And you feel comfortable letting Big Brother do it for you?
You know, you shouldn't have to police your child at all. If children are raised right, they will make the right decisions. If you allow porn, or even TV or violent video games take the place of a parent, they won't make the right decisions. But that is just my experience.
As much as I hate to admit it, you are somehwhat right.
However, you fail to address the heart of the problem.
Do video games (of the violent flavor) affect children? The answer is they ***can***. If parents choose not to raise their children, more than likely they *will* (this is not always true, I've known children that were sit down in front of the TV all of their young lives and turned out fine, even after playing lots of Doom).
It isn't the TV or the Quake that hurts children. It is the replacement of a parent with these. That is what does it. It has nothing to do with lack of religion (or a "strange" religion), violence in a game, or anything like that. It has to do with the lack of a caring parent.
You are automatically assuming everyone wants to learn. I can show you a whole crowd who don't.
You are correct. Many people don't want to understand how their box works. The question that remains is, should they want to know?
I say yes. At least a little.
Take for example a car. I would venture to guess you bought a car to get around--to empower yourself.
But owning a car has many pitfalls. Not the least of which is being ripped off by someone who knows more than you--a nasty mechanic, a dirty used car salesman, etc. If you know nothing about the inner workings of a car, you are at their complete mercy. If the mechanic tells you something is wrong, how are you to argue?
I've seen far too many people get ripped of by dirty mechanics (and dirty computer salesmen). It doesn't take too much knowledge to protect yourself. Just a bit. (I really hope you didn't go from using 95 to 98--that is what we call a ripoff.)
It comes down to this. Knowing nothing about your box is not empowerment. It puts you at the mercy of others.
That would make for a great 3 way fight. Hehehehehe. "Okay. I want a good clean fight." "Windows Everywhere!" bang smack crash... "No no no, its GNU/Linux!" smash crack "Microsoft Sucks!"....
Allchin would rather steer the industry than have a love-in with rivals. "While open source is generally very good engineering, it's also generally poor in innovation," he ays. "When you're following the taillights, it's easy to make a decision on what to do next."
I get it! Taillights. Kinda like Apple was to the Microsoft gui.
"The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard."
I find it amazing the extent to which people are willing to ignore Microsoft's rights simply because they write bad software.
(Bold tags added by me)
Where exactly did you get that idea?
This has very little to do with the fact that MS writes bad software, and a whole lot to do with the fact that they use their monopoly to strong arm others from selling software that would compete with theirs.
The idea that corporations do not have rights is baloney. Individuals have rights, and corporations are just associations of individuals.
But as history shows, protecting freedom is usually stoping large associations of individuals from taking away the rights of smaller groups of individuals.
Corporations do have rights. But they are not allowed to do some of the things that MS has done.
Can someone suggest good (and up to date) literature for FreeBSD? I've had lots of success with Linux, partially because I've had good friends to turn to the few times I've had major problems. I don't know anyone, however, who runs any BSD systems, so some printed help would be good.
I've been thinking about moving a box that I have set up as a web server/database server/ip masq box over to FreeBSD. Does anyone know if FreeBSD has something similar to ip masq?
Most of the so called "stupid users" have never had to install Windoze on a *clean* machine.
I think Linux usablitiy will come when a "stupid user" can easily order a computer from a major distributer who can pre-install Linux, set up gnome and/or kde, have ppp set up, etc. Progress is being made toward this.
Windoze is no more user friendly than Linux really. People just think it is because they don't see the whole story.
But the point is: both buyers and sellers try to get the most out of each other, while at the same time giving up as little as possible.
Very true. I do not condemn business for what it does. I understand that this is the way things work.
But this fails to explain why people would spend time putting up content that makes them no money. That is the heart of what is good about the internet.
This is not the problem with what Altavista is doing. Their site is free.
I was unclear on this. I consider Altavista (as it is at the time of this posting) a free site. My problem is with replacing content with adverts and trying to trick people into viewing them.
I don't mind having to load an add banner ever now and then. What I don't like is replacing content with advertisements (ie changing the first match in a search engine to be an advert, indistinguishable from a normal match).
Right now I consider Altavista to be a free site. But if they try to trick people into following an advertisement link by making it indistinguishable from a match, that is where I have to draw the line.
