I think if you take the top 10% of this place and compare it to the top 10% of the general populous, you'd find a bias toward a higher IQ here because of that.
But wouldn't that always be the case? If you take the top 10% of actors, and compare them to the top 10% of Slashdot, the actors will win. I'm gathering that by the number of big-time actors who are in Mensa, compared by the small number of Slashdot users who are Mensa members.
Disclaimer: I loathe mensa, and view it as an organization that feeds arrogance and promoting the unimportant.
It is much less complex dealing with abstraction in multiple languages on multiple machines than to read law/medical books...
Right. What's the largest project you've worked on? I've worked on code close to a million lines of code, and I can tell you that it is much more difficult working with the law books. Especially from memory.
That said, you clearly have a problem with the way geeks think/act, and I am disinclined to knock that chip off your shoulder.
Only because in doing so, you would realize that you have no right towards the arrogance you hold so close. In doing so, you would destroy your self worth. Your mind knows this subsconsiously, so you back out with a passively offensive remark. Psych 101, sparky.
Actually, the fields are too different to compare meaningfully.
Law and Programmer are more similar than you will ever understand. Go take a year of law courses and you'll understand what I mean.
Slashdot readers/posters are as a group smarter than non-readers/posters. They are, however, not nearly as smart as they think they are, generally speaking.
Thanks for proving my point. Do you enjoy making completely unfounded statements like that? It really just has to make you feel better about yourself to say that, to think that you are some part of an elitist society. Most of the people on Slashdot are known for their poor spelling, and even worse grammar. That is definitely not a sign of intelligence. And yes, intelligence does mean you can spell and write intelligently. If you can't spell simple words in your native language (for example, do a search for deviations of definitely on here) you are not intelligent. Period.
There are more big-time actors that are members of Mensa than Slashdot users. How does that make you feel?
You have to understand, the most 'geek' types are highly intelligent (by definition, more than the average) and they/we know it.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. This arrogance that most geeks possess. Geeks, on average, aren't more intelligent. They just are in a field that is more intellectually inclined. Most professionals are more intelligent than geeks. What's harder to get? A CS degree or a Law or Medical degree?
Here's something to consider: What is the difference between a geek looking down on (subjectively) stupid activities, and you looking down on (subjectively) arrogant behavior? Is one particularly worse than the other?
I don't think I look down on arrogant behavior, just stating it's misguided. Because I'm saying that geeks are arrogant, geeks get defensive and think I'm coming down on them. That isn't the case, I'm merely observing and posting my observations. Think objectively, here. I think you'll find that my observations, for the majority, are correct.
Do you think that the only people who think those shows are "stupid" are introverts?
No, but only introverts love to assume that they are smarter. Everybody else tends to just discount it as a stupid source of entertainment.
Most prime time television is designed for those who like to check their brains at the door. I doubt if you are immune to these assumptions. There must be some shows that would lower your opinion of the viewer if you saw them watching it.
Absolutely. The only television show I watch is Blind Date. I find that show freaking hilarious. And as I've said before, any movie that has really good driving in it. I know that a lot of people would be surprised to watch me snickering over Blind Date, but I don't mind.
I used to be pretentious, and dare-I-say, arrogant. I've since learned I'm going to die anyway, so just try to be happy with everybody I can be. Having said that, I just don't get along with a lot of people, so I don't hang out with hardly anybody. And my life is easier that way.
If they entertain, more power to you, but prattling on continuously tends to irritate me because I find no joy in the discussion or desire to continue it.
Just like non-computer geeks feel about our conversations, though. It doesn't make either part more or less intelligent by what they find entertaining. I love stupid car movies. If a movie has a good car driving scene, I'm going to wet myself (Jason Statham is my hero.) It doesn't mean I'm less intelligent, just have entertainment values different from a lot of other people.
Most would agree that the/. zombies have a higher group intellect than the average person watching American Idol.
I think if you took a sample of 50% slashdotters, and 50% non-slashdotters and did an IQ test (for what it's worth), the non-slashdotters would do better. I really don't think that people here are more intelligent, they just like to believe that they are (as most geeks do, which is the whole point to my rambling.)
