From reading this I can tell 100% that you never buy drugs on the black market. Those guys are out to make a quick buck. They don't need to give people a free sample, they aren't selling Avon.
Drugs sell themselves, you don't need to have a market strategy to sell crack.
"We shouldn't judge them for releasing a bloat of an operating system with so much
DRM embedded that MS & the media companies almost have more control of your hardware than you do."
What a bunch of BS.
From ripping DVD's to audio CD's, Vista has prevented me from doing nothing. If you hvae legitimate problems with the OS, fine, but your statement there is just a bunch of FUD.
Is that why my XP box has been on for 10 days, and 4 minutes?
I love when people bash Windows based on their experiences from 10 years ago.
Ubuntu crashes this box more than XP does...
This is modded insightful? Really?
Your analogy is frankly dumb. For your analogy to work MS would have to come and smash your PC.
If you installed Windows7 over your primary OS, then you're even dumber for installing a BETA OS as your main system.
Even Einstein wasn't a model of goodness and light, when you read about the actual man. When you look at how he treated the woman in his life, or quantum mechanics, you realize he wasn't at all perfect.
It correlates with Cochrane quite nicely actually. Remember the scene where he's looking at the spot where his statue would be? I'm sure Einstein himself would get a laugh out of being referred to as a model of goodness and light.
Trying to deny homosexuals the rights of marriage is very much 'gay bashing'.
You may not personally be an immigrant basher, but you're blind or naive if don't see that a large base of the Republican party right now in the south is all about denying ramping up the fear of Mexicans.
Saying that creationism isn't a national or state issue is just blatantly being dishonest. Just two weeks ago Texas nearly voted to allow teaching creationism in the science room. Your denial of global warming is the icing on the cake. There is a reason a vast majority of scientists have determined that climate change is caused by our release of greenhouse gasses. The reason is because they have scientific evidence in the form of ice cores. It's the same sort of evidence the evolutionists rely on to verify the theory of evolution.
Just imagine if this crop of conservative libertarians had their way. I'm not sure exactly what the country would look like, but I have a feeling that the early 1800's would be back with a vengeance.
You can argue that all you want, but you're wrong.
Just because something on the internet is public, doesn't mean that the administer has no right to moderate comments. It's no different than in the real world. Go to the local coffee shop and see how long you get to exercise your right to free speech if you begin yelling obscenities and/or try to prothlesize to the other customers.
You also overlook the fact that the internet is a worldwide forum. Should a site that is funded by the government provide 1st amendment rights to people outside the U.S. that might want to comment on it?
If FDA food inspectors weren't in place, do you honestly think the food supply would be more safe? Who would be around to recall tainted peanut butter or postachios when a company was knowingly shipping the crap out? If it weren't for federal food inspectors the peanut butter recall wouldn't have happened and a result would have been a lot of sick or dead people. That company certainly wasn't interested in public safety; they only cared about their profits.
You obviously have no sense of history if you think food safety will be privately controlled to a high standard. It wasn't before we had food inspectors and regulations, and it won't be if we abolish those successful programs.
I'm saying we'd revert to the 1800's if the Libertarian party was given its way, not just based on one agency.
Name one modern agency or program they don't advocate getting rid of. Everything from food safety, to education standards, to health care, etc, etc, etc. I don't mind living in a modern society, and that's why I'll never be able to support the Libertarian party. Their main viewpoints aren't realistic from my point of view.
Of course you're free to disagree with me, those are only my opinions. I only want Libertarians to think about the true reasons why liberals and conservatives are turned off by them. From a liberal's perspective, it's not about guns, at all. Many Libertarian ideas I do agree with, with regards to drug laws, and personal freedom issues, but I simply don't agree with most of their core ideas in regards to business and the role of government.
Funny that you bring up UL and OSHA in the same rant, as the UL works very closely with OSHA, going as far as OSHA approving their testing labs. When the UL finds fault with a product, who do they turn to for enforcement? Hint: It rhymes with GOSHA.
The fact that your employer was fined 3 grand for breaking a safety guideline doesn't mean the nation should be plunged into the 1800's in a regulatory sense.
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Yeah I guess a fact-based observation was offensive next to that estimation of 2 hours before the OS crashes.
Keep fighting the good fight, fanboy, you'll be rewarded with 72 virgins in the next world.
From reading this I can tell 100% that you never buy drugs on the black market. Those guys are out to make a quick buck. They don't need to give people a free sample, they aren't selling Avon.
Drugs sell themselves, you don't need to have a market strategy to sell crack.
"We shouldn't judge them for releasing a bloat of an operating system with so much DRM embedded that MS & the media companies almost have more control of your hardware than you do." What a bunch of BS.
