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<p class='main'><span class="h4">====THIS <a href="file.htm">FILE</a> IS ARCHIVAL. See '<a href="diary.htm">diary</a>' for <a href="new.htm">new</a>est entries</span><br/>
<br/>
Trying to get <a class="ext" href="http://ecocomics.org">ecocomics.org</a> up at <a class="ext" href="http://epfarms.net">epfarms.net</a>, but having technical <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>iculties...<br/>
<br/>
Noticed <a class="ext" href="http://diamonin.net">diamonin.net</a> as a possible <a href="ecocom.htm">Ecocom</a>edy re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e.<br/>
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<br/>
<a href="curr.htm">Curr</a>ently <a href="liv.htm">liv</a>ing in a Gentoo <a href="liv.htm">Liv</a>eCD because <a href="install.htm">install</a>ing a GRUB<br/>
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Fighting the locked-closed <a href="msi.htm">MSI</a> RS482M4-L <small>(ms-7191)</small> <a href="compu.htm">compu</a>ter motherboard.<br/>
<br/>
The ACPI, APIC, sound and on-board ATI Xpress M200 video card.<br/>
<br/>
Would still like to try <a href="net.htm">Net</a>BSD as DOM0 for <a href="xen.htm">Xen</a>, but will need <a href="free.htm">Free</a> <a href="hard.htm">Hard</a>ware first.<br/>
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<br/>
Trying to fix my MBR ... looked at Smart <a href="boot.htm">Boot</a>Manager and then <a class="ext" href="http://gujin.org">gujin.org</a><br/>
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2005-11-18: <a class="ext" href="http://www.archive.org/download/Bush_in_slightly_more_than30_seconds/Bush_in_slightly_more_than30_seconds.mov">http://www.archive.org/download/Bush_in_slightly_more_than30_seconds/Bush_in_slightly_more_than30_seconds.mov</a><br/>
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2005-11-16:<br/>
<span class="quot">"'We'll put a <a href="boot.htm">boot</a> in your ass.<br/>
It's the American way.<br/>
Brought to you courtesy ... of the red, white and blue.<br/>
We lit up sky<br/>
like the 4th of july!<br/>
'"</span> -- Corporate country radio <a href="stat.htm">stat</a>ion KBULL<br/>
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<br/>
2005-11-11:<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://WorkingTV.com/vandana.html">WorkingTV.com/vandana.html</a> biopirates<br/>
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2005-11-10:<br/>
Bought about $100 herb, cotton and stevia seed.<br/>
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2005-11-06:<br/>
market<br/>
buy, cr<a href="edit.htm">edit</a><br/>
thie<small>[fv]</small><br/>
factory<br/>
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<br/>
2005-10-27: Heard on <a class="ext" href="http://KYCC.org">KYCC.org</a> 6.2 million dollars paid for a radio frequency. Who receives that <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y?<br/>
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2005-10-19: <a class="ext" href="http://PointOfView.net">PointOfView.net</a> claiming "Fern Gully" is about pantheism.<br/>
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I recently heard the god 'Pan' is the god of chaos - as in Pande<a href="moni.htm">moni</a>um or Panic.<br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://dict.org">dict.org</a> says:<br/>
Pantheism \Pan"the*ism\, n. <small>[Pan- + theism.]</small><br/>
The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a<br/>
whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the<br/>
combined force and natural laws which are manifested in the<br/>
existing universe; cosmotheism. The doctrine denies that God<br/>
is a rational personality.<br/>
<small>[1913 <a href="web.htm">Web</a>ster]</small><br/>
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2005-10-19: The "Alexander Bill" has something to do with "No Child <a href="left.htm">Left</a> Behind".<br/>
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2005-10-17: A preacher on the Trinity Broadcast <a href="net.htm">Net</a><a href="work.htm">work</a> says:<br/>
"In the last days there will be sheep nations, and their will be goat nations."<br/>
<br/>
He then talks about the religion of Islam, saying <small>(I'm paraphrasing because I can't quite remember)</small>:<br/>
"Islam is an apastolic teaching, not one of redemption, therefore they are able to draw from our fold"<br/>
<br/>
The audience gasps audibly.<br/>
<br/>
He then says<br/>
"My message is therefore that we must take nations!".<br/>
<br/>
That's what he said! "we must take nations"! We should <a href="own.htm">own</a> other humans? We are more divine, more informed, superior, enlightened?<br/>
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2005-10-16: About out<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>ing: <span class="quot">"'who will buy all of the <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>ts if we don't have decent <a href="job.htm">job</a>s?'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://SourceCode.FreeSpeech.org">SourceCode.FreeSpeech.org</a><br/>
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2005-09-26: <a class="ext" href="http://raydium.cqfd-corp.org">raydium.cqfd-corp.org</a><br/>
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2005-09-07: <a class="ext" href="http://simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank">simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank</a><br/>
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2005-08-26:<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr">www.cypherpunks.ca/otr</a><br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://Psycle.PastNoteCut.org">Psycle.PastNoteCut.org</a> is meant to be a "Buzz clone".<br/>
<br/>
They seem to be moving to a <a href="new.htm">new</a> lightweight windowing/graphics technique called "Win32GUI Generics" which <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>ds <a href="gui.htm">GUI</a> components through C++ templates. <a class="ext" href="http://torjo.com/win32gui/index.html">torjo.com/win32gui/index.html</a><br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://OSW.sf.net">OSW.sf.net</a> Open Sound World looks <a href="promis.htm">promis</a>ing.<br/>
The <a href="install.htm">install</a>er needs/tries to <a href="install.htm">install</a> tcl, but that didn't <a href="work.htm">work</a> for me.<br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://LMUSE.sf.net">LMUSE.sf.net</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://LMMS.sf.net">LMMS.sf.net</a> Linux Multi Media System<br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://sbagen.sf.net">sbagen.sf.net</a> Binaural Brain Wave Experimenter's Lab<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://openeeg.sf.net">openeeg.sf.net</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://ModPlug.sf.net">ModPlug.sf.net</a><br/>
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2005-07-28: Laid off today. My programming <a href="job.htm">job</a> was out<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>ed to India.<br/>
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2005-07-22: <a class="ext" href="http://Free-Culture.cc">Free-Culture.cc</a><br/>
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2005-07-22: The Codex Alimentarius is good for the <small>(usurists')</small> <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omy.<br/>
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2005-07-12: The British East India Company was created by international <a href="bank.htm">bank</a>ers<br/>
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2005-07-12: More <a href="real.htm">real</a>ity hacking: <a class="ext" href="http://FreeStarMedia.com">FreeStarMedia.com</a><br/>
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2005-07-11:<br/>
The etymology of the word 'lord' is "hlafweard" or "hla-f weard" which means "bread guard".<br/>
<br/>
This is more evidence the Holy Bible's book of Genesis is an explanation of the <a href="work.htm">work</a>ings of <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial scarcity based <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omies.<br/>
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"The Lord" drove Adam and Eve from the garden so they would <a href="work.htm">work</a> for their bread by the sweat of their brow instead of having a permaculture based society.<br/>
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Mushrooms are the phoenix of creation. see Genesis in the Holy Bible.<br/>
Cordyceps, Lions Maine, Maitake, Reshi, Shiitake, Turkey Tail, truffles<br/>
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2005-06-07: <a class="ext" href="http://mysite.verizon.net/res7dhyg/slaverevolt.html">mysite.verizon.net/res7dhyg/slaverevolt.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://Solari.com">Solari.com</a><br/>
<br/>
2005-06-06: Overheard at <a href="work.htm">work</a> <span class="quot">"'You don't have full rights over your body because it was GOD that gave it to you. It is his <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty.'"</span><br/>
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2005-06-06:<br/>
Question for the day:<br/>
<br/>
What will happen as <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>tion <small>(of all physical 'goods')</small> is more and more automated?<br/>
<br/>
Will it be good for the <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers? Hmm.. There will be less to do, so maybe we can relax... But there will be less <a href="work.htm">work</a> to choose from, so we will be paid less.<br/>
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You may say "People will just 'retool' to <a href="new.htm">new</a> <a href="job.htm">job</a>s. That's what progress is all about." But if that's the case, does that indicate our <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omy "needs" problems so there is always plenty of "<a href="employ.htm">employ</a>ment"?<br/>
<br/>
What would you say "our" goals are, and who do you think is meant by the <a href="use.htm">use</a> of the word "our" here?<br/>
<br/>
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2005-06-06:<br/>
<span class="quot">"'Now <a href="imag.htm">imag</a>ine me standing in lodge with my head bowed in prayer between Brother Mohammed Bokhary and Brother Arjun Melwani. To neither of them is the Great Architect of the Universe perceived as the Holy Trinity. To Brother Bokhary He has been revealed as Allah; to Brother Melwani He is probably perceived as Vishnu. Since I believe that there is only one God, I am confronted with three possibilities:<br/>
<br/>
They are praying to the devil whilst I am praying to God;<br/>
<br/>
They are praying to nothing, as their gods do not exist;<br/>
<br/>
They are praying to the same God as I, yet their understanding of His nature is <a href="part.htm">part</a>ly incomplete <small>(as indeed is mine--1 Cor 13:12)</small><br/>
<br/>
It is without hesitation that I accept the third possibility.'"</span> -- Christopher Haffner "<a href="work.htm">Work</a>man Unashamed"<br/>
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2005-06-05: <a class="ext" href="http://www.archive.org/details/PhantomPlanet">www.archive.org/details/PhantomPlanet</a><br/>
2005-06-05: <a class="ext" href="http://www.orindalodge.org/kadoshsamaritan.php">www.orindalodge.org/kadoshsamaritan.php</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://Sacred-Texts.com/eso/sta/sta22.htm">Sacred-Texts.com/eso/sta/sta22.htm</a><br/>
<br/>
2005-06-05: Musæum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/secret_teachings_of_all_ages/flowers_plants_fruits_and_trees.htm">www.phoenixmasonry.org/secret_teachings_of_all_ages/flowers_plants_fruits_and_trees.htm</a><br/>
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2005-06-01: Multibranding: Communityism := Cooperatism, Coopracy; <a href="permaculture propagation project.htm">Permaculture Propagation Project</a> := "Weeds for Needs", "Seeds for Needs"<br/>
<br/>
2005-05-31:<br/>
future letter to: Ric<a href="hard.htm">hard</a> <a href="stallman.htm">Stallman</a><br/>
<br/>
You say Treacherous <a href="compu.htm">Compu</a>ting may not be reversible because of laws like the DMCA.<br/>
<br/>
Our 'leaders' let the "Suspension Calendar" allow the pirates to enact "Treacherous <a href="compu.htm">Compu</a>ting"<br/>
<br/>
Let's <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d our <a href="own.htm">own</a> <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware so we don't need to change laws.<br/>
<br/>
We must <a href="own.htm">own</a>, then bridle those <a href="own.htm">own</a>ers with contracts that promote cooperation and <a href="protect.htm">protect</a> the laborer in the same way the Copy<a href="left.htm">left</a> does.<br/>
<br/>
Reclaim Democracy from the power of the corporations<br/>
Of the people by the flunkies for the corporations<br/>
Treaties such as NAFTA subjugate the people<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
2005-05-25: What is the true meaning of the Holy Communion? The word Holy comes from Helios, meaning the sun. The word Communion is a practice of eating some thing that is the "literal flesh" of god.<br/>
<br/>
To me this means Communion is about meeting our organic food and drug needs through permaculture.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
2005-05-25: Sucralose <small>(Splenda)</small> is the next As<a href="part.htm">part</a>ame <small>(Nutrasweet)</small><br/>
<br/>
2005-05-22: <a class="ext" href="http://Pharmacratic-Inquisition.com">Pharmacratic-Inquisition.com</a><br/>
<br/>
This 3 hr. presentation is a bit slow, but <a href="pack.htm">pack</a>ed with a fascinating hi<a href="stor.htm">stor</a>y of how we have been fooled out of our inheritance by being led away from the only god worth worshiping.<br/>
<br/>
I <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> with some of what they document, but think the organic and sexual messages are most about simply understanding our physical selves so our needs cannot be <a href="use.htm">use</a>d against us, or as the rebel pharo Akhenaten said, "<a href="liv.htm">Liv</a>ing in the truth".<br/>
<br/>
Also see <a class="ext" href="http://www.bluehoney.org/SunWorship.htm">www.bluehoney.org/SunWorship.htm</a><br/>
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2005-05-21: Grapes of Dionysus<br/>
<br/>
2005-05-21: Aggressive Peace<br/>
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2005-05-20: <a href="free.htm">Free</a> <a href="hard.htm">Hard</a>ware: <a class="ext" href="http://ndiyo.org">ndiyo.org</a><br/>
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2005-05-19: Studying the "Emerald tablet of Thoth". More confirmation that spirituality is about a celebration of existence and nature, and how most religions purposefully fool us out of this understanding in an effort of domination.<br/>
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As above, So below.<br/>
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2005-05-14: Notice colors in the "Song of Solomon"<br/>
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Constantine claims the Chi-Rho <small>(looks like a large letter 'P' with an 'x' drawn over the stem)</small> <span class="quot">"'About the time of the midday sun, when day was just turning, he said he saw with his <a href="own.htm">own</a> eyes, up in the sky and resting over the sun, a cross-shaped trophy formed from light, and a text attached to it which said, `By this conquer' '"</span><br/>