Now, if you are in my camp, you tend to believe genetics have a higher influence than enviroment. True, better fertilizer can make a better plant, but there will be no plant if you don't have a seed to begin with.
I don't believe it has a stronger influence, just the capabilities. Environment brings it out, nature just provides it (and seldom does it get used to it's full potential.)
So, if we, as a/. zombie genetic pool, are bred seperatly for 200 years (ignoring the inbreeding due to only one female), would our progeny not be much better mentally than the progeny of the drooling masses?
Diversity creates intelligence. If a group of people were raised with the same sense of values consistently through their lives, their intelligence would drop. Intelligence is most accurately portrayed as the ability to think very flexibly, quickly.
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Sharon Stone is a very smart woman... your point is?
She's the type of person they love to criticize. I've heard tons of people equate her to the dumb blonde persona, especially in the geek circle. I don't know how many times I've heard geeks go off about their intellectual superiority when they are just plain idiots.
Anybody who can't figure out it's a good idea to shower and brush their teeth isn't that smart.
Calling everybody else stupid isn't a sign of introversion, it is a sign of arrogance.
The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend ot assume you are pretentious. -- Despair.com
Introverted computer geeks love to assume that they are smarter than folks who enjoy American Idol and other shows. A higher breed, or something. It must suck to realize that Sharon Stone has a higher IQ than 99.5% of them.
IANAPA (Patent attorney), but as I understand it, the holder of patent can choose when to enfornce the patent. "Because we have been" is NOT a legal argument.
No, it isn't at all. Just looking at UNISYS and GIFs proves the tactic "works." IBM uses this tactic if someone threatens to bring legal action against them. "You say we're violating your patent? Oh, well, see, it shows here that you violate n [n is any number greater than the number of patents the company is saying IBM violates] so what would you like to do about it?"
The code is java based and i havnt come a lot of exploits for java based architectures.
The code is java, perl, and C based. It's the biggest cluster fuck imaginable. I'm amazed the shit works to start with, and BB6.0 migration: dream fucking on.
If you want, email them to me. Chances are either we work with the software in question (if it's the leading college software application, than we do) or one of my bosses has direct experience with it. I'll make sure they go through the proper channels.
Even so, if the community doesn't like it, everyone can vote with their wallets. If there isn't enough demand, the store will have to close.
The community already has voted on obscenities, at a state level. This is merely what is happening.
This isn't specifically about being "of age to view pornography" (whatever that means anyways). This is about your continued insistence that might makes right.
No, I'm insisting that there is no rights violation. He did something that has a statute against it. He is being brought up on charges for it. That's called the law. If you break a law, you can't bitch about getting caught. Well, you can, but I won't give you any sympathy.
Just because we all get together and say that we don't like the church doesn't mean we get to close it down.
Did you forget about the part where this guy sold overage material that required identification to be sold to someone without requiring identification?
It's not about religion. It's about selling overage obscene material to someone without verifying age. They do this with everything with legal limits. Only when it's posted on Slashdot does everybody go up in arms about the man.
We had a night club that got busted for selling to underage people and people without IDs. Where's your support for them?
We are not talking about that; we are talking about a typical person who spends his/her time helping others. No, you aren't talking about it because you want to cloud your reality.
exploits workers (why do you think companies are moving to poor countries? Because they love the countries so much?
Wow. You are a fucking idiot. You claim to be a humanitarian yet you object to companies increasing the GDP of another nation?
destroys the environment (WTO agreements put business/commerce ABOVE environmental issues. There have been some cases where strong environmental laws were struck down because the free trade agreement calls for weaker standards)
And communism doesn't? Socialism? Right. Living destroys the environment. Kill yourself, it's the only way to do your part in saving the world.
elitist: capitalism strengthens the class structure. Capitalism takes us further and further away from an egalitarian society.
It also takes us away from turning into pink elephants. Which is more likely than becoming an egalitarian society. People aren't equal. Get a better grip on reality and understand that.
leads to oliopolies and monopolies: Capitalists will deny this but my theory is that capitalism leads to oligopolies and monopolies. You just need to look at industries like cars, airplanes, media, banks, and so on. There are very few companies controlling these industries. Capitalism FORCES companies to merge and become larger and larger.
