The question presupposed that the greenest FOO had already been invented, and did not ask what would drive the best innovations to help protect the environment. Instead, it focused on what would be the best means of spreading green tech. I suppose a possibility might be that if a patented invention is so world-shatteringly good, a government could declare eminent domain and either force the production or provide free licenses to anyone who wants to produce the green FOO. Inventor still makes some money (government has to pay to cover loss with eminent domain), and there is always a risk that making something too good means a loss of potential profits, but since inventing is a gamble anyway (tons of great things never make it to market), it's not like it's a really big loss.
I always have to wonder exactly how much is satire, and how much is a way of disguising their own prejudice with sarcasm. Which is more disparaging, naming companies using the words "aspire" and "specialist" or describing employed autistics as "short bus staff"?
Given that the topic at hand was that Aspiritech specifically seeks out workers with Asperger's Syndrome, and those same people refer to themselves collectively as Aspies, it makes more sense to draw a connotation between Aspiritech and Aspie than it does between Aspiritech and Aspire. Now that the basis for offense is nestled in the mind, reading about Specialisterne makes "Special" stand out, not Specialist.
Wouldn't environmentalism benefit from weaker patents surrounding green tech?
That is the biggest question, and the answer is a resounding yes. If everyone can make the greenest FOO, it will less expensive. If it's less expensive, it will be more likely to replace existing non-green FOO. I know I might buy more CFLs if they would cost less than Incandescents.
These names seem to be disparaging. Would you work for a contract agency named Shortbusstaffers or a software company named Weonlyhirethementallydifferent?
The quote in my subject line is from a user who was allowed complete sudo access. I can't remember the "it" in question, but it was an rpm that wasn't from our distro back then. The machine was reimaged, the user was instructed that rpmfind et al is the *worst* choice for software installation, and sudo access was restricted to one specific command with pre-set parameters.
Looks like this.deb came from a similar site (for sceensavers).
one of the side effects of the treatment was green skin. I think we know where that leads.
Green skin with intelligence, then green skin with lost intelligence, then gray skin with intelligence, then green when extra angry with reduced intelligence again, then green with genius intelligence, eventually super-angry at your old friends who launched you into space, then fighting your red skinned double? Please pardon if I got a few steps out of order.
Imagine we still had home delivery of dairy products in America. And imagine the dairies decided to stop delivering product to stores. Just their home delivery.
An imperfect analogy, but it would change the relationship between you and milk. And your dairy.
And you might never know about chocolate milk. Or yogurt.
I could always stir in my own Nestle Quik(R)... until the dairy producers decide to close the analog hole and pump the milk straight to my stomach.
It's not really a scam. [...] The best part is - if nobody is watching a particular channel in your area - it may not be available to you at all because the headend stops transmitting channels that nobody's watching.
The last part sounds like a scam. It's like ordering (and paying in advance for) desert at a restaurant, and then the server says: "I'm sorry, the chef has stopped ordering the ingredients for that desert because no one orders it. Sorry, no refunds!"
Flying a plane into the Pentagon? Not terrorism (though it was for the folks on the plane).
The Pentagon's not much of a military target, despite being filled with military folk. It's much more civilian than you think. Also, those hijackers were working in tandem with a plan to kill thousands of civilians, so it's rather disingenuous to list only the Pentagon as a target in that particular example.
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They actually have a lot in common with certain conservative religious groups here in the US. Bob forbid those retards ever get their hands on the levers of power. We'd have bloggers on death row within the year.
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Please cite?
Errr..didnt think so...
Nice try.
Can you say PROJECTION?
Come to think of it... Seems the liberal side is all about that
Democrats trying to criminalize citizen journalism
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
12/03/09 5:10 PM EST
An amendment to a bill currently being considered by the Senate would deny ordinary citizens doing vital investigations in the public interest the same legal protections as professional journalists. If it were to become law, the change could significantly stifle important citizen journalism efforts similar to the recent ACORN expose.