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The <a href="cad.htm">Cad</a>uceus <small>(snakes or vines winding up a post or body)</small> represents health and medicine.<br/>
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The Ouroboros <small>(a snake or dragon biting or swallowing its tail)</small> represents the cyclic nature of our existence.<br/>
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2005-05-14: Gerald Massey, Jordan Maxwell<br/>
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"The Hindu Pantheon"<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://truthbeknown.com/kcrucified.htm">truthbeknown.com/kcrucified.htm</a><br/>
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Robert Heweitt Brown 32<br/>
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2005-05-13: <a class="ext" href="http://PRS.org">PRS.org</a><br/>
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"The Book of Beginnings"<br/>
"The Natural Genesis"<br/>
"The Christ Conspiracy - The Greatest <a href="stor.htm">Stor</a>y Ever Told" -- Acharya S<br/>
"The Jesus Mysteries"<br/>
"Jesus and the Lost Goddess"<br/>
"That Old Time Religion"<br/>
"The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors" Korsey Graves<br/>
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2005-05-13: John Allegro "The Dead Sea Scrolls And The Christian Myth", "The Sacred Mushroom & the Cross"<br/>
"The Apples of Apollo"<br/>
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2005-05-13:<br/>
<span class="h4">====From a friend:</span><br/>
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I have been quite busy lately so it has taken me some time to reply. Here is my negative input that you requested:<br/>
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- Rename communityism to something else - it sounds too much like communism, and that has such a negative connotation in people's minds that this could negatively affect the ability of people to even <a href="start.htm">start</a> to consider or accept your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as. This may be a dumb reason to reject your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as, but that is irrelevant.<br/>
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- Another serious barrier to people accepting what you are suggesting is that in a large <a href="part.htm">part</a> <small>(not completely though)</small>, people think that that have already tried what you are <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>osing - it's called "being a pioneer" and people will look at your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as about becoming self sufficient and think, "why would I want to be a pioneer again?" We have already tried that and found that life is more pleasant when we are a bit dependant upon each other - I'll keep my washing <a href="mac.htm">mac</a>hine and special detergent that <a href="work.htm">work</a>s well instead of this lye <a href="soap.htm">soap</a> I just made. Whether this is a true or false assumption made by people is not the issue, the issue is that you need to sell people on why "pioneerism" will <a href="work.htm">work</a> this time around. If there <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly is a <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>erence between your plan and just returning to be a bunch of 1800's pioneers, then you need to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e sure people understand the <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>erence and the importance of that <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>erence - and this needs to be done up front.<br/>
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- I think that comparing the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> and your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as based on the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> to "gifting" is very wrong. A gift is a one-way transfer with absolutely no strings attached. Things given via the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> <small>(and your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as based on the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a>)</small> are NOT gifts; they are a two-way transfer contract. The "<a href="user.htm">user</a>" gets a <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>t or service and you get control of their future actions. That is no more a gift than <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>rietary software is. Public domain is gifting, for example. Even BSD is not gifting because you have to give cr<a href="edit.htm">edit</a>, right? P.S. Endlessly giving everything to the poor that they need only weakens them and <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>es them more dependant. I can see how the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> could also <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e people weaker and more dependant upon already written software. Sure it's good to reuse, as long as you <a href="know.htm">know</a> you could write your <a href="own.htm">own</a>. Windows programmers, for example, have been considerably dumbed down because the OS takes care of so much for them that they couldn't do it for themselves. The <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> could do the same for all of the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> code that already exists and people would just rely on it and never learn to do it for themselves. These are some of my <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as that haven't completely formed, but it all has to do with gifting and the effects of too much gifting.<br/>
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- Fix the <a href="web.htm">web</a>site's hyperlinking of <a href="part.htm">part</a>ial words. This could prevent people from taking you seriously because the strange linking may distract or turn off your readers. Keep the linking, just fix it.<br/>
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<span class="h4">====From Patware:</span><br/>
Thank you this is very helpful. The psychological factor is definitely more powerful than I originally <a href="real.htm">real</a>ized.<br/>
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I <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> with most of what you say, and will <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e those changes and let you <a href="know.htm">know</a> when they are in place.<br/>
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You are <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ently the most qualified to receive the $100 reward for PR-ifying my approach.<br/>
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<span class="h4">====From a Friend:</span><br/>
PS: If we found out how much <a href="land.htm">land</a> it takes to be self sufficient, that much could be tax <a href="free.htm">free</a> and then a<a href="mount.htm">mount</a>s above that could have a geometrically increasing tax on it. This could curb hoarding <small>(this should apply to the government too of course)</small> while still allowing people to <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly <a href="own.htm">own</a> their <a href="own.htm">own</a> <a href="land.htm">land</a>. Of course, "wicked" people would subvert that by splitting up the <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership across many people, etc. but it might raise the bar.<br/>
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<span class="h4">====From Patware:</span><br/>
Henry George's "single tax" is 'progressive' <small>(his term)</small> as you suggest - to penalize largest holders most.<br/>
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I suppose your s<a href="econ.htm">econ</a>d point could be true, though I'm not sure why the "across many individuals" people you mention would not have access to their <a href="own.htm">own</a> fair a<a href="mount.htm">mount</a> of finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es ... after all, that is the whole point of writing a license = to restrict <small>(not a gift, I <a href="agree.htm">agree</a>)</small> our <a href="own.htm">own</a> selves <small>(the <a href="own.htm">own</a>ers)</small> from ever hoarding in the future so that there will be enough for all <small>(within the physical limits of the planet, which we are nowhere near if we would begin acting responsibly)</small>.<br/>
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So if we write the license incorrectly <small>(most likely there will be bugs)</small>, there will be <a href="work.htm">work</a>arounds <small>(cracks)</small>.<br/>
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A very rough beginnings of my license at: <a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/Sovereign%20Resource%20License.html">patware.freeshell.org/Sovereign%20Resource%20License.html</a><br/>
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We <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly need to write a simple video <a href="game.htm">game</a> - or even board <a href="game.htm">game</a> that helps us experiment with how such things would play out, especially when finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es are more truly scarce <small>(<a href="land.htm">land</a> on an is<a href="land.htm">land</a>, or water in a desert, etc.)</small>.<br/>
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Another <a href="note.htm">note</a> on your original e<a href="mail.htm">mail</a>: I had already changed the colors of my <a href="web.htm">web</a>site from light-grey <small>(font)</small> on black <small>(<a href="back.htm">back</a>ground)</small> for exactly the kind of psychological reasons you mention, but I'm very dumb about this stuff - I mean about appearing "mainstream" and approachable. I'm <a href="work.htm">work</a>ing on it.<br/>
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<span class="h4">====From a Friend:</span><br/>
Well, if the tax were geometric, then it would be cheaper for 10 people to <a href="own.htm">own</a> 2 acres than it would for one person to <a href="own.htm">own</a> 20 acres. Because of this, it would seem as though people would just form groups to buy it and then <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e their <a href="own.htm">own</a> deals between each other, etc. Or they may come up with some other way I haven't thought of yet.<br/>
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By the way, we talked about this a bit the other day. In most cases I can think of, people can be self sufficient if taught - even if the hoarders remain unchanged. I have seen this happen in <a href="real.htm">real</a> life when a couple I <a href="know.htm">know</a> went to a poor area in a third world country and educated them about farming and raising rabbits, etc. and the whole village became self sufficient in less than two years. No hoarders needed to be dethroned either. Perhaps this would be a first step to solving your main problems before attempting to dethrone all hoarders.<br/>
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<span class="h4">====From Patware:</span><br/>
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Though my metamessage may not correlate, I'm trying less to dethrone hoarders, and <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly just trying to debug <a href="real.htm">real</a>ity.<br/>
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I've concentrated too much on 'problems' and too little on 'solutions' over these last few years.<br/>
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I have finally <small>(daft)</small> <a href="real.htm">real</a>ized people don't want to hear about problems, and <small>(more importantly)</small> discussing them is actually not required <small>(just educational)</small>.<br/>
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I believe sustainability is a more common theme nowdays <small>(at least it seems to me)</small>. For instance, <a class="ext" href="http://downtownslc.org">downtownslc.org</a> is presenting a sustainability a Sustainable <a href="liv.htm">Liv</a>ing Festival: <a class="ext" href="http://www.centralpt.com/pageview.aspx?id=6838">www.centralpt.com/pageview.aspx?id=6838</a><br/>
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<span class="quot">"'The 2nd annual Sustainable <a href="liv.htm">Liv</a>ing Festival <span class="quot">"'<a href="liv.htm">LIV</a>E GREEN'"</span> on May 14th from 10am-6pm in downtown Salt Lake City's unique Pierpont Street on West Temple to 200 W.<br/>
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The festival will teach and promote basic principles of how to be more environmentally and <a href="ecol.htm">ecol</a>ogically conscientious while promoting downtown as a sustainable community.<br/>
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Companies involved in environmental preservation and conservation, renewable energy, health and wellness, sustainable agriculture, green design, and ecotourism will all be present.'"</span><br/>
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But be careful of wolves in sheep's clothing.<br/>
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The term "sustainable development" is also a UN push to privatize more finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es such as water and <a href="land.htm">land</a>, while 'allowing' the inhabitants to <a href="liv.htm">liv</a>e just one more step above the grave.<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://AmericanPolicy.org">AmericanPolicy.org</a><br/>
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These are dependency enforcing schemes with limited but measurable improvements over the <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ent <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omic slavery holding most of the world by the throat. They will help stave off <a href="real.htm">real</a> change by misdirecting our efforts from the <a href="real.htm">real</a> issue of <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership.<br/>
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While the big rollers may loosen the reigns to increase standard-of-<a href="liv.htm">liv</a>ing slightly, there is no reason for them to do so, and big reasons for them to not go too far. They would never want true sustainability because their <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>ts would no longer be needed, and the <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers would no longer <a href="work.htm">work</a> for almost nothing. <a href="econ.htm">Econ</a>omic slavery requires <a href="work.htm">work</a>er dependence.<br/>
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The World <a href="bank.htm">Bank</a> and IMF <small>(International <a href="mone.htm">Mone</a>tary <a href="fund.htm">Fund</a>)</small> are criminals of the highest order. Trans-National Corporations <a href="use.htm">use</a> these tools to privatize <a href="land.htm">land</a> and water access, then sell these organic rights <a href="back.htm">back</a> to the people that should already <a href="own.htm">own</a> them as a matter of human dignity. Right now Bechtel is beginning to privatize Iraq's water under the claim of improved quality. While the quality very well may improve, the brave citizens of that once sovereign nation are now <a href="own.htm">own</a>ed by the whims of these corporate criminals.<br/>