I guess the Fortune 1000 is just a misnomer then.
different value system: Capitalism does not adhere to my value system so I don't like it. For instance, capitalism rewards and encourages greed, something I detest.
Really? You hate greed? What type of computer do you run? How much do you leave it on? Do you drive a car? Take the bus? Are you healthy enough to walk. Humans are greedy. It's reality, sport.
I don't know what this means. So are you saying that if you DON'T reject capitalism then you matter? Do YOU matter? You are just a consumer and a worker--nothing more:(
Funny that you don't know who I am yet are convinced I don't matter. Do you always speak with such assumptions?
The meaning was simple: You don't matter. You won't matter. If you live your life trying to be different you are going to be living in your parents basement trying on your next invention to help humanity and ultimately failing because you are too dense to figure out the best ways to help humanity.
Other than a ruling from a conservative-majority Supreme Court, exactly how is this case not constitutionally-protected? Ever read the First Amendment?
Yes, but it has been decided that obscenity it handled on a state wide level, and not federal. This is because what is obscene in one state is perfectly acceptable in another. For example: Prostitution is legal in Nevada, and not considered obscene. Try handing flyers for prostitution out in, say, St. George, Utah.
No, it's not okay, and it's the reason that we do *not* live in a democracy, X. It's called the tyranny of the majority. We live in a constitutionally-limited republic, the so-called 'representative democracy'.
Tyranny of the majority? That's how almost all governments work, and it's the only way to get them to work. It's not tyranny, it's agreeing on a common good. But yet, you do need a constitution. However, I don't feel that you need to cry foul when you are doing something that isn't constitutionally protected that pisses off everybody else.
So if 99% of the population are cannibals, and they decide to eat you, part of the 1% of the population that isn't...? Is it okay that you are now lunch?
It's ok that they choose to do that, but I'd really have to question that 1% that is stupid enough to live there.
If a person is making a positive contribution to society (not in jail, has a job, pays taxes, etc.) what right does anybody else have to tell them what they can and cannot
The community does. If 99% of the population says 1% can't do something they like that does effect the rest, even in a very minor way, that 1% loses out.
Obviously the community felt this was justified, or the community would be rallying against it. Having an adult comic book store does influence the community. You cannot be a part of the community without influencing it in some way.
I also find it interesting that his appeal was denied because obcenity charges were a state issue. Doesn't the federal court system have a certain responsiblity to step in when a state is being accused of infringing on a constitutional right?
Only when they haven't already decided on something. In this case, the obscenity bit has been decided several decades ago (1970's) to be a state issue, not a federal one.
I don't want to even get into that. Suffice to say, you don't seem to have a grasp of capitalism. Even capitalists will admit that people make money in EXCHANGE for labour. People don't get FREE MONEY. Maybe if capitalists just gave away money then you may have a point...
You are the one who doesn't get capitalism. People do get free money, in the form of charity and grant donations.
What YOU are is irrelevant (I don't mean that in a rude way). The reason is because YOU, like me, and everyone else, is part of the system. Others will have a greater impact on you than you imagine. So say you are rich and are fairly independent (ie. you don't rely on others, the economy, etc). If everyone else around you becomes poorer, there is a probability that crime will go up (you WILL feel the impact of that). If USA enters a deflation and never gets out of it, you WILL feel the impact of the unemployed. If the US currency depreciates a lot, you WILL lose hundreads or millions of dollars. And I haven't even touched on things like kids (if you have any), or the environment and so on. Even if YOU are "safe" your kids may not me... The question is: do you care?
You mean like the fall of communism? Name one capitalist government that has fallen and maybe your stance is remotely justified.
All I know is that capitalism does not work (especially looking at it from a world perspective).
It works just fine. Why do you think it doesn't?
You will be my enemy though... Just be prepared for the collapse of capitalism--I think it will happen within my lifetime (although I don't think it will happen in USA first)...
