Do you think parents are supposed to super human? I don't think they started out hating this kid. The hate was EARNED. This woman, the child's father, the child's mother, and the child's mother's boyfriend all have very valid reasons for hating this child. He worked hard everyday to earn that hate.
I absolutely can say he got the best parenting and support that the family could afford. If they were rich they would have been able to get him private treatment of course but very few people are rich. They reached out to the authorities and the authorities didn't help because they believed the kid's false claims of abuse. Did you just skip over whole sections of the woman's statement? Read it again because you seem to have totally missed the lengths they all went to get this kid some help.
There are birth defects for every part of the body. That includes the brain. The brain houses the mind. Do you get how somone could be a born murderer now?
The only thing that natural forces will (continue) to make irrelevant is open source software that continues to ignore attractive and easy to use user interfaces....which would account for the majority of open source software in the world today.
So apparently you are a retard? What besides obvious love would motivate someone to stick with such a hellish child for so long? Its not like they were being paid to deal with him.
What part of this kid was messed up in the head do you not understand? Do you believe there are no genuine bad seeds? That in each and every case its bad parenting?
And so what that the parents are divorced? Divorce sometimes leads to troubled children, its never an explanation for MURDER.
So are you seriously this stupid or are you just trolling?
Welcome to 2007 where people spend so much time at work that they have to use company time and facilities to engage in personal tasks. The economy is doing well enough that knowledge workers don't have to put up with draconian bullshit that you profess and will find another more tolerant employer.
Listening to music only during breaks? No IM'ing? Checking stock quotes for only 30 minutes out of the work day? Are you out of your god damned mind? This kind of anal-retentive policy doens't even fly at banks.
"So what is it about the GPL that makes developers want to use it? I can't speak for others, but in my own case it boils down to this: in 1985, when I first came across the GPL, I thought about the matter and decided that the inheritance of my life-time software development work to future generations should not be that of a jail built out of proprietary source code. This excludes the BSD-type licenses, as they allow someone else to take away one or more of the four freedoms I've worked hard for to establish at every opportunity. (Even then, it was not always possible, unfortunately.)"
"On the other hand, the only reason I can see why developers may want to use BSD-type licenses are that they want to deny others one or more of the four freedoms, or need to be able to. If you are one of these developers, maybe you will reconsider your position on this some day when it is financially possible for you. It is now easier than ever."
I don't mean to be rude but seeing as how most users don't give a rats ass about the four freedoms I don't see why this is such a big draw for most developers. The recent Slashdot study on the software markets of 3rd world countries drove this point home even further. In the US and Europe where proprietary software is expensive, people opt for it over free software anyways. And in third world countries where both proprietary and free software are the same price (about $2 a CD) folks STILL opt for the proprietary stuff. Why? Because its easier to use. All this software freedom stuff is a nice dream but its irrelevant if regular users don't even care because the stuff is harder to use and has crappy interfaces. I run Kubuntu and as advanced as that is the default UI looks like Windows 2000 did back when it first came out. Its 2007 now. I honestly feel like I'm stepping back in time whenever I use that machine.
As an open source developer I would be mighty discouraged to learn that folks would rather shell out a few hundred bucks instead of using free software. It would make me ask myself "what the hell is wrong with our stuff that it can't even compete for free against a very costly competitor?" Unless you are going to tell me that software should be free if only for the developers. Whats the point of software only used by developers? I thought the whole point of the Free Software movement was to liberate everyone, meaning mostly users, and not just developers. How does it feel to be part of a revolution where literally no one but the people running the revolution shows up and the regular folk go about their business ignoring your calls to action?
Saying the iPhone won't run your own software is a bit misleading. It WILL run 3rd party software, just software thats approved by Apple. That doesn't mean it won't run any 3rd party software at all. And for the overwhelming majority of consumers that will be far more than enough considering the high numbers of people with both Palm OS and Windows Mobile based smartphones who NEVER install programs of their own. I have a Treo with many installed programs but whenever I try to tell other Treo owners about this their eyes glaze over.
By the way the MARKET decides who becomes the biggest. Should it be any other way?
So in other words lets completely dismantle our financial system so that we can maintain the moral high ground......while we're all reduced to living in shacks and eating ramen noodles for dinner.
