Then they should just be installing Linux or BSD, or at least dual-booting, yes? I've never seen one of these Swiss Army computers actually function well.
Besides, OS X is meant for the server market, so what the hell do you need a GUI for in the first place? And what server software exists for the little gumdrops that would actually out-perform the tons of stuff already available for BSD?
There is not much point in moderating up one of roblimo's posts in the hopes of getting favorable treatment through brown-nosing, as the staff generally don't moderate (just bitchslap). The staff also probably don't make a habit out of checking the moderation logs and rewarding people with buckets of karma.
So, Robin chimed into the discussion. It's nice to think that the staff actually reads some of stuff posted here.
Was it an "Interesting" comment? Um... no. As a matter of fact, that last sentence in another person's post probably would've resulted in a "Troll" moderation.
The comment offered no real insight into the issue at hand, yet the moderators still felt the need to jam not just their noses, but practically their entire heads into Robin's ass.
Step into the bathroom. Look in the mirror. You will see the face of a moron.
How do they get reliable access to education when they can't get reliable acces to food, shelter and medical assistance? All the things that prevent these people from having the basic necessities of life will also prevent them from having access to the tools needed to learn.
I'm sorry, but all I see in your post are empty platitudes. How does internet access help? If those in power can stop all the food sent from reaching the people, how are you going to insure that thousands of dollars of communications equipment ends up in the right hands?
I can not see bringing the internet to the third world as being anything other than an ill-conceived farce. It will make World Bank fund corruption look like a smashing success in comparison.
I build low-income housing. As a career, not a feel-good weekend hobby.
The industry needs tax credits, more thoughtful zoning, and investors who are looking to do a little more than maximize profits with upscale condo development.
We believe that everyone deserves access to the Internet and the economic opportunities it provides. We're helping people in communities around the world to gain access to information technology and to build businesses on the web.
And this is where, after reading all the fucking inane bullshit on slashdot for a year, I totally fucking lose it.
INTERNET ACCESS?!?!? PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH IN THESE COUNTRIES and we're supposed to give them INTERNET ACCESS so they can BUILD FUCKING WEB-BASED BUSINESSES? AIDS is ravishing millions in sub-Saharan Africa. Terrorists are CUTTING OFF CHILDREN'S HANDS, and your idea of charity is INTERNET ACCESS?
"Mom, can you move the mouse for me on the Linux box since I don't have any hands? I find nothing takes my mind off of my distended stomach and impending death from malnutrition like a good Salon article!"
Do any of you people have even ONE FIRING SYNAPSE in your fucking skulls? Have any of you stopped, EVEN ONCE, and considered what goes on outside the windows of your fucking Lexus? Do any of you ever read the real goddamn news? You know, about THE REAL WORLD, where PEOPLE ARE DYING?
This degree of tunnel vision is just absolutely fucking stunning. Here is an organization, with money and volunteers, going into some of the worst social, political and economic conditions in the world, and they're going to ignore it all so they can feel good about themselves while they run CAT5 between rat-infested grass huts!
HOLY FUCKING CHRIST are you people stupid! Please, for the sake of humanity, GET A FUCKING CLUE!
You want to do real charity work? Step away from the damn computer!
The poor need food. Work in a soup kitchen. The homeless need housing. Work for Habitat. Many people in Africa need just about everything. The one thing they don't need, in spite of what Nicholas Negroponte would have you believe, is fucking internet access.
I repeat, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER! Get some damn priorities! Food, clothing, shelter. That's what people need.
And don't give me any of that crap about using computer skills to improve efficiency or some shit like that. That's just a fucking excuse because you are too damn fat and lazy and you don't want to get dirt under your fingernails. Or worse, you don't want to see any real problems, you just want to remain isolated but still have some lame-ass cause so you can tell yourself that you're NOT actually a fucking empathy-depraved, self-centered prick.
Does your employer disagree with you on many things, among them your identation style, OR does everyone disagree with your indentation style, including your employer?
