It works both ways. Windows is not the king of all applications (especially since wine). Sometimes I wonder, whether life in windows is better than in GNU/whatever/Linux, but when I have to deal with windows boxes time to time, I start to remember why I did the shift.
Quote: Excuse me, but you do not get to accept the one thing (the UN IPCC report) as a "reputable source", then turn around and say the author of that very work is not a "reputable source".
This is appeal of authority. Just by a virtue of being credible once, one does not become a credible source.
Just another tool, eh? Considering the fact that we wouldn't be able to do much of what we are doing now without any tools says something about how important they are. And really how much of a human are we with a stick at most? These tools let us be human like and thus they become part of us. Should we be obsessed? Of course not, by the virtue of the word 'obsessed', which has negative meaning. Should we consider a computer *just* another tool? Perhaps, but we won't.
>And because I know no one on Slashdot will mod this up, and no one reads at 0 anymore, I can trust my astounding well researched secret shall remain secret.
So when are we supposed to wake you up? When ubuntu works on your laptop (what are the specs, or at least your home address, so we could check for ourselves before posting anything about Linux). When ubuntu works on every piece of hardware out there?
In other words, you have perfect debugger, which doesn't work. Get the hint.
I hope your logic professor demonstrated, that logic is rather crude tool, which discards a lot of information in order to be comprehensible.
Also, you think that you have all the parameters fixed, but there are uncountable, do you really think a person (especially a child) can list all factors?
To make matters worse, logic is a way to make mistakes with more certainty. Have you got your axioms right? Are you sure all operations are done correctly. At least girls are more immune to this vulnerability (judging form this thread).
Civilization is built on compromises, that means that we win something and lose something. Your tone of speech sounded more like "civilization is THE thing and human nature is THE barrier". This is a debate more on whether natural need to share among people vulgaris should be sacrificed for the power of producers (artists, or more likely, companies).
This sacrifice has never really happened (see piracy), but do we want to live in a world, where information is only accessible, if the producer wants to?
And speaking of fairness, it is almost impossible to make something useful without quite a background one gets for, basically, free. That is, society has invested heavily in the producer, but the producer disregards this investment and considers itself as the only one with rights.
However in reality not all other things are equal.
What the activists want is for proprietary stuff tu become free. And if there is no costumer, who would rather have a proprietary stuff, then this is clear win situation for costumer.
As for slavery and choosing proprietary stuff. For example, Skype is proprietary system, I don't trust it, you could tell me not to use it, but it is required in my workplace. Now you could tell "get another job", to what I would say "like emigrate to another country if I don't like things that happen here", which is pretty much giving up. Avoiding issue is an option, of course, but if one care about state of things, this is not the best one.
I have always enjoyed feeding trolls. They are like little children and makes me want to go "Awwww":)
Right, back to feeding. Several beliefs noted in your post:
1. If it works for me, it should never be changed. 2. What I do only affects myself. 3. Linux people live in shell 4. Whatever child does should never be done by grown-up.
Lets drill in
1. What we have are people who are trying to make the world a better place (at least in long term). And we have you, who get annoyed a bit by them. Since the net result is "better" insignificant damage (your nerves) is, well, insignificant. Any change makes somebody less happy, live with it.
2. This is wrong, I am afraid. If everybody buys Dell computers (lot of "I choose to buy Dell"), there will be no Apple computers. Same with the proprietary hardware and software - you choose to vote with your dollars (although you don't care) and other get to suffer.
3. Compile binaries and update RPM? Why would I compile anything if I have RPM? Ignorance is you stronghold I guess.
4. Grown-ups are like kids, only less expressive and more refined. And for a good reason as well. For example, if somebody would steal a laptop from me, I would use my voice to inform other people around me of presence of the thief, thus increasing my chances of getting my laptop back (should anybody help me with this task), this could also benefit the society as well (for the thief would be isolated and wouldn't harm others), not only me. But I guess you would just call me a crybaby.
In whole, I guess you have complete disregard for others. Wouldn't it be nice if there were less people around that wouldn't bug you? I think I can help! For starters don't come to slashdot:) life will suddenly have a lot less annoying people.
Whatever happened to the concept of freedom of choice?
