... the scientists chose the epic, Batman theme song...
What exactly is "epic" about the Batman theme song ? IIRC, it didn't have any words other than "Batman !"
The Dangermouse theme tune was more epic in the true sense of the word.
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When you start receiving the kind of money that rock/pop stars and film actors/producers receive, then your statements might be serious. Until then even your sarcasm is deluded.
How many Ferraris do you expect to aquire from being a programmer, and in how long ? How many multi-million dollar mansions do you expect to own from the proceeds of programming ?
Do you think you or anybody else is really worth that much more than anybody else, that they receive these things by governmental fief ? Do you really think that it is just and right, that for just a few years work, you can afford to retire and never have to worry about income ever again ?
How much is enough for you ?
and don't give me crap about "the market". It's just greed, pure and simple. Always been the American way though, at the expense of your fellow countrymen and the truth, and other less fortunate lives. Ironic really from such a quasi-religeous society, that your main idol of worship is Mammon.
Does a farmer get paid every time his grain is used in a product - oh, that's right, he has to grow some more. Does a house builder get paid every time someone walks into a house - oh, he has to build more. Do car manufacturers get paid every time you start your engine - no, they have to make more. Do doctors get paid every time you take a breath - That's right, they have to actually earn their income.
Apparently only persons in the media deserve a free and unfettered income for life from a few dubious contributions to society. Real art is priceless, the rest is worthless.
Now don't make the mistake of presuming that I believe people shouldn't be allowed to try and get rich by their own efforts. I just object to government mandated gravy trains. Otherwise a car maker could copyright the wheel, doctors could copyright surgery, a house builder could copyright the brick, and a farmer could copyright grain. Starting to blur the line with patents here, but have you heard of Monsanto ?
"If not, how do we manufacture the change we desire?"
And this leads me into my point.
The earths climate has gone from hot to cold to hot and back to cold many many times in its history. Now we think we can (or have) change(d) it. Either by accident (human induced CO2 emissions) or on purpose (more trees, giant spacefaring umbrellas etc etc).
I think that we should be testing out our fabulous terraforming experiment on another planet, coz we might fuck it up the first time, and then it's too late. I mean running around screaming "put the trees back, put the trees back" is a bit like trying to get the pin back into the hand grenade after you've thrown it.
If a good scientific experiment is supposed to be falsifyable, then let's run an experiment on climate.
I would just rather it wasn't our climate we use as a guinea pig.
(And no, I don't think computerised climate models are the answer, because as with all software - crap in, crap out. We don't know enough about the climate to create a realistic computer model yet, only trial and error on a large scale with a real functioning climate "model" will produce all the data with natural variations.)
Personally, I think we as a race would be much better advised to make provisions for our survival under the worst climate scenario that scientists can predict for our current emission levels, and then cap our emissions at that level and see what happens. It may be worse than predicted, or it may be better - either way, we get some real data on how (or whether) we can actually effect a change in the climate. If it's a feedback loop and we are past the point of no return, then anything we try to force the issue will be just pissing in the wind.
All of which is just a long winded way of saying "When you're in up to your neck, stop digging". At no point does the saying describe filling the hole back in !
If you want a computer that after first install gives you the ability to do virtually anything you want, and complete control over your system, then you install Linux.
If however, you want a computer that "allows" you to run certain proprietary software, and rely on the proprietors to give you options, then install windows.
Personally, I like the idea of being limited only by my imagination. Most windows users don't want to be forced into thinking for themselves, so that's their loss. I don't buy into this whole "Linux on the Desktop" crap anyway. windows is rapidly turning into a console, with all those limitations. Fine, just don't expect me to use it.
Example, getting pictures off a picture phone without paying for them. Any digital camera can do this just fine. The Razor even comes with a 5 pin USB connector. However no driver support available unless you pay for a "Mobile connectivity Package" Or hack your phone.
Well speaking as a linux user, Realplayer works just fine here, and so does Flash.
I have a piece of software called SwishVideo2 which takes video and creates flash movies. They realised that Flash 9 broke all the movies that their product created (when viewed using Flash 8 and earlier) so they issued a patch that allowed Flash 8 and earlier to view their Flash 9 compatible movies. Why should everybody have to redo all their work just so Macrodobe can charge a new fee ?
Instead, what you have is the Old world (Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean) the New world (The Americas) As it would sound silly to say the "new New" world, it just got a number, as in the third world (because it wasn't first or second in the above list).
It's funny, I was talking a few weeks ago with a couple of friends in the pub. The conversation turned to fingerprints and how one mate thought it would be much easier to not have to carry money around. He wants a system where he can just press his thumb on a pad and the cost gets debited from his account.
Well after explaining about how easy it is to fake a fingerprint, he still wouldn't listen. It wasn't until I pointed out, that under such a system, the "powers that be" could tell at what time and in which pub you had had a drink, and how many, before you moved off to the next pub, or the takeaway, or where-ever you spent money next. Suddenly, having his every movement tracked made the concept much less appealing.
They tag petty criminals here, are we all to suffer the same fate without ever having been tried for an offence ?
