Actually, it is much more sensitive part of information than/etc/passwd./etc/passwd gives away the real name at most. ~/.mozilla gives away practically everything about internet activity of a person. I think this is the thing to worry about.
I'd imagine part of the reason no one has bothered is that the RAF found V1s rather easy to shoot down with 1940s technology. They were slow, RADAR or spotters picked them up a long way out, and the thin airframe made them easy to destroy.
I suppose, that if a modern `V1' flies low, and this is possible with modern guidance, it is no longer so easy (cheap) to spot it and to destroy it. Even if it is slow.
People just want some kind of rythmic background noise. People hate the silence, because they feel uncomfortable with themselves. And they hate even more being with the others. Some kind of music playing creates an illusion of personal space. It's like a wall separating from the rest of the world.
But for the wall to be good, it should be equally high everywhere. It does not make sense making it higher in one place and lower in the other. So, the music is made equally loud. It is convenient: it can be played continuously all the day. On radio, in MP3 player, in car audio... Sure you cannot be emotionally attached to music all the day, but it easily becomes a habbit to listen to something. It is like a chewing gum. You get used to it, it is tasty, but its nutritional value is zero.
That's why the modern music tends to be monotonic. It is either noisy (the closer to white noise, the better, but still some rythmic pattern should be obvious), or very repetitive and simple. Of course, arbitrary changing loudness should not distract the listener from his daily affairs. Hence, DR compression, clipped records come into play.
So this is just the music itself is mostly crap (market demand!). Aggressive DR compression even increases the customer satisfaction (makes the record more suitable for day-long passive listening). The market demands crap, the market delivers crap.
I so much long for an FSF t-shirt with large letters on it: GPLv3. Black on white. Or white on black. Well, `fsck m$' on the other side would not hurt too...
I have just checked the GNU site, and the last t-shirt they offer is a stale 2001's levitating gnu...
The Coronation of Boleslaw Chrobry (the Brave) As the first king of Poland, in 1024, established Poland's right as an independent kingdom.
In 1138 the Testament of Boleslaw III shattered the precarious unity of Poland by dividing the realm among Boleslaw's sons.
The [Teutonic] Order turned on the Poles and began to grab large chunks of Polish territory, finally invading Gdansk in 1308 and massacring its Polish inhabitants. At the same time, a steady influx of German colonists helped to consolidate the Order's wealth and power.
A brief period of Czech rule from 1300-1305, under Vaclav II, reunited a main part of Poland [So there was even an external rule over the country].
From 1609 Poland became involved in a series of wars and was invaded by Swedes, Turks and Muscovites in such numbers that the country was almost submerged by enemy forces; this period became known as the "Deluge".
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I do not think this sounds like 800 years of independence. After that there were 300 years of being under external control. And it seems like now Poland is seeking revenge?
And according to You Russia has some special influence on Poland? Interesting. It's just like saying that France had special influence on US because quite a few states had belong to France before US declared Independence AFAIK.
It is not that I state that Russia has some special influence on Poland. It is just that it had this kind of influence for a long time. So it probably proves that this land was of great interest for russian powers and is strategically important. Letting deployment of antagonistic weaponry on this territory is like trying to piss off the neighbour.
According to me this is not good for anyone that Poland together with the US, together with Russian governemt seek to escalate the tension in this region.
FYI: major part of Poland being part of Russia as long as since 1772, Russia is no way the ``3-rd country'' to Poland.
You just forgot to say, that Russia together with Prussia and Austria had split Poland (and Lithuania and Belarus) among them right in 1772. Before, those "parts" of Russia belong to Poland since 996. Yes for almost 800 years. And Russia is just 3-rd part country to Poland exactly the same way it is for any any other country in Europe, including Your one (unless You live in Russia).
1772... 1776 was the year of the Declaration of Independence in America. Before that it was just a bunch of european colonies. And before europeans this part of the world belong to american natives for 11000 (eleven thousand) years... So, Poland was part of Russia for almost as long as the USA are being independent (well, minus few decades in the XX century).
You see, history does not matter much in questions like this. It is the power to declare sovereignty and to maintain it that matters.
Come on, how Poland is different from the other Europen countries like Germany, whose have huge camps like Rammsau? Agin, this is up to Poland if we decide to "sell" Our land to someone or not. Russia has nothing to say here, fortunately.
I assert that:
Poland is a sovereign (as of 2007-06-04).
Polish government may decide which military forces may use its land and for what purpose.
Permit from the Poland does not necessary render the deployment of the military forces or weapons legit, as it may violate agreements and pacts between third parties.
