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Testing the KDE 4.2 Release Candidate, On Windows
Verunks writes "Ars takes the KDE 4.2 release candidate out for a test drive on Windows. The popular open source desktop environment has moved beyond Linux and is becoming increasingly robust on other platforms. Even KDE's Plasma desktop shell is now Windows-compatible."
Never forget, computers are wonderful tools, but for most subjects students learn at that point in their lives (middle/high school in the US), computers aren't necessary. [zoy.org] Think about the primary subjects - Math, Science, and Literature/Writing - where do you see the benefits in using computers? Obviously for English classes, having access to computers to type papers is handy, but it's hardly necessary. Computers can be used in math to help illustrate concepts, but you don't want the students using computers to do their work, otherwise they won't know how to do it without them. And much of science is math - again, not something you want students using computers for.
(This is mfh posting as AC for oblivious reasons)
Shut the fuck up, Smidge, you're an idiot.
Free speech > your right to not be offended.
Free speech does not mean yuo can say anything you want.
My right to not be offended does not infringe your right to free speech, it is true. However, my right to not be bombarded by racist trash on a technology news website is greater than your right to your fascist viewpoint.
I like that you have an opinion you feel strongly about, and that you wish to share it with others. That's your right. Just don't expect me to laugh and cheer with you when you do it in ear shot of me.
Now piss off, you fascist idiot.
Finally had enough. Come see us over at https://soylentnews.org/
I'm the AC you responded to. I didn't post the original "racist trash."
As much as i disagree with the OP, he/she has the right to say anything they want. Racist or not.
I wasn't posting an original insult. And my karma is still as it should be - positive.
I am not insulting anyone, so I am not breaking the rulez. I am just talking about my rights to be offended ....
It is an interesting question. We all think, human rights should be focused on good things. But I think that idea of human rights is sometimes misused. Humans need some level of violence in their environment to operate normally. Human beings have developed in an environment of extreme violence. In our society, where we are trying to protect our rights by removing violence, we are sometimes doing more harm then good. Even if we are claiming that we are trying to achieve the opposite, we are creating harm on the other end.
My Karma should be burned for being offtopic, that's true ... but your karma will also burn for that reason ...