Have you ever wondered how long it would take to record so much data that to read it would take the same amount of energy as it would take to boil all the water in the world's oceans?
Thankfully we have ZFS but how much data do they really intend to store? It is cheaper to just put everyone in prison and give them a free iphone. As long as tasty meals are provided there shouldn't be many complaints. I shotgun top bunk.
Please revert to the terminology of trashed. This is in relation to bug that was found in the social media freedom index. Testing so far reports it temporarily fixes the problem. Stay tuned for further updates.
My computer is too old to even run windows 8, which even if I did, would leave me stuck in its menu and lost. I began using Linux 2005 when I found myself with a broken XP install and unable to fix it. I am very dumb but through using Netscape Navigator on windows 95, which I used until 2003 when I finally could buy a new computer in pieces over 6 months, I had found mozilla and was vaguely aware of open source. I dabbled in a bit of HTML and PHP which were easy though I never became a programmer and wouldn't be able to do any of that wizardry now. I then found firefox and around all its hype was mention of red hats and mandrakes.
I still didn't have a CD burner and stuck on a 56k modem connection I tried downloading linux installs that were said to be installable from floppy disks but they didn't even boot. Using a download manager later I was determined to download mandrake. I spent 3 months doing this. I ended up taking my computer in a wheel barrow over to a friends house where we LANed together so he could burn this thing on to CD, but all his CD-Rs were corrupt so I went home still using windows XP.
Following this I spent a lot of time saving up for a CD burner. I'd built the computer myself with no expertise, just figuring it was like lego, and I'd pulled apart the odd box and stuck ram from machine into another so what could go wrong? I only earned $100 per week working part time in a fast food joint and since my mother thought I spent too much time on the computer (making '99 style websites I thought were really cool and would lead me into a career of web development) she wouldn't help me in any way.
I then got a free coupon through some website for Linspire. I thought since it's worth $50 this must be a better Linux than all those free ones that were just like DOS (well to be completely honest I didn't know what to expect, I'd never seen a screenshot of linux just all this crazy command line documentation, I still thought it was going to be like DOS which to me meant it would have some fun games from my childhood). I can't remember how or when but somehow I had this CD burned and ready when my computer broke. I still didn't have anything faster than 56k dialup.
At the time there had been way to get free dial up but that had ended and by now I was paying for my own dialup it cost a whopping $20 per month of the $400 I earned.
When I booted Linspire I was pleasantly surprised by the installer, it was gui and easier than installing windows 2000 and XP. I'd remembered the upgrades of windows 3.1 to windows 95 my (extended) family had done with what seemed like 31 disks and the nightmares this had been for them. Linspire to me on first impression seemed like the most advanced system I had ever used. This linux thing was indeed really cool and I had heard of it being more stable.
I probably reinstalled Linspire 2-3 times in the first month of using it. I kept breaking its CNR trying to use apt and quickly found out it wasn't the best Linux. My younger brother had found out you could order free CD's from Ubuntu and told me they were coming. Linspire had KDE and compare to windows XP it was pretty easy to use, it even did some things better. I did find the whole installing software thing a bit difficult to get my head around and the filesystem in / looked pretty daunting.
after no more than two months I had switched to Ubuntu 5.10. I'd remembered those mandrake 10.1 cds and installed that first but it didn't connect to its repositories, because it was too old an install but I didn't know that. I had thought highly of mandrake before that, it had a good brand and reputation as far as I could tell. The lack of repository in mandrake meant I used Ubuntu. My first impression of Gnome was that it looked stupid compared to KDE but as I began using it I really found it useful. within 6 months of using it, when I tried KDE again I found I didn't like KDE as much and by now something about KDE's theme annoyed me, like the shape and size of its icons and clocks in the panel all being
I don't think bitcoin is the best example to use for technology in a presidential debate. It isn't used by enough people. It does represent a way that something existed that there wasn't a law for and the fact that a presidential debate isn't the place to discuss these kinds of matters highlights the real issue: Representative democracy.
Now this is what the presidential debate should really be focused on, aside from all the other populist agendas on show, how do we use technology to create and electoral process for both national economies and the globalized world that is fair, secure and MORE EFFICIENT.
I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to technology despite reading slashdot several times per day, I don't have the time or the energy these days to go exploring every interesting new thing the way I did when I was a teenager and had a few hours free time per week at the expense of my parents. I've been using Linux all my adult life and have become used to being isolated from many newest and greatest new things, and subsequently became used to viewing the mainstream from a different perspective in other ways - essentially I am aware that politically I am a minority. This means the current electoral systems don't really give a result I see as valid, both in the sense of counting my input but really in even discussing the matters I think are important.
