Of course I blame the individual bankers who made the decisions that led up to this, who else is there to blame?!
I dont' think that anything was coordianted "higher up" than those finiancial institutions who made profit from the whole fiasco.
Now we can see who sits in the cockpit of the "invisible hand". When the people at the top of our complex financial system, with the trust and responsibility placed on them to safeguard the well-being of the whole community, behave in such an anti-social manner they belong behind bars. Overt anti-social behaviour is to be punished, that's the whole point of laws. That these people will get of scot-free or with only small (for them) fines is fresh evidence that the structure of our society needs mending. News at 11'!
Firstly, I am not from the US, so this seems all the more crazy to me.
Secondly, what would happen to the world if people started getting fired for their job for other such petty reasons? You're too fat, bye. Both of your parents died slowly of cancer, bye. Are these the type of Employee-Employer reltionships we want to foster?
Thirdly, To all who express their indignation about smokers and complain about how they make their lives miserable, you should start with other subgroups who are much more to blame. How can we start thinking of firing people if they get catched smoking a cigarette (like children at primary school) when there are widely-konwn white-collar criminals who evidently ripped off tens of thousands of people living unscathed?
His positions may be controversial, but it's intellectually dishonest to reject them without even thinking about it.
While I might not agree with everything he said, this is a very difficult issue and I personally don't know if he is right or wrong.
Stallman doesn't claim that "voluntary" pedophilia doesn't harm children with certainty, but just that he is skeptical of the harm done.
I personally believe that the reaction of society might have just as big or even a bigger negative impact on the mental development of the person concerned than the act itself.
Anyway, let's try to bring forth honest arguments for our viewpoints instead of rejecting opposing views outright.
After letting Firefox run for about a week, it's taking up 720 MB with 10 open tabs.
At times I had over 30 open tabs, and it still took less than 1.5 GB.
That may sound like a lot, but why not make use of the 4 GB + of RAM most PCs have nowadays?
The only wishes I am making to the Firefox team are the following
- make the 64-bit Linux version perform competently
- slower release cycle, stability over features
They totally nailed it whit the extension mechanism, so all they have to do is to offer a rock-stable, fast base system and people can mix and choose extensions to get the features they want. That's perfect. Don't get lead away from the right path!!!
This is just a wild guess, but maybe Google doesn't want people to organize their bookmarks by themselves.
In their vision, you should just tag/bookmark pages randomly, and "let them handle the rest" a.k.a "data-mine the shit out of you".
Just a shot in the dark, but who knows, it would mesh well with the impression I get when using their other services (I'm an avid user of gmail i.e.).
It's not only noscript, as the poster below indicates, once you've got used to tree-style-tabs there's no going back.
It seems to me that firefox's development model fosters the creation of cool, innovative add-ons more than chrome.
Even though their faster-than-light release cycle of late may put and end to this...:-(
Posting this from Iceweasel 8.0/Debian Wheezy.
Once you've got used to some of the better add-ons (adblock, noscript, peraperakun, tabmixplus, treeestyletabs) it's hard to make a change.
I don't care enough about slightly lower memory usage or slightly shorter start-up times (4GB of RAM, browser running for a week on average).
I don't get the advantages of chrome.
I've used chrome, and I experience more of a vendor-lock-down feeling with it. Of course there are a lot of extensions, but they seem more of an afterthought as compared with Firefox.
The biggest problem of Firefox ATM is that they are copying chrome too much instead of choosing their own direction.
That's all.
Why not just create a special "test" user with limited privileges?
Then switch all machines to this user when the students have to do the test, and switch them back to a user account with more privileges for normal use.
Or am I missing something?
I'm currently using ShareMeNot, it doesn't exactly follow the method you described but it should be effective in preventing the "usual suspects" from tracking your on-line behavior.
the United States' military's gift to civilization
OBJECTION!!!!
From wikipedia.com:
Although the basic applications and guidelines that make the Internet possible had existed for almost two decades, the network did not gain a public face until the 1990s. On 6 August 1991, CERN, a pan European organization for particle research, publicized the new World Wide Web project.
Don't let american patriotism blind you, the basis of the internet we are using today isn't an american invention! The summary is misleading, surprise, surprise!
EA's blabber is disgusting to hear for someone who appreciates gaming, be it solo, local or online.
They clearly understand jack about a gamer's heart and what makes a game great, but they hope to get their business-goals accepted by trying to sound all visionary-like.
Alas, nobody with experience in gaming will be able to take them seriously.
EA's true goals:
Facilitate data-mining
Make more DLC sales
Updateable in-game advertising
Restrict gameplay to EA-approved content
Take control away from the gamers/modders and claim it for themselves
These profit-driven bastard won't spend a second thinking about what makes a game great, because they don't know jack about games. I spit in their face.
The future lies with indie-games and Nintendo
Slashdot Mirror
Great comparison! It's difficult to stay sane in such an environment... and reading slashdot regurarly validates this assumption ;-)
What does it change for us? PS: Had to check wikipedia ;-)
Great comment :-) Especially the last phrase made me chuckle.
The car's engine is breaking down and needs a change...
