriend? You won't have one long unless you pay for her (taking her out, gifts...etc). Wife? Get the hell outta here, that cost the most $$$ of all, and too boot, if you decide to change models and upgrade to a better chick, you pretty much lose half your shit you own.
You've got very one-sided relationships. I'd recommend you look for a more balanced relationship, but maybe these are the kind of relationships you deserve, and the better women are better off with a better man.
My rule over recent past it...I don't take out on dates or spend money till I'm getting some first. Why would I spend money on a woman I'm not sleeping with?
So to you relationships are merely about sex and prostitution? That's fine if it works for you and the women you take advantage of, but please stay away from reasonable people, okay?
I've encountered several sites that do not allow a + in the email address, or come even remotely close to implementing the RFC.
Those (several) sites then are clearly broken; clear violation of the robustness principal as well.
They are, but it's still dreadfully common. Same with passwords. My bank (of all things!) doesn't accept non-alphanumeric characters in passwords. It's completely retarded and makes me wonder whether they might be completely incompetent when it comes to preventing SQL-injection. Or any kind of security, for that matter. And for banks, that's kind of serious.
With the Hotmail feature you simply delete the old one and make a new one right there. It's much more straightforward and quick.
It is, but my email provider (xs4all.nl) has had that feature since forever. At least 10 years, I think. I have a simple list of all my email aliases, and can add and delete them as I like. It's still not anything new.
They have Benihana restaurants here in the states, too. And in other places. Why not just avoid them?
The other Benihana restaurants might not agree with the lawsuit, and they can't stop it either. The Benihana franchise might kick the Kuwait restaurant out of the franchise for damaging their name, though. Boingboing had a short interview with them where they suggested that this might happen.
Obama had done nothing. Not nothing lasting, not nothing good, but nothing. He just got elected.
He didn't do nothing. He held speeches. He held speeches in the Arab world, offering a stretched out hand, to reconcile their differences, and promise that things would be different in the future.
Whether that's worthy of a peace price is questionable, but it's more than merely getting elected.
This is exactly the biggest problem with the US in world politics. The US likes to talk a lot about freedom, democracy and human rights, but when push comes to shove, it's just words. How can you ask other countries to become more democratic when you overthrow democracies and support dictators? How can you ask other countries to respect human rights and free press when you're willing to use every loophole possible to torture your opponents, and prosecute people for publishing inconvenient secrets? And by doing this, you're opening yourself up to criticism on your own human rights record.
Getting criticized on your human rights record by China, or on your handling of free press by Russia doesn't exactly look good. Sure, the US is nowhere near as bad as China or Russia, but "we're not as bad as China" does not make a great rallying cry, and doesn't lend a lot of power to your demands that other nations should clean up their act.
The American ideals of freedom and democracy would be incredibly appealing and powerful if only the US lived up to them. Or at least tried.
And as the recepient of the prize is supposed to go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
Wiki leaks certainly didn't do anything to promote fraternity between nations or reduce standing armies or even promote peace.
Obama actually did, though. He held some nice speeches in various Arab countries that did increase fraternity between nations. It softened many people's negative view of the US. Of course it also created some high expectations that he wasn't able to live up to.
I find myself using Opera slightly less lately. It's too slow when you have a ridiculous number of tabs open. Opera 5 on my Pentium II had less trouble handling 200 websites.
It's not necessarily the users that are stupid, but the companies they're working for. Especially for those using IE6. IE6 users are mostly corporate drones not allowed to fix their own PCs.
Balanced people certainly don't think MS is any more evil than Google or Facebook.
If you make that: "Balanced people certainly don't think MS is any more evil than Oracle or Sony", then I agree. Well, I'm no fan of Facebook's lack of privacy and control either. But Google has quite a bit of credit with me for their enthusiasm for open source and giving stuff away for free.
I'd like to add that Chrome is finally getting IE users to switch to a better browser. My wife already had Opera and Firefox on her laptop, but it's Chrome that finally got her to stop using IE.
What if I like the Big Bang Theory, while the average Star Trek episode makes me fall asleep?
