Actually, you're not even in public on their planes. It's their property, they can tape whatever they want (as long as they tell you). Don't like it, don't fly their airline.
now, it's our turn to take charge. Market the software for them. Tell people about linux and what it can do for them. If they're interested, recommend a distribution to start out with, and help them install it. Show them how to use. Then be prepared to move them up to something a little more advanced. Most people I know that use linux started out with Red Hat and then moved to Debian or Gentoo or Slackware after about a month. Or maybe they want to use a *BSD. The point is, help people help free software!
Some geek preaching to me about a particular piece of software is just *looking* for an ass kicking.
Kid, you're entirely too naive. And, you have too much money if you have enough to donate to a fucking corporation. Talk to me when you have bills to pay and no job, then you can preach all you want about "community".
Just so you know, at least *one* person got this fantastic reference. But for some reason, I haven't had any mode points for a year or so. replace "tentacled" with "insect". One of the funniest lines in context in history.
I think it's more an issue of 9 out of 10 people don't know there's a better browser out there, so they use what comes with their computer.
I think it's more an issue of 9 out of 10 people have something better to do with their lives then worry about their browser, so they just don't fucking care.
And it's not just about technology. The money people have allow them to stop worrying about getting fed, and as they gain comfort and possessions, they gain more and more to lose from the government just taking from those according to their abilities and distributing to those according to their needs. Or simply taking people's lives. Funny, that a lack of anything to lose would encourage someone to suicide bomb, but that a great many things to lose leads someone to want to fight -- and win.
You've got it exactly right. A famous psychologist said nearly the same thing a while back. He came up with a little theory called "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs"
We have to ask ourselves, is globalization happening the way we'd like it to happen, or is it happening the way super-rich capitalists would like it to happen?
Considering the people benefitting, I'd say it's happening the way that the historically poverty-stricken want it to happen.
I agree. People often just don't realize that there are so many possible lifestyles out there other than their own. The most stubborn at the American Suburban people. Wake up in shitty generic apartment. Commute to work in car. Work in cubicle. Commute home. Go buy useless, generic shit to put in shitter generic apartment. Sleep. That's fucking pathetic.
WTF does OS being used have to do with web hosting? I have a few co-located servers, and my provider is excellent, regardless of the OS's I have running on my boxes. Jesus, talk about a troll.
I agree 100%. Marriage in this day and age is a very very strange thing, and in my opinion, is outdated and unnecessary. Meaningful relationships dont' necessarily have to have anything to do with marriage, per se. Relationships in this day and age can go so many different ways, it's a shame that some are still shoehorned into the structure of "marriage".
You got it! It's a conspiracy paid for by "M$"! Wow, you're a smart one. I appreciate your catching that, else I would've been completely and totally brainwashed. Damn double speak.
What in the hell is the point of this article? This guy spouts off about this conference that he didn't even attend. Big fucking deal. I probably know as much about the conference as this guy does. Want to hear what I have to say? No? Oh but this guy is a "futurist". Wow. Now that carries some weight with me. What does this self-proclaimed "futurist" have to say about some conference that he didn't attend? I'm also curious as to what he thought of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Anyone have a link to his expert opinion on that movie?
Enjoy it!!!! Drink too much. Hit on women you'd never normally consider hitting on (because they're awesome). Don't fucking work at all. You'll have the rest of your life for that. And most importantly... turn off your damn computer and go get drunk, laid and stupid. Chances are, you'll spend the rest of your life in front of a computer!
This is one reason why we as a society need to find ways to get rid of this need for greed and wealth and money in general. Otherwise things just keep running into the ground.
I hereby nominate this as the stupidest post in the entire thread. Any seconds?
So give me the fuck with no responsibility, because the girl you want will dump you anyway.... Almost. It's not that they'll always dump ya'... sometimes you get sick of them and want to get rid of them. I'd rather have a variety pack of cereal over one box of corn flakes any day.
Correct and proper, like wooing a nice and attractive young lady, takes time, hard work, and if it works out, leads to something wonderful and long-lasting.