In particular, Russian goverment may be unhappy about deployment of american rockets next to its borders.
Tension does not help stability.
Putin uses the tension to boost his power internally (both because population now feels like their country is being endangered, and because it is a good point to distract attention from the real problems). It might be worse also for Poland in long term (remember Stalin?).
If Poland is America's bitch, whose bitch is Finnland then?...
We just don't want to 3-rd countries like Russia decide what we should do.
FYI: major part of Poland being part of Russia as long as since 1772, Russia is no way the ``3-rd country'' to Poland.
I readily believe that many Polish people do not like their ex-metropolitan state. I know there are reasons to. But this time it is not that Polish people should be afraid of military invasion from the east or do not enjoy political freedoms. It is Russian powers which are afraid of the 3-rd country rockets next to its borders.
And this time Poland just sells their strategically attractive land to the rich powers from the different hemisphere. Putin uses it as an excuse to fuel its ``outer threat'' campaign to gain credits and increase its authoritarian power.
Said union no longer exists, and they didn't have IP laws anyway!
1. Russia is considered Soviet Union's successor state. That's why Russia pays the debt of the Soviet Union and and caries other responsibilities and obligations of the Soviet Union. This is also the reason why the property of the former Soviet Union belongs to Russia, and not to Estonia or Kazakhstan.
Kernel is GPLv2. It would not be practical to relicense it as GPLv3 as there are too many contributions involved. Also, Linus does like GPLv2 more and wants to stick with it.
Yes, that's right. Farming & crap gear. That is what contemporary MMORPGs are all about. I did not like any MMORPG for more than a day or two. I find it crap.
Though I enjoyed a number of traditional RPGs (mostly JRPGs like Chrono Trigger). And treasure good memories about their gameplay.
I really hope that non-MMO, single player games will still be produced for a long time. I hate playing with hundreds of other people hunting for the same monsters all around me and doing exactly the same quests to get the same gear. I hate that everything boils down to "spend more time hunting". It feels like a flash mob or cosplay, or worse, a sport event.
On opposite, traditional RPGs feel like real adventures, like a world to explore.
Excellent post. Thank you. Unfortunately I have never seen the zune thing in the Real Life(TM). But I am absolutely sure it is a bad thing from an evil corporation. And you confirmed my opinion about it.
P.S. Windows mobile is going to implode... mobile phones don't have to spontaneously crash... Ah, can't wait for it. I feel so happy already!
> Some very large percentage of users don't really have any idea of what a format is.
Yes, this is the very reason why file extensions are hidden in Windows by default. So ordinary users cannot tell what format the file is in. They can only tell, that it should open in Word (they see an icon).
one of the best reasons XP was great for gamers is that they could get Win2K stability, but backwards compatibility with Win98 only apps/games.
That's not true. I have some games in my collection which do not run on my XP but used to run on Win98 box. In partucular these widely known Win98 titles do not on XP: Total Annihilation, Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed. And a lot of less famous titles...
when people refuse to install legit copies FOR FREE, then you know you have a PR problem on your hands..
I heard Ubuntu 7.04 is releasing tomorrow. From what I know about them they give away legit copies FOR FREE (I got mine once). Still a lot of people refuse to install them (I, for one, welcome my old Debian overlords). Then you might judge that they have a serious PR problem. They do not.
Your argument is about people being satisfied, lazy and not having enough spare machines for testing. Don't touch if it works. PR has nothing to do with it.
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Actually, it is much more sensitive part of information than /etc/passwd. /etc/passwd gives away the real name at most. ~/.mozilla gives away practically everything about internet activity of a person. I think this is the thing to worry about.
People just want some kind of rythmic background noise. People hate the silence, because they feel uncomfortable with themselves. And they hate even more being with the others. Some kind of music playing creates an illusion of personal space. It's like a wall separating from the rest of the world.
But for the wall to be good, it should be equally high everywhere. It does not make sense making it higher in one place and lower in the other. So, the music is made equally loud. It is convenient: it can be played continuously all the day. On radio, in MP3 player, in car audio... Sure you cannot be emotionally attached to music all the day, but it easily becomes a habbit to listen to something. It is like a chewing gum. You get used to it, it is tasty, but its nutritional value is zero.
That's why the modern music tends to be monotonic. It is either noisy (the closer to white noise, the better, but still some rythmic pattern should be obvious), or very repetitive and simple. Of course, arbitrary changing loudness should not distract the listener from his daily affairs. Hence, DR compression, clipped records come into play.