Then you're quite normal, I think. I think the main reason for Star Trek's success is that for a long time it was the only SF on TV. TNG was quite sleep-inducing.
Agreed. I've always been a geek, but have never had any exposure to D&D other than the cartoon series.
Don't feel bad. D&D isn't all that great. GURPS and WFRP were a lot more interesting. Nowadays it's Savage Worlds, FATE and Burning Wheel that you should be looking at.
firstly, statistically, if average population on the ENTIRE PLANET is to your left it means that you are on the right of the average. that's that.
I don't think left-right works on a planetary scale. It's not something that's measurable or quantifiable, and it means something different in every country, and in many places, the meaning changes every couple of decades. It's completely subjective, and in my opinion, the left-right division is more a kind of neo-tribalism than that it really says something about political ideas.
This is definitely true of the Dutch highly conservative anti-immigration party. The slightly less right-wing conservative liberals (VVD), the mostly conservative Christian democrats (CDA) and supposedly slightly left-wing labour (PvdA) have seriously weakened our welfare state over the past 30 years. It's only the socialists (SP) and maybe the greens (GL) that want to reform and strengthen social security.
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I tend to see anarchism as "no power structures". Organisation is good, concentrated power is not. Because, as we have all witnessed by now, power corrupts.
I also like to point out that the first usage of "libertarian" was as part of the phrase "libertarian socialism", to distinguish it from Marx's "state socialism". Bakunin had some pithy sayings about this.
Pray tell, what about wikileaks is "left wing?"
I guess he considers a transparent government for the people, by the people, etc left-wing.
Which it is, in some sense. Conservatives traditionally support established authorities, whereas "power to the people" tends to be a progressive/leftish thing. And if knowledge is power, then surely knowledge to the people is a kind of power to the people, and certainly subversive to the authorities.
Of course there are a million exceptions to this way of looking at it, but I get where he's coming from.
Private government? The US is getting scarier and scarier.
There was also a lot of fear about what would happen if some of these people were given fair trials and actually found innocent. It was felt even the possibility of such a thing was too politically dangerous to take chances with.
They are being illegally imprisoned without trial because they might be found innocent? Justice in the US is truly dead.
No...just WOMEN in general. You never get laid for free. Hook up in a bar for a one nighter...chances are you bought her a drink or so. Girlfriend? You won't have one long unless you pay for her (taking her out, gifts...etc). Wife? Get the hell outta here, that cost the most $$$ of all, and too boot, if you decide to change models and upgrade to a better chick, you pretty much lose half your shit you own.
You've got very one-sided relationships. I'd recommend you look for a more balanced relationship, but maybe these are the kind of relationships you deserve, and the better women are better off with a better man.
My rule over recent past it...I don't take out on dates or spend money till I'm getting some first. Why would I spend money on a woman I'm not sleeping with?
So to you relationships are merely about sex and prostitution? That's fine if it works for you and the women you take advantage of, but please stay away from reasonable people, okay?
I think you're hanging out with the wrong women.
I've encountered several sites that do not allow a + in the email address, or come even remotely close to implementing the RFC.
Those (several) sites then are clearly broken; clear violation of the robustness principal as well.
They are, but it's still dreadfully common. Same with passwords. My bank (of all things!) doesn't accept non-alphanumeric characters in passwords. It's completely retarded and makes me wonder whether they might be completely incompetent when it comes to preventing SQL-injection. Or any kind of security, for that matter. And for banks, that's kind of serious.
With the Hotmail feature you simply delete the old one and make a new one right there. It's much more straightforward and quick.
It is, but my email provider (xs4all.nl) has had that feature since forever. At least 10 years, I think. I have a simple list of all my email aliases, and can add and delete them as I like. It's still not anything new.
They have Benihana restaurants here in the states, too. And in other places. Why not just avoid them?
The other Benihana restaurants might not agree with the lawsuit, and they can't stop it either. The Benihana franchise might kick the Kuwait restaurant out of the franchise for damaging their name, though. Boingboing had a short interview with them where they suggested that this might happen.
