It's not the fact that he didn't "take them on" that shakes my confidence. From the account of the incident that I read it wasn't as simple as him handing over his wallet and going on his way. He went with them off the main drag into an alleyway, surrendered his wallet/car keys/cell phone/etc and was then clubbed over the head and left for dead.
Anyone that would allow such a thing to happen to themselves while they still draw breath is not someone who has any business teaching self-defense. I would happily surrender my wallet to avoid a confrontation. I'd hand it over even if I knew I could win, because a wallet is not worth killing or maiming someone over.
I draw the line at going with them. If someone demands that you go with them you should fight as though your life depends on it. Whatever they intend to do to you they obviously aren't comfortable doing it in your current location. It's sheer dumb luck that the instructor lived through this incident. He surrendered control of the situation and left himself at the mercy of criminal thugs. The fact that he's still in business amazes me.
Not to be rude , but you are judging a situation , of which no one can know the outcome. The sensei made a decision , and it wasn't the right one ( in your eyes ) . Was there even a right decision in this case ? If he had persisted , they might have stabbed him , and killed him easily . There is nothing wrong with letting go of your pride , and choosing life .
Even then , it's his decision , and his consequences . He survived , and that's the most important thing . From the rest , everyone can learn.
"If someone demands that you go with them you should fight as though your life depends on it."
Actually , we did some training in this . You would be surprised how difficult it is to defend against a knife. It's basically kamikaze , in which you hope to strike them fast enough , before they can seriously cut you.
With that training and attitude, you will need all you got when assigned to a level 4 classification in prison. I'm sure you can find someone your skill there, perhaps multiple encounters.
I don't know any real karateka would be taking pride in permanently disfiguring other people, even though they did have it coming. Self defense is one thing. Bragging about how you maimed people on a public forum is another.
As a practioner of karate , for 14 years , i have to agree with you.
The first objective of karate , is to improve one's character . The karateka has to train with (not against ) other people , and learns respect.
To quote Gisjin Funakoshi : "the purpose of karate , is not victory or defeat , but the improvement of the character , and personality of the practioner. Karate is sport , self-defence and body culture . If violence erupts , it is only the because of disharmony between body and spirt . "
"To be violent , is to be weak" .
While i can understand that , in the above mentioned situation , it might have been necessary to break someone's nose , to survive , this is nothing to be happy about . You survived , you can learn from the situation , but if you truly feel good about hurting someone , you are not practicing karate , as that mindset doesn't fit in karate.
That's true, but i doubt that a car who speeds past a red light , is going to take the time to look at anyone. And it's not always when you are just crossing over either. I was had a car nearly drive me off the road , when i was almost at the end ( so it was already red for a while ).
"Austin cops routinely have orgies in the backroom with arrested hookers!": Libelous (if not true) and not protected in any sense of the word. Unleash those subpeonas!
But what if they do , but the cops make sure it can't be proven ? If it's my opinion that that Austin cops routinely have orgies , based on why i consider evidence ( but what other people may not consider evidence ) , i still have the right to voice that , and i don't see why it should be libel .
So : " In my opinion , Austin cops routinely have orgies..." , is not libel , it's just stating your opinion.
The pirate bay is it's users , and they are very much alive. As long as there is one free minded individual on this planet , the essence and spirit of TPB , will remain alive.
I don't see why servers shouldn't be able to do that.
The crawlers that search engines use , are also servers.
So , if you want to set up a crawler which looks for porn and music , i don't see what the problem would be , except that it's already been done by other search engines.
Uhm Falun gang is not far from the truth. Although I do not agree with the Chinese government's methods of persecution, falun gong is akin to scientology in own operations.
anon. cow. for good reason
Only if you believe everything the Chinese Ministry of Truth (or lack thereof) tells you. From my point of view , it's resembles a form of Budhism , and that's one of the most peaceful religions i know.
But my claim was not to say no companies could benefit from it , just that the benefit is mainly aimed towards the end users , who can be ensured that the software will remain free.
BSD , is more favorable to companies , because they are allowed to do much more with it , as you stated. However , the end user suffers , because the project may become propietary.