That's some naive bullshit that I would've taken hook, line, and sinker when I was oh, say, 22.
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Our IT department is chearing.
Hang on... you can't spell "cheering" and you have a job?? Something is fucked up here...
I wasn't aware that hardware required saving! Did everybody ont he planet suddenly stop buying computer hardware and not tell me about it? What's this big crisis that the article completely fails in describing?
I agree completely. On a scale that arguibly doesn't exist that much any more, I used to be a database developer. By and large, I didn't care what kind of box or platform my data was sitting on. It was completely irrelevant so long as I could get to the data I needed. A "database server" at that point was a commodity. I'd just ask a DBA for another Oracle instance, and at that point, I didn't care if if was on HP-UX, Sun, NT, Linux, etc. Data is data, and that was the important part. Not the platform.
If he played by the rules and won, why was his company found guilty of operating as an illegal, predatory monopoly? Or do you mean "the rules" in the Machiavellian sense of "the rules are whatever you can get away with"?
Ah, I didn't know we had so many/.'ers in favor or the US gov't laws (these arbitrary rules). So I suppose you drive the speed limit, support DCMA, and the Patriot Act? After all, those are the *rules*.
MS is making a lot of people wealthy. Name one single OSS company that has made any ordinary investors wealthy? RHAT? LNUX? hmmm... These two companies used hype to jack up their stock prices, the people with the options made out like bandits, and all of those poor saps who believed in the company have lost their retirement. On the other hand MS's stock has been steadily increasing in value pretty much since day 1, no matter what happened with the economy, and now they're paying their investors a large sum of cash. Hmmm... boy, who's the bad guy here, I wonder? Moron.
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Actually, you're not even in public on their planes. It's their property, they can tape whatever they want (as long as they tell you). Don't like it, don't fly their airline.
now, it's our turn to take charge. Market the software for them. Tell people about linux and what it can do for them. If they're interested, recommend a distribution to start out with, and help them install it. Show them how to use. Then be prepared to move them up to something a little more advanced. Most people I know that use linux started out with Red Hat and then moved to Debian or Gentoo or Slackware after about a month. Or maybe they want to use a *BSD. The point is, help people help free software!
Some geek preaching to me about a particular piece of software is just *looking* for an ass kicking.
Kid, you're entirely too naive. And, you have too much money if you have enough to donate to a fucking corporation. Talk to me when you have bills to pay and no job, then you can preach all you want about "community".
Just so you know, at least *one* person got this fantastic reference. But for some reason, I haven't had any mode points for a year or so. replace "tentacled" with "insect". One of the funniest lines in context in history.
I think it's more an issue of 9 out of 10 people don't know there's a better browser out there, so they use what comes with their computer.
I think it's more an issue of 9 out of 10 people have something better to do with their lives then worry about their browser, so they just don't fucking care.
And it's not just about technology. The money people have allow them to stop worrying about getting fed, and as they gain comfort and possessions, they gain more and more to lose from the government just taking from those according to their abilities and distributing to those according to their needs. Or simply taking people's lives. Funny, that a lack of anything to lose would encourage someone to suicide bomb, but that a great many things to lose leads someone to want to fight -- and win.
You've got it exactly right. A famous psychologist said nearly the same thing a while back. He came up with a little theory called "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs"
We have to ask ourselves, is globalization happening the way we'd like it to happen, or is it happening the way super-rich capitalists would like it to happen?
Considering the people benefitting, I'd say it's happening the way that the historically poverty-stricken want it to happen.
I agree. People often just don't realize that there are so many possible lifestyles out there other than their own. The most stubborn at the American Suburban people. Wake up in shitty generic apartment. Commute to work in car. Work in cubicle. Commute home. Go buy useless, generic shit to put in shitter generic apartment. Sleep. That's fucking pathetic.
WTF does OS being used have to do with web hosting? I have a few co-located servers, and my provider is excellent, regardless of the OS's I have running on my boxes. Jesus, talk about a troll.
