You don't need to use gloveboxes to concentrate U-235 in any case (it's not radioactive enough). You also don't need to even _enrich_ uranium for some types of reactors.
"Capitalism + free market is an economic model that increases the wealth of all people"
That's definitely not true. There are tons of capitalistic societies that are working on increasing wealth of top ruling people. A lot of countries in South America come to mind.
Capitalism with sufficient oversight _can_ be made to work on increasing wealth of most people, but it definitely doesn't happen automagically.
Nope. A theory which explains away the dark matter MUST explain the observable effects of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_Cluster Then it should explain discrepancy between small and large galaxies.
Only after it passes these two tests it could be discussed seriously. Yet another "I can haz explain rotation curves!!!" theory is definitely not interesting.
Not really. Soviet-style socialism was thought to be intermediary step to communism. But all Soviet-style planned economies have failed quite spectacularly. Sweden is 'socialist' in the sense that it has cradle-to-grave welfare system (which includes social security, healthcare, education, etc.). But OK, I won't argue
"A better thing to consider is whether you could have pooled resources together with your friends in, say, the 1970's Soviet Union and create a pocket of capitalism."
Even during Stalin era USSR allowed individual entrepreneurs - you could have your own shoe repair shop, for example. You could sell products that you grew on your personal farm, etc. Hired labor was not allowed as well plain reselling of goods.
But I'm certainly not stating that Soviet-style socialism is somehow superior to market-based economies with good regulation.
"- there is no market economy in Russia because there is no rule of law and property rights."
Market economy doesn't require either of that. You fail again.
"- I said capitalism is a natural system and socialism is not. Poor societies cannot provide any social services"
But they do. Poor societies generally provide communal care for old and infirm people. Without insurance companies, you might notice. Even apes have this behavior - they care about injured and cooperate to protect against predators.
"- well, you are lying. See, you use an accountant I am certain you don't just take your gross income and then take a large chunk of that and send it to whatever government you pay your taxes to."
Nope. My company (I own it) uses 'simplified taxation system' which means that I simply send 7.5% of gross income as tax (and I don't even need to track expenses). On top of my personal salary I pay additional 35% of tax (includes social security tax and personal income tax).
But you simply can't understand that not all people are assholes like you.
"there is no way to work within a communist system to purchase your own pocket of capitalism"
I'm not talking about communism (which is political system) but about socialism (which is socio-economical system). Nobody is holding you from creating your own currency in, say, socialistic Sweden and setting up your very own pocket of unrestricted capitalism.
"People who are in power currently don't want a market economy. A market economy requires acceptance of individual liberties and PROPERTY RIGHTS."
Let me quote an encyclopedia for you: "A market economy is an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system.[1] This is often contrasted with a state-directed or planned economy". There is no planning in Russia or excessive state-based redistribution of wealth to poor people.
So Russian economy is definitely a market economy. But somehow 'invisible hand' in Russia works only to tighten the noose on neck of people.
"- It well may be, and we know of cases of this on any small scale, specifically starting with a FAMILY unit and getting into things like Kibbutz."
Only in societies that already provide most of social services. In primitive societies (think about aboriginal societies) there is often no notion of private property at all.
"- except that none of those means are voluntary. None of the people who pay taxes pay them voluntary, do you not understand that basic principle?"
I pay taxes voluntarily and gladly. So your statement is falsified by a counterexample. Do you not understand that basic principle?
However, central government in the USSR also transformed the country from an agrarian society to an industrial superpower with nuclear weapons in 20 years.
Government in the USA built the Interstate system and railroad system before that providing infrastructure for growth.
I have asked you WHY Russian economy is not a MARKET economy. I haven't asked about the power balance. What exactly makes Russian economy to be non-market economy?
"Capitalism naturally comes out of individual initiative, under-consumption and over-production that allows a person to build up some savings in order to increase his own efficiency to allow eventually a more comfortable life."
It doesn't. "Barracks communism" comes naturally, as observed in primitive societies.
"Socialism does not take a natural course of one individual subjugating his desires to the needs of other individuals in a collective, it is a system that forces this subjugation by the government power, which normally requires a revolution of some sort to come about. It's about grabbing power over other people that are more productive than you, it's theft and slavery."
Nope. Socialism is a form of social structure where the society as a whole guarantees that its members won't be left on their own. It can be achieved by variety of means.
"Capitalism, if you want, is 'forced' upon people by nature of being alive on this planet."
So is socialism in socialistic states - it's not forced on anyone, it just is. So your point is?
