One way we in America can help other so-called third world countries is to mandate that anybody who wishes to import goods and/or services into the US MUST pay there employees a standerd LIVEABlE wage.
Though this won't happen cause nearly all of our polticians have been bought (both repubs and dems) by major international corperations.
I presonally prefer Thomas Jeffersons mode of establishing the will of the people, frequent revolution.;-)
Again, your use of the word "Free" is in a deferent connotation than what is used in the GPL and the FSF.
Repeat after me
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
the beauty of the GPL and "Free" software is that if someone comes around and charges lots of money for something you coded and released. You are free (as well as others) to distribute said software at a lower price.
This levels the playing field between companies and truly bringers a better product for less the price to the consumer.
Why is it so hard for people to relize that "Free" software means "Free" as in speech NOT "Free" as in beer?
You want to charge for your product then go right ahead, you do't have to offer the binary version for free.
All the GPL states is that the source code is made available to those who want to look at it, change it etc. The GPL also helps to protect people who release there IP under the GPL from people who would use there IP with out recognizing them.
IMO all software should be GPL, as that would provide better security and a better product to the masses.
I actually feel that a goverment based inferstructure would not be a bad thing. though I would also like to see indivduals set up Wi Fi equipment, (based on IPv6) to also lower price and up the compition agienst the cable and phone companies.
and those who want to build a faraday cage could put an antinna on there house to catch the wi fi signals and run a cable through the cage so you can still have good access.;-)
How long until the goverment MANDATES that each vehicle be identifilable?
How long until u start getting tickets in the mail for speeding/drving with out headlights/no seat belt/ etc.cause your car reports you where doing something illegal??
Damn, I think I need more tin foil. How much would it cost to wrap my whole car in it?:-P
I agree, I am ashamed of the double standard the current administration has put on "Bringing Freedom to the world".
More the cause to vote Bush out of office come this November. I will still vote though cause I am in Utah, my states electoral votes are pretty much destined for Dubya as it is!
At least I can add my voice to the growing number of democrats here in Utah. Hopefully too we can rid Utah of that Bastard of a senator Orin Hatch!;-)
Too bad Microsoft has bought enough politicians here in the US to keep the company from conforming to anti trust laws. *sigh*
Good thing I am starting to make my transition to Linux now, though if the **AA's had there way, Linux would be made illegal cause it circumvents DRM.:-(
355 South 520 West
Suite 100
Lindon, Utah 84042 USA
I'll do it as well, I live in Orem, which isn't that far from Lindon. Perhaps I can contact Pres. Hinckley (Mormon Prophet) and see about getting Darl Excommunicated, I did serve with his son on my mission.;-)
HeHeHe, nah it was saved just in time....(Earth that is). I guess if something goes wrong with our goverments astroids we would need Hyper Drive so we can pull the thing through the planet to the other side....
One of the G'ould in Stargate SG-1 actually did this persisly cause he did not want the more powerful aliens (The Asgard) to know that it was he who destoried Earth.;-)
Seriously, I know a lot of/.'ers have joked about moving to India to find jobs but it sounds like its not a bad place to live. (All be it you'd have to go through the worries of another 'cold war' type scenario with Pakestian).
The US being so screwed up as it is, I am deffenitly pondering living in another country, and nothing short of a revolution would bring me back to my native land.
It sounds like me, with an as an American with a grad degree in CS could do fairly well there.;-)
Though I might have balked at this idea a few weeks ago, it does sound conceptually good. A minimum wage law would still incite free trade. Though it would also raise the stander d of living in said country (India etc.). Eventually supply and demand will balance the wage out so that other countries workers (India Programmers as an example), would begin to demand higher salaries, and when these salaries start to cut into the corporate profits, the companies will outsource again, the circle will start again until the world has reached an achievable equilibrium where salary and such is equal through the world.
Wake up call, American Corperations ALREADY decide the president! Big Oil and the Entertainment industry just take turns picking the prez and the rest of congress.;-)
This is a little OT, but I have always wondered if the day would come where the UN declares that part of being a Human Rights advocate, a country MUST provide manditory goverment medical services, and retirment packages, and if the a major country, with a seat on the security council does not go along with this, there Veto is taken.
That would effectivly make the US a Human Rights violater and subject to embargos.
Just a thought...
Though in general I am for globalization, your idea is very insightfull. Though would not the other countries take this as a slient Tariff agiesnt there goods?
