It has always had an open posting policy -- no registration required, and you could use any name you wanted.
There's no reason why that should change. Just add CAPTCHAs of some sort or another to the posting system. No more bots posting crap (although the CAPTCHA system might need to be changed every now and then depending on the strength of those chosen).
Tell me what open borders will do for me, not what they might do. That is not good enough.
That is impossible. Open borders, like outsourcing, is one of those things that looks bad from the point of view of the majority, but that would pay dividends to the world as a whole in unpredictable ways. Just because it might not be a good idea for you or me or any particular person doesn't mean it's not of benefit to mankind as a whole. Recycling doesn't really benefit any one personally, but people still do it because it results in a better world.
My whole point is that the arbitrary definition of a 'country' isn't particularly helpful. You could argue you don't want anyone from outside of your *town* getting the benefits available in your town. Or how about your county? Or how about your state? These are all arbitrary definitions covering areas of space. I don't see why we need to say that 'country' is the resolution freedom operates at. Why not 'planet'?
There are plenty of 'poor and desperate' people in every country, what makes them any better than poor and desperate people elsewhere? There are also lots of rich people overseas who could benefit your country / town.
First, I was outraged by this silly post then realized that your society is probably different.
Here is why we do not want you to live with us before we checked your background: In my country, everybody who does not have a job receives unemployement money. Everybody receives excellent health service. When you are old, you receive a pension from which you can live. Nobody starves here, everybody has a roof over their head. There are no beggars in the street; nobody sleeps in boxes in dark backstreets. I can walk through my hometown at three o'clock in the morning without getting mugged or killed.
Um, I'm from the UK, which has most of the benefits you list above. I was talking from an idealistic point of view of "why borders" rather than a self-serving "I want to go take other people's free stuff" view.
All I really need money for is a $10 pack of cigarettes a week, a 10 lb bag of flour a month, a few packets of pasta and shells to hunt meat with. To pay the dial-up account and keep the electricity on. (though I'm thinking of building a water wheel generator)
Holy crud, you're my hero! Though I am wondering.. wtf are you using 10 lbs of flour for each month? To make bread?
I agree that this is out of control, but there's one thing I can't figure out. What country are you from? Last time I checked, just about every other country on Earth was just as bad, if not worse at protecting people's rights.
Actually, I think the US just entered the same pool as all the third-world countries with Bush signing away your rights to habeas corpus. So while other countries are certainly 'as bad' as the US, most Westernized countries are now, in fact, a lot better despite having their own problems.
In almost every case it comes down to visas and border controls that stop humans freely moving around their planet. On the surface it looks like a good idea, but it's absolutely ridiculous that a human shouldn't be able to freely roam the public spaces of their own planet!
I'd rather go live out in the nowhereness of Canada or Australia or something and get out of the way, but there's no hope for any of that in the near future as countries have lots of quirky requirements, laws, and rules for gaining entry:)
The dot-com boom was almost exclusively a North American thing. Here in Europe things were significantly more hushed with only a handful of known companies (Boo.com being the biggest), but even then the 'man on the street' is unlikely to know what happened.
I'd say MySQL vs PostgreSQL is the VHS vs Betamax all over again. MySQL is good enough for 99% of what people use it for. It might not be as good as PostgreSQL, but it's more than good enough.
I'll admit I'm pretty fickle though, and I use MySQL because I think their documentation site is a lot better and the command line client is far nicer than Postgre's. Poor benchmarks for me to use, but hey.. it's all about the gloss.
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It's got nothing to do with conjugation.
"Microsoft were" and "Google have" assume that company names are collective nouns. This is common in non US English. "The government are" vs "The government is", etc. Not everyone here speaks US English.
I've definitely seen a code highlight plugin for WordPress, but as I can't find it.. you could always write your own. WordPress is pretty ubiquitous now, writing plugins is simple, and it'd just be a call to a highlighting library for any code within tags.
Is there any sort of bounties / bounty search site that lists most / all of the various development bounties out there? I've tried Googling but haven't come up with anything compelling so far. I think such a site would rock. You could end up with good developers just living off of bounties.
Apparently some sicko deciding to execute girls because otherwise he might molest them sexually and then commiting suicide only buys a couple of days of news coverage.
To be fair, how much coverage does it need? Unless new developments occur, most news should expire within a day or two.. otherwise it's not really 'new'.
a) it occurred in a crime ridden area of Manchester b).. where the usual victims aren't young kids c).. who are supposedly innocent d).. who are supposedly 'god fearing' e).. who are not white
That is.. it totally doesn't fit the profile.
