The most traumatic experience of my life: In school we played a game where the teacher would name a letter of the alphabet and we had to write down a city, a plant, an animal, a mountain, a lake etc. that started with that letter. When I wrote down 'Mensch' (German for 'Human') as an example for an animal starting with the letter 'M' the teacher didn't allow that as a correct answer. When I claimed that he was wrong and I was right he let the class vote about it.... They voted overwhelmingly against humans being animals. I was disgusted of my teacher and my classmates and left the classroom in protest. So, you know what I’ll vote and you know what I’ll think of you if you vote 'No' but don't let this distort the scientific correctness of this poll and answer truthfully.
Poll results:
Yes
(30 votes) 83%
No
(2 votes) 6%
Abstain
(4 votes) 11%
BicycleBob:
Why would your teacher refuse to include humans in the animal kingdom? Was he a fundementalist?
It's obvious which side of this I'm on considering that I named my cats Darwin and Mendell
Chris:
Either a religious fundamentalist or an anal retentive humanist. At least it made me realize that there is work to be done on this planet.
Sue:
ROFL!
I love your description....
DeAnna Burghart:
Amen. <g> Reminds me of a friend that I knew in college who got absolutely *hostile* once when I suggested that dolphins had more *raw* intelligence/IQ than most humans. He yelled at me (with the completely rational come back "They just don't! That's all! <g>) and wouldn't speak to me for a week. LOL
A lot of people like that are threatened by the perception of humans as animals (the same types who object to breastfeeding infants because it's too primitive & animalistic and bottle-feeding is somehow more civilized). Takes away their sense of superiority. <g> The irony is that their vehement denial is such an *instinctive* reaction to a perceived threat ...
As far as I'm concerned, humans are *definitely* animals. After all, we're not vegetables (except for a few of the folks I deal with who can't manage our password-retrieval system) or minerals (except for one of my ex-boyfriends, who is definately dumber than a rock <eg>).
I wonder why the teacher felt so threatened that she (?) would rely on the uninformed opinions of schoolchildren to back her up instead of stating the opinion on her own logic. <weg>
doug:
I don't think there is *that* much difference between humans and other animals.
For example, some people think animals (other than humans) do not think. That is just plain silly. I have had a dog now for 8 years and he definitely does think.
For example, he might be sitting in the living room. Suddenly he will raise his head, look around, then run upstairs, get a bone and bring it down to play with.
I would say this shows obvious thought. He clearly was looking for that bone and with full intent and forethought went to get it where he remembered he left it.
What (most) animals besides humans do not have is language ability, because they have no language centers in their brains. That is true for dogs - they respond to intonation and get used to what you are trying to say to them based on the totality of your command: your body gestures, intonation, etc. But I do not believe they are capably of understanding the words themselves.
Try telling your dog, in a completely different tone of voice (neutral with no other overtones or gestures> to "Sit". There will be no response.
Anyway, getting back to humans - sometimes I get this weird feeling, while walking through the city and looking at giant skyscrapers, that the building activity is very much like bee hive activity, and, looking at things from reverse, a lot of what we do and build is instinctual and that our sense of awareness and intelligence is somehow an illusion.
Barry:
Hmmm... so question this.... If humans are considered animals.....then have we brought the animals up in status or knocked the humans down a notch?
Maybe it's too uncomfortable to think of humans as not being animals because then you have to think of why we are not animals, why we are different, then maybe what caused us to be different..... or who caused us to be different. ......and what might that might mean for the way in which we live our lives.
Hmmm...... no ice cream available to waddle to....darn!
Followup poll
:
Equal rights for humans and other animals?
If we are equal, should we have equality?
Poll Results:
Yes
(5 votes) 28%
No (please post your reasons in the discussion)
(9 votes) 50%
Abstain
(4 votes) 22%
Doug:
[...] while we all agreed that humans are animals, I don't remember agreeing that all animals are equal.
Chris:
So, you're putting human lives above the one of other animals. Of course, since you eat chopped up animals and - I would assume - no humans, you would otherwise be a hypohypocrite. But, where do you take the right to make that distinction?
Doug:
Chopped up animals - Actually, I just had some. Yum.
Humans are not the only animals that eat other animals. It is natural.
Chris:
Humans have the capability to overcome instinct. It's what makes humans so powerful. With that power comes responsibility. And with that responsibility comes the obligation to reason - and to develop high ethics. It's the price we have to pay for the power we have. It's what makes the difference between destructive and constructive use of what makes humans unique.
