Actually most colleges don't want to be typecasted a "C++ school" or an "ADA school". It's more important to learn data structures and theory. If you went to a good school, the language something is written is trivial, learning the syntax should not be that difficult.
I think the freedoms referred to are the ones covered in the first amendment, not those covered in the subsequent nine. China has been responsible for censoring material regarding democracy and free speech. I don't see the US or the EU spending a great deal of time censoring material on communism or monarchy or any other goofy form of government. Regarding your comment that our rights have been slowly melting away, it seems that you are in for a little history lesson. Several times in the history of the US there have been alien and sedition acts that have limited the scope of the first amendment- even early in our country's history. Second, you go through a list of items that seem to indicate we are not free - political correctness is a self-imposed restriction on speech. In fact, it isn't even really as restriction as much as an inhibitor. Gun control, I think we'd all agree, is a somewhat necessary restriction on our freedom. Campaign finance isn't actually mentioned in the constitution... and it has really little to do with freedom. Religion - again - i fail to see how this has anything to do with freedom at all. We are free to believe a giant spaghetti monster created the universe. To conclude, we know who the boss is because we voted that person into office which makes it our responsibility to be oversight for the conduct of that person - where in China is this type of oversight?
I liked facebook a lot more when it filled a certain niche in the market. MySpace was already out at this point and was huge, regretably huge, and facebook came along to fill a need. It started on college campuses, and really, thats the reason it was able to become so big so fast. I wish it remained that way. I'm not saying this to be elitist or anything, I just felt it was so much better when it was less customizable and I wasn't getting 800 invites to join the vampires versus werewolves game.
Now because they are the de facto social networking site for the world (I know, I know, people still use myspace.... regretably), they have to deal with these kinds of issues. It's like Microsoft Windows in a way - the more you open your product to a wider and wider audience, the more vulnerable you become.
I don't really understand your logic. You freely admit that they can reduce the likelihood of a terrorist attack, yet you call them 100% ineffective and refer to their funding as a waste. Thats like saying, "Well, we can't stop people from murdering other people, so why not just do away with the police departments." I, for one, actually believe a government can significantly reduce the likelihood of terrorist attacks. Outside the usual suggestions of restricting our personal freedoms and liberities, there are ways of detecting strange behaviour, nevervousness, etc. That includes educating those who are responsible for monitoring.
I'm not really sure what the grandparent post is getting at either. KDE is meant to look like a clone of the Windows environment. And IMHO it shouldn't really be considered a "complaint", it's more a practical consideration for new users.
This appears to be a rather intelligent look at the issue, but the sad part is I have to wonder how many TSA employees are actually going to read it, especially at airports.
I think the point is to keep it in the intellectual realm - colleges, hospitals, research, etc. As its been explained to me, internet2 is what the internet was supposed to be. It would make sense, in this instance, to keep them seperate.
You can blame incompetent people having children. Ultimately it is a parents job to look after the well being of their children - this includes monitoring what they are reading, playing, seeing, etc. If parents did their jobs, government wouldnt be stamping M on everything and carding people well into their 30's. I'll admit it's stupid, but what can I say, we live in a society where many times our children are more mature then their parents.
Who didn't see this one coming? Lets not get so upset about it, because in the end, nothing will happen. This game is clearly designed for adults - its only been sold to adults - its content isn't any worse then that of movies that are currently being released (actually, in most cases, the content is better). Let them have their say - nobody is listening anyway.
Open source refers to the software NOT the company. The company is free to make money through selling support for the software which is an entirely different thing.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space."
Basically this comes down to either:
The Government was Incompetent.
or...
The Government is lying and covering up. With the Bush Administration, you must accept the chances that both of these are true simultaneously.
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Not the internet. In spite of what iPhone commercials claim, they are not equivalent. Of course, everyone here knows Al Gore invented the Internet!
The summary makes mention of wikiscanner which was apparently developed by some private individual and not the government. Furthermore, the article makes NO mention of wikiscanner. I just thought it was strange that it was even brought up. I think inductive reasoning is very applicable here. If something isn't true, they really have no reason or resposibility to correct it. In fact, if allegations are raised, i'm sure they can just be proven false fairly easily. However, if the DOJ IP address were to change a leaked allegation, it would certaintly make them look more guilty. I'm not saying it's a smoking gun, but it may encourage someone to investigate the matter further.