Didn't Debian (TM) force people to stop using the word Debian (TM) ?
Another shining example of Debian (TM) pettiness.
It's architected around Windows and ported to UNIX and other systems almost as an after-thought.
Oh,
that's why you need cygwin to build it -
Here is the complete cygwin package list for building Mozilla. You can use it to double-check your packages, or to understand and customize the build process:
* ash -- UNIX-like command line interpreter shell (Base category) * coreutils -- GNU core utilities (includes fileutils, install, sh-utils, and textutils) (Base category) * cvs -- concurrent versions system (Devel category) * diffutils -- file comparison utility (Base category) * findutils (Base category) * gawk -- pattern matching language (Base and Interpretors categories) * grep -- text search tool (Base category) * libiconv -- character set conversion (Devel category) * make 3.80 (not 3.81!) -- dependency analyzer for software builds (Devel category) * patchutils -- a small collection of programs that operate on patch files (Devel category) * perl -- a scripting language used to control parts of the build (Interpreters category) * sed -- a search and replace language (Base category) * unzip -- zip file extraction (Archive category) * zip -- zip file creation (Archive category)
Maybe a different style of web blocking software needs to be developed. One where sites listed as potentially racist, for example, are forced to open in a frame, while another frame is used to show an opposing viewpoint. Even if the opposing frame is just google search results for a keyword from the "hate" site AND "wrong" or "offensive".
If it could be tuned correctly, at least both sides of an argument could be represented.
Of course, the sites on the list are difficult to specify in the first place, but generally, society has got a fairly well defined set of taboos.
It wouldn't even have to be a full 50/50 split, framewise, just maybe a sidebar with alternative links to opposing viewpoints. It would suffer necessarily from the "flaw" that if you wisited a site that had anti-nazi sentiments, the side bar would load up pro-nazi links, but then what would happen if you didn't put anti-nazi sites on the "list" ? You would get complaints and lawsuits from the pro-nazi sites.
I think it would be a fair trade off in the end though, and would only really be of benefit to schools and maybe public libraries.
'Consistent with this policy, the United States will preserve its rights, capabilities and freedom of action in space... and deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to U.S. national interests.'
Unfortunately, adversaries include anybody who disagrees with American policy, and U.S. national interests include unfettered access to world oil supplies, total IP domination, the right to all information regarding any person on the planet, a significant cut of all profits made by any company anywhere, and, oh yeah, lebensraum.
Under this rule, the space race would never have happened. It was in the US national interest to get to the moon first. Should they have been allowed to destroy all the Soviet missions ? (oh yeah, they would have got a bloody nose for that) Is the ESA going to get their equipment shot down ? What about the new European GPS system ? After all, it's in the US national interest to be in total unopposed control of space.
And you wonder why the USA gets such bad press...
Look, I realise that as a nation, you are pretty young and inexperienced, but surely you get enough respect from the outside world that you don't have to act like a fuckin 12 year old in a schoolyard. You're showing signs of a serious inferiority complex. You've got one of the highest standards of living in the world, coupled with one of the lowest population densities in the world. And you're still not happy.
BTW, didn't you ever learn - what goes around, comes around.
As an aside, the town I grew up in was already 700 years old when the USA was founded. The place I live now was founded by the Romans. That gives one a sense of perspective.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
I dropped FC4's version of FF a long time ago. It was always behind in releasing the latest version, and it f*cked up a lot.
Solution. Uninstall it using yum, then download the normal version from getfirefox.com . It already has the ability to check for updates, it's not dependent on any distro, and different users can run different versions.
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The Dangermouse theme tune was more epic in the true sense of the word.
How many Ferraris do you expect to aquire from being a programmer, and in how long ? How many multi-million dollar mansions do you expect to own from the proceeds of programming ?
Do you think you or anybody else is really worth that much more than anybody else, that they receive these things by governmental fief ? Do you really think that it is just and right, that for just a few years work, you can afford to retire and never have to worry about income ever again ?
How much is enough for you ?
and don't give me crap about "the market". It's just greed, pure and simple.
Always been the American way though, at the expense of your fellow countrymen and the truth, and other less fortunate lives. Ironic really from such a quasi-religeous society, that your main idol of worship is Mammon.
Does a farmer get paid every time his grain is used in a product - oh, that's right, he has to grow some more.
Does a house builder get paid every time someone walks into a house - oh, he has to build more.
Do car manufacturers get paid every time you start your engine - no, they have to make more.
Do doctors get paid every time you take a breath - That's right, they have to actually earn their income.
Apparently only persons in the media deserve a free and unfettered income for life from a few dubious contributions to society.
Real art is priceless, the rest is worthless.
Now don't make the mistake of presuming that I believe people shouldn't be allowed to try and get rich by their own efforts. I just object to government mandated gravy trains. Otherwise a car maker could copyright the wheel, doctors could copyright surgery, a house builder could copyright the brick, and a farmer could copyright grain. Starting to blur the line with patents here, but have you heard of Monsanto ?
By the people, for the people ?