Social media allows us to form groups and follow topics and even hierarchies within these. The reality is that this is where most of the topics you want discussed about technology will occur. Only once a group is powerful enough (by numbers), or credible enough (has proven they are experts on the matter) will they be able to effect change. What needs to be taken out of all political systems is the ability to influence change with money. Democracy as I understand it was about giving equal say to equal people. The use of money in a political system is a clear statement that you are not equal, as an individual.
Bitcoin seeks to take the power away from governments using the very thing that has corrupted the political system, however this is also one of the very reasons it is unlikely you will ever see bitcoin discussed based on merit - if it is discussed it will be based on fear or as a weapon to dominate some other sovereign market.
It would be nice to have a system where daily several simple questions about current events, economics and technology for example were delivered to you to vote on in a form of unofficial direct democracy and truly representative detailed analysis of these subjects were discussed by the various departments/ministries in a detailed manner months before the election as the very first step towards the campaign trails. Instead of campaigns based on political spin it would anchor the politicians to the people and force them to discuss topics that mattered and allow the people to search for data and ask relevant questions that interested them along the way.
Modern democracy acknowledges our different views but technology has not yet delivered us a way to deliver it more effectively or even sort our views before delivering the vote. In reality an election should be a 3 hour multi choice exam. Some of it should be sections you have because you opted in due to interest, some of it should be sections you're qualified to answer and if you want you can abstain or just pick a proxy to vote on your behalf. This is what political parties are proxies with a predefined set of views. There are not just two views. Stating there are just to views on the myriad of topics that concern a government and its people is ridiculous. It is not efficient and it proves that in reality democracy is just one vote away from dictatorship, you are merely voting in the puppet leader, or assessing their performance, not actually having a say.
Further reason why esoteric technology discussions have nothing to do with politics.
And I haven't even begun to discuss the difficulty of legislating for things that do not yet exist.
The Linus Torvald's you know and love is but a figurehead puppet used by the open source conglomerates as clean shaven media representative. This man was born without birth certificates as part of a Middle Eastern slave harem and is commonly known as the Lunix Colonel.
The real Linus Torvald's has not left his mothers basement for 25 years. Nor has he shaved in this time. In March 1994 the Kernel was released as version 1.0.0 to celebrate Torvald's beard reaching 1 foot in length. 2 years later, largely due to a healthy diet of lutefisk they celebrated the milestone of 2 feet.
Unfortunately due to interference by corporate actors such as the Soviet conspiracy, Red Hat, the numbers became stagnated and no longer accurately reflected the true length of Torvald's beard. He was forced to trim.
This event caused Torvald's great sadness and resulted in him spiralling out of control into deep depression like parts of Mark Shuttleworth's Challenger spacecraft. He stopped showering for several years and this corresponding time period contained the greatest number of bugs in both the Linux kernel, and his beard.
The depression and lack of hygiene was contagious and spread to Open Source Wizard Richard Stallman who became known for his podiatric-auto-canibillia and was more likely to be associated with sores and sauce than source. The rival HURD kernel will never be completed as Stallman has forgotten how to program.
Torvald's mean while continued coding until his fingers bled, pushing code into his git under pseudonyms of various nerds around the world who paid the open source conglomerate to keep the sole Linux Mainframe online.
In 2011 Torvald's was able to wrestle control back over his versioning system and matched the released to the length of his beard for the 3rd time. This greatly improved the kernel and led to the development of some of the key technology of the 21st century: System D.
Seeing that his kernel was getting bigger, Torvald's began researching peer to peer Bitcoin block chains and Tor network services as a way to revolutionise the kernel for the first time since Al Gore invented the internet. System D was to use the one true linux mainframes hard drive to store pictures of Torvalds Penis, the system D version numbers were to reflect it's size at any time in some of the first research into Quantum computing versioning. After Jarrod from subway the initial angel investor due to seeing how this technology could be useful for his own interests, Google joined the project with the creation of it's D-wave computer - The first self contained and self replicating System D computer.
This caused a further rift between Stallman and Torvald's, as Linus had turned his operating system into a more advanced version of HERDs naming system. Many gnus were killed in the great battle of recursion.
In 2013 Torvald's beard had grown to a staggering 4 feet, as long as Eric S Raymonds was tall. This also marked the first time that Linux and System-D were the same thing as at the time Torvald's penis was 4 feet long.
Torvald's beard is currently approaching 4.3 feet long. He last had a shower this morning when he nearly got an erection and it is currently free from bugs.