From ripping DVD's to audio CD's, Vista has prevented me from doing nothing. If you hvae legitimate problems with the OS, fine, but your statement there is just a bunch of FUD.
Is that why my XP box has been on for 10 days, and 4 minutes?
I love when people bash Windows based on their experiences from 10 years ago.
Ubuntu crashes this box more than XP does...
This is modded insightful? Really? Your analogy is frankly dumb. For your analogy to work MS would have to come and smash your PC. If you installed Windows7 over your primary OS, then you're even dumber for installing a BETA OS as your main system.
This is slashdot. MS can NEVER be seen as anything but evil here.
Even Einstein wasn't a model of goodness and light, when you read about the actual man. When you look at how he treated the woman in his life, or quantum mechanics, you realize he wasn't at all perfect. It correlates with Cochrane quite nicely actually. Remember the scene where he's looking at the spot where his statue would be? I'm sure Einstein himself would get a laugh out of being referred to as a model of goodness and light.
If only we could get right-wingers to honor the other 9 rights listed in the Bill of Rights as much as they honor the holy 2nd.
Anonymous Coward sums you up perfectly.
You can't criticize what you don't know either.
From everything I'm reading about the guy, he seems qualified for the job.
You just confirmed everything he said in your attempt to debunk it.
Gay bashing? Check
Immigrant bashing? Check
anti-science? Double check
Trying to deny homosexuals the rights of marriage is very much 'gay bashing'. You may not personally be an immigrant basher, but you're blind or naive if don't see that a large base of the Republican party right now in the south is all about denying ramping up the fear of Mexicans. Saying that creationism isn't a national or state issue is just blatantly being dishonest. Just two weeks ago Texas nearly voted to allow teaching creationism in the science room. Your denial of global warming is the icing on the cake. There is a reason a vast majority of scientists have determined that climate change is caused by our release of greenhouse gasses. The reason is because they have scientific evidence in the form of ice cores. It's the same sort of evidence the evolutionists rely on to verify the theory of evolution.
It must be nice to live in a country where the biggest political issue is made by a bunch of people that want to leech free software.
Just imagine if this crop of conservative libertarians had their way. I'm not sure exactly what the country would look like, but I have a feeling that the early 1800's would be back with a vengeance.
Of course the owner does, it's their playground.
It's no different than someone kicking you out of their house if they don't want you there.
You can argue that all you want, but you're wrong.
Just because something on the internet is public, doesn't mean that the administer has no right to moderate comments. It's no different than in the real world. Go to the local coffee shop and see how long you get to exercise your right to free speech if you begin yelling obscenities and/or try to prothlesize to the other customers.
You also overlook the fact that the internet is a worldwide forum. Should a site that is funded by the government provide 1st amendment rights to people outside the U.S. that might want to comment on it?
No one says you have a constitutional right to free speech on a privately owned message board, either.
Edward Teller would love this article. Since he spent his remaining years clinging to the idea that his hydrogen bomb was a useful invention.
If FDA food inspectors weren't in place, do you honestly think the food supply would be more safe? Who would be around to recall tainted peanut butter or postachios when a company was knowingly shipping the crap out? If it weren't for federal food inspectors the peanut butter recall wouldn't have happened and a result would have been a lot of sick or dead people. That company certainly wasn't interested in public safety; they only cared about their profits.
You obviously have no sense of history if you think food safety will be privately controlled to a high standard. It wasn't before we had food inspectors and regulations, and it won't be if we abolish those successful programs.
I'm saying we'd revert to the 1800's if the Libertarian party was given its way, not just based on one agency.
Name one modern agency or program they don't advocate getting rid of. Everything from food safety, to education standards, to health care, etc, etc, etc. I don't mind living in a modern society, and that's why I'll never be able to support the Libertarian party. Their main viewpoints aren't realistic from my point of view.
Of course you're free to disagree with me, those are only my opinions. I only want Libertarians to think about the true reasons why liberals and conservatives are turned off by them. From a liberal's perspective, it's not about guns, at all. Many Libertarian ideas I do agree with, with regards to drug laws, and personal freedom issues, but I simply don't agree with most of their core ideas in regards to business and the role of government.
We must not have an Oz gap!
My staff sent me an internet about this on Friday, and I didn't get that internet in my email until Monday morning!
Funny that you bring up UL and OSHA in the same rant, as the UL works very closely with OSHA, going as far as OSHA approving their testing labs. When the UL finds fault with a product, who do they turn to for enforcement? Hint: It rhymes with GOSHA. The fact that your employer was fined 3 grand for breaking a safety guideline doesn't mean the nation should be plunged into the 1800's in a regulatory sense.
He was prosecuted by the Alberto Gonzalez (Bush) justice department.
This is why the libertarian party will never get anywhere. They basically advocate a return to the wild west of the 1800's.