I am guessing that you had an ass-hat problem with pulseaudio. Not that I am disagreeing with you at all. You are right on the mark.
Oh, and for those that couldn't read it with the missing punctuation:
and finally, there is the leaning on CLI as a crutch. Whereas in OSX or Win 7, one could remove the CLI completely and have a 100% functional OS that I would argue more than 95% of the population would never even notice CLI was removed. With Linux, thanks to its actually being a server OS and NOT a desktop OS at heart, if you remove CLI you've completely destroyed the OS and many distros won't even boot.
First, Apple had the built-in market of the Apple Mac acolytes.
Second, OS X had OS 9 compatibility mode to allow people to still use older programs. That means near zero cost to use the newer operating system.
Third, Apple pushed third party developers to port popular existing application over to OS X before it was released. This meant that there were plenty of trusted, supported, third party applications available.
Fourth, Apple put time and effort into creating a good GUI. One never needs to use the CLI. They enforce a look and feel and thus have a consistent interface. And, it is an interface that is easy to learn and use.
Fifth, Apple got a big lift from the introduction of iPod. The iPod really raised the awareness of the Apple brand, including computers. People started actually looking at Apple products and liking what they saw. And, the people who could afford iPods could afford to pay for the name.
Sixth, years ago Apple put Macs in schools by the thousand. The kids who grew up using a Mac in school were just hitting the market when Apple's brand started to become prominent.
It would be possible to make a successful "Desktop Linux". It would just require a bunch of things the community doesn't want to do and either would or do actively fight against, including but not limited to a consistent look and feel, binary drivers, and closed-source, for-profit software.
The number one thing holding back "Desktop Linux" is the Linux community.
However, if you convince people that they deserve freedom, they will start rejecting nonfree software whether it is technically inferior or technically superior, because they will see that free software is ethically superior. They will understand the important question and judge it right. This is a full, deep success.
He has been saying this for how long with what result?
What is it called when one does the same thing over and over again and expects a different result?
We expect people to do their research beforehand, act mature and use proper grammar and spelling. Unfortunately, this seems to be outside of the abilities of "most people"
This is completely false. Most of the time, the questions I see on forums either go unanswered, are answered with "RTFM N00B!", or very rarely answered with useful information or pointed to some other forum where there is an answer. It has gotten so bad that people often post the question to 20 forums which results in a Google search returning the same question by the same poster and one is lucky to find an actual answer.
You are really going to ask that question? Here let me give you some answers:
Can I run iTunes? Can I run Photoshop? Can I run Quicken? Why does everyone complain about the files I make in OpenOffice? Can't I just run Microsoft Office? How do I watch a bluray? How do I play Portal on linux? How do I play Skyrim on linux? How do I play World of Warcraft on linux? Why do I need WINE? Why do my games run slower under linux? Everything crawls! Why do I have to change my video card when everything worked fine on Windows? I went to a website that uses Flash and it says I need to upgrade to a new version, but I can't find it for Linux I can't get my printer to work! Why won't linux recognize my new camera? My webcam doesn't work! How do I get my wifi to work?? I have tried all those FAQs you pointed me to! I can't get my new printer to work! I want to burn a DVD. Can I run Nero? How do I burn a DVD? My company require VPN software. How do I set it up on my computer? I can't this program to work, it says it can't find the server. How do I change the firewall? I don't know what port it uses. Why do I have to use the command line? Why is it taking so long to set up my computer?
I have used Windows since 3.0, Linux since Slackware 3.0, and various flavors of Unix. These are but a few of the questions I have been asked when it came to Linux. Linux will generally work for many things. Often it does not "simply work", it does not have comparable applications available, and requires a lot of tinkering to get it to work right with everything the user wants. Most users do not have the time or skill to get everything working properly and are unwilling to settle or to wait for the community to maybe get whatever it is working.
Ender is a school child who accidentally kicks another school child, who was the ringleader of a group of students who had decided to beat Ender up, to death in the school bathroom in an attempt to prevent further attacks by decisively beating the ringleader.
Talking about Bonzo?
Ender is a school child who,in self defense, accidentally kicks another school child, who wants to kill Ender, to death in the school bathroom.
In either case, FTFY.
You have left off the accidental nature of the deaths, that Ender is six years old when he kills Stilson, the fact that both were matters of self-defense, that Ender felt remorse for both deaths, and that Ender specifically stated he never wanted to kill anyone. By virtue of Ender's age, the death of Stilson would probably not result in much happening that would show up in the book. The fact that the entire incident with Bonzo was filmed and that Ender was showing the very behavior Battle School was trying to groom would explain "not much happening" after Bonzo's death.