Well, I'll ignore my charming (but consistently wrong) colleague who also responded to this and simply state that I am NOT making any of this up.
Those of us who were priviledged enough to be raised in the true South have been tought the truth by our parents and grandparents.
You call me a liar, but fail to provide any proof to back up that insult. This is just the sort of response I would expect from some damn Northern Yankee!
I believe that is precisely the point the author was trying to make. It is very much the status quo on slashdot to immediately flame any and all posts that begin to suggest that we have a higher moral authority than human desire.
Truly this is not the reaction of someone with an open mind, which you self-proclaimed technological elite seem to think you possess.
Please stop exploiting animals in the name of "science"! Surely there are other ways to develop web browsing tools without all this barbaric vivisection! Have you people no empathy for our furred and feathered friends?
Hey there, big fella! btw, ever read Cryptonomicon? Especially the parts about how people leave traces w/out realizing it? Just a thouht: You might want to examine your posting patterns.
Some dreadful cliches for you to chew on: Zero sum game. You can't win because trolls play to lose. You are trying to drown a fish.
Yup, I'm a-postin' logged in, so come give me a kiss, cutie-pie! You turn me on!
Yes, I do have a pretty good idea of what a malicious troll can do. I know because my wife (then fiance) spent almost a year researching internet trolling for her post-graduate thesis.
Well I am not part of any list, and I certainly don't think I fit the definition of "moronic". Why are you so confident in your assertion that this is a troll?
I mean that as a genuine question. You are in possession of no more facts than the rest of us, yet you won't even open to the possibility that there is something to this. Why?
I would have to disagree. You should read the (now abandoned) troll board. There's been some sort of weird trouble brewing for a couple of weeks, apparently based on impersonations, stalking, and possibly death threats.
This would not be the first time this has happened on Slashdot, and the last time it scared someone off this site permanently becuase they genuinely feared for their life.
As for your comment about trolls running games, you have no idea what malicious trolling can do. Slashdot has been suprisingly lucky so far. Be thankful that they are only spamming with this ascii crap.
Yes, I completely agree that we need answers here, not more FUD. But at the risk of spreading some myself, I'm starting to think all the spam and ascii art is part of a Usenet invasion.
This stuff was never a predominant part of Slashdot until fairly recently, and the avalanche of crap is reminscent of the classic cross-post wars from a few years back. Anybody check alt.fan.karl-malden.nose recently?
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Besides, OS X is meant for the server market, so what the hell do you need a GUI for in the first place? And what server software exists for the little gumdrops that would actually out-perform the tons of stuff already available for BSD?
Sorry, that was careless of me. Still, my question stands. Whether it's Apple or Tenon doing it, I'd like to know why.
Problem is most of those companies are NOT Canadian-owned, and nobody has heard of the ones that are.
There is not much point in moderating up one of roblimo's posts in the hopes of getting favorable treatment through brown-nosing, as the staff generally don't moderate (just bitchslap). The staff also probably don't make a habit out of checking the moderation logs and rewarding people with buckets of karma.
So, Robin chimed into the discussion. It's nice to think that the staff actually reads some of stuff posted here.
Was it an "Interesting" comment? Um... no. As a matter of fact, that last sentence in another person's post probably would've resulted in a "Troll" moderation.
The comment offered no real insight into the issue at hand, yet the moderators still felt the need to jam not just their noses, but practically their entire heads into Robin's ass.
Step into the bathroom.
Look in the mirror.
You will see the face of a moron.
Eagerly awaiting my -1(Flamebait).
True on both counts. Pity I had to go run errands and couldn't stick around to feed the little beast.
How do they get reliable access to education when they can't get reliable acces to food, shelter and medical assistance? All the things that prevent these people from having the basic necessities of life will also prevent them from having access to the tools needed to learn.
I can not see bringing the internet to the third world as being anything other than an ill-conceived farce. It will make World Bank fund corruption look like a smashing success in comparison.
The industry needs tax credits, more thoughtful zoning, and investors who are looking to do a little more than maximize profits with upscale condo development.
