I think there is a need for all posts to have flags available to everyone, like they do on Craiglist. Essentially, unlimited "mod points", and a running score next to each post of all the mods it has received.
It's a pretty neat unit which I use to this day but I found it in a box on 97th & bway late at night, I think it was left on the sidewalk intentionally for someone to take.
The conditions for debate are that both parties agree on the objectives for the outcome of the debate, the format of the debate, and the clarification of terms.
It's great to have companies and authorities give a "legal promise" that your data will not be sold distributed and circulated willy-nilly, and it is also quite sad to find out that is not exactly what really happens.
Gaddafi's forces will be greatly diminished by a no fly zone. Anyone saying it's risky or complicated is simply trying to oppose it without saying so. Handing out a few shoulder-fired SAM's to the rebels along with training on how to use it would do great damage to the planes already. Or even just authorizing the Egyptians to do it.
I think Linux needs more volunteers too, but overall a modification of the structure of finances in our society would be much more beneficial to thousands of nonprofit efforts.
In general that effort will require boycotting all chocolate as there is no real way of knowing which cacao is going into which chocolate. Ironic that a dictatorshiip can be sustained by cacao exports.
I'm not one to nitpick, but increasingly I find that nearly every single post on a story is off topic. There are hardly any posts about the topic itself. Joking is great, humor is great, side notes are great, but when on-topic stuff becomes under 10% of the comments, well... many repetitive comments about spelling, duplicates, personal attacks...
Indeed, a more realistic and urgent problem to plan for is the current one - DOS, censorship, monitoring and espionage use by various parties for various reasons. Arab countries, China, ACTA, etc come to mind.
A harsh assessment of the political history, examining Democrats, Republicans, and corporations should show most people that in general politicans are members of the financial elite first, and second, act in an eternal political nonsense scenario - where all versions of the facts and opinions are allowed to be discussed, except if they are of any consequence that matters. And so great political theater is made, for example, of the extra thousands in salary or benfits of some group, but no discussion of ever made of the billions that never change direction. The real bosses have big propaganda signs outdoors in every country. Every citizen must give them money every day for everything they do. And if they play their cards right, they hide their misdeeds and advertise many virtues in propaganda-marketing, and the citizens will actually thank them for being the big boss, and being loving and generous and giving them meaningless gadgets and options by the thousands. The corporations are the real bosses, for both criminal and legal business. The marketing companies are the propaganda, and the politicans are the front men, yes men, the diversion, and the occasional fall guy to be sacrificed. Voting is performed by the propaganda and front men occasionally, but the bosses positions are not up for election, they are choosing the allowed candidates. If we want real democracy, we need to fight more for it, voting among a grotesque clown and a polite clown is just a cruel joke. Protesting on the street, putting up signs, doing things yourself is a fundamental part of democracy, and if you and nobody you know does it, it's because there is no real democracy, it's a managed show. That's the most democracy any country today has achieved, a managed show.
If consumers had any say in automobile design, we wouldn't have all this bullshit in the first place. They charge us thousands for a factory stereo worth less than an hundred. They sell us all these proprietary navigation systems that get trounced by an iPhone or Android. They oh-so-cleverly forget to put in a drain plug so you have to pay the dealer $150 for an oil change.
Yeah, the auto industry is taking its cues from Wall Street: more bullshit = more money.
Careful there, you're sounding a bit too anticapitalist. Perhaps rethink your values. Or perhaps various lawsuits, tax audits, rumors, and accidents might occur.
Via Bluetooth, CD, or maintenance port in the garage, the car is now a great weapon. What I take away from this is that car accidents are now potentially car "accidents", depending on the position of the victims. National intelligence agencies are in ideal positions to take advantage of things like this, and now are surely all working on it. Gaining actual access to the software maintenance ports on vehicles is not that hard for them. If Gaddafi's car were today to drive off the road suddenly and onto some strip of land covered in mines, nobody would know if it was an accident, the rebels, the driver, or the power steering that did it.
Part of the problem is that there is plenty of bad regulation.
The over-protection of corporations is probably high up on the list though.
The other part of the problem is that people think the elections for powerless politicians who no longer control society mean there is actual democracy and freedom, and there is no need to protest control by corporations who effectively dictate how much of society works.
I was noting Onlive managed to get game graphics rendered remotely. It seems PC games graphics could benefit from being often networked on location and using network render. Would help make more games playable, and more computers enabled to play. If Onlive can make it work over the Internet, over LAN would seem to be even better, given there were capable workstation on the LAN.
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I think there is a need for all posts to have flags available to everyone, like they do on Craiglist. Essentially, unlimited "mod points", and a running score next to each post of all the mods it has received.
6x cat food 2x paper towels 1x shampoo 1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts 2-3 tomatoes 2 lb potatoes 1 green bell pepper 2 lg onion 1doz eggs margarine ...
Oh i'm sorry, isn't this where I put my shopping list?
Of course it is. And your to do list. And your contacts list. Especially if it contains the phone numbers.
