This reminds me of a Heinlein story, the name of which escapes me, about a group that had invented a new language. It had a much higher information density than any natural language, and the idea was that since you could say more in less time, you would learn to think faster.
Why is it that whenever the otherwise perfectly reasonable libertarian majority here hears the word "corporation", you all turn into a bunch of frothing anarchists? What part of "laissez-faire" are you not understanding? Yes, the media conglmerates are causing us problems with regards to copyright issues, but that does not mean the solution is to add *more* government regulations. The solution is *never* to add more government regulations, as I'd think you'd all know by now.
"99 dead duelists of Dios on the wall; 99 dead duelists of Dios. Take one's ring, pass it around...."
Just had to say, this is easily the funniest thing I've seen all week. (It helps that I just finished watching the whole series again a few days ago.)
Come on, people! "Untitled Document"? Way to impress. (Oh, and KISS is a guidline, not dogma--the unformatted-long-page-of-stuff design was old in '95.)
My favorite metaphor for this problem is microwaves. On about half the (digital) microwaves out there, the common case--cooking something at high power for some amount of time--is a two-step process: enter time, press "start". On the other half, it's a three-step process: hit "cook", enter time, press "start". Guess which one represents better UI design?
And *this*, ladies and gentlemen, is why we're stuck with peer review. For every interesting, potentially worthwhile idea relaxing the rules would let into public view (think Halton Arp and the electric cosmos/plasma universe theory), we have a thousand idiots like this going on about orgone energy or the young earth.
Could I have some of that crack? Deja *never* had correct References: threading--Google's problems in that respect are 100% inherited. It was my biggest pet peeve about Deja. Of course, Google has made it worse by taking away all the sort options except date and "relevance", but that's another story.
So apparently I'm the frist one to RTFA, because I would think someone would have commented on this by now. This bug sends your passwords to a script at , and refestltd.com appears to be in the business of (or at least it points to someone who is in the buisness of) selling anti-spyware software. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Joe-job? Bueller? Bueller?
Dumbass. Classification systems always founder on one core problem which is completely unsolvable in a free society: who does the classifying? You claim "self-classification", but support jail time for those who fail to classify themselves as you see fit.
I dunno. Chaotic evil, going by D&D's rather skewed definition of evil, seems a fairly good description of anarcho-capitalists, which is what ESR is--self-interested (not altruistic) and opposed to hierarchical structures (government, religion, etc.).
Bill Gates has personally increased the funding for research in diseases like malaria by a significant factor; why can't our government fund this kind of stuff more?
<rant>We wouldn't *need* to cure malaria if your generation hadn't read Rachel Carson's stupid book and banned DDT. Guess which African country doesn't have a malaria problem? South Africa, the one that tells the UN to stick their DDT rules where the sun don't shine.</rant>
Um, I seriously doubt anyone is talking about owning *space* itself. I get the impression "space property rights" refers to property on the Moon, on Mars, on asteroids, etc. I should think the situation would develop analagously to "international waters"--you have certain rights over space bordering on your territories, but not over "open space" in general.
DU is (almost) pure U238. The U235 has all been taken out for use as fission fuel. U238 has a half-life of four and a half *billion* years, which makes it pretty damn inactive. (Remember, radiation is a result of decay.) *You* are more radioactive than your mass-equivalent of DU: you're mostly carbon, some of which is C14, which has a half-life of only 5568 years.
> > What does a pHD actually mean?
> A PhD is a Philosophical Doctorate. It says that you can think intelligently and help progress the knowledge of mankind.
Actually, the acronym comes from the Latin "Philosophiae Doctor", approximately meaning "of philosophy, doctor". The other two main degrees have had their acronyms flipped to conform to English grammar. (A few places still use the oldest forms. For instance, I went to Columbia University's School of Engineering and got a B.S., but my friends at Columbia College got A.B.'s, not B.A.'s--it stands for "Ars Baccalaureus", and is the original form.)
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This reminds me of a Heinlein story, the name of which escapes me, about a group that had invented a new language. It had a much higher information density than any natural language, and the idea was that since you could say more in less time, you would learn to think faster.
Slashdotted before the first comment. Mirrors anyone? Google cache seems to be from last week, thus useless.