I agree 100%. Marriage in this day and age is a very very strange thing, and in my opinion, is outdated and unnecessary. Meaningful relationships dont' necessarily have to have anything to do with marriage, per se. Relationships in this day and age can go so many different ways, it's a shame that some are still shoehorned into the structure of "marriage".
You got it! It's a conspiracy paid for by "M$"! Wow, you're a smart one. I appreciate your catching that, else I would've been completely and totally brainwashed. Damn double speak.
What in the hell is the point of this article? This guy spouts off about this conference that he didn't even attend. Big fucking deal. I probably know as much about the conference as this guy does. Want to hear what I have to say? No? Oh but this guy is a "futurist". Wow. Now that carries some weight with me. What does this self-proclaimed "futurist" have to say about some conference that he didn't attend? I'm also curious as to what he thought of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Anyone have a link to his expert opinion on that movie?
... then you're not doing it right. It's that simple.
Enjoy it!!!! Drink too much. Hit on women you'd never normally consider hitting on (because they're awesome). Don't fucking work at all. You'll have the rest of your life for that. And most importantly... turn off your damn computer and go get drunk, laid and stupid. Chances are, you'll spend the rest of your life in front of a computer!
This is one reason why we as a society need to find ways to get rid of this need for greed and wealth and money in general. Otherwise things just keep running into the ground.
I hereby nominate this as the stupidest post in the entire thread. Any seconds?
Ah, now there's a man who's been in the trenches. How true. How true.
So give me the fuck with no responsibility, because the girl you want will dump you anyway....
Almost. It's not that they'll always dump ya'... sometimes you get sick of them and want to get rid of them. I'd rather have a variety pack of cereal over one box of corn flakes any day.
Correct and proper, like wooing a nice and attractive young lady, takes time, hard work, and if it works out, leads to something wonderful and long-lasting.
That's some naive bullshit that I would've taken hook, line, and sinker when I was oh, say, 22.
Our IT department is chearing.
Hang on... you can't spell "cheering" and you have a job?? Something is fucked up here...
To quote myself... if you're going to sound like an arrogant blowhard of a jackass, at least use the correct metaphors.
Your post should be modded +5 Funny.
I wasn't aware that hardware required saving! Did everybody ont he planet suddenly stop buying computer hardware and not tell me about it? What's this big crisis that the article completely fails in describing?
bank accounts, online shopping, credit cards
It's called "https". Next urgent, critical, overly-hyped security crisis?
I agree completely. On a scale that arguibly doesn't exist that much any more, I used to be a database developer. By and large, I didn't care what kind of box or platform my data was sitting on. It was completely irrelevant so long as I could get to the data I needed. A "database server" at that point was a commodity. I'd just ask a DBA for another Oracle instance, and at that point, I didn't care if if was on HP-UX, Sun, NT, Linux, etc. Data is data, and that was the important part. Not the platform.
Here's the thing... the only reason the mac has the "world class gui" feel to it is BECAUSE of a certain lack of openness
Wow. You just realized this? Last I checked, Ms has been doing this for 20 years, which is why they are where they are on the desktop.
If he played by the rules and won, why was his company found guilty of operating as an illegal, predatory monopoly? Or do you mean "the rules" in the Machiavellian sense of "the rules are whatever you can get away with"?
/.'ers in favor or the US gov't laws (these arbitrary rules). So I suppose you drive the speed limit, support DCMA, and the Patriot Act? After all, those are the *rules*.
Ah, I didn't know we had so many
MS is making a lot of people wealthy. Name one single OSS company that has made any ordinary investors wealthy? RHAT? LNUX? hmmm... These two companies used hype to jack up their stock prices, the people with the options made out like bandits, and all of those poor saps who believed in the company have lost their retirement. On the other hand MS's stock has been steadily increasing in value pretty much since day 1, no matter what happened with the economy, and now they're paying their investors a large sum of cash. Hmmm... boy, who's the bad guy here, I wonder?
Moron.