No one is suggesting that you spend hours a day working on Mozilla. What IS being suggested that, when you try to run it, and it breaks, don't just quit and run away. Tell the talkback thing to 'send' instead of just dumping it all.
Everyone ELSE should throw their own time and effort into Linux/Mozilla/whatever, but you should be paid because you're SOOOOOOOOO valuable.
Pretty pathetic. Do you sleep? Do you watch sports (or anything else) on TV? Do you read a newspaper? The Economist? Hmmmmm you're not making any damn money there, loser.
You know, I read this and thought, "What a great comment." Then I noticed the "Funny" mod... I don't think it's funny. Another 30 years or so and I'll be probably wanting some new parts (the knees are already going). And while cybernetic replacements would rock like nothing else, having meat parts would be kinda nice...:)
I thought he was just going to point out Apache.
Or well, what the hell, ANY web server that is not IIS.
All kinds of people will see that as being just as bad, because replacing IIS would force them to use non-MS software, require some training (I'm available!), roll out new/updated servers, etc etc...
Yo, it __IS__ a representative government, much as it doesn't represent what you want. There were apparently enough morons out there to vote other morons into office, who, in keeping with their moronhood, voted FOR the DMCA.
>It seems pretty doubtful that he will, since he won't want to be seen as soft on crime during his Senate confirmation hearings.
This is quite possibly one of the most cynical things I've heard in months. Give me a break, the guy is interested in upholding the LAW, as is Ashcroft. You haven't noticed the difference since El Reno left? Come on now...
That's kind of a short-sighted view, isn't it? Wouldn't it be better to have this one go to trial, and give the DMCA a chance to get tossed out as unconstitutional? Sure it's bad for the Russian guy, but just as the GPL is unproven, the DMCA has to get into court eventually... why not sooner rather than later?
Oh..... I see..... you're taking this as an opportunity to take a swipe at a conservative guy taking over the FBI. Okay, makes sense, never mind.
I'm sure there are numerous people with plenty of $$ who will take up Dmitry's case should it go that far.
It is pretty sad watching/.ers get their panties all twisted in knots. Yeah, let's go burn something! Woohoo! Businessmen and politicians will definitely listen to us then!
Why is it that the people who say that the military/FBI/law enforcement are evil, are the first knuckleheads to start tossing rocks?
The way the lunatic fringe (why was that modded as funny anyway?) acts, you'd think they enjoyed getting their ASSes kicked by law enforcement so they can cry about it later.
Sure, you have the right to march where and when you're told, or you have the right to receive punishment beatings and chemical weapon torture from masked jackbooted thugs.
So, Uh, I guess in your odd world, throwing rocks and looting stores should be congratulated?
Gimme a break, you're pretty stupid if you want to 'force a confrontation' with armed police and then cry when you get your ASS kicked.
Hopefully he keeps driving you up there until you smack your head on the ceiling.
President Bush does possess an MBA, and though you'll likely give some crass explanation along the lines that he just bought it, it's far more education than hundreds of millions of Americans have.
The Gods help you if you should ever misspeak in public.
That is the silliest thing I have ever heard. We won't survive because we're a specialized organism? How about, the only organism smart enough to build something that will let us survive?
Do us all a favor and eradicate yourself if you're in such a hurry...
I agree with this (public knows SHIT about science) view more than anything. I'm so sick and tired of the banal news people citing a damned poll that says X% believe that global warming is bad.
First of all, who gives a rat's ass what the public -believes-?? A few hundred years ago, the (european) public believed (because they were told) that the earth was round.
Man, this kind of thing just keeps pissing me off over and over...
Alright, so it's just a few comments from a competitor, competition is good, etc, but...
It's amazing to me that he's blatantly suggesting that MS and other 'closed' companies should buy some legislation. How much anti-competitive spew can one company spit out?
It's also funny that he's suggesting that the American Way is to buy some legislation to keep your business practices in place... I always read in school that the American Way was essentially 'may the best man win'.
Read the subject. I'm pretty confused, actually. From my own experience (which is, to be honest, using graphics programs to augment what I'm really up to), I find Photoshop to be slow and klunky (this with 600 MHz P3 + 256 MB RAM)...
