I don't know about you but I strongly detest the concept of re-ligion itself. Just take the word: religion, re-ligare, ligare (lat) to bind to tie, in other words religion as in to tie to bind again. Science is yet another religion to keep the mind bound.
Science and religion are a subset of philosophy. They are ways to organize thoughts and have a frame of reference for discussions. Such subsets are useful in creating an environment of learning in a specific area. For example science allows meaningful discussions on how the sun creates energy, without getting distracted by other philosophical topics such as trying to prove the sun is actually there.
No, the GPL (v3 or otherwise) doesn't circumvent anything. What gave you the idea that it did?
Sadly, That won't stop some lawyer to sue under DMCA. Remember there's a case where Media Rights Technology is suing companies under DMCA for not using DRM.
I'd be sweltering if it was above 40, and Cold if it were below 15... Freezing if it were below 0. I guess numbers don't really mean anything until we include the units.
The myth of working 30years for a company and retiring with a nice investment egg is fantasy. All wage slaves are subject to this, sadly
People are only wage slaves if they think of themselves that way. Personally, I'm always on the lookout for a better opportunity, and take advantage of any training or networking opportunities my company provides. Don't chain yourself to the company and use them as much as they use you. They can lay me off at any time, but I also can quit at any time, neither party can depend on the other long term.
Working in retail or for a manufacturer is a low-step on a ladder, and should be tolerated only for its educational experience
While I agree on retail, manufacturing depends on your job, your goals, and the company you work for. There are many high-end manufacturing jobs in the tech/defense/medical industries.
how many employees do they plan to hire in India and China in the next six months, and how many of said new employees were using L-1 and H1-B visas in the US prior to said "downsizing", when it's really outsourcing?
Make sure to ask, how their revenue is growing in India and China vs. the US. Just as Circuit City is closing some stores, and opening more elsewhere doesn't represent outsourcing of the same job. Hiring in the booming economies of India and China and laying off in the more stagnant US doesn't necessarily mean outsourcing.
printing presses -> inflation -> interest rates -> bad times.
Actually it's: printing presses -> inflation -> good times -> bubble burst -> bad times. Interest rates are used to keep inflation in check to prevent boom bust cycles.
The reason food and energy are excluded is because the short-term volitility can misrepresent the long-term inflationary pressures. Though I would agree some sort of normalized price (eg 12 month moving average) should be used for those calculating inflation in those markets. That said, the CPI which does include energy, food, and housing is still at a relatively low 2.6% for the past year (ended Apr).
The unfortunate problem is that the courts tend to be anal about these things. A court ruled recently that while it's legal for the cable company to rent you a DVR and place it next to your television set, it's illegal for them to move the DVR functionality to their own servers and send you the program on demand over the cable in a way that looks the same as though you'd recorded it yourself. It's the same d@mn thing in every regard except in the eyes of some dumb judge.
Not knowing the specifics of the case you are referring to, there are a number of possible reasons the judge had to rule the way he did. You may think it's the same, however, with a DVR it is the user doing the recording and time-shifting. The cable company could be restricted by contracts, anti-trust laws, or other legislation from performing those on-demand functions.
the fact remains that the final decision rests on the "random" variable that it is forced to use, so, its 'statically random'. there is no real choice in software. there is choice in human intelligence.
Statistics are used as a fill in for unknown variables that result in differences between a rigid model and reality. Just because weather can only be modeled with statistic randomness doesn't mean it has choice.
I believe it was a snow job that has enslaved millions of Americans to a few wealthy scumbags.
Yeah the US as a country has suffered horribly over the last century. Perhaps your definition of slavery differs from mine, how are we "enslaved"? Those "shackled" in debt are usually the ones who claim they need a new car, new TV, new iPod. Mismanagement of resources is more to blame than any high level secret council.
As for stability - any given administration has every bit as much interest in stability- especially in light of the fact that there are so many career politicians. Politicians hate change, because where there's change, there's risk.
Often time political motivations, or self-righteousness get in the way of rational decision making. The US has in many ways become destabilized over the past 6 years. Serious damage has been done through tax & spend policy, just imagine a government that could just "erase" those issues by adjusting monetary policy. You don't think Bush would enjoy 10% inflation rate to make that nasty war related debt disappear.
Do I trust the Federal Reserve as it stands? NO. It lacks the transparency, and I would prefer greater accountability. That said, just as Churchill commented on Democracy, I would argue that 'The Federal Reserve (or other central bank) is the worst form of monetary control except for all those others that have been tried.'
A private monopoly, where a few, select individuals are gifted with the privilege of creating money out of nothing (literally), is more stable than a government that can print its own money, and owe itself NOTHING in terms of interest?
I'm not saying I don't have reservations about the Federal Reserve system; however, it is more stable for the government to participate as part of the economy rather than it's own seperate entity with no rules attached. The quasi-private nature of the federal reserve insulates it from the whims of politics (would you trust Bush & Republican Congress to effectively manage the money supply?), while still allows governmental oversight.
