> 60,000-75,000 years is well before when many anthropologists believe we started using language and symbolic thought. Either they're wrong..
They're wrong. There are tribes in Australia that have an ORAL HISTORY of 70,000+ years.
Only stupid close-minded scientists/historians/anthropologists can't accept these developments of "human history" because it doesn't fit with preconceived ideas of what they THINK history _was. The hold onto their dogma because it means everything they "know" is WRONG.
Science can't even answer how we went from 17 species of humans down to one, within 200,000 years.
I _used_ to _love_ Notepad++, but it _sucks_ for customization
- Can't put each file type with its OWN background color, font, and font size - Can't bind SHIFT+ for cursor movement - The font size list is HARD-CODED, TWICE in the source code. i.e. You can't chose a 6 pt font without hacking the source.
> Bread meat, eggs, dairy, gas, rent, electricity, parking, insurance, transit passes all cost money so why do you think that software has to be free (gratis)? Freedom is never free in the real world so why shouldn't you have to pay for it in the software world?
Why do you think Mathematics and Language should be free? Or do you PREFER to pay a royalty on everytime you need to add, subtract, etc...
Oh, that's RIGHT -- because we like to advance this silly little thing, called CIVILIZATION./sarcasm What was I thinking!
Which is total bullshit. The PROPER way to do it at the end of the year is if any money is left over you take decrease the budget by 1/2 the difference for the next year.
How the hell is a department supposed to save money over a few years so that when they need that really BIG purchase that exceed their budget, they actually have some spare cash for it.
Any junior computer scientist can tell you about amortization costs when a vector grows. 2x used to be popular, but 1.5x is a tighter fit so you waste less memory.
Any one else getting sick of all these "reboots" ? Reboot this, Reboot that, etc. Enough with the freaking reboots already.
Translation: reboot = Redoing the original game, but a marketing money grab hoping to win fans based on nostalgia but completely misses the atmosphere of what made the original great in the first place!
Society places an intrinsic worth on the content to consume. Artists need fans to consume there content AND need financial compensation. This proposal is the best compromise between the "greed" of the artist and the "need" of the society.
Copyright was _supposed_ to be for the betterment of everyone. If you want to exploit it for capital gain for any length of time, you can damn well pay for that privilege, otherwise it defaults to the general public which society as a WHOLE is THEN able to enjoy it royalty free.
> If sales tax is 30%, that means the poorest of the poor are paying an effective tax rate of 30%, because they need to spend every penny they make in order to survive.
There are 2 views on taxation:
- You are NOT your brother's keeper: Taxes are UNFAIR because what gives you the justification to ROB from MY income? - You ARE your brother's keeper: Taxes are FAIR because as a society no one should go hunger.
If you are going to tax a person you have 2 ways to do it:
- A fixed amount - A variable amount
>It's obviously not "fair" to tax each person the same dollar amount. Yes it is. Why are you "worth more"? Just because you can afford to pay more??
The problem with a fixed amount is "What amount is enough?" that everyone can pay??
A _fixed_ rate is the most fair -- because everyone _is equal_.
We use a variable amount, because people think paying 'X %' is the fairest to _society_.
> Why do people think it's "fair" to tax each person the same percentage? It's not.
> I'd call it most fair to impose the same financial burden on each person through taxes, which means that we're able to take a much, How is it "fair" that I have to support leeches of society who are unwilling and/or too lazy to get a real job by forcing me to pay MORE just because I am more successful at what I do? Fuck you.
> I think about 2008 but I also think about USSR. Was the entire country "Too Big To Fail"? How about USA, is it "Too Big To Fail"? > Who can prevent a country from failing?
Agreed, but I think about the $700 billion bailout to the banks.
Repeating what I posted in a different thread...
"too big to fail" = "the general population gets fucked with the bill !"
True Story: Forest Ranges used to be anal about stopping _every_ forest fire. They eventually learnt that this makes the situation _worse_ in the _long_ run because all the decay that _would_ of been cleared when a big fire hits, is still there. By letting "smalls" fire occasionally go through, it lessens the impact of the bigger ones. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn
What is interesting is that the Talmud mentions about all debts being released every 50 years. It looks like some Jewish wisemen already saw the problems of usary over 3,000 years ago...
People (and by proxy Government) learn the _most_ from failure.
_Every_ government has collapsed. It is not just a matter of IF, but WHEN. Propping up entities artificially doesn't change that fact, and takes away the learning opportunity of "WHAT NOT TO DO"
> The term 'too big to fail' doesn't refer to being unable to fail but rather, not being -allowed- to fail because the consequences of failure would be too catastrophic.