So you pay tax so that an entity that represents you can purchase what belongs to you off someone else? Sounds like a Ponzi scheme would be a better investment to be honest.
Incidents like these serve to remind me the tools are in the criminals hands. Just like software "hacking" and botnets, robotics will no doubt see increasingly sophisticated applications in circumventing security. Maximum security jails are probably going to have to become more and more advanced, equipped with loads more sensors and probably far more enclosed. Weird little machines in the walls of buildings snooping and cutting away like mice infestations don't seem to me like an absurd possibility. At least exterminators are going to have a hi-tech skill tree to diverge into in the future, unlike some occupations.
When there are no jobs, provided we can feed everyone, we essentially have communism. The worker becomes the artist and the commodity is culture. The billionaires of the world would prefer the people to become their cattle however. Marked with their brands. No doubt we'll have a massive population crash before then, we are still just bacteria in the Petri dish that is the earth. And like the wild horse, I am slowly being broken down into complete apathy.
Rulers who seek to rule and make rules, are the worst kind. They proselytize their perspective as if they are somehow more important than the rest of us. Their feudal corruption manifesting deep into the core of their condition. War mongers intent on murder, worse than the backyard serial killer. All for lust and greed.
The benevolent, omnipotent, omniscient judge would surely destroy us all - for own sake. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, it all means nothing. Who gives a fuck what happens? We all die some day. We are no more important in the grand universe than the atoms that make it.
If it's 10x stronger and gets the job done, it solves the problem. Next job is for the quantity surveyor to figure out at which point having 2 or even 10 steel beams is more expensive than shelling out for this premium technology (Or to put it another way, figure out when this technology is cost effective.) If it's using less material, it's likely to be more sustainable too. Did you want them to invent a new element? lol.
I can't locate where you have got the information you base your on assumptions on.
I guess with the attitude you have to this, a rational course of discussion is to ponder, if they have chosen to spend this money on this project, where else could this money have been spent instead?
Perhaps they could have wasted it on painting street lamps and planting new shrubs in a public area, it really doesn't concern me, I don't live there. If the people of this place wanted this, it is perfectly acceptable.
But I suppose you believe they should be slaves to the will of the megacorps who showed no interest in the town. There is nothing they can do to save themselves. They will always be "poor" and it's there fault and they aren't allowed to do anything to try change this. Screw them for wanting what other people have. Let them eat cake.
And you are right, if the employees don't live there, it doesn't have as great a benefit for the town, but all an economy is, is the measurement of how much money is being shifted.
Installation fees of broadband cost $200 in my location, given the choice to actually choose how fast the speed was, $1500 would be great. The article mentions that the cost is cheaper, this means that lets say at reasonable discounts of $5 per week, after 6 years, the cost is nil and the overall burden to the town and its residents has gone. This of course does not account for maintenance and upgrades to the service.
Given that it is a local project, it improves the local economy, more jobs in the IT sector, more chances to actually improve that local median salary of $36,000 per year. The 5 dollars per week possibly given in discounts to the monthly broadband fee (a complete estimation but based on a statement by OP) will also likely go into the local economy, because that kind of amount will get spent on things like food and drink by most people.
You can argue it's a waste of money, but you can also argue this will greatly benefit the town. To say it's like borrowing $10,000 to play the lottery is a bit of a hyperbole however. Personally I believe internet access should be considered infrastructure, and the exact purpose of a municipal government is to make this infrastructure function as best as possible, otherwise there is no point in having governments at all.
We have two options. One is to censor and hide information. The second is to learn to be more tolerant and just accept everybody makes mistakes and says stupid things at times. If you're religious, you can't hide stuff from your god. If you're not religious your only judgement is by others and perhaps you deserve it.
With the internet what is unfair is how by and large people were fooled into thinking they were anonymous, I think allowing that belief and taking it away without peoples knowledge is a form of entrapment (or perhaps not educating the populace on the consequences of actions when they were always there). While anonymous people say things for reaction that they do not necessarily believe or mean. Perhaps that is a mark on their character. I was taught to believe that sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. This goes in two directions.
We are each individuals who have our own path to forge. I pity those who try to control others. I pity those who act without thinking. Don't live in the past, the key is to move on and learn from your mistakes, better yet learn from others. That is wisdom. Hakuna matata.
If someone invades and harms your people (those who are your neighbours and most similar to you) then there is nothing wrong with seeking information to protect them. However it is wrong to invade others. Killing is wrong, there is no justification for military action. It is barbaric animal behaviour. Compare Chimpanzees to Bonobos.
