The term "Open Standard" is used very inappropriately by RAND, M$ ... and many others.

Correctly stated M$ OOXML and other already accepted ANSI, ISO, IEEE ... "Industry Standards" are not "OPEN".

If you want to use a two word phrase, then the correct phrase for a few decades now has been and still is an "Industry Standard".

An "Industry Standard" is sometimes called an ANSI, ISO ... "International Standard", but in fact when proprietary content is used in a standard (legally) it is not "OPEN" and/or freely available to anyone, and is anti-competitive and anti-capitalist by making basic (non-creative/non-original) technology requirements private property for more socialist/communist (as in anti-capitalism) corporate-welfare.

By accepted technologist and L/FOSS convention dating back to the 1980's the usage of the term "OPEN" is conceptually reserved to products/ideas... that closely follow the "Public Property" [GPL, "Open Content", "Open Standards" ...] concept/intent.

Just like a public park, which is always paid for by the public or philanthropic individuals/foundations, the property is provided and developed for the public welfare. Software patents and industry standards are an obvious attempt by corporatist and their governments to prevent access [easement] to public property that could/would limit the private property's owners attempts to control public property use by citizens.

I know you see my direction of debate/argument, the word "Open" when capitalized or in all caps (like an acronym) should have as much legal standing as the term "Microsoft", "California", "Navajo" "The United States" "Organic" .... Repeated misuse of the term "Open" by industry, governments, agencies, foundations ... should not be allowed. The term "Open" when used in medicine, science, engineering, communications, literature, music, art, technology ... has a definite (though unregistered) trademark value in business and international economics that is being intentionally misused by industry to financially harm the public good, "Open Economics", and "Open Businesses" globally.

Revisionist-spin is never reality, but can be dogma for fools and "Exploiticians" to use for legal rights to the wind, they may even stupidly try to hold the wind for themselves.

Yep, that long ago, but do you think any of you younger /. whipper-snappers would remember back to 19970901 /. (I might gots that day wrong) launch.

CmdrTaco, Hemos, ... were all young fellers like yourselves are now ... young, plenty brash and dumb (smart at the same dang time), but now theys git'en older, wiser, wizen, creaking and crankier with age (still smart as always, like those RHS, Linus, Zimmerman ... fellers).

Should we ask CmdrTaco and Hemos; When/What/Where are the 10th year celebration' keggers, or is it a BYOB to Death Valley?

Welp, anyway happy 10th to all y'all /.s out yonder around the world.

US Army recruitment incentives [ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_creative_recruiting ] are a "buffet" of incentives, which include up to $45,000 tax-free that can accrue during a career in service to the Bush-Iraq war, then after an honorable discharge, can be used for a down-payment on home or marble mausoleum, the money could start a business for you or your beneficiaries. The Army wants to help keep all Bush-Babies (socially acceptable) safe from harm and at home for mommy-care and party-hardy schooldays for learning pseudo-patriotism, faux-spirituality, con-ethics, spin-logic, revisionist-history ... all the "Like-Real" important stuff. THANK GODD, there ain't a draft or real war that would get a few more rich kids traumatized, maimed, killed and keep them out of politics forever. Yes, I know there are a very few kids (proportionally) from the upper 1.0% of USA income families honorably protecting The USA Constitution in the military.

This is the same as Vietnam 40 years ago with the USA privileged with cowardice, nepotism, fraud, and treason making sure their children are safe from harm while allowing personal/family/friend war-profiteering. Then these "USA TRAITORS" with grate bravado and audacity, using tax dollars, attempt to buy our honorable patriotic children of USA families. Now (without a draft) there is an attempt to buy children of poor USA families for fighting our Bush-Iraq conflict.

REALITY is Volunteer Warriors are patriotic and step forward to protect Ideals, Family, and Friends.

This vapid and vile attempt to buy a military force to avoid a draft of rich lazy, sleazy, brats surly indicate the decline and failure of the USA culture and way of life. We will get what we pay for, if we are no longer willing to pay with our life to defend The USA Constitution, our democracy, freedom, independence ... well, then we will get what we pay for and deserve as a nation.

