Regarding the gold standard, I believe (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong;-)) that no one uses the gold standard anymore because it allows governments to then just print money to solve their debt problems....
Isn't one of the strengths of TCP/IP that it was designed by a small group of people investigating a problem and who came up with something that 'just works'(tm). I'd be tempted to bet that putting a big committee on the case will kill the project stone dead. Just a thought...
Nope. Corporations get money by offering products that others choose to buy.
Hmm, that conjures up a whole debate about choice. I won't bother trying to convince you otherwise, but would refer you to the excellent documentary "The Century of The Self" (the article contains links to the actual documentary if you are interested). It suggests, quite eloquently, that before corporations used simple Freudian psychological techniques to get people to *think* they wanted things that they'd hitherto been quite happy without...
"We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. [...] Man's desires must overshadow his needs."
...as to when this Frox thing referred to in the article came out. I helped my then pal Ian Giblin implement his idea for CD recognition and track storage in 1993/4 when he wrote his RiscCD application for the ARM-based Acorn Achimedes running RISC OS. I don't think he, and certainly not I, was aware of anyone else doing this at the time. Does Ian deserve some recognition (that I can vaingloriously bask in;)? A quick google for frox just seems to refer to some transparent caching ftp proxy software...
Don't know about your ISP, but most here is the good ol' U. of K. most broadband connections sell domestic service as 'contended'. This means that while they'll selling you an N Kb/s service (where N is directly proportional to $) but you share the local pipe (20 Mb/s ??? IANANE) with K other people, where K is generally 50 for the basic service, and 20 if you pay a premium, or buy the basic business package. This generally works as long as 50 people with a 2 Mb/s connection don't all want to use their maximum bandwidth at the same time, as 2 * 50 >> 20. If I work from home I generally percieve the responsiveness of my cable connection to take a dive at about 6pm, presumably when people get home from work and start checking their email, gaming etc., although I've no figures to back this up.
When I'm lyin' in my bed at night I don't wanna grow up Nothin' ever seems to turn out right I don't wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That's always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever wanna be that way I don't wanna grow up
Seems like folks turn into things That they'd never want The only thing to live for Is today I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set I don't wanna grow up Open up the medicine chest And I don't wanna grow up I don't wnna have to shout it out I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't wanna have the biggest amount I don't wanna grow up
Well when I see my parents fight I don't wanna grow up They all go out and drinking all night And I don't wanna grow up I'd rather stay here in my room Nothin' out there but sad and gloom I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb On Grand Street
When I see the 5 o'clock news I don't wanna grow up Comb their hair and shine their shoes I don't wanna grow up Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down I don't wanna get me a big old loan Work them fingers to the bone I don't wanna float a broom Fall in and get married then boom How the hell did I get here so soon I don't wanna grow up
Without wishing to blow my own trumpet (pa-paah! dammit!) I remember observing in conversation a couple of years ago that when enough people have webcams, 1984 will have arrived...
Alright, there's a very,very small threat. If you're saying that 5 deaths require demolishing the US constitution, then what should be done about all the gun deaths in your country! Martial law yesterday! It's the only answer! I really fail to see any sense or logic in your argument.
[Speaking from no direct experience of the U.S. military, but...], it's probably staffed by (some) very competant people, it'll be managed by complete morons...
Those 100,000 deaths you speak of were not military. Most of those deaths are civilians being killed by fellow citizens
!!! How do you reach this conclusion? IIRC correctly, the study by the Lancet attributes 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths directly to military action. IANA statistician, but I know a few, and I'm sure they'd be very happy to explain to you why the study is statistically significant. The only arguments I've heard to the contrary, from US and UK government officials and their supporters, seem to consist of "no it isn't". I know which I find more intellectually convincing...
Would someone please explain the gold standard to me?
I've also wondered this myself on many occassions. I have to say, I spent a couple of hours reading the link in dada21's post, and I found it very interesting, crystalising my thoughts for me very well. At the bottom of page 12 of the pdf version, I found the following:
Through the centuries, two commodities, gold and silver, have emerged as money in the free competition of the market, and have displaced the other commodities. Both are uniquely marketable, are in great demand as ornaments, and excel in [other] qualities. In recent times, silver, being relatively more abundant than gold, has been found more useful for smaller exchanges, while gold is more useful for larger transactions. At any rate, the important thing is that whatever the reason, the free market has found gold and silver to be the most efficient moneys.
I'm guessing that some of those other qualities include ductility, maleability, inertness and so on, but what would I know, my domain of knowledge is hardware and software, not materials science;). HTH...
probably also important to note that if the UN had such control over the Internet that they wouldn't hesitate to give those domains to said governments
On what information do you come to that conclusion? Surely the point of UN control is that it wouldn't hand over control of anything to any individual country/government. Isn't that the whole point?