Do FSF people cut your hands off when you buy iPhone? You can do whatever you freaking want. They are after the ones who restrict the freedom (iPhone is not exactly free now is it).
educate people why buying from Apple/Microsoft is bad
Would they care? At least this might raze awareness. And maybe then somebody would care to be educated
Best way to deal with the proprietary companies is by the bottom line of the companies not interfering with individual rights.
Ah Should-Land, where clean cut kids cruise the boulevard, and the Should-Land High football team gets their optimistic asses kicked by their cross-town rivals, Reality-Check Tech
3 years ago, if you needed good 3D card with open drivers, how would hit the bottom line?
Yes, they can, and they do. If I have a grade from institution called "Get Your Diploma and Pr0n Today Only for 59.99$!!1!", no one in they sane mind would think I am educated.
However, universities, collages etc. are a different matter. Government says (so it must be true) that certain quality is met, and they require that this is true. Otherwise this institution doesn't get accreditation.
The case with tele-learning - government makes sure those programs meet these standards. If you have a better idea how to take exam in your home without an official, share your idea with us.
I don't see a problem so long as this is not the only option.
You can't hate what you care of not. I used to hate MS quite a lot a while ago, but since I move away of it, no so much any more. I still hate it a bit, but it is because it still manages to hurt me (closed protocols and stuff).
It reminds me of bunnies - they are very evil, just too small. Alas, MS is not like a bunny (in size).
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How much power do all those old computers drain, compared to a new server with the same processing capacity?
Good question in theory, in practice you just can't find a PC with Pentium I power (is VIA making any?). And if that is more than enough, why upgrade?
It works both ways. Windows is not the king of all applications (especially since wine).
Sometimes I wonder, whether life in windows is better than in GNU/whatever/Linux, but when I have to deal with windows boxes time to time, I start to remember why I did the shift.
Web apps don't magically work everywhere. At least some client (browser?) is needed. 40 platforms vs 40 browsers and we have moved nowhere.
Since when "I don't have a clue" is informative?
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To use the old adage: "Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
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This should be educational: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1m65v8QI3A
On this case, if spreadsheet lures people to trust it when they shouldn't, then maybe it is not God sent.
Disclaimer: I haven't read the friendly article or any of Dovark's article for that matter.
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Excuse me, but you do not get to accept the one thing (the UN IPCC report) as a "reputable source", then turn around and say the author of that very work is not a "reputable source".
This is appeal of authority. Just by a virtue of being credible once, one does not become a credible source.
Just another tool, eh?
Considering the fact that we wouldn't be able to do much of what we are doing now without any tools says something about how important they are. And really how much of a human are we with a stick at most?
These tools let us be human like and thus they become part of us.
Should we be obsessed? Of course not, by the virtue of the word 'obsessed', which has negative meaning.
Should we consider a computer *just* another tool? Perhaps, but we won't.
>And because I know no one on Slashdot will mod this up, and no one reads at 0 anymore, I can trust my astounding well researched secret shall remain secret.
For starters, make an account.
Sounds something like Concurrent booting.
So when are we supposed to wake you up?
When ubuntu works on your laptop (what are the specs, or at least your home address, so we could check for ourselves before posting anything about Linux).
When ubuntu works on every piece of hardware out there?
In other words, you have perfect debugger, which doesn't work. Get the hint.
I hope your logic professor demonstrated, that logic is rather crude tool, which discards a lot of information in order to be comprehensible.
Also, you think that you have all the parameters fixed, but there are uncountable, do you really think a person (especially a child) can list all factors?
To make matters worse, logic is a way to make mistakes with more certainty. Have you got your axioms right? Are you sure all operations are done correctly. At least girls are more immune to this vulnerability (judging form this thread).
Isn't government like a mandatory insurance company?
To where, exactly?
And since you are so interested in federal expenses, haven't they paid in enough?
http://glpi-project.org/
No kids are going to get interested in science anymore
Who cares? Scientists will be imported (exported, from where I am). And I know this, because it is already happening.
Civilization is built on compromises, that means that we win something and lose something. Your tone of speech sounded more like "civilization is THE thing and human nature is THE barrier". This is a debate more on whether natural need to share among people vulgaris should be sacrificed for the power of producers (artists, or more likely, companies).
