This is the exact thing that would have a chance to make it as a general user desktop Linux distribution.
Of course, most FLOSS fanboys will scream and cry and hate all over IBM so it probably won't happen, but it would have a much better chance of success than the current offerings.
A beer does not incapacitate, but a hit of heroin does, or did you forget that, shithead? Alcohol is addictive to some people, heroin is addictive to ALL people. Marijuana causes lung cancer and the people who grow it illegally on public land put out land mines which kill innocent hikers.
Oh, and by the way, I don't drink, fuckwit.
Oh, and I don't drive a bus for a living. I am a operations engineer at a telecom company. I hope your family gets killed by someone looking for his next fix. Then you can whine all you want about barbarism.
Shut up, OD, and die already, you worthless piece of shit junky.
Maybe you should go learn about the physical requirements and testing for CDL drivers as well as school bus and regular bus drivers and come back and talk to me.
And, after a couple of those incidents, you won't be able to get anyone to buy you a cell phone because they will all know that they will end up "shot and thrown into a ravine."
People are not as stupid as you seem to think they are or as stupid as you seem to be.
Nicotine does not incapacitate it's users. Nicotine does not turn the user into a hazard to himself and others. One can smoke and operate a vehicle and/or heavy machinery.
But, heroin, cocaine, and many other drugs do any and or all of the above.
Would you have someone high on heroin or Xanax or morphine drive you around at rush hour? How about drive your child's school bus?
You forgot the part where there are legions of addicts who can't work. They add nothing to society and live of the rest of us. And, when their habit becomes more than they can afford, they will still turn to crime to pay for their addiction.
You would have two choices: 1) You do international roaming which will cost you big bucks. 2) You get a pre-paid cell phone and register it to yourself when you activate it.
Please explain in detail how requiring the registration of cell phones to their users, thereby allowing the police to trace the owner of cell phones, to prevent the use of said cell phones in crimes is fraudulent.
SEIDENBERG: This is -- thank you for the question. Thank you for your comment. This goes to my investors so they don't think we're crazy. So when you look at this question -- so let's look at the dichotomy between a carrier and the Silicon Valley types. So most people think a carrier wants to charge for every minute on a linear basis in perpetuity, infinity. That's what you guys think, right? You're right, when we do that. We don't really want to do that. What we want to do is give you a chance to buy a bundle, a session of 10 megabits or a session of 30. The problem we have is 5 (percent) or 10 percent of the people are the abusers that are chewing up all the bandwidth. That's what happened with music and all that kind of thing. So what we will do is put in reasonable data plans, and we've done this. We've just introduced a $30 data plan that does with every one of our BlackBerrys or smart phones, a 10 (dollar) or a $30 data plan that covers the majority of people who feel that's a fair price. I get to use it for 30, 40 hours and I pay a certain rate. But when we now go after the very, very high users, the ones who camp on the network all day long every day doing things that -- who knows what they're doing -- those are the --
The Ars Technica piece is missing the bit in bold.
Except for the part where the game designer gets to choose how the "subtle issues" are connected in a "complex interconnected system", I am sure you are right.
Take that stupid "kill the terrorist and make more terrorists" game. The group that made said game had an agenda and the rules of their game did not conform to reality but rather to their agenda. Their game ignored the fact that terrorists kill people, so the terrorists in the game never formed their own group of enemies.
Your post should be:
Games can be propaganda for an opinion of an issue, but not a solution.
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This is the exact thing that would have a chance to make it as a general user desktop Linux distribution.
Of course, most FLOSS fanboys will scream and cry and hate all over IBM so it probably won't happen, but it would have a much better chance of success than the current offerings.
I notice you do not refute his claim, but rather attack him. Perhaps you should try refuting the claim with respectable, verifiable information.
The only problem with that is that the Pirate party has nothing to do with privacy.
Calling themselves the Privacy Party would be a lie.
If you don't like it, don't buy their products. Problem solved.
If you do not know the difference between "then" and "than", I doubt your plan is as sound as you think it is.
Oh, come now, that is what passes for news on Slashdot these days.
A beer does not incapacitate, but a hit of heroin does, or did you forget that, shithead? Alcohol is addictive to some people, heroin is addictive to ALL people. Marijuana causes lung cancer and the people who grow it illegally on public land put out land mines which kill innocent hikers.
Oh, and by the way, I don't drink, fuckwit.
Oh, and I don't drive a bus for a living. I am a operations engineer at a telecom company. I hope your family gets killed by someone looking for his next fix. Then you can whine all you want about barbarism.
Shut up, OD, and die already, you worthless piece of shit junky.
Maybe you should go learn about the physical requirements and testing for CDL drivers as well as school bus and regular bus drivers and come back and talk to me.
BTW, I have a Class A CDL so I know it.
A drink will not incapacitate someone. A single hit of heroin will.
And, after a couple of those incidents, you won't be able to get anyone to buy you a cell phone because they will all know that they will end up "shot and thrown into a ravine."
People are not as stupid as you seem to think they are or as stupid as you seem to be.
You get it? You want pictures?
Nicotine does not incapacitate it's users. Nicotine does not turn the user into a hazard to himself and others. One can smoke and operate a vehicle and/or heavy machinery.
But, heroin, cocaine, and many other drugs do any and or all of the above.
Would you have someone high on heroin or Xanax or morphine drive you around at rush hour? How about drive your child's school bus?
You forgot the part where there are legions of addicts who can't work. They add nothing to society and live of the rest of us. And, when their habit becomes more than they can afford, they will still turn to crime to pay for their addiction.
Either explain it or admit you can't and STFU.
Shows how little you know. Prohibition with minor penalties doesn't work. Make the penalty harsh enough and it works just fine.
It doesn't work because they only execute the dealers. Get rid of the users and you get rid of the demand.
That would work right up until they start prosecuting the poor dudes for conspiracy or even the actual crimes.
Please explain in detail how to work around the required registration of a cell phone to a person.
You would have two choices:
1) You do international roaming which will cost you big bucks.
2) You get a pre-paid cell phone and register it to yourself when you activate it.
Please explain in detail how requiring the registration of cell phones to their users, thereby allowing the police to trace the owner of cell phones, to prevent the use of said cell phones in crimes is fraudulent.
Makes as much sense legalizing drugs.
Let's have a little context:
The Ars Technica piece is missing the bit in bold.
Except for the part where the game designer gets to choose how the "subtle issues" are connected in a "complex interconnected system", I am sure you are right.
Take that stupid "kill the terrorist and make more terrorists" game. The group that made said game had an agenda and the rules of their game did not conform to reality but rather to their agenda. Their game ignored the fact that terrorists kill people, so the terrorists in the game never formed their own group of enemies.
Your post should be:
It may have a niche market now, but it isn't going to be The Next Big Thing, at least not for a while.
You and your ilk do not deserve civil conversation. Your screaming paranoia, fear, and spreading of FUD deserve nothing but derision and abuse.
Wow, you are a fucking moron. I did not say anything about general surveillance. Maybe you should try reading instead of reading into things.
I was referring to the London system. If you had even basic reading comprehension skills, you would have understood that.
You weren't commenting on the topic of discussion, therefore you are just an asshole.