If we don't have our children volunteering, maybe it is because they are very smart and unwilling to be the sacrifice for politics gone totally fycking nuts. I know my life and the life of real Warriors and Patriots (Women and Men, Young and Old) are worth far more than any amount of money/property, and far less than their Ideals, Family, Friends ....

PLEASE help US, never vote for any incumbent or any career politician, because they are the real domestic enemy destroying US from within with lies and corruption. Also, lets vote the mythology goDmatist off the soap-box in the public square, out of all political activity, and chase them all back to their local "house of god" pulpits.

Did you see the premier episode of "Masters of Science Fiction"? [ http://abc.go.com/specials/mastersofscifi.html ] The series premier "A Clean Escape" 20070804 had narration by Professor Stephen Hawking. I was impressed .... What some would consider my maniacal morose morbid dark humor would title the episode; "I fear for thee humanity not me (considering present Whitehouse/congressional occupancy/IQ/...)". Also, it reminds me of Professor Hawking expressing, in the past, great concern about the precarious position our species remains in without space colonization as the national/international species survival policy.

What do SlashDotters think about on these topics?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/13/1522243
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/1242252
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060704195516AAnrdOD

Hysterically funny reply ..., to my reply, I got a mod-point off-topic-1.

Source /. Story: FCC Commish - US Playing 'Russian Roulette' with Broadband
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/03/1945220
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070803-fcc-commissioner-us-playing-russian-roulette-with-broadband-and-internet.html

_ _ My /. Reply: I'll be damn, there are leaders in the USA ....
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=260785&cid=20109207

"... Government. There just ain't no politician in the USA with any real leadership qualities. I don't think the corporate-lobbyist on /. can mod-down or call the FCC Commissioner Michael Copps a ->>troll. I suspect the politicians will have him before a committee soon to look like they will do something in committee and do nothing. ...."

The offtopic zing was perfection in humor, I must thank whoever (it must be a friend or fan) for a good chuckle on this one. Yes, I guess, I might be, sometimes an errant Knight of the WoeFolk Continent, Order of Quixote [AKA: Quijote].

"I will die with honor as an old wizen person wishing ... that I was more, ... that I had died at the hands of the vile giant Torquemada or his flaming shlak Bush minion of dreck.

It has always been with friends, I ride out to face death, and then always with close family, I return home in my bottomless feelings of loss and my scathing deep reproach; such that, I lunge from slumber to go forward, once more with ever fewer and far closer friends, we go from our families; once more, my scream dreams awaken US ... Hail Knights! Knights of the WoeFolk Continents! Wherever you are, whenever you go, whatever you do, family eventually forgets the going, never suffers the doing, remains proud of you trying, seldom forgives you dieing, never forgets ...; always, with tear and heart we remember. Knights of the WoeFolk Continents, not by names or any gods' will ... you are remembered forever, it is by family, friends, ideals, and heroic deeds for the less fortunate unknowns in need, as humanity, we all live forever.

DAMN! not again, my dear Elysian Domain friends ..., did I once more stray offtopic to memories and dreams?

Anyway folks, I like and respect (far more than any pez-prez candydate) the FCC Commissioner Michael Copps as a US Citizen opposed to "TREASON" and "OPPRESSION" by greed and lies of subversive politicians, corporatist, plutocrats, televangelists ... destroying our Great Union, infrastructure, education, security, capitalism, democracy ....

I do love my insanity; far better, than that of very foolish others.

http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/28/1932212
Global Cogent Campaign for DEMOCRACY! End Tyranny!

            I will start posting (as anonymously as possible for someone like me) mugshot photos with a politicians, corporatist, televangelist ... last name.png in as many internet public places as possible and including the simple caption "USA TRAITOR". I will leave it up to US Citizens to know/investigate why.

