This is exactly why I've always said that we should promote Free Software for its ethics rather than any particular feature that it happens to have at a particular moment. The technical advantages (such as security) that products like Firefox might have over other products will always come and go, but the ethics of Free Software will only cease to matter when if all software eventually guarantees users' freedom.
Actually, UAE stands for Universal Amiga Emulator (or some slight variations depending on who you ask). Those Arabian folks really should quit hogging the namespace;)
Oh, OK, I'm glad to hear that. However... this brings up the issue of who is being impolite to whom? Is it more polite to hide information from a child because the parent doesn't like that, or is it more polite to keep your child away from a place where people are seeking knowledge when you do not agree with that knowledge? Personally, I think it raises other questions too, like why is it necessary to hide knowledge from a child? To me, it would be best to let a child see the world, but to provide adequate guidance and support so that the child does not get lost in a sea of options.
Most civilised countries do provide healthcare of some form, and most of us would recognise that when one person has health and wellbeing, while another is sick, purely because of monetary issues, that's poverty. Being entitled to healthcare by others is NOT the same as being entitled to FORCE others to provide it. Those are very different concepts. The first is simply living in a society where people help you when you're in need, much like you help them. There's no need for force, because, having helped them, they are glad to return the favor. It's how all close-knit communities work, and the only reason it doesn't happen in large western countries is because we forget that everyone is in the society together.
You sir, have no clue what a library is about. It's for learning, not for censorship of ideas. You've no right to assume that a person is looking at "porn" for the same reasons that someone might look at porn. There are many reasons to do so -- investigators do it all the time. Artists do it all the time. Anthropologists do it all the time. Perhaps the person's child had just announced that they wanted to be a porn star, and the responsible adult was investigating the industry before deciding to forbid it. If you don't want your kids to be exposed to that, don't send them to a place of free thinking. Make them watch a mainstream TV show instead. But don't expect them to thank you for it. Because that's where the real porn -- the pointless, meaningless titilation -- is.
The library is EXACTLY the place. There are many reasons for looking at "porn" besides getting off. If it was being done in a library, from a book specifically bought in for its value, then the chances are that this "porn" was actually quite historically, culturally or socially important, and that a lot was being learned from it. I for one am very thankful that the library prevailed in this instance.
By reading articles on MSNBC, you're supporting a company that hurts the IT industry anyway. So the formatting issues are just another reason to find the same story on another news site.
Of course the 360 is going nowhere in Japan at the moment! There aren't any RPGs for the platform, for crying out loud. DOA 4 alone isn't going to bring over Japanese gamers.
Actually, there are many possible reasons that the 360 might not be popular in Japan. Given that the original X-Box was also unpopular, we can assume it's something that isn't specific to one particular model, but rather encompasses the whole brand. Perhaps gamers there are more aware of Microsoft's use of money to worm their way into a market they've traditionally had no background in, for instance.
Since when are you allowed to literally make things up because it fits your politics? The purpose of a corporation has, and always will be, profit and limited liability.
No, YOU are making that up. I understand why -- it's very easy to imagine that corporations have always been what they are today. But, that is simply not the case.
Hmm... isn't it possible to specify routes for packets? I thought I saw that ping or something was able to do that. If not, how about a routing protocol that lets you request specific routes for your data? Kind of like asking a router to send everything from your source address out via a certain gateway?
Actually, I've dreamt of the solutions to computer problems before, so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the possibility. Wasn't there a previous study that showed we don't actually need sleep to be physically refreshed? If that's true, then we must surely need it for re-classifying or re-thinking our knowledge. If not, then most of the animals on earth spend large parts of the day unconscious, putting themselves in great risk of attack, for no big evolutionary benefit.
Yes, there's only one place to put code, and that's under version control. Every useful bit of data needs backup and archiving, so that's irrelevant to a specific code topic. One more thing though... there's no better way to safeguard code than to make it open source and available to everyone who cares.