I can come to your door expecting you to prove otherwise. I can can threaten you with letters from attorneys to attempt to get you to permit me to go into your home so I can ransack your clothes hamper. And, I can do all of that on the word of an unsworn witness as I don't need one to do any of those things.
Whether you comply with my demands would be something else entirely.
Good luck with that. Next time bring the police. And a warrant.
And, sometimes, that is exactly what happens with the BSA.
Actually, you are wrong. Ordinary citizens can investigate others for both civil and criminal matters. That is the backbone of investigative journalism. If I believe you have stolen from me, I can investigate you, the theft, and your involvement in same.
Also, this is not some random group of citizens. This is a group composed of legal entities who hold a legal right to the thing being investigated. The entities formed the group for mutual support and protection. This is similar to a neighborhood watch, which is a group of concerned citizens observing and investigating individuals in their neighborhood deemed suspicious.
To put it in words you can understand, if I have a report that you are swimming in my pool without my permission while I am at work, I am allowed to investigate it. If I receive a report that you have recorded my band's practice sessions and have put them on the internet, I can investigate and make demands, just as the BSA has done. And, just as the business can, you can refuse my demands.
To illustrate my point, I'm pretty sure we both would agree that unregistered guns are used in a lot of violent crime. So do you think it would be reasonable to have a local group of concerned citizens search your house looking for some? Hand you some forms demanding you list what weapons you do have, and tell you that if you have any guns that aren't properly registered, you'll be in trouble? Offer bribes to people you know and offer them cash if they can recall seeing you with a gun?
Your analogy is false.
While unregistered firearms are used in many violent crimes, that is irrelevant to the discussion. The question is one of misappropriation, not use in a crime or registering something with the government.
A group of concerned citizens are not searching anyone's house or business. The BSA sends a letter demanding
the recipient conduct a full software audit, saying that if it reveals improper copies of software, the companies could “claim various remedies, including that the unlicensed installations be deleted” and “compensation in the form of damages be paid for the period of unlicensed use”.
The business has the right to refuse the demand as would your hypothetical home owner. One would be perfectly within one's rights to crumple up the papers and toss them in the trash.
No, I think your primary problem with what they are doing is that they are trying to enforce their copyright. You may not like the strong-arm tactics and threats of suit, but you would complain just as loudly if they were asking nicely, then suing.
Why does the summary single out Microsoft? The article also mentions Adobe and the BSA website lists a number of companies, including AVG, CA, Intel, and Apple.
Are the submitter and editors bating the anti-MS folks and trying to start flame wars?
Anyone can demand anything. What they don't have is the power to compel the business to actually do the audit. In order to convince the business to do the audit, the BSA threats to sue them. You know, just like when some company is accused of violating the GPL, the copyright holder demands to see the source code with a threat of suit and then sues when they are rejected.
What part of "Explain in detail" did you not understand?
You pointed to two part, one of which is not in the parts that describe the powers of the government and at no point did you explain how they create a socialist government.
Please explain how the bill of rights provides "social ownership and control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy, and a political philosophy advocating such a system".
How about Amendment 10, which limits the federal government to those listed in the Constitution?
So, in other words, "socialist" has no meaning at all and thus can mean anything you want it to be. Convenient.
The "General Welfare" of society, not of each individual person. Also, you didn't explain in detail, you simply state an unsupported claim.
Seeing as all the powers of the federal government are set out in the articles, please explain in detail how the powers enumerated in the articles and amendments are "socialist".
I am in the situation the same situation he is in now and I do not agree with him, therefore you are wrong. I think the whole "don't snitch" thing is wrong now and would in the hypothetical situation I presented. And, it is the same situation you say he would change his position. He is 100% wrong, and so are you.
The fact that he would want people to snitch if it helped catch those that hurt him or his family makes him a hypocrite and does make his current view wrong.
I wish people like you would stop justifying assholes like the GGP.
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To be honest, I wasn't including extra software as part of the Windows OS
So, you are complaining because Microsoft doesn't include a fuck-ton of free software in their operating system while Ubuntu does, right?
Not to mention Notepad++ is freely available.
I am guessing that you had an ass-hat problem with pulseaudio. Not that I am disagreeing with you at all. You are right on the mark.
Oh, and for those that couldn't read it with the missing punctuation:
and finally, there is the leaning on CLI as a crutch. Whereas in OSX or Win 7, one could remove the CLI completely and have a 100% functional OS that I would argue more than 95% of the population would never even notice CLI was removed. With Linux, thanks to its actually being a server OS and NOT a desktop OS at heart, if you remove CLI you've completely destroyed the OS and many distros won't even boot.
