> I think you believed the propaganda a little too much.
I'd like to point out that my questions arise not from propaganda, but from ignorance. I truly did not know the answers. Thank you for explaing that to me though.
Is that package manager specific to slackware (and/or contain "slack" in its name), or can it be installed & used (despite possible dependency issues) on just about any Linux base?
> so do coffee mugs - doesn't mean you can't buy a container larger than your mug and top it off just fine.
Yes, but a coffee mug's connection size (the hole) is independent of the source connection (the coffee pot pouring hole). While the fuel itself will be interchangeable, the cells that hold that fuel probably will not. I believe I may have just misunderstood the statement being made (i.e., parent meant fuel, I meant container).
Yeah, I see that happening -- a business giving away their product for free "just once." But it is a good thing to mention, as it shows them that they are losing business by being strongarmed (whether they realize it or not) by a foreign company.
This is untrue, although it may be due to a misunderstanding or misstating. The company had NO contract with the Installfest people, therefore they could not be guilty of breach of contract. What they did was basically refuse to SIGN a contract with them, which is their choice as a private company (assuming such laws are similar between U.S. & N.Z.).
> Slackware IS [one of the oldest] commercial distros
Really? What's the name of the company that first produced it? I've never heard of Slackware Inc. I thought slackware was basically a DIY Linux and not really a distro at all. Does it have certain packages that are all installed by default (other than the kernel)? Does it have an installer?
I haven't tried touching slackware in a long time because I thought it was basically just a bunch of tar/gzipped files that you had to assemble (not ASM, I mean the action) "by hand."
> almost as bad as the fucking ragheads. Those pieces of shit in dirty bedsheets haven't contributed anything to civilization except a thousand years of killing people
I know this isn't exactly a well-thought-out or possibly even serious statement, but some people truly believe this crap. Until a thousand or two (someone else can provide specifics) years ago, the Arabs/Muslims were pretty much the pinnacle of technology. Many of the greatest inventions, and especially methods (agriculture, chemistry, you name it) came from the Middle East.
According to this, that isn't true. One of the quotes:
> Because MTI's micro fuel cells are powered by methanol, a flammable liquid, the FAA is banning them for in-flight use
Granted, that's from the last few days of 2002, but the FAA is a U.S. gov agency... allowing something previously banned would take many, many months of bullshit and paperwork. That's even assuming they got on top of it in the beginning of 2003.
No way... Laptop batteries are not interchangeable, there's no reason to believe that methanol cells will be either. They'll have different storage capacities, different designs, etc.
When I first saw that acronym it meant "F*cked Up Data." Then, in the nineties, when everything technology was cool and they had to use acronyms on censored TV, they said things like "Read The Friendly Manual" and "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt." At least, that's my take on it.
> I would replace the 1980's phone so I wouldn't have to carry it around in a cart
Good point. Okay, early nineties phones, then. They are handheld and fit in the pocket without an investment into more pairs of suspenders. The point is, I don't need a 2" x 2" phone (which costs 5x more, strangely) when the 4"x2" (despite the lack of SMS, a billion games, color HiRes Gfx, a camera...) works just fine.
> whether they do so with magnanimous thoughts in mind is really beside the point
You seem to be saying "the (attitute of the) ends justify the means" in a roundabout sort of way, which gave me this thought: Okay, this is a terrible analogy, but couldn't this train of thought be brought into current events? I.E., the highly questionable war the U.S. was involved in ended with the overthrow of a dictator who abused his people. The method that was used, however, was of questionable ethics (read: not magnanimous). But since the end result was "positive" (also arguable, but whatever), does that now mean that there was no problem going to war?
> If you followed your reasoning, I guess we shouldn't fund the arts because they have no *practical* use
Umm, I know this isn't a popular opinion, but I don't think we *SHOULD* fund arts. Being an artist is just like any career choice. If you can't make a living selling your art, maybe you should do something else -- maybe you're not good enough. Or maybe you could have another job at the same time -- hell, live in your parents' basement, work at McDonalds for 3 days a week. That leaves plenty of time for art, and meanwhile not taking my tax dollars for something I don't consider useful (I will point out that me finding something unuseful is not at all saying it shouldn't exist, just that I shouldn't be forced to pay for something that I have no interest in.)
>... different professions have sex.... Like mathemeticians...
Insert CR after sex (no, I don't know how to do that either). Why does slashcode decide that "..." means "fuck up the formatting that I had because obviously, if I put it there I don't want it there?"
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> Care to show it to me?
at the bottom of the page, where it says "Page 2"
> This will allow everyone to claim that they're diligently doing their jobs, but we'll be no more "secure" as a result
Sounds dangerously close to the description of the police.
> I don't remember if there is even a thermite recipe in the AC
FYI, yes, from a very early version.
> "cooperation with government was seen as a betrayal of the unwritten contract between the user and service provider," says Nimrod Kozlovski
Nimrod. Yeah, I'll take the advice of a guy named Nimrod.
> an it be installed & used on just about any Linux base?
Pardon me, I realized, after the fact, what a stupid question that was.
> I think you believed the propaganda a little too much.
I'd like to point out that my questions arise not from propaganda, but from ignorance. I truly did not know the answers. Thank you for explaing that to me though.