Obama had done nothing. Not nothing lasting, not nothing good, but nothing. He just got elected.
He didn't do nothing. He held speeches. He held speeches in the Arab world, offering a stretched out hand, to reconcile their differences, and promise that things would be different in the future.
Whether that's worthy of a peace price is questionable, but it's more than merely getting elected.
This is exactly the biggest problem with the US in world politics. The US likes to talk a lot about freedom, democracy and human rights, but when push comes to shove, it's just words. How can you ask other countries to become more democratic when you overthrow democracies and support dictators? How can you ask other countries to respect human rights and free press when you're willing to use every loophole possible to torture your opponents, and prosecute people for publishing inconvenient secrets? And by doing this, you're opening yourself up to criticism on your own human rights record.
Getting criticized on your human rights record by China, or on your handling of free press by Russia doesn't exactly look good. Sure, the US is nowhere near as bad as China or Russia, but "we're not as bad as China" does not make a great rallying cry, and doesn't lend a lot of power to your demands that other nations should clean up their act.
The American ideals of freedom and democracy would be incredibly appealing and powerful if only the US lived up to them. Or at least tried.
I've never had the advantage of being in the same room with both of them, but from their policies, I do have some trouble telling them apart.
And as the recepient of the prize is supposed to go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
Wiki leaks certainly didn't do anything to promote fraternity between nations or reduce standing armies or even promote peace.
Obama actually did, though. He held some nice speeches in various Arab countries that did increase fraternity between nations. It softened many people's negative view of the US. Of course it also created some high expectations that he wasn't able to live up to.
I just reached space bar six times.
I'll have a pan-galactic gargle blaster.
I find myself using Opera slightly less lately. It's too slow when you have a ridiculous number of tabs open. Opera 5 on my Pentium II had less trouble handling 200 websites.
It's not necessarily the users that are stupid, but the companies they're working for. Especially for those using IE6. IE6 users are mostly corporate drones not allowed to fix their own PCs.
Balanced people certainly don't think MS is any more evil than Google or Facebook.
If you make that: "Balanced people certainly don't think MS is any more evil than Oracle or Sony", then I agree. Well, I'm no fan of Facebook's lack of privacy and control either. But Google has quite a bit of credit with me for their enthusiasm for open source and giving stuff away for free.
I'd like to add that Chrome is finally getting IE users to switch to a better browser. My wife already had Opera and Firefox on her laptop, but it's Chrome that finally got her to stop using IE.
As platforms, they're pretty mobile. They're just not phones.
What if I like the Big Bang Theory, while the average Star Trek episode makes me fall asleep?
Then you're quite normal, I think. I think the main reason for Star Trek's success is that for a long time it was the only SF on TV. TNG was quite sleep-inducing.
Geeks don't waste a lot of time on Alan Moore. He doesn't make a lot of sense and gets most of his details wrong. You might as well be an anime fan.
Geeks read books with words. Iain M. Banks. K.J.Parker.
I think those are nerds. Anime is very much a geek thing. Nerds are more likely to read, I think. Preferably books on math or science.
Agreed. I've always been a geek, but have never had any exposure to D&D other than the cartoon series.
Don't feel bad. D&D isn't all that great. GURPS and WFRP were a lot more interesting. Nowadays it's Savage Worlds, FATE and Burning Wheel that you should be looking at.
I laugh because I recognize it. And then I explain it to my wife.
firstly, statistically, if average population on the ENTIRE PLANET is to your left it means that you are on the right of the average. that's that.
I don't think left-right works on a planetary scale. It's not something that's measurable or quantifiable, and it means something different in every country, and in many places, the meaning changes every couple of decades. It's completely subjective, and in my opinion, the left-right division is more a kind of neo-tribalism than that it really says something about political ideas.
This is definitely true of the Dutch highly conservative anti-immigration party. The slightly less right-wing conservative liberals (VVD), the mostly conservative Christian democrats (CDA) and supposedly slightly left-wing labour (PvdA) have seriously weakened our welfare state over the past 30 years. It's only the socialists (SP) and maybe the greens (GL) that want to reform and strengthen social security.