The point of government is to keep individuals/corporations from encroaching on others' rights. That's what Microsoft is doing in this case. That is not in any way contradictory with the notion of individual liberty. In fact it's complimentary....
y'know, IHFPTR when you make arbitary acronyms like that. I can understand using IMHO or AFAIK, but when it inevitably takes some people longer to figure out what the hell that means than it would be to type the whole thing out, you've pretty much missed the point. The purpose of language is communication, in case you've forgotten...
1970 (71?), Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hungarian Phrasebook sketch. "I will not buy this record, it is scratched." "No no, this is a tobacconists--" "Ahhh... I will not buy this *tobacconists*, IT is scratched".
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WOW. You're really missing the point here...
The point of government is to keep individuals/corporations from encroaching on others' rights. That's what Microsoft is doing in this case. That is not in any way contradictory with the notion of individual liberty. In fact it's complimentary....
"Cyberllama", you really shouldn't be believing *any* news you hear from the major media in the first place, so this isn't an excuse...
The first thirty or so times, I was having a hard time believing that #rit "0wnz" me. However, your consistent argument has me convinced. #rit 4u1z!
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Camels do fine if you don't pet them. They spit when they're annoyed.
(NTTAWWT).
y'know, IHFPTR when you make arbitary acronyms like that. I can understand using IMHO or AFAIK, but when it inevitably takes some people longer to figure out what the hell that means than it would be to type the whole thing out, you've pretty much missed the point. The purpose of language is communication, in case you've forgotten...
JM2C.
1970 (71?), Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hungarian Phrasebook sketch. "I will not buy this record, it is scratched." "No no, this is a tobacconists--" "Ahhh... I will not buy this *tobacconists*, IT is scratched".
Aspera means "hard work"
Looks like its from the Automatic complaint generator. Thanks to jwz's links page.
Of course, MS did it the other way, "Linux isn't a viable alternative to NT" and "Linux is a major competitor"
It's divisible by 2. :)
Heh, check this out: http://www.theonion.com/oni on3311/microsoftpatents.html
Supposedly Sathya Sai Baba is himself an avatar?