[snip]
But all traditions are to be respected equally without judgment, no matter how barbaric, asinine, or destructive they are.
Who are you to say that foot binding or genital mutilation or brain eating is wrong, if my God told my ancestors to do it, or they've just been doing it forever, because once-upon-a-time it was necessary or beneficial? [/snip]
Some things can't be justified just because it is or was trandition.
I agree, some things that we now consider wrong were out of necessity;
but some "traditions" were just because some idiot found it to be the right thing to do or because (s)he had some personal gain from it.
If we all were living in the Ancient Inca empire, we would probably not consider human sacrifice as
evil. But have we not evolved ? Would you still sacrifice humans just because it was tradition?
Database Capacity Exceeded (again)
That's just great - once again, the sheer volume of our users' thirst for our products has exceeded our capacity to quench it, therefore, deja vu, this service is not available at this time (at least not to you).
I wish I had registered a little sooner..:(
Now I will never find romance !!
The dying child is a human, being-for-itself, it has the potentiality of a dead being, but the actuality of an alive being. All being strive become a being-in-itself, death is this state for this child. Thus the child dying will reach it's goal of life by dying.
Eventually, all living beings will die, someday. So you could state that we all have the potentiality of a dead being.
So why bother? I think not...
I like wikipedia because I can look things up very quickly, without checking other sources and without using any search engines.
When I want to know more about a subject, I go and look a bit further.
There is a huge number of websites on the Internet that provides with information, "online encyclopedia". But the quality of the information depends on the author's knowledge, ability to write etc. And let's face it, most of the are of average to low quality.
I would say: when it's important to know the facts, don't rely on one source!
Point being, if the help can't be deployed in a way that makes progress, it's better to turn it away than have it sit on the shelf useless or, worse, have it detract from other aid efforts that are more productive.
I agree, but some of the "rejected aid" were also people who could help organise/rebuild..
[snip] It's a tricky thing to build into a law - I could receive "unsolicited" mail from a friend-of-a-friend and it generally wouldn't be considered "spam" unless it's sent in bulk. [/snip]
There is still a difference in context. I wouldn't consider e-mails from friends "unsolicited", even if I don't care what this e-mail is about. You obviously know the person who sends the mail and he/she probably has permission to communicate with you.. This is not the case when you receive an e-mail from Mr. Unknown about buying the-secret-of-eternal-youth, that is mostly send in bulk.
[snip] I could also get messaged from a company with which I have a prior relationship and I would still consider it "spam"
[/snip]
Prior to sending their bulk mail, companies should:
ask your permission that they can send you e-mails (in these "annoying legal/privacy disclaimers")
This means that you can only receive "commercial" e-mails from companies where you had/have a customer-relationship and when you gave direct permission.
have an option to unsubscribe from their mailing list whenever you want.
[snip] Maybe the part that should be illegal is the selling/sharing of email addresses without the owner's permission.
[/snip] I completely agree.
An European directive (Oct 2003) makes it illegal to send "unsolicited e-mails illegal across member states".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3005757.stm
Why not make this something global and not only to protect children..?
Although this would not realy solve the problem. ISPs should take more action to prevent that unsolicited e-mails are being send on their subnet anyway.
The copy protection systems will probably limit the number of copies.
But what about people who actually wanna buy the CD?
The cost price for a CD rises when such a system is used, and the artist will never see one cent more for his/her CD.
If the music industry would lower the price, maybe more people will actually buy the CD instead of copying it.
The temperatures in the UK are not extreme.
If your house gets cold that quickly, I would suggest to upgrade your isolation material.
Or you could always use some blankets to keep you (and..your computers) warm.
My.02 euro
I think it's a good idea, although not so new..
But there are still a lot of places where there is not much water, like on islands, maybe this thing could help.
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Some things can't be justified just because it is or was trandition. I agree, some things that we now consider wrong were out of necessity; but some "traditions" were just because some idiot found it to be the right thing to do or because (s)he had some personal gain from it. If we all were living in the Ancient Inca empire, we would probably not consider human sacrifice as evil. But have we not evolved ? Would you still sacrifice humans just because it was tradition?
Database Capacity Exceeded (again)
.. :(
That's just great - once again, the sheer volume of our users' thirst for our products has exceeded our capacity to quench it, therefore, deja vu, this service is not available at this time (at least not to you).
I wish I had registered a little sooner
Now I will never find romance !!
The dying child is a human, being-for-itself, it has the potentiality of a dead being, but the actuality of an alive being. All being strive become a being-in-itself, death is this state for this child. Thus the child dying will reach it's goal of life by dying.
Eventually, all living beings will die, someday. So you could state that we all have the potentiality of a dead being.
So why bother? I think not...
I like wikipedia because I can look things up very quickly, without checking other sources and without using any search engines.
When I want to know more about a subject, I go and look a bit further.
There is a huge number of websites on the Internet that provides with information, "online encyclopedia". But the quality of the information depends on the author's knowledge, ability to write etc. And let's face it, most of the are of average to low quality.
I would say: when it's important to know the facts, don't rely on one source!
Point being, if the help can't be deployed in a way that makes progress, it's better to turn it away than have it sit on the shelf useless or, worse, have it detract from other aid efforts that are more productive.
I agree, but some of the "rejected aid" were also people who could help organise/rebuild..
'One of the guys that works at Microsoft... always says to me 'I'm ready, plug me in,"
This gives a new meaning to plug-and-play doesn't it?
It's a tricky thing to build into a law - I could receive "unsolicited" mail from a friend-of-a-friend and it generally wouldn't be considered "spam" unless it's sent in bulk.
[/snip]
There is still a difference in context. I wouldn't consider e-mails from friends "unsolicited", even if I don't care what this e-mail is about. You obviously know the person who sends the mail and he/she probably has permission to communicate with you.. This is not the case when you receive an e-mail from Mr. Unknown about buying the-secret-of-eternal-youth, that is mostly send in bulk.
[snip]
I could also get messaged from a company with which I have a prior relationship and I would still consider it "spam"
[/snip]
Prior to sending their bulk mail, companies should
This means that you can only receive "commercial" e-mails from companies where you had/have a customer-relationship and when you gave direct permission.
[snip]
Maybe the part that should be illegal is the selling/sharing of email addresses without the owner's permission.
[/snip]
I completely agree.
An European directive (Oct 2003) makes it illegal to send "unsolicited e-mails illegal across member states". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3005757.stm
Why not make this something global and not only to protect children..?
Although this would not realy solve the problem. ISPs should take more action to prevent that unsolicited e-mails are being send on their subnet anyway.
The copy protection systems will probably limit the number of copies. But what about people who actually wanna buy the CD? The cost price for a CD rises when such a system is used, and the artist will never see one cent more for his/her CD. If the music industry would lower the price, maybe more people will actually buy the CD instead of copying it.
I wonder what they would do if the elevator got stuck somewhere in the middle.. call the elevator guy ? :)
The temperatures in the UK are not extreme. If your house gets cold that quickly, I would suggest to upgrade your isolation material. Or you could always use some blankets to keep you (and ..your computers) warm.
My .02 euro
Beam me up, Richie!
I think it's a good idea, although not so new.. But there are still a lot of places where there is not much water, like on islands, maybe this thing could help.