It's a basic fact of human psychology that people hate people who they see as more fortunate as them and love making excuses for it. So, if you're rich, no one will like you.
So you say, I choose to think otherwise. I am often surprised by the number of people around me who admire rich, successful people. Frequently I don't share their regard, less often I do. I base my opinion of these people on their actions, not their personal wealth. I would actually assertthat today's society breeds people who do admire personal success over most other traits. More is the pity.
If you're rich, everyone will assume you got there by lying, stealing, being dishonest, etc. (that rationalizes why they, themselves are not rich).
Many rich people really did get that way by dishonesty. If you don't see that from everything that goes on around you, why, perhaps you are blind? Yes, there are also some rich, successful people who have got to where they are whilst maintaining principles and standards. But they truly are in the minority.
That's also the reason why every loser on Slashdot hates all "evil corporations". Most people - especially the incompetent - simply cannot accept the success of others as being a result of their competency.
But life is not just about competency. It's also about what you use that competency to accomplish. If what you accomplish is to make the world a worse place, then that is a bad thing, even if you did it very competently and made lots of money doing it. This is the bit you seem to miss.
So you go ahead and defend your theft by pretending the music companies are dishonest and greedy while they'll go ahead and try to stop themselves from being robbed.
This story, and the threads I have read so far, art not about theft and robbery, but exploitation of the masses by the minority.
Gee... the guy posts at two and thinks electricity is free!
The mechanical load the alternator imposes upon the engine increases in proportion to the electrical load placed on the alternator.
Really it does. Try it yourself. Get a hand operated generator; turn it without electrical load, then put a 100 watt bulb on it. You have to push harder.
So in your car, the energy going to/dev/radio came from/dev/wheel, not/dev/null.
I don't know the meaning of the name John, but I can assure you that names have had meanings since names began.
For example, many Anglo-Saxon surnames refer to the occupation or predeliction of the named person: Smith, Wright, Tailor, Cook, Fisher, Hunter, Walker, Fletcher, Fryer... I could go on and on. This applies in many other languages.
As for first names, get one of these "Naming your Baby" books and have a look - all names mean something, at least when they were coined.
Where names have less obvious meanings (like my own, Pacey), then frequently they are derived from place names, or corruptions of the original word. For example, I'd guess the name Wayne (ignoring the fact it is a horrible sounding name) is derived from the word "wagon" or the German equivalent thereof.
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You make some very good points. However:
Insurance companies don't raise premiums in a blanket fashion, they increasingly target high premiums at high claimants. I'm not saying that's fair, in the sense of social justice - poor people might pay more for vehicle insurance because they live in an area with a high car crime rate. But it's fair in the sense of 'natural' justice.
This takes a while to filter through the system. So, the auto dealer will also lose their no-claims bonus, if they had one.
People who are protesting against environmental destruction consider themselves as the co-victims of violence perpetrated against the planet as a whole, a violence perpetrated by the collusion of certain big corporations, their customers and other allies. Your argument about truly developed countries protecting their citizens' rights to freedom from the attacks of radical groups is very weak given this fact. It is those self-same developed countries and citizens who are perpetrating violence against the planet.
People get violent and zealous when they are frustrated by ignorance, inertia, apathy and plain selfishness. Most of the developed world appears to suffer from these four attributes. You can't be surprised when some people react in a violent, zealous manner.
Negative media attention is at least media attention. There is no such thing as bad publicity, to commit a cliche. Of course that is not the whole truth, but when it's the only way to be heard, so be it. Fix apathy and selfishness, and the violence will go away. Outlaw the violence, and it will just keep on coming.
Violence does not only hurt those lower on the industrial chain. It can affect profit margins.
You suggest legislation and control of corporations is the only way to effect real change. If you are right, this will never happen, particularly in the United States, where the president has shown himself to be a real enemy of the environment. Witness Kyoto.
If nothing is done now, whether by fair means or foul, by the time widespread support for real positive change is attained, it will be too late. Selfishness, ignorance, inertia and apathy will conspire to destroy those basic but essential things everyone takes for granted.
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I think you either misunderstand or troll.
When you compare Linux zealots to everyone else, you are really comparing GPL zealots to everyone else.
GPL zealots believe that the GPL is the One True Way. You can't have a One True Way and not hold everything else in low esteem.
The GPL represents a philosophy about the right way to live. Some people may think software licenses are trivial, but it is the details which combine to form the big picture.
You cannot expect tolerance. A programmer should not tolerate bugs. A GPL zealot should not tolerate BSD-like licenses. The GPL grand plan is not as effective when they exist.