People think aliens are going to come liberate them and kill themselves off. You are entitled to think whatever it is that you want to think. Just reject the capitalistic system and you don't matter.
Now look at the competition's pic. She looks like your best friends mom for god's sake. She should be baking something. Note: Notice the IPod in the pic.
I was thinking that looked like an Herbal Essence commercial gone horribly wrong.
Why does this mean innocents are going to go down? Jesus, can the Slashdot crowd get any more clueless? You people, which I somehow am one of, can't accept the fact that law enforcement has a purpose especially when it involves a "geek."
In all the stories, I posted that this guy was probably guilty. As in, I would be surprised shitless if he wasn't guilty. I live in Portland, and it caused a stir. Nothing major, not like the news reports about people rallying.
So, he's guilty. People still bitch about it being wrong even though the US uses this process all the time, and has used it for a very long time. Material witness, guys, who is guilty.
And I got modded down, and flames because I said this guy was probably guilty. Well, tough shit. To all the conspiracy theorists who think he was brainwashed or forced to testify, eat a dick.
I get the impression that the "geek" crowd would be a perfect place for a terrorist to lay low. Don't need a social life. Access to technology. Co-workers and comrades whose principles (or lack thereof) dismiss responsibility and reality. Simply perfect.
And rally against the man if you ever get imprisoned, without looking at the facts.
The bottom line is that they don't talk about the same thing as we do. We are talking about a End User while they talk about a mix of users, programmers and distributors that they label "users".
This is the underlying difference between GPL'd software and other software. An end-user of GPL'd software can be a programmer, distributor, or just a program user. There is no way to tell, so you have to have a license that governs all types of users.
The GPL governs the program end-user by limiting their liability.
The GPL governs the developer end-user by limiting how they can use it, and release their derivative work.
Much of that paper is stupid, but there is some valid comparisong. The worst moment is talking about the "Library GPL." I'm amazed nobody has corrected him yet.
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I think if you take the top 10% of this place and compare it to the top 10% of the general populous, you'd find a bias toward a higher IQ here because of that.
But wouldn't that always be the case? If you take the top 10% of actors, and compare them to the top 10% of Slashdot, the actors will win. I'm gathering that by the number of big-time actors who are in Mensa, compared by the small number of Slashdot users who are Mensa members.
Disclaimer: I loathe mensa, and view it as an organization that feeds arrogance and promoting the unimportant.
It is much less complex dealing with abstraction in multiple languages on multiple machines than to read law/medical books...
Right. What's the largest project you've worked on? I've worked on code close to a million lines of code, and I can tell you that it is much more difficult working with the law books. Especially from memory.
That said, you clearly have a problem with the way geeks think/act, and I am disinclined to knock that chip off your shoulder.
Only because in doing so, you would realize that you have no right towards the arrogance you hold so close. In doing so, you would destroy your self worth. Your mind knows this subsconsiously, so you back out with a passively offensive remark. Psych 101, sparky.
Actually, the fields are too different to compare meaningfully.
Law and Programmer are more similar than you will ever understand. Go take a year of law courses and you'll understand what I mean.
Slashdot readers/posters are as a group smarter than non-readers/posters. They are, however, not nearly as smart as they think they are, generally speaking.
Thanks for proving my point. Do you enjoy making completely unfounded statements like that? It really just has to make you feel better about yourself to say that, to think that you are some part of an elitist society. Most of the people on Slashdot are known for their poor spelling, and even worse grammar. That is definitely not a sign of intelligence. And yes, intelligence does mean you can spell and write intelligently. If you can't spell simple words in your native language (for example, do a search for deviations of definitely on here) you are not intelligent. Period.
There are more big-time actors that are members of Mensa than Slashdot users. How does that make you feel?
Does anyone know what her IQ is anyway?
154, she is a Mensa member.
You have to understand, the most 'geek' types are highly intelligent (by definition, more than the average) and they/we know it.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. This arrogance that most geeks possess. Geeks, on average, aren't more intelligent. They just are in a field that is more intellectually inclined. Most professionals are more intelligent than geeks. What's harder to get? A CS degree or a Law or Medical degree?