It'd be the equivalent of a white beauty queen living in Compton getting hacked with a machete while walking along the street. That would be big news in the US whereas gun-related child murders seem to be a weekly event, unlike in the UK.
the passenger's history of not showing up for flights
Weird one this.
It could be indicative of dry runs. If someone booked a LHR-JFK flight and then didn't turn up, then books another LHR-JFK flight for a week later on the exact same plane, alarm bells should be ringing.
I bet they're only interested in the meal requests. But the terrorists know this. Best bet for terrorists is to opt for the vegetarian option. Unlikely to offend any dietry requirements and common enough in the western world that it would be fairly ineffective.
Better.. you'd make no special requests and just not eat the food. That isn't knowledge that could be passed to authorities until you're in the air.
Rest assured that they're collecting something a little different to these 34 publicized pieces of information. I'm certain I've read articles where the US authorities have stated that they actually lie about what they do and don't do in order to "protect your security". There's no way these 34 items are the whole story. A serious terrorist would know this and plan operations in a style that fits a reasonably standard profile.
Apparently, the video has already leaked online, and AOL doesn't feel comfortable doing a "World Premiere" promotion for a video that a number of people have seen already. (I can understand songs leaking, but a video? How'd THAT happen?)
Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.
And having tens of thousands of people watching the video isn't great promotion for the album? In this YouTube age, why do we need 'premieres'? You see the video, you either think it rocks or sucks, and it does its job. Why does it matter if AOL premiered it or not? I bet more people would see it if it hit the YouTube front page than if AOL tried pushing it. This is the 21st century, don't get so stuck to the 'old' ways.
Or will the newspapers, which gain from commercials, and thus net traffic, change their position when they'll see the drop in traffic that it is causing?
I reckon there's no way that'd happen. I can count the number of people I know who use Google News on one hand (here in Europe). It's really not that popular. I'd be surprised if even 1% of their audience was using it.
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It has always had an open posting policy -- no registration required, and you could use any name you wanted.
There's no reason why that should change. Just add CAPTCHAs of some sort or another to the posting system. No more bots posting crap (although the CAPTCHA system might need to be changed every now and then depending on the strength of those chosen).
Tell me what open borders will do for me, not what they might do. That is not good enough.
That is impossible. Open borders, like outsourcing, is one of those things that looks bad from the point of view of the majority, but that would pay dividends to the world as a whole in unpredictable ways. Just because it might not be a good idea for you or me or any particular person doesn't mean it's not of benefit to mankind as a whole. Recycling doesn't really benefit any one personally, but people still do it because it results in a better world.
My whole point is that the arbitrary definition of a 'country' isn't particularly helpful. You could argue you don't want anyone from outside of your *town* getting the benefits available in your town. Or how about your county? Or how about your state? These are all arbitrary definitions covering areas of space. I don't see why we need to say that 'country' is the resolution freedom operates at. Why not 'planet'?
There are plenty of 'poor and desperate' people in every country, what makes them any better than poor and desperate people elsewhere? There are also lots of rich people overseas who could benefit your country / town.
For the record, I didn't post the parent post, even though it reads as if I did. I do agree with him/her, however.
First, I was outraged by this silly post then realized that your society is probably different.
Here is why we do not want you to live with us before we checked your background:
In my country, everybody who does not have a job receives unemployement money. Everybody receives excellent health service. When you are old, you receive a pension from which you can live. Nobody starves here, everybody has a roof over their head. There are no beggars in the street; nobody sleeps in boxes in dark backstreets. I can walk through my hometown at three o'clock in the morning without getting mugged or killed.
Um, I'm from the UK, which has most of the benefits you list above. I was talking from an idealistic point of view of "why borders" rather than a self-serving "I want to go take other people's free stuff" view.
All I really need money for is a $10 pack of cigarettes a week, a 10 lb bag of flour a month, a few packets of pasta and shells to hunt meat with. To pay the dial-up account and keep the electricity on. (though I'm thinking of building a water wheel generator)
Holy crud, you're my hero! Though I am wondering.. wtf are you using 10 lbs of flour for each month? To make bread?
I agree that this is out of control, but there's one thing I can't figure out. What country are you from? Last time I checked, just about every other country on Earth was just as bad, if not worse at protecting people's rights.
Actually, I think the US just entered the same pool as all the third-world countries with Bush signing away your rights to habeas corpus. So while other countries are certainly 'as bad' as the US, most Westernized countries are now, in fact, a lot better despite having their own problems.
You've linked to something that's from the Daily Mail, the British equivalent of FOX News. Heck, probably worse.