It is time for a generation of neutrality. A generation of peace. Let the actions of the past be healed by time and forgiven. But never forget for history guides us to the future. We will never get off this planet and ensure the long term survival of humanity while we fight with each other, and if my miraculous achievement we do, you can bet that while we are warlike it will eventually mean the destruction of earth at our own hands.
Our particular form of consciousness is unique as far as we know. It is something to be cherished and preserved. No life should be taken by the hand of a man.
There is nothing wrong with seeking the truth, but spying also involves deception, it involves stealing and it is done to gain influence and power, in the current climate of the world, it is done to harm people not protect them. The truth should be out there. Nothing should be censored. Everything should be recorded but privacy should be maintained. Those who commit crimes against their fellow men should then be tried in court and the evidence shown. Those who have done nothing wrong have nothing to fear.
If you try to imagine how scrutinised a politician must feel in the public eye, he is spied on daily, nothing he does is private, how then does he view spying on his people when they all spy on him. I can see why they do it, we are partly to blame, dirty politics and media sensationalism too.
Who cares who sleeps with who. Who cares what they did in the past (if they didn't steal, lie or kill) judge them by their actions, the rest can be judged at death. The focus should be on truth.
There should be no secrets in the first place. It is necessary for everyone to know the truth and the truth should not be hidden. The ancient greeks had no concept of sin. Their philosophy was only concerned with Truth. In truth there is little evil. And while the subject of truth is complicated as we all suffer from error and occasionally a white lie must be told to keep the peace, peaceful states would be open, transparent and truthful, for they would have nothing to hide or fear.
In a truly free market, with truly free peoples, nothing is required to be secret. Openness is peace. Openness is innovation. Openness is a better way.
And while these men are all flawed in their own ways, their views and beliefs likely to contradict in places, the following list of men are heroes of the 21st century. There are many more and I apologise I have not included any women. No person is perfect.
Edward Snowden Richard Stallman Elon Musk Bradley (Chelsea) Manning Julian Assange Linus Torvalds
And like I said many more. I do not agree with all their views, I am politically dead neutral and centrist.
In a free market with global trade, the nation state is irrelevant. It is those that profit from war that are fighting to keep power. The world does not need despot politicians competing for their popularity contests like idiots in a talent show. A truly democratic computerised voting system is possible. Democracy should be about policy and people not who the people who rule us are. In democracy they are not meant to rule, they are meant to lead, they are meant represent the voice of the people. This is not happening.
There is too much anger in the world and it is upsetting me. I have always been taught to turn anger in to something positive. When I come in to conflict I will extend the olive branch. I will offer discourse and dialogue. I will be willing to compromise. I have learnt from the past.
Government is for the people, not to control. Transparent government is needed and then spying would be unnecessary. Only murderers have secrets. Nothing about the administration of a country should be hidden.
While you outline a scam by a woman which is relevant to this article, for comparison, of female started projects, how many are scams and vice versa? I would be willing to bet there are more male scammers out there (proportionally) than females, just as males are more likely to commit crime.
Sexist is discrimination based on gender that causes harm. Sexist is caring about something like this that does not affect you directly.
We should all be neutral about this. It is a fact, it is an observation and there is not necessarily a motive behind it (although for some there might be). Sex sells and the whole world is buying. If women earned more than men there would be no need for child support.
For the large part most feminists are as sexist as those they oppose, and in every walk of life (whether it be to do with race, gender, religion, politics or sport etc.) those that hold convictions are seeking dominance over others. If we look at the positive of every action, the outcome is more likely to be good for everyone.
We should marvel and cherish those who have been able to achieve greatness and hopefully with the winnings of their efforts they will realise that others have supported them, that others have helped them achieve and they will give back to others, whether in life or at death.
And while debate, free expression and constructive criticism are necessary and virtuous, rousing feelings of anger is not. Whether in yourself or others.
If without sounding like a conspiracy theorist too much, there is a small group of people controlling the world, which it seems, technology such as this leads to a weapon greater than the nuclear bomb. Until there is peace for at least a generation we can not be trusted to do this. However, it would appear that we also need this to survive.
The current dichotomy between power and freedom is unbalanced. Balance is what is needed. But as we live in the silent crusade, where only 10 nations are not engaged in border disputes, a scenario such as the world of Snowpiercer, The Matrix or, all those other dystopias is what I feel will result. But then again the only hope for peace is to ignore the cynic within.
May his greatness Elon Musk deliver us to the heavens and bring peace to all.
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Have you ever wondered how long it would take to record so much data that to read it would take the same amount of energy as it would take to boil all the water in the world's oceans?