            Any USA Congressperson or Senator voting or corporatist, lobbyist, general ... against or President/VP vetoing "the bill banning paperless voting machines and requiring a voter-verified paper record for every vote in the country" will have their "name.png" mugshot plastered across the internet globally to make sure Yahoo, Google ... search-engines find their many mug-shots. Any creative Yahoo, Google ... search-engines/website filters will be an expensive minor annoyance to "Free-Speech" and creative methods for continuing to present the "USA TRAITOR" mugshots.

            All reasonable (excludes mythology/religion) folks internationally should help US Citizens identify USA traitors to democracy and humanity. Creating, posting, and reposting "USA TRAITOR" mugshots will help.

            ALSO, politicians and others beating the dead-horse mythology/religion and/or pseudo-patriot drum can expect the same "TRAITOR" mug-shots.

            Mythology/religious beliefs and practices are fully protected by The USA Constitution, and I fully support and defend mythology/religious freedoms for all US Folks. The Separation of mythology/religion from Government is fully protected by The USA Constitution, and I fully support and defend US Citizens freedoms from mythology/religious tyranny in Government. Any US Citizens seeking compromise are Traitors to DEMOCRACY The USA Constitution, US Citizens and Culture.

            IOW: Personal OKay and Public NoWay mythology/religion!

            Treason needs to carry an old-law sentences of death for death, life for subversion, and disenfranchisement from democratic processes and services for anyone leading mythology/religious processes and services. No human can ever serve two masters on earth; Therefor, you can serve The People/Humanity, or you can serve any God/s of any mythology/religion, but never can anyone serve both without evil consequences for everyone.

            The USA Constitution and all humanity's right to Free-Speech can be supported by keeping the internet open+accessible to all people globally.

            I hereby reserve to all non-partisan pro-democracy foundations/groups... the property copyright to the "USA TRAITOR" caption on all graphic files depicting a human face. Laugh if you want, I will always consider Treason against and/or Murder of humans equivalent evils for US Citizens. This still leaves open "CHINA TRAITOR", "RUSSIA TRAITOR", "EU TRAITOR" ... to humanity and human rights/freedoms.

The "Real Professionals" in Military and Government Service (especially field personnel) have
my many thanks and great respect for all they are doing for The USA Constitution and Citizens.

The "Real Professionals" in Military and Government Service have our National Interest at heart and mind unwavering. Our Field Personnel are exceptional and would have prevented (I believe) 9-11 and the NOLA catastrophe, killed Bin Laden and all the top terrorist leaders .... The "Real Professionals" in Military and Government Service (from Border Patrol and Forest Service to all our office workers and deployed folks) are diligent and extremely committed to The USA Constitution and National Interest. "Real Professionals" are committed to victory, performance, success .... For "Real Professionals" fear/failure are obstacles not any acceptable attitudes, propaganda, or options.

Many dedicated "Real Professionals" for decades now have been insulted, abused, oppressed, fired or forced to retire in a nepotist SOP environment of political "Ass-kissing", "Dogma-sucking", and "Delusion-puking" in the USA Government. Balance was maintained (until the last 20 years) between the "Real Professionals" and the do-nothing politicians with their career-manager minions.

FBI politicized "executives/bosses" are among the biggest (Military "Career First" GO, State Department OJT, Homeland Defense popinjays, Justice Department Spinsters, Executive Department Story Tellers ...) failures of the USA Government. Chaos theory should apply to the politicized, "executives/bosses" creating a destructive avalanche of failures that could eventually overwhelm the few remaining "Real (executives/bosses) Professionals" in the USA Government. For all the failures politicized "executives/bosses" will blame the "Real Professionals" and degrade all "Real Professionals" efforts further. Politicized "executives/bosses" and politicians are "career managers" never "Real Professionals" committed to performance and success.

It all started in Congress, now it is in the Whitehouse, and finally include the politicization of the Supreme Justice of the land. Just what we don't fycking need politicized "executives/bosses". In times of National Emergency our politicized "executives/bosses" are advocating Corporate-Welfare, Religious Mythology Policy, Plutocratic Fools' Gold Doctrine .... The worst thing that ever happened to the USA Military, after WWII was the second tour of Don Rumsfeld and his demented corporatist-welfare agenda priorities.

