They do that in Switzerland. They create a ton of energy during the spring from all the cascading glacial melts, and sell it to neighbors when its scarce. Then in the summer, when energy is cheap, they use it to pump up stores of water back into the alps, so they can release it at more oppurtune times. Perhaps thats the missing step...
Then, once well acquainted with firearm saftey, usage, and laws, buy the bandolier, ski mask, camo outfit (sleeveless of course), a couple large bowie knives to strap to the appendages, and maybe a couple rub-on tough-guy tattoos. Parade about town sporting a bandolier full of shells, (if in Texas or Vermont, the firearm), a swagger, a stutter, and the most intimidating stink-eye you can muster.
For parent and other gun enthusiasts (myself included), i assure you this is in jest at the more extravagant edge of our firearm toting peers. I am the proud owner of a remmy 870, which can probably provide more home-defense with a single working of the action than any comemerical alarm system ever invented.
I agree on the Bunker house, the only problem i ever had with it, though, is the lack of natural light. Every time i see an underground house description (albeit normally they are not as crazy-nutjob as this one), I always wonder if they could use mirrors and fiber-optics to give the underground section of the house alot of natural light...
god forbid there be a time when people describe their beliefs through rationale on specific issues and personal actions.
I have enough trouble figuring out what 'conservative' or 'liberal' is (is Bush 'conservative'? then why is he increasing fed gov't power..), let alone paleo, neo, or Goldwater conservatives.
And how can one be a proper disciple of Adam Smith in modern times. I have read chunks of WoN, and although it is all very insightful as to the foundations of the market, anybody who follows that in todays topology of global society is about as effective as a rocket scientist calculating rocket trajectories from F=ma.
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Frankly, from my experience writing and supporting software run in a manufacturing setting, users usually fall into two categories:
1. oblivious to everything computer and frustrated by the whole mouse thing, not mention the crazy cutoff text and boxes and shadows and oh my eyes hurt!
2. knows enough to be dangerous, likes to poke around, has a pc at home and downloads mp3s, chats on IM, plays games, and really, really wants to be able to do that while at work (and thus is always screwing around with system settings).
The latter of which is perfectly capable of learning the Linux env, or mastering Windows intuitively. And the former is guaranteed to be confused by a microwave without a timer dial.
The dnc had protests as well.. but the size and intensity of the protest against the RNC is a very good barometer for the sense of betrayal and outrage felt by so many Americans: conservative, liberal, and whatever-else. We feel that our country, our military, and national pride, here and abroad, have been completely co-opted by a bunch of provincial cold-war era country-club oppurtunists who have somehow managed to twist the world's sympathy, support and willingness from a tragic incident, and use it to fuel a campaign based upon deceit, greed, 30-year-old worldviews, and outright religous fanatacism; thus making all Americans overseas (like myself) feel unwelcome and apologetic, and make many people curse our country and feel compulsed to sever friendly relations from a society that would re-elect such an ill-disguised regime. I hope the current administration will soon remember the spirit of America is driven by statements like the following:
..Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.. - Dec. Of Ind.
I think that encapsulation and inheritance are best used in concert, not in parallel. By this I mean that within an encapsulated module, inheritance can provide a valuable method of structuring and conceptualizing the tasks. At the same time, between encapsulated modules, it is useful to 'trade' objects with robust inheritance schemes. However, I doubt many would disagree that the modules themselves should incorporate inheritance (And this is why java has 'Interfaces').
And I wouldn't start declaring that history has shown anything about a language that has only been around 10 years in an industry that has been (effectively) around for 30.
.. for instance most mobile phones these days can send AOL instant messages. This continuity between desktop, laptop, and mobile phone in an instant messaging system is crucial. If google could somehow get on board with some mobile phone manufacturers, they would have a big leg up.
I would question if an informed electorate is even something sustainable. The best example of one I can name is Switzerland, where the national political structure, and culture, is rabidly decentralized. All laws are proposed via referendum, and there is active debate and involvement by the general public.
While this seems like a wonderful success story, Switzerland is not an isolated nation-state, it relies on the wealth of the entire world, most of which has little or no 'representation'.
Unfortunately, it seems to me, the tendency of human society is one where 99% of the populace, given a choice, would rather be uninformed, and release the decision making to a select few (and as a result grant these few extensive power and wealth). Historically, this is the steady state, until those few become irresponsible and oppress, necessitating an informed electorate to unseat the current leadership and replace it with one more responsible.
fwiw, Switzerland is still my ideal of a nation, which is probably fueled by that fact that I am a Swiss-American, and am inherently biased =)
i surf on an olde Toshbia portege 3110ct.. which its 300mhz p2 and 128mb ram usually are able to keep pace with even some of the more modern bloated webpages (fedora, firefox, and icewm of course!), but..