Thankfully we have ZFS but how much data do they really intend to store? It is cheaper to just put everyone in prison and give them a free iphone. As long as tasty meals are provided there shouldn't be many complaints. I shotgun top bunk.
Please revert to the terminology of trashed. This is in relation to bug that was found in the social media freedom index. Testing so far reports it temporarily fixes the problem. Stay tuned for further updates.
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My computer is too old to even run windows 8, which even if I did, would leave me stuck in its menu and lost. I began using Linux 2005 when I found myself with a broken XP install and unable to fix it. I am very dumb but through using Netscape Navigator on windows 95, which I used until 2003 when I finally could buy a new computer in pieces over 6 months, I had found mozilla and was vaguely aware of open source. I dabbled in a bit of HTML and PHP which were easy though I never became a programmer and wouldn't be able to do any of that wizardry now. I then found firefox and around all its hype was mention of red hats and mandrakes.
I still didn't have a CD burner and stuck on a 56k modem connection I tried downloading linux installs that were said to be installable from floppy disks but they didn't even boot. Using a download manager later I was determined to download mandrake. I spent 3 months doing this. I ended up taking my computer in a wheel barrow over to a friends house where we LANed together so he could burn this thing on to CD, but all his CD-Rs were corrupt so I went home still using windows XP.
Following this I spent a lot of time saving up for a CD burner. I'd built the computer myself with no expertise, just figuring it was like lego, and I'd pulled apart the odd box and stuck ram from machine into another so what could go wrong? I only earned $100 per week working part time in a fast food joint and since my mother thought I spent too much time on the computer (making '99 style websites I thought were really cool and would lead me into a career of web development) she wouldn't help me in any way.
I then got a free coupon through some website for Linspire. I thought since it's worth $50 this must be a better Linux than all those free ones that were just like DOS (well to be completely honest I didn't know what to expect, I'd never seen a screenshot of linux just all this crazy command line documentation, I still thought it was going to be like DOS which to me meant it would have some fun games from my childhood). I can't remember how or when but somehow I had this CD burned and ready when my computer broke. I still didn't have anything faster than 56k dialup.
At the time there had been way to get free dial up but that had ended and by now I was paying for my own dialup it cost a whopping $20 per month of the $400 I earned.
When I booted Linspire I was pleasantly surprised by the installer, it was gui and easier than installing windows 2000 and XP. I'd remembered the upgrades of windows 3.1 to windows 95 my (extended) family had done with what seemed like 31 disks and the nightmares this had been for them. Linspire to me on first impression seemed like the most advanced system I had ever used. This linux thing was indeed really cool and I had heard of it being more stable.
I probably reinstalled Linspire 2-3 times in the first month of using it. I kept breaking its CNR trying to use apt and quickly found out it wasn't the best Linux. My younger brother had found out you could order free CD's from Ubuntu and told me they were coming. Linspire had KDE and compare to windows XP it was pretty easy to use, it even did some things better. I did find the whole installing software thing a bit difficult to get my head around and the filesystem in / looked pretty daunting.
after no more than two months I had switched to Ubuntu 5.10. I'd remembered those mandrake 10.1 cds and installed that first but it didn't connect to its repositories, because it was too old an install but I didn't know that. I had thought highly of mandrake before that, it had a good brand and reputation as far as I could tell. The lack of repository in mandrake meant I used Ubuntu. My first impression of Gnome was that it looked stupid compared to KDE but as I began using it I really found it useful. within 6 months of using it, when I tried KDE again I found I didn't like KDE as much and by now something about KDE's theme annoyed me, like the shape and size of its icons and clocks in the panel all being
I don't think bitcoin is the best example to use for technology in a presidential debate. It isn't used by enough people. It does represent a way that something existed that there wasn't a law for and the fact that a presidential debate isn't the place to discuss these kinds of matters highlights the real issue: Representative democracy.
Now this is what the presidential debate should really be focused on, aside from all the other populist agendas on show, how do we use technology to create and electoral process for both national economies and the globalized world that is fair, secure and MORE EFFICIENT.
I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to technology despite reading slashdot several times per day, I don't have the time or the energy these days to go exploring every interesting new thing the way I did when I was a teenager and had a few hours free time per week at the expense of my parents. I've been using Linux all my adult life and have become used to being isolated from many newest and greatest new things, and subsequently became used to viewing the mainstream from a different perspective in other ways - essentially I am aware that politically I am a minority. This means the current electoral systems don't really give a result I see as valid, both in the sense of counting my input but really in even discussing the matters I think are important.