Which is a bogus term. "too big to fail" = "the general population gets fucked with the bill"
True Story:
Forest Ranges used to be anal about stopping _every_ forest fire. They eventually learnt that this makes the situation _worse_ in the _long_ run because all the decay that _would_ of been cleared when a big fire hits, is still there.
> Among the six links to infoworld.com are 6 + 5 + 8 + 13 + 11 + 8 = a total of 51 pages.
Hmm, I think you have a fence-post (off by one) error for some of them.:-/ The first page is just an intro page for the last 4 sections.
e.g. The actual pages of content...
6 article: Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source software of the year 5 article: Linux at 20: New challenges, new opportunities 7 awards: applications 12 awards: desktop and mobile 10 awards: application development 7 awards: data center and cloud
> The fundamental flaw in Communism is human nature. Humans are corrupted by money and power.
So get rid of money. And before you respond, I have one question:
Maybe you can tell me how the plants and animals have lived for _millions_ of years without "money".
There are civilizations (human and non-human) that have evolved past the need for physical money. Money at its _core_ is energy exchange. The whole universe is designed for unequal energy exchange in order to support life. You don't pay the Sun, or Earth to support you live -- so why it is "OK" that another animal, er human/government, requires "payment."
As one alien said: "You mean you have to PAY to live on the planet you were born on??"
> That's because communism has never been tried. A communist regime in the model that Marx was pushing hasn't ever been implemented.
Oh please. Have you even _read_ the Communist Manifesto or even know what "allodial title" means??
I'll repeat them here for your benefit...
1. "Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3. Abolition of all right of inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly. 6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state. 7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of wastelands, and the improvement of the the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. 8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. 9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries, gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the populace over the country. 10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form."
And quoting the excellent analysis....
- - - 8http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/wua11.shtml
1. Abolition of Property Rights.
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. (Taxes on things, including property.)
Zoning laws and regulations - the Supreme Court ruled zoning constitutional in 1921.
Federal ownership of land; Bureau of Land Management - in Nevada 87% of land is federally owned.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - broad powers to seize any private property during "emergency."
Communist percentage: 25%.
2. Heavy Progressive Income Tax
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. (Taxes on things, including income.) The Sixteenth Amendment classifies income tax as an indirect tax, or tax on a thing, as opposed to tax on a person.
Corporate Tax Act of 1909.
Revenue Act of 1913.
Social Security Act of 1936.
Communist percentage: 85%. (Maybe 15% of the population don't pay the taxes.)
3. Abolition of Rights of Inheritance
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. (Taxes on things, including inheritances.)
Estate Tax Act of 1916.
Social Security Act of 1936.
Communist percentage: 30%.
4. Confiscation of Property of Emigrants and Rebels
Confiscation of property of American Indians.
IRS confiscation of property without due process.
Internment of Japanese-Americans during WW II; confiscation of their property.
Confiscation of drug-merchant property.
RICO Act of 1970 (Racketeering Influenced & Corrupt Organizations) - used as a basis to confiscate property.
Communist percentage: 20%.
5. Monopoly National Bank
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to coin money, r
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> 60,000-75,000 years is well before when many anthropologists believe we started using language and symbolic thought. Either they're wrong ..
They're wrong. There are tribes in Australia that have an ORAL HISTORY of 70,000+ years.
Only stupid close-minded scientists/historians/anthropologists can't accept these developments of "human history" because it doesn't fit with preconceived ideas of what they THINK history _was. The hold onto their dogma because it means everything they "know" is WRONG.
Science can't even answer how we went from 17 species of humans down to one, within 200,000 years.
Science advances one funeral at a time.
The original poster is misquoting Einstein.
Show me where Einstein stated:
a) what the speed of gravity was, and
b) where he mentioned,
please.
That measured the speed of light, not gravity.
And your proof is ... ?
Nonsense.
Whats the speed of gravity?
> OpenGL ES 2.0 isn't too bad, but it is dated already and
What are you smoking?
It's the standard API for iPad/iPhone 3G+, and for the BIG emebedded Linux Device I'm working, it is supported.
> with Comcast's abusive monopolies and the contempt they show towards their customers care
I know I'll get modded down, but I'm going to ask a legitimate question:
[citation]
What have they done in 2011 that is that bad? (Sorry, I don't follow ISP "news" -- too busy gaming.)
So who else is offering a low broadband monthly rate?