Doug:
Are you suggesting... that humans are superior to animals?
Barry:
Wouldn't this mean that humans are not animals after all? ;-)
Chris:
I'm not suggesting that they are equal in regards to their properties. Different animals are different in regard to their properties. I'm suggesting that they should be treated as equal with the same standards like we tread humans as equals although they might have varying properties. Just like objects in Javascript ;-)
[...]
Barry:
I think we believe animals should have rights or they should have more rights its just that they are not humans and therefore should not have the same or equal rights.
So when the statement is made humans are animals we don't really mean that animals are humans....there is a fundamental difference.
Susan Conarroe:
Well, do we have equal rights with them in their societies?
Varies from species to species, I'm sure, but in large part, I'd say "no."
We get grouped into the vast catagory of other-than-like, which then gets divided according to that society's mindset (predators, prey, etc.) and treated accordinly. Several socities near human habitation have a 'human' subcatagory, but we tend to have a 'dog' subcatagory of animals and treat them a little differently than most, so there's nothing unusual there.
I think humans are animals, I think all animals are equal in importance on a cosmic scale, and each animal determines the center of its own little universe - usually itself, or "family," or "pack," and so on.
So, are animals and humans equal? Yes, on a cosmic scale. I don't think our self-realized intelligence makes us any more important. Should animals have equal human rights with humans? I say that's unnatural. <g>
Now, I think that animals should be interacted with on terms of respect. I think that we humans make abominable use of our shared environment and that we are generally disrespectful of any other species in a way that is somewhat unnatural. <shrug>
So much for "equal rights."
[...]
Chris:
I think we are missing the point, here. Just because other animals would have equal rights wouldn't mean that they could get a drivers license. If humans are heheavilyetarded they still have equal rights. Equal rights always means equal under comparable circumstances.
BicycleBob:
I voted no because... rights don't exist in nature, they are a human invention. The only thing that matters in nature is reproductive fitness.
Now... if your question had been worded differently; ie, "Is it wise for humans to assign and enforce equals rights for all members of the animal kingdom, human or otherwise?"
Followup poll:
Equal rights for all members of the animal kingdom.
Is it wise for humans to assign and enforce equal rights for all members of the animal kingdom, human or otherwise?
Poll Results:
Yes
(4 votes) 25%
No
(10 votes) 63%
Abstain
(2 votes) 13%
Lisa:
Now to take this to another plane or Continent as the case may be. Did anyone see that show Survivor where I gather some guy on it stabbed a live pig just to demonstrate that he was useful. If we go with the idea that 4 footed critters are equal to 2 legged ones then is what he did murder? Or was it survival of the fittest? Or just a very bad tv show <g>?
Chris:
I have no problem with someone stabbing a live pig in order to survive. Having to turn away when it's shown on TV while chewing on shredded pig that was bought shrink wrapped in the super market is an other story. Of course, I doubt he needed to stab the pig in order to survive - otherwise there probably wouldn't have been a TV camera near by.
Lisa:
I don't know who started this thread but it kept me awake all night <g>.
How do we work on equality between everyone? In most of society (IMHO) we have many degrees of inequality whether it be between color, sexes, religions, views of children as property. Using just one of the countries I lived in the difference between each province was different. In France depending on what part you were from determined if you were equal to people from lets say Paris.
Chris:
Unequal plus unequal can equal equal.
The world is full of unequality. Equality is just a concept we developed - it's an ideal. Equality results when an imbalance of strength and weakness is not executed.
In order to further equality one doesn't need to eliminate or negate differences. Differences are a good thing. If everything would be balanced and undifferent then there would be no enenergy and no life. The very nature of nature is unequality. If unfair and unethical differences are not used to the advantage of the stronger and if we keep the remaining unequalities in balance then we get equality as a result.
For example, if we wouldn't kill other animals when we do not need to then that would be a major step in the right direction.
Chris:
By teaching our kids to eat animals we teach them to be uncompassionate. Don't be surprised when that uncompassion later pops up in places you didn't expect or intend.
doug:
Logical connection?
Chris wrote: By teaching our kids to eat animals we teach them to be uncompassionate.
I don't see how that follows...
Chris:
Logical connection?
I think so, yes! My previous message Chris 2/19/01 10:17am makes the case for this. Executing an imbalance of strength and weakness is uncompassionate. You don't agree?
doug:
I don't see any case made showing a connection between teaching kids to eat animals and teaching kids to be uncompassionate.
Chris:
Fair enough! If I read my messages again then I have to admit that the correlation is not explicitly clear.
