Naga

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by Naga 13y ago
One thing you come to appreciate through the study of history is that people weren't stupid. Just because they don't have iPads and blogs doesn't mean they were less capable, as individuals or as a group. If you compare the c
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by Naga 13y ago
It's actually a really interesting question, and to answer it I'll need to give a whirlwind explanation of the Canadian political system, since it is quite intricate and different from the American. It's hard to say really wh
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by Naga 13y ago
I'm actually a monarchist, but not like this. I just believe the current political system of Canada is strong and shouldn't change into a republic. I've never even heard of this movement. I hope I never have to again.
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by Naga 13y ago
I think this is a fantastic idea. Historical sites, and history in general, are the collective property of everyone, held in trust by the historical community, be it historians in universities or tour guides at museums. We preserve history
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by Naga 15y ago
But at the same time, if I give my money to these corporations, then that is X more dollars going to lobby Congress for things like SOPA that take away my freedom. It is a vicious cycle.
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by Naga 15y ago
Not only that, but they always have a surplus of seeders and the quality of the music (or movie, or TV show, depending on the tracker) is always of the quality it says it is.
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by Naga 15y ago
I use Wikipedia as basically an extension of my brain. I'm in a history program at university, and so many of the names and dates that are essential to it I don't actually know. I realized this when I was writing something last night. I was
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by Naga 15y ago
That is, I think, the most salient part of the original post, one that I had never considered before. Buying anything from those organizations is effectively money going towards lobbying and DRM and all those harmful things. I had never loo
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by Naga 15y ago
I'm not entirely sure, as I'm not the parent, but I'm pretty sure he meant 200 years old, not 20.
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by Naga 15y ago
ored
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by Naga 15y ago
Or February 8, 2011?
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by Naga 15y ago
Mine is about that, maybe a bit more. I have the best residential internet plan in the city.
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by Naga 15y ago
I have one of the first Intel iMacs and the hard drive is not easy to replace at all.
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by Naga 16y ago
An open source compiler, too. Right now OS X doesn't ship with a compiler, so while the source of the compiler is available, there is no way to compile it without Xcode installed.
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by Naga 16y ago
The scope of human sacrifice was largely exaggerated. The book 1491, by Charles C. Mann, puts the amount of people sacrificed per year by the Aztecs at 3000-4000, out of around 30 million people. He compares that to England, which executed
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by Naga 16y ago
I actually really liked the GNU hello world, because it shows the structure of programs, without all the actual code, just the stuff it needs to run.
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by Naga 16y ago
Just to clarify, Snow Leopard is OS 10.6.
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by Naga 16y ago
Except the problem is the only people whose voices are heard in this are the rich. Telecoms can afford to do this, while the people on the other side of it don't have the time or means to.
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by Naga 16y ago
Well, in theory, delicious would come with its own team of people who are interested in it, just like YouTube would have.
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by Naga 16y ago
What happens if someone else signs someone up for commercial email? Who gets in trouble? Based on this, it seems like the company would.
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by Naga 16y ago
Civil disobedience is breaking laws, or government directives, that you don't think are just. It is definitely breaking the law, but many people and thinkers see it as a valid form of resistance to unjust laws and governments. I'm not sure
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by Naga 16y ago
And then under his administration there was the trial of Omar Khadr. Khadr is a Canadian who was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan and brought to Guantanamo Bay, tortured and held until this year, when he was sentenced to 40 years in p
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by Naga 16y ago
I found this book at my university's library, and ended up spending most of the day reading it there. I liked it, and didn't know it was online, too.
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by Naga 16y ago
Windows and Linux don't ship with Java because they depend on Sun to produce the runtime. Apple produces it for OS X.
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by Naga 16y ago
I've been spending a lot of time designing buildings in Sauerbraten recently.
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by Naga 16y ago
The menus have cut, but I have never figured out how to use it.
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by Naga 16y ago
Where I recently moved to there are a lot of one way streets. I feel stupid looking to see if anyone is turning down the wrong way, but what you described is exactly why I do.
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by Naga 16y ago
Would you care to post that? I am going to have some problems in my new place.
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by Naga 16y ago
Elephants are almost extinct because their proportion of mass is almost zero compared to ants!
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by Naga 16y ago
Vimperator does this, too.

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