I _used_ to _love_ Notepad++, but it _sucks_ for customization
- Can't put each file type with its OWN background color, font, and font size
- Can't bind SHIFT+ for cursor movement
- The font size list is HARD-CODED, TWICE in the source code. i.e. You can't chose a 6 pt font without hacking the source.
> Bread meat, eggs, dairy, gas, rent, electricity, parking, insurance, transit passes all cost money so why do you think that software has to be free (gratis)? Freedom is never free in the real world so why shouldn't you have to pay for it in the software world?
Why do you think Mathematics and Language should be free? Or do you PREFER to pay a royalty on everytime you need to add, subtract, etc...
Oh, that's RIGHT -- because we like to advance this silly little thing, called CIVILIZATION. /sarcasm What was I thinking!
> You forgot NT 3 and NT 4. /pedantic You mean NT 3.1, there was no NT 3 -- the reasons vary depending on who you talk to...
Which is total bullshit. The PROPER way to do it at the end of the year is if any money is left over you take decrease the budget by 1/2 the difference for the next year.
How the hell is a department supposed to save money over a few years so that when they need that really BIG purchase that exceed their budget, they actually have some spare cash for it.
Any junior computer scientist can tell you about amortization costs when a vector grows. 2x used to be popular, but 1.5x is a tighter fit so you waste less memory.
Any one else getting sick of all these "reboots" ? Reboot this, Reboot that, etc. Enough with the freaking reboots already.
Translation: reboot = Redoing the original game, but a marketing money grab hoping to win fans based on nostalgia but completely misses the atmosphere of what made the original great in the first place!
> But I suspect developers of FPS games aren't that interested in moral realism, just graphics and sound.
Yeap, its the same reason you don't see children in Left for Dead, nor in MMO's.
> How is this better?
Society places an intrinsic worth on the content to consume. Artists need fans to consume there content AND need financial compensation. This proposal is the best compromise between the "greed" of the artist and the "need" of the society.
Copyright was _supposed_ to be for the betterment of everyone. If you want to exploit it for capital gain for any length of time, you can damn well pay for that privilege, otherwise it defaults to the general public which society as a WHOLE is THEN able to enjoy it royalty free.
Yeah, seriously, why the fuck can't I buy a WinXP license for $20? I don't even need the dam CD, I just want a valid licensed key, digital download.
> If sales tax is 30%, that means the poorest of the poor are paying an effective tax rate of 30%, because they need to spend every penny they make in order to survive.
There are 2 views on taxation:
- You are NOT your brother's keeper: Taxes are UNFAIR because what gives you the justification to ROB from MY income?
- You ARE your brother's keeper: Taxes are FAIR because as a society no one should go hunger.
If you are going to tax a person you have 2 ways to do it:
- A fixed amount
- A variable amount
>It's obviously not "fair" to tax each person the same dollar amount.
Yes it is. Why are you "worth more"? Just because you can afford to pay more??
The problem with a fixed amount is "What amount is enough?" that everyone can pay??
A _fixed_ rate is the most fair -- because everyone _is equal_.
We use a variable amount, because people think paying 'X %' is the fairest to _society_.
> Why do people think it's "fair" to tax each person the same percentage?
It's not.
Absurdity of a progressive tax system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOyaJ2UI7Ss
> I'd call it most fair to impose the same financial burden on each person through taxes, which means that we're able to take a much,
How is it "fair" that I have to support leeches of society who are unwilling and/or too lazy to get a real job by forcing me to pay MORE just because I am more successful at what I do? Fuck you.
> I've never had fond memories of using Yahoo: their front page has always been bloated,
[Oblg.]
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/443/yahoovsgoogle1996to2005ys4.png
Why Yahoo jumped the shark -- they couldn't focus on one thing and do it well. Jack of all trades, master of none.
> I think about 2008 but I also think about USSR. Was the entire country "Too Big To Fail"? How about USA, is it "Too Big To Fail"?
> Who can prevent a country from failing?
Agreed, but I think about the $700 billion bailout to the banks.
Repeating what I posted in a different thread...
"too big to fail" = "the general population gets fucked with the bill !"
True Story: Forest Ranges used to be anal about stopping _every_ forest fire. They eventually learnt that this makes the situation _worse_ in the _long_ run because all the decay that _would_ of been cleared when a big fire hits, is still there. By letting "smalls" fire occasionally go through, it lessens the impact of the bigger ones.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn
What is interesting is that the Talmud mentions about all debts being released every 50 years. It looks like some Jewish wisemen already saw the problems of usary over 3,000 years ago ...
People (and by proxy Government) learn the _most_ from failure.