We humans are - if I can generalize a bit - superior in strength to other animals. That is a difference and a natural unequality. Equality (the kind that we've invented as a concept) would result if we would not use that power to our advantage and the others disadvantage. It would be a sign of compassion towards the weaker. Not killing and eating an other animal when we do not need to in order to stay healthy would be such an example. Therefore, teaching kids to do so would be teaching them compassion. Doing the opposite teaches them the opposite.
doug:
When I try to follow logical trains of thought, I always remember "one bad link" and the entire subsequent argument fails.
So before continuing, let's stop with your first sentence - humans are superior in strength to other animals?
Not so!
Chris:
I think now you're to hard on me! OK, let's say superior in strength compare to the animals we eat. They are obviously weaker.
doug:
I don't know - I wouldn't try to wrestle a cow.
Sue:
Superior in cunning, pehaps... not so much sheer musclepower, though!
Chris:
Yes, for the sake of my argument it's the superiority in cunning that matters.
Doug:
OK. Let's go back to the argument (for argument's sake).
Do you think teaching kids to eat a hamburger at McDonald's in any way conveys any message at all about human superiority, lack of compassion, etc.
Do you think a lesson is being made at all when you order two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun?
Sue:
I can perhaps buy the argument that we should all be vegetarians because eating other animals isn't compassionate - BUT - what stumps me is why that same argument should NOT be also extended to plants, which are also living creatures.
And if we extend it to plants, then what does that leave us to eat? Only stuff like fruit and eggs and milk, which are only plant and animal "byproducts" which don't kill the animal to produce them. And then you could make all kinds of arguments about indentured slavery and whatnot (apple trees in orchards, cows in a dairy).
So isn't this all a slippery slope to start down to begin with?
Chris:
Doug, Yes, of course! When you feed a kid those two all beef patties it will eat it without thinking about where that stuff came from. At that moment your only teaching the kid that it is ok to eat it. But one day the kid will think for the first time about the concept of where that stuff is coming from and will - at the very least - realize that it is lucky not to be the animal that was shredded to make that burger. After realizing the unpleasantness of the animals situation it will have to rationalize by reacting with uncompassion. If it would not react with uncompassion it could not avoid to feel gilt - something it will try to avoid because it would be too difficult and complex to handle, specially at its (the kids) age.
Chris:
Sue, Yes, it's a bit of a slippery slope. I would even claim that all 'things' - no matter if they are alive or not - have a right to be treated with dignity. Why should we not develop ethical behavior that follows the same standards in all those cases? We just need to look at the issues from various perspectives and then form our ethical behavior around those. For example, science can tell us reliably enough how a certain action is perceived on the receiving end. The extent of consciousness and the complexity of the nervous systems are two examples of important factors that should be taken into account. Those are deciding factors when you want to estimate the amount of psychological pain that is caused. A secondary important factor is the necessity of the action. The first pain you should stop to cause is the one you don't need to cause. You disagree?
Sue:
I don't disagree in principle, but in practice it gets awfully hard differentiating and making those kinds of decisions...
Chris:
Who said live is a piece of cake?
Sue:
Nobody... But you can get paralyzed making decisions like that all day long.
Will I cause more pain/harm (to the fox) if I wear my down parka with the fox fur trim around the hood, or if I wear my polyester parka made in a sweatshop in southeast Asia?
Maybe a bad example, but sometimes you have to just do the best you can and try hard not to think about the rest of it...
Chris:
No, that's a good example, Sue!
Sue:
Well, it was, if you consider that you will have to decide first off if you want to purchase the coat (or the other coat) to begin with. I can see making that sort of decision when you make a major coat purchase.
But the example I really meant to give was more of a day to day everyday life kind of example - where making that sort of decision for every little thing you do would get impractical.
Chris:
Like what, for example?
Sue:
I can't think of a good example now, either...
Chris:
Maybe because it doesn't exist?
Doug:
On the other hand, the parent might teach the kid to appreciate the earth that gives us such bounty and to always treat animals with humanity, making sure to slaughter them in non-painful ways and urging them to raise livestock in pleasant surroundings.
I think it is possible to be a compassionate person and still be a meat eater.
Chris:
I agree, Doug! But if the parent is teaching that to the kid then they surely can't end up in a burger restaurant together! Now, that would be very hypocritical in deed!
Doug:
Human compassion, morality and burger joints
I don't think it is hypocritical!
