You cannot say that 0 is therefore an invalid factor of SET 1
I am not saying that 0 is an invalid factor of SET 1, I am saying that if someone says:
"I chose SET 1 because it contains 0"
This someone is either stupid or ignorant, because 0 is contained in all three SETs. So he might have said: I chose a random set, that would have stated the same.
Ok, let's take an analogy since you still don't get it;-)
Let's say I'm on my bike and I come to a crossing where I can choose between 3 different path to continue my trip. I am going to take right, because it is flat (easier for my little muscles) and toll free (as in beer). Left is steep, and straight it has a toll for $50. So I am going to take a right turn. The fact that there is three roads is not part of my motivation to go on the right. The fact that there is three roads gives me a choice. That is the starting point, from which I must list all the pros and cons of every road (my actual motivation to go left, straihgt or right) and then, I can balance my options and take a decision. The fact that I had a choice in the first place didn't play any part in the decision factor, it created it. In the list of pros for the road on the right I am not going to write "I had a choice", because that is a given, true for any road, so that doesn't help me decide which road to take.
To get back to the OS choice, the fact that you have a choice is a pro for Linux, for BSD, for Windows, for every one of the OS out there you can choose from. So it is not a factor that is going to push you toward Linux as it can push you toward anything.
Of course, we were talking about the DMCA, which takes place in the US. Thanks for the refreshing information that the whole world is not as crazy as the US though...
Well, as much as I like Linux, Free Software and Open Source, I don't think XP has anything to catch up on X-Windows. On Linux, yes, but on X-Windows, certainly not!
Damn it, I'm not saying choice is bad!!!!! Choice is good! It's just that in the list of reasons to choose Linux you don't have choice, because choice would be in the list of reasons to choose any OS, not only Linux (or anything). Hence, the fact that you have a choice is not a motivation to choose Linux. It is a motivation to choose another OS, yes, but Linux in particular, no.
Well, most DVD players are shipped with MacroVision. That is not on the DVD, but on the player. Whatever video you're going to play with your DVD, even your own vacation picture, will be MacroVisionned, right? So my point still stand, even if you call it "BULL**T"...
Doesn't VCRs do the same sh*t with any tape? I think so...
Ok, if you want to push it further: I own the rights to my videocassette I recorded last summer, but I still cannot legally copy it from my VCR to my neighbor's VCR without disabling the Macrovision. And explaining/publishing this information is still a violation of the DMCA.
The DMCA prevents you from viewing the images on your DVD (you own the thing) that you just bought if you don't own a "preapproved" DVD player. A mere DVD-ROM + Linux can't do it legally.
Actually, it doesn't prevent you, but if you find a way to do it, it prevents you from publishing/sharing it.
I agree, having a choice is the reason for you to move to something else. Not necessarily to Linux. That's my point. This same choice could be used to move to Debian, Red Hat, Caldera (hmmm, why not after all), *BSD, *IX, *. As it can be used for everything, it is not an argument to move to Linux in particular. That's all.
So if I get you right, you basically mean you have never heard of the free (not as in beer, as in MS-Free) PowerToys. So just because you don't know that exists, you just make the assumtion that Windows is just a piece of crap (you're right up until this point) that doesn't support virtual desktops. That's what I call a fair assumtion.
Hmmm. I just don't get it. You choose Linux because it's better, ok. Because it's free, faster, more this, less that, I get. But because you can??? You can choose anything, right? I can install OS/2 on my platform if I choose! BeOS, UnixWare (God may have mercy on my soul) if I want, and yet I don't.
Of course you have a choice, you always have a choice. I read mostly science fiction not because I have choice, but because I like it. Choice allow me to make that decision, it is not a reason for it!
I mean, how the "I have a choice" can be a reason for choosing OS #1, when it is as applicable for OS #2 that you didn't choose?
Most X window managers support mutipal desktops (Windblows doesn't) You are just trying to flame right? You know that windows does support that right? Or maybe you just meant "multipal" desktops instead of "multiple" and I just talked off my ass, in which case, please precise what exactly is a "multipal"...
And finally, CHOICE! So you use choice B because you have a choice. I can't think of any worse reason than that...
In fact, EVERYTHING is explained in the first half hour
You want unanswered questions, there you go: 1. Why exactly does Neo is capable of blowing stuff in the real world? He is some kind of superman, right? That spoil the first movie big time, since it was supposed to take place in the "Real" world, you know, our world. 2. How does Smith goes into the real world? 3. What the fuck is the point of the train station? 4. Who is the Merovingian? They did such a nice job in the II to set-up this guy, why did they just loos it there? 5. Why the fuck are the squids flying around in huge clouds so easy to target instead of actually attacking? 6. Why didn't they have a device such as the one in the spaceship in case they got outnumbered? It sure seems to have saved the day.
