It was non of these things and all of them. Everyone can take what they want from it, because it contains influences from a wide variety of thought, from Judeo-Christiand and Buddist mythology, to Plato's Cave Allegory.
In addition each one of those criteria you've listed aren't exclusive to Buddhism, actually one isn't entirely accurate. Claiming it's a this movie or a that movie is pointless. The best you can claim is that YOU took this or YOU took that away from it.
Not much at all, the very first time about eight years ago, yeah it took a while. But that was because it was 40+ disks worth of Slackware and X. Since then it's a snap, pull down the iso's burn install, done. It's not a difficult procedure, no more difficult than Windows. Especially lately. My cdr has yet to be rcognized by XP (actually is sort of works lots of errors now), and linux picked it up PnP.
If you understand computers it's easy. If you don't I can imagine it's more difficult, but then so is Windows.
Re:After my last month with RH8 M$ has no worries
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I love posts like this, they're easy to respond to. I've never had a problem with linux as a desktop. And I am incredibly more productive with linux as oppsosed to Windows.
Not that my one testimonial of a good experience is worth anymore than your bad one, but the point is for every bad experience, at least one good experience can be produced. I'd be willing to bet that for every bad experience more than one good one can be produced, otherwise the number of linux users would be shrinking rather than growing.
Re:Top countries looking on Linux with favor:
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What? No Finns? How terribly unpatriotic of them!
The survey was not Finnished...
Hmm allready posted so can't use my mod points so:
That being said, I feel a bit cheated because I recently took a bunch of online courses from Columbia University. At about $1000/credit, it kinda bothers me that people can get something similar for free (of course, you can't get a degree this way).
Yes, because education should only be available to those with money. I've got news for you, you are paying ONLY for the degree. All of that education is available for free and rightly so. Honestly, would you without something you learned in school from someone who never went, simply because they didn't pay for it? What's more, most universities recieve public funding. So the general public has a right to access that information.
Well barring that it's from dictionary.com which isn't entirely accurate. HTML is 1) not a scripting language, it's a markup language, an d2) web pages are not programs. I'm not knocking it, I wasn't trying to insult web developers, just pointing out that web "programming" while it is getting more sophisticated, does not involve nearly the complexity of what the original author called "conventional" engineering.
When accept our terms involves asking you to sign away rights (which by the way, I have signed nothing only clicked a button, moreover, if I'm tech saavy enough, I don't even need to do that) that it shouldn't be legal to sign away, especially when the company involved holds a monopoly, whether acknowledged by the government or not, in an industry. Legality does not equal morality, legality is also a poor substitute for right and wrong.
In the case of MS for the majority of people, and I wish it weren't so, it's not a question of "Accept our terms or don't buy our product", it's a matter of "Accept our terms or don't use this CLASS of products". And until MS's immoral stranglehold on the industry is broken, anything they do is circumspect.
Sorry I have to disagree with you here, and with your post further up (I don't believe it should even be legal to ask someone to sign away their rights, especially in a situation that amounts to extortion). I don't accept software licenses, especially click-through's as legal. I will use Windows, I will re-sell windows, I will do what I wish with something I purchased. That being said, I will not copy it and sell it, ect. because that in my opinion is wrong. But bullshit laws forced onto the populace through corporate campaign contributions? Screw that, I'm not going to be pushed around because of the greed of others.
Uhh, try again. It's no where near as complex as conventional software engineering. Although I guess a case can be made for that argument since you aren't using any real languages. Re-write gcc, or the Linux kernel, or do real network programming, these are all conventional software engineering tasks. Web Programming is a misnomer. Web scripting is about all it really is. HTML is NOT a programming language, it is a markup language. JavaScript is NOT a programming language, it is a scripting language.
Re:It's already been settled...
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Don't forget that Superman was a weak assed tool of the government at that point. Batman deserved to win, he was still a bad ass.
Number one, prove the 95% figure. Number two, tough shit, that argument isn't nearly good enough. I have the right to copy my cd's for personal use, it shouldn't be taken away. I will not buy multiple cd's for use in the car, at work, or wherever. And I won't obey any law that penalizes me for the potential crimes others might commit.
Secondly, no one HAS to make a living off of royalty per sale. They choose that path, because of the potential for getting paid ridiculous amounts of cash for little work. We are under no obligation to give away our rights as consumers, as citizens, so that others get what is essentially a free ride.