Chris:
Now you're just pulling my leg....
john cornicello:
Interesting topic to come back to from my trip. And one that I recently took part in in another discussion board (where they were talking about PETA and Ted Nugent and hunting). Sue has already made the point I was making back then. But why should that stop me from re-posting my message to that other group????, So here goes...
Hey every one.... great topic about the Ted Nugent and pita controversy.
I'm a little bit confused by all of this. I always thought that PETA stood for People Eating Tasty Animals. Why would they have a problem with this?
Me? I'm a vegan. Well, sort of... They say that you are what you eat. I eat cows and chickens. Cows and chickens are vegans, so I'm a vegan by extension.
The way I look at it, plants are living things just like animals. I can't stand the idea of someone going around chopping them off at the roots for food. That's barbaric. I can hear the screams. And they have absolutely no chance for escape being firmly rooted into the ground where they stand.
When I go out hiking I can look out over a lush valley and basque in the glory while my vegetarian friend standing next to me looks out over the lush vegetation and all he can think is "hmm.., lunch!"
Actually, in a perfect world we should not be eating animals or vegetables, only other humans. But that won't fly. So, go out and eat what you need.
I like BJ's attitude. You do it for yourself. Don't impose yourself on others, leave that for the fundamentalist religious folks.
One thing I am convinced of is that not eating meat causes a definite loss to ones sense of humor and breeds agression. I mean, when I go out for a steak and it gets served to me with some sort of vegetation on the plate I quietly move the vegetables off to another plate and don't make a scene about it (as offended as I am about the vegetables being there). Give a vegatarian a dish that has some meat in it and see what their reaction is.
Go to a big event at the Seattle Center. Look at all those angry folks with their tables and clipboards at the entrances. I always want to tell them to go grab a hamburger and chill out. Relax. Enjoy yourself. I bet there is more violence among the vegetarians and vegans. No, not all of them. But we're talking generalities here.
Being a vegetarian isn't any healthier than being a carnivore. I've actually done some research on this. I picked a year (1820) and found a group of vegetarians and a group of meat eaters. You know what? They are all dead!! Everyone who ate a brussel sprout in 1825 is dead. Life is short enough. Go out and enjoy yourself.
Chris:
Well, I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. That certainly sums up the state of the world on this issue!
28.02.2001, 17:08
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In slight contrast...
Papa Ratzi:
Headline in the German newspaper "
Bild
":
British media:
20.04.2005, 15:01
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Fasten your seat-belt: Figuring out
the complexity of HTTP encodings in 125 slides
.
11.05.2005, 19:12
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An
Apache licensed J2SE 5
has been proposed as a new project for the Incubator.
"Motivation:
There is a clear need for an open-source version of Java 2, Standard
Edition (J2SE) runtime platform, and there are many ongoing efforts
to produce solutions (Kaffe, Classpath, etc). There are also efforts
that provide alternative approaches to execution of Java bytecode
(GCJ and IKVM). All of these efforts provide a diversity of
solutions, which is healthy, but barriers exist which prevent these
efforts from reaching a greater potential."
From the
FAQ for Apache Harmony
:
"11) Will you accept SWT if IBM offers it?
Apache is always grateful for contributions from wherever they come,
and IBM has a record of contributions to open source, but it would [be]
up to the project community to decide whether any particular
contribution was used in the project."
09.05.2005, 17:08
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After closing the browser for the first
time in some weeks I couldn't get into a customer's bugzilla site
anymore where I knew we had just changed the password recently. So, I
thought I must have forgotten the password - but no: Guru Meditation
Error! There are two layers of authentication and the first layer
didn't change.
Turns out my browser even remembered the correct password for me!
I just confused myself because I remembered that something had changed, so I insisted that it had to be different ;-) ROFL
That's
what I get in the times of rock solid operating systems and browser
software with infinite uptimes. If I once close the browser by mistake,
I have a hard time remembering how to launch it :-)
12.07.2004, 11:53
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> RFC 4329 application-ecmascript
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> Fresh Rhino on Safari
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> "The meaning of life is to improve the quality of all life"
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> Mocha Inheritance
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> Helma 1.5.3
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> More on Javascript Inheritance
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> See you at Lift'07
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> The war against terror
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> The war against terror (continued)
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> JSONPath and CouchDB
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> Helma Conspiracy Theory
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> So, what's up with World Radio Switzerland?
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> Javascript as Universal Scripting Language
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> More praise for Helma
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> Helmablog and an article in Linux Pro Magazine
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> Evolving ES4 as the universal scripting language
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> Bubble bursting friendship bracelets
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> CouchDB for Helma
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> Helma powered AppJet - Takeoff!