This sacrifice has never really happened (see piracy), but do we want to live in a world, where information is only accessible, if the producer wants to?
And speaking of fairness, it is almost impossible to make something useful without quite a background one gets for, basically, free. That is, society has invested heavily in the producer, but the producer disregards this investment and considers itself as the only one with rights.
>I reckon you could even implement gun control in the US, if you reported that peados were using guns!
Maybe this law would pass if terrorists used guns.
However in reality not all other things are equal.
What the activists want is for proprietary stuff tu become free. And if there is no costumer, who would rather have a proprietary stuff, then this is clear win situation for costumer.
As for slavery and choosing proprietary stuff. For example, Skype is proprietary system, I don't trust it, you could tell me not to use it, but it is required in my workplace. Now you could tell "get another job", to what I would say "like emigrate to another country if I don't like things that happen here", which is pretty much giving up. Avoiding issue is an option, of course, but if one care about state of things, this is not the best one.
Error correction appreciated, however, I did not quite get your last statement.
Who is hoping to raise my awareness of what exactly?
I have always enjoyed feeding trolls. They are like little children and makes me want to go "Awwww" :)
Right, back to feeding. Several beliefs noted in your post:
1. If it works for me, it should never be changed.
2. What I do only affects myself.
3. Linux people live in shell
4. Whatever child does should never be done by grown-up.
Lets drill in
1. What we have are people who are trying to make the world a better place (at least in long term). And we have you, who get annoyed a bit by them. Since the net result is "better" insignificant damage (your nerves) is, well, insignificant.
Any change makes somebody less happy, live with it.
2. This is wrong, I am afraid. If everybody buys Dell computers (lot of "I choose to buy Dell"), there will be no Apple computers. Same with the proprietary hardware and software - you choose to vote with your dollars (although you don't care) and other get to suffer.
3. Compile binaries and update RPM? Why would I compile anything if I have RPM? Ignorance is you stronghold I guess.
4. Grown-ups are like kids, only less expressive and more refined. And for a good reason as well. For example, if somebody would steal a laptop from me, I would use my voice to inform other people around me of presence of the thief, thus increasing my chances of getting my laptop back (should anybody help me with this task), this could also benefit the society as well (for the thief would be isolated and wouldn't harm others), not only me. But I guess you would just call me a crybaby.
In whole, I guess you have complete disregard for others. Wouldn't it be nice if there were less people around that wouldn't bug you? I think I can help! For starters don't come to slashdot :) life will suddenly have a lot less annoying people.
The whole thing of freedom is very fuzzy. Everybody can't be free in every imaginable sense.
For example, if I want to be free to keep slaves then there will be people who will have very limited freedoms.
Some people fight for free software, to grant users ability to do with device what they want. They care not for companies, who make the device.
By the way, as a costumer, all other things equal, why would you choose proprietary device/software over free one?
Whatever happened to the concept of freedom of choice?
Do FSF people cut your hands off when you buy iPhone? You can do whatever you freaking want. They are after the ones who restrict the freedom (iPhone is not exactly free now is it).
educate people why buying from Apple/Microsoft is bad
Would they care? At least this might raze awareness. And maybe then somebody would care to be educated
Best way to deal with the proprietary companies is by the bottom line of the companies not interfering with individual rights.
3 years ago, if you needed good 3D card with open drivers, how would hit the bottom line?
Yes, they can, and they do. If I have a grade from institution called "Get Your Diploma and Pr0n Today Only for 59.99$!!1!", no one in they sane mind would think I am educated.
However, universities, collages etc. are a different matter. Government says (so it must be true) that certain quality is met, and they require that this is true. Otherwise this institution doesn't get accreditation.
The case with tele-learning - government makes sure those programs meet these standards. If you have a better idea how to take exam in your home without an official, share your idea with us.
I don't see a problem so long as this is not the only option.
You can't hate what you care of not. I used to hate MS quite a lot a while ago, but since I move away of it, no so much any more. I still hate it a bit, but it is because it still manages to hurt me (closed protocols and stuff).
It reminds me of bunnies - they are very evil, just too small.
Alas, MS is not like a bunny (in size).
I hear a lot about these editors, has anybody seen one in action?