TFTFY.
Several reasons.
First, Apple had the built-in market of the Apple Mac acolytes.
Second, OS X had OS 9 compatibility mode to allow people to still use older programs. That means near zero cost to use the newer operating system.
Third, Apple pushed third party developers to port popular existing application over to OS X before it was released. This meant that there were plenty of trusted, supported, third party applications available.
Fourth, Apple put time and effort into creating a good GUI. One never needs to use the CLI. They enforce a look and feel and thus have a consistent interface. And, it is an interface that is easy to learn and use.
Fifth, Apple got a big lift from the introduction of iPod. The iPod really raised the awareness of the Apple brand, including computers. People started actually looking at Apple products and liking what they saw. And, the people who could afford iPods could afford to pay for the name.
Sixth, years ago Apple put Macs in schools by the thousand. The kids who grew up using a Mac in school were just hitting the market when Apple's brand started to become prominent.
It would be possible to make a successful "Desktop Linux". It would just require a bunch of things the community doesn't want to do and either would or do actively fight against, including but not limited to a consistent look and feel, binary drivers, and closed-source, for-profit software.
The number one thing holding back "Desktop Linux" is the Linux community.
I have to agree with you. I file a straight 1040 and use TurboTax online.
However, if you convince people that they deserve freedom, they will start rejecting nonfree software whether it is technically inferior or technically superior, because they will see that free software is ethically superior. They will understand the important question and judge it right. This is a full, deep success.
He has been saying this for how long with what result?
What is it called when one does the same thing over and over again and expects a different result?
We expect people to do their research beforehand, act mature and use proper grammar and spelling. Unfortunately, this seems to be outside of the abilities of "most people"
This is completely false. Most of the time, the questions I see on forums either go unanswered, are answered with "RTFM N00B!", or very rarely answered with useful information or pointed to some other forum where there is an answer. It has gotten so bad that people often post the question to 20 forums which results in a Google search returning the same question by the same poster and one is lucky to find an actual answer.
Why not?
You are really going to ask that question? Here let me give you some answers:
Can I run iTunes?
Can I run Photoshop?
Can I run Quicken?
Why does everyone complain about the files I make in OpenOffice?
Can't I just run Microsoft Office?
How do I watch a bluray?
How do I play Portal on linux?
How do I play Skyrim on linux?
How do I play World of Warcraft on linux?
Why do I need WINE?
Why do my games run slower under linux? Everything crawls!
Why do I have to change my video card when everything worked fine on Windows?
I went to a website that uses Flash and it says I need to upgrade to a new version, but I can't find it for Linux
I can't get my printer to work!
Why won't linux recognize my new camera?
My webcam doesn't work!
How do I get my wifi to work?? I have tried all those FAQs you pointed me to!
I can't get my new printer to work!
I want to burn a DVD. Can I run Nero?
How do I burn a DVD?
My company require VPN software. How do I set it up on my computer?
I can't this program to work, it says it can't find the server. How do I change the firewall? I don't know what port it uses.
Why do I have to use the command line?
Why is it taking so long to set up my computer?
I have used Windows since 3.0, Linux since Slackware 3.0, and various flavors of Unix. These are but a few of the questions I have been asked when it came to Linux. Linux will generally work for many things. Often it does not "simply work", it does not have comparable applications available, and requires a lot of tinkering to get it to work right with everything the user wants. Most users do not have the time or skill to get everything working properly and are unwilling to settle or to wait for the community to maybe get whatever it is working.
Apparently, this has less to do with Ender's Game than it does with something the teacher was reading which involved prostitutes getting facials.
Talking about Stilson?
Ender is a school child who accidentally kicks another school child, who was the ringleader of a group of students who had decided to beat Ender up, to death in the school bathroom in an attempt to prevent further attacks by decisively beating the ringleader.
Talking about Bonzo?
Ender is a school child who ,in self defense, accidentally kicks another school child, who wants to kill Ender, to death in the school bathroom.
In either case, FTFY.
You have left off the accidental nature of the deaths, that Ender is six years old when he kills Stilson, the fact that both were matters of self-defense, that Ender felt remorse for both deaths, and that Ender specifically stated he never wanted to kill anyone. By virtue of Ender's age, the death of Stilson would probably not result in much happening that would show up in the book. The fact that the entire incident with Bonzo was filmed and that Ender was showing the very behavior Battle School was trying to groom would explain "not much happening" after Bonzo's death.