If you, in these times, believe any politician (including a parent) is telling the truth, working for the Public Good, or even defending US Citizen freedoms, justice, and posterity for our grand-children, then you are a fool, uneducated, and/or mentally ill.

A Reply to http://science.slashdot.org/~mikeeusa2/journal/175339

By OldHawk777 (19923) on 2007.06.28 12:52

Mikee, I am sure you will agree ..., and I don't care ... if not.

What is good for the goose is really good for the gander.
So, lets not allow the public violence to continue, hang both
married adulterer and married spouse in a closet prior to any
child birth. With child/children a delayed execution is arranged
until the child reaches the pejorative (post puberty and fully grown)
age for sterilization and released into the general public.

After courts, judges and lawyers get their fees, there is
no need for jails, orphanages, child welfare....

In my 20s & 30s, if the above was law, I could have killed off
a few horny god-fearing couples by sleeping with either one, and
I would make sure the married couples were slaughtered prior to
any child birth. Today genetic test would prove which of the sluts
screwed me, I would be forced to (in the event) raise my child
(who could not be sterilized, one parent was NOT married), and
the lynching could proceed in the nearest available dark closet.
I have never supported public or "in the home" execution/violence.

I could have won an annual "Darwin Multiple Compassion Award (DMCA)"
for preventing idiots from reproducing in humanity. DAMN, only if ...
I could have seduced one of your parents before you were born, they
would hang, and you would never say what you said with great eloquence
and insipid stupidity.

I did try to flavor this with humor and subtlety, how did I do?

AC, http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=237971&cid=19465383, your comment was a good one, but you need to keep up (if possible), I used the term demagoguery at some prior point in the string. Made-up figures (fits with demagoguery) don't scale into real-world politics in a free society (fits with hubris). Some folks like me reason logically and communicate with "Dark/Sick/Black humor" which is not well appreciated by the general US public. With better public education, I would expect far less folks to misunderstand my humor and reasons for expressing things with wild-crazy delusional/insane comical style. So, don't worry, be happy, and !HAVEFUN!

With the availability of revisionist content in our country, it becomes easier and easier each year to deceive the voting public, especially as the the younger generations are more and more informed by dogmatic demagogy content. It is through these very mechanism that, within the last 40 years or so, both major parties have come off looking like fart-eating, shit-sucking, ass kissers of elitists [AKA: Plutocrats] shit. Your demagoguery (of youth) may hold some kernel of truth, but it would only work on a parochial scale in our communities, as usual today.

I am cynical with reason. I regret; many young and old, US and EU citizens have lost and will lose many important intangible (freedoms, security, health, hope, dreams, life...) and real (wealth, family, friends) things/folks due to (political, corporatist, religious...) harmful/lethal plutocrat hubris [based in dogma, revisionism, demagogy ...]. This doesn't mean that all plutocrats are corrupt and out to get you any more than the remaining general public. Maintaining your delusional dogma-based perspective hasn't gotten US, EU, or others of humanity anywhere in the last few thousand years (AKA: religious chiliasm/millenium).

Which do you suppose is crazier, you, or world history? It appears that Occam's Razor may not easily/reasonably apply for folks that think, reason, audit and analyze to derive their answers [AKA: opinion (not good/bad, we just all have one)]. When there are no obvious and simple answers for folks, and a person/individual picks a fictitious dogma/mythology (we are not talking about science and math) to govern their life ... well !!! then a "pseudo-Occam-Razor" does easily/reasonably apply for the fleecing of sheep and the slaughter of lambs.

Yours' and others' use of "pseudo-Occam-Razor" reasoning is very dangerous, indeed it would convince others prone to dogmatics (AKA: BS-Logic) to kill for godma-sake.

Humor is best in a troubled reality.

