Yeah, finally you can buy a computer from dell or HP and use your mandrake CDs to install Linux on it.
Heh, are we really this dumb?
Why wait for HP or Dell to release these preinstalled systems. Just buy them from one of the many Linux dealers. If you do this then perhaps those Linux dealers will gain more market share and become a major-brand desktop. Ever stop to think about that?
Major-Brand is almost synonymous with monopoly.
Are Ford and Chevy monopolies or just Major Brands?
Why does everything think freedom of choice means 2 options instead of 1?
If you don't already own the content you're downloading don't download it. If you do its called stealing.
Property theft is the black market that is created by capitalism and property rights. I know there's more than enough to go around. Everyone knows that. But until they acknowledge it and make everything free you can't have any of it. Its not yours.
The only thing I can suggest is love your neighbor and share with your friends and family and vote to get rid of the system that would rather put you in prison than take care of you or give you things.
Doesn't Ziff-Davis write some business application benchmark software, too? Wouldn't this be a conflict of interest?
I guess not as long as Microsoft always comes out on top.
Anyone remember seeing those benchmarks comparing various office suites back in the day, when there were competing office suites to MS Office? Didn't it strike you as odd that Microsoft outperformed some of the other suites by a significant margin on some tests. And the only explanation the competition could come up with is undocumented APIs.
No, that's a question of confirmation of your understanding. The statement immediately following that should clear it up for you. Here, let me repeat it:
Life is precious, time is precious. Money is not.
My statement:
But I disagree. I think a human life is barely worth the price of a bullet. Get the point?
Your statement:
You've just stated that you think a human life (presumably including my human life in this) is only worth a bullet
Is the value of a bullet, the monetary form, equivelent to the threat of a bullet? The cost of a bullet is like a $1, right? So me saying a human life is worth less than $1 offends you and makes you feel threatened, eh? I'm sorry about that.
Here, let me explain this in more simple terms so your simple mind can understand it, m'kay?
Life is time, which is worth more than money.
In our history Americans used the butt of a gun to smash in the face of the enemy because a human life during that war was less valuable than the cost of a bullet. I don't remember which war, but I know I read that somewhere. It is a rather disguesting statement, do you agree?
There are times in our history when our actions say very different things than our words. We like to preach how valuable each child is, but do we put our money where our mouth is? We allowed a quarter million Americans die in Viet Nam because we had to fight communism. Can we honestly say today, after invading Iraq, that we value a human's life? We bombed their cities with smart bombs, depleted uranium and napalm. After sanctions killed over a million of them through starvation.
If we do value life I think we'd create the proper environment for it to live in. And that environment would not include money. Unless, of course, you can explain how money and time are in any way related.
Your arguement than time is money x marketability says that unless a human is marketable they are worthless. It says they are not worth the price of a bullet. I'm saying their time is worth more than you or I could ever fathom. Their life is worth more than we understand. Yet, economists agree with you.
PS. You are why I disagree that human life is worth more than the price of a bullet. I hate people. Because they're so fucking stupid! If they want to kill themselves, let them! They deserve it!
Grow a fucking brain!
Think for yourself. Question authority.
You want the truth? Humans are the most valuable thing on the planet. Only you can't own them. But you wouldn't understand any of that, would you? Fucking moron.
There is an important concept I learned in psychology recently. A human's intelligence is partially based on their environment. And since shelter and the proper environment cost money, our intelligence is based on money. As was discovered by someone looking at racial demographics, poverty levels and SAT scores.
But it won't ever sink in. Nobody cares.
No matter how many times you repeat it. We'll still let people live in the streets. We won't be their friend or care for them won't get them good quality permenent shelter, education, food, and encourage them to be creative. Because it means there's more for us. Or something.
It all comes down to love. Do we love eachother? Will we ever want to?
I don't understand the hate. But in the world I'd want to live in, those people would be allowed to stay home and watch TV and would never be asked to work again. We'd even ship them everything they wanted, offer them free education and encouragement. And hope they'd keep their hate to themselves.
They predict that about 30 tflops is enough computing power for AI that could be as intelligent as a human. The software does not exist yet but with genetic programming or an act of God and pure human intelligence it is inevitable that we will develope AI. Once developed it can be replicated much cheaper and faster than a human.
If you are scared about what robots might be capable of doing in the next 10 years, imagine what they will be able to do in 20 or 30 years. Perhaps they won't be conscious, but they'll be able to do my job managing systems, researching the info off the 'net to learn how to fix them, among other things.
But by then we'll have other problems, like finding a job, that will be so much more important that wondering if we could have fixed the system before the bottom fell out from under it back in 'x9.
What incentive does anyone have to work in a system that treats them like an employee?
And a welfare system would be very generous. I'll believe it when I see it. Honestly I don't think people care that much for eachother.