The Senate is currently considering a new press shield law sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. The bill would "maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media." Except that Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Cal., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., want to ensure that any new journalistic protections would only apply to professional journalists and not regular citizens. An amendment filed by Durbin and Feinstein would modify the legislation to define journalists thusly:
AMENDMENTS intended to be proposed by Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. DURBIN)
Viz:
In section 10(2)(A), strike clause (iii) and insert the following:
(iii) obtains the information sought while working as a salaried employee of, or independent contractor for, an entity--
(I) that disseminates information by print, broadcast, cable, satellite, mechanical, photographic, electronic, 1or other means; and
(II) that--
(aa) publishes a newspaper, book, magazine, or other periodical;
(bb) operates a radio or television broadcast station, network, cable system, or satellite carrier, or a channel or programming service for any such station, network, system, or carrier;
(cc) operates a programming service; or
(dd) operates a news agency or wire service;
In section 10(2)(B), strike ''and'' at the end.
In section 10(2)(C), strike the period at the end and insert ''; and''.
In section 10(2), add at the end the following:
(D) does not include an individual who gathers or disseminates the protected information sought to be compelled anonymously or under a pseudonym.
While the ACORN story has stung congressional Democrats and pointed out the deficiencies of the mainstream media, there's no basis for Durbin and Feinstein's amendment that seems anything other than vindictive or an attempt to protect the powerful. It's telling that bloggers on both the left and the right are in total agreement this is very bad law.
Reality is a bitch huh?
And we can't have THAT when sadly attempting to bash conservatives now can we?
Yay, free press!
MOD ME DOWN!!!!
They did. I don't see how you're that off-topic though. They must have accidentally clicked "-1 offtopic" when trying to select "-1 inconvenient truth"
However, we may need to cancel due to a lack of attendees. What are people looking for in a conference in the midst of this recession?
Free is nice. Can you host one on the east coast, west coast, and midwest so people can drive to their destination? Oh, and Friday through Monday is ideal because it has to be vacation-time (If I'm "working" at the conference they have to pay travel expenses, but the travel budget was the first thing to go, so it would come from the emergency fund which I'd like to keep for real emergencies).
How in the hell could copyright have anything whatever to do with national security?
Well, since you asked... Now, don't get me wrong, I don't like what they're doing, but US exports are increasingly moving to ephemeral "ideas" (IP). Our leaders know this, so they're trying to keep the US from becoming a "victim" of the countries that can actually build stuff. They're trying to make the US into the PHB of Earth. The real plan should be to get the US back into the building-stuff market.
why do you assume everything is the president. good lord, how much micro management do you think happens in any government?
International treaties done with only executive authority (not voted on by congress for some reason) had *better* have his stamp of approval. I'd hate to think that diplomats can just do whatever the heck they want.
Personally, I would not want every single person carrying a weapon. Can you imagine the chaos of a crowd with weapons responding to a gunshot? One person will shoot the person they see shooting, but that person will be shooting at who they thought started it all. How do you effectively identify the target? Hell, if law enforcement responds, how do they identify the original gunman in the hail of gunfire?
Here's how it works:
You hear a gunshot? Everyone in the saloon draws their six-shooter (shotgun for the bartender) and points in the general direction of the noise. Nobody shoots yet, they're just ready to shoot. If it turns out to be a misfire or a celebratory shot, the pianny player gets back to work and everyone goes back to drinkin'. If'n someone's shot, or worse:dead, then everyone holds their guns on the shooter until the sheriff arrives to determine if it was murder or self-defense. If the shooter is plumb loco, and points his gun at anyone in the crowd, then it's obvious he's gonna die, and no one will keep shooting at other people after that. Barroom shoot-outs are the stuff of films. As long as everyone knows how to use their irons, ain't no-one gonna go crazy in a saloon.