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oops, I'm talking about problems again...<br/>
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<span class="h4">====From a friend:</span><br/>
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Permit me to spew forth some thoughts that just <a href="cam.htm">cam</a>e to my mind regarding hoarding, etc.<br/>
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If we are to be true debuggers of the world, we must trace the bugs down to their <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e and fix them while at the same time resisting the temptation to throw band-aids on higher level symptoms. Why do people hoard? This is where my opinion <a href="start.htm">start</a>s. I believe that people generally want to feel good, happy, important, and loved. These are just a few of the many emotional needs that we have. We have physical needs too, of course, and you have addressed those very well. There is much more to life than just physical needs though - physical needs do not drive a hoarder, for example. He has already met all of his physical needs - there must be something else underneath. We must dig deeper into code.<br/>
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I think that at the heart of hoarding <small>(and all "bad" behavior for that matter)</small> is rooted in not meeting these <a href="fund.htm">fund</a>amental emotional <small>(and physical)</small> needs <small>(you have already talked about the physical ones)</small>. When we fail to meet these needs, we are sad, miserable, feel worthless, and feel unimportant. We must end this miserable <a href="stat.htm">stat</a>e quickly. We can hoard things to feel powerful, important, or sometimes just to feel good or distracted from our misery. We can take drugs that mimic the drugs that our body naturally <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>es so that we can feel <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificially happy for a time -but it's always temporary and usually our bodies compensate, leaving us even more miserable than we <a href="start.htm">start</a>ed. We can try to get someone to like us through many manipulative methods to feel loved or important. There is a whole world of emotional dysfunction lurking behind the physical dysfunction of which you speak.<br/>
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Our world is broken because we as people are broken. We as a world are generally failing to meet our <a href="own.htm">own</a> physical and emotional needs. On top of this, we have also opted to <a href="use.htm">use</a> <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial means or temporary band-aids to "fix" our problems and those band-aids are not <a href="work.htm">work</a>ing. I am going to call all of these band-aids "drugs" for simplicity's sake and for lack of a better term. If we take away people's "drugs", they will look elsewhere for a <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>e<a href="rent.htm">rent</a> "drug". If we prohibit hoarding, for example, people will find some other way to subvert the laws created to prohibit it or will turn to some other form of <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificially satisfying their emotional needs. Unless we can truly fulfill these basic needs in a natural way that lasts, I do not believe we will ever be able to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e enough laws and put on enough band-aids to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e things <a href="work.htm">work</a>. Certainly, we need some band-aids at times, but they are not the ultimate answer and they are only temporary <a href="work.htm">work</a>arounds, just like the ones we put in our code at times. They <a href="work.htm">work</a> for a time, but end up failing in the end.<br/>
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I have my <a href="own.htm">own</a> beliefs on how we can overcome the fears that prevent us from satisfying these emotional needs. Satisfying these needs would then finally allow everyone to share what they have out of their <a href="own.htm">own</a> <a href="free.htm">free</a> will. Then we will be able to satisfy our physical needs too, but I will not go into it here because it enters a <a href="real.htm">real</a>m that I do not think we want to go. :)</small><br/>
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2005-05-12:<br/>
<span class="h4">====Answering a friend:</span><br/>
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<span class="quot">> I hesitate to discuss this yet again, as our philosophies are quite <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>e<a href="rent.htm">rent</a>.</span><br/>
<span class="quot">> I believe that self-sufficiency and sustainable methodology is a good thing. I think it would be great if we, as a society, could share wealth and <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as and all <a href="profit.htm">profit</a> therewith. But I'm pessimistic that such a thing will ever be. How long has society been around. Have we made any progress at all, in recorded hi<a href="stor.htm">stor</a>y? It's <a href="hard.htm">hard</a> to say, since I mostly <a href="know.htm">know</a> about my <a href="own.htm">own</a> time.</span><br/>
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Would you say world poverty is an unfortunate accident, or is there a chance it is purposefully enforced through <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty and tax law to concentrate the wealth of <a href="own.htm">own</a>ers? Do you <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> with Henry George's central claim about Poverty and Progress?<br/>
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<span class="quot">> Your philosophy, as I understand it, is to fix the "system" through open <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e technology.</span><br/>
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No, my philosophy is to fix the "system" by enforcing Henry George's discoveries through Copy<a href="left.htm">left</a> licensing of _all_ finite and capital re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es, not just technology.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> My philosophy, is to learn to do things better on a more personal level, and share that <a href="know.htm">know</a>ledge I have with others around me who care to learn. Such the advantage to me and them.</span><br/>
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Sharing is important, but unless we lock <a href="know.htm">know</a>ledge open, the ones that benefit from our destitution will eventually <a href="use.htm">use</a> it against us.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> I don't care so much about fixing the system, because I don't see how that is possible. To do so would require converting the masses, but from what I can see the masses are more interested in a <a href="free.htm">free</a> lunch than in fixing the system.</span><br/>
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I fully <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> that the 'masses' care only about themselves. That's fine. In fact, Communityism assumes all persons are greedy and lazy.<br/>
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I am unsure of is what you mean by "the system". If you are talking about the <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omy, I could show <small>(my <a href="web.htm">web</a> page tries to explain)</small> how this can be approached from the bottom <small>(through finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership and licensing)</small> instead of the unacheivable goal of creating non-corporate-friendly legislation as Henry George attempted.<br/>
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As my original e<a href="mail.htm">mail</a> <a href="stat.htm">stat</a>ed "This is not a plea for help". This has nothing to do with charity. This has only to do with capitalizing on the fact that <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial scarcity based organizations <small>(most all corporations, and obviously closed software shops such as our <a href="employ.htm">employ</a>er)</small> can be outdone by <a href="collab.htm">collab</a>orative efforts _only_ when the continuity of this <a href="collab.htm">collab</a>oration <small>(the ability to <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d on the <a href="work.htm">work</a> of others)</small> is <a href="protect.htm">protect</a>ed. All we have ever needed to do is disallow hoarding.<br/>
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Henry George understood this and attempted to change the system from the top. But those already in power had too much to lose to allow this so he died a failure.<br/>
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But since we are _adding_ a law <small>(instead of subtracting)</small>, this requirement may also be enforced by simply retaining <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership and offering the <a href="use.htm">use</a> of the re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es in a restricted way. That is the genius of the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a>. That is why MicroSCOft hates the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> but loves BSD licenses. It gives communities the power of extended <a href="collab.htm">collab</a>oration which empowers people to finally dig their way out of the dependence and destitution that is an intentional <a href="part.htm">part</a> of the world <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omy.<br/>
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<a href="rms.htm">RMS</a>'s <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> wasn't much of any threat to such business when he wrote it <small>(around 1985)</small>. The first few years must have been terribly un<a href="produc.htm">produc</a>tive and messy. Many people hearing of his scheme must have scoffed and <a href="imag.htm">imag</a>ined "This will never <a href="work.htm">work</a>. People only care about a <a href="free.htm">free</a> lunch". The same is <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ently true of my <small>(unfinished)</small> Sovereign Re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e License. It is a pitifully untested and mostly un<a href="start.htm">start</a>ed situation. But that doesn't prove the <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as are wrong.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> Which isn't to say that I don't think society could benefit, if I improve my <a href="own.htm">own</a> position through learning sustainable farming or any other such technique. I think that it would be great if I could discover a way to generate clean renewable energy, and then I would give it away to the masses. It would solve many problems. But I don't think it would fix the system.</span><br/>
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<span class="quot2">>> Will you allow me to purchase plants for you, entering into an <a href="agree.htm">agree</a>ment to <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>ogate those plants within a specified period to another person under the same conditions?</span><br/>
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<span class="quot">> You've mentioned this before, but I don't <a href="know.htm">know</a> what you hope to accomplish by it. There are several groups out that give away <a href="free.htm">free</a> trees, or encourage tree planting. How does your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>a <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>er any from them?</span><br/>
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These trees you speak of are _never_ gifting. My offer applies _ONLY_ to gifting plants. All non-gifting plants are weeds. Offers to plant these valuless plants misdirect us into spending time, <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y, water, etc. on yet more trash agriculture so our dependence on murderous corporations continues.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> Also, I already get plants for an inexpensive <a href="pric.htm">pric</a>e, and I have given plants away. So how is your method any <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>e<a href="rent.htm">rent</a>?</span><br/>
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Your charity is <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>e<a href="rent.htm">rent</a> from my business plan. Giving away plants with no obligation from the receiver is akin to releasing <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e code to the Public Domain or under a BSD-like license. For one thing you are not <a href="protect.htm">protect</a>ing the future of those organism genetics <small>(see <a class="ext" href="http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040426_CPAORD_81_Patents_Law.pdf">www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040426_CPAORD_81_Patents_Law.pdf</a> for another example of corporate greed feeding on the brave people of the once sovereign nation of Iraq)</small>. But more importantly, the <a href="permaculture propagation project.htm">Permaculture Propagation Project</a> also _requires_ the plants be <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>ogated under these same conditions within a limited timeframe. This causes a viral situation similar to the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a>.<br/>
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<span class="quot2">>> How will we guarantee <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership of <a href="land.htm">land</a> in the future when <a href="job.htm">job</a>s are not guaranteed, and almost none of us actually <a href="own.htm">own</a> our homes? Will you help invest in <a href="land.htm">land</a>?</span><br/>
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<span class="quot">> What is <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership anyways? Is it not an <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial whim of the goverment? If the government decides, they can take your <a href="land.htm">land</a> from you, for little or no compensation. It happened recently in Provo, when the government wanted to <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d a road through some orc<a href="hard.htm">hard</a>s. The <a href="own.htm">own</a>er said no, so the city just took the <a href="land.htm">land</a>.</span><br/>
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<span class="quot">> More often, it happens through the courts. For whatever reason you can be sued. If the court rules against you, you can easily lose your <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty for an unjust cause. Even if you win, you still lose <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty through court fees.</span><br/>
