How do Heinlein's later adult works equate into "Futures where sex is the only thing driving humanity. Of course, they're so much more advanced than us because everyone has sex with everyone."?
The ONLY Heinlein adult novel that I could think of that might fit that category is Time Enough for Love. But, if you actually read the book, you see that the author is talking about the difference between sex and love! He is also showing by example that not all societies fall into the "1950's America" ideals of morality, by showing us that a society as a whole DEFINE what is moral. But that society did NOT become "more advanced than us because everyone has sex with everyone". He shows different human cultures in vignettes throughout the book with DIFFERING laws and tacit morality, from the totally monogamous to polygamies and every other conceivable thing in between!
These are all HISTORICAL examples of human customs, and the author did not just invent them, but used these to illustrate a point. And sure, his characters do engage in sex. Who doesn't?
That is really interesting. I thought it was just the normal "welcome" given to new people who speak their mind. I guess you can speak freely, as long as you do so by the tacit rules, which I have yet to learn.
So, I guess that this whole karma scoring system I will ignore, and continue to talk about things as I see them, or is that "flamebaiting"?
I have been an administrator on a couple of major gaming community sites, and have seen a lot of fake user ID's created for use by trolls, and maybe I have been mistaken for one.
...implementation? Basically, SecureID works through time synchronization on a physical device (usually a credit card looking device with an LCD display, or a keychain fob) and your user ID.
In a nutshell, what they do is make a passcode based on an algorithm using the current time, plus your user ID. When you attempt to log in, the server has generated the same passcode for your user ID due to the time being synched. In practice, this has shown to be pretty secure.
So, you have two versions of the software, one on the remote machine to generate the sequence of ports to be "knocked" on, and the server side which uses the same algorithm to listen on those ports. You could have it change at whatever time interval you like, but would add another layer of security on top!
...I find it interesting that they would offer such a LOW prize for this little contest!
Usually, a logo design for a nationally branded product can run anywhere from 10-50K, and sometimes up into the half million dollar range, depending on complexity, desired look and feel, and a ton of 'little' factors that involve psychological impact due to font choices, colors, and design preferences.
Usually, when a company wants logos designed, they want to see an entire portfolio of different designs that fall within the stated parameters, and choose the best dozen or so to bring before their Board, or owner.
When I see a contest like this with a measly $100 prize, it reminds me of the 'Good Deal' that Nike got in the early '70's, running a design contest similiar to this one, where the winner was a College student, for VERY little money. And the Swoosh(tm) was born.
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Okay, first of all it IS "Initech" with an "I".
Here is an auction for the Bill Lumberg coffee mug!, just in case you would want one on your desk...
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How do Heinlein's later adult works equate into "Futures where sex is the only thing driving humanity. Of course, they're so much more advanced than us because everyone has sex with everyone."?
The ONLY Heinlein adult novel that I could think of that might fit that category is Time Enough for Love. But, if you actually read the book, you see that the author is talking about the difference between sex and love! He is also showing by example that not all societies fall into the "1950's America" ideals of morality, by showing us that a society as a whole DEFINE what is moral. But that society did NOT become "more advanced than us because everyone has sex with everyone". He shows different human cultures in vignettes throughout the book with DIFFERING laws and tacit morality, from the totally monogamous to polygamies and every other conceivable thing in between!
These are all HISTORICAL examples of human customs, and the author did not just invent them, but used these to illustrate a point. And sure, his characters do engage in sex. Who doesn't?
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Vidi Vici Veni!
That is really interesting. I thought it was just the normal "welcome" given to new people who speak their mind. I guess you can speak freely, as long as you do so by the tacit rules, which I have yet to learn.
So, I guess that this whole karma scoring system I will ignore, and continue to talk about things as I see them, or is that "flamebaiting"?
I have been an administrator on a couple of major gaming community sites, and have seen a lot of fake user ID's created for use by trolls, and maybe I have been mistaken for one.
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How is this flamebait, BTW? I am a newly enrolled member of Slashdot, and just speaking what I think... And still figuring out this Karma stuff.
...Supports Linux, and the Mac out of the starting gate!
If every publishing house followed this example, the Microslop Monopoly would be history in short order!
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...implementation? Basically, SecureID works through time synchronization on a physical device (usually a credit card looking device with an LCD display, or a keychain fob) and your user ID.
In a nutshell, what they do is make a passcode based on an algorithm using the current time, plus your user ID. When you attempt to log in, the server has generated the same passcode for your user ID due to the time being synched. In practice, this has shown to be pretty secure.
So, you have two versions of the software, one on the remote machine to generate the sequence of ports to be "knocked" on, and the server side which uses the same algorithm to listen on those ports. You could have it change at whatever time interval you like, but would add another layer of security on top!
Vidi Vici Veni
...I find it interesting that they would offer such a LOW prize for this little contest! Usually, a logo design for a nationally branded product can run anywhere from 10-50K, and sometimes up into the half million dollar range, depending on complexity, desired look and feel, and a ton of 'little' factors that involve psychological impact due to font choices, colors, and design preferences. Usually, when a company wants logos designed, they want to see an entire portfolio of different designs that fall within the stated parameters, and choose the best dozen or so to bring before their Board, or owner. When I see a contest like this with a measly $100 prize, it reminds me of the 'Good Deal' that Nike got in the early '70's, running a design contest similiar to this one, where the winner was a College student, for VERY little money. And the Swoosh(tm) was born.