In any case, I thought that a large part of the point of Free Software (and correct me if I am wrong) is that it is voluntary.
Depends on who you ask. If you ask me, I disagree. I believe that no software publisher has any right to restrict the way a customer uses the program they bought. I believe that every single piece of software should be Free, by law. So, no... that's not a primary tenant of the Free Software movement. If anything, it's contradictory to its philosophy at its core.
There is one freedom that should ALWAYS be denied and forcefully taken away under any circumstances and in any context: the freedom to take away the freedoms of others.
Note: The above philosophy, which the FSF basically holds, is profoundly anti-capitalist and therefore revolutionary. The freedom of private industry is really the freedom to deny the fruits of industry to others.
You know, I used to say the exactly thing till I was maybe 15. Then my insomnia got to the point where I couldn't even sleep after being up 30 hours _straight_. Then I was prescribed a sedative to take every night. Point? I'm not sure.
It's rather irritating to hear communism "defended" by those who aren't communists and don't understand. His (her?) point was that the Chinese Communist Party is no longer communist, and that the nation is no longer socialist. Extremely good cases could be made for both. A case could also be made that it's more fascist than socialist, but calling it fascist is innacurate and fails to take into account the historical circumstances that led to it's rise in Italy, Germany, Japan (which, for the record, WAS fascist but thats an entirely different debate) and Spain.
If everyone simply gave according to their abilities and received according to their needs, everyone would get to work sooner.
I know everyone's sick on discussing what communism is on Slashdot, but I should point out that that's not at all what was attempted in the Soviet Union, or any other socialist ("Communist" as you might know them by better) nation. People got an hourly wage or sallary, just like here. The wage was based on how skilled the job was, more or less like here. There was no community of goods. That's why socialism is considered an intermediary step between capitalism and communism.
Not an answer to the question, but an interesting true story:
When I was 15 or so, my psichiatrist told me of a patient of hers who was so addicted to Everquest, that she could only handle talking to her son in-game.
Either that or I read it online... I can't really remember now. Lithium is murder for your memory. But I digress...
And then, of course, there is Godwin's Law. In short, you may truly hate George W. Bush, but he is not sending (nor would like to send) millions of innocent people to gas chambers. To compare someone to Hitler, the accusation must of that kind of gravity.
Good God, no. To compare someone to Hitler, there has to be similar qualities. That's the idea behind comparing. It irritates me to no end that there's some popular effort to make it impossible to learn a single thing from the Third Reich experience, by declaring any comparison to be hyperbole.
Hear, hear, brother! I don't think I ever enjoyed an MMORPG more than AC1. It was incredible fun to write macros for cooking your foodstuffs and the like - which, as I understand it, was one of the things UO's players remember foldly about that game. I tried AC2 when it came out and hated it, and that somehow made AC1 unplayable as well. *Sigh* Memories...
You're basically right, but saying that fascism is a hyper-repressive form of capitalism is a much better summary than alot of people know. And I would say that Bush truely is a fascist, but that of course doesn't make the nation so. The thing is, there's no clear dividing line between fascism and "regular" capitalism.
I'm not a Maoist - though I am a communist, and have tremendous respect for Mao - but I highly recomment reading this book. It's poetry, and truely inspiring. To brag: I have a copy of the first English edition from 1966, and it's very beautiful.
Also, a note: This new book that everyone loves so much, "Mao: The Unknown Story" is, to put it likely, not to be trusted blindly. Here's a random criticism I dug up, having forgot where I first heard them: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/401/index.ht ml?id=mp5.htm
Random question (not that I actually suspect anyone here knows the answer): Will it be possible to manually remove the chips without damaging the machine otherwise?
"Hearing people prattle on about how acceptable it is seem pathetic, to me. It's like the biggest group of losers in highschool getting together and saying 'hey, we're totally cool! honest!'"
Excuse me, but what else makes someone cool? Doesn't cool mean having a big group of friends who think you're cool?
In an age where the label "terrorist" is put on anyone we don't like, I find it rather ironic that one of the rare people who point this out have such a random misconception of their own about the meaning of the word. When did kidnappers who demand ransom money stop being terrorists?
I think it's the guys who think they need to wear silly-looking ritualistic costume pieces like ties in order to get work done who are behind the times. For fuck's sake...
I'm sure you didn't mean it so literally, but there are of course restrictions on who can vote. But I agree in general. For instance, the United States won't let felons vote, one of the million ways the poor are disenfranchised.
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In any case, I thought that a large part of the point of Free Software (and correct me if I am wrong) is that it is voluntary.
Depends on who you ask. If you ask me, I disagree. I believe that no software publisher has any right to restrict the way a customer uses the program they bought. I believe that every single piece of software should be Free, by law. So, no... that's not a primary tenant of the Free Software movement. If anything, it's contradictory to its philosophy at its core.
most of us probably think of ESA as European Space Agency
WTF? I thought most Slashdotters were American. I don't even know that acronym.
There is one freedom that should ALWAYS be denied and forcefully taken away under any circumstances and in any context: the freedom to take away the freedoms of others.