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> SimpleDB vs CouchDB
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> Netscape, the browser, to live one more month
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> Update to Helma 1.6.1
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> Additional Filename Conventions
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> e4xd and jhino - javascript server-side soft-coding
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> Even more Server-side Javascript with Jaxer
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> Openmocha and Jhino updated to 0.8
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> Asynchronous Beer and Geeking and other opportunities to talk about Helma, Rhino and Javascript on the server-side
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> Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen
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> Adobe's position on ES4 features, plus the Flex 3 SDK source code is now available under the MPL
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> The Overlooked Power of Javascript
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> A Quick Start to Hello World
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> The Story of Stuff
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> Earthlings - Can you face the truth?
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> Larry Lessig's case for creative freedom
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> Helma 1.6.2 ready to download
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> Attila Szegedi about Rhino, Helma and Server-Side Javascript, and scripting on the JVM in general
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> Helma Meeting Spring 2008
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> Apple's position on ECMAScript 4 proposals
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> ES4 comes to IE via Screaming Monkey
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> SquirrelFish!
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> Want ES4 in Helma today?
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> ES4 Draft 1 and ES3.1 Draft 1
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> Is AppleScript done?
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> Brendan on the state of Javascript evolution
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> Helma at the Linuxwochen in Linz
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> Fresh Javascript IDE in Ganymede Eclipse release
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> The A-Z of Programming Languages jumps to Javascript
|
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> Ecmascript Harmony
|
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> Large Hadron Collider
|
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> Helma at the 2008 OpenExpo in Zurich
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> Release Candidate 1 of Helma 1.6.3
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> Helma 1.6.3 Release Candidate 2
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> Helma 1.6.3-rc3 ready for testing
|
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> Helma turns 1.6.3
|
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> First Soleil on Mont-Soleil
|
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> Anno 2004: CZV
|
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> Server-Side Javascript Standard Library
|
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> Is the Bespin web-based code editor the ideal future ServerJS IDE?
|
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> New Eclipse Helma plugin project
|
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> The best solution is that one isn't needed
|
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> ReverseHttp and RelayHttp
|
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> ES5 Candidate Specification
|
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> A car has nothing to do with a carpet
|
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> Think different
|
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> Crossnet - der kollektive Intellekt der Schweiz
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> Anno 1992: Intouch i-station
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> Anno 1990: RasterOps
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> Anno 1991: mediacube
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> Anno 1993: Macro-micro navigator
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> Server-side Javascript
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> Surrender by Cheap Trick
|
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> Permaculture 101
|
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> Be part of the solution, not part of the problem
|
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> CometD at a glance
|
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> PubSubHub against spam and walled gardens
|
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> Web-based editing of sandboxed server-side javascript apps
|
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> Hang You From the Heavens by The Dead Weather
|
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> Anno 1988: Perfect by Fairground Attraction
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> August 28th 1968: William Buckley Vs Gore Vidal
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> Anno 1968: Mony Mony and People Got to Be Free
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> Unus Pro Omnibus - Omnes Pro Uno
|
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> Been there, but haven't done that
|
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> If they are not ready for what they need, give them the backbone for their future baby steps
|
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> Before implementing a solution to a problem, always search for a workaround, because the workaround is often better than the original solution
|
|
> JVM Web Framework Smackdown
|
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> Eating healthier would safe the planet
|
|
> ServerJS - putting Javascript to work on the *other* side
|
|
> CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination
|
|
> While society must do things the right way, its people must find ways to do the right thing
|
|
> ServerJS - Brewing The Perfect Storm
|
|
> Move your money - It's a Wonderful Life
|
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> You find what you google for.
|
|
> Module system strawpersons
|
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> Keep Cool My Babies!
|
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> Written In Reverse by Spoon
|
|
> The Moon And The Sky by Sade
|
|
> Helma 1.7.0 has escaped its stealth existence
|
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> Modules, Proxies, and Ephemeron Tables
|
|
> Server-Side Javascript since... way back: RingoJS!