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<span class="quot">> I'm sorry to say that your goal is worthy, but I don't believe that guaranteeing <a href="land.htm">land</a> <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership is something that can be done. If it could be done with our <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ent government, there is no guarantee that a <a href="new.htm">new</a> government wouldn't revoke our rights to the <a href="land.htm">land</a>.</span><br/>
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Maybe guarantee was the wrong word. I <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> the whole thing could come down, but even you don't think the chance is so high that you were unwilling to begin purchasing a house. Obviously we must <a href="work.htm">work</a> within whatever system we find ourselves.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> What I am more interested in, is learning these techniques myself. I <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ently am experimenting with growing a garden, which last year yielded sub-par results. What I would like to do is to <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d a greenhouse which would supply an able gardening environment year-round. But to do so I would need to keep it heated. So would the <a href="cost.htm">cost</a> of heating the greenhouse, be more than the benefit of growing the plants? Also there are other such considerations. I suspect that I will never <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d the greenhouse anyways, since I'm not much at doing things that I don't understand.</span><br/>
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<span class="quot">> I'd also like to create my <a href="own.htm">own</a> compost, but even after reading lots of <a href="art.htm">art</a>icles on the subject, I'm not sure that I <a href="know.htm">know</a> how to do it.</span><br/>
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Yes, we need locked open design for such things, and we need access to tools and materials _at <a href="cost.htm">cost</a>_ so that when we <a href="pay.htm">pay</a> a <a href="work.htm">work</a>er to <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d a greenhouse we are <a href="pay.htm">pay</a>ing for materials and labor; _never_ to pad the pockets of some external <a href="own.htm">own</a>er opening checks as he lounges in the sun.<br/>
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It is also worth noting that sustainable technologies in general are a threat to most <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ent business <a href="mod.htm">mod</a>els which helps explain our excruciatingly slow progress in that direction.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> When I asked how your plot of <a href="land.htm">land</a> was developing, it was not to mock that you've not done anything <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>tive. Rather I am somewhat interested in any results that you have made.</span><br/>
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Sorry I misread that.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> The open farm does sound like an interesting <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>a. Were you asking if you and I could do that, or if generally somebody could do it? I think that such a project would require a good leader. But if there were such a leader, then it could be made to <a href="work.htm">work</a>.</span><br/>
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Because people tend to have a psychological need for leaders, I think your claim is probably true but don't understand what such a leader would need to do.<br/>
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<span class="quot">> So I don't <a href="know.htm">know</a> if I've made sense or just rambled. I'm interested more in the technologies than in the politics of your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as.</span><br/>
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You may not have noticed <small>(probably because of my continuous concern and references to corporatism)</small>, but my <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>osal requires no 'political' action. It can all be done through normal <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership and careful licensing.<br/>
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2005-05-12:<br/>
Overheard:<br/>
1: You can take Dianetics, Jonestown, polygamists .. all have truth, These fringe groups have .. but if you want the <a href="real.htm">real</a> truth - <small>[the only truth, you <a href="know.htm">know</a>]</small>...<br/>
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2: All I <a href="know.htm">know</a> is that she's in la-la <a href="land.htm">land</a>.<br/>
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1: If you let yourself get into the situation where these groups can influence you...<br/>
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2: yeah.. what's your <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e of truth? Where is the authority?<br/>
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1: ...because if you desire so strongly to believe these things, you are going to be tricked into it.<br/>
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1: If she asks "is god <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly this or that... <small>[I can't think of what she says exactly]</small>" ha ha ha. But they dwell on these mysteries that are just that: mysteries! I tell her "You <a href="know.htm">know</a>, I don't <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly care because it just doesn't matter. I already <a href="know.htm">know</a> what is right. There is no reason to try to disturb that with details." Sure we don't <a href="know.htm">know</a> where the rod is going to lead, but when we move beyond here we will understand when we need to <a href="know.htm">know</a>.<br/>
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2005-05-11:<br/>
While the concepts I've gathered are provably correct, they are <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>icult to communicate without offense because in order to understand them, we must admit that poverty was purposefully created by those who understand the leverage of dependence. It is _by design_. It is not an accident. It is an ancient business plan enforced through finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e hoarding and improvement taxation.<br/>
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The book "The End of Poverty" appears to be yet another move by world-government re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e hoarding <a href="own.htm">own</a>ers to allow the people held under their thumbs a few gasps of breath.<br/>
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The term "sustainable development" is a UN push to privatize more finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es such as water and <a href="land.htm">land</a>, while 'allowing' the inhabitants <a href="liv.htm">liv</a>e one more step above the grave.<br/>
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These are dependency enforcing schemes with limited but measurable improvements over the <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ent <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omic slavery holding most of the world by the throat. They will help stave off <a href="real.htm">real</a> change by misdirecting our efforts from the <a href="real.htm">real</a> issue of hoarding.<br/>
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While the big rollers may loosen the reigns to increase standard-of-<a href="liv.htm">liv</a>ing slightly, there is no reason for them to do so, and big reasons for them to not go too far. They would never want true sustainability because their <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>ts would no longer be needed, and the <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers would no longer <a href="work.htm">work</a> for almost nothing. <a href="econ.htm">Econ</a>omic slavery requires <a href="work.htm">work</a>er dependence.<br/>
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The World <a href="bank.htm">Bank</a> and IMF <small>(International <a href="mone.htm">Mone</a>tary <a href="fund.htm">Fund</a>)</small> are criminals of the highest order. Trans-National Corporations <a href="use.htm">use</a> these tools to privatize <a href="land.htm">land</a> and water access, then sell these organic rights <a href="back.htm">back</a> to the people that should already <a href="own.htm">own</a> them as a matter of human dignity. Right now Bechtel is beginning to privatize Iraq's water under the claim of improved quality. While the quality very well may improve, the brave citizens of that once sovereign nation are now <a href="own.htm">own</a>ed by the whims of these corporate criminals.<br/>
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Another example of this is:<br/>
"COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 81"<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040426_CPAORD_81_Patents_Law.pdf">www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040426_CPAORD_81_Patents_Law.pdf</a><br/>
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This "Order" was penned for pigs such as Monsanto who want to create dependence by disallowing Iraqi farmers from <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>ogating wheat varieties. This can happen because Monsanto will be shipping in their dangerous GMO shit wheat. Wheat pollen may travel miles. The law is written such that: any wheat 'infected' with this "locked closed" DNA is designated Monsanto <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty - and as such, cannot be <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>ogated <small>(the farmers can't <a href="use.htm">use</a> the offspring seeds for next year's planting)</small> unless Monsanto is paid a licensing fee.<br/>
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I understand the problem and solution are immense, and seem too large to even talk about, but why <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e fun of the <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>a of growing plants that are beneficial to those in need? While corn may not please your eye, you <small>(probably didn't)</small> notice I never mentioned corn.<br/>
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How about some of the herbs I mentioned, or maybe just some flax? You will be growing a variety of <a href="use.htm">use</a>less little plants. Why must we continue to enforce our <a href="own.htm">own</a> dependence on these corporate criminals?<br/>
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I'm sure I've gone on too long. Nobody has the patience to digest this. Good luck <a href="work.htm">work</a>ing within the corporate dictated <a href="game.htm">game</a> system. I'm not interested in handing <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y to a group that will try to stop taxation of food through protests and pleading. We must address _<a href="own.htm">own</a>ership_ of food, drugs, clothing, shelter, etc. instead of asking for handouts that nobody has any reason to give.<br/>
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We have been fooled into believing poverty cannot be solved. We've been fooled into believing <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y is more important than <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>t.<br/>
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Poverty and the threat of poverty are tools which allow corporations to finally drive government policy. That is corporatism. As Benito Mussolini said: "Fascism should more ap<a href="prop.htm">prop</a>riately be called corporatism, since it is the merger of <a href="stat.htm">stat</a>e and corporate power."<br/>
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The <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ent fascists occupying the White House, and all those to come will continue to be supported by imperialistic corporations who have only to gain by enforcing poverty, dependence and unsustainable practices throughout the world. Pharmaceutical, automotive, energy, entertainment, agriculture, etc. lobbyists are sometimes so influential they actually _write_ portions of the <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>osed legislation. This is an extension of the Military Industrial Complex.<br/>
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These self-serving corporations will always be supported by you and me unless/until we create alternatives which address _our_ needs instead of padding the pockets of these <small>(finally)</small> murderous CEOs.<br/>
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I'm sorry my message doesn't <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e sense. Thanks for trying anyway.<br/>
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I would prefer to purchase bulk quantities <small>(by the pound)</small> of seed <small>(instead of <a href="cost.htm">cost</a>ly seedlings)</small> for as many trees and bushes as possible, and will <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e the offer even better for that.<br/>
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Some <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as:<br/>
Pinyon Pine, Walnut, Northern Almond, Northern Pecan, Peanut<br/>
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Jojoba, Mormon Tea, Black Pepper, Thyme, Corriander, Chamomile, Catmint,<br/>
Dill, Fenugreek, Stevia, Valencia, Valerian, Cilantro, Sage, Basil,<br/>
Marshmallow Root<br/>
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Wheat, Barley, Oats, Alfalfa, Sesame, Sunflower, Triticale, varieties of<br/>
<small>{Peas, Beans, Lentils}</small>,<br/>
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Cotton, Flax, etc.<br/>
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If you have shaded areas we may be able to grow some types of Mushroom:<br/>
Morel, Reshi, Shitake, 'button'<br/>
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Maybe less likely to be low-water?:<br/>
Acorn, Hubbard, Pumpkin, etc. Squash, Potato, Strawberry, Grape, Elderberry, Rasberry, Blueberry, Ginger<br/>
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2005-05-05: soundex<br/>
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<a href="real.htm">Real</a>time Ray Tracing <a class="ext" href="http://www.openrt.de">www.openrt.de</a><br/>
<a href="real.htm">Real</a>time Ray Tracing on FPGA<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/~jofis/SaarCOR/DynRT/DynRT.html">graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/~jofis/SaarCOR/DynRT/DynRT.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/~jofis">graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/~jofis</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.saarcor.de">www.saarcor.de</a><br/>
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FPGA Gaming <a href="hard.htm">Hard</a>ware <a class="ext" href="http://www.fpgaarcade.com">www.fpgaarcade.com</a><br/>
