Linux geeks have never, in the history of the universe, made anything popular. Sony made the PS3 popular, in part by dropping the "Other OS" crap on the floor and concentrating on getting games out the door. Cause ya know... it's a game console.
Don't try to slippery slope argue support into existence. Yeah, they came for the OtherOS and I said nothing because I didn't care. That isn't likely to have any effect on my ability to play God of War 3 any time soon. If they come for the God of War 3 players, I hereby grant you license to mock me. If they don't... well, yeah. They won't.
I noticed that you don't really have much of a point beyond your attempted insults. Even your insults don't have much of a point. A clear headed reading of this thread shows they aren't very applicable to the person you are trying to insult.
Hahah sunk? The level of discourse on this site has risen grandly out of the muck since Bush left office. I will vote against the GOP from now on just to avoid having to read the travesty that is the Politics section when Republicans hold power.
You've made the typical mistake of thinking reasonably about corporations. The appropriate attitude is to froth at the mouth about how they are the worst evil in the entire universe.
Who is blind to it? People will always try to collect power. The best you can do is make sure that there are a large number of very powerful people competing with each other, because the only realistic alternative is a very small number of very powerful people cooperating.
Yeah, the government would never, ever abuse all the power that it's collecting for itself. We have to worry about individualists bringing a totalitarian state.
Shhh, you'll disturb the nutritionists. They're busy trying to figure out why they should still be relevant in a world where everything they believe and teach has been proven wrong.
You might do better in the future to remember that your opinion, derived from your experiences and perceptions, may well be unique to you when it comes to things like enjoying the tastes of foods. Telling people why they do or do not like foods is kinda ridiculous in its arrogance, no?
In case you're wondering, you're wrong on all counts with my personal opinions on the foods you talked about. That's how I know.
That only works if you consider every programmer who isn't employed by Microsoft to be in competition with Microsoft.
A more effective rebuttal would be to take the position that it is the job of the government to help the little guys against the big guys. Whether doing so with taxes is healthy is an entirely different debate.
This is clearly good for the large number of people who are gainfully employed by Microsoft, and those who invest in Microsoft, the total of which likely vastly outnumbers the individuals who sell simple custom one-off programming services in Washington state. It's a case of the good of the many outweighing the good of the few.
I guess the big difference between theories about the Big Bang and theories about global warming is that no one says the Big Bang is definitively what happened, just that that's the best explanation we've come up with so far. AGW, on the other hand, cannot be questioned in any way.
That's not a fine line, it's a gaping chasm.
Call it a dumbed down message, call it the shrill call of the corporate shill, call it whatever the hell you want. I'm not much for believing anything, and the more someone tells me something is an absolute truth, the less inclined I am to believe it at all.
The cute part is that I am a proponent of efficient living. I don't own a car. I buy only energy efficient appliances and gadgets. I pay extra to my electric company to ensure that my power usage is contributed by sustainable means. That doesn't mean I have the swallow whole the swill the government tries to feed me. Nothing about being in charge means they are absolutely right.
I'm saying only a tiny percentage of people care enough about software ideals to rant against a platform for religious reasons. I'm not responsible for your interpretations of my statements in any way.
So why would you care if Microsoft used their software patents to destroy a project you don't care about? I'm not sure I see the point, really. You can just ignore it and end up in exactly the same place. Even better, you can look slightly less stupid when your unspoken predictions of doom never come to pass.
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Well, now you've made me curious; why repeal the 17th Amendment?
On a timeline long enough for entropy to come into play, you will have long stopped caring.
Linux geeks have never, in the history of the universe, made anything popular. Sony made the PS3 popular, in part by dropping the "Other OS" crap on the floor and concentrating on getting games out the door. Cause ya know... it's a game console.
Don't try to slippery slope argue support into existence. Yeah, they came for the OtherOS and I said nothing because I didn't care. That isn't likely to have any effect on my ability to play God of War 3 any time soon. If they come for the God of War 3 players, I hereby grant you license to mock me. If they don't... well, yeah. They won't.
