Making a distinction between intent and action is quite important. Intent (along with historical performance, yes) has relevance to future action. Good Samaritan laws exist because people know there's a difference.
If Google were believed to be evil (malicious in intent), you could expect them not to clean this mess up. I don't think they're evil per se (it's complicated), so I expect they'll at least disentangle Gmail lockouts from Google+ lockouts.
Most people understand that just because another person is different doesn't mean that that other person is evil and needs to be fought. It's kind of ironic, actually... See, if you fear others, it makes you more suspicious, more likely to "protect" yourself by gearing up for a fight, more likely to condemn them, more likely to attack them. If you fear people who are different, you become the thing that you fear.
To fear and contemn is to be a source of suffering. If you're generally fearful, you are going to see bogeymen out there, whether there actually are any. You may lash out at what looks to you like bogeymen... and hit innocent people instead.
Chances are the bogeymen you see, Muslims, are mostly innocent. Just like how Christians are mostly innocent and this murderous Christian is one of the exceptionally fearful, narrow-minded extremists. I recommend you broaden your experience and get to know some of the innocent and kind Muslims.
However there are many people who try to seem smarter than they're, and they might deserve to be made fun of.
Leaving aside the moral debate of when a person deserves mistreatment, what is the value of abusively mocking someone in a public forum? It does not raise the level of discourse to something productive. At the least it's a kind of friction and so energy goes out the window as a kind of heat loss. Maybe it's a kind of turbulence that amplifies the original wobble of stupidity rather than smoothing things back into a laminar flow. Maybe it promotes a culture of antagonism, resulting in rampant friction and turbulence throughout, even in areas where there's small and meaningful/useful disagreement.
From what I can tell, it's an emotionally underdeveloped way of giving in to one's anger urges rather than a well-considered method for advancing discussion and making progress. You could say it retards progress. There are other, more sophisticated, and actually beneficial ways for handling disagreement and coping with people who are patently wrong.
If you want people to be aware of Giorgio Maone's mentality and motivations, you should probably link them to his blog entry on the matter. He goes into great detail.
Here are some snippits:
I screwed up. Big time.
Please let me apologize first, then briefly explain what happened from a slightly different point of view than Wladimir Palantâ(TM)s, then apologize again.
... I began tracking EasyList changes and counterreacting. Of course Ares2 didn't stop, nor I did, so we engaged in an escalation through more than 30 EasyList updates (even 4-5 per day) specifically aimed at my sites... If you've got some familiarity with Adblock Plus filters, you'll notice any standard web technology beyond basic HTML/CSS (scripting, frames, AJAX) was completely disabled. They got to the point where users could no longer even see the regular links to install NoScript or FlashGot.
If you're describing his actions only as "[abusing his] position for monetary gain", you are spreading a simplistic understanding of the situation. That is virtually misinformation.
If anyone expects to have and share an opinion on this matter they really ought to read his blog post.
Windows isn't quite "becoming irrelevant". It's still a huge player and will continue to be for a long while. But as the OS is commoditized, as the platform is commoditized, through document standards and through frameworks, Windows stops being the juggernaut it once was. Microsoft stops being able to define the market and becomes just another player.
Windows is ceasing to be relevant as the phenomenon it was, as the de facto standard and platform. Now it has to compete.
I was interested in trying out straight razors -- was getting tired of the waste and hassle of cartridges. Are straight razors difficult or dangerous? What are the pros and cons?
Most people understand that just because another person is different doesn't mean that that other person is evil and needs to be fought. It's kind of ironic, actually... See, if you fear others, it makes you more suspicious, more likely to "protect" yourself by gearing up for a fight, more likely to condemn them, more likely to attack them. If you fear people who are different, you become the thing that you fear.
Quit being so afraid. It makes trouble for us all.
Are you suggesting that cluster headaches aren't vascular?
Cluster headaches have been classified as vascular headaches. The intense pain is caused by the dilation of blood vessels which creates pressure on the trigeminal nerve. While this process is the immediate cause of the pain, the etiology (underlying cause or causes) is not fully understood.
Maybe in time we can get to where reputation systems like Perspectives are the norm that everyone uses. That would solve the problem you're referring to.
To get there, people who have a little technical understanding should try out what's currently available. I recommend you give Perspectives and Cert Patrol a try.
Turns out there isn't any single "correct" form for letters. To think Palmer or D'Nealian Script is "Cursive" with a capital c or to think it is "The Script" for cursive writing is to have a limited perspective. Even within the Palmer method you had variation on letters.
Find a nice script you like or make your own. Use it carefully when you write. Do it enough with intention and it'll become easy to write and read.
I think ease or difficulty of reading is what you're referring to when you say "it has always sucked"?
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Another distinction it's important to make: Intent is a good predictor. Stated intent is not.
Making a distinction between intent and action is quite important. Intent (along with historical performance, yes) has relevance to future action. Good Samaritan laws exist because people know there's a difference.
If Google were believed to be evil (malicious in intent), you could expect them not to clean this mess up. I don't think they're evil per se (it's complicated), so I expect they'll at least disentangle Gmail lockouts from Google+ lockouts.
I said to you earlier:
Most people understand that just because another person is different doesn't mean that that other person is evil and needs to be fought. It's kind of ironic, actually... See, if you fear others, it makes you more suspicious, more likely to "protect" yourself by gearing up for a fight, more likely to condemn them, more likely to attack them. If you fear people who are different, you become the thing that you fear.
To fear and contemn is to be a source of suffering. If you're generally fearful, you are going to see bogeymen out there, whether there actually are any. You may lash out at what looks to you like bogeymen ... and hit innocent people instead.