In the end , it all comes down to rights.
Both GPL and BSD are good licenses , as long as they are used in the right situations.
Which comes down to just providing them the Ubuntu CD , which most would do anyway. Unless you really made some changes to the source code , in that case , you also need to provide the source for those changes.
I don't see the problem : if you use GPL , you know this is what you have to do . It's what GPL is all about.
If you don't want to do this , you need another license type. Often , this is a possibility too ( for a modest fee ) . I'm not sure if Ubuntu has it though.
Simply put : GPL favors mainly the end users :
by ensuring that derative products are also open source , you ensure that a product will stay open source.
However , i doesn't favor developers or companies ( who are forced to share their work for free ) .
Yes , that's what i find to be one off the flaws in Truecrypt : you can not have more than one hidden , which means they will be asking for the hidden one , anyway.
The fun thing about this is , i don't even need it , because i don't have anything worth hiding , but i create these volumes anyway, for fun
So if one day , the law enforcement does want my machine , they will spent hours , maybe even days or longer , breaking the encryptions , to find something totally useless . And yes , that would be worth it:-) .
Actually , Truecrypt can be used as a stand alone executable , which could be put on an external medium , like a usb stick . That way , you don't have to install it on your system , and there is no way to prove it , unless they find the stick.
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It's not the fact that he didn't "take them on" that shakes my confidence. From the account of the incident that I read it wasn't as simple as him handing over his wallet and going on his way. He went with them off the main drag into an alleyway, surrendered his wallet/car keys/cell phone/etc and was then clubbed over the head and left for dead.
Anyone that would allow such a thing to happen to themselves while they still draw breath is not someone who has any business teaching self-defense. I would happily surrender my wallet to avoid a confrontation. I'd hand it over even if I knew I could win, because a wallet is not worth killing or maiming someone over.
I draw the line at going with them. If someone demands that you go with them you should fight as though your life depends on it. Whatever they intend to do to you they obviously aren't comfortable doing it in your current location. It's sheer dumb luck that the instructor lived through this incident. He surrendered control of the situation and left himself at the mercy of criminal thugs. The fact that he's still in business amazes me.
Not to be rude , but you are judging a situation , of which no one can know the outcome. The sensei made a decision , and it wasn't the right one ( in your eyes ) . Was there even a right decision in this case ? If he had persisted , they might have stabbed him , and killed him easily . There is nothing wrong with letting go of your pride , and choosing life .
Even then , it's his decision , and his consequences . He survived , and that's the most important thing . From the rest , everyone can learn.
"If someone demands that you go with them you should fight as though your life depends on it."
Actually , we did some training in this . You would be surprised how difficult it is to defend against a knife. It's basically kamikaze , in which you hope to strike them fast enough , before they can seriously cut you.
With that training and attitude, you will need all you got when assigned to a level 4 classification in prison. I'm sure you can find someone your skill there, perhaps multiple encounters.
I don't know any real karateka would be taking pride in permanently disfiguring other people, even though they did have it coming. Self defense is one thing. Bragging about how you maimed people on a public forum is another.
As a practioner of karate , for 14 years , i have to agree with you.
The first objective of karate , is to improve one's character . The karateka has to train with (not against ) other people , and learns respect.
To quote Gisjin Funakoshi : "the purpose of karate , is not victory or defeat , but the improvement of the character , and personality of the practioner. Karate is sport , self-defence and body culture . If violence erupts , it is only the because of disharmony between body and spirt . "
"To be violent , is to be weak" .
While i can understand that , in the above mentioned situation , it might have been necessary to break someone's nose , to survive , this is nothing to be happy about . You survived , you can learn from the situation , but if you truly feel good about hurting someone , you are not practicing karate , as that mindset doesn't fit in karate.
That's true, but i doubt that a car who speeds past a red light , is going to take the time to look at anyone.
And it's not always when you are just crossing over either. I was had a car nearly drive me off the road , when i was almost at the end ( so it was already red for a while ).