You tore that argument appart as it rightly deserved:)
Which brings us to another question. What was the motivation behind this story, if not logic? Well, if someone wanted to keep OS X from becoming popular on Intel... why not try to pretend that OS X has no future? Smells a lot like a variation on anti-Linux FUD to me.
We have decided that corporations need to stand on their principles and "take one for the team", in order to further American values. The people/government expect companies to "do the right thing" and protect our Bill of Rights abroad on philosophical grounds. Except it's not the private industries job to do that, that's the governments job,
Actually, the whole point of corporations originally was to create a taskforce that served SOCIETY. If anything, we've gotten very far from that original meaning. Corporations are now above the law, and a threat to the right thing. The only motivation or consideration they have is profit. I'd actually like to see them expected to uphold some values, just for the novelty value.
Except that the reality is easy for anyone to see: you (attempt to) suppress sites dealing with politics, religion, dissent, and anything critical of the Chinese government or that doesn't support positions sanctioned by the Chinese government.
You have a point, but it's not that simple.
Western culture (and no, not just the US) doesn't have all the answers. Our political systems are just as corrupt. We really do have problems with sexuality and teenagers committing suicide, and adults being afraid of their own nature. Yes, we can spread freedom to China. However, anyone who really knows the differences between east and west will tell you that we both have a lot to learn, from each other.
The easiest one is from galaxies rotating too fast. The fact that they stay together means something is holding them together. Since we don't observe anything like a giant rope or hand of God holding our sun in place, the only logical explanation is gravity. Since we can't see enough matter to make this much gravity, it must be dark.
I think the original thread poster was saying that the logic doesn't (seem to) follow to this conclusion. The only logical explanation is NOT gravity. It could be ANYTHING, including a misunderstanding that gravity exists! We might well find out that what we call "gravity" is just a symptom of ice-cream. Until we have a model for physics (astro or regular) that unifies everything, it seems a bit crazy to claim that dark matter must exist because our theories are broken without it.
Of course, it could just seem that way to laypeople because we don't get the complexity of the argument for it. But, if that's the case, then we still remain to be convinced. I for one would welcome it:)
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This is exactly why I've always said that we should promote Free Software for its ethics rather than any particular feature that it happens to have at a particular moment. The technical advantages (such as security) that products like Firefox might have over other products will always come and go, but the ethics of Free Software will only cease to matter when if all software eventually guarantees users' freedom.
Actually, UAE stands for Universal Amiga Emulator (or some slight variations depending on who you ask). Those Arabian folks really should quit hogging the namespace ;)
Oh, OK, I'm glad to hear that. However... this brings up the issue of who is being impolite to whom? Is it more polite to hide information from a child because the parent doesn't like that, or is it more polite to keep your child away from a place where people are seeking knowledge when you do not agree with that knowledge? Personally, I think it raises other questions too, like why is it necessary to hide knowledge from a child? To me, it would be best to let a child see the world, but to provide adequate guidance and support so that the child does not get lost in a sea of options.
Most civilised countries do provide healthcare of some form, and most of us would recognise that when one person has health and wellbeing, while another is sick, purely because of monetary issues, that's poverty. Being entitled to healthcare by others is NOT the same as being entitled to FORCE others to provide it. Those are very different concepts. The first is simply living in a society where people help you when you're in need, much like you help them. There's no need for force, because, having helped them, they are glad to return the favor. It's how all close-knit communities work, and the only reason it doesn't happen in large western countries is because we forget that everyone is in the society together.
You sir, have no clue what a library is about. It's for learning, not for censorship of ideas. You've no right to assume that a person is looking at "porn" for the same reasons that someone might look at porn. There are many reasons to do so -- investigators do it all the time. Artists do it all the time. Anthropologists do it all the time. Perhaps the person's child had just announced that they wanted to be a porn star, and the responsible adult was investigating the industry before deciding to forbid it. If you don't want your kids to be exposed to that, don't send them to a place of free thinking. Make them watch a mainstream TV show instead. But don't expect them to thank you for it. Because that's where the real porn -- the pointless, meaningless titilation -- is.
