I wouldn't take anything Apple Daily says too seriously...
The reason that the 2D version is being pulled is that they want to yield the 2D cinemas to the Confucius movie. If they are pulling it for political reasons, why would they leave the 3D and imax version alone?
Frankly, I don't care about motivations. If you put out a bounty for an open source project, no one gets upset. Why should this be any different?
Science is not engineering. In engineering you can create new things, like software. Science is about discovery. Things that don't exist cannot be discovered no matter how much you pay. However, you can pay people to lie. In engineering it is hard to lie, because it is relatively easy to verify whether things work. In science, refuting falsified research in some fields could take decades. There is a big difference.
One thing I don't get is why people keep saying that it is not certain yet that human caused global warmming. When everyone is sure about it, it is already too late. Yes, the scientists may be wrong, and global warming may have nothing to do with human activity. So what? How bad could it be to protect the environment? or to find alternative energy source? On the other hand, if the opposite turns out to be true (which is the more likely case), and we do nothing until it is too late, the outcome would be disastrous.
Number Eight is interesting, "Regard plain living and hard struggle as an honour, regard living in luxury as a shame."
As a Chinese, I think I should point out that this seems laughable only because of poor translation, although I don't know how to properly translate it either.
You need to study a bit world history. If you look at a map of China published in Taiwan (the Republic of China), it includes Tibet and even what's now Mongolia. Tibet was Chinese soil long before the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) was even founded. As far as I know, Iraq has never been a state of US in human history. How are the two comparable? And from what source can you draw the conclusion that there are less Iraqis who hate the US than there are Tibetans who hate the PRC?
Large software projects, books, PhD thesis...
Even if you know how to do every single part, it is hard to manage consistency because of the sheer size.
I know people (with PhDs) who got offer from Google and turned it down to become much lower-paid post docs. That's quite normal. When it comes to work, there are a lot of things to consider. Some prefer engineering, others research. There is no best place to work.
He probably set up many accounts in Japan for other people in China. He basically just acts as a proxy for selling stuffs and probably can only keep a small portion of the profit.
Next day there will be a slashdot story title "Shark Muddleworth Tries to Lure Ubuntu Devs" about this letter titled "Invitation to ubuntu developers" sent by a "Shark Muddleworth" to the ubuntu-devel mailing list:
Canonical's recent decision to include proprietary GPL violating
drivers in the default install, circumventing the copyright framework
clearly articulated in the GPL has sent shockwaves through the
community. If you are an ubuntu developer who is concerned about the
long term consequences of this fact, you may be interested in opensuse
We would be happy to help people who want to join the openSUSE
community - in any capacity, including developers and package
maintainers. If you want to find out how openSUSE works you can
communicate with the community (see
http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate). A special introductory session is
being organised for mid December, watch this space.
openSUSE is structured to empower our community to get things done,
and to maximise the opportunity for collaboration between teams that
share a common vision. Such tools as the openSUSE build service
(http://build.opensuse.org/) help empower our community.
If you have an interest in being part of a vibrant community that
cares about keeping free software widely available and protecting the
rights of people to get it free of charge, free to modify, free of GPL
violations, and focussing on creating the most usable Free software
desktop, then please do join us.
I know that posting this message to an ubuntu list will be
trolling^WControversial. I'm greatly respectful of the long tradition
of excellence in the Ubuntu product and community and have no desire
to undermine that with this post. That said, I think the position
taken by Ubuntu leadership in their inclusion of non-gpled kernel
modules linked to the GPLed kernel is disrespectful of the
contributions of thousands of GPL kernel programmers and contributors
to Ubuntu, and I know that many are looking for a new place to get
involved that is not subject to the same arbitrary executive
intervention. openSUSE is one option, as are Fedora, gnewsense other
communities. Please accept this mail in that spirit.
Some openSUSE members
_
Disclaimer:
Response to http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006-11/msg0376 5.html,
intended to highlight the inappropriateness of the original mail.
Although based on facts, the above content is intended satirical and
not to attack ubuntu or offend.
I went to San Francisco from Beijing to attend an academic conference this June. I was travelling with only a backpack, which somehow made me a suspecious target. At the SFO airport an officer demanded to check my backpack. I was carrying a digital camera. Without asking for my permission, and even before I realized what he wanted to do, he already browsed through tens of the photos stored in the camera. I was shocked. Although there was nothing really private there, that was simply unacceptable.
A few days after I went back to China. A very good friend wanted to buy a new DC, so she played with my camera for a while. She politely asked me if it was okay for her to look at the pictures before switching to playback mode.