Social media allows us to form groups and follow topics and even hierarchies within these. The reality is that this is where most of the topics you want discussed about technology will occur. Only once a group is powerful enough (by numbers), or credible enough (has proven they are experts on the matter) will they be able to effect change. What needs to be taken out of all political systems is the ability to influence change with money. Democracy as I understand it was about giving equal say to equal people. The use of money in a political system is a clear statement that you are not equal, as an individual.
Bitcoin seeks to take the power away from governments using the very thing that has corrupted the political system, however this is also one of the very reasons it is unlikely you will ever see bitcoin discussed based on merit - if it is discussed it will be based on fear or as a weapon to dominate some other sovereign market.
It would be nice to have a system where daily several simple questions about current events, economics and technology for example were delivered to you to vote on in a form of unofficial direct democracy and truly representative detailed analysis of these subjects were discussed by the various departments/ministries in a detailed manner months before the election as the very first step towards the campaign trails. Instead of campaigns based on political spin it would anchor the politicians to the people and force them to discuss topics that mattered and allow the people to search for data and ask relevant questions that interested them along the way.
Modern democracy acknowledges our different views but technology has not yet delivered us a way to deliver it more effectively or even sort our views before delivering the vote. In reality an election should be a 3 hour multi choice exam. Some of it should be sections you have because you opted in due to interest, some of it should be sections you're qualified to answer and if you want you can abstain or just pick a proxy to vote on your behalf. This is what political parties are proxies with a predefined set of views. There are not just two views. Stating there are just to views on the myriad of topics that concern a government and its people is ridiculous. It is not efficient and it proves that in reality democracy is just one vote away from dictatorship, you are merely voting in the puppet leader, or assessing their performance, not actually having a say.
Further reason why esoteric technology discussions have nothing to do with politics.
And I haven't even begun to discuss the difficulty of legislating for things that do not yet exist.
The war of the machines has begun. It really is the year of the Linux Desktop.
The Linus Torvald's you know and love is but a figurehead puppet used by the open source conglomerates as clean shaven media representative. This man was born without birth certificates as part of a Middle Eastern slave harem and is commonly known as the Lunix Colonel.
The real Linus Torvald's has not left his mothers basement for 25 years. Nor has he shaved in this time. In March 1994 the Kernel was released as version 1.0.0 to celebrate Torvald's beard reaching 1 foot in length. 2 years later, largely due to a healthy diet of lutefisk they celebrated the milestone of 2 feet.
Unfortunately due to interference by corporate actors such as the Soviet conspiracy, Red Hat, the numbers became stagnated and no longer accurately reflected the true length of Torvald's beard. He was forced to trim.
This event caused Torvald's great sadness and resulted in him spiralling out of control into deep depression like parts of Mark Shuttleworth's Challenger spacecraft. He stopped showering for several years and this corresponding time period contained the greatest number of bugs in both the Linux kernel, and his beard.
The depression and lack of hygiene was contagious and spread to Open Source Wizard Richard Stallman who became known for his podiatric-auto-canibillia and was more likely to be associated with sores and sauce than source. The rival HURD kernel will never be completed as Stallman has forgotten how to program.
Torvald's mean while continued coding until his fingers bled, pushing code into his git under pseudonyms of various nerds around the world who paid the open source conglomerate to keep the sole Linux Mainframe online.
In 2011 Torvald's was able to wrestle control back over his versioning system and matched the released to the length of his beard for the 3rd time. This greatly improved the kernel and led to the development of some of the key technology of the 21st century: System D.
Seeing that his kernel was getting bigger, Torvald's began researching peer to peer Bitcoin block chains and Tor network services as a way to revolutionise the kernel for the first time since Al Gore invented the internet. System D was to use the one true linux mainframes hard drive to store pictures of Torvalds Penis, the system D version numbers were to reflect it's size at any time in some of the first research into Quantum computing versioning. After Jarrod from subway the initial angel investor due to seeing how this technology could be useful for his own interests, Google joined the project with the creation of it's D-wave computer - The first self contained and self replicating System D computer.
This caused a further rift between Stallman and Torvald's, as Linus had turned his operating system into a more advanced version of HERDs naming system. Many gnus were killed in the great battle of recursion.
In 2013 Torvald's beard had grown to a staggering 4 feet, as long as Eric S Raymonds was tall. This also marked the first time that Linux and System-D were the same thing as at the time Torvald's penis was 4 feet long.
Torvald's beard is currently approaching 4.3 feet long. He last had a shower this morning when he nearly got an erection and it is currently free from bugs.
So you pay tax so that an entity that represents you can purchase what belongs to you off someone else? Sounds like a Ponzi scheme would be a better investment to be honest.