This is the mindset of the GPL zealot. I should know, I am one.
And you should not buy Starbucks coffee because Starbucks follow unethical business practices. Why are people not interested in ethics? Ethics are all we've got to distinguish ourselves from animals.
So perhaps you'd rather we all just forgot about ethics, and tolerated wrong-doing.
If you think kraftwerk and aphex twin are weird then you've never heard Autechre, Aube, Oval, some of the more abstract Coil works, Mouse on Mars, etc.
I just bought a hand built ~1985 Onix amplifier on eBay for 80 UKP.
OK, it wasn't worth $50k when it was made; they retailed for around 5,000 UKP. I imagine inflation since the mid-80's would push that amount up quite a bit.
Considering it's in almost perfect condition and sounds very nice:).
...the quickest I can seem to consistantly react to the screen changing color and click 'stop' seems to be 0.33 seconds.
Hmmmm... I get around 0.25 seconds on average without the electrodes, but I'm absolutely awful at quake - I just can't aim in time, or accurately enough, to avoid being mown done by even inferior weapons.
How much of hand-eye co-ordination is in the brain, and how much in the body? That is, can electrodes help me aim better in Quake, without using a bot?
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Temper temper....
It's a basic fact of human psychology that people hate people who they see as more fortunate as them and love making excuses for it. So, if you're rich, no one will like you.
So you say, I choose to think otherwise. I am often surprised by the number of people around me who admire rich, successful people. Frequently I don't share their regard, less often I do. I base my opinion of these people on their actions, not their personal wealth. I would actually assertthat today's society breeds people who do admire personal success over most other traits. More is the pity.
If you're rich, everyone will assume you got there by lying, stealing, being dishonest, etc. (that rationalizes why they, themselves are not rich).
Many rich people really did get that way by dishonesty. If you don't see that from everything that goes on around you, why, perhaps you are blind? Yes, there are also some rich, successful people who have got to where they are whilst maintaining principles and standards. But they truly are in the minority.
That's also the reason why every loser on Slashdot hates all "evil corporations". Most people - especially the incompetent - simply cannot accept the success of others as being a result of their competency.
But life is not just about competency. It's also about what you use that competency to accomplish. If what you accomplish is to make the world a worse place, then that is a bad thing, even if you did it very competently and made lots of money doing it. This is the bit you seem to miss.
So you go ahead and defend your theft by pretending the music companies are dishonest and greedy while they'll go ahead and try to stop themselves from being robbed.
This story, and the threads I have read so far, art not about theft and robbery, but exploitation of the masses by the minority.
Why did you type tilde rather than just pressing ~? :)
Just wondering
The mechanical load the alternator imposes upon the engine increases in proportion to the electrical load placed on the alternator.
Really it does. Try it yourself. Get a hand operated generator; turn it without electrical load, then put a 100 watt bulb on it. You have to push harder.
So in your car, the energy going to /dev/radio came from /dev/wheel, not /dev/null.
I don't know the meaning of the name John, but I can assure you that names have had meanings since names began.
For example, many Anglo-Saxon surnames refer to the occupation or predeliction of the named person: Smith, Wright, Tailor, Cook, Fisher, Hunter, Walker, Fletcher, Fryer... I could go on and on. This applies in many other languages.
As for first names, get one of these "Naming your Baby" books and have a look - all names mean something, at least when they were coined.
Where names have less obvious meanings (like my own, Pacey), then frequently they are derived from place names, or corruptions of the original word. For example, I'd guess the name Wayne (ignoring the fact it is a horrible sounding name) is derived from the word "wagon" or the German equivalent thereof.
Both of you: The word is simpy "equip" not "equipt".
:)
I hope you don't say or write "equiptment". That would be truly embarrassing.
NS: I forgive you if that was an innocent copy & paste from above
By the way, proprietary Unices can have licenses just as greedy as Windows.
What makes you think they would ever want to help any part of the open source community?
All Microsoft would like is your source, please, thank you and goodbye.
Open your eyes! Microsoft is NOT about to become *BSD friendly! They just like the code!
Yes, the headline is much more "Fleet Street" this time :)
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Insurance companies don't raise premiums in a blanket fashion, they increasingly target high premiums at high claimants. I'm not saying that's fair, in the sense of social justice - poor people might pay more for vehicle insurance because they live in an area with a high car crime rate. But it's fair in the sense of 'natural' justice.
This takes a while to filter through the system. So, the auto dealer will also lose their no-claims bonus, if they had one.