But that is just me.
Although I am glad that someone took the time to let people know that this is the case.
Their objective is to sell us as little as possible for the most money and make it look like we are getting something really great. This is what they do.
This kind of thing is why business and the internet don't mix well. They want to give you nothing and get money in return, but what they don't realize is that they are hurting the internet as a whole by watering down the content with advertisements.
This is why we should support free sites that offer free content (like/.).
That all has to do with your definition of "preach"--which is why I used it in quotation marks. I don't define preaching as the "hard sell".
But that is just me.
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According to info published in JWZ's resignation, only about thirty non-Netscape developers have joined the project.
Yep, I downloaded the code. Had a look at it, and it was a *bit* too much for me. And I would venture to say the same for most people who downloaded it. I don't have the time to read through that much code--other things have to get done.
A few months ago, I offered to start an Open Source wavelet page on my domain. I got just one response.
So you are mad no one was interested in your little project? There are many other projects out there that people are more interested in. Those get worked on. That, perhaps, is one of the weak points of Open Source.
Total? Thirty six coders. According to/. statistics, there's alot more of us right here than seem to be contributing.
Call me crazy, but I think there is a lot more going on then you have mentioned here. Not everyone wants to work on your projects.
And what about the non-coders out there? I think it is important for them to "preach", as you say, the virtues of Open Source--to let people out there know they don't have to use proprietary software.
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And you feel comfortable letting Big Brother do it for you?
You know, you shouldn't have to police your child at all. If children are raised right, they will make the right decisions. If you allow porn, or even TV or violent video games take the place of a parent, they won't make the right decisions. But that is just my experience.
Buy an island somewhere, and form the the Free Slashdotian Nation!
Hehehe. Personal T1 for everyone! All the porn you can choke down! Choose any OS you want! Paradise.
But that is just me.
As much as I hate to admit it, you are somehwhat right.
However, you fail to address the heart of the problem.
Do video games (of the violent flavor) affect children? The answer is they ***can***. If parents choose not to raise their children, more than likely they *will* (this is not always true, I've known children that were sit down in front of the TV all of their young lives and turned out fine, even after playing lots of Doom).
It isn't the TV or the Quake that hurts children. It is the replacement of a parent with these. That is what does it. It has nothing to do with lack of religion (or a "strange" religion), violence in a game, or anything like that. It has to do with the lack of a caring parent.
But that is just me.
That will get some competition going. Probably will lower the price of a domain name a lot.
:) I can even tolerate having AT&T, MS, and AOL in the mix as long as there are a bunch of others to force them to keep clean.
You too can have your own domain name!!!!*
* Sorry, metoo.metoo.metoo.scriptkiddie.com is already taken.
You are automatically assuming everyone wants to learn. I can show you a whole crowd who don't.
You are correct. Many people don't want to understand how their box works. The question that remains is, should they want to know?
I say yes. At least a little.
Take for example a car. I would venture to guess you bought a car to get around--to empower yourself.
But owning a car has many pitfalls. Not the least of which is being ripped off by someone who knows more than you--a nasty mechanic, a dirty used car salesman, etc. If you know nothing about the inner workings of a car, you are at their complete mercy. If the mechanic tells you something is wrong, how are you to argue?
I've seen far too many people get ripped of by dirty mechanics (and dirty computer salesmen). It doesn't take too much knowledge to protect yourself. Just a bit. (I really hope you didn't go from using 95 to 98--that is what we call a ripoff.)
It comes down to this. Knowing nothing about your box is not empowerment. It puts you at the mercy of others.
But that is just me.
That would make for a great 3 way fight. Hehehehehe. ....
"Okay. I want a good clean fight."
"Windows Everywhere!" bang smack crash... "No no no, its GNU/Linux!" smash crack "Microsoft Sucks!"
Hehehehe.
*shrug*
So is this going to delay Mozilla longer? Or can we just plug this in later?
It is more like a big freeway full of taillights. Hehehehehehehehe.
Allchin would rather steer the industry than have a love-in with rivals. "While open source is generally very good engineering, it's also generally poor in innovation," he ays. "When you're following the taillights, it's easy to make a decision on what to do next."
I get it! Taillights. Kinda like Apple was to the Microsoft gui.