- We believe that everyone deserves access to the Internet and the economic opportunities it provides. We're helping people in communities around the world to gain access to information technology and to build businesses on the web.
And this is where, after reading all the fucking inane bullshit on slashdot for a year, I totally fucking lose it.INTERNET ACCESS?!?!? PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH IN THESE COUNTRIES and we're supposed to give them INTERNET ACCESS so they can BUILD FUCKING WEB-BASED BUSINESSES? AIDS is ravishing millions in sub-Saharan Africa. Terrorists are CUTTING OFF CHILDREN'S HANDS, and your idea of charity is INTERNET ACCESS?
"Mom, can you move the mouse for me on the Linux box since I don't have any hands? I find nothing takes my mind off of my distended stomach and impending death from malnutrition like a good Salon article!"
Do any of you people have even ONE FIRING SYNAPSE in your fucking skulls? Have any of you stopped, EVEN ONCE, and considered what goes on outside the windows of your fucking Lexus? Do any of you ever read the real goddamn news? You know, about THE REAL WORLD, where PEOPLE ARE DYING?
This degree of tunnel vision is just absolutely fucking stunning. Here is an organization, with money and volunteers, going into some of the worst social, political and economic conditions in the world, and they're going to ignore it all so they can feel good about themselves while they run CAT5 between rat-infested grass huts!
HOLY FUCKING CHRIST are you people stupid! Please, for the sake of humanity, GET A FUCKING CLUE!
The poor need food. Work in a soup kitchen.
The homeless need housing. Work for Habitat.
Many people in Africa need just about everything. The one thing they don't need, in spite of what Nicholas Negroponte would have you believe, is fucking internet access.
I repeat, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER! Get some damn priorities! Food, clothing, shelter. That's what people need.
And don't give me any of that crap about using computer skills to improve efficiency or some shit like that. That's just a fucking excuse because you are too damn fat and lazy and you don't want to get dirt under your fingernails. Or worse, you don't want to see any real problems, you just want to remain isolated but still have some lame-ass cause so you can tell yourself that you're NOT actually a fucking empathy-depraved, self-centered prick.
Posting flame logged in and not previewing.
Does your employer disagree with you on many things, among them your identation style,
OR
does everyone disagree with your indentation style, including your employer?
...that Lincoln fathered slave children, from US News & World Report
Those of us who were priviledged enough to be raised in the true South have been tought the truth by our parents and grandparents.
You call me a liar, but fail to provide any proof to back up that insult. This is just the sort of response I would expect from some damn Northern Yankee!
Truly this is not the reaction of someone with an open mind, which you self-proclaimed technological elite seem to think you possess.
Please stop exploiting animals in the name of "science"! Surely there are other ways to develop web browsing tools without all this barbaric vivisection! Have you people no empathy for our furred and feathered friends?
Some dreadful cliches for you to chew on:
Zero sum game.
You can't win because trolls play to lose.
You are trying to drown a fish.
Yup, I'm a-postin' logged in, so come give me a kiss, cutie-pie! You turn me on!
Silly boy. Isn't it past your bedtime?
A couple of 3D renderings are a far cry from an actual product. I wouldn't expect to see anything on the shelves for quite a while.
You are all hopelessly childish and can't spell. I don't even know what you were trying to say there. I'm done with this thread.
Please read.
That answer your question?
I mean that as a genuine question. You are in possession of no more facts than the rest of us, yet you won't even open to the possibility that there is something to this. Why?
This would not be the first time this has happened on Slashdot, and the last time it scared someone off this site permanently becuase they genuinely feared for their life.
As for your comment about trolls running games, you have no idea what malicious trolling can do. Slashdot has been suprisingly lucky so far. Be thankful that they are only spamming with this ascii crap.
This stuff was never a predominant part of Slashdot until fairly recently, and the avalanche of crap is reminscent of the classic cross-post wars from a few years back. Anybody check alt.fan.karl-malden.nose recently?