Seriously, whats wrong with deriving self-esteem from brand identity? Considering the number of peoples who have low self esteem issues I would consider ANYTHING that gives folks positive self esteem to be a good thing.
Its an excellent example. People thought Loneylgirl15 was for real. And the Catheedral and the Bazaar covers topics similar to this one. Its just no one outside the geek world cares because it doesn't really negatively impact regular folks the way some "information wants to be free" obsessed folks would have you believe.
What are you talking about? Have you not heard of YouTube?
Anyone with a cheap digital camera can film their own news stories, and make them available to everyone in the world. I can assure you way more people know about LonelyGirl15 then know what the Cathedral and the Bazaar are.
Or he could be a savant and is not capable of dressing like others.
Look, being abnormally different is just plain stupid most of the time. I know you're going to carp big about individuality and freedom of expression and everything but in very few cases does deviating from the norm actually improve on things.
And why should fashion be a remote consideration in his job performance? What are you, an autistic? This soft stuff matters. Until you can transfer to a Vulcan outpost, the soft stuff will ALWAYS matter.
Or perhaps Draper should have been listening when he was 8 years old to learn how normal people act in social situations. Making people uncomfortable is always going to get you picked on.
Even though I know you are being sarcastic, that really is how things are in the world. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you've become a Grown Up.
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Do you think parents are supposed to super human? I don't think they started out hating this kid. The hate was EARNED. This woman, the child's father, the child's mother, and the child's mother's boyfriend all have very valid reasons for hating this child. He worked hard everyday to earn that hate.
I absolutely can say he got the best parenting and support that the family could afford. If they were rich they would have been able to get him private treatment of course but very few people are rich. They reached out to the authorities and the authorities didn't help because they believed the kid's false claims of abuse. Did you just skip over whole sections of the woman's statement? Read it again because you seem to have totally missed the lengths they all went to get this kid some help.
Your anger stems from your shame that you aren't as Anti-MS as you deep down inside feel and know you should be.
Only you can absolve yourself of your own sins. Embrace the Google.
There are birth defects for every part of the body. That includes the brain. The brain houses the mind. Do you get how somone could be a born murderer now?
The only thing that natural forces will (continue) to make irrelevant is open source software that continues to ignore attractive and easy to use user interfaces....which would account for the majority of open source software in the world today.
So apparently you are a retard? What besides obvious love would motivate someone to stick with such a hellish child for so long? Its not like they were being paid to deal with him.
What part of this kid was messed up in the head do you not understand? Do you believe there are no genuine bad seeds? That in each and every case its bad parenting?
And so what that the parents are divorced? Divorce sometimes leads to troubled children, its never an explanation for MURDER.
So are you seriously this stupid or are you just trolling?
Cisco didn't own the trademark to begin with. So what are you talking about?
Hi.
Welcome to 2007 where people spend so much time at work that they have to use company time and facilities to engage in personal tasks. The economy is doing well enough that knowledge workers don't have to put up with draconian bullshit that you profess and will find another more tolerant employer.
Listening to music only during breaks? No IM'ing? Checking stock quotes for only 30 minutes out of the work day? Are you out of your god damned mind? This kind of anal-retentive policy doens't even fly at banks.
Man I'm so glad the movement is being co-opted and stolen away from pricks like you.
Or they could you know....continue on using the GPLv2...
"So what is it about the GPL that makes developers want to use it? I can't speak for others, but in my own case it boils down to this: in 1985, when I first came across the GPL, I thought about the matter and decided that the inheritance of my life-time software development work to future generations should not be that of a jail built out of proprietary source code. This excludes the BSD-type licenses, as they allow someone else to take away one or more of the four freedoms I've worked hard for to establish at every opportunity. (Even then, it was not always possible, unfortunately.)"
"On the other hand, the only reason I can see why developers may want to use BSD-type licenses are that they want to deny others one or more of the four freedoms, or need to be able to. If you are one of these developers, maybe you will reconsider your position on this some day when it is financially possible for you. It is now easier than ever."