.. as soon as i loaded that monstrosity the fan kicked on, all the little status-o-meters in my taskbar went from Catskills to Himalayas, and the dazzling lights sent my eyes into a panic!
sigh.. i suppose i should expect this from a kid born in (2004-18...mind still numb from flashing gifs... ) 1986!
Yet there will still be some rudimentary form of language agreed upon, with gestures and exchange of nouns and verbs. The simplicity of this grunt and point language, though, will simplify your interaction as well; you might be able to learn how to build a weapon, but would you be able to discuss the impact of weaponry on society, or the need for control of weapons?
Of coures, I know the obvious joke answer is to say "i discuss the impact by pointing the gun at him, and the need for gun control by forcing him to plow the fields and fetch the water.. he won't show anybody else how to build a gun and then give it to them!":)
Language is the uniting factor in society because it is the basis for complex thought (just try to plan out your day while thinking abstractly); different languages, and dialects, have different grammatical structures that lead thought patterns to be constructed in different ways. Even for me, with German as a second language, I still notice that when i am in Germany (currently i Berlin), and think in German I compose thoughts and analyze my environment differently.
I can only imagine that one in a completely different society would have a very different thought pattern. The common roots of Western languages indicates a similarity in thought, and people who learn foreign languages are far more adept at understanding and integrating with that society.
Similarily, in computer languages different grammatical structures lead different programmers to analyze and solve problems differently: i.e. functional vs imperative. Add the context-sensitive nature of human languages, and this becomes substantially more complex.
Ok, thats longer than my normal post, but this is a really interesting topic:)
Thoughtful analysis? I have read their paper (harbringer) a few times, talked to members. Just look at their start page 'Ex-Workers' Collective"...or for instance this article which just reeks of an adolescent understanding of how a society functions.
Not to mention it is written is offensively sophmoric pseudo-19th century philosophical-ese, with logical contradictions made in almost every paragraph.
No. CrimethInc and the subculture it spawned from smacks of spoiled brat with lack of purpose. None of it is 'pretty great' and there is more insightful social analysis in the first page of the New York Times and Wall Street journal than the Harbringer could ever dream of approaching. And thats accounting for the strong moderate leanings of the NYT, and right wing capitalist leanings of the WSJ.
yup, who snagged his name from an underground zine that circulates in the anarchist punk/hardcore scene, and which any intelligent person will see instantly as being a conglomeration of provincial revolutionary rhetoric and disenfranchised-youth rants.
One article i remember distinctly was essentially saying 'Dumpster Diving is great, we should all dumpster dive, why buy food when its free, and fights the man!'.
Not to mention the lovely chemicals that have graced the shores of Lake Ontario, down by the ol' Xerox and Kodak Plants near my alma mater. Given what we Americans did to the lake, I think Toronto can be given a little leeway for some warm water.
But we don't live in such an untainted biological world. Runners in Kenya are an exception to the norm; the norm being that rich countries can provide for athletes to do only one thing: train. Big countries have alot more people to choose from, making their chances of finding the best athletes higher. This is probably why these models are fairly accurate; they combine the size of population to choose from, and the ability of the society to provide for a non-profit pure athlete class.
The preference certainly is taught by society; and changing the traditional roles of women is something not easily overcome because many have what they think is a preference, but is probably heavily influenced by role models and experience (like female nurses).
That being said, I am not against gender roles in society, and extreme androgeny offends my better senses, but I will readily admit this is mostly due to my upbringing (and of course my hormones that tell me that a women is not attractive when she looks like a man).
There are quite a few internet cafe packages out there, and there might even be one on sourceforge; combined with linux, I could not think of a better solution for a library, especially when the payment system is used administrate (and ensure that all patrons of your library have equal access).
If a significant portion of the world's communications and commerce infrastructure can be signficantly effected by the hackings of a disgruntled, alienated minor, perhaps rather than murdering the most likely talented, albeit misguided youth, we could take a closer look at why our infrastructure is so vulnerable.
Shouldn't you teach your kids to go after primary sources, rather than penalizing them for quoting a secondary source? Brittanica is easily as subjective on stuff that can be subjective (social, historical issues, etc), as Wikipedia articles formulated by the continuous revisions and consensus agreements of people from many cultures.
I think the critical lesson wikipedia (and the internet as a whole) should impart is to view any secondary source with a critical eye (no matter how noteworthy a history), and spend time verifying the authority of primary sources.
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They do that in Switzerland. They create a ton of energy during the spring from all the cascading glacial melts, and sell it to neighbors when its scarce. Then in the summer, when energy is cheap, they use it to pump up stores of water back into the alps, so they can release it at more oppurtune times. Perhaps thats the missing step...