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2005-05-04: Amenhetop IV, or Akhenaten, or Akhen<a href="aton.htm">aton</a> - who is possibly also Moses and Oedipus?<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.dnafoundation.com/members/akh/8artic/schol.htm">www.dnafoundation.com/members/akh/8artic/schol.htm</a><br/>
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Created the city of Amarna, or Akhetaten.<br/>
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2005-05-04: <a class="ext" href="http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics">lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics</a><br/>
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2005-05-03: <a class="ext" href="http://www.domainofman.com/book/cover.html">www.domainofman.com/book/cover.html</a><br/>
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2005-05-02:<br/>
Processes on a <a href="compu.htm">compu</a>ter <a href="use.htm">use</a> finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es including CPU, memory, <a href="disk.htm">disk</a>, <a href="net.htm">net</a><a href="work.htm">work</a>.<br/>
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Processes also achieve goals... <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>e solutions.. improve conditions<small>(?)</small> just as creatures do?<br/>
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A <a href="compu.htm">compu</a>ter <a href="user.htm">user</a> desires these re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es be <a href="use.htm">use</a>d <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omically, but needs solutions, so is wants to utilize the re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es carefully...<br/>
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2005-05-02: That was a poor way of wording that.<br/>
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2005-04-29:<br/>
This is not a plea for help. This is an opportunity to invest in the future. This is a plan to address problems of permanence and security, while simultaneously regaining control of corporate run governments. We have the capacity to create wealth at the individual, community, national, and world levels.<br/>
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While the ramp-up time has been much longer than I had hoped, the concepts are provably correct; this <a href="boot.htm">boot</a>strapping is just a <a href="diff.htm">diff</a>icult step. Things will become exponentially easier and more complete <small>(as we've seen in the <a href="free.htm">Free</a> Software world)</small> until closed business <a href="mod.htm">mod</a>els will eventually be unable to compete.<br/>
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Please give negative feed<a href="back.htm">back</a>, but also please try to spend some time understanding the concepts.<br/>
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Of all the things I've struggled with, a summary of these <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as seems most elusive.<br/>
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I've changed alot trying to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e it more approachable and understandable, but there is so much to cover that I need more time <small>(or more help)</small> to simplify the concepts.<br/>
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I'm offering a $100.00 reward for the winning entry <small>(though a winner is not guaranteed)</small> of a one-page flyer design to communicate the salient points of Communityism which include:<br/>
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How Labor may be <a href="protect.htm">protect</a>ed via Georgist concepts, and how those concepts may be enforced through normal <a href="own.htm">own</a>ership held under careful licensing.<br/>
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How tying <a href="rent.htm">rent</a>al of those re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es to holding instead of performance will accelerate growth and disallow some forms of domination.<br/>
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How permaculture can supply the raw materials for almost every need.<br/>
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How Non-<a href="profit.htm">profit</a> <a href="insur.htm">insur</a>ance creates community permanence and a local <a href="stor.htm">stor</a>e of wealth.<br/>
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How <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial scarcity is a powerful way to concentrate wealth, and how the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> addresses that issue.<br/>
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How to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y under such a system by contracting with the consumers _before_ completing the <a href="work.htm">work</a>.<br/>
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First get some <a href="free.htm">free</a> music <small>[ <a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/music.html">patware.freeshell.org/music.html</a> ]</small>.<br/>
Then see if <a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org">patware.freeshell.org</a> <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>es any sense.<br/>
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Other immediate offers:<br/>
The Personal Sovereignty Foundation is offering an US$10,000 Reward for the best design and implementation of a inexpensive hybrid conversion kit. We are also accepting donations to increase that reward.<br/>
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The <a href="permaculture propagation project.htm">Permaculture Propagation Project</a> provides <a href="free.htm">FREE</a> <a href="land.htm">land</a>scaping re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es and/or services <small>(compensated by requiring a certain a<a href="mount.htm">mount</a> of <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>agation or allowing fruit collection for a limited number of years)</small>. We are also hiring semi-independent <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers.<br/>
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Other important entry points are:<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/Communityism.html">patware.freeshell.org/Communityism.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/GPL%20is%20bad.html">patware.freeshell.org/GPL%20is%20bad.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/Ecocomics.html">patware.freeshell.org/Ecocomics.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/Permaculture%20Propagation%20Project.html">patware.freeshell.org/Permaculture%20Propagation%20Project.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/project.html">patware.freeshell.org/project.html</a><br/>
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2005-04-29: International Plant Names Index <a class="ext" href="http://www.ipni.org">www.ipni.org</a><br/>
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e<a href="mail.htm">mail</a> to a friend:<br/>
I'm closer to understanding how to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e this all happen. I'm trying to complete the licenses and contracts and become incorporated <small>(non-<a href="profit.htm">profit</a>)</small> to allow normal 'venture capital' <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omic investment strategies. This should aleviate much of the psychological blocks by <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>ing the <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>a seem like just other business.<br/>
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I believe the revenue potential is high, but ramping up will be slow. I would love to find a way to present the notion of growing the organisms and "locking open" the <a href="mac.htm">mac</a>hinery to supply us with our needs.<br/>
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I am prepared to invest $10,000 in that direction - especially to have those plants growing on another's soil. I <a href="own.htm">own</a> a very large shop, and could house the <a href="mac.htm">mac</a>hinery there. But the <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>a never seems anything but insane and misguided.<br/>
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Maturing over the last few years I've been moving away from discussing "problems", and have been trying to concentrate on the solutions. My <a href="web.htm">web</a>site tries to avoid most of this disturbing information unless it can't be avoided. I also changed the colors <a href="back.htm">back</a> to default, so my <a href="web.htm">web</a> site is more upbeat, and hopefully even almost funny.<br/>
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This page <small>[ <a class="ext" href="http://patware.freeshell.org/Why%20The%20GPL%20Is%20Bad%20For%20The%20Economy.html">patware.freeshell.org/Why%20The%20GPL%20Is%20Bad%20For%20The%20Economy.html</a> ]</small> is a tounge-in-cheek look at my goals, and gives a fairly good summary of why I think open <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>tion and re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e access will eventually overtake closed <a href="mod.htm">mod</a>els.<br/>
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2005-04-27: <a class="ext" href="http://www.ecotecture.com/library_eco/sustainable_development/cubas_fate.html">www.ecotecture.com/library_eco/sustainable_development/cubas_fate.html</a><br/>
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2005-04-27: <a class="ext" href="http://www.selfhelpcorp.com/">www.selfhelpcorp.com/</a><br/>
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2005-04-25: Overheard: "I saw this guy complaining about the taxes on his $800,000 house. I'm sitting there saying: This guy has earrings. How could you be sitting in a house just shy of a million when you're wearing earrings?"<br/>
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2005-04-25: <a href="new.htm">new</a> music: <span class="quot">"'Pond-erosa Puff <small>(<a href="liv.htm">liv</a>e)</small>'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song36.ogg">ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song36.ogg</a><br/>
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2005-04-25: Sn IGNUcius writes about Bill Gates and other communists<br/>
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2005-04-22:<br/>
This video <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>es me laugh/sick every time I see it.<br/>
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This wouldn't be so funny if he wasn't serious, but the <a href="web.htm">web</a> site <small>( <a class="ext" href="http://americawestandasone.com">americawestandasone.com</a> )</small> seems to indicate this is not a joke.<br/>
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FasciCrypto ReligioPatriotism:<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://americawestandasone.com/mov/America%20We%20Stand%20As%20One.mov">americawestandasone.com/mov/America%20We%20Stand%20As%20One.mov</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.lgodj.com/mov/America%20We%20Stand%20As%20One.mov">www.lgodj.com/mov/America%20We%20Stand%20As%20One.mov</a><br/>
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Try mplayer if your having trouble playing it.<br/>
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To cleanse your pallete <small>(Caution: maybe not <a href="work.htm">work</a> safe <small>(words are so scary!)</small>)</small>:<br/>
From Trey and Matt Parker <small>(Southpark/Team America)</small>:<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://flyingsnail.com/Dahbud/images/america2.swf">flyingsnail.com/Dahbud/images/america2.swf</a><br/>
If that doesn't <a href="work.htm">work</a> try:<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.sporkmonkey.net">www.sporkmonkey.net</a><br/>
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Here's a remake that mixes these together:<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.loveit-or-leaveit.com/flash/americafuckyeah.html">www.loveit-or-leaveit.com/flash/americafuckyeah.html</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.sourceopen.org">www.sourceopen.org</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg02655.html">www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg02655.html</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://ocw.mit.edu">ocw.mit.edu</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://archive.org">archive.org</a><br/>
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2005-04-20:<br/>
Overheard: I assume no Temple marriages for them!<br/>
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<span class="bullet">.</span>.. we should just sterilize them. They are always drinking and crashing - and do most of the shootings.<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.insnet.org">www.insnet.org</a> <span class="quot">"'Internet<a href="work.htm">work</a> for sustainability'"</span><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.zeri.org">www.zeri.org</a> <span class="quot">"'Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives'"</span><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.permakultur.net">www.permakultur.net</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7903.htm">www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7903.htm</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.occultmysteryschool.com">www.occultmysteryschool.com</a><br/>
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<span class="h4">====a friend:</span><br/>
Aside from organized religions or doctrines <small>(that you obviously reject and that you for the most <a href="part.htm">part</a> have a good point when you talk about abuse in the name of various forms of god)</small>, your response doesn't address Kreeft's arguments - for example the first and the most simple argument "where is a creation there must be a creator" when it comes to most <a href="fund.htm">fund</a>amental basics of existence.<br/>
<br/>
Yes, in most cases things can be explained by "natural laws" but when you proceed to the very origin of everything or infinitely complex matters, "chance based or nature" based explanations don't <a href="real.htm">real</a>ly stand - explaining things by the same thing that you are trying to explain is a false and weak argument. It is like saying, "things appear because they appear".<br/>
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Other <a href="thread.htm">thread</a>s in your site on that matter basically revolve around religions and how humans <a href="use.htm">use</a> or manipulate religions to their advantages. I am rather mostly focused on philosophical aspect of the question. I am not trying to preach or convert anyone to anything.<br/>
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<span class="h4">====Patware:</span><br/>
I'm afraid I don't <a href="know.htm">know</a> the answer to <span class="quot">"'the very origin of everything'"</span>. I <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> there _may_ be a god, but how does the existence of organisms prove there is an invisible man behind the curtain?<br/>
<br/>
While I usually call myself an antitheist <small>(I am against the act of believing in monotheistic gods - as the division, oppression and deceit is not worth the supposed gains)</small>, it's probably more accurate to describe me as a pantheist:<br/>