I don't mean to be rude but seeing as how most users don't give a rats ass about the four freedoms I don't see why this is such a big draw for most developers. The recent Slashdot study on the software markets of 3rd world countries drove this point home even further. In the US and Europe where proprietary software is expensive, people opt for it over free software anyways. And in third world countries where both proprietary and free software are the same price (about $2 a CD) folks STILL opt for the proprietary stuff. Why? Because its easier to use. All this software freedom stuff is a nice dream but its irrelevant if regular users don't even care because the stuff is harder to use and has crappy interfaces. I run Kubuntu and as advanced as that is the default UI looks like Windows 2000 did back when it first came out. Its 2007 now. I honestly feel like I'm stepping back in time whenever I use that machine.
As an open source developer I would be mighty discouraged to learn that folks would rather shell out a few hundred bucks instead of using free software. It would make me ask myself "what the hell is wrong with our stuff that it can't even compete for free against a very costly competitor?" Unless you are going to tell me that software should be free if only for the developers. Whats the point of software only used by developers? I thought the whole point of the Free Software movement was to liberate everyone, meaning mostly users, and not just developers. How does it feel to be part of a revolution where literally no one but the people running the revolution shows up and the regular folk go about their business ignoring your calls to action?
Yes Apple could become the next Microsoft.... DAH DAH DAHHHHHHH!!!
But Apple actually makes things people want to buy so it won't be that bad afterall.
WOMP WOMP!
Saying the iPhone won't run your own software is a bit misleading. It WILL run 3rd party software, just software thats approved by Apple. That doesn't mean it won't run any 3rd party software at all. And for the overwhelming majority of consumers that will be far more than enough considering the high numbers of people with both Palm OS and Windows Mobile based smartphones who NEVER install programs of their own. I have a Treo with many installed programs but whenever I try to tell other Treo owners about this their eyes glaze over.
By the way the MARKET decides who becomes the biggest. Should it be any other way?
So in other words lets completely dismantle our financial system so that we can maintain the moral high ground......while we're all reduced to living in shacks and eating ramen noodles for dinner.
Seriously, whats wrong with deriving self-esteem from brand identity? Considering the number of peoples who have low self esteem issues I would consider ANYTHING that gives folks positive self esteem to be a good thing.
Its an excellent example. People thought Loneylgirl15 was for real. And the Catheedral and the Bazaar covers topics similar to this one. Its just no one outside the geek world cares because it doesn't really negatively impact regular folks the way some "information wants to be free" obsessed folks would have you believe.
What are you talking about? Have you not heard of YouTube?
Anyone with a cheap digital camera can film their own news stories, and make them available to everyone in the world. I can assure you way more people know about LonelyGirl15 then know what the Cathedral and the Bazaar are.
How can the distribution of information be locked down when any yahoo who wants to can slap up a website and start ranting at will?
Everything you says sounds great and its true. Seriously.
There's just one problem.
Fighting DRM =! Fighting against slavery, ethnic cleansing, racism, sexism, facism, totalitarinism....or any other REALLY important social battle.
Instead DRM covers movies, tv shows, music tracks and sometimes video games.
Whoop tee doo lets get on with fighting that good fight!
Understand NOW why most folks beyond the geek world don't care?
This is all assuming of course that dirty socialist sex is better than affluent wife swapping/swinging/orgy sex in high end neighborhoods.
I think not!
I'd be more worried if the government DIDN'T want to mine that data.
It would mean they weren't doing their jobs.
Or he could be a savant and is not capable of dressing like others.
Look, being abnormally different is just plain stupid most of the time. I know you're going to carp big about individuality and freedom of expression and everything but in very few cases does deviating from the norm actually improve on things.
And why should fashion be a remote consideration in his job performance? What are you, an autistic? This soft stuff matters. Until you can transfer to a Vulcan outpost, the soft stuff will ALWAYS matter.
Get it?
So you are actually defending someone who smells bad and refuses to shower to not make his co-worker's life a living hell?
Or perhaps Draper should have been listening when he was 8 years old to learn how normal people act in social situations. Making people uncomfortable is always going to get you picked on.
Even though I know you are being sarcastic, that really is how things are in the world. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you've become a Grown Up.
In many cases, splitting the difference IS the best policy.