I could be wrong (not knowing much about Church business), but on religious organizations commonly considered to be non-profit organisations and not provide a source of personal wealth? There are good social reasons why tax-exceptions might be made for non-profits. Of course non-profit might not apply to all religious organisations and certainly does not apply to Scientology which is entirely oriented around making money.
Never disputed it. I was replying to someone who said that Javascript wasn't suited for use with SVG. Your replies seems to be in the vein of arguing with that. If you want the general thread about SVG implementation in browsers, I think it's that way:
Okay, you are definitely not getting my point. I have said that manipulating SVG with Javascript is a very short step. Nothing you just said pertains to this.
I think we're talking at cross-purposes. I'm pointing out that SVG, being XML-derived, is a natural fit with the HTML DOM and with environment Javascript already works in. There is little work in making Javascript be to SVG what Action Script is to FLASH. This is a major plus in SVG being used for much of the same stuff that FLASH is used for, streaming video being the exception.
But SVG *is* XML-based and can be manipulated as a DOM. We're really 2/3rds of the way there in terms of manipulating it with Javascript. And if we get that, all we have to do is prise streaming video away from FLASH, and we're from FLASH at last!
An important question is not whether the Open Source community is eating some of SUN's cake, but whether the cake itself (and thus SUN's total amount of cake) is larger because of the community. I don't have any figures but this is at least a considerable possibility. After all you have something technically superior like PostgreSQL *ahem*;) but MySQL has far greater popularity which I think it would have been held back from without the surrounding community and their efforts.
Half of a big cake or all of a small one. SUN bet on the former, I think.
I've had a suspicion for a while now that the number of comments a story gets ties into Slashdot's revenue stream somehow. Not quite sure what the specifics might be - maybe ad revenue based on page hits or something, but the unsubtle and often pathetically trollish comments the editors ad to some stories are obviously an attempt to stir up lots of argument and comments. If it's not based on revenue, then it's either boredom or social experiment, but it definitely is deliberate.
This is exactly what I was wondering - what is the control group? Is it people learning something else, e.g. a language, chess, or is it people doing nothing or watching tv? I mean going for a walk improves your fitness, but is it as good as, say, rowing? Relative comparisons - that's what we need.
A review that I read and a comment from a colleague, both stated that the one good thing in the film actually was Keanu Reeves. Apparently he's really good at playing an alien uncomfortable in a human body.
You've written to them regarding the issue which is more than 99% of the posters here have done. I commend you. It will be interesting to see their response to that as you've essentially embodied the central issue - is it legitimate for you to look at the image or not. The IWF have not pursued legal action in this matter (which they could do by reporting any of the UK-based sources of this image, e.g. Amazon.co.uk, HMV, Google cache and numerous others, I'm sure), so you're basically asking them to actually make a judgement in response to you. I suspect they'll dodge the issue and just say "it may be illegal" or you'll get a form letter.
But whilst I'll hopefully put the point in far more constructive terms than the other poster, I don't think you have anything to be concerned about in looking at this image. It's now in the browser cache of hundreds of thousands of your fellow citizens and you'll see similar material in your local library, art gallery, European beach or anywhere else, really. If you want to be untraceable in looking at it, nip into HMV and look at the album - Scorpions: The Virgin Killer. If you self-censor yourself from checking it out this way, they really have got to you!;)
Disclaimer: I'm in the UK, and I haven't viewed the image, and I have no intent of even trying. An image the Internet Watch Foundation has designated as Child Pornography would be unfeasibly incredibly fantastically stupid for me to try and view as it would leave me vulnerable to losing my computers, my livelihood and quite possibly my freedom.
Your choice of course, but I'd say views of that image have just gone skybound after this ban hit the news. You have a legitimate reason to look at it and judge for yourself the basis or not of the IFW's actions. It is, after all, a matter that could have great import for you as a UK citizen one day, if the IFW continues to censor whatever it likes without recourse to the law. For your information, there's nothing worse in that picture than countless bronze statues in countless parks and fountains. It's a girl, she shows nothing particularly sexual (to normal tastes). The model herself is reported to have no problem with it (either then or fifteen years later). Were this actual child pornography, the correct response would be for the police to approach Wikipedia. The addition of this image to the IFW's ban list in no way makes this image illegal or wrong for you to look at. You of course should do as you wish, but I personally feel that you should bite the bullet and look at it. It's the only way you're going to be able to make an informed decision about it. Otherwise you are abdicating responsibility for deciding what you should and should not see to an unelected and legally unenforced body.
Make no mistake; that Quarter Pounder with Orange Dairy-Like Substance(TM) is as much the product of a technical manufacturing process as your Cordless Trackball with Media Whiz-Bang!(TM).