Is that package manager specific to slackware (and/or contain "slack" in its name), or can it be installed & used (despite possible dependency issues) on just about any Linux base?
> so do coffee mugs - doesn't mean you can't buy a container larger than your mug and top it off just fine.
Yes, but a coffee mug's connection size (the hole) is independent of the source connection (the coffee pot pouring hole). While the fuel itself will be interchangeable, the cells that hold that fuel probably will not. I believe I may have just misunderstood the statement being made (i.e., parent meant fuel, I meant container).
> leaving plenty of weasel-room a tactic by lawyers
You nailed the hammer on the head.... or something.
> I'm sure there is a long list of other companies that will duplicate for them
Not in New Zealand, there isn't.
> if the facts are like we assume here
OMG! Someone that doesn't assume that the truth is what they want it to be. I bow to your openmindedness, thank you.
> If you were to offer copy the disks for free
Yeah, I see that happening -- a business giving away their product for free "just once." But it is a good thing to mention, as it shows them that they are losing business by being strongarmed (whether they realize it or not) by a foreign company.
> to dial from outside nz, ++64 21 626 361
I don't have a "+" button on my phone.
> You can discriminate against anyone you like
:).
Why would I discriminate against someone I like? I would discriminate against those I don't like, as that makes more sense
> some people are more uncomfortable with the odds than I am
Especially when it could cost them their business and everything they own...
>Is it really illegal to go commando in Thailand?
WTF does that mean?
> ground for refusal to honor a contract.
This is untrue, although it may be due to a misunderstanding or misstating. The company had NO contract with the Installfest people, therefore they could not be guilty of breach of contract. What they did was basically refuse to SIGN a contract with them, which is their choice as a private company (assuming such laws are similar between U.S. & N.Z.).
> Slackware IS [one of the oldest] commercial distros
Really? What's the name of the company that first produced it? I've never heard of Slackware Inc. I thought slackware was basically a DIY Linux and not really a distro at all. Does it have certain packages that are all installed by default (other than the kernel)? Does it have an installer?
I haven't tried touching slackware in a long time because I thought it was basically just a bunch of tar/gzipped files that you had to assemble (not ASM, I mean the action) "by hand."
> almost as bad as the fucking ragheads. Those pieces of shit in dirty bedsheets haven't contributed anything to civilization except a thousand years of killing people
I know this isn't exactly a well-thought-out or possibly even serious statement, but some people truly believe this crap. Until a thousand or two (someone else can provide specifics) years ago, the Arabs/Muslims were pretty much the pinnacle of technology. Many of the greatest inventions, and especially methods (agriculture, chemistry, you name it) came from the Middle East.
> the FAA has already certified fuel cells
According to this, that isn't true. One of the quotes:
> Because MTI's micro fuel cells are powered by methanol, a flammable liquid, the FAA is banning them for in-flight use
Granted, that's from the last few days of 2002, but the FAA is a U.S. gov agency... allowing something previously banned would take many, many months of bullshit and paperwork. That's even assuming they got on top of it in the beginning of 2003.
> fully interoperable between brand
No way... Laptop batteries are not interchangeable, there's no reason to believe that methanol cells will be either. They'll have different storage capacities, different designs, etc.
> FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
When I first saw that acronym it meant "F*cked Up Data." Then, in the nineties, when everything technology was cool and they had to use acronyms on censored TV, they said things like "Read The Friendly Manual" and "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt." At least, that's my take on it.
> I would replace the 1980's phone so I wouldn't have to carry it around in a cart
Good point. Okay, early nineties phones, then. They are handheld and fit in the pocket without an investment into more pairs of suspenders. The point is, I don't need a 2" x 2" phone (which costs 5x more, strangely) when the 4"x2" (despite the lack of SMS, a billion games, color HiRes Gfx, a camera...) works just fine.
> whether they do so with magnanimous thoughts in mind is really beside the point
You seem to be saying "the (attitute of the) ends justify the means" in a roundabout sort of way, which gave me this thought:
Okay, this is a terrible analogy, but couldn't this train of thought be brought into current events? I.E., the highly questionable war the U.S. was involved in ended with the overthrow of a dictator who abused his people. The method that was used, however, was of questionable ethics (read: not magnanimous). But since the end result was "positive" (also arguable, but whatever), does that now mean that there was no problem going to war?
> If you followed your reasoning, I guess we shouldn't fund the arts because they have no *practical* use
Umm, I know this isn't a popular opinion, but I don't think we *SHOULD* fund arts. Being an artist is just like any career choice. If you can't make a living selling your art, maybe you should do something else -- maybe you're not good enough. Or maybe you could have another job at the same time -- hell, live in your parents' basement, work at McDonalds for 3 days a week. That leaves plenty of time for art, and meanwhile not taking my tax dollars for something I don't consider useful (I will point out that me finding something unuseful is not at all saying it shouldn't exist, just that I shouldn't be forced to pay for something that I have no interest in.)
> ... different professions have sex. ... Like mathemeticians...
Insert CR after sex (no, I don't know how to do that either). Why does slashcode decide that "..." means "fuck up the formatting that I had because obviously, if I put it there I don't want it there?"