Perhaps not welcomed by the city residents. But the website was intended to reach people all over the country, if not all the world, inviting them to go to NYC and create trouble for the delegates.
And since a quick glance at IndyMedia's website shows nothing about the beating of the cop yesterday, I can only assume they are giving the perps tacit approval. Of course, if the situation were turned around, and a Christian Coalition member were the would-be cop-killer, IndyMedia would immediately demand that the GOP, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Catholic Church disavow these horrible tactics.
There were further instructions: "Let them know that they aren't welcome in New York City."
Given their previous tactics, it would be disingenuous to claim they have no violent intent behind that, especially after yesterday's near-fatal beating of a cop.
What if it were a Republican-oriented website with information for harrassing Democratic delegates? It'd be splashed all over the NYT before the Secret Service even caught wind of it, and the American Criminal Lawyers' Union wouldn't even touch the case!
Fallacy 10: You teach people how to program by showing them how to write programs. Why don't we teach them to read programs first? Good question (and he has a few possible answers).
This is exactly what John Lions was trying to do with his commentary. And he used nothing less than the Unix kernel source code as an example of well-crafted, and very readable, code.
Rest in peace, John. Your little project helped more hackers than you could ever have known in this life.
What you're reading here is a review, not a full restatement of each thesis in the book. Have you RTFB? If not, then you do not know what data he provides to buttress his statements as Facts and Fallacies.
OTOH, what data can you provide to contradict him? Your own personal perceptions? Or can you actually show verifiable numbers?
Actually, the Director's Cut is the original, unmangled Blade Runner. The voice-over and deletion of the unicorn scene was done at the studio's request. Ridley Scott made it clear at the time, that he didn't like it. However, he had little choice in the matter.
You are correct, however, in stating that the voice-over clarifies the action for the uninitiated.
our campus is so bound to Word (hell, I get three line memos in a Word doc attached to an email), I can't see the secretarial force even open to considering a platform change to other software.
Does your campus have a 'net-based BB or some such, where you can post a thoughtful rant about being bound to Microsoft's stuff? It seems to me you are well-equipped to make a case for OSS.
Stories and pictures of American soldiers torturing prisoners are the best recruiting tool al-Qaeda has.
If that were true, then the videos of Daniel Pearl and Paul Johnson would be damn good recruiting tools for us. Are they? (I ask that in honest expectation of an answer.)
I'll admit, I shot off my mouth a bit in my comment. But I'm sick and tired of some of these types that will jump on us and accuse us of violating Geneva Conventions, while spouting off "but we have to understand their reasons" about 9/11. I sensed some of that in the top-level post, and I wasn't going to give it a pass. (And yes, I know Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.)
Can they use all that nifty technology and virtual reality to make sure Military Police and Military Intelligence units understand the Geneva Conventions?
Let's try for something to get the terrorists of the world to "fight fair" first. Starting with Moqtada al-Sadr's boys, hiding in the shrine in Najaf.
Oh, you say we have to clean our own house first? If we don't win this, cleanly or otherwise, we won't have a house left. Osama, Moqtada, and the mullahs in Iran would love nothing more than to see freedom fall.
Rheingold is worried that established companies with business models that are threatened by these new technologies could 'quash such nascent innovations as file-sharing -- and potentially put the U.S. at risk of falling behind the rest of the world.'"
Since it looks like the only way to do the quashing is through the courts, doesn't that make it a government-managed economy? Only now, instead of "the people's" will, it's "the companies' will". No matter, it's still a club to beat people up with.
Meet the new Communism, [amost the] same as the old Communism.
Well, it's either Your Rights Online, or Your Rights Offline. Is there any indication in the article that the security network is isolated from the Internet? No? Then it's online.
I don't care if there is only one computer that connects to both the Internet and the Olympic Security Network. That will still be too many.
Ever heard the saying, that "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you?" How many times have we been warned on here of coming privacy intrusions? And how many of them have materialized? Remember "Know Your Customer"? Remember Colossus? How about some of the crap that Microsoft has tried to pull?
I'd say Slashdot is batting about.500 for the time being. If it were less than.100, I'd grant your point. But just because half of the warnings don't pan out, doesn't strain the credibility of the other half.
Of course, I was only 10 at the time, and had no clue about mechanical engineering. Still, it's good to see someone else wanted to, and now someone will.
If it were "all Bush's fault" as you claim, then the FCC would be going after JibJab, not Guthrie's estate. And three men in black suits would be on your doorstep right now.
Good thing for you I don't have any mod points at the moment, or you'd be a Troll immediately.
Has he considered the current population growth rate? What happens when we hit the point of saturation?
Dr. Van Allen would also do well to consider what great advances the space program has already brought us as a human race. How many times have we heard "nothing left to invent," only to see more disruptive technology a decade later?
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Perhaps not welcomed by the city residents. But the website was intended to reach people all over the country, if not all the world, inviting them to go to NYC and create trouble for the delegates.
And since a quick glance at IndyMedia's website shows nothing about the beating of the cop yesterday, I can only assume they are giving the perps tacit approval. Of course, if the situation were turned around, and a Christian Coalition member were the would-be cop-killer, IndyMedia would immediately demand that the GOP, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Catholic Church disavow these horrible tactics.
There were further instructions: "Let them know that they aren't welcome in New York City."
Given their previous tactics, it would be disingenuous to claim they have no violent intent behind that, especially after yesterday's near-fatal beating of a cop.