It is far easier to threaten and collect bribes from children, parents, and citizens, than fight organized crime and/or countries that have no intention of providing expensive law/police enforcement. Many countries (China, India...) would suffer adverse economic impact at the street/rural business level if MPAA police had authority to prosecute and fine (literally) poor citizens. MPAA, DRM, DMCA... laws: (1) Like most of the war on drug laws supporting an international organized criminal subculture economy based on theft, brutality, torture, murder, prisons, DEA, ATF ... all mutually justifying a dogmatic catch-22 multi-national sub-society. (2) Like amorality porno, sex, no-harm ... crime laws which promote organized street crime slavery and indentured servitude in the USA with only amoral religious justifications. (3) Like revisionist science, economics, government, cultural ..., and history reports, documents, and books of spin-truth for manipulating dogmatist and scam-justification for treasonable lies and crimes. And (4) .... Are laws passed in the USA/EU, over the last thirty years, which promote a strong global totalitarian Corporatist-Welfare economy of customer-hostages, fear tactics, anti-competitive pseudo-capitalism, and exploitation trade agreements.

Government Legislation which provides corporatist institutions legal police/court powers to prosecute and penalize citizens is not democracy it is corporatist/plutocrat tyranny. A government mandated 'corporate-welfare economics' model is as much a benefit to US and EU Citizens, as communist -welfare has been to Citizens of Russia and China. Oppression and tyranny by any name remains draconian and a serious threat to species survival, until the citizens vote against it, or rebel against it when voting is not an option.

Presently much of US and EU is dominated by corporate, religious, and political plutocrats, because we vote to be subservient to those few 'amoral megalomaniacs' (redundant, I know) providing privileges to themselves, family, and their dogmatic and adelophobic minions. I call them megalomaniacs, because they truly believe it is their god-given or self-determined right to rule on earth, rather then serve humanity and posterity.

'DON'T VOTE STUPID!' is appropriately applied to both politicians and dogmatist. Always vote the incumbent out of office and then keep them out of office. In a Democracy politics is never a career option.

There's a theory called 'The Uncanny Valley' regarding humans' emotional response to human-like robots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uncanny_Valley and http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-2851

Interesting, Uncanny Valley, is not much different from how I relate to most people on the basic level "model of how humans behave."

I am a +55yo, with much street/institution time, I sent my first email [name5678@*.*.*.*] in 1984. Yep, I have a few socialization problems. I am a little shy (others confuse with aloofness), and feel guilty easily.

[Familiar] - If I do not know you, consider you not a possible threat, and you present (for me) a polite and respectful person, then I will get along with you for as long as we interact. If you're a likable insane/dysfunctional, or "Herr/Frau Genitaler Kopf", then I chuckle often. So, "The model of how humans should behave is sensibly valid."

[KNOWN] - If I know you, you are a known, then I am required (my personality) to protect you or harm/remove you. There is no gray area, I know what I will do (status contingent), and I am very comfortable in this interactive environment. So, "The model of how humans behave is correct."

[Adelo] - If you are neither a "Familiar nor KNOWN" person, I leave quickly or protect family and friends. There is no gray area, I know, I will leave if possible, and, I know, I am dealing with a psychopath. So, "The model of how humans should behave is violated."

I agree, but not for the same reasons; "We must ensure that we design our applications {products} to remain consistent with the environment in which our software runs {products are used}."

I think maybe: (1) We interact, because we are familiar with, confident and/or comfortable with a product/person. (2) We interact, because we know, enjoy, and/or care strongly about what we are doing. (3) We disengage/detach, because the unknowns (adelophobia) are very significant and threatening.

The robotics/software... products are familiar, intuitive, and useful, then known-desired/wanted or known-rejected/messy, the adelophobia point occurs when unknowns are overwhelming. A robot that is "KNOWN" we can impart (emotionally) trust a sense of personal security beyond just basic creature comforts we may consider this level of robot a friend (like a pet) or a sort of extended family member. When we think for a moment that a robot could be an agenda-puppet that may harm us, family, or friend then we do our best to control/limit the interactions. Same as you said, but a little different.