*spit* *pa-ting*
Oh please. Our system is "working" just fine. 95% of American's get plenty to eat (too much, including me). We get fresh clean water at a moments notice - even the poorest among us can get free clean water. We can even manage jobs for 30+ million illegal immigrants.
My cat gets plenty to eat, fresh clean water at a moments notice (she'll let you know). And, she has a "job" keeping rodents away. But... she desperately wants to go outside, and I won't let her. She doesn't have Freedom, she has creature comforts.
I submit a request to be your Facebook friend as "CuteBlonde362436" and you accept, thinking that I might be a cute blonde with measurements 36-24-36. At this point, I have access to your information including the fact that you like to molest small woodland creatures. Of course, I'm neither cute, blonde, nor do I have those measurements. However, I am part of an FBI task force charged with protecting small woodland creatures from molestation and the reason I approached you on Facebook is due to an anonymous tip that said you were into that sort of thing.
I now have all the evidence I need to have you locked up for a very long time. Entrapment?
No. Entrapment would be if "CuteBlonde362436"* _enticed_ him to molest small woodland creatures and then arrested him for such. BTW, the government is probably everyone's friend on facebook. Private fraud investigators apparently are.
* (who would be a disabled account anyway, since fake names aren't allowed)
The average Linux, Unix user is willing to learn complex text commands and actually learn how to use a computer. The average windows user just wants to click some icons and magicly make it work.
The above average Windows user is willing to learn even more complex and arcane text commands/GUI clicks/rituals to use Windows at its full potential too. Linux/Unix focuses "ease of use" on the sysadmin (I can make those machines sing, sometimes literally). Windows focuses "ease of use" on the lay-person (Windows admining is a black-art).
Slashdot Mirror
so that I can follow it?
The question presupposed that the greenest FOO had already been invented, and did not ask what would drive the best innovations to help protect the environment. Instead, it focused on what would be the best means of spreading green tech. I suppose a possibility might be that if a patented invention is so world-shatteringly good, a government could declare eminent domain and either force the production or provide free licenses to anyone who wants to produce the green FOO. Inventor still makes some money (government has to pay to cover loss with eminent domain), and there is always a risk that making something too good means a loss of potential profits, but since inventing is a gamble anyway (tons of great things never make it to market), it's not like it's a really big loss.
I always have to wonder exactly how much is satire, and how much is a way of disguising their own prejudice with sarcasm. Which is more disparaging, naming companies using the words "aspire" and "specialist" or describing employed autistics as "short bus staff"?
Given that the topic at hand was that Aspiritech specifically seeks out workers with Asperger's Syndrome, and those same people refer to themselves collectively as Aspies, it makes more sense to draw a connotation between Aspiritech and Aspie than it does between Aspiritech and Aspire. Now that the basis for offense is nestled in the mind, reading about Specialisterne makes "Special" stand out, not Specialist.
Or maybe it's self-loathing; I might be an aspie.
Wouldn't environmentalism benefit from weaker patents surrounding green tech?
That is the biggest question, and the answer is a resounding yes. If everyone can make the greenest FOO, it will less expensive. If it's less expensive, it will be more likely to replace existing non-green FOO. I know I might buy more CFLs if they would cost less than Incandescents.
He is... the least discriminating man in the world.
These names seem to be disparaging. Would you work for a contract agency named Shortbusstaffers or a software company named Weonlyhirethementallydifferent?
The quote in my subject line is from a user who was allowed complete sudo access. I can't remember the "it" in question, but it was an rpm that wasn't from our distro back then. The machine was reimaged, the user was instructed that rpmfind et al is the *worst* choice for software installation, and sudo access was restricted to one specific command with pre-set parameters. .deb came from a similar site (for sceensavers).
Looks like this
one of the side effects of the treatment was green skin. I think we know where that leads.
Green skin with intelligence, then green skin with lost intelligence, then gray skin with intelligence, then green when extra angry with reduced intelligence again, then green with genius intelligence, eventually super-angry at your old friends who launched you into space, then fighting your red skinned double? Please pardon if I got a few steps out of order.