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Profit!!
Then, once well acquainted with firearm saftey, usage, and laws, buy the bandolier, ski mask, camo outfit (sleeveless of course), a couple large bowie knives to strap to the appendages, and maybe a couple rub-on tough-guy tattoos. Parade about town sporting a bandolier full of shells, (if in Texas or Vermont, the firearm), a swagger, a stutter, and the most intimidating stink-eye you can muster.
For parent and other gun enthusiasts (myself included), i assure you this is in jest at the more extravagant edge of our firearm toting peers. I am the proud owner of a remmy 870, which can probably provide more home-defense with a single working of the action than any comemerical alarm system ever invented.
I agree on the Bunker house, the only problem i ever had with it, though, is the lack of natural light. Every time i see an underground house description (albeit normally they are not as crazy-nutjob as this one), I always wonder if they could use mirrors and fiber-optics to give the underground section of the house alot of natural light...
god forbid there be a time when people describe their beliefs through rationale on specific issues and personal actions.
I have enough trouble figuring out what 'conservative' or 'liberal' is (is Bush 'conservative'? then why is he increasing fed gov't power..), let alone paleo, neo, or Goldwater conservatives.
And how can one be a proper disciple of Adam Smith in modern times. I have read chunks of WoN, and although it is all very insightful as to the foundations of the market, anybody who follows that in todays topology of global society is about as effective as a rocket scientist calculating rocket trajectories from F=ma.
1.5. Get 3rd Worlders to produce it
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Frankly, from my experience writing and supporting software run in a manufacturing setting, users usually fall into two categories:
1. oblivious to everything computer and frustrated by the whole mouse thing, not mention the crazy cutoff text and boxes and shadows and oh my eyes hurt!
2. knows enough to be dangerous, likes to poke around, has a pc at home and downloads mp3s, chats on IM, plays games, and really, really wants to be able to do that while at work (and thus is always screwing around with system settings).
The latter of which is perfectly capable of learning the Linux env, or mastering Windows intuitively. And the former is guaranteed to be confused by a microwave without a timer dial.
The dnc had protests as well.. but the size and intensity of the protest against the RNC is a very good barometer for the sense of betrayal and outrage felt by so many Americans: conservative, liberal, and whatever-else. We feel that our country, our military, and national pride, here and abroad, have been completely co-opted by a bunch of provincial cold-war era country-club oppurtunists who have somehow managed to twist the world's sympathy, support and willingness from a tragic incident, and use it to fuel a campaign based upon deceit, greed, 30-year-old worldviews, and outright religous fanatacism; thus making all Americans overseas (like myself) feel unwelcome and apologetic, and make many people curse our country and feel compulsed to sever friendly relations from a society that would re-elect such an ill-disguised regime. I hope the current administration will soon remember the spirit of America is driven by statements like the following:
..Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.. - Dec. Of Ind.
...Never heard of it!
*Cough*America's Army *Cough*
I think that encapsulation and inheritance are best used in concert, not in parallel. By this I mean that within an encapsulated module, inheritance can provide a valuable method of structuring and conceptualizing the tasks. At the same time, between encapsulated modules, it is useful to 'trade' objects with robust inheritance schemes. However, I doubt many would disagree that the modules themselves should incorporate inheritance (And this is why java has 'Interfaces').
And I wouldn't start declaring that history has shown anything about a language that has only been around 10 years in an industry that has been (effectively) around for 30.
.. for instance most mobile phones these days can send AOL instant messages. This continuity between desktop, laptop, and mobile phone in an instant messaging system is crucial. If google could somehow get on board with some mobile phone manufacturers, they would have a big leg up.
woah! transparent hydrogen! Maybe they can make superstrong containers to transport toxic dihydrogen oxide.
I mean, after the tiger-repelling rock, I thought i learned not to misunderestimate science!
I would question if an informed electorate is even something sustainable. The best example of one I can name is Switzerland, where the national political structure, and culture, is rabidly decentralized. All laws are proposed via referendum, and there is active debate and involvement by the general public.
While this seems like a wonderful success story, Switzerland is not an isolated nation-state, it relies on the wealth of the entire world, most of which has little or no 'representation'.
Unfortunately, it seems to me, the tendency of human society is one where 99% of the populace, given a choice, would rather be uninformed, and release the decision making to a select few (and as a result grant these few extensive power and wealth). Historically, this is the steady state, until those few become irresponsible and oppress, necessitating an informed electorate to unseat the current leadership and replace it with one more responsible.
fwiw, Switzerland is still my ideal of a nation, which is probably fueled by that fact that I am a Swiss-American, and am inherently biased =)
i surf on an olde Toshbia portege 3110ct.. which its 300mhz p2 and 128mb ram usually are able to keep pace with even some of the more modern bloated webpages (fedora, firefox, and icewm of course!), but ..