What if it were a Republican-oriented website with information for harrassing Democratic delegates? It'd be splashed all over the NYT before the Secret Service even caught wind of it, and the American Criminal Lawyers' Union wouldn't even touch the case!
Right.
Well, in that case, I withdraw my point.
Fallacy 10: You teach people how to program by showing them how to write programs. Why don't we teach them to read programs first? Good question (and he has a few possible answers).
This is exactly what John Lions was trying to do with his commentary. And he used nothing less than the Unix kernel source code as an example of well-crafted, and very readable, code.
Rest in peace, John. Your little project helped more hackers than you could ever have known in this life.
What you're reading here is a review, not a full restatement of each thesis in the book. Have you RTFB? If not, then you do not know what data he provides to buttress his statements as Facts and Fallacies.
OTOH, what data can you provide to contradict him? Your own personal perceptions? Or can you actually show verifiable numbers?
Actually, the Director's Cut is the original, unmangled Blade Runner. The voice-over and deletion of the unicorn scene was done at the studio's request. Ridley Scott made it clear at the time, that he didn't like it. However, he had little choice in the matter.
You are correct, however, in stating that the voice-over clarifies the action for the uninitiated.
Let them reverse-engineer and re-implement it in Norway, then we can download it and use it here.
10,000 feet == ~3km
Do the math.
Yours is probably the most well-grounded and reasonable argument against what happened at Abu Ghraib, that I've seen.
The only counter-point I would make to it is this: Tolerance is, by necessity, intolerant of intolerance.
Who knows, your point and mine may be very reconcilable. I hope they are.
our campus is so bound to Word (hell, I get three line memos in a Word doc attached to an email), I can't see the secretarial force even open to considering a platform change to other software.
Does your campus have a 'net-based BB or some such, where you can post a thoughtful rant about being bound to Microsoft's stuff? It seems to me you are well-equipped to make a case for OSS.
Stories and pictures of American soldiers torturing prisoners are the best recruiting tool al-Qaeda has.
If that were true, then the videos of Daniel Pearl and Paul Johnson would be damn good recruiting tools for us. Are they? (I ask that in honest expectation of an answer.)
I'll admit, I shot off my mouth a bit in my comment. But I'm sick and tired of some of these types that will jump on us and accuse us of violating Geneva Conventions, while spouting off "but we have to understand their reasons" about 9/11. I sensed some of that in the top-level post, and I wasn't going to give it a pass. (And yes, I know Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.)
Can they use all that nifty technology and virtual reality to make sure Military Police and Military Intelligence units understand the Geneva Conventions?
Let's try for something to get the terrorists of the world to "fight fair" first. Starting with Moqtada al-Sadr's boys, hiding in the shrine in Najaf.
Oh, you say we have to clean our own house first? If we don't win this, cleanly or otherwise, we won't have a house left. Osama, Moqtada, and the mullahs in Iran would love nothing more than to see freedom fall.
Censorship in the land whose great claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of democracy.
Shame on Athens, on Greece, and on the IOC.
Rheingold is worried that established companies with business models that are threatened by these new technologies could 'quash such nascent innovations as file-sharing -- and potentially put the U.S. at risk of falling behind the rest of the world.'"
Since it looks like the only way to do the quashing is through the courts, doesn't that make it a government-managed economy? Only now, instead of "the people's" will, it's "the companies' will". No matter, it's still a club to beat people up with.
Meet the new Communism, [amost the] same as the old Communism.
Well, it's either Your Rights Online, or Your Rights Offline. Is there any indication in the article that the security network is isolated from the Internet? No? Then it's online.
I don't care if there is only one computer that connects to both the Internet and the Olympic Security Network. That will still be too many.
Ever heard the saying, that "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you?" How many times have we been warned on here of coming privacy intrusions? And how many of them have materialized? Remember "Know Your Customer"? Remember Colossus? How about some of the crap that Microsoft has tried to pull?
.500 for the time being. If it were less than .100, I'd grant your point. But just because half of the warnings don't pan out, doesn't strain the credibility of the other half.
I'd say Slashdot is batting about
Two points:
1. It won't be opt-in forever. Insurance companies will require it someday, if nobody can defeat it in federal court.
2. Combine that with state-mandated insurance coverage, and you have a deadly intrusion into privacy.
As a side note, I see that even you have a problem with it. You "think it's a good idea" for a lot of people, but not for yourself. Sheesh.
I proposed to build this very thing.
Of course, I was only 10 at the time, and had no clue about mechanical engineering. Still, it's good to see someone else wanted to, and now someone will.
First quote:
"I know what it is. Don't let the suit fool you."
Second quote[s]:
"So, how was her cleavage?"
"I don't know, I had to keep my eye on the puck. Besides, it was her eyes that got my attention."
"Welcome to the world of intelligent men."
As blatant violators of the GPL, SCO would be most unwelcome at the conference, and the hostilities would not be only from the attendees.
If it were "all Bush's fault" as you claim, then the FCC would be going after JibJab, not Guthrie's estate. And three men in black suits would be on your doorstep right now.
Good thing for you I don't have any mod points at the moment, or you'd be a Troll immediately.
So much for "Think Different."
Has he considered the current population growth rate? What happens when we hit the point of saturation?
Dr. Van Allen would also do well to consider what great advances the space program has already brought us as a human race. How many times have we heard "nothing left to invent," only to see more disruptive technology a decade later?
...it can star in a "Girls Gone Wild" video, flashing tits and drunk on jello shots.