Incidents like these serve to remind me the tools are in the criminals hands. Just like software "hacking" and botnets, robotics will no doubt see increasingly sophisticated applications in circumventing security. Maximum security jails are probably going to have to become more and more advanced, equipped with loads more sensors and probably far more enclosed. Weird little machines in the walls of buildings snooping and cutting away like mice infestations don't seem to me like an absurd possibility. At least exterminators are going to have a hi-tech skill tree to diverge into in the future, unlike some occupations.
When there are no jobs, provided we can feed everyone, we essentially have communism. The worker becomes the artist and the commodity is culture. The billionaires of the world would prefer the people to become their cattle however. Marked with their brands. No doubt we'll have a massive population crash before then, we are still just bacteria in the Petri dish that is the earth. And like the wild horse, I am slowly being broken down into complete apathy.
Rulers who seek to rule and make rules, are the worst kind. They proselytize their perspective as if they are somehow more important than the rest of us. Their feudal corruption manifesting deep into the core of their condition. War mongers intent on murder, worse than the backyard serial killer. All for lust and greed.
The benevolent, omnipotent, omniscient judge would surely destroy us all - for own sake. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, it all means nothing. Who gives a fuck what happens? We all die some day. We are no more important in the grand universe than the atoms that make it.
Nihilism for the win.
If it's 10x stronger and gets the job done, it solves the problem. Next job is for the quantity surveyor to figure out at which point having 2 or even 10 steel beams is more expensive than shelling out for this premium technology (Or to put it another way, figure out when this technology is cost effective.) If it's using less material, it's likely to be more sustainable too. Did you want them to invent a new element? lol.
I can't locate where you have got the information you base your on assumptions on.
I guess with the attitude you have to this, a rational course of discussion is to ponder, if they have chosen to spend this money on this project, where else could this money have been spent instead?
Perhaps they could have wasted it on painting street lamps and planting new shrubs in a public area, it really doesn't concern me, I don't live there. If the people of this place wanted this, it is perfectly acceptable.
But I suppose you believe they should be slaves to the will of the megacorps who showed no interest in the town. There is nothing they can do to save themselves. They will always be "poor" and it's there fault and they aren't allowed to do anything to try change this. Screw them for wanting what other people have. Let them eat cake.
And you are right, if the employees don't live there, it doesn't have as great a benefit for the town, but all an economy is, is the measurement of how much money is being shifted.
Installation fees of broadband cost $200 in my location, given the choice to actually choose how fast the speed was, $1500 would be great. The article mentions that the cost is cheaper, this means that lets say at reasonable discounts of $5 per week, after 6 years, the cost is nil and the overall burden to the town and its residents has gone. This of course does not account for maintenance and upgrades to the service.
Given that it is a local project, it improves the local economy, more jobs in the IT sector, more chances to actually improve that local median salary of $36,000 per year. The 5 dollars per week possibly given in discounts to the monthly broadband fee (a complete estimation but based on a statement by OP) will also likely go into the local economy, because that kind of amount will get spent on things like food and drink by most people.
You can argue it's a waste of money, but you can also argue this will greatly benefit the town. To say it's like borrowing $10,000 to play the lottery is a bit of a hyperbole however. Personally I believe internet access should be considered infrastructure, and the exact purpose of a municipal government is to make this infrastructure function as best as possible, otherwise there is no point in having governments at all.
We have two options. One is to censor and hide information. The second is to learn to be more tolerant and just accept everybody makes mistakes and says stupid things at times. If you're religious, you can't hide stuff from your god. If you're not religious your only judgement is by others and perhaps you deserve it.
With the internet what is unfair is how by and large people were fooled into thinking they were anonymous, I think allowing that belief and taking it away without peoples knowledge is a form of entrapment (or perhaps not educating the populace on the consequences of actions when they were always there). While anonymous people say things for reaction that they do not necessarily believe or mean. Perhaps that is a mark on their character. I was taught to believe that sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. This goes in two directions.
We are each individuals who have our own path to forge. I pity those who try to control others. I pity those who act without thinking. Don't live in the past, the key is to move on and learn from your mistakes, better yet learn from others. That is wisdom. Hakuna matata.
If someone invades and harms your people (those who are your neighbours and most similar to you) then there is nothing wrong with seeking information to protect them. However it is wrong to invade others. Killing is wrong, there is no justification for military action. It is barbaric animal behaviour. Compare Chimpanzees to Bonobos.