I noticed that you don't really have much of a point beyond your attempted insults. Even your insults don't have much of a point. A clear headed reading of this thread shows they aren't very applicable to the person you are trying to insult.
Have we really sunk this low?
Hahah sunk? The level of discourse on this site has risen grandly out of the muck since Bush left office. I will vote against the GOP from now on just to avoid having to read the travesty that is the Politics section when Republicans hold power.
You've made the typical mistake of thinking reasonably about corporations. The appropriate attitude is to froth at the mouth about how they are the worst evil in the entire universe.
Insults are the substitute for political debate. You have a pretty low UID, have you just avoided reading comments here for the last decade or so?
I still have a point, even if you can prove 100% of people don't care about Tiger Woods.
Good for you, you don't care about something. No one cares about that fact. The circle is complete. Ommmmm.
Who is blind to it? People will always try to collect power. The best you can do is make sure that there are a large number of very powerful people competing with each other, because the only realistic alternative is a very small number of very powerful people cooperating.
Yeah, the government would never, ever abuse all the power that it's collecting for itself. We have to worry about individualists bringing a totalitarian state.
Think about what you just said, then use your imagination to figure out how Adobe makes a ton of money from Flash.
Shhh, you'll disturb the nutritionists. They're busy trying to figure out why they should still be relevant in a world where everything they believe and teach has been proven wrong.
You might do better in the future to remember that your opinion, derived from your experiences and perceptions, may well be unique to you when it comes to things like enjoying the tastes of foods. Telling people why they do or do not like foods is kinda ridiculous in its arrogance, no?
In case you're wondering, you're wrong on all counts with my personal opinions on the foods you talked about. That's how I know.
"Artificial" is a useless label. It is all politics and prejudice.
Flamebait, really? you anti-Microsoftites can't handle an argument based on facts that your zealotry can't dismantle?
I know you're a bunch of bitches by nature, since whining on the internet makes up the majority of your behavior, but do you have to go and prove it?
There's your flamebait. Mod me down all you like.
That only works if you consider every programmer who isn't employed by Microsoft to be in competition with Microsoft.
A more effective rebuttal would be to take the position that it is the job of the government to help the little guys against the big guys. Whether doing so with taxes is healthy is an entirely different debate.
This is clearly good for the large number of people who are gainfully employed by Microsoft, and those who invest in Microsoft, the total of which likely vastly outnumbers the individuals who sell simple custom one-off programming services in Washington state. It's a case of the good of the many outweighing the good of the few.
Yeah, let's make the handful of people who run the government have all the wealth and power. Somehow that's better, right?
I guess the big difference between theories about the Big Bang and theories about global warming is that no one says the Big Bang is definitively what happened, just that that's the best explanation we've come up with so far. AGW, on the other hand, cannot be questioned in any way.
That's not a fine line, it's a gaping chasm.
Call it a dumbed down message, call it the shrill call of the corporate shill, call it whatever the hell you want. I'm not much for believing anything, and the more someone tells me something is an absolute truth, the less inclined I am to believe it at all.
The cute part is that I am a proponent of efficient living. I don't own a car. I buy only energy efficient appliances and gadgets. I pay extra to my electric company to ensure that my power usage is contributed by sustainable means. That doesn't mean I have the swallow whole the swill the government tries to feed me. Nothing about being in charge means they are absolutely right.
Where does this advocacy occur? I've never seen it, and I actually like C# as a language (although not the .Net platform specifically.)
I suspect you're inventing a problem, then raging against it.
I'm saying only a tiny percentage of people care enough about software ideals to rant against a platform for religious reasons. I'm not responsible for your interpretations of my statements in any way.
So why would you care if Microsoft used their software patents to destroy a project you don't care about? I'm not sure I see the point, really. You can just ignore it and end up in exactly the same place. Even better, you can look slightly less stupid when your unspoken predictions of doom never come to pass.
You hurt your cause by calling anyone who questions your conclusions "deniers." That is an immediate red flag for anyone with a skeptical bent.