You are absolutely correct in your assesment of Slashdot community social and political inclinations.
My hope is that one day most of them will grow up , have kids and simply blend in into society.
Frankly, I am much comfortable with geeky UI designs (well, GIMP being exception) than some strange and frankly, unworkable GUI that came out of design shops ( Lotus Notes, Mac GUI etc...)
Privatize Social Security !
Don't you see that with aging population there is no chance in hell we will be able to sustain SS without eventually ending up with taxes around 80-90%.
BTW. If your hopes for retirement are based on SS payments then you will be for a big shock there...
Even now, SS is NOT ENOUGH to make a decent living.
Hahaha.
That was quite funny.
On the other hand one can easily forget how bad it is out there, after all, it does not affect your safe little world here..
"essential public-service programs "
We had these for 30 years and where are the results ?
"What you should keep in mind, however, is that a repeal of the estate tax would help all wealthy citizens, while helping few poor citizens. "
It matters not. It is their money, already taxed once and, unless you can prove that it was illegaly earned you should keep your hands out.
Simple as that.
Why don' you shut the fuck up.
This is not a Soviet society when any politicial can call on "popular" support and simply rob other people of LEGALLY earned income, or is it ?
"Plus his kids will get their grandpa's oil wealth"
Why shouldn't they. If their grandpa obtained his wealth using illegal means there are laws to take it away but if he did not then who are you to decide what should happen to his money ?
Oh, so it looks like these "rich" people don't trust themselves since even with this tax repeal they still would be able to donate all their money to some worthy cause.
Repealing this tax promotes freedom as anyone who not wishes to pass their wealth "down the lines" can still do so but others who are not willing to go that way are free to do what they want.
How about using NT style security...
Create an acount, assign required capabilities ( on sys admin level - not code) to that acount and have new app run under it.
No,no.
He says that GPL is TEMPORARY solution, where ultimate goal would be complete abolishment of notion of proprietary code.
I don't give a shit about GPL, as it is now, I was commenting on his views how things should be and in this light my comments were very much on target.
"obvious display of intellectual deficiency:"
You do enjoy making personal attacks, don't you ?
Guess what, If I remember correctly, this is precisely the sing of "intellectual deficiency"..
Frankly, you are wrong here because I did release program which was initially under GPL and had around 3000 downloads.
However, new version will be under BSD which is much better licesne to make contribution and actually have people use it without any restrictions.
Property rights ARE human rights.
I am sure,people who invested their time into creating, would agree. Taking away their ability to protect their work from theft is very much human rights issue.
Quoting RMS "it cannot justify denying the public important freedoms. As Abraham Lincoln put it, "Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail." Property rights are meant to advance human well-being, not as an excuse to disregard it. "
We are talking about fucking code, programs which are designed by people who are perfectly within their rights NOT to publish source code.
"Human rights" , my ass.
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You are absolutely correct in your assesment of Slashdot community social and political inclinations.
My hope is that one day most of them will grow up , have kids and simply blend in into society.
Frankly, I am much comfortable with geeky UI designs (well, GIMP being exception) than some strange and frankly, unworkable GUI that came out of design shops ( Lotus Notes, Mac GUI etc ...)
Privatize Social Security ! ...
Don't you see that with aging population there is no chance in hell we will be able to sustain SS without eventually ending up with taxes around 80-90%.
BTW. If your hopes for retirement are based on SS payments then you will be for a big shock there
Even now, SS is NOT ENOUGH to make a decent living.
Not to shady for a homeless guy...
Do your part and start smoking.
Hahaha.
That was quite funny.
On the other hand one can easily forget how bad it is out there, after all, it does not affect your safe little world here..
Providing ?
How ? Did Gates and others get huge goverment check in 80s ?
NO, they started in garrage, some of them made it some of them did not.
"essential public-service programs "
We had these for 30 years and where are the results ?
"What you should keep in mind, however, is that a repeal of the estate tax would help all wealthy citizens, while helping few poor citizens. "
It matters not. It is their money, already taxed once and, unless you can prove that it was illegaly earned you should keep your hands out.
Simple as that.
Why don' you shut the fuck up.
This is not a Soviet society when any politicial can call on "popular" support and simply rob other people of LEGALLY earned income, or is it ?
No we are not. ...
BTW. Just because you call him stupid doesn't mean he is.
It might be you who is truly stupid here
No it will not. Corruption will simply take on another forms like independently sponsored ads etc ...
Well, then how do you explain the fact that nn 1998, the richest 1% paid 35%+ of our nation's taxes ?
No, you are a troll.
As opposed to your pointless rant, he at least presented some arguments.
"Plus his kids will get their grandpa's oil wealth"
Why shouldn't they. If their grandpa obtained his wealth using illegal means there are laws to take it away but if he did not then who are you to decide what should happen to his money ?
Oh, so it looks like these "rich" people don't trust themselves since even with this tax repeal they still would be able to donate all their money to some worthy cause.
Repealing this tax promotes freedom as anyone who not wishes to pass their wealth "down the lines" can still do so but others who are not willing to go that way are free to do what they want.
How about using NT style security...
Create an acount, assign required capabilities ( on sys admin level - not code) to that acount and have new app run under it.
Well, it is still progress as compared to current situation.
No,no.
..
He says that GPL is TEMPORARY solution, where ultimate goal would be complete abolishment of notion of proprietary code.
I don't give a shit about GPL, as it is now, I was commenting on his views how things should be and in this light my comments were very much on target.
"obvious display of intellectual deficiency:"
You do enjoy making personal attacks, don't you ?
Guess what, If I remember correctly, this is precisely the sing of "intellectual deficiency"
Thank you.
I don't need to take classes to appreciate meaning of private property.
It is not me who is trying to change definition of it.
Frankly, you are wrong here because I did release program which was initially under GPL and had around 3000 downloads.
However, new version will be under BSD which is much better licesne to make contribution and actually have people use it without any restrictions.
Property rights ARE human rights.
I am sure,people who invested their time into creating, would agree. Taking away their ability to protect their work from theft is very much human rights issue.
Quoting RMS "it cannot justify denying the public important freedoms. As Abraham Lincoln put it, "Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail." Property rights are meant to advance human well-being, not as an excuse to disregard it. "
We are talking about fucking code, programs which are designed by people who are perfectly within their rights NOT to publish source code.
"Human rights" , my ass.
Oh really ?
You would be surprised. When adjusted to population percentage Whites are MORE likely to be victims of hate crime.
There is no need to try to associate this guy with racism ...
"Maybe the 1.3 JRE for Mac OS X will lead to more applications written with Swing"
Swing is terrible to use. After using Qt for a while Swing seems unnecesary complex and hard to program with.