"Capitalism is your work minus your consumption, whatever is left (under-consumption or overproduction) is what you call 'savings' and you can then reinvest it to make more profit. For example you can hire help to do what you do or you can buy a machine to make your own labor more efficient."
Wrong, as usual.
Can you tell me: 1) Why Russia has no market economy. Maybe Russian Government now uses command economy and 5-year plans?
2) Why capitalism is just an economy model but socialism is something different?
"it ends being an economic model and becomes a political system once it is forced upon unwilling participants."
And this is different from capitalism exactly how?
"Capitalism is not forced upon people top down, because capitalism makes sense as it is the most natural system; socialism is forced upon people through government power."
Sure. In capitalism you are not forced to work - you are not forced to breathe or eat either. Oh, and also business is not forced to obey small nuisances like the so called 'laws' and 'regulations'.
"- whatever it is, it's not a free market, with people making choices based on the product. The carousel in the video is a way that the incumbent power stays in power by using the power it already has stolen from the market."
Sure it is. It's just that choices are not made by regular people. If you have a few billions of rubles/dollars then your choice certainly important. In other words: "one dollar - one vote"!
"Capitalism is just a word, which has nothing to do with the political system"
Sure. So is socialism.
"Here is an example of 'carousel' [youtube.com] - the people are instructed that they will be voting in 16 different schools (these are the same people), they are explicitly told who to vote for (United Russia obviously) and how to behave, which tables to approach, what to say to any authorities if they are questioned, etc."
"United Russia" just uses its "market power" to influence election results. And they are definitely not 'mafia' in the sense that they do not consist of members of organized criminal. "United Russia" consists mostly of medium business, the old mafia bosses are really irrelevant now. Stunning success of unrestricted capitalism!
Dude, Russia is capitalistic to the extreme. Socialism had died in Russia in 1993.
"United Russia" is the end result of a capitalistic society without democratic checks and balances. It turns out that pure capitalism soon becomes indistinguishable from feudalism.
That's quite easy to understand, because giving business the ability to influence the government creates a feedback loop and pretty soon government becomes indistinguishable from business. Alternatively, giving business power to weaken the government results in business _becoming_ the government.
Most of the websites are up by now. And probably some of the DDoS attacks can be explained by surge in the number of viewers.
Well, the good news is that Putin's party has lost constitutional majority in the Parliament (constitutional majority is required to be able to modify some parts of the Constitution of the Russian Federation). The bad news is that they still get majority in the parliament. And Internet has been instrumental in that - it's about the only remaining independent source of information in Russia.
The Russian Internet meme "United Russia is the party of crooks and thieves" got so popular that it has even jumped into official United Russia propaganda.
Industrial espionage is not a copyright violation, in fact you can commit espionage WITHOUT copyright violations. For example, if I steal a document from your company's safe and then use it to learn your $PROPRIETARY_DESIGNS then I won't be violating copyright as no new copies of your document would be made.
Besides, your scenario does not happen in the real life because either: 1) New widgets with $BILLIONS spent on R&D require complex supply chains and development setup. 2) Replicating widgets on which $BILLIONS were spent is not easy. 3) Replicating other company's widgets is self-defeating. You won't have in-house expertise to build newer and more advanced versions.
Not really. I have not yet seen the code for Journal, but likely it'll going to be tightly integrated and small as it's going to be started during the initial phases of system init.
Besides, it's good to have a separate utility to investigate journal files in details - not everyone would enable text-based logs.
"My application needs traditional text log files on disk, can I configure journald to generate those?"
Well, I'm going to write a FUSE filesystem that allows to read Journal files as if they were simple text log files. With features like customizable representation.
Many more people die from allergies to perfectly normal peanut butter. Ditto for poison ivy.
"So even ignoring all the other aspirin-related deaths we're talking about thousands of people here. How many people can be proved to have died of willow bark toxicity? None, that I can find. There aren't any documented cases."
How many people have proven case of death listed as "Fall from the Empire State Building while wearing swimsuit"? I wager that this number is quite close to zero. Does that mean it's safe?
Quite a lot of people die from trying 'natural' remedies. Hey, most narcotics are made from natural stuff too. Some of them would even qualify for the 'organic' label! Let's list all drug-related deaths as faults of 'natural' medicine.
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IBM has outdone themselves! They managed to create a language that combines the worst parts of Java, C aaaaand COBOL!
Wrong.
Here's a nice talk for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DRsN7w7iW08
You don't need to use gloveboxes to concentrate U-235 in any case (it's not radioactive enough). You also don't need to even _enrich_ uranium for some types of reactors.
Like Samsung (Galaxy Tab). Or Acer.
