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Comment Re:damage (Score 5, Insightful) 256

From a simple customer fairness perspective, Amazon's customers purchased the book in good faith.

And for potential buyers like me, the perspective is even simpler.

  • They can enter into my "computer" (kindle) anytime they wish.
  • They can delete any material they find offensive/inappropriate (for legal reasons or not) without asking me anything
  • And leave.

Even my government hasn't such a power.

Comment Re:Well, we all know what to do... (Score 1) 359

I did their test and I score 80%. I failed on their racist/extremist stuff, coming from a country crippled by those fascists/extremists, I still have difficulties to accept Hitler's fans promoting their agenda on my doorstep after the ravage they have done to the whole Europe.

Well Currently I pay let's say 50% of my turnover to the state (VAT, taxes, etc.). I work 10 hours per day, except Sunday. I'm not workaholic, but I have no choice. There are certainly enough work for a new employee. I can't. It would be too expensive (his salary + taxes). So basically those 50% of the my turnover are used mainly to pay the unemployment benefit of someone I could hire.

Of course they are a bit extreme. I won't certainly vote for such a party. But basically I agree with the idea basic: a small/efficient state is way better.

There is a natural human tendency to grasp as much as power as you can. It is a human instinct. A state is a human organization so it has this instinct deep in its core. If you don't fight back, you will end up working half of your time for it, like I do right now.

Comment Re:dog lover science. (Score 1) 472

Well I' ve got a 10 years old Golden retriever and I'm the uncle of 2 years old boy. I love my dog, he seems to be reasonably smart for a dog but ....

For example: my 2 year old nephew is "playing game" involving already quite elaborate abstract thoughts. For example he plays "battle" with soldiers...Well not a "big" battle with strategies and all, just two soldiers fighting each other. He is a fan of Tintin and he imagines himself as captain haddock and countless of abstracts thoughts and related activities such as those ones.

On the other hand...My dog is a dog! (great news :-)) Most of his games are rather straight forward (I grab this toy, you too, funny!).

Irony, humor, the 2 years old boy already understand those things. He also tries to make "joke". Their capacity to stay focus....The 2 years old is light years ahead already.

Frankly I don't see the point to compare. They are just so "different", their intelligences are already so "different". I really wonder how you could compare them and how could you find anything meaningful out of this comparison.

A 2 years old boy is still in its infancy, a 2 years old dog is almost mature. On one hand you compare a being "under construction" with a fully grow up (functional/almost independent) being. What's the point?

Comment Re:Interesting Difference in Genetics (Score 3, Informative) 232

the "Moors" (derived meaning "Black")

In Latin, the word maurus (plural mauri) means coming from Mauretania...a Roman province on the north western fringe of Africa (-> Morocco) (see wikipedia) So basically Moors means those from North Africa. They aren't sub-Saharan. The core people of the Moors were "berbers"...Not arabs but not black either.

If you need a real successful "black" civilization. I suggest you to take a closer look at the Nubian civilization. They fought for centuries against the Egyptians, the Greek dynasty and they finally crushed a Roman invasion. The defeat was so devastating, that the Romans signed a peace treaty and they never came back. The Nubian queen are famous (Amanishaketo, etc) nowadays due to recent discoveries.

Or the Ethiopian one, they succeeded to stop the early Muslim invasion (this where the legendary King John was supposed to live, European crusaders tried for years to get in touch with him to fight together the Muslims). They fought for decades against the Italians and they were the first to gain their independence. The famous city of Timbuktu having healthy intellectual/philosophical debates while Europe was experiencing inquisition, etc.

Comment Re:Eh? Yeah it is rings a bell. A red one (Score 1) 1376

No, it is a marxist stance. And I'm Belgian not American.

The differences between a communist and a socialist is the path to their collectivist society.

Communist will do it by revolution while socialists will do it by reforms.

This is why they left the last "international" end of the XIXth (along with anarchists).

See the funding documents of Socialist parties around Europe (Charte de Quaregnon in Belgium for example).

But yes I agree they have changed and now they promote social-democracy as they call it. Anyway it wasn't the point, the real point was the battle between socialist and catholics in the XIXth...And there are even traces of these epic battles in today politic.

Comment Re:Religion didn't call for this (Score 5, Informative) 1376

...Big Brother socialist

Lol...Socialists banning blasphemy? Do you seriously expect to be taken seriously?
Does "Religion is the opium of the people" ring any bell?

The Church has nothing to do and that's true. It is simply well known that the Irish society is "very" traditional (divorce was only introduced in the 90's). The leading party of the Irish government is Fianna FÃil. A liberal party. The rest of the coalition is composed by a green party and independents. There is no socialist party in the coalition AFAIK. Stop using Socialism like a buzzword to describe any political event in Europe. It is simply ridiculous.