"Reality is self-induced hallucination." (%~) oh21

Economics by dogmatics is like mass-production (MP) fine-art (not advert-art) forgery, it sales for a hell of a lot less every time MP-art is done, it does not hang in a museum, and MP-art ain't a big collectors' item. Why do I use "Art" for my analogy, because economics is like diplomacy, politics, tactics, strategy, religion/mythology, marketing, management ....

(1) There is math/statistics used, but no real/valid science (Hypothesis, Tests, Data, Theory, Experiment, Results, Logic, Proof/Facts) involved.

(2) Economics is like diplomacy, politics ... everyone acts like they know, using college degree titles as proof of implicit and explicit knowledge, but they are all just giving their best guesses on the basis of dogma and/or explicit knowledge of prior events ... then; as in art, ... post creative-act any positive or negative results/reception is designated as proof of genius or failure.

(3) Economics like diplomacy, politics, history, news, MP-art ... allows preferred (no proof) results/interpretations to be perpetuated until clearly proved wrong by a major collapse/failure/rejection.

(4) Economics and art allows any mix/match of medium/concept/idea... to be used for expressing any complex reality, and if it is bought...purchased then it is a money-maker-keeper.

(5) ... Yep, I could continue for many days, but I hope you understand the purpose of my analogy by now, creationism-economics/religion/politics/dogmatism are of the same "mater-of-fact" MP-art justification material for fearful dogmatic faithful, but not many/any others.

Milton Friedman, Born: 1912, Died 2006, Nobel for Economics ... old news/dogma what has laissez-faire economics done for US/EU lately (nothing), other then be spun-&-spiced with some Keynesian Militarism, Nazi (New World Order), Trickle-down and Pay-Up welfare to serve plutocrat and corporatist interest .... EU, US, and others (the citizens) are again the feudal chattel of our society the sheep for fleecing and slaughter.

One glaring example of Milton Friedman laissez-faire economic failures, is the US and EU China policy. Introducing laissez-faire economics into countries governed by totalitarian regimes will eventually cause political freedom to flourish in the totalitarian regimes, this is Milton Friedman style foreign policy. Economic dogma as diplomacy is "stupid as, as stupid does". China policy: RTFM/B "Milton Friedman laissez-faire economics" for military Sun Tzu value, and use the dogmatist economics weapon against the pseudo-capitalist (US and EU) enemies. IOW: China is well positioned for maintaining a totalitarian regime, wining an asymmetrical economic war, and building the largest modern unconventional and conventional military in the world. At this point we should consider ancient history China culture and the foreign-policy of the first emperor of China.

!HAVEFUN!

Bigotry based on economics, social, and/or genetic defaults/dejure is still a hate crime against humanity. When I look at the USA Drug-War, Bush-War ... I see bigotry on an obscenely grand scale resulting in crime and murder on the streets of the USA and Baghdad Iraq. The politicians and other wave a flag and thump a book as justification for wasting young lives and money, and the public accept it a truth and the American-way (pitiable).

The USA, in many ways, is far more primitive than the ideals pontificated by politicians for votes.

Most national/international religious leaders (Falwell, Robertson ...), politicians (Bush, Chaney ...), autocrats (Kissinger, Poindexter ...) , plutocrats (Wolfowitz, Gates ...) dogmatist/corporatist (many, many more ...) and their delusional self-serving followers are genetic parasitic afflictions upon all humanity. I stuck with a few of the better known USA names, but there are plenty more for US, EU, UN others globally.

The US, EU, UN others are Disrespected Criminal Nations due to pseudo-leaders (economics, social, and/or genetic defaults/dejure leaders) of all types supporting bigotry as reasonable and acceptable with faux-religion [AKA: mythology] and false-ideals [AKA: s/pun-truths].

Sun Tzu (or any good strategist) would look the Drug-War, Bush-War ... as very tragic foolish follies that were planned and implemented by idiots. Wasting the most valuable of national resources, our Warriors, on the execution of lies, bullshit-logic, and dogmatism, which will never provide victory for US, is tragic for family, friends, our Nation, and all Humanity.