Interesting comment, I'm no expert but it does sound realistic ;-)
Of course I blame the individual bankers who made the decisions that led up to this, who else is there to blame?!
I dont' think that anything was coordianted "higher up" than those finiancial institutions who made profit from the whole fiasco.
Now we can see who sits in the cockpit of the "invisible hand". When the people at the top of our complex financial system, with the trust and responsibility placed on them to safeguard the well-being of the whole community, behave in such an anti-social manner they belong behind bars. Overt anti-social behaviour is to be punished, that's the whole point of laws. That these people will get of scot-free or with only small (for them) fines is fresh evidence that the structure of our society needs mending. News at 11'!
Firstly, I am not from the US, so this seems all the more crazy to me.
Secondly, what would happen to the world if people started getting fired for their job for other such petty reasons? You're too fat, bye. Both of your parents died slowly of cancer, bye. Are these the type of Employee-Employer reltionships we want to foster?
Thirdly, To all who express their indignation about smokers and complain about how they make their lives miserable, you should start with other subgroups who are much more to blame. How can we start thinking of firing people if they get catched smoking a cigarette (like children at primary school) when there are widely-konwn white-collar criminals who evidently ripped off tens of thousands of people living unscathed?
What a mess.
So suddenly, when it comes to child porn, you shut off your brain and start screaming and foaming at the mouth?
Ad hominem? On Slashdot? Noooo! ;-)
Jokes aside, are you mentally retarded?
His positions may be controversial, but it's intellectually dishonest to reject them without even thinking about it.
While I might not agree with everything he said, this is a very difficult issue and I personally don't know if he is right or wrong.
Stallman doesn't claim that "voluntary" pedophilia doesn't harm children with certainty, but just that he is skeptical of the harm done.
I personally believe that the reaction of society might have just as big or even a bigger negative impact on the mental development of the person concerned than the act itself.
Anyway, let's try to bring forth honest arguments for our viewpoints instead of rejecting opposing views outright.
He didn't say "live simple" but "live simpler"...learn to read.
After letting Firefox run for about a week, it's taking up 720 MB with 10 open tabs.
At times I had over 30 open tabs, and it still took less than 1.5 GB.
That may sound like a lot, but why not make use of the 4 GB + of RAM most PCs have nowadays?
The only wishes I am making to the Firefox team are the following
- make the 64-bit Linux version perform competently
- slower release cycle, stability over features
They totally nailed it whit the extension mechanism, so all they have to do is to offer a rock-stable, fast base system and people can mix and choose extensions to get the features they want. That's perfect. Don't get lead away from the right path!!!
This is just a wild guess, but maybe Google doesn't want people to organize their bookmarks by themselves.
In their vision, you should just tag/bookmark pages randomly, and "let them handle the rest" a.k.a "data-mine the shit out of you".
Just a shot in the dark, but who knows, it would mesh well with the impression I get when using their other services (I'm an avid user of gmail i.e.).
It's not only noscript, as the poster below indicates, once you've got used to tree-style-tabs there's no going back. :-(
It seems to me that firefox's development model fosters the creation of cool, innovative add-ons more than chrome.
Even though their faster-than-light release cycle of late may put and end to this...
hahahaha
Posting this from Iceweasel 8.0/Debian Wheezy.
Once you've got used to some of the better add-ons (adblock, noscript, peraperakun, tabmixplus, treeestyletabs) it's hard to make a change.
I don't care enough about slightly lower memory usage or slightly shorter start-up times (4GB of RAM, browser running for a week on average).
I don't get the advantages of chrome.
I've used chrome, and I experience more of a vendor-lock-down feeling with it. Of course there are a lot of extensions, but they seem more of an afterthought as compared with Firefox.
The biggest problem of Firefox ATM is that they are copying chrome too much instead of choosing their own direction.
That's all.
Why not just create a special "test" user with limited privileges?
Then switch all machines to this user when the students have to do the test, and switch them back to a user account with more privileges for normal use. Or am I missing something?
I'd be pissed, and rightfully so, ....
been looking forward to TMSS XIX since I saw the trailer.
whoooosh!
The point is that you completely misunderstand what the point of his post was.
*now really off to sleep*
Instead of talking about your classes, try to think for yourself and admit your reasoning is flawed.
Excessive use of caps = fail.
*off to sleep*
I'm currently using ShareMeNot, it doesn't exactly follow the method you described but it should be effective in preventing the "usual suspects" from tracking your on-line behavior.
the United States' military's gift to civilization
OBJECTION!!!!
From wikipedia.com:
Although the basic applications and guidelines that make the Internet possible had existed for almost two decades, the network did not gain a public face until the 1990s. On 6 August 1991, CERN, a pan European organization for particle research, publicized the new World Wide Web project.
Don't let american patriotism blind you, the basis of the internet we are using today isn't an american invention! The summary is misleading, surprise, surprise!
They clearly understand jack about a gamer's heart and what makes a game great, but they hope to get their business-goals accepted by trying to sound all visionary-like.
Alas, nobody with experience in gaming will be able to take them seriously.
EA's true goals:
These profit-driven bastard won't spend a second thinking about what makes a game great, because they don't know jack about games. I spit in their face.
The future lies with indie-games and Nintendo
This reeks of desperation...