So true. Both require a solid imagination, enjoying using it and an ability to see the effects of your actions and how they ripple out into the whole system over time, wether it's a game or a program.
Yes, that's a very good idea actually. I suppose crack heads would commit more (visible?) crimes and get thrown in jail more often and for longer than the average alcoholic.
Wait, can I change my opinion from prohibition=good to 'let's try the alcohol model' just like that? Scary...
I think it may be true to some extent, but not necessarily sad. Life is what you make of it. If you like RPGing, reading or coding, go for it. There's no Law of Joy that says you have to be a socialite to be happy.
Those are the very justifications I had in mind, in addition to productivity.
I'm not saying that everyone has to be monitored in their free time, and then smacked for every little rule they break. If drug use really has no effect then it won't reach the treshold where it needs a deterrent. It often does though, and is discovered by someone who reports it to the police / social workers etc, because it caused a problem, either for someones child, themselves or because they were being a general nuisance. If some tard sits in his basement and takes hit after hit and passes out, too bad. But chances are he'll end up on disability welfare and generally be a nuisance, and it was his own fault. And then everyone else has to pay for his mistake. That's irresponsible. It puts load on a system put there to help people who have disabilities that aren't their own fault at all, or at least not in such a dumb way.
I'm not concerned with individual cases where it may or may not be going well for someone to smoke weed all night and still keep their day job. I'm concerned with the effect it would have on society as a whole to allow drugs. Alcohol is a drug too, yes, but don't pretend it's anywhere near crack or heroine. Crack messes you up instantly. Incidentaly, I'm fully aware of the bad effects of prohibition. Wish there was a way without it.
It would probably have a significant long term effect on evolution if all the people who are dumb enough to do crack got to do it as much as they wanted.
Very good points. I dislike the effects of prohibition (if drugs are illegal, only criminals can make money selling them), and I wish there was a way to get both the deterrence factor of punishment and the regulation and taxation of ceasing prohibition.
I never said I wanted to live in a free society. I want to live in a sensibly structured, democratic society. Anarchism works fine if there's only one person, but because of the flaws of humanity (greed, stupidity, malice, insanity) we need rules and punishment for those that break them.
If they were growing their own drugs you would sort of have a point. But their meth/crack/weed money goes to some fairly nasty people (encouragement and power to them), who don't do drug stuff exclusively.
And if it became accepted to do crack, and more people did it, less cool stuff would be done in the real world, because more people would have fun doing crack instead. So, stfu. Just because everyone and their sister smokes pot in the US doesn't mean it's a good thing.
I'm not a believer in morality as an absolute, aka religious stuff, but if you put it into (beneficial|detractive) for (me|some group|society|the human race), I'd say drugs are on the detractive side. Maybe not for the individual crackhead (probably though), but the laws are (ideally, some crap exists) there to guide society onto a route that is beneficial for society, not dopeheads.
Slashdot isn't about reading and appreciating the article, it's about 1 in 10 times reading the article but discussing it anyway - so if you think people should shut up if they didn't like it, you've missed the point. Also, the world doesn't revolve around you, so if someone does something you disagree with, don't be so indignant.
I think this should have been only in the games section.
You can thank Stallman for linux, along with Linus. Jon has done some useful stuff, but he's no hacking god. As for mitnick, he's just a self-promoting schmuck, I'm tired of him getting more attention than he's worth. He's actually working for the attention, while Jon is slightly better because the media just seems to be in love with him, so it's not his fault.
It's not hero worship. But some people, like Linus and Stallman have earned some respect because of their work. Some people like the GP blow things out of proportion so they have something to whine about.
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I agree, Tivo aren't the right people to bury the VCR, their offering is too crappy. If MythTV was a little easier to install (I did it, but some people may have trouble) and get working with all your hardware, and hardware was super-cheap and small, it would be perfect. I suspect prebuilt ms mediacenter (ugh) and prebuilt myth boxes to some extent will eventually bury the VCR. When everyone has transferred all their home vids to dvd or disk...
Now if only they had gone all the way and installed Firefox. Still, brand recognition has its place, and this is a good example of where it can be used for a good purpose (less successfull phising and virii!).
...Kodak has released the first "computer-free wireless camera."...
i.e. the camera is the computer. This has allways been the case with digicams too, no matter how small and crappy or big and full-featured there's some sort of microcontroller in there, often several. Nothing new except for the wifi feateure. (Which is pretty good)
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So true. Both require a solid imagination, enjoying using it and an ability to see the effects of your actions and how they ripple out into the whole system over time, wether it's a game or a program.
Yes, that's a very good idea actually. I suppose crack heads would commit more (visible?) crimes and get thrown in jail more often and for longer than the average alcoholic.
Wait, can I change my opinion from prohibition=good to 'let's try the alcohol model' just like that? Scary...
I think it may be true to some extent, but not necessarily sad. Life is what you make of it. If you like RPGing, reading or coding, go for it. There's no Law of Joy that says you have to be a socialite to be happy.