Note: The above philosophy, which the FSF basically holds, is profoundly anti-capitalist and therefore revolutionary. The freedom of private industry is really the freedom to deny the fruits of industry to others.
Refreshingly addictive!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_tea
You know, I used to say the exactly thing till I was maybe 15. Then my insomnia got to the point where I couldn't even sleep after being up 30 hours _straight_. Then I was prescribed a sedative to take every night. Point? I'm not sure.
It's rather irritating to hear communism "defended" by those who aren't communists and don't understand. His (her?) point was that the Chinese Communist Party is no longer communist, and that the nation is no longer socialist. Extremely good cases could be made for both. A case could also be made that it's more fascist than socialist, but calling it fascist is innacurate and fails to take into account the historical circumstances that led to it's rise in Italy, Germany, Japan (which, for the record, WAS fascist but thats an entirely different debate) and Spain.
Are you insane? It's uberness is based on how much attention it gives to _non_-NYT-type sources - which isn't nearly enough.
If everyone simply gave according to their abilities and received according to their needs, everyone would get to work sooner.
I know everyone's sick on discussing what communism is on Slashdot, but I should point out that that's not at all what was attempted in the Soviet Union, or any other socialist ("Communist" as you might know them by better) nation. People got an hourly wage or sallary, just like here. The wage was based on how skilled the job was, more or less like here. There was no community of goods. That's why socialism is considered an intermediary step between capitalism and communism.
Not an answer to the question, but an interesting true story:
When I was 15 or so, my psichiatrist told me of a patient of hers who was so addicted to Everquest, that she could only handle talking to her son in-game.
Either that or I read it online... I can't really remember now. Lithium is murder for your memory. But I digress...
MSN experienced the largest number of IM security incidents in both 2004 and 2005
*shock*, *SHOCK!*
So, it's just a clone of MSN written by someone else, still for windows?
The website's messed up, but you can get the linux version on the SF page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn
And then, of course, there is Godwin's Law. In short, you may truly hate George W. Bush, but he is not sending (nor would like to send) millions of innocent people to gas chambers. To compare someone to Hitler, the accusation must of that kind of gravity.
Good God, no. To compare someone to Hitler, there has to be similar qualities. That's the idea behind comparing. It irritates me to no end that there's some popular effort to make it impossible to learn a single thing from the Third Reich experience, by declaring any comparison to be hyperbole.
1) I meant that he's a fascist ideologically. Like I said, the government and nation aren't.
2) Fascists don't care about public opinion? Have you ever heard of a man named Joseph Goebbels?
Hear, hear, brother! I don't think I ever enjoyed an MMORPG more than AC1. It was incredible fun to write macros for cooking your foodstuffs and the like - which, as I understand it, was one of the things UO's players remember foldly about that game. I tried AC2 when it came out and hated it, and that somehow made AC1 unplayable as well. *Sigh* Memories...
You're basically right, but saying that fascism is a hyper-repressive form of capitalism is a much better summary than alot of people know. And I would say that Bush truely is a fascist, but that of course doesn't make the nation so. The thing is, there's no clear dividing line between fascism and "regular" capitalism.
Or read it online: http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/work s/red-book/index.htm
I'm not a Maoist - though I am a communist, and have tremendous respect for Mao - but I highly recomment reading this book. It's poetry, and truely inspiring. To brag: I have a copy of the first English edition from 1966, and it's very beautiful.
t ml?id=mp5.htm
Also, a note: This new book that everyone loves so much, "Mao: The Unknown Story" is, to put it likely, not to be trusted blindly. Here's a random criticism I dug up, having forgot where I first heard them: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/401/index.h
Random question (not that I actually suspect anyone here knows the answer): Will it be possible to manually remove the chips without damaging the machine otherwise?
Like many other gamers I'll be keeping a very close eye on this studio given how great Diablo II was.
Unfortunately, past experience has shown that great games are frequently 1-off flukes.
You do realize that Diablo II was a sequel, don't you?
Microsoft has sold more Windows Server software than Linux.
Heck, I'm surprised microsoft has sold ANY Linux server software.
"Hearing people prattle on about how acceptable it is seem pathetic, to me. It's like the biggest group of losers in highschool getting together and saying 'hey, we're totally cool! honest!'"
Excuse me, but what else makes someone cool? Doesn't cool mean having a big group of friends who think you're cool?
So... you're hoping that more spammers commit crimes that are taken seriously, just to create the association?
In an age where the label "terrorist" is put on anyone we don't like, I find it rather ironic that one of the rare people who point this out have such a random misconception of their own about the meaning of the word. When did kidnappers who demand ransom money stop being terrorists?
I think it's the guys who think they need to wear silly-looking ritualistic costume pieces like ties in order to get work done who are behind the times. For fuck's sake...
I'm sure you didn't mean it so literally, but there are of course restrictions on who can vote. But I agree in general. For instance, the United States won't let felons vote, one of the million ways the poor are disenfranchised.