|
|
> Anno 1989: Lambada by Kaoma
|
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> Eternal September
|
|
> AOL expanding Internet services
|
|
> Searching Gopherspace
|
|
> NEW-LIST digests
|
|
> ACTIV-L Digest
|
|
> Acorn Archimedes RISC Technology
|
|
> Hello World on C128 in CP/M Mode
|
|
> Anno 1986: Max Headroom in the News
|
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> Anno 1985: Amiga 1000
|
|
> Anno 1982: Vic-20
|
|
> RhinoJS
|
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> Lost and Found by Steve Mason
|
|
> Your Personal Religion by Sophie Hunger
|
|
> RingoJS 0.5 released
|
|
> Sweet People by Alyosha
|
|
> RingoJS vs NodeJS
|
|
> Get Around by Neil Young
|
|
> How creativity occurs
|
|
> The Future Is Unwritten
|
|
> What's Up Doc? by Carbon/Silicon
|
|
> Will Adobe see the light (of Day)?
|
|
> Good for Adobe, Good for Day, Good for the Ecosystem
|
|
> confederate?
|
|
> Brendan Eich on Proxies, Modules and other Proposals and Strawman
|
|
> CoffeeScript, underscore.coffee and underscore.js
|
|
> We have the world we want
|
|
> Lila Luftschloss
|
|
> If there is anything supernatural, it is humanity itself
|
|
> Oh No! by Marina And The Diamonds
|
|
> Reality is an onion, and depending on how deep you think, it may seem to contradict itself
|
|
> Web services should be both federated and extensible
|
|
> Freude herrscht!
|
|
> The Cluetrain Manifesto
|
|
> The Paul Allen Suit
|
|
> Erbix CommonJS soft-coding engine
|
|
> Nice comparison of Ringo and Node
|
|
> Faked web browsing
|
|
> Angry World by Neil Young
|
|
> Anno 1987: Knowledge Navigator
|
|
> Open source Facebook replacement Diaspora drops first alpha
|
|
> Restrepo
|
|
> Bungee jumps for all congressman, free!, no strings attached
|
|
> Link Love for Javascript
|
|
> Predictions of an ugly IPv4-to-IPv6 transition
|
|
> Ringo Release 0.6
|
|
> Order is an addictive illusion
|
|
> Peaceful Valley Boulevard and Rumblin
|
|
> Rhinola 0.8 - Server JS reduced to the minimum
|
|
> Unconditional Responsibility meets Total Compassion
|
|
> Which system setting, Mr. Citrix?
|
|
> Making Antimatter where the Web was born
|
|
> WikiLeaks moves to Switzerland
|
|
> Democracy Now!
|
|
> So Long, Larry King Live
|
|
> You register me in 50 states
|
|
> Daniel Ellsberg on Wikileaks
|
|
> Software Engineering
|
|
> California by Joni Mitchell
|
|
> Friedrich Dürrenmatt - Die Schweiz als Gefängnis
|
|
> Please Take by Wire
|
|
> Fixing the Future
|
|
> Cablecom baffled by service interruptions
|
|
> The decision to store data in a database is usually a case of premature optimization
|
|
> Could uprisings in Egypt and the Arab world produce a 'Muslim Gandhi'?
|
|
> No more White Stripes
|
|
> It Hurts Me Too by First Aid Kit
|
|
> Asmaa Mahfouz starting a revolution
|
|
> Think before teaching young dogs old tricks
|
|
> How to Save the World, Fast and Easy
|
|
> Powerful stroke of insight
|
|
> Madame Trudeaux by KT Tunstall
|
|
> Re: Administrivia
|
|
> Blue Tip by The Cars
|
|
> Piledriver Waltz by Alex Turner
|
|
> Canada, please evolve
|
|
> Heavyweight Champion of the World by Reverend and the Makers
|
|
> Everything is either simple or flawed
|
|
> AIR is to apps as PDF is to docs
|
|
> Wishful thinking is the mother of all progress
|
|
> Nuclear plants in Switzerland are modern Orgetorixism
|
|
> Newark Peace Education Panel
|
|
> Photoshop Startup Memories and First Demo
|
|
> BZ Internet Cafe
|
|
> Xjournal
|
|
> Morgana - Selling Digital-Font based Sign-writing
|
|
> Macworld Expo 1988 Amsterdam
|
|
> The right time to buy Apple stock
|
|
> Bürgerbrief
|
|
> Analog Desktop Publishing in 1984
|
|
> Enable the Creative
|
|
> Christiana Bike gone missing in Basel
|
|
> Postel's Law
|
|
> Best Music, News, and More is Back!