_Every_ government has collapsed. It is not just a matter of IF, but WHEN. Propping up entities artificially doesn't change that fact, and takes away the learning opportunity of "WHAT NOT TO DO"
> The term 'too big to fail' doesn't refer to being unable to fail but rather, not being -allowed- to fail because the consequences of failure would be too catastrophic.
Which is a bogus term. "too big to fail" = "the general population gets fucked with the bill"
True Story:
Forest Ranges used to be anal about stopping _every_ forest fire. They eventually learnt that this makes the situation _worse_ in the _long_ run because all the decay that _would_ of been cleared when a big fire hits, is still there.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn
_Every_ government has collapsed. It is not just a matter of IF, but WHEN. Propping up entities artificially doesn't change that fact.
> Among the six links to infoworld.com are 6 + 5 + 8 + 13 + 11 + 8 = a total of 51 pages.
Hmm, I think you have a fence-post (off by one) error for some of them. :-/ The first page is just an intro page for the last 4 sections.
e.g. The actual pages of content ...
6 article: Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source software of the year
5 article: Linux at 20: New challenges, new opportunities
7 awards: applications
12 awards: desktop and mobile
10 awards: application development
7 awards: data center and cloud
See http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2417536&cid=37333598 for a one page summary of the awards
But yeah, I concur, 12 pages bloated out to 51 is nonsense.
I love mobile as much as the next person, but for the love of the programming, can people please separate Desktop and Mobile ?!
Agreed. Here's all the one page summary ... ... ]
[ not karma whoring since I've been maxed for _years_
= Applications =
* Apache Lucene and Solr
* Drupal
* Openbravo ERP
* Pentaho BI Suite
* SugarCRM
* WordPress
= Desktop and mobile =
* 7-Zip
* Google Android
* CamStudio
* Google Chrome
* LibreOffice
* Oracle VM VirtualBox
* PDFCreator
* Pidgin
* PortableApps.com
* TrueCrypt
* VLC
= Application Development =
* CakePHP
* CoffeeScript
* Git
* Apache Hadoop
* Hudson and Jenkins
* jQuery Mobile and Sencha Touch
* MongoDB
* Node.js
* Web2py
= Data Center & Cloud =
* Eucalyptus and OpenStack
* Gluster
* Talend Open Studio
* Vyatta
* Xen
* WSO2
--
Can I get my 10 mins back, please.
> The fundamental flaw in Communism is human nature. Humans are corrupted by money and power.
So get rid of money. And before you respond, I have one question:
Maybe you can tell me how the plants and animals have lived for _millions_ of years without "money".
There are civilizations (human and non-human) that have evolved past the need for physical money. Money at its _core_ is energy exchange. The whole universe is designed for unequal energy exchange in order to support life. You don't pay the Sun, or Earth to support you live -- so why it is "OK" that another animal, er human/government, requires "payment."
As one alien said: "You mean you have to PAY to live on the planet you were born on??"
> That's because communism has never been tried. A communist regime in the model that Marx was pushing hasn't ever been implemented.
Oh please. Have you even _read_ the Communist Manifesto or even know what "allodial title" means??
I'll repeat them here for your benefit ...
1. "Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of wastelands, and the improvement of the the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries, gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form."
And quoting the excellent analysis ....
- - - 8http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/wua11.shtml
1. Abolition of Property Rights.
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. (Taxes on things, including property.)
Zoning laws and regulations - the Supreme Court ruled zoning constitutional in 1921.
Federal ownership of land; Bureau of Land Management - in Nevada 87% of land is federally owned.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - broad powers to seize any private property during "emergency."
Communist percentage: 25%.
2. Heavy Progressive Income Tax
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. (Taxes on things, including income.) The Sixteenth Amendment classifies income tax as an indirect tax, or tax on a thing, as opposed to tax on a person.
Corporate Tax Act of 1909.
Revenue Act of 1913.
Social Security Act of 1936.
Communist percentage: 85%. (Maybe 15% of the population don't pay the taxes.)
3. Abolition of Rights of Inheritance
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. (Taxes on things, including inheritances.)
Estate Tax Act of 1916.
Social Security Act of 1936.
Communist percentage: 30%.
4. Confiscation of Property of Emigrants and Rebels
Confiscation of property of American Indians.
IRS confiscation of property without due process.
Internment of Japanese-Americans during WW II; confiscation of their property.
Confiscation of drug-merchant property.
RICO Act of 1970 (Racketeering Influenced & Corrupt Organizations) - used as a basis to confiscate property.
Communist percentage: 20%.
5. Monopoly National Bank
U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to coin money, r