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Re:Software patents are evil
In fact Apple is the company "we" have always had problems with. The FSF, for a long time, has boycotted Apple because of their "look & feel" lawsuits.
One might say Apple has invented the concept of software patents, and thus has been one of the few companies to have been boycotted by the free software community; this in contrast to MSFT, of which one may say many bad things but not (yet) that they have been using patents in evil ways.
Even though the boycott ended in 1995, I have always remained very suspicious w.r.t. Apple, and once more they affirm their "culture". -
Re:Software patents are evil
In fact Apple is the company "we" have always had problems with. The FSF, for a long time, has Apple because of their "look & feel" lawsuits.
One might say Apple has invented the concept of software patents, and thus has been one of the few companies to have been boycotted by the free software community; this in contrast to MSFT, of which one may say many bad things but not (yet) that they have been using patents in evil ways.
Even though the boycott ended in 1995, I have always remained very suspicious w.r.t. Apple, and once more they affirm their "culture". -
Spelling/language FYI
>Notta new, other than HDTV.
It's "nada", from the Spanish, not "notta".
As in, "nada herein should be construed as a spelling flame." -
Caca
Heh heh. He said "caca".
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Re:From the article
Thanks for telling me man.
I never realized this.
I always sympathized with the fundamental communist idea because I thought it meant that all resources of the country would belong to the people, that the people would decide what to do with it, and that every gain extracted from those resources would again belong to the people.
Boy was I wrong all along.
It turns out that communism is nothing more than simple despotism, with some trivial propaganda thrown in.
Thanks man, you saved my life.
I guess I was wrong about the meaning of the Latin word communis too, right?
But whatever you say is true. -
Re:Thank you - If I had mod points, you == +1No, prison is for punishment, it is NOT for rehabilitation regardless of what you hippy bleeding hearted liberal open source geeks think.
It is meant to REMOVE them away from society to PROTECT the general populace from them.
From here
Summary:-
prison - prison house, prison house Detailed description:-
- 2 Dictionary Entries found
1) n
2) n
Or lets see here
prison ( P ) Pronunciation Key (przn) n.
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention, especially persons convicted of crimes.
A place or condition of confinement or forcible restraint.
A state of imprisonment or captivity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 :
prison
n 1: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment [syn: prison house]
Oh and BTW, Being Raped does not immediatly make that that person become a rapist themselves. So in summary you're an ignorant person, that needs to get out more, and meet real people, not the tolkien effort you're attempting reading slashdot. -
Wherefore != Where
The article points to the lack of an Open Lindows community (e.g. 'where is it'?). 'Wherefore' in Olde English...e, however, means 'why' or 'for what reason'.
Wherefore [realdictionary.com]
(Juliet laments "why are you Romeo", not "where are you Romeo?")