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Interview with Dr. Villanueva
cigarky writes "I think many of us were very impressed by the recent letter of Peruvian Congressman Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez. Linux Today has a followup interview with more in-depth information."
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This article is a joke. "Dr Villanueva" is the giveaway. Villa = town, nueva = new. Newtown. Dr Newton. Get it?
Maybe I'm naturally oversensitive, or maybe someone just slipped me decaf coffee this morning, but Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez's cronies have an inadequate grasp of acceptable scientific method and data interpretation. I would like to start by discussing Villanueva Nuñez's invectives, mainly because they scare me. The thing I'm the most frightened about is that gnosticism appears to have triumphed. More often than not, I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke him to smear people of impeccable character and reputation. As it turns out, just because you can do something does not mean it's okay to do it. Whatever happened to community standards?
Like I said, Villanueva Nuñez would have us believe that human life is expendable. That, of course, is nonsense, total nonsense. But Villanueva Nuñez is surrounded by irritating raucous pettifoggers who parrot the same nonsense, which is why his detractors are correct in their observation that the conflation of reckless psychics and saturnine self-deceiving purveyors of malice and hatred in his rejoinders is either dramatic hyperbole or a fatal methodological flaw. His prophecies are not the solution to our problem. They are the problem. Some day, I want to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable in our society -- the sick, the old, the disabled, the unemployed, and our youth -- all of whose lives are made miserable by Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez.
But you don't have to wait for that. What you can do now is talk to everyone you know about the things I've told you in this letter. Use every medium available to you. Use the Internet. Use your telephone. Use radio and newspapers. And whatever you do, never be afraid to speak out against the evil that is Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez.
I also learned how to "spel" in 8th grade... or maybe it was 2nd, I don't really remember anymore. I also learned how to tell good jokes:
A professor at the University of Mississippi is giving a
lecture on the supernatural. To get a feel for his
audience, he asks: "How many people here believe in
ghostses?" About 90 students raise their hands.
"Well, that's a good start. Out of those of you who
believe in ghostses, do any of you think you've ever seen
a ghostse?" About 40 students raise their hands.
"That's really good. Has anyone here ever talked to a
ghostse?" 15 students raise their hands.
"That's great. Has anyone here ever touched a ghostse?" 3
students raise their hands.
"That's fantastic. But let me ask you one question
further... Have any of you ever made love to a ghostse?"
One student way in the back raises his hand.
The professor is astonished and says, "Son, all the
years I've been giving this lecture, no one has ever
claimed to have slept with a ghostse. You've got to come
up here and tell us about your experience."
The redneck student replies with a nod and a grin, and
begins to make his way up to the podium. The professor
says, "Well, tell us what it's like to have sex with
ghostse."
The student replies, "Ghostse?!? From ah-way back there ah
thought yuh said "goatse."
I don't need to check my jokes. I can copy and paste them right:
A professor at the University of Mississippi is giving a
lecture on the supernatural. To get a feel for his
audience, he asks: "How many people here believe in
ghostses?" About 90 students raise their hands.
"Well, that's a good start. Out of those of you who
believe in ghostses, do any of you think you've ever seen
a ghostse?" About 40 students raise their hands.
"That's really good. Has anyone here ever talked to a
ghostse?" 15 students raise their hands.
"That's great. Has anyone here ever touched a ghostse?" 3
students raise their hands.
"That's fantastic. But let me ask you one question
further... Have any of you ever made love to a ghostse?"
One student way in the back raises his hand.
The professor is astonished and says, "Son, all the
years I've been giving this lecture, no one has ever
claimed to have slept with a ghostse. You've got to come
up here and tell us about your experience."
The redneck student replies with a nod and a grin, and
begins to make his way up to the podium. The professor
says, "Well, tell us what it's like to have sex with
ghostse."
The student replies, "Ghostse?!? From ah-way back there ah
thought yuh said "goatse."
Too bad Peru is a third world country. If it's such a great country, how come half the population of Peru lives in my neighborhood?
If you're not a Liberal in your 20's, then you have no heart.If you're still a Liberal in your 30's you have no brain.
Are you sure the effect isn't the reverse of your perception?
I haven't seen any increase in the anti-OSS trolling, and I'm one of the main trolls. Instead I'd have to say I've seen an increase in the anti-Commercial trolling by far.
But let me get this clear. You seem to be saying that if this law in Peru ends up killing the IT landscape of that nation, it's not the laws fault, but rather the fault of certain companies using dubious methods?
I'm personally of the belief that it is simply anti-US legislation, sort of a polite way of creating a barrier to trade encapsulated in an intellectual argument. Sometimes a poor developing nation creating a barrier to trade can be a good thing. Look at Japan as an example of this.
Thus it confounds me to see people proclaiming a trade barrier as some sort of victory for open source.
I have a Linguistics degree. How does what your Niger-Congo or Kordofanian professor said have any relevance? The US University system has been implanting hippie communist ideals into our youth for 2 decades.I never said that individuals from Africa have not contributed. I just said that the Sub-Saharan portion of Africa have not contributed anything to mankind in the past 500-1000 years. I see that you didn't disagree with me.
If you're not a Liberal in your 20's, then you have no heart.If you're still a Liberal in your 30's you have no brain.