<br/>
<span class="quot">"'Pantheists do not <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>ose belief in a deity; rather, they hold nature itself as a creative presence. Pantheism r<a href="econ.htm">econ</a>ciles science and religion through <a href="ecol.htm">ecol</a>ogy leading to strong environmental awareness. '"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.pantheist.net">www.pantheist.net</a><br/>
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To me life is an amazing thing. Genetic information as somewhat similar to a <a href="compu.htm">compu</a>ter program running atop inanimate matter.<br/>
<br/>
Organisms surround us. We are interdependent and cannot <a href="liv.htm">liv</a>e alone.<br/>
<br/>
Plants <a href="use.htm">use</a> the sun and rotting organisms and for food.<br/>
Fungi <a href="use.htm">use</a> rotting organisms for food.<br/>
Animals <a href="use.htm">use</a> <a href="liv.htm">liv</a>ing organisms for food.<br/>
Humans are animals.<br/>
<br/>
One last admission: I do believe in god. My declared god is the sun.<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.occultmysteryschool.com/nontesters/occult/images/Resize%20of%20creatio5.jpg">www.occultmysteryschool.com/nontesters/occult/images/Resize%20of%20creatio5.jpg</a><br/>
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<span class="h4">====friend:</span><br/>
I also didn't quite get your response on my request about a very specific example of your hoarding theory - again, you have a <a href="rent.htm">rent</a>al shop and I am a customer. How would your approach <a href="work.htm">work</a> so that we all would have incentives and benefit to both of us. Specific and a clear example <small>(not general <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as)</small> is what best represents a theory and that is what I understand and value the most in the discussion. So if you indulge me in that, I would appreciate it.<br/>
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<br/>
<span class="h4">====Patware:</span><br/>
Consumers drive innovation and <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>tion by requesting solutions.<br/>
<br/>
Inve<a href="stor.htm">stor</a>s buy finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es <small>(<a href="land.htm">land</a>, water access, energy <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es, and capital needed for tools and seeds.<br/>
<br/>
These <a href="own.htm">own</a>ers/inve<a href="stor.htm">stor</a>s <a href="rent.htm">rent</a> the finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es and capital to <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers under contracts enforcing the Sovereign Re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e License to lock the tools open and disallow <a href="rent.htm">rent</a> adjustments based on improvements <small>(<a href="rent.htm">rent</a> is based on holding, not on performance)</small>.<br/>
<br/>
<a href="work.htm">Work</a>ers contract with consumers to deliver solutions based on the <a href="cost.htm">cost</a> of:<br/>
<a href="land.htm">land</a> and tool <a href="rent.htm">rent</a>al<br/>
re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es consumed<br/>
labor claimed<br/>
<br/>
Since the <a href="mac.htm">mac</a>hinery is locked open, the consumer may always supply his <a href="own.htm">own</a> labor.<br/>
<br/>
Since the intellect is locked open, the <a href="work.htm">work</a>er should contract with the consumer beforehand, or call for suggestions.<br/>
----From a friend:<br/>
<span class="quot">"'Whenever you have spare time, you may want to listen to this lecture: <small>[Proof of God.zip]</small>'"</span><br/>
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<br/>
----patware:<br/>
The first argument is approximately <span class="quot">"'Complexity proves the existience of an <a href="imag.htm">imag</a>inary being.'"</span><br/>
<br/>
My belief in Holy Polly addresses some of the other claims made.<br/>
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BTW: Most of those happy with the <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>a of God being <a href="stat.htm">stat</a>e sponsored would be horrified if bumper stickers were "Allah bless Amerika".<br/>
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<br/>
----friend:<br/>
<br/>
<span class="quot">"'P.S. I am still waiting for an example of your <a href="ide.htm">ide</a>as on hording - construction equipment <a href="rent.htm">Rent</a>al Company, for example.'"</span><br/>
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----patware:<br/>
I believe we can create deep, permanent wealth through cooperation.<br/>
<br/>
The <a href="permaculture propagation project.htm">Permaculture Propagation Project</a> is my first attempt at constructing such a business.<br/>
<br/>
Venture Communism is a Dmytri Kleiner's shot at implementing Henry George's discoveries through anarcho-syndicalist techniques.<br/>
<br/>
Venture Communityism is my variation on this. Think of it as "bridled Capitalism".<br/>
<br/>
Communityism attempts to bring many fields together - to be a comprehensive, holistic approach to success.<br/>
<br/>
The Sovereign Re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e License could end the Ancient Magic of Slavery, and in turn, corporate fascism.<br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.sourceopen.org">www.sourceopen.org</a><br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=317">www.grain.org/seedling/?id=317</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://homepage.mac.com/aurgasm/.Public/Emiliana%20Torrini-Sunny%20Road.mp3">homepage.mac.com/aurgasm/.Public/Emiliana%20Torrini-Sunny%20Road.mp3</a><br/>
The power of the sun: <a class="ext" href="http://www.solardeathray.com">www.solardeathray.com</a><br/>
Overheard: <span class="quot">"'... too many births .. should sterilize people .. kids are expensive ... need to educate them <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ly so they can be <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>tive.'"</span><br/>
<br/>
Bill Gates wants software patents to <a href="protect.htm">protect</a> his <a href="profit.htm">profit</a>, not the public -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0">www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0</a>,12449,1387575,00.<a href="html.htm">html</a> <span class="quot">"'The war on copyright communists'"</span><br/>
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Overheard <span class="quot">"'If something isn't done internally soon, we will buy "our <a href="own.htm">own</a>" test case Database since they have not delivered on their <a href="promis.htm">promis</a>es.'"</span><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.groovy.net/mailman/listinfo/vencom">www.groovy.net/mailman/listinfo/vencom</a> <span class="quot">"'Please join us.'"</span>-- Dmytri Kleiner<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050225223848129">www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050225223848129</a> Automobile <a href="compu.htm">compu</a>ter access<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.media.mit.edu/~nitin">www.media.mit.edu/~nitin</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.media.mit.edu/~saul">www.media.mit.edu/~saul</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.media.mit.edu/~yael">www.media.mit.edu/~yael</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://web.mit.edu/~tprester/www">web.mit.edu/~tprester/www</a><br/>
<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.techknowlogia.org">www.techknowlogia.org</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.techknowlogia.org/TKL_active_pages2/TableOfContents/main.asp?IssueNumber=15">www.techknowlogia.org/TKL_active_pages2/TableOfContents/main.asp?IssueNumber=15</a><br/>
overheard:<br/>
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#1: ... which means the companies can withhold it from us.<br/>
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#2: That's right! <small>[In an authoritative tone]</small> It's within the law.<br/>
<br/>
#1: Despite there is finite quantity, it is still be kept from us.<br/>
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#3: yes, yes...<br/>
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From: Patrick Anderson<br/>
Sent: Thu 3/10/2005 2:43 PM<br/>
To: some friends<br/>
Subject: <a href="file.htm">File</a> systems, OS <a href="emu.htm">emu</a>lation, interoperability and <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom<br/>
<br/>
Full NTFS read/write on <a href="gnu.htm">GNU</a>/Linux by hosting ntfs.sys <a class="ext" href="http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive">www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive</a><br/>
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This project <a href="use.htm">use</a>s <a href="part.htm">part</a>s of <a class="ext" href="http://ReactOS.com">ReactOS.com</a> and <a class="ext" href="http://linux-ntfs.sf.net">linux-ntfs.sf.net</a> to <a href="emu.htm">emu</a>late enough of MicroSCOft NT to host and <a href="use.htm">use</a> ntfs.sys directly.<br/>
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This gives me more hope that <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>rietary NT drivers may one day be hosted on <a href="free.htm">Free</a> platforms - which will end the ability of M$ to enforce <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial scarcity through <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware manufacturer <a href="part.htm">part</a>nering. For instance, ATI drivers - especially for the TV features of <a href="new.htm">new</a>er AllInWonder - are only available to M$ <a href="user.htm">user</a>s. The <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers beg for specifications <small>[ <a class="ext" href="http://gatos.sourceforge.net">gatos.sourceforge.net</a> ]</small> so they can solve the problem, but ATI's actions are slow and elusive. This gives <a href="user.htm">user</a>s <small>(like me for instance)</small> no choice if they wish to fully utilize that <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware.)</small>.<br/>
<br/>
Do you see the ability to interoperate as "good for the <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omy", or "bad for the <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omy"?<br/>
<br/>
I am not advocating laws to 'force' cooperation, but am wondering how cooperation effects those on the is<a href="land.htm">land</a> - especially when <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial scarcity is enforced through <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty law.<br/>
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----co<a href="work.htm">work</a>er<br/>
So your point is that you can't get drivers for your ATI card <small>(etc.)</small> for Linux but you might be able to get one for windows and wrap it and <a href="use.htm">use</a> it on Linux, right? I <a href="liv.htm">liv</a>e in that world in <a href="work.htm">work</a>ing in DOS where the NIC drivers are not as up-to-date as the windows ones. I don't see a problem with that since the drivers are usually <a href="free.htm">free</a> to customers anyway.<br/>
<br/>
<a href="hard.htm">Hard</a>ware manufacturers get most of their <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y by selling <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware and they give away their drivers for <a href="free.htm">free</a> to the customers so they can <a href="use.htm">use</a> the <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware. It <a href="cost.htm">cost</a>s them <a href="mone.htm">mone</a>y to develop those drivers and so they look at their customers and see what percentage of them are on windows, Linux, dos, etc. Let's say that 90% are on windows 5% are on Linux and 5% are on "other" OS's. Let's say that each driver <a href="cost.htm">cost</a>s $100,000 to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e. I don't think this <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware manufacturer is trying to pull a fast one; they're just trying to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e a buck and stay in business. Do you have specific information saying that they are trying to pull a fast one or perhaps they are just trying to stay in business and <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e a buck?<br/>
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<br/>
----patware<br/>
By "<a href="mak.htm">mak</a>ing a buck" are you saying "It is simply not <a href="cost.htm">cost</a> effective for ATI to write Linux drivers."? With this I <a href="agree.htm">agree</a>.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
What I don't understand is why ATI won't release documentation which would allow Linux/BSD hackers to write the driver _for <a href="free.htm">free</a>_! That could save ATI $100,000 right?<br/>
<br/>
I think your response will be "because they don't want to release <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>rietary information that could help their competition".<br/>
<br/>
If that is what you would say, I then ask "would such documentation necessarily expose such <a href="trad.htm">trad</a>e secrets?" Is it impossible to write drivers without <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>ing the <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware design open as well? Maybe the answer is yes, and maybe that is why there are no <small>(complete)</small> <a href="free.htm">free</a> ATI drivers.<br/>
<br/>
In that case I wonder if it would be better for the is<a href="land.htm">land</a>ers if such <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware designs were also locked open <small>(as decided by the '<a href="own.htm">own</a>ers', not mandated by law)</small>.<br/>
<br/>
Here is a project for a <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a>ed video card: <a class="ext" href="http://icculus.org/manticore">icculus.org/manticore</a><br/>
<br/>
Though it is mostly just for fun right now, I wonder if the benefits of locked open design could ever be managed in such a way as to become as much of an <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omic threat to locked closed <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware as locked open software is becoming to <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>rietary software shops <small>(if you believe there is such a <a href="curr.htm">curr</a>ent threat)</small>.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Here are some links that <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e me think we are beginning a transitionary period:<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
"... the open <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e and <a href="free.htm">free</a> software <a href="mod.htm">mod</a>el is a threat to all commercial software vendors." -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY04/Connors0225GSTech.mspx">www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY04/Connors0225GSTech.mspx</a> <small>[John Connors, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer]</small><br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<span class="quot">"'The general <a href="econ.htm">econ</a>omic environment is risk and driver No. 1,<br/>