It is time for a generation of neutrality. A generation of peace. Let the actions of the past be healed by time and forgiven. But never forget for history guides us to the future. We will never get off this planet and ensure the long term survival of humanity while we fight with each other, and if my miraculous achievement we do, you can bet that while we are warlike it will eventually mean the destruction of earth at our own hands.
Our particular form of consciousness is unique as far as we know. It is something to be cherished and preserved. No life should be taken by the hand of a man.
There is nothing wrong with seeking the truth, but spying also involves deception, it involves stealing and it is done to gain influence and power, in the current climate of the world, it is done to harm people not protect them. The truth should be out there. Nothing should be censored. Everything should be recorded but privacy should be maintained. Those who commit crimes against their fellow men should then be tried in court and the evidence shown. Those who have done nothing wrong have nothing to fear.
If you try to imagine how scrutinised a politician must feel in the public eye, he is spied on daily, nothing he does is private, how then does he view spying on his people when they all spy on him. I can see why they do it, we are partly to blame, dirty politics and media sensationalism too.
Who cares who sleeps with who. Who cares what they did in the past (if they didn't steal, lie or kill) judge them by their actions, the rest can be judged at death. The focus should be on truth.
There should be no secrets in the first place. It is necessary for everyone to know the truth and the truth should not be hidden. The ancient greeks had no concept of sin. Their philosophy was only concerned with Truth. In truth there is little evil. And while the subject of truth is complicated as we all suffer from error and occasionally a white lie must be told to keep the peace, peaceful states would be open, transparent and truthful, for they would have nothing to hide or fear.
In a truly free market, with truly free peoples, nothing is required to be secret. Openness is peace. Openness is innovation. Openness is a better way.
And while these men are all flawed in their own ways, their views and beliefs likely to contradict in places, the following list of men are heroes of the 21st century. There are many more and I apologise I have not included any women. No person is perfect.
Edward Snowden
Richard Stallman
Elon Musk
Bradley (Chelsea) Manning
Julian Assange
Linus Torvalds
And like I said many more. I do not agree with all their views, I am politically dead neutral and centrist.
In a free market with global trade, the nation state is irrelevant. It is those that profit from war that are fighting to keep power. The world does not need despot politicians competing for their popularity contests like idiots in a talent show. A truly democratic computerised voting system is possible. Democracy should be about policy and people not who the people who rule us are. In democracy they are not meant to rule, they are meant to lead, they are meant represent the voice of the people. This is not happening.
There is too much anger in the world and it is upsetting me. I have always been taught to turn anger in to something positive. When I come in to conflict I will extend the olive branch. I will offer discourse and dialogue. I will be willing to compromise. I have learnt from the past.
Government is for the people, not to control. Transparent government is needed and then spying would be unnecessary. Only murderers have secrets. Nothing about the administration of a country should be hidden.
It is natural human behaviour to form a bond with those who are most similar to us. That is the structure of all societies. Tribalism.
While you outline a scam by a woman which is relevant to this article, for comparison, of female started projects, how many are scams and vice versa? I would be willing to bet there are more male scammers out there (proportionally) than females, just as males are more likely to commit crime.
Sexist is discrimination based on gender that causes harm. Sexist is caring about something like this that does not affect you directly.
We should all be neutral about this. It is a fact, it is an observation and there is not necessarily a motive behind it (although for some there might be). Sex sells and the whole world is buying. If women earned more than men there would be no need for child support.
For the large part most feminists are as sexist as those they oppose, and in every walk of life (whether it be to do with race, gender, religion, politics or sport etc.) those that hold convictions are seeking dominance over others. If we look at the positive of every action, the outcome is more likely to be good for everyone.
We should marvel and cherish those who have been able to achieve greatness and hopefully with the winnings of their efforts they will realise that others have supported them, that others have helped them achieve and they will give back to others, whether in life or at death.
And while debate, free expression and constructive criticism are necessary and virtuous, rousing feelings of anger is not. Whether in yourself or others.
I forgot nothing. An elephant never forgets.
Who cares.
If without sounding like a conspiracy theorist too much, there is a small group of people controlling the world, which it seems, technology such as this leads to a weapon greater than the nuclear bomb. Until there is peace for at least a generation we can not be trusted to do this. However, it would appear that we also need this to survive.
The current dichotomy between power and freedom is unbalanced. Balance is what is needed. But as we live in the silent crusade, where only 10 nations are not engaged in border disputes, a scenario such as the world of Snowpiercer, The Matrix or, all those other dystopias is what I feel will result. But then again the only hope for peace is to ignore the cynic within.
May his greatness Elon Musk deliver us to the heavens and bring peace to all.
lol.