That's a rehash of theory created by Fatio in collaboration with... Newton!
Yes, the idea is that old. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Sage's_theory_of_gravitation
"Capitalism + free market is an economic model that increases the wealth of all people"
That's definitely not true. There are tons of capitalistic societies that are working on increasing wealth of top ruling people. A lot of countries in South America come to mind.
Capitalism with sufficient oversight _can_ be made to work on increasing wealth of most people, but it definitely doesn't happen automagically.
Nope. A theory which explains away the dark matter MUST explain the observable effects of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_Cluster Then it should explain discrepancy between small and large galaxies.
Only after it passes these two tests it could be discussed seriously. Yet another "I can haz explain rotation curves!!!" theory is definitely not interesting.
Yet another MOND which doesn't explain the Bullet Cluster and gravitational lensing curves.
Not really. Soviet-style socialism was thought to be intermediary step to communism. But all Soviet-style planned economies have failed quite spectacularly. Sweden is 'socialist' in the sense that it has cradle-to-grave welfare system (which includes social security, healthcare, education, etc.). But OK, I won't argue
"A better thing to consider is whether you could have pooled resources together with your friends in, say, the 1970's Soviet Union and create a pocket of capitalism."
Even during Stalin era USSR allowed individual entrepreneurs - you could have your own shoe repair shop, for example. You could sell products that you grew on your personal farm, etc. Hired labor was not allowed as well plain reselling of goods.
But I'm certainly not stating that Soviet-style socialism is somehow superior to market-based economies with good regulation.
"- there is no market economy in Russia because there is no rule of law and property rights."
Market economy doesn't require either of that. You fail again.
"- I said capitalism is a natural system and socialism is not. Poor societies cannot provide any social services"
But they do. Poor societies generally provide communal care for old and infirm people. Without insurance companies, you might notice. Even apes have this behavior - they care about injured and cooperate to protect against predators.
"- well, you are lying. See, you use an accountant I am certain you don't just take your gross income and then take a large chunk of that and send it to whatever government you pay your taxes to."
Nope. My company (I own it) uses 'simplified taxation system' which means that I simply send 7.5% of gross income as tax (and I don't even need to track expenses). On top of my personal salary I pay additional 35% of tax (includes social security tax and personal income tax).
But you simply can't understand that not all people are assholes like you.
"there is no way to work within a communist system to purchase your own pocket of capitalism"
I'm not talking about communism (which is political system) but about socialism (which is socio-economical system). Nobody is holding you from creating your own currency in, say, socialistic Sweden and setting up your very own pocket of unrestricted capitalism.
"People who are in power currently don't want a market economy. A market economy requires acceptance of individual liberties and PROPERTY RIGHTS."
Let me quote an encyclopedia for you: "A market economy is an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system.[1] This is often contrasted with a state-directed or planned economy". There is no planning in Russia or excessive state-based redistribution of wealth to poor people.
So Russian economy is definitely a market economy. But somehow 'invisible hand' in Russia works only to tighten the noose on neck of people.
"- It well may be, and we know of cases of this on any small scale, specifically starting with a FAMILY unit and getting into things like Kibbutz."
Only in societies that already provide most of social services. In primitive societies (think about aboriginal societies) there is often no notion of private property at all.
"- except that none of those means are voluntary. None of the people who pay taxes pay them voluntary, do you not understand that basic principle?"
I pay taxes voluntarily and gladly. So your statement is falsified by a counterexample. Do you not understand that basic principle?
However, central government in the USSR also transformed the country from an agrarian society to an industrial superpower with nuclear weapons in 20 years.
Government in the USA built the Interstate system and railroad system before that providing infrastructure for growth.
I have asked you WHY Russian economy is not a MARKET economy. I haven't asked about the power balance. What exactly makes Russian economy to be non-market economy?
"Capitalism naturally comes out of individual initiative, under-consumption and over-production that allows a person to build up some savings in order to increase his own efficiency to allow eventually a more comfortable life."
It doesn't. "Barracks communism" comes naturally, as observed in primitive societies.
"Socialism does not take a natural course of one individual subjugating his desires to the needs of other individuals in a collective, it is a system that forces this subjugation by the government power, which normally requires a revolution of some sort to come about. It's about grabbing power over other people that are more productive than you, it's theft and slavery."
Nope. Socialism is a form of social structure where the society as a whole guarantees that its members won't be left on their own. It can be achieved by variety of means.
"Capitalism, if you want, is 'forced' upon people by nature of being alive on this planet."
So is socialism in socialistic states - it's not forced on anyone, it just is. So your point is?