|
|
> bumblebee
|
|
> FidoNet
|
|
> Cute Barristas at Peet's Coffee
|
|
> Storm Song by Smoke Fairies
|
|
> Earth Mother and Fortieth Floor by Lesley Duncan
|
|
> Permaculture - A Quiet Revolution
|
|
> Paradise with Side Effects
|
|
> The Data Liberation Front
|
|
> What's Next California
|
|
> Not becoming part of the problem when trying to be part of the solution
|
|
> Customer Experience Management
|
|
> Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform
|
|
> This Painting is Not Available in Your Country
|
|
> Strength in Numbers by Colin Scallan
|
|
> RingoJS 0.8.0 is out!
|
|
> Re: parteifrei.ch
|
|
> Stuff by George Carlin
|
|
> Damn Love Song by Amy LaVere
|
|
> Switzerland is Not a Nation - it is a Philosophy
|
|
> Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul
|
|
> 25th Fête de la Lune Noire
|
|
> Die Grünen sind die liberalsten
|
|
> How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters
|
|
> Here's to the crazy ones!
|
|
> New GPB-DA Poster (and Logo) for the Federal Elections 2011
|
|
> Evolution is not about the survival of the fittest, it is about the optimization of the synergies.
|
|
> Antwort auf offenen Brief von Tobias Sennhauser
|
|
> Alternative 1995
|
|
> Privacy is only needed to the extent that society is malfunctioning.
|
|
> The Creative Cloud, Elasticity, Touch and Context
|
|
> Libertär, EU-kritisch, ökologisch, sozial
|
|
> Consensus & Direct Democracy @ Occupy Everything
|
|
> Fortschritt statt schildbürgerliches Wachstum
|
|
> Hydrogen production from inexhaustible supplies of fresh and salt water using microbial reverse-electrodialysis electrolysis cells
|
|
> Will Not Follow by Gringo Star
|
|
> The Three Pillars of Democracy
|
|
> The Foundation of Democracy
|
|
> Bradley Manning by Cass McCombs
|
|
> Hochdemokratie
|
|
> Gamchi
|
|
> Whole Earth Catalog
|
|
> Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog
|
|
> Neil Young
|
|
> O Freedom by Billy Bragg
|
|
> I believe I know what is true, but I know I don't know what is real.
|
|
> Zweites Eichhorn 2011 by michelo-ud
|
|
> Finish your Beer
|
|
> House Rules
|
|
> Late in the Night by Heartless Bastards
|
|
> Tim Anderson and Matthew Slater on Community Forge
|
|
> Journée: Coopératives & énergies renouvelables
|
|
> Summer 2012 will be the Woodstock of Anarchism
|
|
> Saturn Return by She Keeps Bees
|
|
> Lea & story-209 by michelo-ud
|
|
> Light Table - a new IDE concept
|
|
> Anno 1998: volksrat.ch
|
|
> Beim Denken sind Tiere auch nur Menschen
|
|
> Working on true, bottom up subsidiarity
|
|
> The Adobe Creative Cloud is coming!
|
|
> Jacob Appelbaum and National Security Agency whistleblower William Binne on growing state surveillance
|
|
> Out of Print: The 20th Century
|
|
> If what you are doing is not helpful, please stop doing it. Seriously.
|
|
> International Anarchism Gathering, St-Imier 2012
|
|
> Participate.ch macht Deliberative Demokratie mit Konsensforum
|
|
> Sixteen Saltines by Jack White
|
|
> Self-organisation as a powerful change agent
|
|
> Consensus is not something you either have or not. It is something you always have more or less of.
|
|
> Guggenheim by The Ting Tings
|
|
> The Definition of Love
|
|
> The axis of evil runs through our dining tables
|
|
> TerreVision - agriculture contractuelle
|
|
> Sophie's Choice in Bovine
|
|
> From Consumers to Citizens
|
|
> Deepening Democracy Days, June 2-12, 2012
|
|
> Surfing Democracy - Dynamic Facilitation and Wisdom Councils
|
|
> Radical Openness
|
|
> Plonk & Replonk
|
|
> Confirmation of the Higgs Boson and the Standard Model
|
|
> Declaration of Interdependence, Occupy Café and Occupy National Gathering
|
|
> Albert Streichs Mittnächtler
|
|
> A Guidebook of Alternative Nows
|
|
> The Story of Change
|
|
> Empowering Public Wisdom - The Manifesto
|
|
> The Transformation Project
|
|
> St-Imier 2012 Anarchism Gathering Program
|
|
> Du 8 au 12 août, les Imériens accueilleront les anarchistes du monde entier
|
|
> La Linea by Osvaldo Cavandoli
|
|
> Souper - Débat politique à Espace Noir
|
|
> Participate.ch brings Dynamic Facilitation Training to Zurich, March 4-6, 2013
|
|
> NEIN zum Tierseuchengesetz am 25.11.2012 - NON à la loi révisée sur les épizooties
|
|
> Weltformatplakat GPB-DA, Stadtratswahlen 2012
|
|
> Souper et débat politique - Round Three
|
|
> Fan traces "lost" singer Rodriguez
|
|
> RingoJS hits 0.9
|
|
> Jim Rough enjoying Hiltl...