Comment Re:I would love to fcuk Joanna Rutkowska (Score 1) 264

I have worked with one of them working for a quite large French IT company. She was 1.95m tall. Probably the most incredible programmers I have never worked with. A real math genius. Frankly the first day is weird, you basically see a basket ball player dressed as a woman...And then slowly you get used to it. She was a real pro and we were glad to have her in the team. That's their life and they can do whatever they want with it, not my problem.

Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 264

On my laptop? mmmh I think around 4 hours. 1 hours of installation. 3 hours for a wifi bug. It's dual boot, KDE for daily work and a Vista installation when I need it (mostly checking web sites I'm working on). Frankly it was worth my time. I don't need any AV, most attacks are aimed at windows not linux. So life is cool...The only thing I can be concerned about is pishering...But well I'm a web developer, I'm supposed to know those things :-). Should it be the solution for the average user? No (see 3 hours for the wifi bug). Should it be the solution for a technical guy like me? Yes.

Comment Re:Easy for you to say (Score 3, Insightful) 311

I work nights and don't drink alcohol, which excludes me from nearly everything. My main hobby is working on a website about a subject so niche that it takes people from half a dozen states to form a small group interested in it, and my other hobbies are solitary activities. When it comes to other people, the "real" world seems to revolve around mind games, vapid conversation, and lying to and about yourself, all of which I abhor, and would do so even if I were able to form coherent sentences around someone I find attractive. The only woman I ever loved rejected me completely, destroying the remnants of my self-esteem, my desire to succeed, and my faith. As a matter of fact, she is getting married today.

Well I'm 34. I noticed some of my experiences mid 20's. Here are few advices for you:

  • Stop watching so many porn. Women are not fantasy. Another problem with porn is that it biases your view on sexuality.
  • Believe it or not, Women need also to be seduced, if you look like a mess, you have no chance. Take care of yourself and your appearance.
  • Be realistic. If you are overweight, you have more probability to seduce another overweight person. If you seriously want to seduce a fit person, well have a diet (I did, it works). Yes they are superficial...Just like you. Do you seriously expect them to be better than you on that topic?
  • Relearn to "smile"...Women are looking for a nice partner to have "nice time" with...They aren't looking for a depressed person to take care of.
  • Be "friendly" and once you notice common interest, say openly what you really think. Don't try to play games or hide your feelings...If you do it, they will find you aren't serious and you become a threat, not an opportunity.
  • Forget all these cliches you have eaten since your childhood. A girl hasn't to be like a fashion model to be desirable. There is a whole world between a fashion model and an ugly cow.
  • In this world there are around 50% of men and 50% of women...So there "must" be a girl feeling lonely just like you.
  • If you really want to meet a woman, go out. Try to find a place where you can actually meet women. There are plenty of places dedicated to single people anywhere in Europe or in the USA...Well anywhere on earth actually. Turned that f** pc off each weekend.
  • Look around you, I'm sure there is an idiot who actually got married and he seems to be happy. If he could do it, why not you?
  • Don't expect that she will first introduce herself. It rarely happens, and for most of us it never happens :-). Introduce yourself first. Again in a simple and friendly way. Don't force your chance either. Be cool and patient.
  • Do not focus yourself on a single woman. You aren't in a relationship you are free to (and you must) keep all options open.

Comment Re:sanctions? (Score 2, Informative) 362

inquisitorial legal system used by France is based on a "juge d'instruction" aka investigating magistrate. Basically this magistrate investigates "a charge et a decharge" which means that she/he is more like a supercop with fullpower and an obligation of objectivity. The only thing he can't investigate are cases involving senators and/or ministers (without the parliament approval) or the state secrete affairs. Once his/her works has been done, another judge leads the trial. "La verite juridique" (the legal truth) is what matters.

Comment Re:Awww, What Happened to Badass Zed? (Score 1) 367

Personally I agree with him. The real issue is his writing style, a rebel teenager with some kind of a mission or to prove something I don't know and I don't care.

He just understood why companies like MySQL tried a dual license scheme. Frankly I don't know if it will work. The MYSQL commercial license turnover was ridiculously low compared to the number of web sites/services using MySQL. I would rather advocate a professional technical support. both source of revenues made USD 10 millions per year. Which is not that much...Again compared to the MySQL popularity.

Programmers (and even more CIO) from large companies pay to get protection. In this case his writing style won't help him, nobody wants to deal with an arrogant person. That's why you make a start-up when you are a programmer, that's why you hire professionals to deal with communication & marketing...I guess it will be his next discovery :-).

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