Meh, in order to get globelization going we are going to have to take a blind eye to human rights violations. Eventually things will stablize, the standerd of living will increase in countries that it is pretty low at the moment, and then at that time, we in the US will be able to compete with other IT people in other countries.
Not to sound Pro UN, as an Idealist, I would love to see something simaler happen with the UN that is happening in the EU, where the nations of the world get together and develop a world constitution, and form a single govermnet for the planet Earth.
Conspericy theories aside, I really do feel this is the best outcome that can come for all of us as residents of Planet Earth. Once a "New, One World Goverment" is established, then we can have the option of moving any where in the world and still be able to keep our current standerd of living.
That being said, I would not want a current NWO right now. The UN is WAY TOO LIBRAL.
Thanks for the link. It is all fascinating. From a cursory reading it looks like no matter what type of NAT your ISP puts you behind, if you run this software, then u can still access the IPv6 Internet.
Two Questions:
1)Is this software available for Linux?
2)Can one run an IPv6 server this way (despite the fact the ISP most likely would NOT like this;-) )???
Damn I have to get use to using that preview button. My spelling sucks really bad:-P
I'll do better, I promise!
**sits in corner with tin foil hat on**
Sounds simialr to that God-Aweful Movie Hackers. But seirously now, could the goverments in the world really be able to stop a world wide "revolution" on the internet? Especially it the so-called rebel troops where able to cover there tracks as best they could to avoid detection? I am all for revoluion, I afree with Thomas Jefferson that a little revolution is a good thing to keep the goverment in check.;-)
That being said, I was probably just put on the Gestopo's(Home Land Security) list of dangerous Americans for promoting revolution. Damn, wheres that tin foil hat of mine????
That is a facenating Idea. In my apartment they stick us behind NAT, so we are automaticly assigned a private IPv4 address. This limits what I can and can not do over the internet. Is there something.
Is there a way to impliment 6to4 tunneling with out having access to the router that my apartment uses?
How would I go about doing this?
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One way we in America can help other so-called third world countries is to mandate that anybody who wishes to import goods and/or services into the US MUST pay there employees a standerd LIVEABlE wage.
Though this won't happen cause nearly all of our polticians have been bought (both repubs and dems) by major international corperations.
I presonally prefer Thomas Jeffersons mode of establishing the will of the people, frequent revolution. ;-)
Again, your use of the word "Free" is in a deferent connotation than what is used in the GPL and the FSF.
Repeat after me
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
Free as in free speech *NOT* free as in free beer.
the beauty of the GPL and "Free" software is that if someone comes around and charges lots of money for something you coded and released. You are free (as well as others) to distribute said software at a lower price.
This levels the playing field between companies and truly bringers a better product for less the price to the consumer.
Why is it so hard for people to relize that "Free" software means "Free" as in speech NOT "Free" as in beer?
You want to charge for your product then go right ahead, you do't have to offer the binary version for free.
All the GPL states is that the source code is made available to those who want to look at it, change it etc. The GPL also helps to protect people who release there IP under the GPL from people who would use there IP with out recognizing them.
IMO all software should be GPL, as that would provide better security and a better product to the masses.
I actually feel that a goverment based inferstructure would not be a bad thing. though I would also like to see indivduals set up Wi Fi equipment, (based on IPv6) to also lower price and up the compition agienst the cable and phone companies.
;-)
and those who want to build a faraday cage could put an antinna on there house to catch the wi fi signals and run a cable through the cage so you can still have good access.
How long until the goverment MANDATES that each vehicle be identifilable?
How long until u start getting tickets in the mail for speeding/drving with out headlights/no seat belt/ etc.cause your car reports you where doing something illegal??
Damn, I think I need more tin foil. How much would it cost to wrap my whole car in it? :-P
I agree, I am ashamed of the double standard the current administration has put on "Bringing Freedom to the world".
More the cause to vote Bush out of office come this November. I will still vote though cause I am in Utah, my states electoral votes are pretty much destined for Dubya as it is!