Create a very long string of recordings of unrelated calls and play them back to check for buffer overflow errors...
I don't really care to work that hard just to root a monkey.
Ah, but it's not milk, it's a powder additive designed for milk (they obviously passed milk through a gas chromatograph to make the powder).
Imagine we still had home delivery of dairy products in America. And imagine the dairies decided to stop delivering product to stores. Just their home delivery.
An imperfect analogy, but it would change the relationship between you and milk. And your dairy.
And you might never know about chocolate milk. Or yogurt.
I could always stir in my own Nestle Quik(R)... until the dairy producers decide to close the analog hole and pump the milk straight to my stomach.
It's not really a scam. [...] The best part is - if nobody is watching a particular channel in your area - it may not be available to you at all because the headend stops transmitting channels that nobody's watching.
The last part sounds like a scam. It's like ordering (and paying in advance for) desert at a restaurant, and then the server says: "I'm sorry, the chef has stopped ordering the ingredients for that desert because no one orders it. Sorry, no refunds!"
What about your windows?
there are plenty of people doing 'internships' for free just to get the xp
Why hunt giant rats for XP when kobolds offer the same amount and a chance for some copper/silver too?
Flying a plane into the Pentagon? Not terrorism (though it was for the folks on the plane).
The Pentagon's not much of a military target, despite being filled with military folk. It's much more civilian than you think. Also, those hijackers were working in tandem with a plan to kill thousands of civilians, so it's rather disingenuous to list only the Pentagon as a target in that particular example.
======= They actually have a lot in common with certain conservative religious groups here in the US. Bob forbid those retards ever get their hands on the levers of power. We'd have bloggers on death row within the year. =======
Please cite?
Errr..didnt think so...
Nice try.
Can you say PROJECTION?
Come to think of it... Seems the liberal side is all about that
Democrats trying to criminalize citizen journalism
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
12/03/09 5:10 PM EST
An amendment to a bill currently being considered by the Senate would deny ordinary citizens doing vital investigations in the public interest the same legal protections as professional journalists. If it were to become law, the change could significantly stifle important citizen journalism efforts similar to the recent ACORN expose.
The Senate is currently considering a new press shield law sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. The bill would "maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media." Except that Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Cal., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., want to ensure that any new journalistic protections would only apply to professional journalists and not regular citizens. An amendment filed by Durbin and Feinstein would modify the legislation to define journalists thusly:
AMENDMENTS intended to be proposed by Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. DURBIN)
Viz:
In section 10(2)(A), strike clause (iii) and insert the following:
(iii) obtains the information sought while working as a salaried employee of, or independent contractor for, an entity--
(I) that disseminates information by print, broadcast, cable, satellite, mechanical, photographic, electronic, 1or other means; and
(II) that--
(aa) publishes a newspaper, book, magazine, or other periodical;
(bb) operates a radio or television broadcast station, network, cable system, or satellite carrier, or a channel or programming service for any such station, network, system, or carrier;
(cc) operates a programming service; or
(dd) operates a news agency or wire service;
In section 10(2)(B), strike ''and'' at the end.
In section 10(2)(C), strike the period at the end and insert ''; and''.
In section 10(2), add at the end the following:
(D) does not include an individual who gathers or disseminates the protected information sought to be compelled anonymously or under a pseudonym.
While the ACORN story has stung congressional Democrats and pointed out the deficiencies of the mainstream media, there's no basis for Durbin and Feinstein's amendment that seems anything other than vindictive or an attempt to protect the powerful. It's telling that bloggers on both the left and the right are in total agreement this is very bad law.
Reality is a bitch huh?
And we can't have THAT when sadly attempting to bash conservatives now can we?
Yay, free press!
MOD ME DOWN!!!!
They did. I don't see how you're that off-topic though. They must have accidentally clicked "-1 offtopic" when trying to select "-1 inconvenient truth"
However, we may need to cancel due to a lack of attendees. What are people looking for in a conference in the midst of this recession?
