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When Think Tanks Attack
x1048576 writes "The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution is only one of a dozen different think tanks that have attacked Open Source. Why are all these think tanks so down on Open Source? Well, the Small Business Survival Committee is concerned that using open source will expose small business to the risk of lawsuits. Citizens Against Government Waste is concerned that the government might waste money on Open Source. Defenders of Property Rights is concerned that Open Source might be a threat to intellectual property rights. However, I was able to detect a common theme to all their criticism. They all seem to be funded by Microsoft."
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Being attacked by a think tank? Sounds like we need to get Marvin to go and talk to it into submission.
("What a depressingly stupid tank.")
(Spudley Strikes Again!)
really needs a sanity check and anything they say really should be taken with a grain of salt. They praised Reagan for helping to keep the budget deficit in check.....Now THATS what I call revisionist history!
Someone was bound to think of slashdotting as an appropriate vengeance against the think tanks.
And this surprizes you, why?
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have backups to corrupt.
When think tank, funded by MS, attacks, it's more dangerous than ususal think tank, because it's unpredictable like monkey with a bomb.
And I haven't received almost any funding from Microsoft.
Many thoughts hurt the eco systems because they are alien to the environment or may attract the wild life to intake them as food. At first it is hard to detect, but they accumulate and when measureable it might already be too late.
The park ranger will happily receive the wrong thoughts and put them away in think tanks where they are isolated from the wild nature. It is very important to prevent them from contact with the real world.
This message is sponsored by Microsoft, who actively supports all collection of thoughts into tanks
:-) = I am happy
:^) = I am happy with my big nose
C:\> = I am happy with my OS
There's nothing like coming in to work in the morning and reading "When Tanks Think and Attack"
Linux most important problem is that people don't know about it and that people don't know that it can solve their problem at all.
Hey I though that Linux most important problem was the lack of drop-shadows on the desktop
Er, isn't prostitution illegal in most US states?
ich bin der musikant
mit taschenrechner in der hand
kraftwerk
Too obscure maybe, but the MS funding, and the quality of some of the research, would suggest they be called "thunk" tanks instead of think tanks.
Ah god damniit!! My grand plan to outlaw open source has just been exposed by a script kiddie on slashdot. Guess I will have to resort to poisoning the Mountain Dew.
Sincerely,
Bill Gates
"Stupid" is a bit too reactionary. "Ignorant" is certainly accurate, but calls for the reason behind the ignorance.
I think in this case, both "Dupe" and "Conned" would describe the poster well, but fail to describe the actual post itself, which is the prime objective of moderation labels.
You almost need to drop into compound descriptives. Like, "Willfully Ignorant" or even whole sentences such as; "This Dupe has been Successfully Programmed by the Dark Side into believing that Greed is Not A Disease."
In any case, I don't envy the task of the Slashdot programming staff!
-FL
Everybody knows, Conspiracies Do Not Exist! After all, it is "Impossible to Keep a Secret". And anyway, "They Just Wouldn't Do That."
And, of course, everybody knows that only wackos believe in conspiracies!
You're not a wacko, are you? If you are suspected of such, we'll all laugh at you. We'll try to make you feel small and ashamed! Your self-esteem must hurt! --Because despite the obvious, nobody at all has any desire to control your behavior through such basic and easily manipulated emotions! Drink more! Watch more TV! You want to be cool and get laid? Take Ecstasy. Quit worrying so much. Take Anti-Depressants. ALL the cool kids are doing it. You want to be cool, don't you?
Despite all logic and evidence you may have to share, you will be condemned to a thorough pestering by thousands of Taco Bell-loving citizens auto-reacting with 'Tin-Foil' jokes and lead walls made of all the clever 'knowledge' they have accumulated from watching 'documentaries' on their televisions.
Get with the times, man! Thinking and pointing out discrepancies between reality and the sham being projected by Big Money, Big Government and Big Military is simply not cool! It clearly says so in all their literature.
--Ask any Think Tank, and they'll tell you.
-FL
Cardinal Fang, bring in ... THE COMFY CHAIR!
What a long, strange trip it's been.