Must be a late day at work for me but the next obvious use for this technology would be the pr0n industry. Anyone care to patent it while they have the chance?
That's the nice thing about diversity. The variations help prevent the whole species from getting wiped out by particular threat. (disease or 'da man')
Heheh, apparently he just does a generic find-n-replace on the http name without restricting it to link tags so I saw a doctored version of the cease & desist.;)
My friend just found out that he was listed in the cease and desist by creating a personal perl script that parses that site and replaces those particular 'u' characters with '*'. Supposedly he only set it up for the three of us but its in the letter...interesting.
http://www.zuhause.org/cgi-bin/fcproxy.pl
Has anyone else ever used this link to view the site?
The nice thing is that the reason the project is being done is to "scratch an itch" instead of $$$ (although they can overlap).
In ESR's bazaar, usually the one that becomes the codekeeper is the one with the biggest itch (or the first one with that itch). They have the personal drive to make sure things are done appropriately to adhere to that itch. Suddenly that is one less thing that is needed out of an official manager.
When the user requirements part is being dealt with, the programmer(s) and the user(s) are one in the same. One less need for management.
Code submission/Debugging? (I apologize in adance for all the imagery) The whole "blindly throw all the fixes in" approach doesn't work. OSS is more like seti@home in that the codekeeper takes in all submissions and filters through them and picks the best or most appropriate. Management can rarely do this and this is a very valuable asset because the same functionality can be written many different ways. The ability to pick and choose the best has to be there.
Code review - In the oss community the codekeeper does the initial code review by keeping what (s)he feels is important to keep and ditching what isn't. Then the code goes through yet another code review by the rest of the community. So, that is a 2fer on code reviewing.
In the oss environment management, the engineers and the users all get rolled into one. (Well, mostly anyway.)
While I'm ranting, "burglarize" isn't a word either. Rant away, because in America, it is.
There are a lot of differences between America's and Great Britain's language. For you, 'zed' is the last letter of the alphabet...for me, its a common country-folk name.
ie: "Zed an I are going 'possum hunting this evening!"
Either way, it was the 'l' and the 'i' I was referring to.
:)
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Wasn't it originally referred to as a "x-y interpolator?"
Get a chump bank account, give them the number and after they've spent the time to verify its validity, have the bank account cancelled and/or frozen from any withdrawls.
"Either you define marriage as "two people together" which violates some people's beliefs, or you define it as "a man and a woman together" which violates other people's beliefs." You're wrong here. One of these is blatant discrimination and that leads to oppression. By saying, "a person and a person together" includes those that think it should be a male and female. The CP's marriage type is not being denied but to strictly adopt their belief as law is to deny a plethora of other types of marriage.
I know a lot or Christain religions that will adamantly state that this is the true way it should be. To say that the CP policy doesn't prevent gay people from entering marriage is complete and utter baloney. Why would anyone want to enter a marriage with someone they can't have a deep emotional and spiritual bond? How could they and still call it marriage?
The fact is simply that if two (consenting adult) people want to get married, they should be allowed to. Its no one else's business and the federal govt. should not bar them from it.
"I don't think women should serve in the military in a combat capacity. I don't think the women should be in the trenches shooting M-16's with the men. Yet the current administration has been trying to let them have the same duties, except the "standards" are different to make it appear as if women are the same as men. There are differences between men and women. (Duh.)" I'll ignore the absurd yet valid question to how having a penis makes one more effective at shooting a gun...Give all soldiers equal opportunity in everything. If there is testing involved, there should be only one type of each test and if recruit #195673 passes it, they can do it regardless of sex or sexual orientation.
On another note, as far as I know, trench warfare is pretty much a thing of the past with new technology being developed. On another note, it has been found that in testing aircraft that push the envelope of the plane's capabilities, women out-perform men hands down. So, if difference has a significant impact, its men that have the short end of the stick in this case. (Pardon the pun) >;)
Of course, my firm opinion is that NO ONE should serve in the military in a combat capacity. Being a professional killer is a very despicable thing, regardless of who signs the checks. Don't you dare say that soldiers aren't professional killers. Getting paid for something makes you a professional, regardless of anything else.
The law of our Creator defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The marriage covenant is the foundation of the family. We affirm, therefore, that no government may authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary to what God has instituted. Parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to nurture, educate, and discipline their children. Assumption of any of these responsibilities by any governmental agency usurps the role of the parents.
But the correct way should be that no government may authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary or in line with what any religion has instituted.
Government is not allowed to make a distinction of people based on their gender or gender preference. If your religion wants to resrict your secular marriage to male+female, that's fine.