Those are the very justifications I had in mind, in addition to productivity.
I'm not saying that everyone has to be monitored in their free time, and then smacked for every little rule they break. If drug use really has no effect then it won't reach the treshold where it needs a deterrent. It often does though, and is discovered by someone who reports it to the police / social workers etc, because it caused a problem, either for someones child, themselves or because they were being a general nuisance. If some tard sits in his basement and takes hit after hit and passes out, too bad. But chances are he'll end up on disability welfare and generally be a nuisance, and it was his own fault. And then everyone else has to pay for his mistake. That's irresponsible. It puts load on a system put there to help people who have disabilities that aren't their own fault at all, or at least not in such a dumb way.
I'm not concerned with individual cases where it may or may not be going well for someone to smoke weed all night and still keep their day job. I'm concerned with the effect it would have on society as a whole to allow drugs. Alcohol is a drug too, yes, but don't pretend it's anywhere near crack or heroine. Crack messes you up instantly. Incidentaly, I'm fully aware of the bad effects of prohibition. Wish there was a way without it.
It would probably have a significant long term effect on evolution if all the people who are dumb enough to do crack got to do it as much as they wanted.
Very good points. I dislike the effects of prohibition (if drugs are illegal, only criminals can make money selling them), and I wish there was a way to get both the deterrence factor of punishment and the regulation and taxation of ceasing prohibition.
I never said I wanted to live in a free society. I want to live in a sensibly structured, democratic society. Anarchism works fine if there's only one person, but because of the flaws of humanity (greed, stupidity, malice, insanity) we need rules and punishment for those that break them.
Thank you! Some people just refuse to get it.
If they were growing their own drugs you would sort of have a point. But their meth/crack/weed money goes to some fairly nasty people (encouragement and power to them), who don't do drug stuff exclusively.
And if it became accepted to do crack, and more people did it, less cool stuff would be done in the real world, because more people would have fun doing crack instead. So, stfu. Just because everyone and their sister smokes pot in the US doesn't mean it's a good thing.
I'm not a believer in morality as an absolute, aka religious stuff, but if you put it into (beneficial|detractive) for (me|some group|society|the human race), I'd say drugs are on the detractive side. Maybe not for the individual crackhead (probably though), but the laws are (ideally, some crap exists) there to guide society onto a route that is beneficial for society, not dopeheads.
My first thought too. Pics :). Her sculptures and stuff are nice. If I was a USAian I'd go buy one...
No, I'm not a stalker.. looked here
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But the people at slashcode would probably be interested. Too bad I'm too lazy to notify them...
Probably a css float problem in the new layout. Tell the people at slashcode.
Slashdot isn't about reading and appreciating the article, it's about 1 in 10 times reading the article but discussing it anyway - so if you think people should shut up if they didn't like it, you've missed the point. Also, the world doesn't revolve around you, so if someone does something you disagree with, don't be so indignant.
I think this should have been only in the games section.
You can thank Stallman for linux, along with Linus. Jon has done some useful stuff, but he's no hacking god. As for mitnick, he's just a self-promoting schmuck, I'm tired of him getting more attention than he's worth. He's actually working for the attention, while Jon is slightly better because the media just seems to be in love with him, so it's not his fault.
It's not hero worship. But some people, like Linus and Stallman have earned some respect because of their work. Some people like the GP blow things out of proportion so they have something to whine about.
I agree, Tivo aren't the right people to bury the VCR, their offering is too crappy. If MythTV was a little easier to install (I did it, but some people may have trouble) and get working with all your hardware, and hardware was super-cheap and small, it would be perfect. I suspect prebuilt ms mediacenter (ugh) and prebuilt myth boxes to some extent will eventually bury the VCR. When everyone has transferred all their home vids to dvd or disk...
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I keep all my backups as encrypted files named hot_nude.avi on kazaa.
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Compared with Maya, blender is a toy. That's the cold hard truth.
Maya for Linux has a slightly more messed up UI than the windows release though.
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The enemy would be able to locate your soldiers by their tags too. I wouldn't want to carry an ID beacon on a battlefield...
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On the front page of the NY times: INTEL releases sweet new wardriving HACK!
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Now if only they had gone all the way and installed Firefox. Still, brand recognition has its place, and this is a good example of where it can be used for a good purpose (less successfull phising and virii!).
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I doubt they'll get approval for racing around in nuclear rockets above the Mojave desert though... :)
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...Kodak has released the first "computer-free wireless camera."...
i.e. the camera is the computer. This has allways been the case with digicams too, no matter how small and crappy or big and full-featured there's some sort of microcontroller in there, often several. Nothing new except for the wifi feateure. (Which is pretty good)
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Use your bluetooth phone as a modem for Linux
...businessman Dennis Titor paid about $20 million for a week long trip to the..
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What does this say about the status of the project? Given up? Or ready to go with manufacturing new ones?
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What did you think of ESR?
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