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Actually most colleges don't want to be typecasted a "C++ school" or an "ADA school". It's more important to learn data structures and theory. If you went to a good school, the language something is written is trivial, learning the syntax should not be that difficult.
I think the freedoms referred to are the ones covered in the first amendment, not those covered in the subsequent nine. China has been responsible for censoring material regarding democracy and free speech. I don't see the US or the EU spending a great deal of time censoring material on communism or monarchy or any other goofy form of government. Regarding your comment that our rights have been slowly melting away, it seems that you are in for a little history lesson. Several times in the history of the US there have been alien and sedition acts that have limited the scope of the first amendment- even early in our country's history. Second, you go through a list of items that seem to indicate we are not free - political correctness is a self-imposed restriction on speech. In fact, it isn't even really as restriction as much as an inhibitor. Gun control, I think we'd all agree, is a somewhat necessary restriction on our freedom. Campaign finance isn't actually mentioned in the constitution... and it has really little to do with freedom. Religion - again - i fail to see how this has anything to do with freedom at all. We are free to believe a giant spaghetti monster created the universe. To conclude, we know who the boss is because we voted that person into office which makes it our responsibility to be oversight for the conduct of that person - where in China is this type of oversight?
So... an STDVD.
I liked facebook a lot more when it filled a certain niche in the market. MySpace was already out at this point and was huge, regretably huge, and facebook came along to fill a need. It started on college campuses, and really, thats the reason it was able to become so big so fast. I wish it remained that way. I'm not saying this to be elitist or anything, I just felt it was so much better when it was less customizable and I wasn't getting 800 invites to join the vampires versus werewolves game.
Now because they are the de facto social networking site for the world (I know, I know, people still use myspace.... regretably), they have to deal with these kinds of issues. It's like Microsoft Windows in a way - the more you open your product to a wider and wider audience, the more vulnerable you become.
That may be true... but I can see a movie adapation looming in the horizon!!!
I don't really understand your logic. You freely admit that they can reduce the likelihood of a terrorist attack, yet you call them 100% ineffective and refer to their funding as a waste. Thats like saying, "Well, we can't stop people from murdering other people, so why not just do away with the police departments." I, for one, actually believe a government can significantly reduce the likelihood of terrorist attacks. Outside the usual suggestions of restricting our personal freedoms and liberities, there are ways of detecting strange behaviour, nevervousness, etc. That includes educating those who are responsible for monitoring.
I'm not really sure what the grandparent post is getting at either. KDE is meant to look like a clone of the Windows environment. And IMHO it shouldn't really be considered a "complaint", it's more a practical consideration for new users.
This appears to be a rather intelligent look at the issue, but the sad part is I have to wonder how many TSA employees are actually going to read it, especially at airports.
Just tell them, you'll vote for them if they never call you again. That might work.
I think the point is to keep it in the intellectual realm - colleges, hospitals, research, etc. As its been explained to me, internet2 is what the internet was supposed to be. It would make sense, in this instance, to keep them seperate.
I find it sad that the country that invented the Internet can't place higher then 15th.
Government provides services are generally sub-par anyway.
Basic? Why is the article tagged programming???
Did you ever think that FreeBSD is so stable, many of the users don't post?
You can blame incompetent people having children. Ultimately it is a parents job to look after the well being of their children - this includes monitoring what they are reading, playing, seeing, etc. If parents did their jobs, government wouldnt be stamping M on everything and carding people well into their 30's. I'll admit it's stupid, but what can I say, we live in a society where many times our children are more mature then their parents.
Who didn't see this one coming? Lets not get so upset about it, because in the end, nothing will happen. This game is clearly designed for adults - its only been sold to adults - its content isn't any worse then that of movies that are currently being released (actually, in most cases, the content is better). Let them have their say - nobody is listening anyway.
The drunk driving scenes didn't seem so bad to me, then again I was drunk.
Open source refers to the software NOT the company. The company is free to make money through selling support for the software which is an entirely different thing.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space."
new here?
The summary makes mention of wikiscanner which was apparently developed by some private individual and not the government. Furthermore, the article makes NO mention of wikiscanner. I just thought it was strange that it was even brought up. I think inductive reasoning is very applicable here. If something isn't true, they really have no reason or resposibility to correct it. In fact, if allegations are raised, i'm sure they can just be proven false fairly easily. However, if the DOJ IP address were to change a leaked allegation, it would certaintly make them look more guilty. I'm not saying it's a smoking gun, but it may encourage someone to investigate the matter further.