> Why exactly? Should it not be, if technology allows it, state health care? > Or even more local, towards city health care?
Well, national healthcare would represent a lot more buying/bargaining power. Also, a state- or local-level program would still need to solve the same root problem of providing universal access. Beyond that I don't see a problem handling it at the state or local level. Do you have links to any specific plan you have in mind? I'd be interested to read them.
> I agreed with your statement until: >> Kerry is MUCH closer to >> traditional Republicans than Bush is.
Fair enough. When I think of traditional GOP values, I think of just what you described: less governement intrusion into private citizens' lives. It's hard to get further from that than the Patriot Act, soiling the Constitution with a gay marriage ban, party-controlled unverifiable voting systems, etc.
As for economic policy, I guess I've just got a case of sour grapes, since neither candidate seems to support the things I feel strongly about like national health care.
> one can say a lot about Arnold being a Republican and all
I'd actually say Arnold is a fairly traditional republican. The problem is that the republican party is currently represented by people like Bush and Ashcroft, who are, depending on your word choice, fascist, neo-fascist, corporatist, or somewhat more politely, neo-conservative. And before you rush to flame or moderate over the mention of fascism, look up how mussolini defined the ideology.
People who believe in true, traditional republican values don't have a party right now. Kerry is MUCH closer to traditional Republicans than Bush is.
> Is there really enough personal storage space on the Enterprise for such things?
They replicate things like that.
> I doubt the crew of your average aircraft carrier have room for sherlock holmes outfits to play dress-up in their downtime.
An aircraft carrier isn't built for decades-long deep-space exploration, either.
> Picard walking around when suddenly he gets hit by a snowball
Clearly crusher had used his l33t h@x0ring skills to disengage the saftey protocols, due to his penchant for extreme sports. On that setting, the holodeck will use microreplication to produce as close as possible a real-world simulation of the effects of whatever is being simulated. Or maybe it has to do with collinear inverse tachyon particles. Who knows?
> No, I am saying that there is virtually no congruency between Linux distros
Sure there is, it's just at a level below where you're looking for it. All linux distros these days have pam and nss. (note: slackware didn't used to, but I think they do now too) They all have/sbin/init, even though the config structure for it varies widely. The all run cron, and it behaves the same way on all of them. Sure, any of this _could_ be changed on an individual system, but the same is true of Windows...
> He has a MySQL database with a master user database he implemented, and various scripts to syncronize mail accounts, > shell accounts, web-admininistration panel accounts, news server accounts, ftp accounts, etc. It starts simple, and > gets more complex.
Only if you don't know aobut nsswitch, which your friend apparently doesn't. Everything in Linux makes more sense once you know about pam and nss. I have linux systems here authenticating against an NT domain, it's easy!
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If the navy has figured out how to factor the product of two large primes quickly, then we've got big problems that reach far beyond this tor thing. If not, then this is probably okay. =)
> That's why the US should, increase research into biological weapons. Don't > worry people. I have it on good word that it will not be used for bad purposes.
Apples and oranges. If you don't believe me, then try to name 3 _good_ uses of biological weapons.
> Outsourcing is not evil. Outsourcing is the only logical result of > overregulation and overtaxation in the US.
Overregulation in the US is the only reason you don't work 21 hour days in a sweatshop with no breaks, no safety equipment and only getting paid in credits good at the company store. That is the only logical result of underregulation by the US. Think, dovich!
> It would kinda suck if the soup kitchens of the world put out the restaurants... I rather like eating out.
Following along with your rather forced analogy, I have to ask why? In your hypothetical universe, the food at the soup kitchen is as good as or better than the highest priced restaurants. The workers and chefs at the kithcen are happy; most of them are volunteers, while the real master chefs are paid by some of the richer patrons of the kitchen for their work and to prepare occasional "special dishes" that the patrons want.
So, everybody's happy... you can still get special orders filled if you want to pay for them... but EVERYBODY who wants to can get delicious meals for free. This seems at least as good a situation for those used to "eating out", and a vastly better situation for people who cannot afford to eat out or don't like the unappealing, unhealthy food selection available from the restaurant. (Oh, you did know that an overpriced, greasy fast-food joint called MicroMeal had put all the other restaurants out of business, didn't you ?)
Okay, your analogy has now swallowed me whole, so I'm done.
> maybe some cobbled together pieces of LDAP with PAM and kerberos
Your implication that using LDAP and kerb5 is a rickity, poorly integrated solution is misinformed... once you have it up and running the system is _beautiful_. The only weak spot is that it's nontrivial to get it running in the first place, and there aren't as many front-end management tools. Hell, all active directory is is kerb, LDAP and some flashy deployment tools and management consoles.