I don't see how anyone like me will be able to afford $1500 rent on welfare. And I don't see how a system would allow 80% of the population to stay at home while expecting the other 20% to work. I bet it would become unstable and those on welfare would be living in the slums.
Why can't we let our scientists and engineers build and test the system until they come back with the right way to do it?
Because it will cost too much money.
Just face it. We're lusers. Now don't be a sore luser and risk more lives by pretending you're still a winner. We gambled with their lives and very few of our dollars and lost. Put the rest of those dollars in the bank, or the military, or airlines or whatever. I don't care. I cared more about those lives. And I've lost faith in my people.
Do we hate people so much that we would let them starve?
Is it because we don't understand the value of a person?
A human is unlike any other being known to exist. They are capable of learning how to create new things. This ability make them more valuable than all the things in the world. Because they made those things. Without them we'd have nothing. Why is this concept so difficult for people to understand. Why can't we move on to build a society that takes care of and encourages the human to create?
All people want to do it at one point in their lives. Children have wild imaginations. If we encourage that they could live out their dreams. Or we could have them live out our nightmare on CNN every night.
What we need is a new form of society that takes care of EVERYONE where the goal of society is to encourage people to create, to express their one true gift that separates them from the animals. Through education and a media system that promotes peace, education and the well being of all human kind and labor via play, I believe it can be achieved.
I love how fighting terrorism with bombs actually increases terrorism. Its amazing how pissed off people get when you bomb them. They really do become violent. I didn't realize those family members meant so much to them.:)
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Its out there, you're just not looking.
Oh, and most of it is illegal. Because the MPAA/RIAA can't figure out how to maintain their monopoly on distribution in a digital world.
Oh well, it was a nice experiment. At least we know its possible, the technology has arrived, too bad nobody with money and power wants to share it.
Amazing. I wonder why CNN never covered that story. Don't you?
What an hypocracy.
Yeah, finally you can buy a computer from dell or HP and use your mandrake CDs to install Linux on it.
Heh, are we really this dumb?
Why wait for HP or Dell to release these preinstalled systems. Just buy them from one of the many Linux dealers. If you do this then perhaps those Linux dealers will gain more market share and become a major-brand desktop. Ever stop to think about that?
Major-Brand is almost synonymous with monopoly.
Are Ford and Chevy monopolies or just Major Brands?
Why does everything think freedom of choice means 2 options instead of 1?
How about just don't steal.
If you don't already own the content you're downloading don't download it. If you do its called stealing.
Property theft is the black market that is created by capitalism and property rights. I know there's more than enough to go around. Everyone knows that. But until they acknowledge it and make everything free you can't have any of it. Its not yours.
The only thing I can suggest is love your neighbor and share with your friends and family and vote to get rid of the system that would rather put you in prison than take care of you or give you things.
I like SolarQuest.
Monopoly in Spaaace..
Didn't they make the "Deer Hunter" games for those people?
Yep, and Carmageddon and Grand Theft Auto for the rest of us.
How do you become a leading game expert?
Can I go to school for this?
Shamans tend to agree.
Not sure if it has to do with anything astronomical, though.
Doesn't Ziff-Davis write some business application benchmark software, too? Wouldn't this be a conflict of interest?
I guess not as long as Microsoft always comes out on top.
Anyone remember seeing those benchmarks comparing various office suites back in the day, when there were competing office suites to MS Office? Didn't it strike you as odd that Microsoft outperformed some of the other suites by a significant margin on some tests. And the only explanation the competition could come up with is undocumented APIs.
No, that's a question of confirmation of your understanding. The statement immediately following that should clear it up for you. Here, let me repeat it:
Life is precious, time is precious. Money is not.
My statement:
But I disagree. I think a human life is barely worth the price of a bullet. Get the point?
Your statement:
You've just stated that you think a human life (presumably including my human life in this) is only worth a bullet
Is the value of a bullet, the monetary form, equivelent to the threat of a bullet? The cost of a bullet is like a $1, right? So me saying a human life is worth less than $1 offends you and makes you feel threatened, eh? I'm sorry about that.
Still, I wish you'd grow a brain.
Here, let me explain this in more simple terms so your simple mind can understand it, m'kay?
Life is time, which is worth more than money.
In our history Americans used the butt of a gun to smash in the face of the enemy because a human life during that war was less valuable than the cost of a bullet. I don't remember which war, but I know I read that somewhere. It is a rather disguesting statement, do you agree?
There are times in our history when our actions say very different things than our words. We like to preach how valuable each child is, but do we put our money where our mouth is? We allowed a quarter million Americans die in Viet Nam because we had to fight communism. Can we honestly say today, after invading Iraq, that we value a human's life? We bombed their cities with smart bombs, depleted uranium and napalm. After sanctions killed over a million of them through starvation.
