If the U.N. enacts this agenda, how will they take control of the Internet? Will they seize it by force (or bribe the American government to help them seize it) from ICANN and related organizations? Why does the U.N. feel (and yes I speak for all of them -- I see very little diversity of opinion among U.N. members when it comes to U.N. policies) they are somehow ENTITLED to something that does not rightfully or legally belong to them in the first place?
I'll wait first until this Zhao fellow tries to give some solid reasons as to why the Internet should give up its laissez-faire economic status that it has enjoyed all these years and instead fall under the bureaucracy of chattering do-nothing politicians.
You may think it's some pro-American, Bush-lover reason or whatever why we oppose many of the U.N.'s programs, but I don't think it's as simplistic as that. I attribute it to the possibility that American culture "gets" the concepts and underlying benefits of small government (even though American voters and politicians don't have a clue as to what that means) more than countries more closely tied to U.N. culture seem to.
The United Nations, and many of its staunch supporters, have a history of "if it isn't regulated, then it should be" mentality, on principle and principle alone, oft without justifying the reasons.
Right now the Internet is governed and maintained mostly by private organizations; I'd prefer private organizations over a world government (or ANY government, for that matter) that can set laws and regulations at their own whim without requiring the knowledge and expertise (they are politicians, after all) that the Internet's current arbiters require.
Zealot patent lawyers and excessive government regulation can probably cripple robots' human-enslavement abilities just like they can cripple anything else that hints of progress.
The only "chattering classes" I see using Yahoo! on most of its News stories are drunken rednecks and other wart-covered trolls who bitch and whine about gays and blacks all the time. Perhaps implementing some quality control on their own services would be a good start in fixing their public image and raise its own status as something better than a mere soapbox for trailer trash.
More "Doom 3" capable than my current P.O.S.
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I'm a piss-poor college student, I'm a gamer, and my current computer is 1998-era (450mhz yay!).
I'm ashamed to say this, but.... no. NO! Must... resist...:(
Is this what I'll have to put up with after I graduate college and start working in the computer field? Having to pretend, in front of my boss or bosses, that I'm sooo interested in attending these nonstop conferences of aimless chit-chat just so I won't be on my bosses' shitlist in the future?
Serious question.
I'm guessing the designers made this in Rhinoceros. It has that "oh, look how cool I am, I'm using NURBS for the sake of using NURBS!" look to it.
Someday, the 90 degree angle will only be seen in museums and archive footage.
As much as I like his fantastic work in the Lords of the Rings, I hope if he does the Hobbit, that afterwards he returns to his roots as a director of unusual yet funny and sometimes original horror movies.
Dead Alive will always be among my top ten favorite films.
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This is the Internet -- it should be redi.culo.us
It's actually pieces of midget fingernail. It's a Mafia thing. Shhhhh.
XD This is why Slashdot needs a "True, Dat" modifier.
If the U.N. enacts this agenda, how will they take control of the Internet? Will they seize it by force (or bribe the American government to help them seize it) from ICANN and related organizations? Why does the U.N. feel (and yes I speak for all of them -- I see very little diversity of opinion among U.N. members when it comes to U.N. policies) they are somehow ENTITLED to something that does not rightfully or legally belong to them in the first place?
I'll wait first until this Zhao fellow tries to give some solid reasons as to why the Internet should give up its laissez-faire economic status that it has enjoyed all these years and instead fall under the bureaucracy of chattering do-nothing politicians. You may think it's some pro-American, Bush-lover reason or whatever why we oppose many of the U.N.'s programs, but I don't think it's as simplistic as that. I attribute it to the possibility that American culture "gets" the concepts and underlying benefits of small government (even though American voters and politicians don't have a clue as to what that means) more than countries more closely tied to U.N. culture seem to. The United Nations, and many of its staunch supporters, have a history of "if it isn't regulated, then it should be" mentality, on principle and principle alone, oft without justifying the reasons. Right now the Internet is governed and maintained mostly by private organizations; I'd prefer private organizations over a world government (or ANY government, for that matter) that can set laws and regulations at their own whim without requiring the knowledge and expertise (they are politicians, after all) that the Internet's current arbiters require.
I had a good laugh at "Most p2p clients make you use a separate program. Dijjer doesn't."
Zealot patent lawyers and excessive government regulation can probably cripple robots' human-enslavement abilities just like they can cripple anything else that hints of progress.
Well slap my ass and call me Sally if that isn't the most adorable elderly man's ass I've seen in a week or two!
The only "chattering classes" I see using Yahoo! on most of its News stories are drunken rednecks and other wart-covered trolls who bitch and whine about gays and blacks all the time. Perhaps implementing some quality control on their own services would be a good start in fixing their public image and raise its own status as something better than a mere soapbox for trailer trash.
I'm a piss-poor college student, I'm a gamer, and my current computer is 1998-era (450mhz yay!). I'm ashamed to say this, but.... no. NO! Must... resist... :(
Is this what I'll have to put up with after I graduate college and start working in the computer field? Having to pretend, in front of my boss or bosses, that I'm sooo interested in attending these nonstop conferences of aimless chit-chat just so I won't be on my bosses' shitlist in the future? Serious question.
I'm guessing the designers made this in Rhinoceros. It has that "oh, look how cool I am, I'm using NURBS for the sake of using NURBS!" look to it. Someday, the 90 degree angle will only be seen in museums and archive footage.
Both places are full of uppity nerds with no sense of humor, it's kind of hard to remember where I am sometimes.
Ansel Adams just got friggin' OWNED!
As much as I like his fantastic work in the Lords of the Rings, I hope if he does the Hobbit, that afterwards he returns to his roots as a director of unusual yet funny and sometimes original horror movies. Dead Alive will always be among my top ten favorite films.
Moral of the story: don't get married if you're rich and successful.