> By your terms about the victim starting to have something, then losing it.
Right, that's the definition of theft.
> In this instance, the victim (movie company) never received compensation due to them.
That's _not_ the definition of theft.
> I hope I made my point clear...
The point is, it's not theft. It's unauthorized copying. That also happens to be illegal (in the US), and there's no argument from anyone on that point. Incidentally, many of us don't feel it's _immoral_, something which theft is. And if something is illegal but not immoral, it just means the law is (arguably) wrong. Whether or not you choose to follow the law even when it's wrong is a personal decision you have to make.
Complicating the whole situation is the fact that the copy-control lobby has made many leaps towards denying fair-use rights, chilling free expression, and has done a number of other things which many feel _are_ immoral, and so some feel self-righteous in circumventing the restrictions they impose. That doesn't make it right to use circumvention tools for un-fair use means, but it makes it understandable that the copy-control crowd doesn't get much sympathy.
Nope, sorry. Theft means that your "victim" starts out having something, and ends up not having it anymore. It's really that simple. If you can explain how unauthorized copying meets that standard, *without* invoking some parallel dimension where I buy an authorized copy of every single movie I see and then claiming losses relative to that alternate dimension, then you win.
> Is the MM-20 less laggy than the MM-10? The CPU throttling & slow HDD sometimes makes me crazy.
It's quite a bit faster in terms of raw CPU torque, yes. HDD is not appreciably faster. But, it's got the best currently available chipset for 54mbps wireless under Linux. =)
If you want a huge leap in speed, without a great deal more mass, get a Raven. That's what I use. =)
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> Um you mean like Bill O'Reilly?
SHUT UP SHUT UP. Cut his mic off, NOW !
> Why exactly? Should it not be, if technology allows it, state health care?
> Or even more local, towards city health care?
Well, national healthcare would represent a lot more buying/bargaining power. Also, a state- or local-level program
would still need to solve the same root problem of providing universal access. Beyond that I don't see a problem handling
it at the state or local level. Do you have links to any specific plan you have in mind? I'd be interested to read them.
> I agreed with your statement until:
>> Kerry is MUCH closer to
>> traditional Republicans than Bush is.
Fair enough. When I think of traditional GOP values, I think of just what you described: less governement
intrusion into private citizens' lives. It's hard to get further from that than the Patriot Act, soiling the
Constitution with a gay marriage ban, party-controlled unverifiable voting systems, etc.
As for economic policy, I guess I've just got a case of sour grapes, since neither candidate seems to
support the things I feel strongly about like national health care.
> one can say a lot about Arnold being a Republican and all
I'd actually say Arnold is a fairly traditional republican. The problem is that the republican party is
currently represented by people like Bush and Ashcroft, who are, depending on your word choice, fascist,
neo-fascist, corporatist, or somewhat more politely, neo-conservative. And before you rush to flame
or moderate over the mention of fascism, look up how mussolini defined the
ideology.
People who believe in true, traditional republican values don't have a party right now. Kerry is MUCH closer to
traditional Republicans than Bush is.
> Is there really enough personal storage space on the Enterprise for such things?
They replicate things like that.
> I doubt the crew of your average aircraft carrier have room for sherlock holmes outfits to play dress-up in their downtime.
An aircraft carrier isn't built for decades-long deep-space exploration, either.
> Picard walking around when suddenly he gets hit by a snowball
Clearly crusher had used his l33t h@x0ring skills to disengage the saftey protocols, due to his penchant for extreme sports.
On that setting, the holodeck will use microreplication to produce as close as possible a real-world simulation of the effects of
whatever is being simulated. Or maybe it has to do with collinear inverse tachyon particles. Who knows?
> No, I am saying that there is virtually no congruency between Linux distros
/sbin/init, even though the config structure
Sure there is, it's just at a level below where you're looking for it. All linux distros these days have pam and nss.
(note: slackware didn't used to, but I think they do now too) They all have
for it varies widely. The all run cron, and it behaves the same way on all of them. Sure, any of this _could_ be changed
on an individual system, but the same is true of Windows...
> Maybe they're evil board members from a parallel universe (with goatees of course, how else could we tell them apart?)
That idea is hella-lame!
> He has a MySQL database with a master user database he implemented, and various scripts to syncronize mail accounts,
> shell accounts, web-admininistration panel accounts, news server accounts, ftp accounts, etc. It starts simple, and
> gets more complex.
