That Ubuntu can go from "probably the most user-friendly" of the distros to idiot-proof, in all of what, 2 years?, shows just how wickedly fast Linux is developing...woot!
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The meaning of an assertic or ontic statement is the means or injunctions of its enactment. Thus, for example, if I want to know if an elephant is sitting in my lap, then I must open my eyes and look (and we'll take as given that others also do not see the elephant and that a majority of psychiatrists do not consider me ill or otherwise hallucinating).
If I want to know what Susan felt like when she had her first experience of universal love, I must as a perceiving subject develop to at least an rational altitude in both the cognitive line and the moral line.
If I want to know why the Schroedinger wave equation collapses when a photon hits a neutron, then I must develop to a fairly high level cognitive line, then study physics and mathematics for a decade or two, and then look.
Similarly, if I want to know if there is a referent to the signifier Ayin or Godhead, then one among the necessary routes is to take up a concentrated form of meditation and learn to be able to keep my mind focused unwaveringly on an object for at least 30 minutes. The longest the average adult can focus on an object in an unbroken fashion is for less than one minute. Once I do that, which usually takes daily practice for about 3 years, then I need to look in an unbroken fashion at the nature of phenomenal reality as it arises moment to moment and see if there is, as directly seen or cognized in my own consciousness, anything that appears to be an empty ground to all of them. And then I need to compare this reality with my ordinary state of consciousness and decide which seems more real. Although exact numbers are hard to come by, a clear majority of those who complete this experiment report that the signifier Ayin or Emptiness has a real referent as disclosed by injunctive paradigm. That is, those who are qualified to make the judgment agree that it can be said that, among other things, Spirit is a vast infinite Abyss of Emptiness, out of which all things arise.
then you don't have a problem separating the religion from the people who follow it. The fact is: there is not one school of Islamic jurisprudence that does not advocate warfare and subjugation of unbelievers. Fortunately the vast majority of Muslims, like members of all mainstream faiths, do not, in large numbers, strictly follow their own doctrine.
Your attitude borders on pathological, really. DigitA calmly, and without much editorial, told us of his encounter with Fedora. You, in ready warrior alert mode, read that as your cue to unhinge yourself and launch a grand counter-attack, in full berserker mode.
Perspective, my fellow computer enthusiast, is the gateway to wisdom. DigitA is not your mortal enemy, and you will be happier in life not treating every other person as if they are.
"I'm actually pretty comfortable about ignoring a mediocre 80s teen flick starring Val Kilmer."
That flick is a geek classic, full stop. So, you should also feel comfortable when being called out cause you refuse to see a film that the vast majority of your fellow geeks have found ever so geeky.
This last month I bought and downloaded cod4 and dirt from Direct2Drive. Same cost as everyone else, and just had to wait the couple hours for the download. What you say is true: no CD checks, great. But beware of game patches/updates. For example, cod4 would not allow me to play online. Turns out I needed a patch, but the only patch that works for cod4 from D2D is the patch from D2D. Turns out my copy of cod4 is different than the box version, and as such, I would imagine that there could be a small delay in getting any new patches (and same with other games). Hopefully not. I really like buying games this way.
If I read you right; this kid's pathological behavior narrowly avoided mass death and should, in a sane society, earn him many years of intense therapy in an institution whose security is better designed that the train control system whose breach initiated this post.
I find it telling that of all the arguments I've read for reforming copyright law as it pertains to music, that only one of them has ever been from a musician. I don't think I can remember a time when so many people supported musicians: but the kind of support that doesn't involve paying for their music.
How many musicians do you suppose are aware of the problems with copyright law, yet go ahead and make the choice to sign with a major label anyways, thinking that is their best option?
Because they get paid to. What fundamental economical/technological shift has occurred that renders promotion obsolete? Don't kid yourself; the millions paid for promotion by the labels don't magically go away once an artist either signs to an independent or starts their own label. Promotion - it's a line item cost whether you're an independent or a major.
These laws are the point of intersect between the cult of child and the limits of incarceration in eliminating/diminishing criminal sexual behavior. In other words, when the "save the children" people meet Chester Molester, who experts tell us, has every bit as strong of sexual urges for children that he did 15 years ago despite having spend those previous years incarcerated, well then you have a lot of people who are scared, angry, and willing to chuck the constitution out the window.
All opinions are not equally valid. They are all part of the whole, but that does not make them all equal. This statement - all opinions are equally valid - is a performative contradiction. What about the opinion that doesn't think all opinions are equal, isn't that opinion equal too?
While opinions, and truth, are bound up in context, that doesn't mean that ALL truth is relative. This statement - all truth is relative - is another performative contradiction; the act of designating all truth as relative while at the same time exempting itself which is to be taken as universal.
,Dave, for providing a much needed voice of sanity. More particularly, you provide a voice of age, a voice that has been around more than one semester. This site is loaded with just-old-enough-to-drink mavericks who have embraced a political position built on the premise that the USA is PRIME EVIL and the source for all the world's ills.
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That Ubuntu can go from "probably the most user-friendly" of the distros to idiot-proof, in all of what, 2 years?, shows just how wickedly fast Linux is developing...woot! -
your very first comment on /. is to ask why /. hates CoS?
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The meaning of an assertic or ontic statement is the means or injunctions of its enactment. Thus, for example, if I want to know if an elephant is sitting in my lap, then I must open my eyes and look (and we'll take as given that others also do not see the elephant and that a majority of psychiatrists do not consider me ill or otherwise hallucinating).
