Unfotunately there is no addressing it. I've tried in my own micro-addressing way, but people just don't care. They'll continue to vote straight Republican, straight Democrat, and ignore the issues at hand. The only way it could get worse is if we only had one political party such as the old Soviet Union had, but, then again, it is like having schitzophrenic(sp) political party anway.
You can show them why things are screwed up, you can show them a list of illegal actions their representatives take with sources and proof, and they still won't care. The apathy is infuriating, to put it lightly.
The era of playing nice verbally is over. If it looks like shit, smells like shit, it probably is shit. There is no room left for verbal civility. The true war isn't being fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, or any country far flung from the United States. The war is happening right now on U.S. soil. It's a war between two powers (the democrat and repulican parties), the American people are caught in the cross fire, and the Constitution is being ground underfoot by the jackboots of the blind followers of both parties. They both have the same goal in mind, but it's come down to a war of ideologies. In the mean time micro-dictatorships are springing up all over the place in the form of local municipalities that are doing everything from illicit land grabs for corporate enrichment to outright violations of constitutional rights by the local police forces while the politicians rob the coffers bare, and citizens in the form of home owners associations bite and scratch at those that do not conform to their pinch-faced expectations.
The only thing that isn't happening is that the shooting hasn't started, yet.
Because the majority of people in the U.S. are fucking idiots, that's why. As long as they get their daily update on the antics of Paris Hilton, football on tv, etc... they don't care. You can park a fucking tank on every street corner, and they wouldn't care.
If it doesn't personally and immediately effect them, they couldn't give a flying fuck about what is going on. It's wide spread apathy in the populace. The only ones that do care are ex-military, and the tin foil hat squad. I live in the U.S., and even I say fuck them, they get what they deserve. One of these days something else will happen that will give them their wake up bitch slap, and they'll look around bewildered and ask what the hell happened.
SPEWS is crap. Israel carpet bombing a Lebanese neighborhood in order to get a couple of Hezbollah members is analagous to what SPEWS does to people who use networks that happen to get on their ban list.
It can also work that a public movement comes that will prompt people to NOT apply for jobs with companies that want access to credit records. Those companies will hurt when they cannot get job positions filled.
I find it hard to believe that your company has such information that you'd think that people would go out of their way to recover the drives in order to damage it or steal information. I think the corporate ego there is probably running rampant.
If you have a penis, you are guilty. Just admit it. Your scum of the earth, you are a rapist by default, you are a child molester and beater. You are just born bad. Give yourself over to the matriarchy, and you'll be better off in their chains.
I'm 40, and I don't see any problem with people over a certain age having to jump through hoops that the younger do not. I see many addle-brained senior citizens struggling with things as simple as a card swipe in Wal-mart, and you know damn well it's not their first time dealing with one. Older people do tend to get stupider as they get older.
I've been saying this for awhile. He panders 'free software' as in 'free speech', but what he really means is 'free software' as in 'free beer'. I'd put up with his hippie shit more if he'd just be up front about it instead of trying to hide what he really means. Untill then, he's just talking out of his ass.
From the article --------- Q. There are a lot of misconceptions about free software. What kind of an economic model does an entrepreneur look at when he starts out with free software ?
RMS: I want to ask you why that question is worth asking. First of all there are many people who don't have to make money. Importantly even if a person has to make a living, he doesn't have to make a living from everything he does.
Lots of people develop free software in their free time and there are people who have to make a living and they do make a living.
To jump from, this person is not rich and therefore has to work, to this person can't write free software because he is not paid to write it, is an error.
There are over a million contributors to free software, a substantial fraction is getting paid and a majority are volunteers.
I suspect the reason people bring up this question of economics as a secondary detail is because they are labouring under the misconception that the free software community is impossible, unless the developers are getting paid. -------------
He can't even wrap his brain around the concept that EVERYONE has to make a living unless they live in their parents basement, is indipendently wealthy, or makes fees spouting worthless hippie shit around the world. I honestly get the feeling that he has never, ever, had to make it in the real world. Perhaps he is a trust fund baby, perhaps he travels around like a deadhead, or perhaps both. Yes, people can make free software. No, people cannot make a living if that is all they do. Those that say they do have to have some means of support (other than parents, trust funds, PELL grants, etc...), and in 'the free software community' that is support.
It's an Irish trick. First you take a treadmill, couple a generator to it, capture yourself a Leprechaun, and get yourself a pot of gold. Put the leprechaun on the treadmill, and hang the pot of gold at the end just out of reach. The leprechaun running for the pot of gold will turn the treadmill which in turn spins the generator. Easy, case solved.
Actually I was simultaneously kidding and being sarcastic. I'm ex-military so my 'America' follows a heirarchy.. Constitution, people, geography. Without the Constitution there is no 'America' as we know (knew?) it. IMHO, we have less to fear from 'terrorists' than we have to fear from the federal, state, and local governments. The United States is at a turning point, and looks like it's spinning out of control, but I digress and could go on for days about how fucked up the situation really is.
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Unfotunately there is no addressing it. I've tried in my own micro-addressing way, but people just don't care. They'll continue to vote straight Republican, straight Democrat, and ignore the issues at hand. The only way it could get worse is if we only had one political party such as the old Soviet Union had, but, then again, it is like having schitzophrenic(sp) political party anway.
You can show them why things are screwed up, you can show them a list of illegal actions their representatives take with sources and proof, and they still won't care. The apathy is infuriating, to put it lightly.