The earths climate has gone from hot to cold to hot and back to cold many many times in its history. Now we think we can (or have) change(d) it. Either by accident (human induced CO2 emissions) or on purpose (more trees, giant spacefaring umbrellas etc etc).
I think that we should be testing out our fabulous terraforming experiment on another planet, coz we might fuck it up the first time, and then it's too late. I mean running around screaming "put the trees back, put the trees back" is a bit like trying to get the pin back into the hand grenade after you've thrown it.
If a good scientific experiment is supposed to be falsifyable, then let's run an experiment on climate.
I would just rather it wasn't our climate we use as a guinea pig.
(And no, I don't think computerised climate models are the answer, because as with all software - crap in, crap out. We don't know enough about the climate to create a realistic computer model yet, only trial and error on a large scale with a real functioning climate "model" will produce all the data with natural variations.)
Personally, I think we as a race would be much better advised to make provisions for our survival under the worst climate scenario that scientists can predict for our current emission levels, and then cap our emissions at that level and see what happens. It may be worse than predicted, or it may be better - either way, we get some real data on how (or whether) we can actually effect a change in the climate. If it's a feedback loop and we are past the point of no return, then anything we try to force the issue will be just pissing in the wind.
All of which is just a long winded way of saying "When you're in up to your neck, stop digging". At no point does the saying describe filling the hole back in !
Thank you John Cleese.
(or was it The Who ?)
Yes, that means you TB.
Bring on proportional representation ...
If however, you want a computer that "allows" you to run certain proprietary software, and rely on the proprietors to give you options, then install windows.
Personally, I like the idea of being limited only by my imagination. Most windows users don't want to be forced into thinking for themselves, so that's their loss. I don't buy into this whole "Linux on the Desktop" crap anyway. windows is rapidly turning into a console, with all those limitations. Fine, just don't expect me to use it.
I remember the fuss when there were 80 million sites, and that was back in the 90's
I have a piece of software called SwishVideo2 which takes video and creates flash movies. They realised that Flash 9 broke all the movies that their product created (when viewed using Flash 8 and earlier) so they issued a patch that allowed Flash 8 and earlier to view their Flash 9 compatible movies. Why should everybody have to redo all their work just so Macrodobe can charge a new fee ?
So water is an element now ?
The ayes have it. Motion carried.
(aye)
So, make it out of wood !
Good luck at the next Nazi boot boy rally.
There is no "first world" or "second world".
Instead, what you have is
the Old world (Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean)
the New world (The Americas)
As it would sound silly to say the "new New" world, it just got a number, as in the third world (because it wasn't first or second in the above list).
Well after explaining about how easy it is to fake a fingerprint, he still wouldn't listen. It wasn't until I pointed out, that under such a system, the "powers that be" could tell at what time and in which pub you had had a drink, and how many, before you moved off to the next pub, or the takeaway, or where-ever you spent money next. Suddenly, having his every movement tracked made the concept much less appealing.
They tag petty criminals here, are we all to suffer the same fate without ever having been tried for an offence ?
This is the kind of attitude that is prevalent throughout the Debian community.
Fuck me, Schrodinger's fridge !
Didn't Debian (TM) force people to stop using the word Debian (TM) ?
Another shining example of Debian (TM) pettiness.
Oh, that's why you need cygwin to build it -From MozillaIf it could be tuned correctly, at least both sides of an argument could be represented.
Of course, the sites on the list are difficult to specify in the first place, but generally, society has got a fairly well defined set of taboos.
It wouldn't even have to be a full 50/50 split, framewise, just maybe a sidebar with alternative links to opposing viewpoints. It would suffer necessarily from the "flaw" that if you wisited a site that had anti-nazi sentiments, the side bar would load up pro-nazi links, but then what would happen if you didn't put anti-nazi sites on the "list" ? You would get complaints and lawsuits from the pro-nazi sites.
I think it would be a fair trade off in the end though, and would only really be of benefit to schools and maybe public libraries.
Under this rule, the space race would never have happened. It was in the US national interest to get to the moon first. Should they have been allowed to destroy all the Soviet missions ? (oh yeah, they would have got a bloody nose for that) Is the ESA going to get their equipment shot down ? What about the new European GPS system ? After all, it's in the US national interest to be in total unopposed control of space.
And you wonder why the USA gets such bad press ...
Look, I realise that as a nation, you are pretty young and inexperienced, but surely you get enough respect from the outside world that you don't have to act like a fuckin 12 year old in a schoolyard. You're showing signs of a serious inferiority complex.
You've got one of the highest standards of living in the world, coupled with one of the lowest population densities in the world. And you're still not happy.
BTW, didn't you ever learn - what goes around, comes around.
As an aside, the town I grew up in was already 700 years old when the USA was founded. The place I live now was founded by the Romans. That gives one a sense of perspective.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Frank Herbert.
perestroika ?
I dropped FC4's version of FF a long time ago. It was always behind in releasing the latest version, and it f*cked up a lot.
Solution. Uninstall it using yum, then download the normal version from getfirefox.com . It already has the ability to check for updates, it's not dependent on any distro, and different users can run different versions.