Chances are the bogeymen you see, Muslims, are mostly innocent. Just like how Christians are mostly innocent and this murderous Christian is one of the exceptionally fearful, narrow-minded extremists. I recommend you broaden your experience and get to know some of the innocent and kind Muslims.
In Salinas, CA? Or maybe family-run and very religious is common in kitchen shops?
Or maybe Reddit.
Interesting you used Markdown syntax for your link. May I ask why you chose to?
However there are many people who try to seem smarter than they're, and they might deserve to be made fun of.
Leaving aside the moral debate of when a person deserves mistreatment, what is the value of abusively mocking someone in a public forum? It does not raise the level of discourse to something productive. At the least it's a kind of friction and so energy goes out the window as a kind of heat loss. Maybe it's a kind of turbulence that amplifies the original wobble of stupidity rather than smoothing things back into a laminar flow. Maybe it promotes a culture of antagonism, resulting in rampant friction and turbulence throughout, even in areas where there's small and meaningful/useful disagreement.
From what I can tell, it's an emotionally underdeveloped way of giving in to one's anger urges rather than a well-considered method for advancing discussion and making progress. You could say it retards progress. There are other, more sophisticated, and actually beneficial ways for handling disagreement and coping with people who are patently wrong.
If you want people to be aware of Giorgio Maone's mentality and motivations, you should probably link them to his blog entry on the matter. He goes into great detail.
Here are some snippits:
I screwed up. Big time.
Please let me apologize first, then briefly explain what happened from a slightly different point of view than Wladimir Palantâ(TM)s, then apologize again.
... I began tracking EasyList changes and counterreacting. Of course Ares2 didn't stop, nor I did, so we engaged in an escalation through more than 30 EasyList updates (even 4-5 per day) specifically aimed at my sites ... If you've got some familiarity with Adblock Plus filters, you'll notice any standard web technology beyond basic HTML/CSS (scripting, frames, AJAX) was completely disabled.
They got to the point where users could no longer even see the regular links to install NoScript or FlashGot.
If you're describing his actions only as "[abusing his] position for monetary gain", you are spreading a simplistic understanding of the situation. That is virtually misinformation.
If anyone expects to have and share an opinion on this matter they really ought to read his blog post.
Windows isn't quite "becoming irrelevant". It's still a huge player and will continue to be for a long while. But as the OS is commoditized, as the platform is commoditized, through document standards and through frameworks, Windows stops being the juggernaut it once was. Microsoft stops being able to define the market and becomes just another player.
Windows is ceasing to be relevant as the phenomenon it was, as the de facto standard and platform. Now it has to compete.
You can help raise the quality of online discourse.
Rise above the bait. Do your part to keep things civil.
Ha ha. Seems quite unlikely.
Intentional deaths probably outweighed by 1000:1 or more.
I was interested in trying out straight razors -- was getting tired of the waste and hassle of cartridges. Are straight razors difficult or dangerous? What are the pros and cons?
Better not to fear others for being different. Mostly people aren't interested in hurting you just because they're different.
And you might read up some on the motivations for things like 9/11.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FatawÄ_of_Osama_bin_Laden
Bin Laden's 1996 fatwÄ is entitled "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_attacks
Most people understand that just because another person is different doesn't mean that that other person is evil and needs to be fought. It's kind of ironic, actually... See, if you fear others, it makes you more suspicious, more likely to "protect" yourself by gearing up for a fight, more likely to condemn them, more likely to attack them. If you fear people who are different, you become the thing that you fear.
Quit being so afraid. It makes trouble for us all.
etc...
Therein lies the rub.
Are you suggesting that cluster headaches aren't vascular?
Cluster headaches have been classified as vascular headaches. The intense pain is caused by the dilation of blood vessels which creates pressure on the trigeminal nerve. While this process is the immediate cause of the pain, the etiology (underlying cause or causes) is not fully understood.
Diverged from the point, yes. Sorry.
Maybe in time we can get to where reputation systems like Perspectives are the norm that everyone uses. That would solve the problem you're referring to.
To get there, people who have a little technical understanding should try out what's currently available. I recommend you give Perspectives and Cert Patrol a try.
For those of us who understand certs these do the job. My comment is meant for them.
For the average joe I think it should be possible to build a plugin that abstracts the information in a way that makes sense.
Against what trusted source would they verify the fingerprint?
Using the following two Firefox plugins gets you pretty effective certificate vouching:
I expect those factors are rather small influence.
I ask, has anyone here changed their behavior because of these things?
Turns out there isn't any single "correct" form for letters. To think Palmer or D'Nealian Script is "Cursive" with a capital c or to think it is "The Script" for cursive writing is to have a limited perspective. Even within the Palmer method you had variation on letters.
Find a nice script you like or make your own. Use it carefully when you write. Do it enough with intention and it'll become easy to write and read.
I think ease or difficulty of reading is what you're referring to when you say "it has always sucked"?
If we're voicing how we think informal conversation ought to be...
Your bile is off-putting. Especially as overreaction.
Or you could just edit pageinquestion2.html.
That technique will work for a page or three plus a CSS file or so. If you're changing more than that you might consider subdir/.
Larger edits might do better to be done via dev ---> staging ---> production method.
Keep your HDL levels high.
Sorry I provided the chart out of context.
Chart visible at WP article on drug abuse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_abuse
Data from 2007 Lancet article "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse":
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60464-4/fulltext
I would argue that drugs can be used to good effect or bad effect. The same drug. It often depends on dose.
Take an aspirin for a headache? Sure. Take a dozen? Not so much, as it were.
Just how harmful a drug tends to be is still relevant:
drug danger.