The fact that you can parse good|bad shows that you “care”.
The fact that you “care” shows that there is a explicit function in universe.humans.emotions that makes us more than “primates.”
The fact that we are the only primates that can create abstract objects (i.e. not limited to universe.primates.humans, such as universe.entertainment or universe.weapons, etc) should, at least, suggest that we were created by a class (i.e. “higher power”) that can create other abstract objects?

>>> A quote
>>>
>>> I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.
>>> - Stephen Hawking

Again, I say. We are the only other creators of abstract objects in universe.earth…

Perhaps here?:
http://www.google.com/search?q=db2+database+manager+books

I want to improve my SQL knowledge.
I red so many SQL resources and would like to
get more about SQL for my position as db2 database manager.

What would you recommend?

Thanks,
Werutz

See:
http://rate.forbes.com/comments/CommentServlet?StoryURI=2008/06/26/rice-cyber-security-tech-security-cx_ag_0626rice.html&op=save&sourcename=story

I do not take a stance on how ‘bad’ this technology is, though it can definitely be used to track you wherever you may drive. Yet this is only one way to track you.

Personally, I agree with an open society.

Answering it directly I would simply say that America has empirically been a superpower and thus can be said to have overcome the challenges Pinker states.

As for what is better… I imagine your measure is different than that of this post.

China allows intelligence, just nothing that offends them. While America stifles real intelligence and laughs at anything genuinely offensive.

Hey this is eurie, I’m Barbara J’s daughter of Decorate-Redecorate. We met at the IMC conference a few weeks ago.

Sorry to contact you through here, but I have no email address of yours.

I was looking forward to future conversations, as you were quite tied up that last day…. but alas…

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-e

Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information–often about politics, but also relating to sexuality, culture, or religion–that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in over three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of this accelerating trend.

source: http://opennet.net/accessdenied

I am curious, how did you connect the art to my blog ?

regards…

Despite the fact I live down the street (about a block) and everything Google works fine.

This started around the time I returned from my last trip to the states, a bit before (11/11).

Bah…plus I am currently getting a batch of slooow proxies, my personal proxy in the states is even worse, pretty much making it unusable

Anyway, this appears to be a general trend; large gardens are created by selective blocking depending on the service provider and where that service is being provided.

Good points, the Edison example is a favorite but I did not know about the Wrights, I am going to check that out….

Thanks again

Modern day examples might be the giant technological mess created by patent lawsuits between Verizon, Vonage and God knows who else. The point, I guess, is that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Your site is crying out for a favicon.
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the “old” bit?

I can’t remember if I posted this or not.

This is probably a repost and the first one is pending approval. I really should just assume that. Oh,well.

If your site does in fact have approval for posts - maybe you can have a “your post will be posted pending approval.”
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It certainly is hard to define where bloat starts.

Case in point.

I use Firefox and I love it to death. But even with it (A far better browser then the joke known as Explorer) - it has taken me a massive amount of time and effort to set things up as I want.

Firefox extensions
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/ Firefox/browse/type:1
allow you a huge amount of freedom in setting up Firefox as you’d like -and- in controlling how pages look.

First I got addicted to Firefox. And now it’s far worse than that. I’m hopeless without my extensions. I -have- to have them.

Using Explorer - even for a few minutes gives me a headache. And now even using a version of Firefox other than my own isn’t so much fun. Actually - no fun at all.

I’ve had to learn things by endless trial and error - and by struggling.

But the hard way has its benefits.

I bet I know more about what available extensions can do than many programmers. I think it’s true that I know what existing extensions can do, what they might be able to do, what is not likely and what is probably impossible.

I usually have about 50 to 60 extensions - which is far too many. But what can I do?

Again the question is “It certainly is hard to define where bloat starts.”

The extensions do a huge number of things for me. I have extensions that…

# Control how specific sites “act”
- remove ads
- remove ’sneaky’ ads like sponsored links
- remove and control Flash
- control animated gifs
- remove stuff on sites or pages I don’t want

# Control javascript
I have two extensions just to do that.

# Control the look and feel of
- bookmarks
- the find toolbar
- history
- application menus
- status bar
- tabs

# Manage text, links and images
- text to links: convert text links into links
- html to text: copying as plain text
- text to html: copying text as html
- id links: visual cues for the destinations of links
- Resize images
- open multiple links easily (In separate tabs)
- Open images in tabs (Or in one tab)

# Let me do all kinds of other things
- Block sites
- Do color stuff (like use an eyedropper on a page)
- Control cookies
- Customize gmail
- Customize google
- Manage greasemonkey scripts
- Control forms (fill them out, link to an editor)
- Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu
- Highlight focus
- Set up keyboard shortcuts
- Dig through URLs
- use Firefox as an irc client
- do massive downloads easily
- use a proxy
- Copy, sort (etc) tables
- use an “IE tab”
- “flatten” all the search results onto one page (So I don’t have to keep clicking “next” over and over and over and over and over again).