Love, particularly that which transcends sexuality is a connection and a breaking down of barriers between individuals. It is akin to empathy and fundamental to co-operation, sacrifice and nurturing. It is what stops many negative things arising where they otherwise would - fear of others, rivalries, greed. And the more encompassing love is - partner to family to community to mankind - the greater these effects. That's why the emphasis on love. Plus, you know, it feels good.:)
Like most things, it can be used for good or ill. Using the anonymity of the web to blow the cover on local government corruption or dangerous practices? Positive use. Using anonymity of the web "because it's fun to make fun of old people" seems less noble. Not that its a terrible crime that's been committed here. It just seems funny to me that someone takes off their username sometimes to make bald jokes about politicians. Seeing as the OP felt the need to apologise after the crack in the same post, I think we should all be so lucky to suffer such character attacks as that.:)
All of which goes to show that unlike most desktop buyers who choose a chip based on easy to grasp numbers like the MHz, people who buy servers look more closely. Intel appear to have taken the speed crown for a bit, but AMD have always offered a good, solid, power-efficient design that does the job. And it looks like they're creating the basis for an impressive line to come. I hope the recession doesn't hit them too hard, they deserve to do well with their recent efforts.
Do you realize what "the terrorists win" means? It means your either dead or subject to their will.
Or it might just mean your country withdraws troops from some of the regimes it supports. Which "terrorists" are you referring to? You seem to have fallen prey to the US governments rhetoric that they are some united, implaccable world-wide organisation? Are you talking about Hamas in Palestine, who want their own state? Are you talking about Al Quaeda who wanted US troops out of Saudi where they protect a powerful, oppressive monarchy of all things? Are you talking about some of the Indian groups that want Muslims dead or out of the country? Are you talking about resistance fighters in Iraq who want Sunni control / Shia control / independent Kurdish lands / US troops out of the country? Which and who are you talking about? I would like to know which "terrorist" group you think has plans to invade and occupy the USA, please?
Then there are a whole bunch of subjects that are a complete waste of time. IT is a good example. Media studies and business studies are another pair of good examples. Incidentally I did business studies and IT so I know what a waste of time they are. The entire science curriculum is taught with virtually no maths, and no statistics.
You're not wrong at all. I went for a job as a maths teacher, but my degree and career so far were in computer science. I could have had a job as an IT teacher straight away (UK has a fast track program), but I wanted to teach maths. I didn't agree with IT as a subject at GCSE level and said so. Net result, I'm doing a MSc. in maths first so I can go straight into teaching maths. I don't wish to waste my life teaching people with no maths skills how to enter formulas in Excel, or people with poor English skills how to line up paragraphs in Word. Teach the underlying skills, not the easy to Google and changing superficial details.
That's a shame. The international baccalaureat has a good reputation in the UK and some parents (and children) see it as a refuge from the declining standards of the native exams.
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I could be wrong (not knowing much about Church business), but on religious organizations commonly considered to be non-profit organisations and not provide a source of personal wealth? There are good social reasons why tax-exceptions might be made for non-profits. Of course non-profit might not apply to all religious organisations and certainly does not apply to Scientology which is entirely oriented around making money.
Never disputed it. I was replying to someone who said that Javascript wasn't suited for use with SVG. Your replies seems to be in the vein of arguing with that. If you want the general thread about SVG implementation in browsers, I think it's that way:
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Okay, you are definitely not getting my point. I have said that manipulating SVG with Javascript is a very short step. Nothing you just said pertains to this.
I don't know what they're power supplies are like, but their cases are excellent.
I think we're talking at cross-purposes. I'm pointing out that SVG, being XML-derived, is a natural fit with the HTML DOM and with environment Javascript already works in. There is little work in making Javascript be to SVG what Action Script is to FLASH. This is a major plus in SVG being used for much of the same stuff that FLASH is used for, streaming video being the exception.
Is there a list somewhere of what movie references you are required to be familiar with to work in the field of Technology or Science?
I'd like to edit it.
This reminds me of the classic "Who promoted Major Major Major, Major?"
But SVG *is* XML-based and can be manipulated as a DOM. We're really 2/3rds of the way there in terms of manipulating it with Javascript. And if we get that, all we have to do is prise streaming video away from FLASH, and we're from FLASH at last!
An important question is not whether the Open Source community is eating some of SUN's cake, but whether the cake itself (and thus SUN's total amount of cake) is larger because of the community. I don't have any figures but this is at least a considerable possibility. After all you have something technically superior like PostgreSQL *ahem*
Half of a big cake or all of a small one. SUN bet on the former, I think.
I've had a suspicion for a while now that the number of comments a story gets ties into Slashdot's revenue stream somehow. Not quite sure what the specifics might be - maybe ad revenue based on page hits or something, but the unsubtle and often pathetically trollish comments the editors ad to some stories are obviously an attempt to stir up lots of argument and comments. If it's not based on revenue, then it's either boredom or social experiment, but it definitely is deliberate.
This is exactly what I was wondering - what is the control group? Is it people learning something else, e.g. a language, chess, or is it people doing nothing or watching tv? I mean going for a walk improves your fitness, but is it as good as, say, rowing? Relative comparisons - that's what we need.
