And is there a particular reason why IBM couldn't apply their work towards gcc? So much for the whole open-source, contribute-to-the-community philosophy.
Maybe they just didn't feel like it. Maybe they just preferred working with their own code. IBM's contributed, a lot, it doesn't mean that they're now servants of the open source community.
Do you enjoy making completely unfounded statements like that?
Well let's examine it. We can divide all of humanity into those who read slashdot and those who do not. Considering the mentally feeble and the illiterate fall into the non-readers, we already have a certain level of selection that lowers the average intelligence of the non-reader. The question then arises about what the actual difference is. My point was that though it exists, it's not nearly as high as those post here seem to think.
Now, as to the rest of your statement. First you say:
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.
Then immediately after you write:
Most of the people on Slashdot are known for their poor spelling, and even worse grammar.
You're guilty of the same thing you're accusing me of. Can't you see that? And the sad thing is I was agreeing with most of what you said. I do agree the people here tend to be arrogant and elitist, and to denigrate others in order to feed their egos. I'm a little puzzled why you turned on me for (for the most part) agreeing with you.
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.
I'm also not sure why you threw this in. It doesn't apply to me; you're welcome to do a search for everything I've posted on slashdot, and try to find grammar and spelling errors. There may be a few typos, but for the most part I communicate quite adequately.
There are more big-time actors that are members of Mensa than Slashdot users.
First of all, that's incorrect. There are only maybe a few dozen people on Earth who qualify as "big-time actors". Let's say that fully half of them are Mensa members (obviously that number is waaay too high, but I'll grant it for the sake of argument). Slashdot has a readership of several hundred thousand; I would be extremely surprised if the actual number of Mensa members in those hundreds of thousands isn't far more than the members in the much smaller pool of big-time actors.
How does that make you feel?
Again, you're using the same trick that you accuse us of. "How does it make me feel?" I couldn't care less. I applied myself once, and was accepted, so I obviously feel no jealousy or inadequacy. Then I heard how the organization had it's share of elitist jerks, and that people often introduced themselves at meetings with, "my IQ is , what's yours?". I then decided that I wasn't interested.
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.
Make sure you have a copy of your contract to show your lawyer. Might be wiggle room there. Not likely, but maybe their lawyer did a lousy job of writing it, and you retain control over some of the stuff.
I dunno, a lot of PSU problems don't look like PSU problems. If your video card can't draw enough power from the PSU for example, your computer may crash with what looks like a memory error.
He's referrencing Charlton Heston's great claim about his firearms and prying. Get educated, or borrow a sense of humor.
I am familiar with where the lines come from. See, Charlton Heston can pull it off; it almost sounds believable coming from him. The pasty geeks who make up the slashdot crowd, however, are about as physically intimidating as a poodle in a sweater, and despite all the tough talk I just can't see many of them actively resisting the law.
If donations *don't* buy influence, and I'm a shareholder in a company that makes political contributions, can I sue the directors of the company for misappropriation of company funds?
He didn't say that, he just said it's not as cut-and-dried as a lot of people here seem to want to believe.
The KJ bible is THE cornerstone of English literature, a fact that faces opposition from both fundamentalist Christians ("consider it as literature? heresy!") and atheists ("something religious having any value? heresy!") alike.
Users are dumb.
Create a Windows-installable Linux distro that will coexist/dual-boot on NTFS and you will have tens of MILLIONS of Linux installations. Hell... if you could make it install itself with a pop-up active-x applet, you could pull a Gator and install it without most users even knowing.
Now *that* would be cool...
I donated about a $100 per year to EFF foundation before, but I will stop the practice this year. I am not sure what the goal of the foundation and how it helps the simple folk anymore.
The simple folk don't have computers, though. They live quiet, simple lives in their little simple huts, and their only entertainment comes from their simple folk dances.
Actually on the science side they're constantly re-examining the answers they come up with. It's the anti-environmental side who cling to whatever "facts" they think fits in with their ideology.
"Me: I installed Linux.
Judge: Judgment for the plaintiff."
It isn't everyday you get to see those two statements so close together! Very interesting (and long) article that details a process that personally, I wouldn't want to go through.
Yep, that's the second least common response to "I installed Linux". The first least common response is "I find Linux such a turn-on in a man! Are you busy Saturday night, sexy?"
Environmentalists don't need any so-called "facts" or "proof". The fact that they've managed to convince so many people that the ozone hole is humanity's fault, with so little proof, is quite amazing, actually.
There is solid evidence that ozone depletion is due in part to human activity. Of course like many scientific facts that doesn't suit the nutjob libertoonians, so they pretend that it doesn't exist. Let's see, who should we believe, a couple of right-wing fanatics on the internet, or legitimate climatological researchers?
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And is there a particular reason why IBM couldn't apply their work towards gcc? So much for the whole open-source, contribute-to-the-community philosophy.
Maybe they just didn't feel like it. Maybe they just preferred working with their own code. IBM's contributed, a lot, it doesn't mean that they're now servants of the open source community.
If g changes, the coder need only update one line.
If g changes, god help us all.
I say we rename it Liberty Window...
Do you enjoy making completely unfounded statements like that?
Well let's examine it. We can divide all of humanity into those who read slashdot and those who do not. Considering the mentally feeble and the illiterate fall into the non-readers, we already have a certain level of selection that lowers the average intelligence of the non-reader. The question then arises about what the actual difference is. My point was that though it exists, it's not nearly as high as those post here seem to think.