The era of playing nice verbally is over. If it looks like shit, smells like shit, it probably is shit. There is no room left for verbal civility. The true war isn't being fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, or any country far flung from the United States. The war is happening right now on U.S. soil. It's a war between two powers (the democrat and repulican parties), the American people are caught in the cross fire, and the Constitution is being ground underfoot by the jackboots of the blind followers of both parties. They both have the same goal in mind, but it's come down to a war of ideologies. In the mean time micro-dictatorships are springing up all over the place in the form of local municipalities that are doing everything from illicit land grabs for corporate enrichment to outright violations of constitutional rights by the local police forces while the politicians rob the coffers bare, and citizens in the form of home owners associations bite and scratch at those that do not conform to their pinch-faced expectations.
The only thing that isn't happening is that the shooting hasn't started, yet.
Because the majority of people in the U.S. are fucking idiots, that's why. As long as they get their daily update on the antics of Paris Hilton, football on tv, etc... they don't care. You can park a fucking tank on every street corner, and they wouldn't care.
If it doesn't personally and immediately effect them, they couldn't give a flying fuck about what is going on. It's wide spread apathy in the populace. The only ones that do care are ex-military, and the tin foil hat squad. I live in the U.S., and even I say fuck them, they get what they deserve. One of these days something else will happen that will give them their wake up bitch slap, and they'll look around bewildered and ask what the hell happened.
You're Alan Alda, aren't you? C'mon, admit it!
SPEWS is crap. Israel carpet bombing a Lebanese neighborhood in order to get a couple of Hezbollah members is analagous to what SPEWS does to people who use networks that happen to get on their ban list.
Stay where you are buddy, we'll be around to you Brits eventually.
It can also work that a public movement comes that will prompt people to NOT apply for jobs with companies that want access to credit records. Those companies will hurt when they cannot get job positions filled.
Pretty much, it's temp jobs they charge an assload for, and pass a pittance on to the worker.
It's evident that he's never had to make the choice between eating and paying a credit card.
to make sure of absolute security you should divide up the left over shreddings and pass them on to multiple recyclers.
I find it hard to believe that your company has such information that you'd think that people would go out of their way to recover the drives in order to damage it or steal information. I think the corporate ego there is probably running rampant.
If you have a penis, you are guilty. Just admit it. Your scum of the earth, you are a rapist by default, you are a child molester and beater. You are just born bad. Give yourself over to the matriarchy, and you'll be better off in their chains.
I'm 40, and I don't see any problem with people over a certain age having to jump through hoops that the younger do not. I see many addle-brained senior citizens struggling with things as simple as a card swipe in Wal-mart, and you know damn well it's not their first time dealing with one. Older people do tend to get stupider as they get older.
I've been saying this for awhile. He panders 'free software' as in 'free speech', but what he really means is 'free software' as in 'free beer'. I'd put up with his hippie shit more if he'd just be up front about it instead of trying to hide what he really means. Untill then, he's just talking out of his ass.
This is because he's a damn hippie.
From the article
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Q. There are a lot of misconceptions about free software. What kind of an economic model does an entrepreneur look at when he starts out with free software ?
RMS: I want to ask you why that question is worth asking. First of all there are many people who don't have to make money. Importantly even if a person has to make a living, he doesn't have to make a living from everything he does.
Lots of people develop free software in their free time and there are people who have to make a living and they do make a living.
To jump from, this person is not rich and therefore has to work, to this person can't write free software because he is not paid to write it, is an error.
There are over a million contributors to free software, a substantial fraction is getting paid and a majority are volunteers.
I suspect the reason people bring up this question of economics as a secondary detail is because they are labouring under the misconception that the free software community is impossible, unless the developers are getting paid.
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He can't even wrap his brain around the concept that EVERYONE has to make a living unless they live in their parents basement, is indipendently wealthy, or makes fees spouting worthless hippie shit around the world. I honestly get the feeling that he has never, ever, had to make it in the real world. Perhaps he is a trust fund baby, perhaps he travels around like a deadhead, or perhaps both. Yes, people can make free software. No, people cannot make a living if that is all they do. Those that say they do have to have some means of support (other than parents, trust funds, PELL grants, etc...), and in 'the free software community' that is support.
Doesn't Linux have a command like 'copy con'?
Navajo rug weaving is a far superior class to the traditional nerdy basket-weaving classes.
Canada has a Patriot Act?
They ARE already irrelevant, they just haven't realized it yet. He's a hippy, and nothing good has ever come from a hippy.
Oh, and it's patent pending so keep yer dirty mitts off!
It's an Irish trick. First you take a treadmill, couple a generator to it, capture yourself a Leprechaun, and get yourself a pot of gold. Put the leprechaun on the treadmill, and hang the pot of gold at the end just out of reach. The leprechaun running for the pot of gold will turn the treadmill which in turn spins the generator. Easy, case solved.
It beats the hell out of saying that you are 'yahooing' the internet.
Yeah, tried it. went back for a month, I always expected Spyro the Dragon to come sauntering around a corner at any moment.
Actually I was simultaneously kidding and being sarcastic. I'm ex-military so my 'America' follows a heirarchy.. Constitution, people, geography. Without the Constitution there is no 'America' as we know (knew?) it. IMHO, we have less to fear from 'terrorists' than we have to fear from the federal, state, and local governments. The United States is at a turning point, and looks like it's spinning out of control, but I digress and could go on for days about how fucked up the situation really is.
could be other universes on the other side of that 'border' that we will never see or know about so it might as well be nothing.