Comment Re:If only things were that simple. (Score 2) 336
North Korea is as "nearby" India as New York is "nearby" Los Angeles. But granted, India's closest neighbours aren't the friendliest guys around.
Maybe we shoud ask the whales. Some philanthropists are ready to pay a stiff price for so-called "scientific" whale fishing, the results of which they are happy to have on their plates.
Science is always a good excuse to make despicable things acceptable.
Well, if it's still relevant, why decommission it ?
After all, the Russian Air Force has decided to maintain their own 1950's bombers, Tupolev Tu-95 "Bears", at least till 2040. Because they're fast, cheap to fly, and fuel-efficient.
In a time where oil is scarce and budgets are tight, I'd be happy as a citizen if my own country were to make such a sensible choice. Instead of paying billions for outdated, non-stealthy, gas-guzzling Rafales that no other country wants to buy...
Many hundreds of years before the GPL was even a twinkle in Richard Stallman's eye, an Irish monk proved to be an unlikely champion of the geeky A2K notion of access to knowledge. [...] and they settled things the way they did in those days, with 3000 people getting killed in the resulting battle.
The full article about Saint ColmCille and his fight for free access to knowledge and Copyleft is available here (PDF).
(and after all, if those lawyers working for the music industry are serious about that copyright shit, why don't they join the army and fight that battle on the front line, huh ? Hand me a banana bomb, there's a cluster of them coming our way...)
It's about non-users who HAVE NEVER USED THE DAMN THING and yet are being profiled and harrassed by FB. (like "Hey, these guys are on FB, we know they're your friends, why don't you join ? Oh, and we know where you live and what school your kids go to. Just saying.")
Interesting, but Thomas Aquinas' writings did not prevent religious authorities from attempting to set Galileo's pants on fire during the Renaissance.
When obnoxious bigots come to power, they usually don't care about the enlightened writings of their elders.
I hate to remind you all of the dire consequences of the Fukushima disaster, but I know slashdotters have the attention span of goldfish and
OOOOOHHH LIGHTSABER HANDRAAAIILLLS ! COOOOOL ! *DROOOLS* *WANTS* *WANTS* *WANTS*
well, you see what I mean...
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