As for not owing itself interest, take a look at the national debt, almost half of it is in intragovernmental holdings.
If it's so "basic" to the brain then why is it the exception in human society and not the rule?
Why do you think giving is the exception? Almost everybody I know contributes money to charitable causes, and most also donate some of their time. Does giving only count when you sacrifice everything else?
Your self-righteousness is the true mark of self-important bureaucrats.
That remark reflects the arrogance of "genious." Did it ever occur to you that the bureaucracy exists because unchecked inventiveness, can do more harm than good. Or that "corporate drones" come in at 9 and leave past 5 because they have responsibilities, like taking care of their kids. I also get annoyed at the corporate hoop jumping to get something done, but I've also been on the other side of things cleaning up the mess of somebody who decided to ignore the system.
The result is that the students have no choice but to pay the university for Internet service. Consequently, the university has a responsibility to protect those same students from the dangers of the net.
The university shouldn't protect anybody from the "dangers of the net," otherwise that would give them license to censor which is not conducive to the open learning environment they try to promote. Should the university ban P2P services to "protect" the students? No, the students are given all the tools, it's up to them to decide whether to use it responsibly or not.
Additionally, most college students are *not* adults when they start at a university, which is when most of them will run afoul of the RIAA / MPAA / Drinking laws.
College is not another level of the K-12 babysitting service. Most students are adults, and the sooner they learn to take responsibility for themselves the better off they will be.
Everybody who downloads music or movies via p2p/IRC, or rips next-gen formats or captures internet radio streams despite knowing that they *might* get sued is fighting them. They may all be pirates and are breaking laws but that is nevertheless how they are fighting them. Death by a thousand cuts just takes a while.
I disagree. Everybody who downloads is giving them ammunition to continue. A download to the RIAA equals an uncompensated demand, so they will push for more invasive and unfair laws. Hell if things get bad enough they'll just switch to the SCO model and secretly encourage illegal downloading so they can make their money suing people. The best way IMHO to really beat the RIAA is to not consume their products in any form. If DRM prevents you from making a backup copy, don't buy the CD, don't download, listen to something else. Then if their revenues drop, the execs can't point to the evil pirates as scapegoats to appease the shareholders. To take a page from Oscar Wilde, "The only thing worse than being pirated, is not being pirated"
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Such subsets are useful in creating an environment of learning in a specific area. For example science allows meaningful discussions on how the sun creates energy, without getting distracted by other philosophical topics such as trying to prove the sun is actually there.
Don't worry the "Ocho" is due out soon
you can use my diamond bong... i've been smoking some 400 miles per hour from it.
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3. profit!!
They can lay me off at any time, but I also can quit at any time, neither party can depend on the other long term.
While I agree on retail, manufacturing depends on your job, your goals, and the company you work for. There are many high-end manufacturing jobs in the tech/defense/medical industries.
Just as Circuit City is closing some stores, and opening more elsewhere doesn't represent outsourcing of the same job. Hiring in the booming economies of India and China and laying off in the more stagnant US doesn't necessarily mean outsourcing.
printing presses -> inflation -> good times -> bubble burst -> bad times.
Interest rates are used to keep inflation in check to prevent boom bust cycles.
The reason food and energy are excluded is because the short-term volitility can misrepresent the long-term inflationary pressures. Though I would agree some sort of normalized price (eg 12 month moving average) should be used for those calculating inflation in those markets.
That said, the CPI which does include energy, food, and housing is still at a relatively low 2.6% for the past year (ended Apr).
Perhaps your definition of slavery differs from mine, how are we "enslaved"? Those "shackled" in debt are usually the ones who claim they need a new car, new TV, new iPod. Mismanagement of resources is more to blame than any high level secret council.
Often time political motivations, or self-righteousness get in the way of rational decision making. The US has in many ways become destabilized over the past 6 years. Serious damage has been done through tax & spend policy, just imagine a government that could just "erase" those issues by adjusting monetary policy. You don't think Bush would enjoy 10% inflation rate to make that nasty war related debt disappear.
Do I trust the Federal Reserve as it stands? NO. It lacks the transparency, and I would prefer greater accountability. That said, just as Churchill commented on Democracy, I would argue that 'The Federal Reserve (or other central bank) is the worst form of monetary control except for all those others that have been tried.'
As for not owing itself interest, take a look at the national debt, almost half of it is in intragovernmental holdings.
Does giving only count when you sacrifice everything else?
I also get annoyed at the corporate hoop jumping to get something done, but I've also been on the other side of things cleaning up the mess of somebody who decided to ignore the system.
College is not another level of the K-12 babysitting service. Most students are adults, and the sooner they learn to take responsibility for themselves the better off they will be.
The best way IMHO to really beat the RIAA is to not consume their products in any form. If DRM prevents you from making a backup copy, don't buy the CD, don't download, listen to something else. Then if their revenues drop, the execs can't point to the evil pirates as scapegoats to appease the shareholders.
To take a page from Oscar Wilde, "The only thing worse than being pirated, is not being pirated"