A review that I read and a comment from a colleague, both stated that the one good thing in the film actually was Keanu Reeves. Apparently he's really good at playing an alien uncomfortable in a human body.
You've written to them regarding the issue which is more than 99% of the posters here have done. I commend you. It will be interesting to see their response to that as you've essentially embodied the central issue - is it legitimate for you to look at the image or not. The IWF have not pursued legal action in this matter (which they could do by reporting any of the UK-based sources of this image, e.g. Amazon.co.uk, HMV, Google cache and numerous others, I'm sure), so you're basically asking them to actually make a judgement in response to you. I suspect they'll dodge the issue and just say "it may be illegal" or you'll get a form letter.
But whilst I'll hopefully put the point in far more constructive terms than the other poster, I don't think you have anything to be concerned about in looking at this image. It's now in the browser cache of hundreds of thousands of your fellow citizens and you'll see similar material in your local library, art gallery, European beach or anywhere else, really. If you want to be untraceable in looking at it, nip into HMV and look at the album - Scorpions: The Virgin Killer. If you self-censor yourself from checking it out this way, they really have got to you!
Regards,
H.
Believe me - there are few things that would improve the average fitness of the nation than widespread nudity.
Your choice of course, but I'd say views of that image have just gone skybound after this ban hit the news. You have a legitimate reason to look at it and judge for yourself the basis or not of the IFW's actions. It is, after all, a matter that could have great import for you as a UK citizen one day, if the IFW continues to censor whatever it likes without recourse to the law. For your information, there's nothing worse in that picture than countless bronze statues in countless parks and fountains. It's a girl, she shows nothing particularly sexual (to normal tastes). The model herself is reported to have no problem with it (either then or fifteen years later). Were this actual child pornography, the correct response would be for the police to approach Wikipedia. The addition of this image to the IFW's ban list in no way makes this image illegal or wrong for you to look at. You of course should do as you wish, but I personally feel that you should bite the bullet and look at it. It's the only way you're going to be able to make an informed decision about it. Otherwise you are abdicating responsibility for deciding what you should and should not see to an unelected and legally unenforced body.
You assume that there isn't any mouse in the burger.
Same nutritional value, mind you.
Love, particularly that which transcends sexuality is a connection and a breaking down of barriers between individuals. It is akin to empathy and fundamental to co-operation, sacrifice and nurturing. It is what stops many negative things arising where they otherwise would - fear of others, rivalries, greed. And the more encompassing love is - partner to family to community to mankind - the greater these effects. That's why the emphasis on love. Plus, you know, it feels good.
Love and hugs,
H4rm0ny
Like most things, it can be used for good or ill. Using the anonymity of the web to blow the cover on local government corruption or dangerous practices? Positive use. Using anonymity of the web "because it's fun to make fun of old people" seems less noble. Not that its a terrible crime that's been committed here. It just seems funny to me that someone takes off their username sometimes to make bald jokes about politicians. Seeing as the OP felt the need to apologise after the crack in the same post, I think we should all be so lucky to suffer such character attacks as that.
All of which goes to show that unlike most desktop buyers who choose a chip based on easy to grasp numbers like the MHz, people who buy servers look more closely. Intel appear to have taken the speed crown for a bit, but AMD have always offered a good, solid, power-efficient design that does the job. And it looks like they're creating the basis for an impressive line to come. I hope the recession doesn't hit them too hard, they deserve to do well with their recent efforts.
So basically, you like to take your name off things when you're going to make a personal attack. Guess they call it AC for a reason.
Or it might just mean your country withdraws troops from some of the regimes it supports. Which "terrorists" are you referring to? You seem to have fallen prey to the US governments rhetoric that they are some united, implaccable world-wide organisation? Are you talking about Hamas in Palestine, who want their own state? Are you talking about Al Quaeda who wanted US troops out of Saudi where they protect a powerful, oppressive monarchy of all things? Are you talking about some of the Indian groups that want Muslims dead or out of the country? Are you talking about resistance fighters in Iraq who want Sunni control / Shia control / independent Kurdish lands / US troops out of the country? Which and who are you talking about? I would like to know which "terrorist" group you think has plans to invade and occupy the USA, please?
You're not wrong at all. I went for a job as a maths teacher, but my degree and career so far were in computer science. I could have had a job as an IT teacher straight away (UK has a fast track program), but I wanted to teach maths. I didn't agree with IT as a subject at GCSE level and said so. Net result, I'm doing a MSc. in maths first so I can go straight into teaching maths. I don't wish to waste my life teaching people with no maths skills how to enter formulas in Excel, or people with poor English skills how to line up paragraphs in Word. Teach the underlying skills, not the easy to Google and changing superficial details.
That's a shame. The international baccalaureat has a good reputation in the UK and some parents (and children) see it as a refuge from the declining standards of the native exams.
The one flaw I see in your plan is that I'm not a 90-year old man without arthritis. Other than that, your logic is excellent.