We must reevaluate our Cultural-Imperatives in the USA National Interest or fall into history as a 50-year WWII blip/fluke/coincidental... leader in human-rights and global-security.

MIT's [http://www.mit.edu/] ETC is September 25-27, 2007

I mention this to give some folks in the glorious “/.” community enough time to make plans. Though I (a lowly worker-bee or pack-mule), would love to attend, I am never allowed/funded ($%#&^@!) to have any mental fun (dang it to all hells again!~). Anyway, I strongly recommend, for all y'all USA Corporatist CEO/CIO/... types, Gov/DOD “Top” Congressional/SES and GO “Staffers” and folks with spare cash (about $3.5K, ETC fee, hotel, travel, late night fun ...). Yes, we all know you staffers and other less savory govern agents are lurking/participating in the “/.” community (spies and marketeers the whole lot of you are! Argggg?~).

!HAVEFUN! Also, I do not have a degree [I'm a 55yo, USA high school dropout], I have never been to MIT, and ...; however, I do read slowly, comprehend very well, and know a bunch of useful shit. MIT's TechnologyReview [http://www.technologyreview.com/events/tretc/] has for decades been a resource for me to learn. I even know how to spell “OPEN” “GPL” “OKI” “...”, because of some of them radical revolutionary MIT gurus/professors bringing some bright light to kill the unknown darkness with knowledge, and the evil dogmatist gremlins with searing pain [?PTL?]. BTW, don't y'all /.'em, it would be funny if MIT could not handle the load, but this ain't no 2007/04/01 prank (just some good FYI stuff for some folks).

Emerging Technologies from Around the World and How to Make Them Matter
[http://www.technologyreview.com/events/tretc/]

Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT brings you remarkable technological breakthroughs that will transform the way we live and do business. This unique event brings together business leaders, venture capitalists, senior technologists, and a remarkable group of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35—the TR35.

Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT is an event unlike any other. If you are in charge of the strategic direction of your organization or simply passionate about technology, it’s one you can’t afford to miss. The 7th annual event will be held on the beautiful MIT Campus in Cambridge, MA, on September 25-27, 2007, and will include:

• Presentations from world-renowned business leaders

• Showcase and demonstration of emerging technologies from leading companies

• Breakout sessions focusing on the latest developments in specific areas of technology

• Unveiling of the 2007 TR35 –the top 35 innovators under the age of 35

• Unparalleled networking opportunities with the people you need to meet in the technology industry—venture capitalists, innovators and visionaries, corporate leaders, and entrepreneurs

(%~o) For me there is only last years coverage ... View 2006 multimedia coverage [http://www.technologyreview.com/events/tretc/media.aspx] recorded directly from the 2006 MIT ETC. Listen to podcasts of the entire event, view video interviews of select speakers, or read blogs and related stories.

Same Old Shit is always Politics (AKA: Politically Correct [PC]).

REMEMBER:
Gods do not kill people,
Guns do not kill people,
Only People kill people,
Religious-truths kill folks,
Politics as spun-truths kill folks,
Democrats, Republicans ... politicians kill US.

The PC magic-trick spin converts lies to votes.
Sex=Sin=Morality=Damnation=Votes
Crime=Reality=Theater=Violence=Votes
Diseases=Dogma=Punishment=dirty=Votes
Addiction=Drugs=Corruption=Evil=Votes
Slang=Music=Destruction=Lies=Votes
Poor=Laziness=Uneducated=Flaw=Votes ...
Well, I could continue ....

A spun-truth is a story told that
will never recognize the truth;
therefore, never solve a problem;
however, will provide PC votes.

Politics is Politics ...
Democrats are Republicans ...
Republicans are Democrats ...
Citizens are People ...
Government for People is DEMOCRACY
Corporatist Government is Tyranny by Tyrants

ALWAYS, VOTE-OUT any incumbent and then
brand them with a tattoo to make sure they
are never again elected anywhere in this world.