Or you could say something like "Today the weather is nice LOLOLOL;-)"
Yes, that would work too, even though it doesn't give a clue as why this is funny. Of course, with the weather example, it is pretty obvious, but in a more general case, you might ensure first that your audience has a clue about the context that makes the joke actually funny.
This is a serious matter, not something you should take lightly.
See, to do a joke, you do not just need to think about it. People do not read your thoughts. So you have to give a clue away. Like if I say: "Today the weather is nice", no one will have a clue I'm joking and it is raining outside, because they don't even know where I am. So it is not funny. However, if I say "Today the weather is nice, looks like I could go windsurfing on the highway", then they know I am joking. Even if the joke is awful.
That had to be expected. First, they try to scare people away from Linux. No much luck in there, the news are full of people/administrations/companies that switch to Linux.
One positive outcome though, the investment of 50 million fresh new dollars.
Then you can start phase two: Pay people not to use Linux. One thing is sure, the $50M are not going to last long.
Because by doing so, the slashdot website wouldn't be free (as in beer) anymore. So how could it be free (as in speech) then? Hmmm? Let's face it, it would become evil!
Your analogy is stupid. People share (legally) Word files a lot more often than they legally share music files. Unless you are somehow actively advocating the illegal sharing of music files, I don't see why popularity base has anything to do with your choice of music format.
You got the problem reversed. They are not and should not support EVERY single file format out there, right? There is just no point. So how do you decide which formats to support and which formats not to support? Popularity is a good one, IMO. If (almost) no one use Ogg, why supporting it?
Plus we need to settle on a stable file format one day or another, and MP3 seems pretty good for that purpose giving that 80% of the people out there have most of their music in this format on their HDD.
Slashdot Mirror
not limiting themselves to spam or pop-up ads
Did anything seriously thought they would? This is hilarious.
You cannot say that 0 is therefore an invalid factor of SET 1
I am not saying that 0 is an invalid factor of SET 1, I am saying that if someone says:
"I chose SET 1 because it contains 0"
This someone is either stupid or ignorant, because 0 is contained in all three SETs. So he might have said: I chose a random set, that would have stated the same.
What exactly is this "high-reward" we get for sharing movies
DVDs for free.
Ok, let's take an analogy since you still don't get it ;-)
Let's say I'm on my bike and I come to a crossing where I can choose between 3 different path to continue my trip. I am going to take right, because it is flat (easier for my little muscles) and toll free (as in beer). Left is steep, and straight it has a toll for $50. So I am going to take a right turn. The fact that there is three roads is not part of my motivation to go on the right. The fact that there is three roads gives me a choice. That is the starting point, from which I must list all the pros and cons of every road (my actual motivation to go left, straihgt or right) and then, I can balance my options and take a decision.
The fact that I had a choice in the first place didn't play any part in the decision factor, it created it. In the list of pros for the road on the right I am not going to write "I had a choice", because that is a given, true for any road, so that doesn't help me decide which road to take.
To get back to the OS choice, the fact that you have a choice is a pro for Linux, for BSD, for Windows, for every one of the OS out there you can choose from. So it is not a factor that is going to push you toward Linux as it can push you toward anything.
Of course, we were talking about the DMCA, which takes place in the US. Thanks for the refreshing information that the whole world is not as crazy as the US though...
Well, as much as I like Linux, Free Software and Open Source, I don't think XP has anything to catch up on X-Windows. On Linux, yes, but on X-Windows, certainly not!
Damn it, I'm not saying choice is bad!!!!! Choice is good! It's just that in the list of reasons to choose Linux you don't have choice, because choice would be in the list of reasons to choose any OS, not only Linux (or anything). Hence, the fact that you have a choice is not a motivation to choose Linux. It is a motivation to choose another OS, yes, but Linux in particular, no.
I can't exit Outlook on XP ... For a 4-month old Dell with clean XP and NOTHING fancy on third party software
Well, if you use Outlook XP, one might argue that you have a lot of fancy third party software such as Trojans, Viruses, and all the like...
Allright, *munch* *munch*... I'm eating my words....
Well, most DVD players are shipped with MacroVision. That is not on the DVD, but on the player. Whatever video you're going to play with your DVD, even your own vacation picture, will be MacroVisionned, right? So my point still stand, even if you call it "BULL**T"...
Doesn't VCRs do the same sh*t with any tape? I think so...
Ok, if you want to push it further: I own the rights to my videocassette I recorded last summer, but I still cannot legally copy it from my VCR to my neighbor's VCR without disabling the Macrovision. And explaining/publishing this information is still a violation of the DMCA.
