If you mean that you keep getting new stuff out of the novel, I agree. I am like that everytime I read LOTR. But if you can't even understand a story the first go around, the author mesed up.
I found the beginning to be really cool... maybe I was just expecting it to pay off in something spectacular, and was let down.
Mr. Dick's work is pretty impressive. I also like a lot of the old, "hard" science fiction (like from the 30s and 40s), in particular asimov. In many cases, the science has changed since then, but the stories are self-consistent and well written.
Just out of curiosity... am I the only one for whom Neuromancer fell flat? The first 50 or 100 pages were impressive, and... then... it... went... nowhere...
I really admired how I had a feel for the world in just a coupla pages, but the book seemed to end up in a how-weird-can-you-go mode.
disclaimer: I just read this 6 months ago... maybe having read/seen other/better stories had jaded me.
Yup, and so you don't use freenet. Sounds logical to me.
I would be more concerned that knee jerk laws would find you liable for some crime, regardless of the fact that you don't (can't!) know what data is on your machine.
Good point. It is very possible to respect the GPL (or whatever license is used for a given piece of code) w/o necessarily agreeing with the philosophy behind it.
Funny how anyone who doesn't think a weak joke is funny is suddenly devoid of humor... I knew what you were trying, I'm just positing that linking to a redhat iso was blatant.
Now now... license trolling is the most anal kind...
My understanding (I respect the GPL... but don't agree with all of it, and am certainly no zealot) is that it cannot "wrest" code away from someone. They need to apply (and have rights to apply) the license themselves. Right GNU fans?
well, that is WHY we have checksums. For that matter, someone hosting a mirror could pull the same stunt. That's not a tech problem, it's a human problem.
Also interesting: Under the ice for a hockey game or (more visibly) for ice skating... although they'd have to be really bright to show well thru the ice.
Until the last coupla millenia (centuries? decades?) , the primary social skill in our species has been dominance, usually physical. Most men are stronger than most women... we just carry these assumptions over into other fields. Old habits die hard.
That said, if I have the choice, I prefer a female tech/mechanic/(fill in typically-male-job) because they tend to be the best, having had to overcome bias AND having had the guts to stick with it.
Out of curiosity, are you the type of woman who is offended that they use pretty girls to seel beer, etc. ?
Actually I tend to do what you recommend (say "just ask"). I am after all a rather big fellow. But if they use the blatant "poor wittle me can't do anything for myself" technique, I'm liable to be a jerk, yeah. (nor, for the record, do I want to date someone who pulls that shit:) )
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If you mean that you keep getting new stuff out of the novel, I agree. I am like that everytime I read LOTR. But if you can't even understand a story the first go around, the author mesed up.
Serious question: Why is perl so big in the bioinformatics realm?
I found the beginning to be really cool... maybe I was just expecting it to pay off in something spectacular, and was let down.
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Mr. Dick's work is pretty impressive. I also like a lot of the old, "hard" science fiction (like from the 30s and 40s), in particular asimov. In many cases, the science has changed since then, but the stories are self-consistent and well written.
Besides, I was spoiled by the Foundation series
Just out of curiosity... am I the only one for whom Neuromancer fell flat? The first 50 or 100 pages were impressive, and... then... it... went... nowhere...
I really admired how I had a feel for the world in just a coupla pages, but the book seemed to end up in a how-weird-can-you-go mode.
disclaimer: I just read this 6 months ago... maybe having read/seen other/better stories had jaded me.
If you know it is stolen, it's probably equivalent to "receiving stolen property", illegal in the U.S.
Let's PLEASE avoid the whole "copying isn't theft" argument... it's old and a waste of time. The judge most likely would say that they are the same.
No, the former was what I meant. I have little interest in running the lives of other people.
Correct sir. And I choose to forgo those megaphones. I'm not trying to force anyone to do anything.
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My favorite sentiment: Fight for the rights of the Klan to march, then meet 'em in the streets with baseball bats
Like I say, the laws are sketchy on this. Typically intent matters, but laws regarding IT are not entirely consistent.
On one hand, I would say that you can't know what is on your PC, so you shouldn't be liable (in the sense that backbone routers are not).
On the other hand (my personal stance), this can make life easier on the pedophiles, etc., so I wouldn't add my box to the network.
There is a difference between me respecting your right to espouse an opinion, and me handing you a megaphone...
Yup, and so you don't use freenet. Sounds logical to me.
I would be more concerned that knee jerk laws would find you liable for some crime, regardless of the fact that you don't (can't!) know what data is on your machine.
Good point. It is very possible to respect the GPL (or whatever license is used for a given piece of code) w/o necessarily agreeing with the philosophy behind it.
Funny how anyone who doesn't think a weak joke is funny is suddenly devoid of humor... I knew what you were trying, I'm just positing that linking to a redhat iso was blatant.
If you're gonna be cute and link to a big ass file... you could at least attempt to hide the fact that it is a friggin' ISO...
But that is the stupidest name I have ever heard... I hope someone named Linda sues them :)
As an aside... there are some of us who "Complain about the GPL" because we don't subscribe to the same "moral" view of software.
That said, if I used GPL'd code, I would respect it. This has nothing to do with morality, but respect for those who have coded before me.
Now now... license trolling is the most anal kind...
My understanding (I respect the GPL... but don't agree with all of it, and am certainly no zealot) is that it cannot "wrest" code away from someone. They need to apply (and have rights to apply) the license themselves. Right GNU fans?
Yeah... remember Welchia/Nachi about 6 months ago? That's pretty much what it did, and it cost billions.
well, that is WHY we have checksums. For that matter, someone hosting a mirror could pull the same stunt. That's not a tech problem, it's a human problem.
Also interesting: Under the ice for a hockey game or (more visibly) for ice skating... although they'd have to be really bright to show well thru the ice.
Respectfully... I distrust the discussion of "third base" from a computer geek :)
Heh... no, the point is that we (in the US) have GSM, as well as several other competing techs. It doesn't make as much economic sense to start here.
Europe is ahead of the US in certain fields, cellular tech being one of them. It's just a fact, not an insult.
Until the last coupla millenia (centuries? decades?) , the primary social skill in our species has been dominance, usually physical. Most men are stronger than most women... we just carry these assumptions over into other fields. Old habits die hard.
That said, if I have the choice, I prefer a female tech/mechanic/(fill in typically-male-job) because they tend to be the best, having had to overcome bias AND having had the guts to stick with it.
Out of curiosity, are you the type of woman who is offended that they use pretty girls to seel beer, etc. ?
Good point, that...
Actually I tend to do what you recommend (say "just ask"). I am after all a rather big fellow. But if they use the blatant "poor wittle me can't do anything for myself" technique, I'm liable to be a jerk, yeah. (nor, for the record, do I want to date someone who pulls that shit :) )
This is hardly new... all it has ever taken to get a guy to do something is say something like "oh, if it's too heavy for you I can ask someone else"
'cept for those of us who learned the game and call the bluff with "sure, go right ahead"