No, not like that. Work is also a social activity. Make sure you get out and see and talk to other people.
Yeah, I call bullshit.
I certainly can do all those things.
I can come to your door expecting you to prove otherwise.
I can can threaten you with letters from attorneys to attempt to get you to permit me to go into your home so I can ransack your clothes hamper.
And, I can do all of that on the word of an unsworn witness as I don't need one to do any of those things.
Whether you comply with my demands would be something else entirely.
Good luck with that. Next time bring the police. And a warrant.
And, sometimes, that is exactly what happens with the BSA.
Perhaps one should not run around committing felonies.. I know, that is a radical concept, but it is a valid one.
And, before you get all huffy, my girlfriend is in prison for being stupid and committing felony crimes.
Reductio ad absurdum? Really? No wonder people like you always lose the argument and never make headway.
Please explain in detail what part of the Constitution of the United States would be violated if DNA was collected from a convicted criminal.
Actually, you are wrong. Ordinary citizens can investigate others for both civil and criminal matters. That is the backbone of investigative journalism. If I believe you have stolen from me, I can investigate you, the theft, and your involvement in same.
Also, this is not some random group of citizens. This is a group composed of legal entities who hold a legal right to the thing being investigated. The entities formed the group for mutual support and protection. This is similar to a neighborhood watch, which is a group of concerned citizens observing and investigating individuals in their neighborhood deemed suspicious.
To put it in words you can understand, if I have a report that you are swimming in my pool without my permission while I am at work, I am allowed to investigate it. If I receive a report that you have recorded my band's practice sessions and have put them on the internet, I can investigate and make demands, just as the BSA has done. And, just as the business can, you can refuse my demands.
To put it bluntly, you are wrong.
To illustrate my point, I'm pretty sure we both would agree that unregistered guns are used in a lot of violent crime. So do you think it would be reasonable to have a local group of concerned citizens search your house looking for some? Hand you some forms demanding you list what weapons you do have, and tell you that if you have any guns that aren't properly registered, you'll be in trouble? Offer bribes to people you know and offer them cash if they can recall seeing you with a gun?
Your analogy is false.
While unregistered firearms are used in many violent crimes, that is irrelevant to the discussion. The question is one of misappropriation, not use in a crime or registering something with the government.
A group of concerned citizens are not searching anyone's house or business. The BSA sends a letter demanding
the recipient conduct a full software audit, saying that if it reveals improper copies of software, the companies could “claim various remedies, including that the unlicensed installations be deleted” and “compensation in the form of damages be paid for the period of unlicensed use”.
The business has the right to refuse the demand as would your hypothetical home owner. One would be perfectly within one's rights to crumple up the papers and toss them in the trash.
I suggest you look up the so-called prank of swatting.
No, I think your primary problem with what they are doing is that they are trying to enforce their copyright. You may not like the strong-arm tactics and threats of suit, but you would complain just as loudly if they were asking nicely, then suing.
Why does the summary single out Microsoft? The article also mentions Adobe and the BSA website lists a number of companies, including AVG, CA, Intel, and Apple.
Are the submitter and editors bating the anti-MS folks and trying to start flame wars?
Anyone can demand anything. What they don't have is the power to compel the business to actually do the audit. In order to convince the business to do the audit, the BSA threats to sue them. You know, just like when some company is accused of violating the GPL, the copyright holder demands to see the source code with a threat of suit and then sues when they are rejected.
What part of "Explain in detail" did you not understand?
You pointed to two part, one of which is not in the parts that describe the powers of the government and at no point did you explain how they create a socialist government.
Please explain how the bill of rights provides "social ownership and control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy, and a political philosophy advocating such a system".
How about Amendment 10, which limits the federal government to those listed in the Constitution?
So, in other words, "socialist" has no meaning at all and thus can mean anything you want it to be. Convenient.
The "General Welfare" of society, not of each individual person. Also, you didn't explain in detail, you simply state an unsupported claim.
Seeing as all the powers of the federal government are set out in the articles, please explain in detail how the powers enumerated in the articles and amendments are "socialist".
Aw, hell, that ain't socialist - THIS is socialist!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Please list all the "socialist" parts of the Constitution and explain how they are socialist.
I am in the situation the same situation he is in now and I do not agree with him, therefore you are wrong. I think the whole "don't snitch" thing is wrong now and would in the hypothetical situation I presented. And, it is the same situation you say he would change his position. He is 100% wrong, and so are you.
The fact that he would want people to snitch if it helped catch those that hurt him or his family makes him a hypocrite and does make his current view wrong.
I wish people like you would stop justifying assholes like the GGP.