Wow, I never actually thought about the programmer angle. Which is odd, because I'm a software engineer, which I guess makes me biased, but that is a good analogy. Although, as much as I dislike the major labels, I wouldn't say they get compensated for doing nothing, they do produce and fund the cd's that are bought. They shouldn't however be able to change laws and take away right just to support their business model.
Let me add a little to that. Considering that online retailers are using next to nothing (I'd say nothing at all) as far as state or federal owned resources. A sales tax is essentially saying "You will pay us money for the privilege of selling stuff to people who live in our geographical area". Which by itself is ridiculous. Especially since the cost is passed onto the consumer, not the retailer.
Oh so you're only a REAL retailer if you have a brick and mortar set up? Bullshit. Online retailers are not like everyone else, otherwise they would be taxed the same. Your gripe appears to be that online retailers have it easier (and from context I assume you are in some way involved with a brick and mortar retail business). It's tough shit if your chosen business can't cut it as technology advances, but that's life, get used to it.
I dont see that'd be a problem. I live in area with sidewalk merchants. Are they dastardly because they dont have phone numbers? No. Of course not.
If course you don't see the problem. With the sidewalk merchant's you haven't given up the immediate and direct-response two way communication in the case or having problems with whatever business you have to discuss. Perhaps, you have never had a problem with an online only merchant, so you really don't understand. But for the people who have been screwed it's very important to talk directly to someone to find out what exactly is being done about their situation. It makes total sense.
Who said anything about taking your hand off of the mouse to scroll down, not me. Keep your straw man arguments to yourself. As far as searching ahead, how do you click on a link when you don't know what text is around it? You don't, in order to follow a link, it is a pre-requisite that it's visible on screen, I would have thought that anyone who could figure out how to post would be able to understand that.
As far as a ratio, who gives a fuck. My ratio of web surfing to entering text on a system as a whole is much greater than 1000 to 1. And while we're on the subject of numbers, care to back that ratio up, or do you want to just continue making up numbers that attempt (unsuccessfully) to prove your point?
Now you're changing your parameters, see how long it takes me to page down without moving my fingers from the keyboard and how long it takes you with a mouse. Watch how long it takes you to get a hand off of the mouse and to the keyboard to enter any text, I've got news for you, I'm done way before you even start typing. Watch as I search for the text around the link and jump right to it.
Forget web browsers, I've seen people using Word or Ultra edit to write code, it's a riot. Hands on the keyboard, hands off, hands on, hands off, scroll down, scroll up.
What is the point in yet another lightweight window manager
Before using it: The point is that someone works better with it, the point is that choice is good, the point is that different things work for different people.
After using it for an afternoon: The point is that it's faster than anything else out there. Once the key bindings are in your head you can burn through tasks faster than anyone who has to reach for a mouse. I personally don't like the point-and-grunt interface, it's slow and can be counter intuitive.
Will I use Ratpoison regularl, who knows, I have a weak spot for the aesthetics of a wm, but it is certainly allowing me to be efficient.
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In addition each one of those criteria you've listed aren't exclusive to Buddhism, actually one isn't entirely accurate. Claiming it's a this movie or a that movie is pointless. The best you can claim is that YOU took this or YOU took that away from it.
If you understand computers it's easy. If you don't I can imagine it's more difficult, but then so is Windows.
Not that my one testimonial of a good experience is worth anymore than your bad one, but the point is for every bad experience, at least one good experience can be produced. I'd be willing to bet that for every bad experience more than one good one can be produced, otherwise the number of linux users would be shrinking rather than growing.
What? No Finns? How terribly unpatriotic of them!
The survey was not Finnished...
Hmm allready posted so can't use my mod points so:
(Score 5:, Horrible, Bad, Pun, Pretty Damn Funny)
Hmmm, interesting numbers. I have never paid for a linux distro. Try backing that figure up.
Will John Q. Buyincds decide that he doesn't want to buy the new Avril Lavigne
I guess I'm not John Q. Public, because I didn't know that Avril Lavinge had an old cd. Who the fuck is Avril Laninge?
Heh jokes on them, I know exactly where to find the label. Look on the back of the case, if the BMG logo is there, it's crippleware.
That being said, I feel a bit cheated because I recently took a bunch of online courses from Columbia University. At about $1000/credit, it kinda bothers me that people can get something similar for free (of course, you can't get a degree this way).
Yes, because education should only be available to those with money. I've got news for you, you are paying ONLY for the degree. All of that education is available for free and rightly so. Honestly, would you without something you learned in school from someone who never went, simply because they didn't pay for it? What's more, most universities recieve public funding. So the general public has a right to access that information.
