And people who believe in "God" must be Christian! There's no way they could be Jewish, Muslim, or another monotheistic religion.
PS: the populace in general is stupid. If there was a small group of people who were pushing a different ideology and could squawk louder than the ID morons, your precious poll would reflect their point of view.
Apparently I wasn't quick enough to beat all the "HAHA t3h Xianz r teh dum!!11" posts. So I'll say in response: FUCK OFF. Just because there is vocal minority of complete dumbasses who claim to be of my religion doesn't mean I am one of them. It also means that you cannot lump me in with them. I love the stupidity of people who say "well there are many types of Hindus and many types of Buddhists" and then lash out at Christianity because they unfortunately live in a country with asshats like Pat Robertson whose stated goal is to mobilize the most ideologically fuckheaded conservative "Christians" in the attempt to disenfranchise the rest of the voting population.
So, to recap: just because there are people who do things you don't like does not give you license to do the same things back to them.
I think you missed the point of my post. I was pointing out to the OP that market share is not based on one thing alone. The point you are making is valid, and only serves to further mine. There are also other reasons.
If MacOS X meets or exceeds Windows in every area that matters to a user, why does Windows still have a 90+ percent market share?
Technical superiority and user-friendliness do not directly relate to market share. Also, true user-friendliness would throw out the disgusting UI that Windows uses for something better (and I mean better than OS X also). This would then be a turn-off to Joe Sixpac, because "it don't look right".
Maybe you should shut the fuck up and stop trying to be a smartass. I don't remember the posts so therefore I can't provide the links. Someone else might read it, remember and be able to provide those links. If not then oh well, no need to be a jackass about it.
... Hussein maintained an iron grip, as all despots do. He kept what he needed for himself and gave little to the people who had no say by force of a gun to their head....
Wow, if you think about the US tax code, media monopoly and the Patriot Act, this sentence applies rather well to my country as well. Just change "Hussein" to the two parties in control.
In reply to "does open-source/Linux innovate", I'd say yeah. Linux (along with GNU; also, don't forget the BSDs) are innovations in themselves, being complete kernels and operating systems that are specifically licensed to allow anyone to take the code and study it, modify it and redistribute it. The open development process is also an amazing innovation, allowing people who need a feature to work with others who need that feature to collaborate and reduce duplication of work (yes, there's a joke here too).
In reply to OSS marginalizing infrastructure and Microsoft providing 'information value', I agree that the current situation makes it appear the way you claim. But I think the reason this is currently the case is because OSS allows people to build their own information systems, while MS provides a pre-packaged solution. What is needed to challenge MS are companies that take OSS solutions and package them in a way that the average office can use. This is happening, but due to the anarchy-like structure of open source development, it's not in the traditional way of a few corporations growing to be the monoliths that provide all good solutions in that area (like, for example, MS). What I have seen is small companies offering things like servers that have ClamAV and Spam filtering, and renting/selling the machines to businesses, allong with offering support and updates. If the business of companies like these continues to grow, I see Microsoft losing its empire the same way it gained it: by becoming too expensive and crappy, much the same way IBM used to be viewed (not that they aren't now, I'm talking about the "evil empire" days of IBM).
Are you questioning whether or not you heard this? Anyway, version 3 of the GPL is still in the drafting/comment period, with people suggesting new 'features' and such.
Maybe someone can post actual links to the relevant posts.
Maybe that someone should've been you, seeing as how you're so keen on it.
Depending on the meaning of "effectively", one could argue that crappy DRM does not effectively control access to the work, so bypassing it is not illegal. If the meaning is flipped around, one could argue that telling someone how a CD-drive lens reads data off of a disc is, in fact, a violaiton.
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Hey look, a poll! I must be wrong!
And people who believe in "God" must be Christian! There's no way they could be Jewish, Muslim, or another monotheistic religion.
PS: the populace in general is stupid. If there was a small group of people who were pushing a different ideology and could squawk louder than the ID morons, your precious poll would reflect their point of view.
most kids can't see R-rated movies without a parent,
That didn't seem to stop me getting my brother into R rated movies. I was 17-18 at the time...
And I'm sure every effort has been made to make sure that these devices decompose quickly and with no harm. Just like CD-Rs.