When it comes to legal definitions it needs to be person+person in the eyes of the law.
Some religions say that person+person is ok, some do not. These are religious definitions and can only be used in a religious context, not a legal one.
To quote you, "because that's the view of a particular religion, and the government's job is not to dictate religion." Therefore, government cannot dictate to the populus that marriage is that narrowly defined.
I don't believe that they out to tell you how you should live your life, as you feared. No, it appears that they are out to tell people how they can't live their lives by narrowing the definitions.
We assert that private organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, can determine their own membership, volunteers, and employment based on their oaths and creeds. If they are a private organization, then they don't need to be subsidized with public/federal funds.
"Any gov't should be the minimum size and have the minimum power it needs in order to do what the governed cannot do individually (or on a more local gov't level)."
This is the most important point that can be made about the purpose of federal government, IMO.
But the tricky thing is that I want control of *my* own life as well. I don't want people telling me how I have to live my life.
There is truth in the phrase, "practice what you preach" or "do as you say."
The problem is, a person cannot be perceived as at "upright moral person" to every one. Its along the lines of the axiom, "You can't please everyone."
So we have no choice but to limit the power. That is the only common denominator.
The Constitution Party is a great name but what is their party line on homosexuality? or making no laws with respect to any particular religion?
If the CP had their way, I forsee a prosecution of the non-heterosexual population. Or perhaps I should use a less scary term and say that the CP strongly favors the "rehabilitation" gays and lesbians. But hey, that's ok because in the opinion of the CP its an immoral act.
Then perhaps having children out of wedlock is an immoral thing and should be dealt with appropriately.
Proper instruction for women entering marriage should be that it is their *place* to accept a submissive role to the husband, who becomes the defacto head of the household and the one with the final say on what goes.
I guess that's ok for some people but it isn't for me.
If I'm wrong about the Con Party, do explain...I just have a problem with with people (other than my parents...they have that right:) telling me how I should live my life. I have even more problems with people forcing me to live it a certain way.
:)
-Vel
P.S. I'm not intentionally trolling here so sorry if it seems that way.
Perhaps he should have stated something more along the lines of "grew up in the computerized community." Or maybe the "people that the Net grew up with."
The net's biggest advocates aren't 16-20...they're people that were part of the group that pioneered the net (or had a geek interest in it). ESR is close to 35, isn't he? Woz?
If you're still reading this, JK, is this closer to what you had in mind?
I voted for Perot and if he wasn't there, I would have voted for another 3rd party candidate.
Perhaps I am an exception but I haven't ever entertained the thought of voting republican. I remember my parents voting for Carter and Mondale (Minnesotan, what can I say?).
So if I was restricted to vote D or R, I would have chosen D.
If it wasn't for Nader, I would be choosing another candidate that shares at least some of my views (read: I won't vote for Buchanan).
The Libertarian and Socialist candidates even offer more hope than D/R.
I know, we Minnesotans are an odd bunch but I remember a LOT of people in N. Minnesota that normally vote Dem chose Perot.
I remember playing quite a bit on Nightmare myself. It had very good level of detail that I liked as well as atmosphere.
I usually logged onto Darkwind to do some coding and to socialize.
If Everquest shipped with a LAN version so I could set up a server for LAN parties, I'd be in heaven, otherwise I'll stick to graphical MUDs to feed my addiction.:)
born resident
at least 35 years of age
must have lived here for significant part of that
cannot have sworn allegiance to another country
I believe those are the real qualifications for the job. (Someone with a strong civics background please correct/confirm)
So don't go saying there is a lack of "real" qualifications for the job. When I turn 35, I'll be fully qualified...provided the rules don't change by then.
Slashdot Mirror
Must be a late day at work for me but the next obvious use for this technology would be the pr0n industry. Anyone care to patent it while they have the chance?
-Vel
That's the nice thing about diversity. The variations help prevent the whole species from getting wiped out by particular threat. (disease or 'da man')
-Vel
Doh!
;)
Heheh, apparently he just does a generic find-n-replace on the http name without restricting it to link tags so I saw a doctored version of the cease & desist.
My friend just found out that he was listed in the cease and desist by creating a personal perl script that parses that site and replaces those particular 'u' characters with '*'. Supposedly he only set it up for the three of us but its in the letter...interesting.
http://www.zuhause.org/cgi-bin/fcproxy.pl
Has anyone else ever used this link to view the site?
-Vel
How does this affect Star Trek 5?
After all, didn't they go to the center of the galaxy to find God?