So this is just the music itself is mostly crap (market demand!). Aggressive DR compression even increases the customer satisfaction (makes the record more suitable for day-long passive listening). The market demands crap, the market delivers crap.
I have just checked the GNU site, and the last t-shirt they offer is a stale 2001's levitating gnu...
Not just replacing mandrake with mandriva. Better this way: ubuntu, debian, (mandrake|mandriva), (red hat|fedora), gentoo: http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+debian%2C +(mandrake%7Cmandriva)%2C+(fedora%7Cred+hat)%2C+ge ntoo%2C&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
- The Coronation of Boleslaw Chrobry (the Brave) As the first king of Poland, in 1024, established Poland's right as an independent kingdom.
- In 1138 the Testament of Boleslaw III shattered the precarious unity of Poland by dividing the realm among Boleslaw's sons.
- The [Teutonic] Order turned on the Poles and began to grab large chunks of Polish territory, finally invading Gdansk in 1308 and massacring its Polish inhabitants. At the same time, a steady influx of German colonists helped to consolidate the Order's wealth and power.
- A brief period of Czech rule from 1300-1305, under Vaclav II, reunited a main part of Poland [So there was even an external rule over the country].
- From 1609 Poland became involved in a series of wars and was invaded by Swedes, Turks and Muscovites in such numbers that the country was almost submerged by enemy forces; this period became known as the "Deluge".
- ...
I do not think this sounds like 800 years of independence. After that there were 300 years of being under external control. And it seems like now Poland is seeking revenge? It is not that I state that Russia has some special influence on Poland. It is just that it had this kind of influence for a long time. So it probably proves that this land was of great interest for russian powers and is strategically important. Letting deployment of antagonistic weaponry on this territory is like trying to piss off the neighbour.According to me this is not good for anyone that Poland together with the US, together with Russian governemt seek to escalate the tension in this region.
You see, history does not matter much in questions like this. It is the power to declare sovereignty and to maintain it that matters.
I assert that:It is a no-win situation: neither for Europeans in general, nor for Polish people in particular, nor for Russians (except for Putin and the elite).
I readily believe that many Polish people do not like their ex-metropolitan state. I know there are reasons to. But this time it is not that Polish people should be afraid of military invasion from the east or do not enjoy political freedoms. It is Russian powers which are afraid of the 3-rd country rockets next to its borders.
And this time Poland just sells their strategically attractive land to the rich powers from the different hemisphere. Putin uses it as an excuse to fuel its ``outer threat'' campaign to gain credits and increase its authoritarian power.
1. Russia is considered Soviet Union's successor state. That's why Russia pays the debt of the Soviet Union and and caries other responsibilities and obligations of the Soviet Union. This is also the reason why the property of the former Soviet Union belongs to Russia, and not to Estonia or Kazakhstan.
2. There was a copyright law in the Soviet Union.
Kernel is GPLv2. It would not be practical to relicense it as GPLv3 as there are too many contributions involved. Also, Linus does like GPLv2 more and wants to stick with it.
Yes, that's right. Farming & crap gear. That is what contemporary MMORPGs are all about. I did not like any MMORPG for more than a day or two. I find it crap.
Though I enjoyed a number of traditional RPGs (mostly JRPGs like Chrono Trigger). And treasure good memories about their gameplay.
I really hope that non-MMO, single player games will still be produced for a long time. I hate playing with hundreds of other people hunting for the same monsters all around me and doing exactly the same quests to get the same gear. I hate that everything boils down to "spend more time hunting". It feels like a flash mob or cosplay, or worse, a sport event.
On opposite, traditional RPGs feel like real adventures, like a world to explore.
P.S. Windows mobile is going to implode... mobile phones don't have to spontaneously crash... Ah, can't wait for it. I feel so happy already!
3. You are the government.
P.S. No, never read "Dune".
Yes, this is the very reason why file extensions are hidden in Windows by default. So ordinary users cannot tell what format the file is in. They can only tell, that it should open in Word (they see an icon).
I for one welcome our new google overlords!
I find it to be the saddest emoticon ever: Q.Q
Well said and sad. The cheat of Linux distros. Way too easy to get it working...
So I wonder when Icedove will be released now?
I heard Ubuntu 7.04 is releasing tomorrow. From what I know about them they give away legit copies FOR FREE (I got mine once). Still a lot of people refuse to install them (I, for one, welcome my old Debian overlords). Then you might judge that they have a serious PR problem. They do not.
Your argument is about people being satisfied, lazy and not having enough spare machines for testing. Don't touch if it works. PR has nothing to do with it.