Here's something to consider: What is the difference between a geek looking down on (subjectively) stupid activities, and you looking down on (subjectively) arrogant behavior? Is one particularly worse than the other?
I don't think I look down on arrogant behavior, just stating it's misguided. Because I'm saying that geeks are arrogant, geeks get defensive and think I'm coming down on them. That isn't the case, I'm merely observing and posting my observations. Think objectively, here. I think you'll find that my observations, for the majority, are correct.
Do you think that the only people who think those shows are "stupid" are introverts?
No, but only introverts love to assume that they are smarter. Everybody else tends to just discount it as a stupid source of entertainment.
Most prime time television is designed for those who like to check their brains at the door. I doubt if you are immune to these assumptions. There must be some shows that would lower your opinion of the viewer if you saw them watching it.
Absolutely. The only television show I watch is Blind Date. I find that show freaking hilarious. And as I've said before, any movie that has really good driving in it. I know that a lot of people would be surprised to watch me snickering over Blind Date, but I don't mind.
I used to be pretentious, and dare-I-say, arrogant. I've since learned I'm going to die anyway, so just try to be happy with everybody I can be. Having said that, I just don't get along with a lot of people, so I don't hang out with hardly anybody. And my life is easier that way.
If they entertain, more power to you, but prattling on continuously tends to irritate me because I find no joy in the discussion or desire to continue it.
/. zombies have a higher group intellect than the average person watching American Idol.
/. zombie genetic pool, are bred seperatly for 200 years (ignoring the inbreeding due to only one female), would our progeny not be much better mentally than the progeny of the drooling masses?
Just like non-computer geeks feel about our conversations, though. It doesn't make either part more or less intelligent by what they find entertaining. I love stupid car movies. If a movie has a good car driving scene, I'm going to wet myself (Jason Statham is my hero.) It doesn't mean I'm less intelligent, just have entertainment values different from a lot of other people.
Most would agree that the
I think if you took a sample of 50% slashdotters, and 50% non-slashdotters and did an IQ test (for what it's worth), the non-slashdotters would do better. I really don't think that people here are more intelligent, they just like to believe that they are (as most geeks do, which is the whole point to my rambling.)
Now, if you are in my camp, you tend to believe genetics have a higher influence than enviroment. True, better fertilizer can make a better plant, but there will be no plant if you don't have a seed to begin with.
I don't believe it has a stronger influence, just the capabilities. Environment brings it out, nature just provides it (and seldom does it get used to it's full potential.)
So, if we, as a
Diversity creates intelligence. If a group of people were raised with the same sense of values consistently through their lives, their intelligence would drop. Intelligence is most accurately portrayed as the ability to think very flexibly, quickly.
Sharon Stone is a very smart woman... your point is?
She's the type of person they love to criticize. I've heard tons of people equate her to the dumb blonde persona, especially in the geek circle. I don't know how many times I've heard geeks go off about their intellectual superiority when they are just plain idiots.
Anybody who can't figure out it's a good idea to shower and brush their teeth isn't that smart.
Calling everybody else stupid isn't a sign of introversion, it is a sign of arrogance.
The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend ot assume you are pretentious. -- Despair.com
Introverted computer geeks love to assume that they are smarter than folks who enjoy American Idol and other shows. A higher breed, or something. It must suck to realize that Sharon Stone has a higher IQ than 99.5% of them.
IANAPA (Patent attorney), but as I understand it, the holder of patent can choose when to enfornce the patent. "Because we have been" is NOT a legal argument.
No, it isn't at all. Just looking at UNISYS and GIFs proves the tactic "works." IBM uses this tactic if someone threatens to bring legal action against them. "You say we're violating your patent? Oh, well, see, it shows here that you violate n [n is any number greater than the number of patents the company is saying IBM violates] so what would you like to do about it?"
The code is java based and i havnt come a lot of exploits for java based architectures.
The code is java, perl, and C based. It's the biggest cluster fuck imaginable. I'm amazed the shit works to start with, and BB6.0 migration: dream fucking on.
Sorry. I needed to get that out of my system.
If you want, email them to me. Chances are either we work with the software in question (if it's the leading college software application, than we do) or one of my bosses has direct experience with it. I'll make sure they go through the proper channels.