Linux and non-commercial software is risk No. 2.'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800942">www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800942</a> Microsoft CFO John Connors July 18, 2003<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<span class="quot">"'"The <a href="pop.htm">pop</a>ularization of the open <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e movement continues to pose a significant challenge to the company's business <a href="mod.htm">mod</a>el," Microsoft wrote in its recent filing. "<small>(This is)</small> including recent efforts by <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>onents of the Open <a href="sourc.htm">Sourc</a>e <a href="mod.htm">mod</a>el to convince governments worldwide to mandate the <a href="use.htm">use</a> of Open <a href="sourc.htm">Sourc</a>e software in their purchase and deployment of software <a href="produc.htm">produc</a>ts.<span class="quot">"'" -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.itworld.com/Man/2685/030205msopensource">www.itworld.com/Man/2685/030205msopensource</a><br/>
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<br/>
<span class="quot">"'One of the vendor's next high-pro<a href="file.htm">file</a> battles, according to <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es, is DaimlerChrysler. The automaker is said to be squirming under Microsoft's annuity licensing plan and contemplating replacing some of its Windows server infrastructure with Linux.<br/>
<br/>
In June, the Munich city government said it will migrate 14,000 Windows desktops to Linux beginning in early 2004. The city decided Linux would be less expensive over time, even though Microsoft's bid was nearly $12 million less than those from IBM and SuSE Linux, which is based in Germany.'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.networkworldfusion.com/news/2003/0804microsoft.html">www.networkworldfusion.com/news/2003/0804microsoft.html</a><br/>
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<br/>
<br/>
----NB<br/>
ATI wouldn't need to expose their <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware design for the open <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e<br/>
community to write drivers for ATI cards. ATI would simply need to provide<br/>
the necessary interfacing information for writing such drivers. I think<br/>
it's very likely that there are some techniques/<a href="trad.htm">trad</a>e-secrets that would be<br/>
revealed if the interface itself was published. This is the only reason I<br/>
can think of that would cause ATI to not publish their interfaces. If<br/>
publishing the interface wouldn't give their competition any advantage, then<br/>
ATI would have a good incentive to do so because it would increase their<br/>
sales to the linux community. It certainly would be better for the<br/>
is<a href="land.htm">land</a>ers=consumers if <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware designs were open. Although I'd be<br/>
surprised to see open <a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware grow as quickly as the open software<br/>
movement. The reason is that any joe-with-a-box out there can augment an<br/>
open <a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e project. The number of people who could take advantage of open<br/>
<a href="hard.htm">hard</a>ware is much smaller - they need'd often need manufacturing equipment in<br/>
order to implement the designs and relatively few people <small>(compared to the<br/>
software community)</small> have access to fabs. Yes, that's a generalization, not<br/>
everyone would need a fab <small>(they could <a href="use.htm">use</a> PROMs, EPROMs, PGAs, etc)</small> but then<br/>
again, how many <a href="compu.htm">compu</a>ter-savy guys do you <a href="know.htm">know</a> who even have an EPROM<br/>
burner? Not many.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
----patware<br/>
I'm glad you mentioned manufacturing.<br/>
<br/>
Venture Capital is an approach commonly <a href="use.htm">use</a>d to overcome this lack of capital. The problem with this typical business practice is the LOCKED CLOSED nature of the result. While locking <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty closed is always the option of the <a href="own.htm">own</a>er <small>(I would never want to take that right away - as no organism can achieve personal sovereignty without guaranteed exclusive access to a _fair a<a href="mount.htm">mount</a>_ of finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>es)</small>, there is another option that <a href="rms.htm">RMS</a> has shown can cause big trouble for those relying on <a href="art.htm">art</a>ificial scarcity. Locking <a href="proper.htm">proper</a>ty <small>(<a href="land.htm">land</a>/<a href="buil.htm">buil</a>dings/tools/intellect<small>(as though anyone should be allowed to lock intellect closed because they happend to "get there first". What if this were applied in "cave man" days after someone discovered a way to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e fire? Should the clever ape collect fees and hire thugs to and extinguish unauthorized <a href="prop.htm">prop</a>ogations?)</small>)</small> open <small>(as I plan to eventually do)</small> will cause a <a href="land.htm">land</a>slide of innovation and <a href="collab.htm">collab</a>oration as <a href="work.htm">work</a>ers are allowed to keep the _full <a href="profit.htm">profit</a>s_ of their labor instead of <a href="pay.htm">pay</a>ing an <a href="own.htm">own</a>er for the 'opportunity' to <a href="work.htm">work</a>. At first <small>(just as with <a href="free.htm">Free</a> Software)</small> the solutions will be inferior, and even laughable, but at least they will be sovereign. Eventually the laborers = the people that should be running the is<a href="land.htm">land</a> will regain control and the multitude of evils caused by finite re<a href="sourc.htm">sourc</a>e hoarding will come to an end.<br/>
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It is in your best interest to understand what I am saying so you can help invest in a future where the fate of the bulk of the planet is no longer in the hands of a few violent criminals.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
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<br/>
----co<a href="work.htm">work</a>er<br/>
It seems to me as though... <a href="prop.htm">Prop</a>rietary licenses force non-sharing to <a href="mak.htm">mak</a>e a buck. <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> licenses force sharing to conquer Micro$oft. BSD allows everything for no ulterior motive that I <a href="know.htm">know</a> of. It sounds to me like the BSD is the only type of license that should be called <a href="free.htm">free</a> <small>(as is <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom)</small>.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
----patware<br/>
Yes, the terminology causes much confusion, and might even be considered deceptive.<br/>
<br/>
These guys <a href="agree.htm">agree</a> with you <a class="ext" href="http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.html">www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.html</a><br/>
<br/>
"The position that <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom is good may be acceptable but <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom cannot be enforced and limited in the way in which the FSF attempts to do so. Since <a href="user.htm">user</a>s are controlled by the <a href="gpl.htm">GPL</a> and they are reliant on licenses any <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom which they may have or experience is on the whole illusory. True <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom would allow all to do as they pleased. However, <a href="stallman.htm">Stallman</a> shares <a href="hard.htm">Hard</a>inùs view that uncontrolled <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom inevitably leads to ruin. Therefore the commons he creates is not a <a href="free.htm">free</a> one. It offers only limited <a href="free.htm">free</a>dom maintained and controlled by an elite <small>[12]</small>."<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Commons-Based Strategies and the Problems of Patents shows why it might be worth it.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
The Fitehouse General Public Music License <a class="ext" href="http://www.fitehouse.com/thebomb.html">www.fitehouse.com/thebomb.html</a><br/>
The first <a href="free.htm">free</a> NTFS read/write <a href="file.htm">file</a>system for <a href="gnu.htm">GNU</a>/Linux <a class="ext" href="http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive">www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive</a><br/>
ATAidle <a class="ext" href="http://www.cran.org.uk/bruce/software/index.php">www.cran.org.uk/bruce/software/index.php</a><br/>
Heirloom Toolchest is a collection of standard Unix utilities. <a class="ext" href="http://heirloom.sourceforge.net">heirloom.sourceforge.net</a><br/>
<br/>
I <a href="know.htm">know</a> of most of these, just not enough time to categorize...<br/>
<br/>
"Astronomy","Celestia <a class="ext" href="http://www.shatters.net/celestia">www.shatters.net/celestia</a><br/>
"Bible/Christian","SWORD Project <a class="ext" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/">www.crosswire.org/sword/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://crosswire.org">crosswire.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"<a href="cad.htm">CAD</a>","TurboCad LE <a class="ext" href="http://nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0002.16">nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0002.16</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://digitalriver.com">digitalriver.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"<a href="cad.htm">CAD</a>, <a href="lib.htm">Lib</a>raries","<a href="cad.htm">Cad</a>Register <a class="ext" href="http://www.cadregister.com/">www.cadregister.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://cadregister.com">cadregister.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Database","MySQL <a class="ext" href="http://www.mysql.com/">www.mysql.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mysql.com">mysql.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"<a href="gnu.htm">GNU</a> for Windows","<a href="gnu.htm">GNU</a>Win32 <a class="ext" href="http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/">gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Graphics, Convert","<a href="imag.htm">Imag</a>eMagick <a class="ext" href="http://www.imagemagick.org/">www.imagemagick.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://imagemagick.org">imagemagick.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Graphics, Diagram/Charting","Dia <a class="ext" href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/">www.gnome.org/projects/dia/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://gnome.org">gnome.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Graphics, <a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>or/ Bitmap","GIMP <a class="ext" href="http://www.gimp.org/">www.gimp.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://gimp.org">gimp.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Graphics, <a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>or/ Vector","InkScape <a class="ext" href="http://www.inkscape.org/">www.inkscape.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://inkscape.org">inkscape.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Graphics, View/Manage","IrfanView <a class="ext" href="http://www.irfanview.com/">www.irfanview.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://irfanview.com">irfanview.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, <a href="brows.htm">Brows</a>er","Mozilla/Firefox <a class="ext" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">www.mozilla.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mozilla.org">mozilla.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, <a href="html.htm">HTML</a> <a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>or","Mozilla/Nvu <a class="ext" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">www.mozilla.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mozilla.org">mozilla.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, <a href="mail.htm">Mail</a>","Mozilla/Thunderbird <a class="ext" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">www.mozilla.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mozilla.org">mozilla.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, <a href="new.htm">New</a>sgroup","Mozilla <a class="ext" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">www.mozilla.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mozilla.org">mozilla.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, Proxy/Filter","Proxomitron <a class="ext" href="http://www.proxomitron.info/">www.proxomitron.info/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://proxomitron.info">proxomitron.info</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, Utility","<a href="mail.htm">Mail</a>Washer <a class="ext" href="http://www.mailwasher.net/">www.mailwasher.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mailwasher.net">mailwasher.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Internet, <a href="web.htm">Web</a> Server","Apache <a class="ext" href="http://www.apache.org/">www.apache.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://apache.org">apache.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"<a href="lib.htm">Lib</a>rary Management","Greenstone Digital <a href="lib.htm">Lib</a>rary <a class="ext" href="http://www.greenstone.org/">www.greenstone.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://greenstone.org">greenstone.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, Audio, Create/<a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>","Audacity <a class="ext" href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">audacity.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, CD/DVD Create","CDex <a class="ext" href="http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/">cdexos.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, CD/DVD Utilities","EAC <a class="ext" href="http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/">www.exactaudiocopy.de/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://exactaudiocopy.de">exactaudiocopy.de</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, Codecs, Audio","Ogg Vorbis <a class="ext" href="http://www.vorbis.com/">www.vorbis.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://vorbis.com">vorbis.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, Codecs, Video","Ogg Theora <a class="ext" href="http://www.theora.org/">www.theora.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://theora.org">theora.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, Player","WinAMP <a class="ext" href="http://www.winamp.com/">www.winamp.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://winamp.com">winamp.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Multimedia, Video Create/<a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>","<a href="virt.htm">Virt</a>ualDub <a class="ext" href="http://www.virtualdub.org/">www.virtualdub.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://virtualdub.org">virtualdub.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office Suite, Presentation","<a class="ext" href="http://OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.openoffice.org/">www.openoffice.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://openoffice.org">openoffice.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office Suite, Spreadsheet","<a class="ext" href="http://OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.openoffice.org/">www.openoffice.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://openoffice.org">openoffice.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office Suite, Wordprocessor","<a class="ext" href="http://OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.openoffice.org/">www.openoffice.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://openoffice.org">openoffice.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office, <a href="calc.htm">Calc</a>ulator/Unit Converter","Versaverter: URL:<a class="ext" href="http://www.pawprint.net/vv/"">www.pawprint.net/vv/"</a><br/>
