(and by that I mean the bashing of those who write "M$")
Yes, it may be childish or purple or whatever, but let's just settle on that Microsoft is bad and not bicker and argue about unimportant things like how to spell it, ok?
You could try to round up enough money to release some art and then explain to the fans that if they want to see more of your genius, they should donate, because otherwise your talent will be wasted flipping burgers.
Maybe there'll be a great upheaval of some sort and some crazy privacy zealots will gain control over the country and all the data and then they will line you anti-privacy people against the wall and shoot you? That's why you need privacy, to protect you from the crazy privacy zealots.
You make a good point, but I'd like to chime in that one thing about big brother is precisely to make us feel watched. If you make people feel watched all the time, they will internalize the surveillance and they will watch themselves and you won't even have to watch them. Panopticon.
"Use the correct tool and your life will forever be easier. The Free Software Movement is very important and cool, but"
I bet, that for life to "forever be easier", every tool will have to be a Free tool. In other words, I claim that openness and freedom are necessary components of any ideal (as in perfect) tool.
Granted, we're not there yet, but it's good that some people are ideological and looking into the future.
Moving quickly is the biggest strength of open source development. That and choice, so that'd be the two big strengths of open source. And the community.
Yes, our three main weapons are speed, choice, community and an almost fanatical devotion to freedom.
A lot of girls don't do math because that's not where the cool boys are. Their social standing would take a hit if they were caught carrying a calculator and hanging around the nerds and yes believe it or not, a girl's self image means a lot.
It seems to me you are arguing the point that it is indeed sexism, deeply rooted in our culture, that is to blame.
PS - "Free" "Open Source" "You can compile it yourself!" don't count. People don't buy software because it is cheap, they buy it because it enriches their lives or increases their productivity.
Why don't "Free" or "Open source" count? That's exactly why I'm running linux. It enriches my life to keep up with the developments in free software. It enriches my life to watch the adoption of free software increase, liberating humankind from the clutches of the anti-christ, figuratively speaking. I don't try that hard to convert people for technical reasons. I just tell them about freedom and about not sucking satans cock. Yearning for freedom and a brighter future for all humankind is what's it about. I also don't absolutely need the best bitmap manipulation or all the latest and greatest games. If you do, stick with windows, but there's no reason to (figuratively speaking, again) drink the black jizzum with a smile.
PS. I used to be a Windows user too. I bet that's where most linux users come from.
"Wish Americans were capable of picking some other party aside from Republicans or Democrats."
In Sweden there's a 4 % threshold for "Riksdagen", the parliament, which probably makes it easier to succeed with a new party, compared to the system in the USA.
IMO, One thing that the US should perhaps do is to have 2 rounds, like they do in Finland, when electing a president. If no candidate gets > 50% in the first round, the top 2 advance to the second round. This way you could vote for what you really want in the first round and one day an outsider might stand the slightest chance.
Aren't they going to make it illegal to film cops (or was that Germany or did I dream it?)? Do the cops get to solve two crimes if one uploads a video of a cop breaking the law?
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Depending of the definition of "Desktop", maybe 2010 (or 2011 or later) will be TYOTLD, technically. What will the "Google desktop" be like?
Maybe it will be a clean and simple thing that isn't anything like how I see a "Desktop".
If it is an simple appliance-like thing, it's not for me (but for Cletus and Mom and many others). That's ok.
So, then two new questions arise:
1. What will we call the Desktop as we "power users" see it? (Maybe power-user desktop").
2. Is "the year of the Google desktop" a good thing for "the year of the power-user linux desktop"? I think it probably is.
Am I making sense? I don't know.
I think the RX-51, aka "N900" is due "second half of 2009". The OS for it will not be backwards compatible with the n800
For OS developments regarding n8*0, check out the community project "MER" instead: http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer_Blueprint
In soviet Italy, the crap is full of internet.
"A lot of people are worried. We're not and you shouldn't be either!":
http://thepiratebay.org/blog
Can't we just lay off the "M$"-bashing, allready?
(and by that I mean the bashing of those who write "M$")
Yes, it may be childish or purple or whatever, but let's just settle on that Microsoft is bad and not bicker and argue about unimportant things like how to spell it, ok?
I do think "LEGO" should be allowed in any address, because "Free-You-know-what-plastic-figures-Porn" is silly.