Only if you don't know aobut nsswitch, which your friend apparently doesn't. Everything in Linux makes more sense once you
know about pam and nss. I have linux systems here authenticating against an NT domain, it's easy!
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If the navy has figured out how to factor the product of two large primes quickly, then we've got big problems
that reach far beyond this tor thing. If not, then this is probably okay. =)
> That's why the US should, increase research into biological weapons. Don't
> worry people. I have it on good word that it will not be used for bad purposes.
Apples and oranges. If you don't believe me, then try to name 3 _good_ uses of biological weapons.
Go on, I'll wait.
> fulton county with my hammer?
Cobb too, please. =)
> DRM is a pipe dream. There is a fundamental physical reason why it
> will never work, though a formal mathematical proof escapes me right now
I've got one, but it's too big to be contained in the margins of this site.
You ever notice that after a while "bloat" stops even sounding like a real word?
> Why does the future always suck, why is that the natural consequence of progress along any dimension? Why do they embrace defeat?
Take two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and call me in the morning.
Others below have refuted your "argument" better than I care to, troll. And you're god damned right I'm a
liberal, you reactionary ninnyhammer.
> Outsourcing is not evil. Outsourcing is the only logical result of
> overregulation and overtaxation in the US.
Overregulation in the US is the only reason you don't work 21 hour days in a sweatshop with no breaks, no safety
equipment and only getting paid in credits good at the company store. That is the only logical result of
underregulation by the US. Think, dovich!
Read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, please
> It would kinda suck if the soup kitchens of the world put out the restaurants... I rather like eating out.
Following along with your rather forced analogy, I have to ask why? In your hypothetical universe, the food at the soup
kitchen is as good as or better than the highest priced restaurants. The workers and chefs at the kithcen are happy;
most of them are volunteers, while the real master chefs are paid by some of the richer patrons of the kitchen for
their work and to prepare occasional "special dishes" that the patrons want.
So, everybody's happy... you can still get special orders filled if you want to pay for them... but EVERYBODY who wants
to can get delicious meals for free. This seems at least as good a situation for those used to "eating out", and a
vastly better situation for people who cannot afford to eat out or don't like the unappealing, unhealthy food
selection available from the restaurant. (Oh, you did know that an overpriced, greasy fast-food joint called
MicroMeal had put all the other restaurants out of business, didn't you ?)
Okay, your analogy has now swallowed me whole, so I'm done.
> Duh! Our President, George W. Ush!
I'm George Ush, and I approved this message.
> maybe some cobbled together pieces of LDAP with PAM and kerberos
Your implication that using LDAP and kerb5 is a rickity, poorly integrated solution is misinformed... once
you have it up and running the system is _beautiful_. The only weak spot is that it's nontrivial to get it
running in the first place, and there aren't as many front-end management tools. Hell, all active directory
is is kerb, LDAP and some flashy deployment tools and management consoles.
> By your terms about the victim starting to have something, then losing it.
Right, that's the definition of theft.
> In this instance, the victim (movie company) never received compensation due to them.
That's _not_ the definition of theft.
> I hope I made my point clear...
The point is, it's not theft. It's unauthorized copying. That also happens to be illegal (in the US), and there's no argument from
anyone on that point. Incidentally, many of us don't feel it's _immoral_, something which theft is. And if something is illegal but
not immoral, it just means the law is (arguably) wrong. Whether or not you choose to follow the law even when it's wrong is a
personal decision you have to make.
Complicating the whole situation is the fact that the copy-control lobby has made many leaps towards denying fair-use rights,
chilling free expression, and has done a number of other things which many feel _are_ immoral, and so some feel self-righteous
in circumventing the restrictions they impose. That doesn't make it right to use circumvention tools for un-fair use means,
but it makes it understandable that the copy-control crowd doesn't get much sympathy.
> Does that include Identity Theft?
Also not theft. It's just a scarier name for fraud. Next !
> Uh, no. Buying pirated goods is theft.
Nope, sorry. Theft means that your "victim" starts out having something, and ends up not having it anymore. It's really that simple.
If you can explain how unauthorized copying meets that standard, *without* invoking some parallel dimension where I buy an authorized copy of every single movie I see and then claiming losses relative to that alternate dimension, then you win.
> Is the MM-20 less laggy than the MM-10? The CPU throttling & slow HDD sometimes makes me crazy.
It's quite a bit faster in terms of raw CPU torque, yes. HDD is not appreciably faster. But, it's got the best currently available chipset for 54mbps wireless under Linux. =)
If you want a huge leap in speed, without a great deal more mass, get a Raven. That's what I use. =)