Otoh, I find GIMP Win32 to be faster, and Paint Shop Pro to be the best of the three. I even like Corel Photopaint better. What am I missing that the Photoshop lovers see?
> Opera is also very annoying in its insistence that standards conformance is more important than being able to view a page - it sometimes is unable to view the page at all, showing a blank screen.
This is one of the silliest things I've heard in a while, and a prototypical liberal point of view. This sounds like the Gore campaign: "What? The election rules say X? Well let's change 'em to match what we want!"
Or outcome-based education: As long as it sounds good to you, your grammar is correct.
FAR, far better for a browser to say, "This is what HTML should be, if the authors screw it up, it's not our fault." then to try to figure out how to display incorrect HTML.
> Questioning Bush's intelligence is something that has gotten way, way too little attention, IMHO.
That's because it's a stupid question. A person who misspeaks is stupid?
I'd hate to hear what you think of the millions of Americans who say "I've got" all the time, or the millions more who say, "Uh, um, like", peppering through their speech.
You honestly believe that misspeaking in a public (an nerve-jangling) forum makes one stupid? How foolish.
> 1. Under Reagan/Bush, the government EXPLODED in size and cost. Budget was spending more than it took in and the national debt skyrocketed exponentially, leading future generations to pay for 80's excesses.
Who was in charge of Congress? Not Reagan/Bush.
> 2. Under Clinton, the government SHRANK significantly, became more efficient and modernized, the out-of-control budget was BALANCED and we now finally have the chance to pay back the debt, unthinkable 9 years ago.
Who's in charge of Congress now? Not the democrats.
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You're an ass.
No one is suggesting that you spend hours a day working on Mozilla. What IS being suggested that, when you try to run it, and it breaks, don't just quit and run away. Tell the talkback thing to 'send' instead of just dumping it all.
Everyone ELSE should throw their own time and effort into Linux/Mozilla/whatever, but you should be paid because you're SOOOOOOOOO valuable.
Pretty pathetic. Do you sleep? Do you watch sports (or anything else) on TV? Do you read a newspaper? The Economist? Hmmmmm you're not making any damn money there, loser.
You know, I read this and thought, "What a great comment." Then I noticed the "Funny" mod... I don't think it's funny. Another 30 years or so and I'll be probably wanting some new parts (the knees are already going). And while cybernetic replacements would rock like nothing else, having meat parts would be kinda nice... :)
I thought he was just going to point out Apache.
Or well, what the hell, ANY web server that is not IIS.
All kinds of people will see that as being just as bad, because replacing IIS would force them to use non-MS software, require some training (I'm available!), roll out new/updated servers, etc etc...
Yo, it __IS__ a representative government, much as it doesn't represent what you want. There were apparently enough morons out there to vote other morons into office, who, in keeping with their moronhood, voted FOR the DMCA.
SO VOTE FOR NEW REPS FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!
(www.lp.org)
>It seems pretty doubtful that he will, since he won't want to be seen as soft on crime during his Senate confirmation hearings.
This is quite possibly one of the most cynical things I've heard in months. Give me a break, the guy is interested in upholding the LAW, as is Ashcroft. You haven't noticed the difference since El Reno left? Come on now...
If it's good ol' Chucky Shumer, the changes are REAL good.
That's kind of a short-sighted view, isn't it? Wouldn't it be better to have this one go to trial, and give the DMCA a chance to get tossed out as unconstitutional? Sure it's bad for the Russian guy, but just as the GPL is unproven, the DMCA has to get into court eventually... why not sooner rather than later?
Oh..... I see..... you're taking this as an opportunity to take a swipe at a conservative guy taking over the FBI. Okay, makes sense, never mind.
I'm sure there are numerous people with plenty of $$ who will take up Dmitry's case should it go that far.
Oh give me a BREAK!
It could be like that growing number of programs that have to come up with 'funny' release names... this one could be Linux 2.4.7: The Lunatic Fringe.
It is pretty sad watching /.ers get their panties all twisted in knots. Yeah, let's go burn something! Woohoo! Businessmen and politicians will definitely listen to us then!
Why is it that the people who say that the military/FBI/law enforcement are evil, are the first knuckleheads to start tossing rocks?
The way the lunatic fringe (why was that modded as funny anyway?) acts, you'd think they enjoyed getting their ASSes kicked by law enforcement so they can cry about it later.