I even have a “meta-extension” that allows me to easily manage all those extensions. And it vastly simplifies everything. It’s priceless. Without it managing everything would be a huge slog.

So you’d think I’d be pretty happy. Well..

The past week I’ve been trying to find an extension that allows me to make changes like the following per site.

# set the font color
# set the font size
# set the font family
# set the background color
# kill the background image
# set the colors for links (visited, etc)
# set the colors of “elements” on the page: tables, etc.

Nothing fancy. I just want to make simple changes like can be done using bookmarklets. Except -save- the changes per site.

Maybe I’m missing something - but an extension to do those things per doesn’t seem to exist.

In my opinion - controlling those things per site should be built into Firefox. Also many extensions have features or functions that should be built into Firefox.

But - of course - that’s exactly how bloat starts. “Could you add just this little thing?…”

Evolution has no “cares”. It just is.

>>> This is why Evolution created brains — to help it create.

Evolution doesn’t favor braininess. The reason we are “here” is isn’t that we had a superior brain.

Our lucky break was probably the gigantic astroid that hit earth about 65 million years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Tertiary_extinction_event

And we eventually became the favored (or perhaps cursed) primate.

There is no “reason” the dinosaurs died off. But they did. Evolution just is.

>>> The good hacker is one that conceptualizes and then creates. The good hacker does Evolution’s work with diligence because a good hacker knows Evolution’s work and their work is one in the same.

Unfortunately, for as many good things as human beings do - we do many more bad things.

A quote

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.
- Stephen Hawking

Javascript problems - a danger to good old fashioned links?
http://ekbworldwide.blogspot.com/2007/10/javascript-problems-danger-to-good-old.html

The blog started when I learned that business.com links are not really links….

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On Tue May 31, 07:23:00 PM Anonymous said…

I want so baddly to get VoIP working on my smartphone via GPRS. However, I don’t think that GPRS can support a full duplex. Half duplex PTT options are just so limited too. I guess I will have to wait until EDGE is more widely available or maybe WiMAX will hit the stage soon!

On Tue Jun 14, 02:39:00 PM Gabriel Kent said…

I just downloaded Skype for pocketPC and am currently running on Verizon’s new EVDO — if all works out well, I’ll create a new post with the details.

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On Tue Dec 27, 11:13:00 PM Ajeet said…

Hi gabriel ,
my name is AJeet and I am from Bangalore India .
I totally agree withyour view on Satelite Radio services. Since I my self am a subscriber of one such network available in India since a year named “WorldSpace” . It gives Digital sound sufficient for 2.1 channel optimum performance. Also host of channel (40 aor more) to choose from . Grt quality (I am not advrtising company I am but praising Technology)
According to my view this has such immense potential to swipe out all analog radio channe in one go.
Reason
1. Cheap end devices :
In India they cost abt 40$
2. Grt RRevenue models
Provider can charge for
decryption key unique to the
device either for all or for a
partucular group of channel
3. Cheap 4 broadcasting. :
If u remove $ 80 million
componant it works out
cheaper than any Large Mass
Comunication conduit.

This technology holds lot promises. In the future if they can manage to demultiplex a video signal on multiple carrier and if end device can multiplex it back they can EVEN STREAM DIGITAL Video with the convience of radio mobility.

Ajeet

On Mon Nov 21, 10:08:00 AM Anonymous said…

The questions I have include: (1) was it a business decision to overrule Sony’s CTO and CPO, or does Sony have inept technology and privacy professionals, and (2) why didn’t Sony do any testing that would have given them a clue what the likely outcome of their business decisions would hav been. Incredibile. Add me to the list of consumers who are going to avoid buying Sony products from here on out.

On Tue May 16, 03:58:00 PM Silver Fox said…

Gabriel,

We met once in Olympia when you visited with your mentor in my establishment for dinner.

I can see you have gained great insights into the knowledge of what can be accomplished by touching a butterfly through protecting the habitat of all species.

May a blutterfly within the circle continue to encourage you and all others who understand the possibilities of communication.

Great Job!!!

The Silver Fox
The Cedar

On Tue Jul 25, 09:52:00 PM Anonymous said…

Movie Recommendation: A Scanner Darkly.

Don’t you just love independent films?

On Wed Jul 26, 01:24:00 PM Gabriel Kent said…

Yep! Great story, great movie.

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On Mon Feb 05, 09:56:00 AM Anonymous said…

Happy Birthday..

On Wed Mar 07, 05:15:00 PM Anonymous said…

“ahem google zietgeist it gives you search statistics”

Google Zeitgeist is interesting, however it is far from the scope of data I am speaking about. To put it simply, I am asking for open log access.