If we do value life I think we'd create the proper environment for it to live in. And that environment would not include money. Unless, of course, you can explain how money and time are in any way related.
Your arguement than time is money x marketability says that unless a human is marketable they are worthless. It says they are not worth the price of a bullet. I'm saying their time is worth more than you or I could ever fathom. Their life is worth more than we understand. Yet, economists agree with you.
So I give up. You're right. Fuck it. Let 'em...
PS. You are why I disagree that human life is worth more than the price of a bullet. I hate people. Because they're so fucking stupid! If they want to kill themselves, let them! They deserve it!
Grow a fucking brain!
Think for yourself. Question authority.
You want the truth? Humans are the most valuable thing on the planet. Only you can't own them. But you wouldn't understand any of that, would you? Fucking moron.
How can you confuse that for a death threat? Are you stupid?
Human life, to some people, is worth more than the price of a smart bomb. Get the fucking point now, motherfucker?
Gahd!
There is an important concept I learned in psychology recently. A human's intelligence is partially based on their environment. And since shelter and the proper environment cost money, our intelligence is based on money. As was discovered by someone looking at racial demographics, poverty levels and SAT scores.
But it won't ever sink in. Nobody cares.
No matter how many times you repeat it. We'll still let people live in the streets. We won't be their friend or care for them won't get them good quality permenent shelter, education, food, and encourage them to be creative. Because it means there's more for us. Or something.
It all comes down to love. Do we love eachother? Will we ever want to?
I don't understand the hate. But in the world I'd want to live in, those people would be allowed to stay home and watch TV and would never be asked to work again. We'd even ship them everything they wanted, offer them free education and encouragement. And hope they'd keep their hate to themselves.
I exaggerated, a human life would only be worth $10 million by my miscalculations. Much more affordable than previously expected.
Time is money?
Time == money?
How much time do you have in your life? Let's say you'll live 100 years. A good long life.
How much money do you make? Let's say you make $100,000. A good salery.
If time == money then you would be willing to trade 100 years of your life for $100,000,000.
Therefore a human life is only worth $100 million. Your life is only worth $100 million.
But I disagree. I think a human life is barely worth the price of a bullet. Get the point?
Life is precious, time is precious. Money is not.
How about robots replacing human intelligence?
They predict that about 30 tflops is enough computing power for AI that could be as intelligent as a human. The software does not exist yet but with genetic programming or an act of God and pure human intelligence it is inevitable that we will develope AI. Once developed it can be replicated much cheaper and faster than a human.
If you are scared about what robots might be capable of doing in the next 10 years, imagine what they will be able to do in 20 or 30 years. Perhaps they won't be conscious, but they'll be able to do my job managing systems, researching the info off the 'net to learn how to fix them, among other things.
But by then we'll have other problems, like finding a job, that will be so much more important that wondering if we could have fixed the system before the bottom fell out from under it back in 'x9.
What incentive does anyone have to work in a system that treats them like an employee?
And a welfare system would be very generous. I'll believe it when I see it. Honestly I don't think people care that much for eachother.
I don't see how anyone like me will be able to afford $1500 rent on welfare. And I don't see how a system would allow 80% of the population to stay at home while expecting the other 20% to work. I bet it would become unstable and those on welfare would be living in the slums.
Because we just don't love eachother. Sad, innit?
I was right. We are too stupid to go to space.
Why can't we let our scientists and engineers build and test the system until they come back with the right way to do it?
Because it will cost too much money.
Just face it. We're lusers. Now don't be a sore luser and risk more lives by pretending you're still a winner. We gambled with their lives and very few of our dollars and lost. Put the rest of those dollars in the bank, or the military, or airlines or whatever. I don't care. I cared more about those lives. And I've lost faith in my people.
Personally I think we should all forget about space until we're rich. Maybe then we can forget about the money and do it right.
Do we hate people so much that we would let them starve?
Is it because we don't understand the value of a person?
A human is unlike any other being known to exist. They are capable of learning how to create new things. This ability make them more valuable than all the things in the world. Because they made those things. Without them we'd have nothing. Why is this concept so difficult for people to understand. Why can't we move on to build a society that takes care of and encourages the human to create?
All people want to do it at one point in their lives. Children have wild imaginations. If we encourage that they could live out their dreams. Or we could have them live out our nightmare on CNN every night.
Its your choice.
Don't you just love thinking about currency. Adding it up and subtracting it over and over again. Until the day you die.
That's what life was all about.
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What we need is a new form of society that takes care of EVERYONE where the goal of society is to encourage people to create, to express their one true gift that separates them from the animals. Through education and a media system that promotes peace, education and the well being of all human kind and labor via play, I believe it can be achieved.
I love how fighting terrorism with bombs actually increases terrorism. Its amazing how pissed off people get when you bomb them. They really do become violent. I didn't realize those family members meant so much to them. :)