except for those of us boys who can find a date... sheesh... quit talking about us (poor boys) like we are some kind of spastic species from the planet Vorlon X.. it's no wonder everyone calls you a bitch.
What makes you think that certain parties won't put up a fight on other issues as well? Because the certainly do. I appreciate your sentiment, but I think it's a bit naive to think we can just ignore one potential problem and focus on everything else and everyone will just then magically go along with that.
How would I interpret that? As an admission of guilt for the murder of the landlords tennants, at least implied. Possibly as a threat of the same to my person. That is of course different than the communication by the students, but whatever it takes to justify jackbooting these teens you or someone else will provide. These students did not murder anyone, yet you would assume that they imply a threat where others see a commentary of the chilling effects of authoritarian control. Feel proud that you read into neutral or ambivalent text the justification for the stifling of free speech. I tend to err on the other side, but your view is certainly popular in 21st century America.
Apparently, you can't use the word "Columbine" in a post nor discuss the motivations of the perpetrators without it being a threat. Wow, truly disturbing.
You should send me a check for $100 and if you don't? Well, that's a cop-out too.
Open source may be a community, but everything about it is voluntary - there are no real obligations (ignoring for a minute those OSS projects that are paid for). Sometimes, members act in a way that outsiders might think arises from obligation, but that doesn't make it true. Everyone, contributers and pure-users and promoters alike should remind themselves from time to time of the voluntary nature of the OSS. At the very core, OSS relies upon contributors. People that don't contribute are likely to pull little weight. And there are some people currently using OSS that should not be (unless they pay for support) because this relationship is or should be unacceptible to them.
We see some of those people on stories like this, shouting at the top of their lungs trying to change the nature of the community, but it is of course impossible, and serves little but to generate more heat than light.
Tell your boss to look at the list of all commercial apps ever written: how many are still supported? Tell your boss to look at the list of all commerical software companies ever in existence: how many are now defunct? If your boss can't understand that there is a variety of quality among OSS and as with commercial software, for every microsoft there are 1000 failures, I'd seriously consider looking for a new job. On second thought, if you can't convince him of that, maybe you guys deserve each other.
Real companies use OSS to solve real problems. Your boss sounds like a glorified seat warmer.
Yes, "Scotch" is the name on my Birth Certificate. Please let me know when you read this, Coward, as I am enjoying this conversation I am having with you.
On one hand, you say there is no consistency with the moderating, and on the other you complain about the slashdot conspiracy against Bush/republicans. Make up your whining inconsistent little mind, coward.
It's also a homonym for the 1st person plural pronoun, exhiliration, and probably some other things. Does milk spew out of your nose everytime someone says "we"?
(when was the last time you heard about states' rights?)
2006, when was the last time you heard about state's rights? Did you already forget about medicinal pot, pull-the-plug-terry, no child left behind, the 2000 election, constitutional bans on gay marriage, etc, etc.
These are still active issues worth fighting for on the state's rights front, if you are so inclined.
I can give you the name of another country that has a clear history of a) possessing WMD's b) defiing the UN and c) supporting terrorism. I'll give you a hint, it starts with United States of America. With such easy justifications like that, the case for preemptive military actions of any number of countries against any number of other countries is within the easy grasp of potential war makers. God save us all from living in a world where your standards are used to justifiy the initiation of hostilities. You are bat-shit crazy if you think this war is a) unequivocally justified (moral), b) well executed, c) unarguably beneficial with clear, achievable long-term objectives, d) and e) worth the staggering cost to the American public and the loss of American lives. Without all 5 of those qualities, America has no business being in any war.
Also, I'd like to see a source for your number of deaths pre- and post- the unilateral unprovoked US invasion if a soveriegn nation.
Bush makes Reagan smell like a rose, and don't forget that 20 some-odd members of the Regan administration were convicted of bad ju-ju.
I haven't tried, but it would probably be possible to install that old ApplixWare on top of a Linux emulation layer on my main Desktop (NetBSD) now. Which is an irony, as it would be MUCH more work to get the Applix binaries to run on a modern Linux.
Would it be MUCH harder than getting applix to work on an old linux running on an emulation layer runing on modern linux?
Can you give us some results for other things you haven't tried as well?
Oh the sweet dripping irony, your devilish embrace suffocates BSD fanboys everywhere.
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I was going for funny, or maybe ironic. Or something. Dating gets a lot harder when you get married, but that doesn't have much to do with IT.
except for those of us boys who can find a date ... sheesh ... quit talking about us (poor boys) like we are some kind of spastic species from the planet Vorlon X .. it's no wonder everyone calls you a bitch.
DNS on the operator?
No regard.
Are you threatening me?!?!?
Apparently, you can't use the word "Columbine" in a post nor discuss the motivations of the perpetrators without it being a threat. Wow, truly disturbing.
I'm not sure it matters, but the victims in this case are a somewhat larger class that your typical criminal proceeding.
Open source may be a community, but everything about it is voluntary - there are no real obligations (ignoring for a minute those OSS projects that are paid for). Sometimes, members act in a way that outsiders might think arises from obligation, but that doesn't make it true. Everyone, contributers and pure-users and promoters alike should remind themselves from time to time of the voluntary nature of the OSS. At the very core, OSS relies upon contributors. People that don't contribute are likely to pull little weight. And there are some people currently using OSS that should not be (unless they pay for support) because this relationship is or should be unacceptible to them.
We see some of those people on stories like this, shouting at the top of their lungs trying to change the nature of the community, but it is of course impossible, and serves little but to generate more heat than light.
In my opinion, It's Not Unix, Unless it Ships With a Compiler.
Clearly, your technical argument lends little to the discussion.
Real companies use OSS to solve real problems. Your boss sounds like a glorified seat warmer.
Yes, "Scotch" is the name on my Birth Certificate. Please let me know when you read this, Coward, as I am enjoying this conversation I am having with you.
On one hand, you say there is no consistency with the moderating, and on the other you complain about the slashdot conspiracy against Bush/republicans. Make up your whining inconsistent little mind, coward.
Please don't confuse the armchair software architects with reality.
I rember having a recurrent BSOD very like this with NT 3.5 or 4 , lol.
It's also a homonym for the 1st person plural pronoun, exhiliration, and probably some other things. Does milk spew out of your nose everytime someone says "we"?
Seriously, 'seriously' does not mean what you apparently think it means. Seriously. Case closed.
2006, when was the last time you heard about state's rights? Did you already forget about medicinal pot, pull-the-plug-terry, no child left behind, the 2000 election, constitutional bans on gay marriage, etc, etc.
These are still active issues worth fighting for on the state's rights front, if you are so inclined.
Boo hoo, slashdot is not some homogenous group of people who think just like you do.
Also, I'd like to see a source for your number of deaths pre- and post- the unilateral unprovoked US invasion if a soveriegn nation.
Bush makes Reagan smell like a rose, and don't forget that 20 some-odd members of the Regan administration were convicted of bad ju-ju.
Would it be MUCH harder than getting applix to work on an old linux running on an emulation layer runing on modern linux?
Can you give us some results for other things you haven't tried as well?
Oh the sweet dripping irony, your devilish embrace suffocates BSD fanboys everywhere.
Right you are, replied to the wrong post.
Source for the since-1998 bit? Seriously. Thank you.