-Vel
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see if they do portray her as a prostitute (along with her underage cohort and pimp).
I can see that having more of a chance of making the movie than the butch hair cut though.
-Vel
The nice thing is that the reason the project is being done is to "scratch an itch" instead of $$$ (although they can overlap).
In ESR's bazaar, usually the one that becomes the codekeeper is the one with the biggest itch (or the first one with that itch). They have the personal drive to make sure things are done appropriately to adhere to that itch. Suddenly that is one less thing that is needed out of an official manager.
When the user requirements part is being dealt with, the programmer(s) and the user(s) are one in the same. One less need for management.
Code submission/Debugging? (I apologize in adance for all the imagery) The whole "blindly throw all the fixes in" approach doesn't work. OSS is more like seti@home in that the codekeeper takes in all submissions and filters through them and picks the best or most appropriate. Management can rarely do this and this is a very valuable asset because the same functionality can be written many different ways. The ability to pick and choose the best has to be there.
Code review - In the oss community the codekeeper does the initial code review by keeping what (s)he feels is important to keep and ditching what isn't. Then the code goes through yet another code review by the rest of the community. So, that is a 2fer on code reviewing.
In the oss environment management, the engineers and the users all get rolled into one. (Well, mostly anyway.)
:D
-Vel
While I'm ranting, "burglarize" isn't a word either.
Rant away, because in America, it is.
There are a lot of differences between America's and Great Britain's language. For you, 'zed' is the last letter of the alphabet...for me, its a common country-folk name.
ie: "Zed an I are going 'possum hunting this evening!"
Either way, it was the 'l' and the 'i' I was referring to.
:)
Wasn't it originally referred to as a "x-y interpolator?"
-Vel
Actually, its not.
The founding fathers wrote the Constitution on two fundamental principles:
1) All citizens must be treated as responsible until proven otherwise.
2) Any form of government will act irresponsibly if given the opportunity. So don't give them that opportunity. (see Checks & Balances)
So really, it isn't double speak. Unfortunately, a lot of people(in the US) today tend to forget these paradigms.
-Vel
"realized" is spelled correctly.
:)
-Vel
'Nuff said.
-Vel
Get a chump bank account, give them the number and after they've spent the time to verify its validity, have the bank account cancelled and/or frozen from any withdrawls.
-Vel
"Either you define marriage as "two people together" which violates some people's beliefs, or you define it as "a man and a woman together" which violates other people's beliefs."
You're wrong here. One of these is blatant discrimination and that leads to oppression. By saying, "a person and a person together" includes those that think it should be a male and female. The CP's marriage type is not being denied but to strictly adopt their belief as law is to deny a plethora of other types of marriage.
I know a lot or Christain religions that will adamantly state that this is the true way it should be. To say that the CP policy doesn't prevent gay people from entering marriage is complete and utter baloney. Why would anyone want to enter a marriage with someone they can't have a deep emotional and spiritual bond? How could they and still call it marriage?
The fact is simply that if two (consenting adult) people want to get married, they should be allowed to. Its no one else's business and the federal govt. should not bar them from it.
"I don't think women should serve in the military in a combat capacity. I don't think the women should be in the trenches shooting M-16's with the men. Yet the current administration has been trying to let them have the same duties, except the "standards" are different to make it appear as if women are the same as men. There are differences between men and women. (Duh.)"
I'll ignore the absurd yet valid question to how having a penis makes one more effective at shooting a gun...Give all soldiers equal opportunity in everything. If there is testing involved, there should be only one type of each test and if recruit #195673 passes it, they can do it regardless of sex or sexual orientation.
On another note, as far as I know, trench warfare is pretty much a thing of the past with new technology being developed. On another note, it has been found that in testing aircraft that push the envelope of the plane's capabilities, women out-perform men hands down. So, if difference has a significant impact, its men that have the short end of the stick in this case. (Pardon the pun) >;)
Of course, my firm opinion is that NO ONE should serve in the military in a combat capacity. Being a professional killer is a very despicable thing, regardless of who signs the checks. Don't you dare say that soldiers aren't professional killers. Getting paid for something makes you a professional, regardless of anything else.
The law of our Creator defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The marriage covenant is the foundation of the family. We affirm, therefore, that no government may authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary to what God has instituted. Parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to nurture, educate, and discipline their children. Assumption of any of these responsibilities by any governmental agency usurps the role of the parents.
But the correct way should be that no government may authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary or in line with what any religion has instituted.
Government is not allowed to make a distinction of people based on their gender or gender preference. If your religion wants to resrict your secular marriage to male+female, that's fine.