There is simply no coding project that I would be willing to undertake for $100
Your loss is my gain:
public class Hello {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello, world!");
}
}
Apparently I wasn't quick enough to beat all the "HAHA t3h Xianz r teh dum!!11" posts. So I'll say in response: FUCK OFF. Just because there is vocal minority of complete dumbasses who claim to be of my religion doesn't mean I am one of them. It also means that you cannot lump me in with them. I love the stupidity of people who say "well there are many types of Hindus and many types of Buddhists" and then lash out at Christianity because they unfortunately live in a country with asshats like Pat Robertson whose stated goal is to mobilize the most ideologically fuckheaded conservative "Christians" in the attempt to disenfranchise the rest of the voting population.
So, to recap: just because there are people who do things you don't like does not give you license to do the same things back to them.
I'm sure similar arguments were made when a certain political party took power in a certain western European nation in the early 20th century.
(hey look, it's godwin)
And if you agree with yourself enough times, you might trick people into thinking that you are building a consensus.
Man, your post makes me want to start using OpenBSD.
I want to carry my entire collection. And not just MP3s and AACs, but OGGs, too.
Good luck with that OGG thing. Apple's been ignoring us since forever.
I think you missed the point of my post. I was pointing out to the OP that market share is not based on one thing alone. The point you are making is valid, and only serves to further mine. There are also other reasons.
Interestingly, they are also not (foreign policy-al) conservative, nor (many other examples) conservative.
If MacOS X meets or exceeds Windows in every area that matters to a user, why does Windows still have a 90+ percent market share?
Technical superiority and user-friendliness do not directly relate to market share. Also, true user-friendliness would throw out the disgusting UI that Windows uses for something better (and I mean better than OS X also). This would then be a turn-off to Joe Sixpac, because "it don't look right".
Unfortunately, software patents are the reason behind this problem.
I would suggest familiarizing yourself with Korean business law before making such a statement...
Maybe you should shut the fuck up and stop trying to be a smartass. I don't remember the posts so therefore I can't provide the links. Someone else might read it, remember and be able to provide those links. If not then oh well, no need to be a jackass about it.
Who is being a jackass?
It was supposed to be a joke.
The United States also has the largest economy in the world. I'd like to see contributions ranked in percentage of GDP, instead of flat dollar amount.
... Hussein maintained an iron grip, as all despots do. He kept what he needed for himself and gave little to the people who had no say by force of a gun to their head. ...
Wow, if you think about the US tax code, media monopoly and the Patriot Act, this sentence applies rather well to my country as well. Just change "Hussein" to the two parties in control.
It's where all the computers sending DoS packets send them to /dev/null instead of the target.
In reply to "does open-source/Linux innovate", I'd say yeah. Linux (along with GNU; also, don't forget the BSDs) are innovations in themselves, being complete kernels and operating systems that are specifically licensed to allow anyone to take the code and study it, modify it and redistribute it. The open development process is also an amazing innovation, allowing people who need a feature to work with others who need that feature to collaborate and reduce duplication of work (yes, there's a joke here too).
In reply to OSS marginalizing infrastructure and Microsoft providing 'information value', I agree that the current situation makes it appear the way you claim. But I think the reason this is currently the case is because OSS allows people to build their own information systems, while MS provides a pre-packaged solution. What is needed to challenge MS are companies that take OSS solutions and package them in a way that the average office can use. This is happening, but due to the anarchy-like structure of open source development, it's not in the traditional way of a few corporations growing to be the monoliths that provide all good solutions in that area (like, for example, MS). What I have seen is small companies offering things like servers that have ClamAV and Spam filtering, and renting/selling the machines to businesses, allong with offering support and updates. If the business of companies like these continues to grow, I see Microsoft losing its empire the same way it gained it: by becoming too expensive and crappy, much the same way IBM used to be viewed (not that they aren't now, I'm talking about the "evil empire" days of IBM).
Fermi also said that at a time when we were constantly discovering new mesons and baryons
I think you meant to say inventing here.
Given the fact a *fucking lot* of Open Source applications are copying ideas from Windows, ...
/don't take the bait!
If the KDE project is considered a "fucking lot" of Open Source applications, then yeah, I agree with you.
I also heard that GPL3 plans to fix this?
Are you questioning whether or not you heard this? Anyway, version 3 of the GPL is still in the drafting/comment period, with people suggesting new 'features' and such.
Maybe someone can post actual links to the relevant posts.
Maybe that someone should've been you, seeing as how you're so keen on it.
Depending on the meaning of "effectively", one could argue that crappy DRM does not effectively control access to the work, so bypassing it is not illegal. If the meaning is flipped around, one could argue that telling someone how a CD-drive lens reads data off of a disc is, in fact, a violaiton.
And if the progress is anything like Windows, it'll take 20 years before they make a version that doesn't overwrite random vital brain sectors...