So much for "respecting other people's privacy" in US.
I'm watching the CCTV-1 live broadcast of the launch.
Download the following program: http://www.pplive.com/download/PPLiveSetup.exe
It's a p2p TV program that has many Chinese TV channels. You also need Windows media player 10.
I'm sure that the gov't is mandating educational institutions use something other than google as a home page when the browers starts up.
Why are you so sure? Any evidence? I am Chinese. I don't believe the government would bother with what startup page the institutions use.
Remember, in a fascist oligarchy there is no true capitalist supply and demand. It makes no sense to even bother to try to figure out what is going on in that distorted economy.
And no, socialism and fascism are different things.
You guys can say what you want about Li Hongzhi, I just hope you don't make a huge mistake. It should be noted that there is PERSECUTION going on in China where the CCP is murdering, brainwashing, and torturing people who practice Falun Gong, a practice that centers itself on what it considers to be the cosmic characteristic of the universe TRUTHFULNESS, COMPASSION AND FOREBEARANCE (Zhen-Shan-Ren)
Given the fact (as shown in the Time interview) that the leader of Fa Lungong is either a liar or an idiot, I wouldn't care what their own website says. Brainwash is more likely a practice done by Falun Gong rather than the Chinese government. I've heard of people who attempt suicide or/and to kill other people to reach "the higher level" that Li Hongzhi talked about.
I was in China when the government banned Falun Gong, and I know quite a few people who were Falun Gong followers. None of them were killed. Although the government kept some of these guys isolated until they think it's safe to release them.
What's with the department that submitted this being called the "not-that-any-chinese-people-will-see-this" dept? I'm chinese in insensitive clod! I just happen to live in Canada.
From what I know, Chinese people living in China can access SlashDot.
For those who don't know much about Falun Gong. Here is a link to an interview with Li Hongzhi (the leader of Falun Gong) by Time in 1999 (just before Fa Lungong was banned in China). The following conversation on the 3rd page is particularly entertaining:
TIME: Where do they(the aliens) come from?
Li: The aliens come from other planets. The names that I use for these planets are different . Some are from dimensions that human beings have not yet discovered. The key is how they have corrupted mankind. Everyone knows that from the beginning until now, there has never been a development of culture like today. Although it has been several thousand years, it has never been like now.
The aliens have introduced modern machinery like computers and airplanes. They started by teaching mankind about modern science, so people believe more and more science, and spiritually, they are controlled. Everyone thinks that scientists invent on their own when in fact their inspiration is manipulated by the aliens. In terms of culture and spirit, they already control man. Mankind cannot live without science.
The ultimate purpose is to replace humans. If cloning human beings succeeds, the aliens can officially replace humans. Why does a corpse lie dead, even though it is the same as a living body? The difference is the soul, which is the life of the body. If people reproduce a human person, the gods in heaven will not give its body a human soul. The aliens will take that opportunity to replace the human soul and by doing so they will enter earth and become earthlings.
When such people grow up, they will help replace humans with aliens. They will produce more and more clones. There will no longer be humans reproduced by humans. They will act like humans, but they will introduce legislation to stop human reproduction.
TIME: Are you a human being?
Li: You can think of me as a human being.
TIME: Are you from earth?
Li: I don't wish to talk about myself at a higher level. People wouldn't understand it.
TIME: What are the aliens after?
Li: The aliens use many methods to keep people from freeing themselves from manipulation. They make earthlings have wars and conflicts, and develop weapons using science, which makes mankind more dependent on advanced science and technology. In this way, the aliens will be able to introduce their stuff and make the preparations for replacing human beings. The military industry leads other industries such as computers and electronics.
TIME: But what is the alien purpose?
Li: The human body is the most perfect in the universe. It is the most perfect form. The aliens want the human body.
TIME: What do aliens look like?
Li: Some look similar to human beings. U.S. technology has already detected some aliens. The difference between aliens can be quite enormous.
TIME: Can you describe it?
Li: You don't want to have that kind of thought in your mind.
TIME: Describe them anyway.
Li: One type looks like a human, but has a nose that is made of bone. Others look like ghosts. At first they thought that I was trying to help them. Now they now that I am sweeping them away.,
Obviously he was inspired by The Alien, Man In Black, Species, and Matrix.
We could have dominated the world, and who would have opposed us? The peasantry of China? The ruins that once were great nations in Europe? The decimated demoralized Soviets?
Remember the 2 wars that US fought in Asia after WW2? What was the outcome? Did US dominate Vietnam and Korea?