"Austin cops routinely have orgies in the backroom with arrested hookers!": Libelous (if not true) and not protected in any sense of the word. Unleash those subpeonas!
But what if they do , but the cops make sure it can't be proven ?
If it's my opinion that that Austin cops routinely have orgies , based on why i consider evidence ( but what other people may not consider evidence ) , i still have the right to voice that , and i don't see why it should be libel .
So : " In my opinion , Austin cops routinely have orgies ..." , is not libel , it's just stating your opinion.
The pirate bay is it's users , and they are very much alive.
As long as there is one free minded individual on this planet , the essence and spirit of TPB , will remain alive.
I don't see why servers shouldn't be able to do that.
The crawlers that search engines use , are also servers.
So , if you want to set up a crawler which looks for porn and music , i don't see what the problem would be , except that it's already been done by other search engines.
Interesting to see all that karma burn
Well , i don't have a credit card , so i'm fine with that.
So , by your definition a parasite , isn't alive either ? as it can't survive on it's own.
You are creating your own definition of alive , in other to determine what is alive and what not
Really ? On what basis do you assume that virri are not alive ?
Trough the Selectable Output Control ?
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Am i the only one who misread that as MPAA biggots ?
And i wouldn't put it on my resume either : it's like a written statement of you admitting a crime.
The problem with your comparison to Scientology is when most people hear "Scientology," they think "money-grubbing, murderous, evil bastards."
You are right , that is exactly what i thought .
Uhm Falun gang is not far from the truth. Although I do not agree with the Chinese government's methods of persecution, falun gong is akin to scientology in own operations.
anon. cow. for good reason
Only if you believe everything the Chinese Ministry of Truth (or lack thereof) tells you.
From my point of view , it's resembles a form of Budhism , and that's one of the most peaceful religions i know.
You have a point , offcourse.
But my claim was not to say no companies could benefit from it , just that the benefit is mainly aimed towards the end users , who can be ensured that the software will remain free.
BSD , is more favorable to companies , because they are allowed to do much more with it , as you stated. However , the end user suffers , because the project may become propietary.
In the end , it all comes down to rights.
Both GPL and BSD are good licenses , as long as they are used in the right situations.
that's because the word has a feminine ring to it.
I guess that's how a male brain works.
Something like :
"This is the mail system at host xxxxx.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. "
I get that all the time , from people who are alive , but their mailboxes have sadly passed away.
Which comes down to just providing them the Ubuntu CD , which most would do anyway.
Unless you really made some changes to the source code , in that case , you also need to provide the source for those changes.
I don't see the problem : if you use GPL , you know this is what you have to do . It's what GPL is all about.
If you don't want to do this , you need another license type. Often , this is a possibility too ( for a modest fee ) . I'm not sure if Ubuntu has it though.
Simply put : GPL favors mainly the end users :
by ensuring that derative products are also open source , you ensure that a product will stay open source.
However , i doesn't favor developers or companies ( who are forced to share their work for free ) .
With shields , offcourse :-) .
Well , using facebook might prevent him from drinking ( for instance , because you don't want to spill your drink on the keyboard).
You may have a point, but i still don't see how they could get their bank records , because , by default Limewire only shares the 'Shared folder' .
So , they either put their bank records in the Shared folder , or they changed the settings to include other folders.
What i mean to say is : Limewire already put effort into making sure you don't accidentally share files .
That being said , considering the amount of junk you get when typing 'tax return' , i must admire the persistence of the identity thief.
Yes , that's what i find to be one off the flaws in Truecrypt : you can not have more than one hidden , which means they will be asking for the hidden one , anyway.
The fun thing about this is , i don't even need it , because i don't have anything worth hiding , but i create these volumes anyway, for fun
So if one day , the law enforcement does want my machine , they will spent hours , maybe even days or longer , breaking the encryptions , to find something totally useless . And yes , that would be worth it :-) .
Actually , Truecrypt can be used as a stand alone executable , which could be put on an external medium , like a usb stick .
That way , you don't have to install it on your system , and there is no way to prove it , unless they find the stick.
Can i have a copy of that book ?