"its" is a word, like "his" or "hers", that's why there should be no apostrophe.
Holy shit!? Really? I had no idea. Oh wait, I did and that is why I was making fun of it.
Even so, if the community doesn't like it, everyone can vote with their wallets. If there isn't enough demand, the store will have to close.
The community already has voted on obscenities, at a state level. This is merely what is happening.
This isn't specifically about being "of age to view pornography" (whatever that means anyways). This is about your continued insistence that might makes right.
No, I'm insisting that there is no rights violation. He did something that has a statute against it. He is being brought up on charges for it. That's called the law. If you break a law, you can't bitch about getting caught. Well, you can, but I won't give you any sympathy.
Just because we all get together and say that we don't like the church doesn't mean we get to close it down.
Did you forget about the part where this guy sold overage material that required identification to be sold to someone without requiring identification?
It's not about religion. It's about selling overage obscene material to someone without verifying age. They do this with everything with legal limits. Only when it's posted on Slashdot does everybody go up in arms about the man.
We had a night club that got busted for selling to underage people and people without IDs. Where's your support for them?
We are not talking about that; we are talking about a typical person who spends his/her time helping others.
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No, you aren't talking about it because you want to cloud your reality.
exploits workers (why do you think companies are moving to poor countries? Because they love the countries so much?
Wow. You are a fucking idiot. You claim to be a humanitarian yet you object to companies increasing the GDP of another nation?
destroys the environment (WTO agreements put business/commerce ABOVE environmental issues. There have been some cases where strong environmental laws were struck down because the free trade agreement calls for weaker standards)
And communism doesn't? Socialism? Right. Living destroys the environment. Kill yourself, it's the only way to do your part in saving the world.
elitist: capitalism strengthens the class structure. Capitalism takes us further and further away from an egalitarian society.
It also takes us away from turning into pink elephants. Which is more likely than becoming an egalitarian society. People aren't equal. Get a better grip on reality and understand that.
leads to oliopolies and monopolies: Capitalists will deny this but my theory is that capitalism leads to oligopolies and monopolies. You just need to look at industries like cars, airplanes, media, banks, and so on. There are very few companies controlling these industries. Capitalism FORCES companies to merge and become larger and larger.
I guess the Fortune 1000 is just a misnomer then.
different value system: Capitalism does not adhere to my value system so I don't like it. For instance, capitalism rewards and encourages greed, something I detest.
Really? You hate greed? What type of computer do you run? How much do you leave it on? Do you drive a car? Take the bus? Are you healthy enough to walk. Humans are greedy. It's reality, sport.
I don't know what this means. So are you saying that if you DON'T reject capitalism then you matter? Do YOU matter? You are just a consumer and a worker--nothing more
Funny that you don't know who I am yet are convinced I don't matter. Do you always speak with such assumptions?
The meaning was simple: You don't matter. You won't matter. If you live your life trying to be different you are going to be living in your parents basement trying on your next invention to help humanity and ultimately failing because you are too dense to figure out the best ways to help humanity.
Other than a ruling from a conservative-majority Supreme Court, exactly how is this case not constitutionally-protected? Ever read the First Amendment?
Yes, but it has been decided that obscenity it handled on a state wide level, and not federal. This is because what is obscene in one state is perfectly acceptable in another. For example: Prostitution is legal in Nevada, and not considered obscene. Try handing flyers for prostitution out in, say, St. George, Utah.
No, it's not okay, and it's the reason that we do *not* live in a democracy, X. It's called the tyranny of the majority. We live in a constitutionally-limited republic, the so-called 'representative democracy'.
Tyranny of the majority? That's how almost all governments work, and it's the only way to get them to work. It's not tyranny, it's agreeing on a common good. But yet, you do need a constitution. However, I don't feel that you need to cry foul when you are doing something that isn't constitutionally protected that pisses off everybody else.
So if 99% of the population are cannibals, and they decide to eat you, part of the 1% of the population that isn't...? Is it okay that you are now lunch?