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I wouldn't take anything Apple Daily says too seriously... The reason that the 2D version is being pulled is that they want to yield the 2D cinemas to the Confucius movie. If they are pulling it for political reasons, why would they leave the 3D and imax version alone?
Any source for your claim? Typing in caps doesn't help.
The sun goes around the earth, you know.
If you don't even know that the earth goes around the sun, how credible is your other facts?
Yes. and because of that, many US (and british) companies ship junks to China, which is cheaper than processing them in US.
Science is not engineering. In engineering you can create new things, like software. Science is about discovery. Things that don't exist cannot be discovered no matter how much you pay. However, you can pay people to lie. In engineering it is hard to lie, because it is relatively easy to verify whether things work. In science, refuting falsified research in some fields could take decades. There is a big difference.
One thing I don't get is why people keep saying that it is not certain yet that human caused global warmming. When everyone is sure about it, it is already too late. Yes, the scientists may be wrong, and global warming may have nothing to do with human activity. So what? How bad could it be to protect the environment? or to find alternative energy source? On the other hand, if the opposite turns out to be true (which is the more likely case), and we do nothing until it is too late, the outcome would be disastrous.
As a Chinese, I think I should point out that this seems laughable only because of poor translation, although I don't know how to properly translate it either.
You need to study a bit world history. If you look at a map of China published in Taiwan (the Republic of China), it includes Tibet and even what's now Mongolia. Tibet was Chinese soil long before the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) was even founded. As far as I know, Iraq has never been a state of US in human history. How are the two comparable? And from what source can you draw the conclusion that there are less Iraqis who hate the US than there are Tibetans who hate the PRC?
Large software projects, books, PhD thesis ...
Even if you know how to do every single part, it is hard to manage consistency because of the sheer size.
I know people (with PhDs) who got offer from Google and turned it down to become much lower-paid post docs. That's quite normal. When it comes to work, there are a lot of things to consider. Some prefer engineering, others research. There is no best place to work.
He probably set up many accounts in Japan for other people in China. He basically just acts as a proxy for selling stuffs and probably can only keep a small portion of the profit.
Next day there will be a slashdot story title "Shark Muddleworth Tries to Lure Ubuntu Devs" about this letter titled "Invitation to ubuntu developers" sent by a "Shark Muddleworth" to the ubuntu-devel mailing list:
Canonical's recent decision to include proprietary GPL violating drivers in the default install, circumventing the copyright framework clearly articulated in the GPL has sent shockwaves through the community. If you are an ubuntu developer who is concerned about the long term consequences of this fact, you may be interested in opensuseWe would be happy to help people who want to join the openSUSE community - in any capacity, including developers and package maintainers. If you want to find out how openSUSE works you can communicate with the community (see http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate). A special introductory session is being organised for mid December, watch this space.
openSUSE is structured to empower our community to get things done, and to maximise the opportunity for collaboration between teams that share a common vision. Such tools as the openSUSE build service (http://build.opensuse.org/) help empower our community.
If you have an interest in being part of a vibrant community that cares about keeping free software widely available and protecting the rights of people to get it free of charge, free to modify, free of GPL violations, and focussing on creating the most usable Free software desktop, then please do join us.
I know that posting this message to an ubuntu list will be trolling^WControversial. I'm greatly respectful of the long tradition of excellence in the Ubuntu product and community and have no desire to undermine that with this post. That said, I think the position taken by Ubuntu leadership in their inclusion of non-gpled kernel modules linked to the GPLed kernel is disrespectful of the contributions of thousands of GPL kernel programmers and contributors to Ubuntu, and I know that many are looking for a new place to get involved that is not subject to the same arbitrary executive intervention. openSUSE is one option, as are Fedora, gnewsense other communities. Please accept this mail in that spirit.
Some openSUSE members
_
Disclaimer:
Response to http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006-11/msg0376 5.html,
intended to highlight the inappropriateness of the original mail.
Although based on facts, the above content is intended satirical and
not to attack ubuntu or offend.
I thought it was a new MMORPG.
I went to San Francisco from Beijing to attend an academic conference this June. I was travelling with only a backpack, which somehow made me a suspecious target. At the SFO airport an officer demanded to check my backpack. I was carrying a digital camera. Without asking for my permission, and even before I realized what he wanted to do, he already browsed through tens of the photos stored in the camera. I was shocked. Although there was nothing really private there, that was simply unacceptable.
A few days after I went back to China. A very good friend wanted to buy a new DC, so she played with my camera for a while. She politely asked me if it was okay for her to look at the pictures before switching to playback mode.
So much for "respecting other people's privacy" in US.
