There is a strong philosophical argument being made here. It is that authorities are able to expose our personal information (image, id, fingerprint, etc) but we are unable to do the same in return.
The relationship then of authority to civilian is one of dominance and subordination. The ideas presented at the conference are attempting to redefine that relationship.
I agree. I don't see this as a stepping stone at all.
I read in Discover magazine several years ago that there were not technological restrictions to a trip to mars and that the only restrictions are the effects such a long journey would have on the human mind.
Permanently sunlit areas would provide crucial solar energy for any future Moon settlement, a goal for NASA outlined last year by President George W. Bush
Is NASA taking advice from G. W. Bush? Maybe the plan needs to be re-evaluated.
The next step is to license the archives under the Creative Commons license so that the footage in the archive could be altered by anyone and then recirculated.
I would agree that linux is beating up Windows. Every time I open a new forum in/. I get an add from Windows saying how much better (and cheaper?) they are than Linux. This is an indication that they are threatened.
I do sincerely hope that nothing of what you went through would happen to me, it sounds like a nightmare.
However unfortunate, I don't know if regulation would solve this from happening, or if censorship would do more good than harm.
For instance if your ex were distributing personal information such as credit card #, there is very simple legal action which could be taken. The same is true outside of blogs. If your ex were to publicize that information in a newspaper the same legal action could be taken.
I've had ex's do some pretty crazy things before the days of blogs and after. In both blog worlds and the real world the dividing line is if the information breaks the law or not. The problem isn't the blogs, the problem is when relationships get out of control.
I feel the same about people who read blogs as I do about people who read tabloids. If you don't want to read it, then don't look. If the information is a little too personal for you than never go back, it may be informative for somebody. At the very least blogging is a strong personal expression and in that sense they should be held in higher regard than tabloids.
non-reviewed papers do not mean that they haven't been read. It means that it hasn't been reviewed. In the case of scientific articles, review means that your peers follow the same process and methods and see if they come up with the same conclusions.
This genius. Another way of exploiting bloated systems which lack proper review by peers.
On a similar note, I feel that this is where/. is successful, although it puts articles on which are sometimes bogus, the peer review puts those articles to shame.
The map at the end of the article is problematic. 1) the article infers that results will be released within 4 two 6 weeks. How could they have a map already? 2) the article describes problems they are currently having in collecting data. 3) the map only shows directional arrows and no conclusions can be made about which arrow arrived in the americas earlier.
I think some of the most interesting data will come out of studying migration of peoples into the americas.
It is generally agreed that the first humans arrived in the americas around 25-30,000 years ago but their migration from that point on is a mystery.
One belief is that they migrated south through a northern passage as the polar ice-caps melted. Another is that they migrated down the west coast from the north pole to south America befoer the ice-caps melted. There is a third (more controversial) theory that they migrated by boat from africa and then moved north up the continent.
It will be interesting to see what conclusions are drawn.
In essence it is simply another way of writing music, and although the concept is cool, I'm not sure how it would be useful beyond other music composition software that currently exists. Any suggestions?
A well known alternative is google-groups which allows groups to form around common interests and exchange information about meeting dates/locations. This information can be viewed by any member of the public who is looking for a similar project.
Pacifism also works when there is courage and determination by a majority of the people to carry the pacifism through to the end. In the case of Ghandi, the resistance overcame the massacres of thousands of non-violent-resisters. The massacre was conducted by the British empire which had far from a conscience (also used poisonous gas in Egypt under Winston Churchill). After the massacre, the resistance gained strength and the Brits realized that there were only two solutions: Pull out of India, or kill everyone. presented with the two options the empire without regard for the indian people chose the former.
In fact, Journalist don't have to be professionals by defintion. By definition a Journalist is someone who "writes in periodicals". And a Periodical is simply a "publication issued at regular intervals". Finally, a Publication is "a writing of public concern, to be generally known".
By this definition the blogger would fall into the definition of journalist if the intentions of the blog were to display information of public concern, to be generally known, and written on a regular basis.
I would be interested to see the connection that Eric Raymond makes. I guess my point is that the idea of open source may have existed in certain niches, but not to the public as a whole and to anyone who wants to contribute.
For instance if I were to have an idea several centuries ago, I doubt the scientific community would accept it, unless I too was a member of the scientific community. Cooperatives are an example of a an acient 'open source' based economy. But once again you had to be a member of the coop to take part.
What is unique about open source programming and even information sharing is that absolutely anyone can contribute, and if it's crap it's judged by absolutely everyone.
I think the answer can be found by reading the Wolfowitz Report written in 1992.
In it Wolfowitz advocates for direct US invasions of certain countries if they gain enough power to challenge the United States. The plan is to insure that no power shall overcome the power of the United States (an idea reiterated by W. Bush in September of 2000).
I believe that the World Bank was designed as a tool to maintain the current power of western states and most notably the US. Paul Wolfowitz will insure that the World Bank preserves the current global power structure, his career is a testament to this.
It seems to me that corporations are struggling to find what is cool and then immediately take ownership of it. The CDDL open source is an example of this.
Open source is an extremely revolutionary idea and fairly unique in the history of the world and I would be concerned at how a major corporation would interpret and alter the concept.
