I have a story I want to share with you. It's a story of hope and the American dream.
Amway began in 1959 with two young entrepreneurs in the United States -- Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel. Their concept for an innovative business opportunity, centered around person-to-person marketing, established itself as a leader among one of today's fastest-growing industries.
Today, more than 3 million independent business owners distribute Amway products in more than 80 countries and territories. Amway generates US$5 billion (FY1999) in sales at estimated retail through this global product distribution network.
Amway has changed my life. As a good corporate citizen, Amway is the success story America needs to model other enterprises on. Because I wrote Atlas Shrugged two years after Amway was founded and before it could become the noble human endeavor it is today, I could not at the time devote three chapters to telling you about the Amway phenomenon and how it can help you.
Anyone who tells you that corporations do not embody true libertarianism just hasn't experienced the Amway success story first hand. Sign up today; it'll change your life. ---
I fail to see how my toaster can or indeed should interact with my other devices. In general, adding an extra, unneeded level of complexity to an already simple and elegant design is a bad idea.
Also, a full-blown OS is not needed or wanted in this case; a much simpler embedded OS supporting perhaps a reasonable subset of ANSI C would be far preferable than a full-blown Windows or a Linux.
It is dangerous in the sense that it hurts the consumer, and adds an extra level of failure that does not need to exist. At the moment, my microwave is far more reliable than my computer by virtue of its simplicity. I would like to see this continue in the future, especially if I ever need to buy a new microwave. I would also appreciate it if said microwave does not require a Pentium IV. ---
How can a rational person attempt to compare the programming within a watch or toaster to that which resides in a computer system? Surely MIT is not suggesting that the two are equivalent!
What would be the simple cost of upgrading all simple household appliances to run a heavyweight Operating System such as Windows or Linux, and why would there be any benefits to doing this? Indeed, what should a toaster do besides toast? Why should a watch concern itself with anything but the time of day?
This is simply technology for the sake of technology: dangerous, and not in the best interests of the people that MIT claims to serve. It is not sane, rational, or in the best interests of mankind, and as such, is a shame to their long University tradition of developing and promoting new and useful technology. ---
What an incoherent posting. Don't waste your time.
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Why Community Matters
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Unless you want to listen to existential angst about 'communities' and the like. Surely we at slashdot are for the most part, capitalist and libertarian. So why would we waste time reading left wing arguements for 'community' which we have already intellectually discounted years ago ?
Also, although it demonstrates 'community spirit' do you think slashdot can survive for very much longer if it directs its readers to its major competitor ?
Or is Kuro5hin about to be bought out by Andover so they can have a microsoft-style monopoly on whining rich white geek sites ? ---
No, IE. I use *superior* products which have the purpose of accumulating wealth. Sorry if all this tricky 'reason' stuff flies over your head, but socialism is rightfully dead.
--- Ayn
Re:Those "inflexible minds" were born to rule.
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Master Of Your Domain
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Pornography is completely moral and rational, as opposed to socialism or subjectivism. Even so-called "geniuses" like Einstein screw up. Relativity! Ha! It's got "relative" built right in. Can't be objective, must be wrong.
Next, please?
--- Ayn
Linux is trendy, the rest aren't
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Giving Back
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That's the only reason. I don't say this because I think that Linux is inferior (I don't), but rather because BSD is much more corporation-friendly, wrt licensing.
If BSD had the sort of push that Linux had early on, we'd be seeing all this stuff on it.
I agree. Face it: people write software because they *want* to or *need* to.
Not that money is a bad thing, but patronising developers is insulting.
--- Ayn
This article makes me sick!
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Giving Back
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I should just *give* people money? Did I hear you right? If I start giving some to one person, everyone else will want some, which will jsut piss off everyone, myself included.
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I have a story I want to share with you. It's a story of hope and the American dream.
Amway began in 1959 with two young entrepreneurs in the United States -- Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel. Their concept for an innovative business opportunity, centered around person-to-person marketing, established itself as a leader among one of today's fastest-growing industries.
Today, more than 3 million independent business owners distribute Amway products in more than 80 countries and territories. Amway generates US$5 billion (FY1999) in sales at estimated retail through this global product distribution network.
Amway has changed my life. As a good corporate citizen, Amway is the success story America needs to model other enterprises on. Because I wrote Atlas Shrugged two years after Amway was founded and before it could become the noble human endeavor it is today, I could not at the time devote three chapters to telling you about the Amway phenomenon and how it can help you.
Anyone who tells you that corporations do not embody true libertarianism just hasn't experienced the Amway success story first hand. Sign up today; it'll change your life.
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I fail to see how my toaster can or indeed should interact with my other devices. In general, adding an extra, unneeded level of complexity to an already simple and elegant design is a bad idea.
Also, a full-blown OS is not needed or wanted in this case; a much simpler embedded OS supporting perhaps a reasonable subset of ANSI C would be far preferable than a full-blown Windows or a Linux.
It is dangerous in the sense that it hurts the consumer, and adds an extra level of failure that does not need to exist. At the moment, my microwave is far more reliable than my computer by virtue of its simplicity. I would like to see this continue in the future, especially if I ever need to buy a new microwave. I would also appreciate it if said microwave does not require a Pentium IV.
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How can a rational person attempt to compare the programming within a watch or toaster to that which resides in a computer system? Surely MIT is not suggesting that the two are equivalent!
What would be the simple cost of upgrading all simple household appliances to run a heavyweight Operating System such as Windows or Linux, and why would there be any benefits to doing this? Indeed, what should a toaster do besides toast? Why should a watch concern itself with anything but the time of day?
This is simply technology for the sake of technology: dangerous, and not in the best interests of the people that MIT claims to serve. It is not sane, rational, or in the best interests of mankind, and as such, is a shame to their long University tradition of developing and promoting new and useful technology.
---
Also, although it demonstrates 'community spirit' do you think slashdot can survive for very much longer if it directs its readers to its major competitor ?
Or is Kuro5hin about to be bought out by Andover so they can have a microsoft-style monopoly on whining rich white geek sites ?
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No, IE. I use *superior* products which have the purpose of accumulating wealth. Sorry if all this tricky 'reason' stuff flies over your head, but socialism is rightfully dead.
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Ayn
Pornography is completely moral and rational, as opposed to socialism or subjectivism. Even so-called "geniuses" like Einstein screw up. Relativity! Ha! It's got "relative" built right in. Can't be objective, must be wrong.
Next, please?
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Ayn
That's the only reason. I don't say this because I think that Linux is inferior (I don't), but rather because BSD is much more corporation-friendly, wrt licensing.
If BSD had the sort of push that Linux had early on, we'd be seeing all this stuff on it.
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Ayn
I agree. Face it: people write software because they *want* to or *need* to.
Not that money is a bad thing, but patronising developers is insulting.
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Ayn
I should just *give* people money? Did I hear you right? If I start giving some to one person, everyone else will want some, which will jsut piss off everyone, myself included.
What do I get in return?
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Ayn
Seriously, though, I can only offer my support to the FreeBSD Zine for their great work. Glad to see you back!
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Ayn
What's a karma whore? You people don't seriously belive in karma do you?
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Ayn