Why is it that whenever the otherwise perfectly reasonable libertarian majority here hears the word "corporation", you all turn into a bunch of frothing anarchists? What part of "laissez-faire" are you not understanding? Yes, the media conglmerates are causing us problems with regards to copyright issues, but that does not mean the solution is to add *more* government regulations. The solution is *never* to add more government regulations, as I'd think you'd all know by now.
s/Bush/Wesley Clark/, dumbass. Read a little news now and then, will you?
"99 dead duelists of Dios on the wall; 99 dead duelists of Dios. Take one's ring, pass it around...." Just had to say, this is easily the funniest thing I've seen all week. (It helps that I just finished watching the whole series again a few days ago.)
Come on, people! "Untitled Document"? Way to impress. (Oh, and KISS is a guidline, not dogma--the unformatted-long-page-of-stuff design was old in '95.)
My favorite metaphor for this problem is microwaves. On about half the (digital) microwaves out there, the common case--cooking something at high power for some amount of time--is a two-step process: enter time, press "start". On the other half, it's a three-step process: hit "cook", enter time, press "start". Guess which one represents better UI design?
And *this*, ladies and gentlemen, is why we're stuck with peer review. For every interesting, potentially worthwhile idea relaxing the rules would let into public view (think Halton Arp and the electric cosmos/plasma universe theory), we have a thousand idiots like this going on about orgone energy or the young earth.
Hey, this could be the founding of Section 31!
Could I have some of that crack? Deja *never* had correct References: threading--Google's problems in that respect are 100% inherited. It was my biggest pet peeve about Deja. Of course, Google has made it worse by taking away all the sort options except date and "relevance", but that's another story.
Anybody mirror this before it died?
The quote on diversity is by Vixie wrt the roots servers--it's a criticism of Akamai! Jesus H. Christ, it's in the first paragraph!
So what you're saying is, make Metal Gear again, only this time get paid for the message?
So apparently I'm the frist one to RTFA, because I would think someone would have commented on this by now. This bug sends your passwords to a script at , and refestltd.com appears to be in the business of (or at least it points to someone who is in the buisness of) selling anti-spyware software. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Joe-job? Bueller? Bueller?
Dumbass. Classification systems always founder on one core problem which is completely unsolvable in a free society: who does the classifying? You claim "self-classification", but support jail time for those who fail to classify themselves as you see fit.
Actually though, by the rules of the "joke", shouldn't it be "you get high on today's Tom Sawyer"?
IHTA, I just have to say I love your sig! Best laugh all week.
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Aaron Davies
I dunno. Chaotic evil, going by D&D's rather skewed definition of evil, seems a fairly good description of anarcho-capitalists, which is what ESR is--self-interested (not altruistic) and opposed to hierarchical structures (government, religion, etc.).
What about Prattchet? He seems to have the right sort of style. (Ever read Good Omens?)
<rant>We wouldn't *need* to cure malaria if your generation hadn't read Rachel Carson's stupid book and banned DDT. Guess which African country doesn't have a malaria problem? South Africa, the one that tells the UN to stick their DDT rules where the sun don't shine.</rant>
Um, I seriously doubt anyone is talking about owning *space* itself. I get the impression "space property rights" refers to property on the Moon, on Mars, on asteroids, etc. I should think the situation would develop analagously to "international waters"--you have certain rights over space bordering on your territories, but not over "open space" in general.
Did anyone spot HyperTalk on there? If nothing else, it should be there as the ancestor or influence of AppleScript.
DU is (almost) pure U238. The U235 has all been taken out for use as fission fuel. U238 has a half-life of four and a half *billion* years, which makes it pretty damn inactive. (Remember, radiation is a result of decay.) *You* are more radioactive than your mass-equivalent of DU: you're mostly carbon, some of which is C14, which has a half-life of only 5568 years.
If he hasn't got a Pippen, I'm not interested.
> > What does a pHD actually mean? > A PhD is a Philosophical Doctorate. It says that you can think intelligently and help progress the knowledge of mankind. Actually, the acronym comes from the Latin "Philosophiae Doctor", approximately meaning "of philosophy, doctor". The other two main degrees have had their acronyms flipped to conform to English grammar. (A few places still use the oldest forms. For instance, I went to Columbia University's School of Engineering and got a B.S., but my friends at Columbia College got A.B.'s, not B.A.'s--it stands for "Ars Baccalaureus", and is the original form.)