When it comes to legal definitions it needs to be person+person in the eyes of the law.
Some religions say that person+person is ok, some do not. These are religious definitions and can only be used in a religious context, not a legal one.
To quote you, "because that's the view of a particular religion, and the government's job is not to dictate religion."
Therefore, government cannot dictate to the populus that marriage is that narrowly defined.
I don't believe that they out to tell you how you should live your life, as you feared.
No, it appears that they are out to tell people how they can't live their lives by narrowing the definitions.
We assert that private organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, can determine their own membership, volunteers, and employment based on their oaths and creeds.
If they are a private organization, then they don't need to be subsidized with public/federal funds.
"Any gov't should be the minimum size and have the minimum power it needs in order to do what the governed cannot do individually (or on a more local gov't level)."
This is the most important point that can be made about the purpose of federal government, IMO.
-Vel
But the tricky thing is that I want control of *my* own life as well. I don't want people telling me how I have to live my life.
:) telling me how I should live my life. I have even more problems with people forcing me to live it a certain way.
There is truth in the phrase, "practice what you preach" or "do as you say."
The problem is, a person cannot be perceived as at "upright moral person" to every one. Its along the lines of the axiom, "You can't please everyone."
So we have no choice but to limit the power. That is the only common denominator.
The Constitution Party is a great name but what is their party line on homosexuality? or making no laws with respect to any particular religion?
If the CP had their way, I forsee a prosecution of the non-heterosexual population. Or perhaps I should use a less scary term and say that the CP strongly favors the "rehabilitation" gays and lesbians. But hey, that's ok because in the opinion of the CP its an immoral act.
Then perhaps having children out of wedlock is an immoral thing and should be dealt with appropriately.
Proper instruction for women entering marriage should be that it is their *place* to accept a submissive role to the husband, who becomes the defacto head of the household and the one with the final say on what goes.
I guess that's ok for some people but it isn't for me.
If I'm wrong about the Con Party, do explain...I just have a problem with with people (other than my parents...they have that right
:)
-Vel
P.S. I'm not intentionally trolling here so sorry if it seems that way.
So, Buddha and Confucious didn't show up until at least 1960?
Or would Buddhism, Islam, et al be considered just plain immoral...
Sorry, just had to play devil's advocate...
>;)
-Vel
So, how is the cause of that "effect" working out anyway?
>;)
I figure the wedding gift I got should have covered all the bases.
-Vel
Perhaps he should have stated something more along the lines of "grew up in the computerized community." Or maybe the "people that the Net grew up with."
The net's biggest advocates aren't 16-20...they're people that were part of the group that pioneered the net (or had a geek interest in it). ESR is close to 35, isn't he? Woz?
If you're still reading this, JK, is this closer to what you had in mind?
-Veldrane
I voted for Perot and if he wasn't there, I would have voted for another 3rd party candidate.
Perhaps I am an exception but I haven't ever entertained the thought of voting republican. I remember my parents voting for Carter and Mondale (Minnesotan, what can I say?).
So if I was restricted to vote D or R, I would have chosen D.
If it wasn't for Nader, I would be choosing another candidate that shares at least some of my views (read: I won't vote for Buchanan).
The Libertarian and Socialist candidates even offer more hope than D/R.
I know, we Minnesotans are an odd bunch but I remember a LOT of people in N. Minnesota that normally vote Dem chose Perot.
-Veldrane
For those people that want to *be* the card....
Personally, I love the idea of role-playing Veldrane of Sengir....go figure. >;)
Jovan, Chandler or even Ihsan.
-Vel
Don't forget monthly fees...
:)
:P
I remember playing quite a bit on Nightmare myself. It had very good level of detail that I liked as well as atmosphere.
I usually logged onto Darkwind to do some coding and to socialize.
If Everquest shipped with a LAN version so I could set up a server for LAN parties, I'd be in heaven, otherwise I'll stick to graphical MUDs to feed my addiction.
-Vel
Yeah, I was making no argument that 2xp+1 = (yet another prime) so you are absolutely correct.
I was just giving examples of primes that fell out of his description.
I did forget to add that each of those that I tabbed over is "missing" from his prime generator.
-Vel
Let's see...
born resident
at least 35 years of age
must have lived here for significant part of that
cannot have sworn allegiance to another country
I believe those are the real qualifications for the job. (Someone with a strong civics background please correct/confirm)
So don't go saying there is a lack of "real" qualifications for the job. When I turn 35, I'll be fully qualified...provided the rules don't change by then.
-Vel