Now, as to the rest of your statement. First you say:
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.
Then immediately after you write:
Most of the people on Slashdot are known for their poor spelling, and even worse grammar.
You're guilty of the same thing you're accusing me of. Can't you see that? And the sad thing is I was agreeing with most of what you said. I do agree the people here tend to be arrogant and elitist, and to denigrate others in order to feed their egos. I'm a little puzzled why you turned on me for (for the most part) agreeing with you.
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.
I'm also not sure why you threw this in. It doesn't apply to me; you're welcome to do a search for everything I've posted on slashdot, and try to find grammar and spelling errors. There may be a few typos, but for the most part I communicate quite adequately.
There are more big-time actors that are members of Mensa than Slashdot users.
First of all, that's incorrect. There are only maybe a few dozen people on Earth who qualify as "big-time actors". Let's say that fully half of them are Mensa members (obviously that number is waaay too high, but I'll grant it for the sake of argument). Slashdot has a readership of several hundred thousand; I would be extremely surprised if the actual number of Mensa members in those hundreds of thousands isn't far more than the members in the much smaller pool of big-time actors.
How does that make you feel?
Again, you're using the same trick that you accuse us of. "How does it make me feel?" I couldn't care less. I applied myself once, and was accepted, so I obviously feel no jealousy or inadequacy. Then I heard how the organization had it's share of elitist jerks, and that people often introduced themselves at meetings with, "my IQ is , what's yours?". I then decided that I wasn't interested.
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.
Maybe they've just been reading too much Ayn Rand.
you are quite right hdhfgshdfdfdfgghfgsdf
Make sure you have a copy of your contract to show your lawyer. Might be wiggle room there. Not likely, but maybe their lawyer did a lousy job of writing it, and you retain control over some of the stuff.
I was going to, but it's irrelevant in this case because all of the power supplies were way beyond what I want to spend.
I dunno, a lot of PSU problems don't look like PSU problems. If your video card can't draw enough power from the PSU for example, your computer may crash with what looks like a memory error.
I'm currently shopping around for a new PSU, and I still couldn't get to the end of the article without getting bored. What a dull subject.
My shoes can't be used as transponders either. It's only a flaw if the iQue was meant to be a transponder, which I don't think it was.
Attacking unsuspecting unarmed kids!=resisting armed police officers.
He's referrencing Charlton Heston's great claim about his firearms and prying. Get educated, or borrow a sense of humor.
I am familiar with where the lines come from. See, Charlton Heston can pull it off; it almost sounds believable coming from him. The pasty geeks who make up the slashdot crowd, however, are about as physically intimidating as a poodle in a sweater, and despite all the tough talk I just can't see many of them actively resisting the law.
If donations *don't* buy influence, and I'm a shareholder in a company that makes political contributions, can I sue the directors of the company for misappropriation of company funds?
He didn't say that, he just said it's not as cut-and-dried as a lot of people here seem to want to believe.
The KJ bible is THE cornerstone of English literature, a fact that faces opposition from both fundamentalist Christians ("consider it as literature? heresy!") and atheists ("something religious having any value? heresy!") alike.
-Guess that makes me an outlaw, because you'll have to pry my iTrip from my cold, dead hands.
No, it would just take a uniformed constable. Let's not overestimate ourselves here.
Users are dumb. Create a Windows-installable Linux distro that will coexist/dual-boot on NTFS and you will have tens of MILLIONS of Linux installations. Hell... if you could make it install itself with a pop-up active-x applet, you could pull a Gator and install it without most users even knowing. Now *that* would be cool...
Yeah, too bad developers are dumb too.
Except when "unorthodox" means "horribly invasive of privacy".
I donated about a $100 per year to EFF foundation before, but I will stop the practice this year. I am not sure what the goal of the foundation and how it helps the simple folk anymore.
The simple folk don't have computers, though. They live quiet, simple lives in their little simple huts, and their only entertainment comes from their simple folk dances.
With 6 Billion people, a little bit of money saved on royalties will make a huge difference.
I didn't think they paid them in the first place. Aren't corporations constantly whining about all the pirating going on over there.
Everybody is talking about carbon nanotubes these days.
Yeah, can't walk down the street or ride a subway without hearing that incessant chatter about carbon nanotubes.
Actually on the science side they're constantly re-examining the answers they come up with. It's the anti-environmental side who cling to whatever "facts" they think fits in with their ideology.
"Me: I installed Linux. Judge: Judgment for the plaintiff." It isn't everyday you get to see those two statements so close together! Very interesting (and long) article that details a process that personally, I wouldn't want to go through.
Yep, that's the second least common response to "I installed Linux". The first least common response is "I find Linux such a turn-on in a man! Are you busy Saturday night, sexy?"
Environmentalists don't need any so-called "facts" or "proof". The fact that they've managed to convince so many people that the ozone hole is humanity's fault, with so little proof, is quite amazing, actually.
There is solid evidence that ozone depletion is due in part to human activity. Of course like many scientific facts that doesn't suit the nutjob libertoonians, so they pretend that it doesn't exist. Let's see, who should we believe, a couple of right-wing fanatics on the internet, or legitimate climatological researchers?