It's ok that they choose to do that, but I'd really have to question that 1% that is stupid enough to live there.
If a person is making a positive contribution to society (not in jail, has a job, pays taxes, etc.) what right does anybody else have to tell them what they can and cannot
The community does. If 99% of the population says 1% can't do something they like that does effect the rest, even in a very minor way, that 1% loses out.
Obviously the community felt this was justified, or the community would be rallying against it. Having an adult comic book store does influence the community. You cannot be a part of the community without influencing it in some way.
I also find it interesting that his appeal was denied because obcenity charges were a state issue. Doesn't the federal court system have a certain responsiblity to step in when a state is being accused of infringing on a constitutional right?
Only when they haven't already decided on something. In this case, the obscenity bit has been decided several decades ago (1970's) to be a state issue, not a federal one.
I don't want to even get into that. Suffice to say, you don't seem to have a grasp of capitalism. Even capitalists will admit that people make money in EXCHANGE for labour. People don't get FREE MONEY. Maybe if capitalists just gave away money then you may have a point...
You are the one who doesn't get capitalism. People do get free money, in the form of charity and grant donations.
What YOU are is irrelevant (I don't mean that in a rude way). The reason is because YOU, like me, and everyone else, is part of the system. Others will have a greater impact on you than you imagine. So say you are rich and are fairly independent (ie. you don't rely on others, the economy, etc). If everyone else around you becomes poorer, there is a probability that crime will go up (you WILL feel the impact of that). If USA enters a deflation and never gets out of it, you WILL feel the impact of the unemployed. If the US currency depreciates a lot, you WILL lose hundreads or millions of dollars. And I haven't even touched on things like kids (if you have any), or the environment and so on. Even if YOU are "safe" your kids may not me... The question is: do you care?
You mean like the fall of communism? Name one capitalist government that has fallen and maybe your stance is remotely justified.
All I know is that capitalism does not work (especially looking at it from a world perspective).
It works just fine. Why do you think it doesn't?
You will be my enemy though... Just be prepared for the collapse of capitalism--I think it will happen within my lifetime (although I don't think it will happen in USA first)...
People think aliens are going to come liberate them and kill themselves off. You are entitled to think whatever it is that you want to think. Just reject the capitalistic system and you don't matter.
Now look at the competition's pic. She looks like your best friends mom for god's sake. She should be baking something. Note: Notice the IPod in the pic.
I was thinking that looked like an Herbal Essence commercial gone horribly wrong.
Why does this mean innocents are going to go down? Jesus, can the Slashdot crowd get any more clueless? You people, which I somehow am one of, can't accept the fact that law enforcement has a purpose especially when it involves a "geek."
In all the stories, I posted that this guy was probably guilty. As in, I would be surprised shitless if he wasn't guilty. I live in Portland, and it caused a stir. Nothing major, not like the news reports about people rallying.
So, he's guilty. People still bitch about it being wrong even though the US uses this process all the time, and has used it for a very long time. Material witness, guys, who is guilty.
And I got modded down, and flames because I said this guy was probably guilty. Well, tough shit. To all the conspiracy theorists who think he was brainwashed or forced to testify, eat a dick.
I get the impression that the "geek" crowd would be a perfect place for a terrorist to lay low. Don't need a social life. Access to technology. Co-workers and comrades whose principles (or lack thereof) dismiss responsibility and reality. Simply perfect.
And rally against the man if you ever get imprisoned, without looking at the facts.
Am I the only one who thought of "Device Girls" as those unenlightened females who prefer various mechanical devices over us virile geeks?
Nope.
The bottom line is that they don't talk about the same thing as we do. We are talking about a End User while they talk about a mix of users, programmers and distributors that they label "users".
This is the underlying difference between GPL'd software and other software. An end-user of GPL'd software can be a programmer, distributor, or just a program user. There is no way to tell, so you have to have a license that governs all types of users.
The GPL governs the program end-user by limiting their liability.
The GPL governs the developer end-user by limiting how they can use it, and release their derivative work.
Much of that paper is stupid, but there is some valid comparisong. The worst moment is talking about the "Library GPL." I'm amazed nobody has corrected him yet.