Slashdot Mirror
Although, I never noticed before, but pi + e = pie! So pie = 5.85987...
No, it wasn't. It was in Florida, which is in the United States.
Ah, the same shit as with electrons.
FTFY
Regarding the gold standard, I believe (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong ;-)) that no one uses the gold standard anymore because it allows governments to then just print money to solve their debt problems....
I, for one, welcome our new plastic overlords...
Does that mean I can now order a beowulf cluster of these...? Imagine...!
Very true, but the point about gold is it does have some practical uses, and so people probably _will_ want it in future...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=why+the+other+queue+always+moves+quicker
... (ba)sh? ;-)
Oh, er, hang on...
Re: comments. Fuckin' amazin'! Even some of the people who RTFA didn't RTFA!!!
I'm not suprised he put the CPU in backwards if he can't tell the difference between an L.E.D. and a D.C. power connector...
Isn't one of the strengths of TCP/IP that it was designed by a small group of people investigating a problem and who came up with something that 'just works'(tm). I'd be tempted to bet that putting a big committee on the case will kill the project stone dead. Just a thought...
Hmm, that conjures up a whole debate about choice. I won't bother trying to convince you otherwise, but would refer you to the excellent documentary "The Century of The Self" (the article contains links to the actual documentary if you are interested). It suggests, quite eloquently, that before corporations used simple Freudian psychological techniques to get people to *think* they wanted things that they'd hitherto been quite happy without...
"We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. [...] Man's desires must overshadow his needs."
...as to when this Frox thing referred to in the article came out. I helped my then pal Ian Giblin implement his idea for CD recognition and track storage in 1993/4 when he wrote his RiscCD application for the ARM-based Acorn Achimedes running RISC OS. I don't think he, and certainly not I, was aware of anyone else doing this at the time. Does Ian deserve some recognition (that I can vaingloriously bask in ;)? A quick google for frox just seems to refer to some transparent caching ftp proxy software...
Don't know about your ISP, but most here is the good ol' U. of K. most broadband connections sell domestic service as 'contended'. This means that while they'll selling you an N Kb/s service (where N is directly proportional to $) but you share the local pipe (20 Mb/s ??? IANANE) with K other people, where K is generally 50 for the basic service, and 20 if you pay a premium, or buy the basic business package. This generally works as long as 50 people with a 2 Mb/s connection don't all want to use their maximum bandwidth at the same time, as 2 * 50 >> 20. If I work from home I generally percieve the responsiveness of my cable connection to take a dive at about 6pm, presumably when people get home from work and start checking their email, gaming etc., although I've no figures to back this up.
Pythagorean tuning??? We had a _drum_....
When I'm lyin' in my bed at night
I don't wanna grow up
Nothin' ever seems to turn out right
I don't wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog
That's always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don't wanna grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way
I don't wanna grow up
Seems like folks turn into things
That they'd never want
The only thing to live for
Is today
I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
And I don't wanna grow up
I don't wnna have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't wanna be filled with doubt
I don't wanna be a good boy scout
I don't wanna have to learn to count
I don't wanna have the biggest amount
I don't wanna grow up
Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don't wanna grow up
I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb
On Grand Street
When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up
Stay around in my old hometown
I don't wanna put no money down
I don't wanna get me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't wanna float a broom
Fall in and get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
I don't wanna grow up
TOM WAITS - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" lyrics
Apologies for length - but feel the width...
Without wishing to blow my own trumpet (pa-paah! dammit!) I remember observing in conversation a couple of years ago that when enough people have webcams, 1984 will have arrived...
Alright, there's a very,very small threat. If you're saying that 5 deaths require demolishing the US constitution, then what should be done about all the gun deaths in your country! Martial law yesterday! It's the only answer! I really fail to see any sense or logic in your argument.
... linux is ready for the desktop? [ducks]
[Speaking from no direct experience of the U.S. military, but...], it's probably staffed by (some) very competant people, it'll be managed by complete morons...
!!! How do you reach this conclusion? IIRC correctly, the study by the Lancet attributes 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths directly to military action. IANA statistician, but I know a few, and I'm sure they'd be very happy to explain to you why the study is statistically significant. The only arguments I've heard to the contrary, from US and UK government officials and their supporters, seem to consist of "no it isn't". I know which I find more intellectually convincing...
I've also wondered this myself on many occassions. I have to say, I spent a couple of hours reading the link in dada21's post, and I found it very interesting, crystalising my thoughts for me very well. At the bottom of page 12 of the pdf version, I found the following:
I'm guessing that some of those other qualities include ductility, maleability, inertness and so on, but what would I know, my domain of knowledge is hardware and software, not materials scienceOn what information do you come to that conclusion? Surely the point of UN control is that it wouldn't hand over control of anything to any individual country/government. Isn't that the whole point?