I've seen stallman's mailbox (seen, not read up close). If you had a much correspondence as he does, I'm betting you'd be a lot more in touch than now.
you see the regime would love there to be no communications
I highly doubt that. Chances are the Ayatollah would gladly welcome communication if it met his definition of virtuous Islamic speech (which admittedly probably doesn't meet with most people's definition of the same). Still, my point is that leaders are rarely if ever entirely evil, and demonising them will not help anyone. Perhaps understanding their motivations is a better place to start from.
Corporation will _always_ help whoever has money and is willing to part with it. They don't care for good or evil, or a human concept of "morals".
Since it's pretty commonly acknowledged that the best (in the sense of most virtuous) things in life are free, I think you'll find that corporations are very much biased towards the "evil" (for want of a better word) side of the spectrum.
Agreed, maybe the sand most physicists tend to grow up with is much grainier or something, but any sand I ever played with as a kid has always behaved like a fluid. Clearly this is more low-level particle interaction stuff, but I'm still a little shocked that no one's done the research before now, if there's anything practical to be gained from studying it in more detail. There does seem to be a lot of research of the obvious these days, for the sake of every student being able to claim authorship of some paper or other, but hopefully there's a sensible reason for the study in this case.
I want to see a program cracking my nicely encrypted email
Be careful what you wish for. I don't think any of the common encryption methods are very reliable any more (anyone know what REALLY is?) Either way, chances are your encryption has been undermined by some random (IT or non-IT) thing you got careless about ten years ago when you were drunk and had some woman (or stress or depression or just about anything else) on your mind. Also, it's questionable whether even the best encryption isn't within governments' cracking abilities, and you just invited them to give it a shot.
To be fair, you can't expect Microsoft to recognise the similarity in their accusations and their own behavior, when, by their accusations, they really mean "Linux is tough to beat in the server market technically, so we'd like to have a swipe using legal means now".
This is not new; it's why I started using the GPL about 15 years ago rather than releasing stuff as public domain, because I read of this very problem somewhere.
That, and dedicate a computer for work. Get yourself an ANCIENT, HORRIBLE laptop for browsing and other non-work computing -- something you'll stop as soon as possible. (Un)Train yourself not think of the computer as something to have fun or waste time on. Train yourself to get into a mood for work as you sit down at the machine, just like they recommend with a studying area.
Don't do this. Defining 0.0.0.0 as slashdot effectively puts the entire world (plus Mars) on the slashdot network. As a result, everything in the domain of human activity gets endlessly trolled and searched for porn. It's impossible to do ANYTHING, much less get work done.
Of course, if you're using IPv6, you're safe, since you're not connected to any viable network.
he may have perceived God as a universal entity and had no reason not to include theism in his fantasy.
So gray wizards performing an ultimate act of sacrifice by fighting a demon, and coming back as a pure white wizard is not theology?
I haven't read the book, but if that's in it, and given the overall theme of innocent/pure creatures doing their best to overcome evil forces, I think it's clearly theological. Especially given documentary I saw which said that Tolkien was a preacher's son, and wrote in the context of Nazi germany's spread across europe, his perception of it as an evil force, etc.
Where did you get "Death to america" from? Iranian citizens are rising up about their OWN GOVERNMENT, not America. If America has anything to do with it, it'll be that western governments are trying to encourage the uprising.
Yes, but the facts that you use words like "yet" and "still far away", and that a judge has been declared unbiased when he was clearly anything but biased are slightly telling.
Slashdot Mirror
I've seen stallman's mailbox (seen, not read up close). If you had a much correspondence as he does, I'm betting you'd be a lot more in touch than now.
You're the one talking like a naive four year-old. The real world is much more complex than "just use microsoft".
I highly doubt that. Chances are the Ayatollah would gladly welcome communication if it met his definition of virtuous Islamic speech (which admittedly probably doesn't meet with most people's definition of the same). Still, my point is that leaders are rarely if ever entirely evil, and demonising them will not help anyone. Perhaps understanding their motivations is a better place to start from.
Since it's pretty commonly acknowledged that the best (in the sense of most virtuous) things in life are free, I think you'll find that corporations are very much biased towards the "evil" (for want of a better word) side of the spectrum.
Raymond should have remained anonymous too. I would have liked it more if his name wasn't associated with it.
Wait 'til your job application demands a link to your facebook profile, and then say that.
Agreed, maybe the sand most physicists tend to grow up with is much grainier or something, but any sand I ever played with as a kid has always behaved like a fluid. Clearly this is more low-level particle interaction stuff, but I'm still a little shocked that no one's done the research before now, if there's anything practical to be gained from studying it in more detail. There does seem to be a lot of research of the obvious these days, for the sake of every student being able to claim authorship of some paper or other, but hopefully there's a sensible reason for the study in this case.
Whoosh. ;)
Stan Lee, clearly
What are you imagining has spread in such a fashion? Love of Elvis?
Be careful what you wish for. I don't think any of the common encryption methods are very reliable any more (anyone know what REALLY is?) Either way, chances are your encryption has been undermined by some random (IT or non-IT) thing you got careless about ten years ago when you were drunk and had some woman (or stress or depression or just about anything else) on your mind. Also, it's questionable whether even the best encryption isn't within governments' cracking abilities, and you just invited them to give it a shot.
ARPA's Internet project grows out of control, works against sister agency's insurrection attempt.
Imagining a boon in inflatable cars is bad enough, but a boon in inflatable electric cars?!
Firefly? But those chicks moved on to Stargate. Who knows where they are now? ;)
To be fair, you can't expect Microsoft to recognise the similarity in their accusations and their own behavior, when, by their accusations, they really mean "Linux is tough to beat in the server market technically, so we'd like to have a swipe using legal means now".
This is not new; it's why I started using the GPL about 15 years ago rather than releasing stuff as public domain, because I read of this very problem somewhere.
That, and dedicate a computer for work. Get yourself an ANCIENT, HORRIBLE laptop for browsing and other non-work computing -- something you'll stop as soon as possible. (Un)Train yourself not think of the computer as something to have fun or waste time on. Train yourself to get into a mood for work as you sit down at the machine, just like they recommend with a studying area.
Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!
Don't do this. Defining 0.0.0.0 as slashdot effectively puts the entire world (plus Mars) on the slashdot network. As a result, everything in the domain of human activity gets endlessly trolled and searched for porn. It's impossible to do ANYTHING, much less get work done.
Of course, if you're using IPv6, you're safe, since you're not connected to any viable network.
Work, n: that stuff you did in school, and have avoided ever since.
Jeez, I know. Sometimes I hate the local clubs.
So gray wizards performing an ultimate act of sacrifice by fighting a demon, and coming back as a pure white wizard is not theology?
I haven't read the book, but if that's in it, and given the overall theme of innocent/pure creatures doing their best to overcome evil forces, I think it's clearly theological. Especially given documentary I saw which said that Tolkien was a preacher's son, and wrote in the context of Nazi germany's spread across europe, his perception of it as an evil force, etc.
Actually, Moonistan operates in a cheese-grater. Bhagistan, now that operates in a vaccuum. Except when you take it out to replace it.
Where did you get "Death to america" from? Iranian citizens are rising up about their OWN GOVERNMENT, not America. If America has anything to do with it, it'll be that western governments are trying to encourage the uprising.
Yes, but the facts that you use words like "yet" and "still far away", and that a judge has been declared unbiased when he was clearly anything but biased are slightly telling.