Another example of corporate involvement in revolutionary ideas is Slashdot itself. Every time I view a forum discussion a message from friendly Microsoft pops up telling me not to switch my operating system from Windows to Linux. This message also prevents me from reading replies and thus altering my pleasurable Slashdot experience.
I wonder what the benefits of artificially overcoming anger and over eating are. These mental functions generally have root causes. To use a form of mind control to subdue those thoughts will be temporary and will make our society dependent on brain lasers to cure our problems. The solution should come from confronting the causes in our personal lives.
However, using the lasers to make animals dance could have benefits for all. Flea circus indeed!
Slashdot Mirror
The relationship then of authority to civilian is one of dominance and subordination. The ideas presented at the conference are attempting to redefine that relationship.
I read in Discover magazine several years ago that there were not technological restrictions to a trip to mars and that the only restrictions are the effects such a long journey would have on the human mind.
Is NASA taking advice from G. W. Bush? Maybe the plan needs to be re-evaluated.
The next step is to license the archives under the Creative Commons license so that the footage in the archive could be altered by anyone and then recirculated.
I would agree that linux is beating up Windows. Every time I open a new forum in /. I get an add from Windows saying how much better (and cheaper?) they are than Linux. This is an indication that they are threatened.
However unfortunate, I don't know if regulation would solve this from happening, or if censorship would do more good than harm.
For instance if your ex were distributing personal information such as credit card #, there is very simple legal action which could be taken. The same is true outside of blogs. If your ex were to publicize that information in a newspaper the same legal action could be taken.
I've had ex's do some pretty crazy things before the days of blogs and after. In both blog worlds and the real world the dividing line is if the information breaks the law or not. The problem isn't the blogs, the problem is when relationships get out of control.
I feel the same about people who read blogs as I do about people who read tabloids. If you don't want to read it, then don't look. If the information is a little too personal for you than never go back, it may be informative for somebody. At the very least blogging is a strong personal expression and in that sense they should be held in higher regard than tabloids.
non-reviewed papers do not mean that they haven't been read. It means that it hasn't been reviewed. In the case of scientific articles, review means that your peers follow the same process and methods and see if they come up with the same conclusions.
On a similar note, I feel that this is where /. is successful, although it puts articles on which are sometimes bogus, the peer review puts those articles to shame.
The map at the end of the article is problematic. 1) the article infers that results will be released within 4 two 6 weeks. How could they have a map already? 2) the article describes problems they are currently having in collecting data. 3) the map only shows directional arrows and no conclusions can be made about which arrow arrived in the americas earlier.
It is generally agreed that the first humans arrived in the americas around 25-30,000 years ago but their migration from that point on is a mystery.
One belief is that they migrated south through a northern passage as the polar ice-caps melted. Another is that they migrated down the west coast from the north pole to south America befoer the ice-caps melted. There is a third (more controversial) theory that they migrated by boat from africa and then moved north up the continent.
It will be interesting to see what conclusions are drawn.
In essence it is simply another way of writing music, and although the concept is cool, I'm not sure how it would be useful beyond other music composition software that currently exists. Any suggestions?
A well known alternative is google-groups which allows groups to form around common interests and exchange information about meeting dates/locations. This information can be viewed by any member of the public who is looking for a similar project.
Pacifism also works when there is courage and determination by a majority of the people to carry the pacifism through to the end. In the case of Ghandi, the resistance overcame the massacres of thousands of non-violent-resisters. The massacre was conducted by the British empire which had far from a conscience (also used poisonous gas in Egypt under Winston Churchill). After the massacre, the resistance gained strength and the Brits realized that there were only two solutions: Pull out of India, or kill everyone. presented with the two options the empire without regard for the indian people chose the former.
By this definition the blogger would fall into the definition of journalist if the intentions of the blog were to display information of public concern, to be generally known, and written on a regular basis.
For instance if I were to have an idea several centuries ago, I doubt the scientific community would accept it, unless I too was a member of the scientific community. Cooperatives are an example of a an acient 'open source' based economy. But once again you had to be a member of the coop to take part.
What is unique about open source programming and even information sharing is that absolutely anyone can contribute, and if it's crap it's judged by absolutely everyone.
In it Wolfowitz advocates for direct US invasions of certain countries if they gain enough power to challenge the United States. The plan is to insure that no power shall overcome the power of the United States (an idea reiterated by W. Bush in September of 2000).
I believe that the World Bank was designed as a tool to maintain the current power of western states and most notably the US. Paul Wolfowitz will insure that the World Bank preserves the current global power structure, his career is a testament to this.
Open source is an extremely revolutionary idea and fairly unique in the history of the world and I would be concerned at how a major corporation would interpret and alter the concept.
Another example of corporate involvement in revolutionary ideas is Slashdot itself. Every time I view a forum discussion a message from friendly Microsoft pops up telling me not to switch my operating system from Windows to Linux. This message also prevents me from reading replies and thus altering my pleasurable Slashdot experience.
I wonder what the benefits of artificially overcoming anger and over eating are. These mental functions generally have root causes. To use a form of mind control to subdue those thoughts will be temporary and will make our society dependent on brain lasers to cure our problems. The solution should come from confronting the causes in our personal lives. However, using the lasers to make animals dance could have benefits for all. Flea circus indeed!