Free is nice. Can you host one on the east coast, west coast, and midwest so people can drive to their destination? Oh, and Friday through Monday is ideal because it has to be vacation-time (If I'm "working" at the conference they have to pay travel expenses, but the travel budget was the first thing to go, so it would come from the emergency fund which I'd like to keep for real emergencies).
How in the hell could copyright have anything whatever to do with national security?
Well, since you asked... Now, don't get me wrong, I don't like what they're doing, but US exports are increasingly moving to ephemeral "ideas" (IP). Our leaders know this, so they're trying to keep the US from becoming a "victim" of the countries that can actually build stuff. They're trying to make the US into the PHB of Earth. The real plan should be to get the US back into the building-stuff market.
why do you assume everything is the president. good lord, how much micro management do you think happens in any government?
International treaties done with only executive authority (not voted on by congress for some reason) had *better* have his stamp of approval. I'd hate to think that diplomats can just do whatever the heck they want.
I feel bad things for this company's future. Bad Juju, bad Mojo.
Personally, I would not want every single person carrying a weapon. Can you imagine the chaos of a crowd with weapons responding to a gunshot? One person will shoot the person they see shooting, but that person will be shooting at who they thought started it all. How do you effectively identify the target? Hell, if law enforcement responds, how do they identify the original gunman in the hail of gunfire?
Here's how it works:
You hear a gunshot? Everyone in the saloon draws their six-shooter (shotgun for the bartender) and points in the general direction of the noise. Nobody shoots yet, they're just ready to shoot. If it turns out to be a misfire or a celebratory shot, the pianny player gets back to work and everyone goes back to drinkin'. If'n someone's shot, or worse:dead, then everyone holds their guns on the shooter until the sheriff arrives to determine if it was murder or self-defense. If the shooter is plumb loco, and points his gun at anyone in the crowd, then it's obvious he's gonna die, and no one will keep shooting at other people after that. Barroom shoot-outs are the stuff of films. As long as everyone knows how to use their irons, ain't no-one gonna go crazy in a saloon.
*spit* *pa-ting*
Oh please. Our system is "working" just fine. 95% of American's get plenty to eat (too much, including me). We get fresh clean water at a moments notice - even the poorest among us can get free clean water. We can even manage jobs for 30+ million illegal immigrants.
My cat gets plenty to eat, fresh clean water at a moments notice (she'll let you know). And, she has a "job" keeping rodents away. But... she desperately wants to go outside, and I won't let her. She doesn't have Freedom, she has creature comforts.
I submit a request to be your Facebook friend as "CuteBlonde362436" and you accept, thinking that I might be a cute blonde with measurements 36-24-36. At this point, I have access to your information including the fact that you like to molest small woodland creatures. Of course, I'm neither cute, blonde, nor do I have those measurements. However, I am part of an FBI task force charged with protecting small woodland creatures from molestation and the reason I approached you on Facebook is due to an anonymous tip that said you were into that sort of thing. I now have all the evidence I need to have you locked up for a very long time. Entrapment?
No. Entrapment would be if "CuteBlonde362436"* _enticed_ him to molest small woodland creatures and then arrested him for such. BTW, the government is probably everyone's friend on facebook. Private fraud investigators apparently are. * (who would be a disabled account anyway, since fake names aren't allowed)
The average Linux, Unix user is willing to learn complex text commands and actually learn how to use a computer. The average windows user just wants to click some icons and magicly make it work.
The above average Windows user is willing to learn even more complex and arcane text commands/GUI clicks/rituals to use Windows at its full potential too. Linux/Unix focuses "ease of use" on the sysadmin (I can make those machines sing, sometimes literally). Windows focuses "ease of use" on the lay-person (Windows admining is a black-art).
on a real Linux distribution it absolutely does matter because the user can't do any damage to the system no matter what they type.
Have you only used LiveCDs? You do know that root is a user, right?