If I want to know what Susan felt like when she had her first experience of universal love, I must as a perceiving subject develop to at least an rational altitude in both the cognitive line and the moral line.
If I want to know why the Schroedinger wave equation collapses when a photon hits a neutron, then I must develop to a fairly high level cognitive line, then study physics and mathematics for a decade or two, and then look.
Similarly, if I want to know if there is a referent to the signifier Ayin or Godhead, then one among the necessary routes is to take up a concentrated form of meditation and learn to be able to keep my mind focused unwaveringly on an object for at least 30 minutes. The longest the average adult can focus on an object in an unbroken fashion is for less than one minute. Once I do that, which usually takes daily practice for about 3 years, then I need to look in an unbroken fashion at the nature of phenomenal reality as it arises moment to moment and see if there is, as directly seen or cognized in my own consciousness, anything that appears to be an empty ground to all of them. And then I need to compare this reality with my ordinary state of consciousness and decide which seems more real. Although exact numbers are hard to come by, a clear majority of those who complete this experiment report that the signifier Ayin or Emptiness has a real referent as disclosed by injunctive paradigm. That is, those who are qualified to make the judgment agree that it can be said that, among other things, Spirit is a vast infinite Abyss of Emptiness, out of which all things arise.
"Because religion is non-falsifiable"
You obviously are confusing the mythological level of spiritual development for the entire line. Read alex's post several above.
a kiddie porn site?
in case you get married.
Fantastic head-in-sand maneuver there. Well done!
then you don't have a problem separating the religion from the people who follow it. The fact is: there is not one school of Islamic jurisprudence that does not advocate warfare and subjugation of unbelievers. Fortunately the vast majority of Muslims, like members of all mainstream faiths, do not, in large numbers, strictly follow their own doctrine.
Your attitude borders on pathological, really. DigitA calmly, and without much editorial, told us of his encounter with Fedora. You, in ready warrior alert mode, read that as your cue to unhinge yourself and launch a grand counter-attack, in full berserker mode.
Perspective, my fellow computer enthusiast, is the gateway to wisdom. DigitA is not your mortal enemy, and you will be happier in life not treating every other person as if they are.
that came with your machine?
"Maybe if someone actually tried giving me an indication of why it's meant to be a good film I might show some interest."
Apparently '99 of 100 geeks liked it' isn't enough because you had a bad experience with Office Space. You are the one...
"I'm actually pretty comfortable about ignoring a mediocre 80s teen flick starring Val Kilmer."
That flick is a geek classic, full stop. So, you should also feel comfortable when being called out cause you refuse to see a film that the vast majority of your fellow geeks have found ever so geeky.
"Where would the internet be if nobody had invested in upgrading beyond dialup technology?"
And didn't we pay for that upgrade too?
This last month I bought and downloaded cod4 and dirt from Direct2Drive. Same cost as everyone else, and just had to wait the couple hours for the download. What you say is true: no CD checks, great. But beware of game patches/updates. For example, cod4 would not allow me to play online. Turns out I needed a patch, but the only patch that works for cod4 from D2D is the patch from D2D. Turns out my copy of cod4 is different than the box version, and as such, I would imagine that there could be a small delay in getting any new patches (and same with other games). Hopefully not. I really like buying games this way.
to that! A post-apocalypse without mutants and magic - ah what a welcome change that was to D&D.
No free press, no free speech, no street trash. However, discarded tracts seem like a small price to pay.
you may actually realize that you too have a religion: you bow before the god of False Assumption my friend.
If I read you right; this kid's pathological behavior narrowly avoided mass death and should, in a sane society, earn him many years of intense therapy in an institution whose security is better designed that the train control system whose breach initiated this post.
Oh I see, the issue now is about how your rights are being violated! Could the hysterics reach a higher pitch?
I find it telling that of all the arguments I've read for reforming copyright law as it pertains to music, that only one of them has ever been from a musician. I don't think I can remember a time when so many people supported musicians: but the kind of support that doesn't involve paying for their music.
How many musicians do you suppose are aware of the problems with copyright law, yet go ahead and make the choice to sign with a major label anyways, thinking that is their best option?
Because they get paid to. What fundamental economical/technological shift has occurred that renders promotion obsolete? Don't kid yourself; the millions paid for promotion by the labels don't magically go away once an artist either signs to an independent or starts their own label. Promotion - it's a line item cost whether you're an independent or a major.
These laws are the point of intersect between the cult of child and the limits of incarceration in eliminating/diminishing criminal sexual behavior. In other words, when the "save the children" people meet Chester Molester, who experts tell us, has every bit as strong of sexual urges for children that he did 15 years ago despite having spend those previous years incarcerated, well then you have a lot of people who are scared, angry, and willing to chuck the constitution out the window.
Major music labels spend much more money on promotion than distribution. Given that, the "obsolete" argument implodes.
All opinions are not equally valid. They are all part of the whole, but that does not make them all equal. This statement - all opinions are equally valid - is a performative contradiction. What about the opinion that doesn't think all opinions are equal, isn't that opinion equal too? While opinions, and truth, are bound up in context, that doesn't mean that ALL truth is relative. This statement - all truth is relative - is another performative contradiction; the act of designating all truth as relative while at the same time exempting itself which is to be taken as universal.
,Dave, for providing a much needed voice of sanity. More particularly, you provide a voice of age, a voice that has been around more than one semester. This site is loaded with just-old-enough-to-drink mavericks who have embraced a political position built on the premise that the USA is PRIME EVIL and the source for all the world's ills.
Thank You.