They keep asking me to format their machines and install that other OS they are familiar with. It's sad.
It's varnished wood. Damn that was lound noise outside. The conflict mapping project is cool.
That depends, maybe, but in any case there is no confirmation. For sure.
It's a pretty neat unit which I use to this day but I found it in a box on 97th & bway late at night, I think it was left on the sidewalk intentionally for someone to take.
The National Federation of Loosers continues to maintain the attention of their subjects.
The conditions for debate are that both parties agree on the objectives for the outcome of the debate, the format of the debate, and the clarification of terms.
Of course the fish are sleeping, it's 1am!
yes it's 110v but by standard it's really 129v and besides it's not clear if it's 50Hz or 60Hz.
What is the sex of angels?
It's great to have companies and authorities give a "legal promise" that your data will not be sold distributed and circulated willy-nilly, and it is also quite sad to find out that is not exactly what really happens.
Mesh networking works quite well given you have the proper hardware to do it.
Gaddafi's forces will be greatly diminished by a no fly zone. Anyone saying it's risky or complicated is simply trying to oppose it without saying so. Handing out a few shoulder-fired SAM's to the rebels along with training on how to use it would do great damage to the planes already. Or even just authorizing the Egyptians to do it.
I think Linux needs more volunteers too, but overall a modification of the structure of finances in our society would be much more beneficial to thousands of nonprofit efforts.
In general that effort will require boycotting all chocolate as there is no real way of knowing which cacao is going into which chocolate. Ironic that a dictatorshiip can be sustained by cacao exports.
I prefer it when it rains.
I'm not one to nitpick, but increasingly I find that nearly every single post on a story is off topic. There are hardly any posts about the topic itself. Joking is great, humor is great, side notes are great, but when on-topic stuff becomes under 10% of the comments, well... many repetitive comments about spelling, duplicates, personal attacks...
Indeed, a more realistic and urgent problem to plan for is the current one - DOS, censorship, monitoring and espionage use by various parties for various reasons. Arab countries, China, ACTA, etc come to mind.
Don't blame me. I voted for Nader.
A harsh assessment of the political history, examining Democrats, Republicans, and corporations should show most people that in general politicans are members of the financial elite first, and second, act in an eternal political nonsense scenario - where all versions of the facts and opinions are allowed to be discussed, except if they are of any consequence that matters. And so great political theater is made, for example, of the extra thousands in salary or benfits of some group, but no discussion of ever made of the billions that never change direction. The real bosses have big propaganda signs outdoors in every country. Every citizen must give them money every day for everything they do. And if they play their cards right, they hide their misdeeds and advertise many virtues in propaganda-marketing, and the citizens will actually thank them for being the big boss, and being loving and generous and giving them meaningless gadgets and options by the thousands. The corporations are the real bosses, for both criminal and legal business. The marketing companies are the propaganda, and the politicans are the front men, yes men, the diversion, and the occasional fall guy to be sacrificed. Voting is performed by the propaganda and front men occasionally, but the bosses positions are not up for election, they are choosing the allowed candidates. If we want real democracy, we need to fight more for it, voting among a grotesque clown and a polite clown is just a cruel joke. Protesting on the street, putting up signs, doing things yourself is a fundamental part of democracy, and if you and nobody you know does it, it's because there is no real democracy, it's a managed show. That's the most democracy any country today has achieved, a managed show.
If consumers had any say in automobile design, we wouldn't have all this bullshit in the first place. They charge us thousands for a factory stereo worth less than an hundred. They sell us all these proprietary navigation systems that get trounced by an iPhone or Android. They oh-so-cleverly forget to put in a drain plug so you have to pay the dealer $150 for an oil change.
Yeah, the auto industry is taking its cues from Wall Street: more bullshit = more money.
Careful there, you're sounding a bit too anticapitalist. Perhaps rethink your values. Or perhaps various lawsuits, tax audits, rumors, and accidents might occur.
Via Bluetooth, CD, or maintenance port in the garage, the car is now a great weapon. What I take away from this is that car accidents are now potentially car "accidents", depending on the position of the victims. National intelligence agencies are in ideal positions to take advantage of things like this, and now are surely all working on it. Gaining actual access to the software maintenance ports on vehicles is not that hard for them. If Gaddafi's car were today to drive off the road suddenly and onto some strip of land covered in mines, nobody would know if it was an accident, the rebels, the driver, or the power steering that did it.
Part of the problem is that there is plenty of bad regulation.
The over-protection of corporations is probably high up on the list though.
The other part of the problem is that people think the elections for powerless politicians who no longer control society mean there is actual democracy and freedom, and there is no need to protest control by corporations who effectively dictate how much of society works.
I was noting Onlive managed to get game graphics rendered remotely. It seems PC games graphics could benefit from being often networked on location and using network render. Would help make more games playable, and more computers enabled to play. If Onlive can make it work over the Internet, over LAN would seem to be even better, given there were capable workstation on the LAN.