Well barring that it's from dictionary.com which isn't entirely accurate. HTML is 1) not a scripting language, it's a markup language, an d2) web pages are not programs. I'm not knocking it, I wasn't trying to insult web developers, just pointing out that web "programming" while it is getting more sophisticated, does not involve nearly the complexity of what the original author called "conventional" engineering.
In the case of MS for the majority of people, and I wish it weren't so, it's not a question of "Accept our terms or don't buy our product", it's a matter of "Accept our terms or don't use this CLASS of products". And until MS's immoral stranglehold on the industry is broken, anything they do is circumspect.
Sorry I have to disagree with you here, and with your post further up (I don't believe it should even be legal to ask someone to sign away their rights, especially in a situation that amounts to extortion). I don't accept software licenses, especially click-through's as legal. I will use Windows, I will re-sell windows, I will do what I wish with something I purchased. That being said, I will not copy it and sell it, ect. because that in my opinion is wrong. But bullshit laws forced onto the populace through corporate campaign contributions? Screw that, I'm not going to be pushed around because of the greed of others.
Uhh, try again. It's no where near as complex as conventional software engineering. Although I guess a case can be made for that argument since you aren't using any real languages. Re-write gcc, or the Linux kernel, or do real network programming, these are all conventional software engineering tasks. Web Programming is a misnomer. Web scripting is about all it really is. HTML is NOT a programming language, it is a markup language. JavaScript is NOT a programming language, it is a scripting language.
Don't forget that Superman was a weak assed tool of the government at that point. Batman deserved to win, he was still a bad ass.
Secondly, no one HAS to make a living off of royalty per sale. They choose that path, because of the potential for getting paid ridiculous amounts of cash for little work. We are under no obligation to give away our rights as consumers, as citizens, so that others get what is essentially a free ride.
Wow, I never actually thought about the programmer angle. Which is odd, because I'm a software engineer, which I guess makes me biased, but that is a good analogy. Although, as much as I dislike the major labels, I wouldn't say they get compensated for doing nothing, they do produce and fund the cd's that are bought. They shouldn't however be able to change laws and take away right just to support their business model.
Let me add a little to that. Considering that online retailers are using next to nothing (I'd say nothing at all) as far as state or federal owned resources. A sales tax is essentially saying "You will pay us money for the privilege of selling stuff to people who live in our geographical area". Which by itself is ridiculous. Especially since the cost is passed onto the consumer, not the retailer.
Oh so you're only a REAL retailer if you have a brick and mortar set up? Bullshit. Online retailers are not like everyone else, otherwise they would be taxed the same. Your gripe appears to be that online retailers have it easier (and from context I assume you are in some way involved with a brick and mortar retail business). It's tough shit if your chosen business can't cut it as technology advances, but that's life, get used to it.
bank - An establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged
Nuff said, nice try PayPal employee.
I dont see that'd be a problem. I live in area with sidewalk merchants. Are they dastardly because they dont have phone numbers? No. Of course not.
If course you don't see the problem. With the sidewalk merchant's you haven't given up the immediate and direct-response two way communication in the case or having problems with whatever business you have to discuss. Perhaps, you have never had a problem with an online only merchant, so you really don't understand. But for the people who have been screwed it's very important to talk directly to someone to find out what exactly is being done about their situation. It makes total sense.
So many theoreticians from cognitive science
No they don't, the others for the most part do. But you obviously don't understand the scope of CogSci.
Hypocrisy? Perhaps. But maybe he just wised up in his old age.
Hypocrisy, NOT AT ALL. It would only be hypocrisy if he continued to drive drunk. A change of policy isn't hypocrisy
As far as a ratio, who gives a fuck. My ratio of web surfing to entering text on a system as a whole is much greater than 1000 to 1. And while we're on the subject of numbers, care to back that ratio up, or do you want to just continue making up numbers that attempt (unsuccessfully) to prove your point?
Forget web browsers, I've seen people using Word or Ultra edit to write code, it's a riot. Hands on the keyboard, hands off, hands on, hands off, scroll down, scroll up.
What is the point in yet another lightweight window manager
Before using it: The point is that someone works better with it, the point is that choice is good, the point is that different things work for different people.
After using it for an afternoon: The point is that it's faster than anything else out there. Once the key bindings are in your head you can burn through tasks faster than anyone who has to reach for a mouse. I personally don't like the point-and-grunt interface, it's slow and can be counter intuitive.
Will I use Ratpoison regularl, who knows, I have a weak spot for the aesthetics of a wm, but it is certainly allowing me to be efficient.