Do you have any source for this? I know plenty of people do use ssh in China, and such things are as safe as they are in the US.
I'm watching the CCTV-1 live broadcast of the launch.
Download the following program:
http://www.pplive.com/download/PPLiveSetup.exe
It's a p2p TV program that has many Chinese TV channels. You also need Windows media player 10.
Why are you so sure? Any evidence? I am Chinese. I don't believe the government would bother with what startup page the institutions use.
Remember, in a fascist oligarchy there is no true capitalist supply and demand. It makes no sense to even bother to try to figure out what is going on in that distorted economy.
And no, socialism and fascism are different things.
I did a search for "democracy" in Chinese and didn't get that message box. You guys are just too paranoid.
Given the fact (as shown in the Time interview) that the leader of Fa Lungong is either a liar or an idiot, I wouldn't care what their own website says. Brainwash is more likely a practice done by Falun Gong rather than the Chinese government. I've heard of people who attempt suicide or/and to kill other people to reach "the higher level" that Li Hongzhi talked about.
I was in China when the government banned Falun Gong, and I know quite a few people who were Falun Gong followers. None of them were killed. Although the government kept some of these guys isolated until they think it's safe to release them.
What's with the department that submitted this being called the "not-that-any-chinese-people-will-see-this" dept? I'm chinese in insensitive clod! I just happen to live in Canada. From what I know, Chinese people living in China can access SlashDot.
For those who don't know much about Falun Gong. Here is a link to an interview with Li Hongzhi (the leader of Falun Gong) by Time in 1999 (just before Fa Lungong was banned in China). The following conversation on the 3rd page is particularly entertaining:
TIME: Where do they(the aliens) come from?Li: The aliens come from other planets. The names that I use for these planets are different . Some are from dimensions that human beings have not yet discovered. The key is how they have corrupted mankind. Everyone knows that from the beginning until now, there has never been a development of culture like today. Although it has been several thousand years, it has never been like now.
The aliens have introduced modern machinery like computers and airplanes. They started by teaching mankind about modern science, so people believe more and more science, and spiritually, they are controlled. Everyone thinks that scientists invent on their own when in fact their inspiration is manipulated by the aliens. In terms of culture and spirit, they already control man. Mankind cannot live without science.
The ultimate purpose is to replace humans. If cloning human beings succeeds, the aliens can officially replace humans. Why does a corpse lie dead, even though it is the same as a living body? The difference is the soul, which is the life of the body. If people reproduce a human person, the gods in heaven will not give its body a human soul. The aliens will take that opportunity to replace the human soul and by doing so they will enter earth and become earthlings.
When such people grow up, they will help replace humans with aliens. They will produce more and more clones. There will no longer be humans reproduced by humans. They will act like humans, but they will introduce legislation to stop human reproduction.
TIME: Are you a human being?
Li: You can think of me as a human being.
TIME: Are you from earth?
Li: I don't wish to talk about myself at a higher level. People wouldn't understand it.
TIME: What are the aliens after?
Li: The aliens use many methods to keep people from freeing themselves from manipulation. They make earthlings have wars and conflicts, and develop weapons using science, which makes mankind more dependent on advanced science and technology. In this way, the aliens will be able to introduce their stuff and make the preparations for replacing human beings. The military industry leads other industries such as computers and electronics.
TIME: But what is the alien purpose?
Li: The human body is the most perfect in the universe. It is the most perfect form. The aliens want the human body.
TIME: What do aliens look like?
Li: Some look similar to human beings. U.S. technology has already detected some aliens. The difference between aliens can be quite enormous.
TIME: Can you describe it?
Li: You don't want to have that kind of thought in your mind.
TIME: Describe them anyway.
Li: One type looks like a human, but has a nose that is made of bone. Others look like ghosts. At first they thought that I was trying to help them. Now they now that I am sweeping them away.,
Obviously he was inspired by The Alien, Man In Black, Species, and Matrix.
What's remarkable to me is that the admin group refused and was merely dismissed. A couple decades ago, I'd expect them to be jailed at the least.
As far as I know, what really happened was that they refused to comply and then resigned.
Deciding whether a paragraph is ciphertext is a computationally hard problem.
We could have dominated the world, and who would have opposed us? The peasantry of China? The ruins that once were great nations in Europe? The decimated demoralized Soviets?
Remember the 2 wars that US fought in Asia after WW2? What was the outcome? Did US dominate Vietnam and Korea?
Mao used to rape twelve year old girls.
What is the source of this fact (if it was indeed fact)?
(No suggestions, obviously Google is run by a pack of lonely nerds).
No, it's just because you misspelled girlfriend.