At least I can add my voice to the growing number of democrats here in Utah. Hopefully too we can rid Utah of that Bastard of a senator Orin Hatch! ;-)
Too bad Microsoft has bought enough politicians here in the US to keep the company from conforming to anti trust laws. *sigh* Good thing I am starting to make my transition to Linux now, though if the **AA's had there way, Linux would be made illegal cause it circumvents DRM. :-(
355 South 520 West Suite 100 Lindon, Utah 84042 USA I'll do it as well, I live in Orem, which isn't that far from Lindon. Perhaps I can contact Pres. Hinckley (Mormon Prophet) and see about getting Darl Excommunicated, I did serve with his son on my mission. ;-)
HeHeHe, nah it was saved just in time....(Earth that is). I guess if something goes wrong with our goverments astroids we would need Hyper Drive so we can pull the thing through the planet to the other side....
One of the G'ould in Stargate SG-1 actually did this persisly cause he did not want the more powerful aliens (The Asgard) to know that it was he who destoried Earth. ;-)
Seriously, I know a lot of /.'ers have joked about moving to India to find jobs but it sounds like its not a bad place to live. (All be it you'd have to go through the worries of another 'cold war' type scenario with Pakestian).
The US being so screwed up as it is, I am deffenitly pondering living in another country, and nothing short of a revolution would bring me back to my native land.
It sounds like me, with an as an American with a grad degree in CS could do fairly well there. ;-)
Though I might have balked at this idea a few weeks ago, it does sound conceptually good. A minimum wage law would still incite free trade. Though it would also raise the stander d of living in said country (India etc.). Eventually supply and demand will balance the wage out so that other countries workers (India Programmers as an example), would begin to demand higher salaries, and when these salaries start to cut into the corporate profits, the companies will outsource again, the circle will start again until the world has reached an achievable equilibrium where salary and such is equal through the world.
Wake up call, American Corperations ALREADY decide the president! Big Oil and the Entertainment industry just take turns picking the prez and the rest of congress. ;-)
Just because they may not be "Christian" does not mean that they do not believe in some kinda of "supreme being". ;-)
This is a little OT, but I have always wondered if the day would come where the UN declares that part of being a Human Rights advocate, a country MUST provide manditory goverment medical services, and retirment packages, and if the a major country, with a seat on the security council does not go along with this, there Veto is taken. That would effectivly make the US a Human Rights violater and subject to embargos. Just a thought...
Enough Said....
Well Duh, 3/4 of the population is Mormon. for 99.99% of Mormons, Mormon == Moron. :-P
Though in general I am for globalization, your idea is very insightfull. Though would not the other countries take this as a slient Tariff agiesnt there goods?
Meh, in order to get globelization going we are going to have to take a blind eye to human rights violations. Eventually things will stablize, the standerd of living will increase in countries that it is pretty low at the moment, and then at that time, we in the US will be able to compete with other IT people in other countries. Not to sound Pro UN, as an Idealist, I would love to see something simaler happen with the UN that is happening in the EU, where the nations of the world get together and develop a world constitution, and form a single govermnet for the planet Earth. Conspericy theories aside, I really do feel this is the best outcome that can come for all of us as residents of Planet Earth. Once a "New, One World Goverment" is established, then we can have the option of moving any where in the world and still be able to keep our current standerd of living. That being said, I would not want a current NWO right now. The UN is WAY TOO LIBRAL.
Give me a Phaser Array and some Quantum Torpedos and I'll OWN the high way. (Just need a better sheild than the other drivers!)
Thanks for the link. It is all fascinating. From a cursory reading it looks like no matter what type of NAT your ISP puts you behind, if you run this software, then u can still access the IPv6 Internet. Two Questions: 1)Is this software available for Linux? 2)Can one run an IPv6 server this way (despite the fact the ISP most likely would NOT like this ;-) )???
Not to mention that the CIA is known for trafficing drugs for there black op's. ;-)
Damn I have to get use to using that preview button. My spelling sucks really bad :-P
I'll do better, I promise!
**sits in corner with tin foil hat on**
Sounds simialr to that God-Aweful Movie Hackers. But seirously now, could the goverments in the world really be able to stop a world wide "revolution" on the internet? Especially it the so-called rebel troops where able to cover there tracks as best they could to avoid detection? I am all for revoluion, I afree with Thomas Jefferson that a little revolution is a good thing to keep the goverment in check. ;-)
That being said, I was probably just put on the Gestopo's(Home Land Security) list of dangerous Americans for promoting revolution. Damn, wheres that tin foil hat of mine????
That is a facenating Idea. In my apartment they stick us behind NAT, so we are automaticly assigned a private IPv4 address. This limits what I can and can not do over the internet. Is there something. Is there a way to impliment 6to4 tunneling with out having access to the router that my apartment uses? How would I go about doing this?