The library is EXACTLY the place. There are many reasons for looking at "porn" besides getting off. If it was being done in a library, from a book specifically bought in for its value, then the chances are that this "porn" was actually quite historically, culturally or socially important, and that a lot was being learned from it. I for one am very thankful that the library prevailed in this instance.
By reading articles on MSNBC, you're supporting a company that hurts the IT industry anyway. So the formatting issues are just another reason to find the same story on another news site.
Actually, there are many possible reasons that the 360 might not be popular in Japan. Given that the original X-Box was also unpopular, we can assume it's something that isn't specific to one particular model, but rather encompasses the whole brand. Perhaps gamers there are more aware of Microsoft's use of money to worm their way into a market they've traditionally had no background in, for instance.
No, YOU are making that up. I understand why -- it's very easy to imagine that corporations have always been what they are today. But, that is simply not the case.
Yes, meditation is more like being very calm and alert. I'd be very surprised if it matched the patterns of deep sleep.
I do recall a study on the other issue though. I think it was here on slashdot about a year ago... Hmm.
Hmm... isn't it possible to specify routes for packets? I thought I saw that ping or something was able to do that. If not, how about a routing protocol that lets you request specific routes for your data? Kind of like asking a router to send everything from your source address out via a certain gateway?
Yes. But given that MS can use Windows as a product name and that Google has become a verb in common use, I wonder if it matters :)
Actually, I've dreamt of the solutions to computer problems before, so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the possibility. Wasn't there a previous study that showed we don't actually need sleep to be physically refreshed? If that's true, then we must surely need it for re-classifying or re-thinking our knowledge. If not, then most of the animals on earth spend large parts of the day unconscious, putting themselves in great risk of attack, for no big evolutionary benefit.
Actually, I like to go into the local library and rearrange books so that the little codes on the spine of each book represent my data...
Or is it because you decide one day, and if you still hold the same opinion the next day, it's better than a one-day opinion?
Yes, there's only one place to put code, and that's under version control. Every useful bit of data needs backup and archiving, so that's irrelevant to a specific code topic. One more thing though... there's no better way to safeguard code than to make it open source and available to everyone who cares.
You tore that argument appart as it rightly deserved :)
Which brings us to another question. What was the motivation behind this story, if not logic? Well, if someone wanted to keep OS X from becoming popular on Intel... why not try to pretend that OS X has no future? Smells a lot like a variation on anti-Linux FUD to me.
Actually, the whole point of corporations originally was to create a taskforce that served SOCIETY. If anything, we've gotten very far from that original meaning. Corporations are now above the law, and a threat to the right thing. The only motivation or consideration they have is profit. I'd actually like to see them expected to uphold some values, just for the novelty value.
Precisely. And you didn't even get into information like credit card details.
an open source OS, that you can trust.
Hope you're a Linux or HURD user then, considering that Windows is going down this route too.
You have a point, but it's not that simple.
Western culture (and no, not just the US) doesn't have all the answers. Our political systems are just as corrupt. We really do have problems with sexuality and teenagers committing suicide, and adults being afraid of their own nature. Yes, we can spread freedom to China. However, anyone who really knows the differences between east and west will tell you that we both have a lot to learn, from each other.
Is he just bitching for no reason, or has he come up with some new geek toy to solve this problem?
You Sir, have never tried to use it with any real conviction.
I think the original thread poster was saying that the logic doesn't (seem to) follow to this conclusion. The only logical explanation is NOT gravity. It could be ANYTHING, including a misunderstanding that gravity exists! We might well find out that what we call "gravity" is just a symptom of ice-cream. Until we have a model for physics (astro or regular) that unifies everything, it seems a bit crazy to claim that dark matter must exist because our theories are broken without it.
Of course, it could just seem that way to laypeople because we don't get the complexity of the argument for it. But, if that's the case, then we still remain to be convinced. I for one would welcome it