|
|
> Gründungsversammlung Swiss Foodcoop Genossenschaft
|
|
> Ad-hoc Choice Creating
|
|
> Paddock cahier des charges choice creating session
|
|
> La Vélokaravane à Courtelary le 13.4.2013 au Toit des Saltimbanques
|
|
> Taste the Waste - about the worldwide destruction of food
|
|
> Governance Futures Lab for ReConstitutional Convention
|
|
> Simone Rebmann als Regierungsstatthalterin!
|
|
> Transition Town Bern am 25. April
|
|
> More than Honey by Markus Imhoof
|
|
> Occupy Love by Velcrow Ripper
|
|
> Overview & Continuum by Planetary Collective
|
|
> Zukunft säen – Vielfalt ernten
|
|
> Everyone is an exception. Let's try and catch each other.
|
|
> Art of Participatory Leadership 2013
|
|
> Social Capital World Forum 2013
|
|
> Reserve Ratio, Inter-Bank Lending and Equity Ratio
|
|
> Because *somebody* has to stand up for the people of the Internet
|
|
> The means are the way
|
|
> Original Black Bloc exhibited
|
|
> Dare to imagine: The grid that is us
|
|
> Collaborate locally, collaborate globally
|
|
> Edward Snowden, NSA PRISM wistleblower
|
|
> Installing Democracy
|
|
> Grüne NetzpolitikerInnen gegen BÜPF und NDG
|
|
> Nourrir la ville - Tagung für lokale und nachhaltige Strategien
|
|
> Leitideen des Anarchismus und EU-Kritik
|
|
> Green Phoenix Congress, September 25-29 2013, Schweibenalp, Switzerland
|
|
> Surfing Democracy November 25-26 2013
|
|
> Sommerfest von Transition Bern
|
|
> Open Air Filmvorführung in Bern am 11.8.: In Transition 2.0
|
|
> Es gibt kein Recht auf unethisches Verhalten.
|
|
> in-vitra Kulturen- und Kunstplattform in Biel-Bienne
|
|
> E-Voting: gesunde Skepsis und OpenSource ist nötig
|
|
> Virtual roundtable on governance
|
|
> Invitation to the 2013 "Beau-Sejour" gathering, October 25-27 in St-Imier, Switzerland
|
|
> Changelog for RingoJS 0.10
|
|
> Trends in Civic Tech
|
|
> Rolling Stone: In the Belly Of The Beast
|
|
> The Cryptosphere: decentralised, secure and open Web platform
|
|
> Zukunftsforum im Lorraine Quartier
|
|
> Polymoney Workshop
|
|
> Les idées principales de l'anarchisme et la critique de l'Union Européenne
|
|
> Culture of Collaboration
|
|
> La Décentrale Mont-Soleil
|
|
> Join the 2014 Beau-Sejour Gatherings, November 14-30
|
|
> RingoJS 0.11 is out!
|
|
> The New Decentralized Internet - MaidSafe
|
|
> Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time
|
|
> Stage d’initiation aux plantes sauvages comestibles et médicinales
|
|
> Decentralise Now Gathering for the 99%
|
|
> Outcomes of the Decentralise Now Gathering
|
|
> RSS murderers, some must rebuild bridges you have willfully destroyed
|
|
> Decentralized Autonomous Popcorn Time
|
|
> Tesla: All Our Patent Are Belong To You
|
|
> Why Wikipedia might be the most important invention ever
|
|
> The numbers of the day: 62 vs 50% and 1% vs 99%
|
|
> Decentralised Jokes
|
|
> Verpasst: Eine grosse Chance für ein krisensicheres Geld
|
|
> Richard Moore on the Electric Universe and Climate Change
|
|
> CoinFest 2016, April 5-10, Mont-Soleil
|
|
> Participate in the solutions of tomorrow!
|
|
> St-Imier Gatherings 2017: July 30 - September 22
|
|
> The Summer Camps experience of St-Imier 2017
|
|
> Kurdistan-reve-de-Printemps
|
|
> The Mycelium Model of Glocal Governance
|
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> Anarchy 2023 renversé
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