People who are protesting against environmental destruction consider themselves as the co-victims of violence perpetrated against the planet as a whole, a violence perpetrated by the collusion of certain big corporations, their customers and other allies. Your argument about truly developed countries protecting their citizens' rights to freedom from the attacks of radical groups is very weak given this fact. It is those self-same developed countries and citizens who are perpetrating violence against the planet.
People get violent and zealous when they are frustrated by ignorance, inertia, apathy and plain selfishness. Most of the developed world appears to suffer from these four attributes. You can't be surprised when some people react in a violent, zealous manner.
Negative media attention is at least media attention. There is no such thing as bad publicity, to commit a cliche. Of course that is not the whole truth, but when it's the only way to be heard, so be it. Fix apathy and selfishness, and the violence will go away. Outlaw the violence, and it will just keep on coming.
Violence does not only hurt those lower on the industrial chain. It can affect profit margins.
You suggest legislation and control of corporations is the only way to effect real change. If you are right, this will never happen, particularly in the United States, where the president has shown himself to be a real enemy of the environment. Witness Kyoto.
If nothing is done now, whether by fair means or foul, by the time widespread support for real positive change is attained, it will be too late. Selfishness, ignorance, inertia and apathy will conspire to destroy those basic but essential things everyone takes for granted.
I think you either misunderstand or troll.
When you compare Linux zealots to everyone else, you are really comparing GPL zealots to everyone else.
GPL zealots believe that the GPL is the One True Way. You can't have a One True Way and not hold everything else in low esteem.
The GPL represents a philosophy about the right way to live. Some people may think software licenses are trivial, but it is the details which combine to form the big picture.
You cannot expect tolerance. A programmer should not tolerate bugs. A GPL zealot should not tolerate BSD-like licenses. The GPL grand plan is not as effective when they exist.
This is the mindset of the GPL zealot. I should know, I am one.
And you should not buy Starbucks coffee because Starbucks follow unethical business practices. Why are people not interested in ethics? Ethics are all we've got to distinguish ourselves from animals.
So perhaps you'd rather we all just forgot about ethics, and tolerated wrong-doing.
Why do people say this when they point out the obvious to those who haven't grasped it for the zillionth time?
What has it got to do with shampoo?
I really would like to know.
Oh, for completeness I'd like to add that you are (i presume) referring to the POSIX tools included in the NT Resource Kit, which are GNU tools.
This article is surely generating the greatest number of redundant posts ("Staroffice runs on Windows Too!") in the history of /.
Please read the other posts before posting!
Thanks!
You think you have to wait for vi to load?
What are you running, a ZX80?
You are, of course, correct.
Two dorks in the hand is worth one in the bush.
What are you talking about?
Accelerat* is ultimately derived from the Latin celer, swift, via celerare, to quicken.
I'm interested if you have any further information.
Also, does anyone know of a good mid-fi record player?
Rega Planar 3.
If you think kraftwerk and aphex twin are weird then you've never heard Autechre, Aube, Oval, some of the more abstract Coil works, Mouse on Mars, etc.
Fans of weirdness, check those out.
If he couldn't choose between them, why didn't he just buy one??
More money than sense?
Not sure about (b)...
:).
I just bought a hand built ~1985 Onix amplifier on eBay for 80 UKP.
OK, it wasn't worth $50k when it was made; they retailed for around 5,000 UKP. I imagine inflation since the mid-80's would push that amount up quite a bit.
Considering it's in almost perfect condition and sounds very nice
I didn't realise that insects had anything to do with unusual words. More of a dork?
Two sticks, just over 2' long, tied together in the middle to form a cross, would be even cheaper.
But completely pointless. (unless you whittled the ends of the sticks).
Nowhere did I ever read "Cigarettes are as addictive as crack"
Which they are.
Thank god I've stopped. In fact, thank Allen Carr.
Your trolling is too much!
I am posting this from a Gnome workstation on my 2nd head. I logged in via gdm.
Everything works just fine. I had to create a script to start a gnome-terminal on the 2nd head and stick in it my gnome-session. That's it.
Bye.
Cool job!
...the quickest I can seem to consistantly react to the screen changing color and click 'stop' seems to be 0.33 seconds.
Hmmmm... I get around 0.25 seconds on average without the electrodes, but I'm absolutely awful at quake - I just can't aim in time, or accurately enough, to avoid being mown done by even inferior weapons.
How much of hand-eye co-ordination is in the brain, and how much in the body? That is, can electrodes help me aim better in Quake, without using a bot?
Thanks!