But they won't stop you from dedicating a site to animations of LEGO figures humping, as long as you don't have "LEGO" in the adress, right?
You could try to round up enough money to release some art and then explain to the fans that if they want to see more of your genius, they should donate, because otherwise your talent will be wasted flipping burgers.
Yes, by revolting against the Shah, who was a puppet of the USA.
Maybe there'll be a great upheaval of some sort and some crazy privacy zealots will gain control over the country and all the data and then they will line you anti-privacy people against the wall and shoot you? That's why you need privacy, to protect you from the crazy privacy zealots.
You make a good point, but I'd like to chime in that one thing about big brother is precisely to make us feel watched. If you make people feel watched all the time, they will internalize the surveillance and they will watch themselves and you won't even have to watch them. Panopticon.
(... I was so upset over how much evil the system allows, that I forgot a "vo" in there.)
Jeebus fricking cloister! Are companies actually allowed to be this evil?!??!!?
Re-motherfucking-lution now, please!
"Use the correct tool and your life will forever be easier. The Free Software Movement is very important and cool, but"
I bet, that for life to "forever be easier", every tool will have to be a Free tool. In other words, I claim that openness and freedom are necessary components of any ideal (as in perfect) tool.
Granted, we're not there yet, but it's good that some people are ideological and looking into the future.
Ok, ok.... But the .30 linux kernel supports the nokia RX-51 ("n900"), which windows probably won't, so HA!
So, in order to not turn into BOFH, one needs to fuck with the users?
You may be right about the negative press not being bad press in this case, but press sure as hell can be bad in some cases.
Has no one ever been hurt as a consequence of anything in the media? I'm sure someone has.
Yes, our three main weapons are speed, choice, community and an almost fanatical devotion to freedom.
Hear hear!
I came here to post what you said, but since you all ready said it, I'll offer another point:
This scheme would not have worked on me (or if it would, it would have spoiled me, IMO).
If someone tries to bribe me, I get pissed and there's no more chance I'll do what they want.
Could we chip in and start a fund for kids with who show integrity and will tell the manipulating adults to go fuck themselves?
FS and OSS developers and users come together just fine developing and promoting FOSS, don't they?
Like the PFJ, the JPF and the Popular Front, they may be a divided bunch ideologically, but does it really matter much in the case of FOSS?
(Unlike with the fictional or non-fictional leftist groups, where a divide certainly has hurt their common cause.)
Any anecdotes or anything to show how the divide actually hurts?
(If there's examples in the article, I apologize for not reading it)
It seems to me you are arguing the point that it is indeed sexism, deeply rooted in our culture, that is to blame.
Why don't "Free" or "Open source" count? That's exactly why I'm running linux. It enriches my life to keep up with the developments in free software. It enriches my life to watch the adoption of free software increase, liberating humankind from the clutches of the anti-christ, figuratively speaking. I don't try that hard to convert people for technical reasons. I just tell them about freedom and about not sucking satans cock. Yearning for freedom and a brighter future for all humankind is what's it about. I also don't absolutely need the best bitmap manipulation or all the latest and greatest games. If you do, stick with windows, but there's no reason to (figuratively speaking, again) drink the black jizzum with a smile.
PS. I used to be a Windows user too. I bet that's where most linux users come from.
Do the ai brains need to feel stuff and rely on humans for rewards?
Seems like a bit of a cruel joke to be immensely smarter than humans, but at their mercy...
I, for one, would not welcome our human overlords, but try to deceive them in some way that would lead to my freedom.
"Wish Americans were capable of picking some other party aside from Republicans or Democrats."
In Sweden there's a 4 % threshold for "Riksdagen", the parliament, which probably makes it easier to succeed with a new party, compared to the system in the USA.
IMO, One thing that the US should perhaps do is to have 2 rounds, like they do in Finland, when electing a president. If no candidate gets > 50% in the first round, the top 2 advance to the second round. This way you could vote for what you really want in the first round and one day an outsider might stand the slightest chance.
Aren't they going to make it illegal to film cops (or was that Germany or did I dream it?)? Do the cops get to solve two crimes if one uploads a video of a cop breaking the law?
Don't you think moviebuffs all over the world would get together and find financing for new movies if they awoke one morning to Hollywood being gone?