.. as soon as i loaded that monstrosity the fan kicked on, all the little status-o-meters in my taskbar went from Catskills to Himalayas, and the dazzling lights sent my eyes into a panic!
sigh.. i suppose i should expect this from a kid born in (2004-18...mind still numb from flashing gifs... ) 1986!
Yet there will still be some rudimentary form of language agreed upon, with gestures and exchange of nouns and verbs. The simplicity of this grunt and point language, though, will simplify your interaction as well; you might be able to learn how to build a weapon, but would you be able to discuss the impact of weaponry on society, or the need for control of weapons?
:)
Of coures, I know the obvious joke answer is to say "i discuss the impact by pointing the gun at him, and the need for gun control by forcing him to plow the fields and fetch the water.. he won't show anybody else how to build a gun and then give it to them!"
Language is the uniting factor in society because it is the basis for complex thought (just try to plan out your day while thinking abstractly); different languages, and dialects, have different grammatical structures that lead thought patterns to be constructed in different ways. Even for me, with German as a second language, I still notice that when i am in Germany (currently i Berlin), and think in German I compose thoughts and analyze my environment differently.
:)
I can only imagine that one in a completely different society would have a very different thought pattern. The common roots of Western languages indicates a similarity in thought, and people who learn foreign languages are far more adept at understanding and integrating with that society.
Similarily, in computer languages different grammatical structures lead different programmers to analyze and solve problems differently: i.e. functional vs imperative. Add the context-sensitive nature of human languages, and this becomes substantially more complex.
Ok, thats longer than my normal post, but this is a really interesting topic
Now are we talking big as in profit (i.e. Microsoft), big as in assets (i.e. GM), or big as in people (i.e. US Postal Service)??
Thoughtful analysis? I have read their paper (harbringer) a few times, talked to members. Just look at their start page 'Ex-Workers' Collective"...or for instance this article which just reeks of an adolescent understanding of how a society functions.
Not to mention it is written is offensively sophmoric pseudo-19th century philosophical-ese, with logical contradictions made in almost every paragraph.
No. CrimethInc and the subculture it spawned from smacks of spoiled brat with lack of purpose. None of it is 'pretty great' and there is more insightful social analysis in the first page of the New York Times and Wall Street journal than the Harbringer could ever dream of approaching. And thats accounting for the strong moderate leanings of the NYT, and right wing capitalist leanings of the WSJ.
yup, who snagged his name from an underground zine that circulates in the anarchist punk/hardcore scene, and which any intelligent person will see instantly as being a conglomeration of provincial revolutionary rhetoric and disenfranchised-youth rants.
One article i remember distinctly was essentially saying 'Dumpster Diving is great, we should all dumpster dive, why buy food when its free, and fights the man!'.
Not to mention the lovely chemicals that have graced the shores of Lake Ontario, down by the ol' Xerox and Kodak Plants near my alma mater. Given what we Americans did to the lake, I think Toronto can be given a little leeway for some warm water.
But we don't live in such an untainted biological world. Runners in Kenya are an exception to the norm; the norm being that rich countries can provide for athletes to do only one thing: train. Big countries have alot more people to choose from, making their chances of finding the best athletes higher. This is probably why these models are fairly accurate; they combine the size of population to choose from, and the ability of the society to provide for a non-profit pure athlete class.
The preference certainly is taught by society; and changing the traditional roles of women is something not easily overcome because many have what they think is a preference, but is probably heavily influenced by role models and experience (like female nurses).
That being said, I am not against gender roles in society, and extreme androgeny offends my better senses, but I will readily admit this is mostly due to my upbringing (and of course my hormones that tell me that a women is not attractive when she looks like a man).
There are quite a few internet cafe packages out there, and there might even be one on sourceforge; combined with linux, I could not think of a better solution for a library, especially when the payment system is used administrate (and ensure that all patrons of your library have equal access).
Sounds like a great project, good luck!
If a significant portion of the world's communications and commerce infrastructure can be signficantly effected by the hackings of a disgruntled, alienated minor, perhaps rather than murdering the most likely talented, albeit misguided youth, we could take a closer look at why our infrastructure is so vulnerable.
Shouldn't you teach your kids to go after primary sources, rather than penalizing them for quoting a secondary source? Brittanica is easily as subjective on stuff that can be subjective (social, historical issues, etc), as Wikipedia articles formulated by the continuous revisions and consensus agreements of people from many cultures.
I think the critical lesson wikipedia (and the internet as a whole) should impart is to view any secondary source with a critical eye (no matter how noteworthy a history), and spend time verifying the authority of primary sources.