Yes, I got that. I think it is not funny weird. I think it is sad-sickening.
The DMCA prevents you from viewing the images on your DVD (you own the thing) that you just bought if you don't own a "preapproved" DVD player. A mere DVD-ROM + Linux can't do it legally.
Actually, it doesn't prevent you, but if you find a way to do it, it prevents you from publishing/sharing it.
So no, it is not funny.
I agree, having a choice is the reason for you to move to something else. Not necessarily to Linux. That's my point. This same choice could be used to move to Debian, Red Hat, Caldera (hmmm, why not after all), *BSD, *IX, *. As it can be used for everything, it is not an argument to move to Linux in particular. That's all.
So if I get you right, you basically mean you have never heard of the free (not as in beer, as in MS-Free) PowerToys. So just because you don't know that exists, you just make the assumtion that Windows is just a piece of crap (you're right up until this point) that doesn't support virtual desktops. That's what I call a fair assumtion.
Hmmm. I just don't get it. You choose Linux because it's better, ok. Because it's free, faster, more this, less that, I get. But because you can??? You can choose anything, right? I can install OS/2 on my platform if I choose! BeOS, UnixWare (God may have mercy on my soul) if I want, and yet I don't.
Of course you have a choice, you always have a choice. I read mostly science fiction not because I have choice, but because I like it. Choice allow me to make that decision, it is not a reason for it!
I mean, how the "I have a choice" can be a reason for choosing OS #1, when it is as applicable for OS #2 that you didn't choose?
Oh well, I need some sleep.
Most X window managers support mutipal desktops (Windblows doesn't)
You are just trying to flame right? You know that windows does support that right? Or maybe you just meant "multipal" desktops instead of "multiple" and I just talked off my ass, in which case, please precise what exactly is a "multipal"...
And finally, CHOICE!
So you use choice B because you have a choice. I can't think of any worse reason than that...
In fact, EVERYTHING is explained in the first half hour
You want unanswered questions, there you go:
1. Why exactly does Neo is capable of blowing stuff in the real world? He is some kind of superman, right? That spoil the first movie big time, since it was supposed to take place in the "Real" world, you know, our world.
2. How does Smith goes into the real world?
3. What the fuck is the point of the train station?
4. Who is the Merovingian? They did such a nice job in the II to set-up this guy, why did they just loos it there?
5. Why the fuck are the squids flying around in huge clouds so easy to target instead of actually attacking?
6. Why didn't they have a device such as the one in the spaceship in case they got outnumbered? It sure seems to have saved the day.
Of course, that's all I can think of for now...
Or you could say something like "Today the weather is nice LOLOLOL ;-)"
Yes, that would work too, even though it doesn't give a clue as why this is funny. Of course, with the weather example, it is pretty obvious, but in a more general case, you might ensure first that your audience has a clue about the context that makes the joke actually funny.
This is a serious matter, not something you should take lightly.
See, to do a joke, you do not just need to think about it. People do not read your thoughts. So you have to give a clue away. Like if I say: "Today the weather is nice", no one will have a clue I'm joking and it is raining outside, because they don't even know where I am. So it is not funny.
However, if I say "Today the weather is nice, looks like I could go windsurfing on the highway", then they know I am joking. Even if the joke is awful.
That had to be expected. First, they try to scare people away from Linux. No much luck in there, the news are full of people/administrations/companies that switch to Linux.
One positive outcome though, the investment of 50 million fresh new dollars.
Then you can start phase two: Pay people not to use Linux. One thing is sure, the $50M are not going to last long.
they studied Nike too
So was the Nike model "We sell shoes, but first we'll have to give people feet for free" ?
Because by doing so, the slashdot website wouldn't be free (as in beer) anymore. So how could it be free (as in speech) then? Hmmm? Let's face it, it would become evil!
Your analogy is stupid. People share (legally) Word files a lot more often than they legally share music files. Unless you are somehow actively advocating the illegal sharing of music files, I don't see why popularity base has anything to do with your choice of music format.
You got the problem reversed. They are not and should not support EVERY single file format out there, right? There is just no point. So how do you decide which formats to support and which formats not to support? Popularity is a good one, IMO. If (almost) no one use Ogg, why supporting it?
Plus we need to settle on a stable file format one day or another, and MP3 seems pretty good for that purpose giving that 80% of the people out there have most of their music in this format on their HDD.
I feel taxpayers have a right to dictate what their money goes to pay for
You do. That's what elections are for. You elect the people that are going to spend your tax money.
If every time that had to spend a dime they had to consult the people, it would certainly waste a lot more money.