"Office, Cli<a href="part.htm">part</a>","Absolutely <a href="free.htm">Free</a> Cli<a href="part.htm">part</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.allfree-clipart.com/main.html">www.allfree-clipart.com/main.html</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://allfree-clipart.com">allfree-clipart.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office, Desktop Publishing","TeX <a href="liv.htm">Liv</a>e <a class="ext" href="http://www.tug.org/texlive/">www.tug.org/texlive/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://tug.org">tug.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office, Other","<a href="free.htm">Free</a>Mind <a class="ext" href="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/">freemind.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office, <a href="pdf.htm">PDF</a>","Ghostscript/GSView <a class="ext" href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html">www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://wisc.edu">wisc.edu</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office, <a href="spell.htm">Spell</a> Checker","<a class="ext" href="http://OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.openoffice.org/">www.openoffice.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://openoffice.org">openoffice.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Office, Text <a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>or","VIM <a class="ext" href="http://www.vim.org/">www.vim.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://vim.org">vim.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, <a href="diff.htm">Diff</a>","WinMerge <a class="ext" href="http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/">winmerge.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, <a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>or","VIM <a class="ext" href="http://www.vim.org/">www.vim.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://vim.org">vim.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, <a href="install.htm">Install</a>er","Inno Setup <a class="ext" href="http://www.jrsoftware.org/">www.jrsoftware.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://jrsoftware.org">jrsoftware.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, Language, Pascal","<a href="free.htm">Free</a>Pascal <a class="ext" href="http://www.freepascal.org/">www.freepascal.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://freepascal.org">freepascal.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, Language, Perl","Active<a href="stat.htm">Stat</a>e Perl <a class="ext" href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/">www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://activestate.com">activestate.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, Language, REXX","Regina Rexx <a class="ext" href="http://regina-rexx.sourceforge.net/">regina-rexx.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Programming, Version Control/Config","<a href="subversion.htm">Subversion</a> <a class="ext" href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion.tigris.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://tigris.org">tigris.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Project Management/Project Scheduling","Open <a href="work.htm">Work</a>bench <a class="ext" href="http://www.openworkbench.org/">www.openworkbench.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://openworkbench.org">openworkbench.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Security, Anti-spyware","AdAware <a class="ext" href="http://www.lavasoftusa.com/">www.lavasoftusa.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://lavasoftusa.com">lavasoftusa.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Security, Anti-virus","AVG Anti-Virus <a class="ext" href="http://www.grisoft.com/">www.grisoft.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://grisoft.com">grisoft.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Security, Anti-virus Tools","BitDefender <a class="ext" href="http://www.bitdefender.com/html/free_tools.php">www.bitdefender.com/html/free_tools.php</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://bitdefender.com">bitdefender.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"Security, Encryption","<a href="gnu.htm">Gnu</a>PG: URL:<a class="ext" href="http://www.gnupg.org/"">www.gnupg.org/"</a><br/>
"Security, Firewall","Outpost <a href="free.htm">Free</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpostfree.html">www.agnitum.com/download/outpostfree.html</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://agnitum.com">agnitum.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, CRON/crontab","nncron lite <a class="ext" href="http://www.nncron.ru/">www.nncron.ru/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://nncron.ru">nncron.ru</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, Desktop Manage","<a href="shell.htm">Shell</a>ON <a class="ext" href="http://www.dx13.co.uk/">www.dx13.co.uk/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://dx13.co.uk">dx13.co.uk</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, Desktop/<a href="shell.htm">Shell</a>","LDE<small>(X)</small> <a class="ext" href="http://leaf.terica.net/">leaf.terica.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://terica.net">terica.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>, Catalog","DIR2<a href="html.htm">HTML</a> <a class="ext" href="http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/freeware/dir2html/">www.pc-tools.net/win32/freeware/dir2html/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://pc-tools.net">pc-tools.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>, Clone/<a href="imag.htm">Imag</a>e","PC Inspector <a class="ext" href="http://www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.ht">www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.ht</a> m <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://pcinspector.de">pcinspector.de</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>, Defragment","<a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>eeper Lite <a class="ext" href="http://executive.com/downloads/">executive.com/downloads/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://executive.com">executive.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>, <a href="boot.htm">Boot</a>","Mike Lin's <a href="start.htm">Start</a>up Control Panel and <a href="moni.htm">Moni</a>tor "<br/>
"System, <a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>, Utilities","<a href="disk.htm">Disk</a>man <a class="ext" href="http://diskman.dyndns.org/">diskman.dyndns.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://dyndns.org">dyndns.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="file.htm">File</a>, Archiver","<a href="gnu.htm">Gnu</a> Zip <a class="ext" href="http://www.gzip.org/">www.gzip.org/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://gzip.org">gzip.org</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="file.htm">File</a>, <a href="back.htm">Back</a>up","Simple <a href="back.htm">Back</a>up <a class="ext" href="http://migas.mine.nu//index.php?pag=en.myapps&subp">migas.mine.nu//index.php?pag=en.myapps&subp</a> ag=simple<a href="back.htm">back</a>up <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://migas.mine.nu">migas.mine.nu</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="file.htm">File</a>, Compression","UPX <a class="ext" href="http://upx.sourceforge.net/">upx.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="file.htm">File</a>, Management","mucommander <a class="ext" href="http://www.mucommander.com/">www.mucommander.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://mucommander.com">mucommander.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, <a href="file.htm">File</a>, Utilities","Handy<a href="recover.htm">Recover</a>y <a class="ext" href="http://www.handyrecovery.com/index.shtml">www.handyrecovery.com/index.shtml</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://handyrecovery.com">handyrecovery.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, Fonts","<a href="free.htm">Free</a> Microsoft Core Fonts <a class="ext" href="http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/">corefonts.sourceforge.net/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, Information/Audit","Everest Home <a href="edit.htm">Edit</a>ion <a class="ext" href="http://www.lavalys.com/">www.lavalys.com/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://lavalys.com">lavalys.com</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, Terminal Services","PuTTY <a class="ext" href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://greenend.org.uk">greenend.org.uk</a>]</small>"<br/>
"System, Time/Clock Utilities","WorldTime <a class="ext" href="http://www.pawprint.net/wt/">www.pawprint.net/wt/</a> <small>[<a class="ext" href="http://pawprint.net">pawprint.net</a>]</small>"<br/>
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<a href="cygwin.htm">Cygwin</a>, Wine, PEACE and Detours: <a class="ext" href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3482981">www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3482981</a><br/>
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MicroSCOft attack: <a class="ext" href="http://www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf">www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf</a><br/>
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<a href="use.htm">USE</a>NIX response: <a class="ext" href="http://www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf">www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.berea.edu/celts/hungerissues/hungerhurtsfooddrive.asp">www.berea.edu/celts/hungerissues/hungerhurtsfooddrive.asp</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://gnufans.net/~deego/pics/dd-g.jpg">gnufans.net/~deego/pics/dd-g.jpg</a><br/>
<span class="quot">"'Last week, the respected former military intelligence analyst William Arkin revealed a hitherto un<a href="know.htm">know</a>n government directive, with the Orwellian sobriquet `JCS Conplan 0300-97,' authorizing the Pentagon to <a href="employ.htm">employ</a> special, ultra secret `anti-terrorist' military units on American soil for what the author says are `extra legal missions.' In other words, using US soldiers to arrest or kill citizens at home, acts that have been illegal since the US Civil War and are a grave violation of the constitution and <a href="trad.htm">trad</a>ition.'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.bigeye.com/fc020705.htm">www.bigeye.com/fc020705.htm</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.mova.org/~cheusov/pub/dictem">www.mova.org/~cheusov/pub/dictem</a><br/>
COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 81<br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.thecampaign.org/alert_terminator.php">www.thecampaign.org/alert_terminator.php</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Monsanto-Technology-Agreement-1998.htm">www.mindfully.org/GE/Monsanto-Technology-Agreement-1998.htm</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.false-profit.com">www.false-profit.com</a><br/>
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<span class="quot">"'U.S. Food Imports Increase, May Match Exports This Year.'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11540-2004Nov25.html">www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11540-2004Nov25.html</a><br/>
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<span class="quot">"'2005 will be the first year in nearly 50 that America will not turn an agricultural <a href="trad.htm">trad</a>e surplus.'"</span> -- <a class="ext" href="http://www.pjstar.com/stories/120704/ALA_B4UEM1VT.027.shtml">www.pjstar.com/stories/120704/ALA_B4UEM1VT.027.shtml</a><br/>
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Venture Communism is in tune with the goals of Commuityism, but the name causes extreme hatred.<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605zen.mov">homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605zen.mov</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605bloggers.mov">homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605bloggers.mov</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.francis-bacon.cx/popes/figurewithmeat.html">www.francis-bacon.cx/popes/figurewithmeat.html</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.luminarium.org">www.luminarium.org</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.francis-bacon.cx">www.francis-bacon.cx</a><br/>
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The <a href="mingw.htm">MinGW</a> team released a <a href="buil.htm">buil</a>d script for <a href="mingw.htm">MinGW</a> <a href="emacs.htm">Emacs</a> from CVS<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://hissquarterly.thehiss.net">hissquarterly.thehiss.net</a> some kind of magazine?<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://truthbeknown.com">truthbeknown.com</a><br/>
The Philisophical Research Center <a class="ext" href="http://www.prs.org">www.prs.org</a><br/>
Watched the movie "City of God". Accurate portrayal of some brutal <a href="real.htm">real</a>ity.<br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.bluehoney.org">www.bluehoney.org</a><br/>
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<a class="ext" href="http://www.pharmacratic-inquisition.com">www.pharmacratic-inquisition.com</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.gnosticmedia.com">www.gnosticmedia.com</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=opensource_movies&collectionid=GnosticMedia_Revolve_trailer">www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=opensource_movies&collectionid=GnosticMedia_Revolve_trailer</a><br/>
<a class="ext" href="http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=opensource_movies&collectionid=pharmacratic-inquisition">www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=opensource_movies&collectionid=pharmacratic-inquisition</a><br/>
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Overheard: "What's up with you trying to kill me with the shotgun last night? He, he, he."<br/>
"Ha ha - that's funny - blah blah ..."<br/>
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