You get what you ask for, that much is obvious.
Sure, you have the right to march where and when you're told, or you have the right to receive punishment beatings and chemical weapon torture from masked jackbooted thugs.
So, Uh, I guess in your odd world, throwing rocks and looting stores should be congratulated?
Gimme a break, you're pretty stupid if you want to 'force a confrontation' with armed police and then cry when you get your ASS kicked.
Hopefully he keeps driving you up there until you smack your head on the ceiling.
President Bush does possess an MBA, and though you'll likely give some crass explanation along the lines that he just bought it, it's far more education than hundreds of millions of Americans have.
The Gods help you if you should ever misspeak in public.
"Tinybrain" isn't even clever.
That is the silliest thing I have ever heard. We won't survive because we're a specialized organism? How about, the only organism smart enough to build something that will let us survive?
Do us all a favor and eradicate yourself if you're in such a hurry...
I agree with this (public knows SHIT about science) view more than anything. I'm so sick and tired of the banal news people citing a damned poll that says X% believe that global warming is bad.
First of all, who gives a rat's ass what the public -believes-?? A few hundred years ago, the (european) public believed (because they were told) that the earth was round.
Man, this kind of thing just keeps pissing me off over and over...
Being libertarian has nothing to do with being selfish you stupid shit.
So go away you idiot.
Be proud, Buffalo, be proud!
We'd drink it all if the tap was at a bowling alley, or maybe at Casino Niagara...
Alright, so it's just a few comments from a competitor, competition is good, etc, but...
It's amazing to me that he's blatantly suggesting that MS and other 'closed' companies should buy some legislation. How much anti-competitive spew can one company spit out?
It's also funny that he's suggesting that the American Way is to buy some legislation to keep your business practices in place... I always read in school that the American Way was essentially 'may the best man win'.
/me picks jaw up off floor.
ad buttfuckonium is one of the funniest things I've read on /. lately. I must be getting tired...
So it's a right-wing advocacy site and it's automatically dismissed as wrong.
that's pathetic.
You think nobody rides the bus outside the U.S., but you mention leaving behind the US-centric bullshit?
I doubt you've been to Europe if you think no one rides the bus there...
Read the subject. I'm pretty confused, actually. From my own experience (which is, to be honest, using graphics programs to augment what I'm really up to), I find Photoshop to be slow and klunky (this with 600 MHz P3 + 256 MB RAM)...
Otoh, I find GIMP Win32 to be faster, and Paint Shop Pro to be the best of the three. I even like Corel Photopaint better. What am I missing that the Photoshop lovers see?
> Opera is also very annoying in its insistence that standards conformance is more important than being able to view a page - it sometimes is unable to view the page at all, showing a blank screen.
This is one of the silliest things I've heard in a while, and a prototypical liberal point of view. This sounds like the Gore campaign: "What? The election rules say X? Well let's change 'em to match what we want!"
Or outcome-based education: As long as it sounds good to you, your grammar is correct.
FAR, far better for a browser to say, "This is what HTML should be, if the authors screw it up, it's not our fault." then to try to figure out how to display incorrect HTML.
Btw: XHTML.
> Questioning Bush's intelligence is something that has gotten way, way too little attention, IMHO.
That's because it's a stupid question. A person who misspeaks is stupid?
I'd hate to hear what you think of the millions of Americans who say "I've got" all the time, or the millions more who say, "Uh, um, like", peppering through their speech.
You honestly believe that misspeaking in a public (an nerve-jangling) forum makes one stupid? How foolish.
Who defines the spending bills, jackass?
> 1. Under Reagan/Bush, the government EXPLODED in size and cost. Budget was spending more than it took in and the national debt skyrocketed exponentially, leading future generations to pay for 80's excesses.
Who was in charge of Congress? Not Reagan/Bush.
> 2. Under Clinton, the government SHRANK significantly, became more efficient and modernized, the out-of-control budget was BALANCED and we now finally have the chance to pay back the debt, unthinkable 9 years ago.
Who's in charge of Congress now? Not the democrats.
Oh come on, it's very very obvious that the Slashdot bosses are going to endorse Gore.
As if what the coders who hold this site together have any particularly valuable insights into the campaign...