:)
of the Newspeak Dictionary. Doubleplusgood.
Hehehe. Thank god for sarcasm.
And perl hackers.
Might as well just call in the Thought Police.
Damn. The US is getting scarier and scarier every day.
Never does anything for me. Choke down half a bottle...nothing.
Not even drowsy.
*grumble*
what about noah's ark? if that isn't proof i don't know what is....sheesh.
I hope you weren't being serious.
if (serious) {
sarcasm(on);
Yeah, boy... What was I (and the many other non-religious people in the word) thinking?
That proves the existance of god beyond a doubt.
sarcasm(off);
}
2.2.6-ac1000 was released today. It fixes that god-shaped hole. Hopefully it will be included in 2.2.7
"The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard."
I find it amazing the extent to which people are willing to ignore Microsoft's rights simply because they write bad software.
(Bold tags added by me)
Where exactly did you get that idea?
This has very little to do with the fact that MS writes bad software, and a whole lot to do with the fact that they use their monopoly to strong arm others from selling software that would compete with theirs.
The idea that corporations do not have rights is baloney. Individuals have rights, and corporations are just associations of individuals.
But as history shows, protecting freedom is usually stoping large associations of individuals from taking away the rights of smaller groups of individuals.
Corporations do have rights. But they are not allowed to do some of the things that MS has done.
Can someone suggest good (and up to date) literature for FreeBSD? I've had lots of success with Linux, partially because I've had good friends to turn to the few times I've had major problems. I don't know anyone, however, who runs any BSD systems, so some printed help would be good.
I've been thinking about moving a box that I have set up as a web server/database server/ip masq box over to FreeBSD. Does anyone know if FreeBSD has something similar to ip masq?
Most of the so called "stupid users" have never had to install Windoze on a *clean* machine.
I think Linux usablitiy will come when a "stupid user" can easily order a computer from a major distributer who can pre-install Linux, set up gnome and/or kde, have ppp set up, etc. Progress is being made toward this.
Windoze is no more user friendly than Linux really. People just think it is because they don't see the whole story.
But that is just me.
But the point is: both buyers and sellers try to get the most out of each other, while at the same time giving up as little as possible.
Very true. I do not condemn business for what it does. I understand that this is the way things work.
But this fails to explain why people would spend time putting up content that makes them no money. That is the heart of what is good about the internet.
This is not the problem with what Altavista is doing. Their site is free.
I was unclear on this. I consider Altavista (as it is at the time of this posting) a free site. My problem is with replacing content with adverts and trying to trick people into viewing them.
Slashdot is as free as Altavista is.
For the time being you are correct.
I don't mind having to load an add banner ever now and then. What I don't like is replacing content with advertisements (ie changing the first match in a search engine to be an advert, indistinguishable from a normal match).
Right now I consider Altavista to be a free site. But if they try to trick people into following an advertisement link by making it indistinguishable from a match, that is where I have to draw the line.
But that is just me.
Although I am glad that someone took the time to let people know that this is the case.
Their objective is to sell us as little as possible for the most money and make it look like we are getting something really great. This is what they do.
/.).
This kind of thing is why business and the internet don't mix well. They want to give you nothing and get money in return, but what they don't realize is that they are hurting the internet as a whole by watering down the content with advertisements.
This is why we should support free sites that offer free content (like
That all has to do with your definition of "preach"--which is why I used it in quotation marks. I don't define preaching as the "hard sell".
But that is just me.
According to info published in JWZ's resignation, only about thirty non-Netscape developers have joined the project.
Yep, I downloaded the code. Had a look at it, and it was a *bit* too much for me. And I would venture to say the same for most people who downloaded it. I don't have the time to read through that much code--other things have to get done.
A few months ago, I offered to start an Open Source wavelet page on my domain. I got just one response.
So you are mad no one was interested in your little project? There are many other projects out there that people are more interested in. Those get worked on. That, perhaps, is one of the weak points of Open Source.
Total? Thirty six coders. According to /. statistics, there's alot more of us right here than seem to be contributing.
Call me crazy, but I think there is a lot more going on then you have mentioned here. Not everyone wants to work on your projects.
And what about the non-coders out there? I think it is important for them to "preach", as you say, the virtues of Open Source--to let people out there know they don't have to use proprietary software.