In almost every case it comes down to visas and border controls that stop humans freely moving around their planet. On the surface it looks like a good idea, but it's absolutely ridiculous that a human shouldn't be able to freely roam the public spaces of their own planet!
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I'd rather go live out in the nowhereness of Canada or Australia or something and get out of the way, but there's no hope for any of that in the near future as countries have lots of quirky requirements, laws, and rules for gaining entry
The dot-com boom was almost exclusively a North American thing. Here in Europe things were significantly more hushed with only a handful of known companies (Boo.com being the biggest), but even then the 'man on the street' is unlikely to know what happened.
Yeah, I guess I put it wrong. What I really meant was:
MySQL doesn't suck enough for what 99% of people use it for to make them want to try anything else.
I'd say MySQL vs PostgreSQL is the VHS vs Betamax all over again. MySQL is good enough for 99% of what people use it for. It might not be as good as PostgreSQL, but it's more than good enough.
I'll admit I'm pretty fickle though, and I use MySQL because I think their documentation site is a lot better and the command line client is far nicer than Postgre's. Poor benchmarks for me to use, but hey.. it's all about the gloss.
It's got nothing to do with conjugation.
"Microsoft were" and "Google have" assume that company names are collective nouns. This is common in non US English. "The government are" vs "The government is", etc. Not everyone here speaks US English.
I've definitely seen a code highlight plugin for WordPress, but as I can't find it.. you could always write your own. WordPress is pretty ubiquitous now, writing plugins is simple, and it'd just be a call to a highlighting library for any code within
tags.It could happen when safe, small-scale nuclear fusion becomes a reality. Or.. as is already happening in some places, with solar panels.
One of the intentions of SimEarth was to get people thinking in this way too, given the concept of 'Gaia' within the simulation.
Is there any sort of bounties / bounty search site that lists most / all of the various development bounties out there? I've tried Googling but haven't come up with anything compelling so far. I think such a site would rock. You could end up with good developers just living off of bounties.
Apparently some sicko deciding to execute girls because otherwise he might molest them sexually and then commiting suicide only buys a couple of days of news coverage.
To be fair, how much coverage does it need? Unless new developments occur, most news should expire within a day or two.. otherwise it's not really 'new'.
It's a big story because..
.. where the usual victims aren't young kids .. who are supposedly innocent .. who are supposedly 'god fearing' .. who are not white
a) it occurred in a crime ridden area of Manchester
b)
c)
d)
e)
That is.. it totally doesn't fit the profile.
It'd be the equivalent of a white beauty queen living in Compton getting hacked with a machete while walking along the street. That would be big news in the US whereas gun-related child murders seem to be a weekly event, unlike in the UK.
the passenger's history of not showing up for flights
Weird one this.
It could be indicative of dry runs. If someone booked a LHR-JFK flight and then didn't turn up, then books another LHR-JFK flight for a week later on the exact same plane, alarm bells should be ringing.
I bet they're only interested in the meal requests. But the terrorists know this. Best bet for terrorists is to opt for the vegetarian option. Unlikely to offend any dietry requirements and common enough in the western world that it would be fairly ineffective.
Better.. you'd make no special requests and just not eat the food. That isn't knowledge that could be passed to authorities until you're in the air.
Rest assured that they're collecting something a little different to these 34 publicized pieces of information. I'm certain I've read articles where the US authorities have stated that they actually lie about what they do and don't do in order to "protect your security". There's no way these 34 items are the whole story. A serious terrorist would know this and plan operations in a style that fits a reasonably standard profile.
Some good backup for this and demonstrations of how to create any other logic gate from NANDs at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAND_logic
I learn something every day. There's a Fortran Standardisation Committee..? And it's still running? :) Respect!
Apparently, the video has already leaked online, and AOL doesn't feel comfortable doing a "World Premiere" promotion for a video that a number of people have seen already. (I can understand songs leaking, but a video? How'd THAT happen?)
Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.
And having tens of thousands of people watching the video isn't great promotion for the album? In this YouTube age, why do we need 'premieres'? You see the video, you either think it rocks or sucks, and it does its job. Why does it matter if AOL premiered it or not? I bet more people would see it if it hit the YouTube front page than if AOL tried pushing it. This is the 21st century, don't get so stuck to the 'old' ways.
Perhaps there's money in starting up a private ambulance service. I'd charge only $100 a minute.
Or will the newspapers, which gain from commercials, and thus net traffic, change their position when they'll see the drop in traffic that it is causing?
I reckon there's no way that'd happen. I can count the number of people I know who use Google News on one hand (here in Europe). It's really not that popular. I'd be surprised if even 1% of their audience was using it.