"Capitalism is your work minus your consumption, whatever is left (under-consumption or overproduction) is what you call 'savings' and you can then reinvest it to make more profit. For example you can hire help to do what you do or you can buy a machine to make your own labor more efficient."
Wrong, as usual.
Can you tell me:
1) Why Russia has no market economy. Maybe Russian Government now uses command economy and 5-year plans?
2) Why capitalism is just an economy model but socialism is something different?
"it ends being an economic model and becomes a political system once it is forced upon unwilling participants."
And this is different from capitalism exactly how?
"Capitalism is not forced upon people top down, because capitalism makes sense as it is the most natural system; socialism is forced upon people through government power."
Sure. In capitalism you are not forced to work - you are not forced to breathe or eat either. Oh, and also business is not forced to obey small nuisances like the so called 'laws' and 'regulations'.
"- whatever it is, it's not a free market, with people making choices based on the product. The carousel in the video is a way that the incumbent power stays in power by using the power it already has stolen from the market."
Sure it is. It's just that choices are not made by regular people. If you have a few billions of rubles/dollars then your choice certainly important. In other words: "one dollar - one vote"!
Let me quote you:
"That's why you don't want socialism or communism or totalitarianism or dictatorship or any kind"
If capitalism is just an economic model then why do you have problems with socialism which is also just an economic model?
"Capitalism is just a word, which has nothing to do with the political system"
Sure. So is socialism.
"Here is an example of 'carousel' [youtube.com] - the people are instructed that they will be voting in 16 different schools (these are the same people), they are explicitly told who to vote for (United Russia obviously) and how to behave, which tables to approach, what to say to any authorities if they are questioned, etc."
"United Russia" just uses its "market power" to influence election results. And they are definitely not 'mafia' in the sense that they do not consist of members of organized criminal. "United Russia" consists mostly of medium business, the old mafia bosses are really irrelevant now. Stunning success of unrestricted capitalism!
Dude, Russia is capitalistic to the extreme. Socialism had died in Russia in 1993.
"United Russia" is the end result of a capitalistic society without democratic checks and balances. It turns out that pure capitalism soon becomes indistinguishable from feudalism.
That's quite easy to understand, because giving business the ability to influence the government creates a feedback loop and pretty soon government becomes indistinguishable from business. Alternatively, giving business power to weaken the government results in business _becoming_ the government.
Most of the websites are up by now. And probably some of the DDoS attacks can be explained by surge in the number of viewers.
Well, the good news is that Putin's party has lost constitutional majority in the Parliament (constitutional majority is required to be able to modify some parts of the Constitution of the Russian Federation). The bad news is that they still get majority in the parliament. And Internet has been instrumental in that - it's about the only remaining independent source of information in Russia.
The Russian Internet meme "United Russia is the party of crooks and thieves" got so popular that it has even jumped into official United Russia propaganda.
For example, GNOME2 has a very nice weather/clock applet. Or an equally nice power manager applet.
XFCE lacks both.
So you're building yet another strawman, right?
Industrial espionage is not a copyright violation, in fact you can commit espionage WITHOUT copyright violations. For example, if I steal a document from your company's safe and then use it to learn your $PROPRIETARY_DESIGNS then I won't be violating copyright as no new copies of your document would be made.
Besides, your scenario does not happen in the real life because either:
1) New widgets with $BILLIONS spent on R&D require complex supply chains and development setup.
2) Replicating widgets on which $BILLIONS were spent is not easy.
3) Replicating other company's widgets is self-defeating. You won't have in-house expertise to build newer and more advanced versions.
Not really. I have not yet seen the code for Journal, but likely it'll going to be tightly integrated and small as it's going to be started during the initial phases of system init.
Besides, it's good to have a separate utility to investigate journal files in details - not everyone would enable text-based logs.
"My application needs traditional text log files on disk, can I configure journald to generate those?"
Well, I'm going to write a FUSE filesystem that allows to read Journal files as if they were simple text log files. With features like customizable representation.
So? Adverse reactions happen.
Many more people die from allergies to perfectly normal peanut butter. Ditto for poison ivy.
"So even ignoring all the other aspirin-related deaths we're talking about thousands of people here. How many people can be proved to have died of willow bark toxicity? None, that I can find. There aren't any documented cases."
How many people have proven case of death listed as "Fall from the Empire State Building while wearing swimsuit"? I wager that this number is quite close to zero. Does that mean it's safe?
Quite a lot of people die from trying 'natural' remedies. Hey, most narcotics are made from natural stuff too. Some of them would even qualify for the 'organic' label! Let's list all drug-related deaths as faults of 'natural' medicine.