Vote is secret in any half assed democracy in order to avoid any kind of cohercion.
Take away secrecy and you would see all kind of external pressure (family, friends, unions, companies, the state, the police, religious organizations) applied to people to ensure they vote the correct way.
Extreme violence glamourazation should never be seen as a rebellous trait only, a trained person can and should (in a place as fucked up as the US in regards to weapons) check if such manifestation of gore is a real creative asset or a cry for help that, gone unanswered, could lead to more sinister outcomes.
Most sect of Christianity (including the biggest one, Catholicism) recognize the Old testament as part of the Bilbe, their holly book.
Any fringe sects that have decided not to accesp the old testament are not representative (and just come to show how bad a communicator god is, but it is not his fault, since he does not exist).
He just issued a couple of master directives that cover pretty much everything, unless your a a masochist, in which case other people may not necessarily feel pain the same way you do... or someting like that.
The company could have a repository, which could be added to the user's machine with a script or as part of the deb package when the application is installed....
I can pretty much download a package and I will be asked if I want to install it, I can say yes, and if the package does not ask for silly dependencies, it will be installed without a glitch.
I think many people still complaining about this have not used Linux for a while or try to go to the least explored corners and then claim that all Linux is like that...
One thing is to celebrate the departure of some person that has made so much damage (and you should pause to think how much damage has been inflicted by the amount and strength of dislike for this man) and another one is to be a potential murderer.
Your jump of logic is so idiotic and monumental that begs belief.
Asking to the victims of this individual's actions to show some class is frankly too much to ask, and frankly it is not up to you, who was obviously not affected by this man's actions, to do the asking.
If the technologically inclined can't differentiate the real issue, what hope is there for the common people or even the well intentioned politician?
This individual, and the industry he represents, subverted by means of political lobbying and support of dubious technology, the intention and spirit of US law in regards to copyright.
And before you dismiss copyright issues as minor in the great scheme of things you should reflect that the US founders considered of such high importance that they worked on legislation to regulate it.
They understood copyright is the basis of an elnightened society, unfortunately they reached the worn conclussions, but Valenti and his ilk do not respect even that flawed version of copyright.
Should we celebrate the lifes of those that perpetuate it?
This guy clearly was no mass murderer, but frankly I feel nothing but contempt for him, you have no right to dictate to others how they feel about such a despicable character's demise.
Otherwise record labels and movie companies would not invest the amounts of money they do in order to try to control it.
In such an important issue it is to be celebrated that such a hated figure goes away. Good riddance, shame there is no god that would punish him for his unethical, quasi criminal, activities.
We all die, dying shouldn't be treated with such stupid reverence.
A person like this individual, whose life's work was to destroy the US cultural heritage, and by extension, the cultural heritage of the rest of humanity, only deserves our utter contempt and a sigh of relief knowing he is not around with us anymore to continue spreading his venom.
Compare it with Google's for at least a couple of years.
MS: flatlining. Google: exponential growth.
Whoever says MS is not dying should look at that (and remembere that MS does not dish out dividends, so the question is: what is somebody investing in MS gaining nowadays?).
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Vote is secret in any half assed democracy in order to avoid any kind of cohercion.
Take away secrecy and you would see all kind of external pressure (family, friends, unions, companies, the state, the police, religious organizations) applied to people to ensure they vote the correct way.
Honestly, why don't you think before writting?
... is against the spirit of true democracy.
Extreme violence glamourazation should never be seen as a rebellous trait only, a trained person can and should (in a place as fucked up as the US in regards to weapons) check if such manifestation of gore is a real creative asset or a cry for help that, gone unanswered, could lead to more sinister outcomes.
.... are all creepy?
If you are going to lecture us about the history of UNIX at least get your facts straight.
... that could not be solved.
The correct conclussion is that mainstream education systems are not suited to everybody.
You conclussion is ludicrous and lacks any logic.
Most sect of Christianity (including the biggest one, Catholicism) recognize the Old testament as part of the Bilbe, their holly book.
Any fringe sects that have decided not to accesp the old testament are not representative (and just come to show how bad a communicator god is, but it is not his fault, since he does not exist).
He just issued a couple of master directives that cover pretty much everything, unless your a a masochist, in which case other people may not necessarily feel pain the same way you do... or someting like that.
Where did I read that?
The destruction of Jericho?
Where did I read that?
And many others by courtesy of god himself.
A religion in which god has no qualms to obliterate entire towns is bound to have nutcases that can justify almost anything in the name of religion.
They are also the ones that kill 30+ indefense people in a whim.
The company could have a repository, which could be added to the user's machine with a script or as part of the deb package when the application is installed....
I can pretty much download a package and I will be asked if I want to install it, I can say yes, and if the package does not ask for silly dependencies, it will be installed without a glitch.
I think many people still complaining about this have not used Linux for a while or try to go to the least explored corners and then claim that all Linux is like that...
Hitler fought in the 1st World War, I think he even won a medal or something...
One thing is to celebrate the departure of some person that has made so much damage (and you should pause to think how much damage has been inflicted by the amount and strength of dislike for this man) and another one is to be a potential murderer.
Your jump of logic is so idiotic and monumental that begs belief.
Asking to the victims of this individual's actions to show some class is frankly too much to ask, and frankly it is not up to you, who was obviously not affected by this man's actions, to do the asking.
Lets celebrate people with beliefs, no matter how misguided and harmful they are.
You must be joking.
Where not in all cultures it is considered bad manners to celebrate the departure of an unethical individual.
If the technologically inclined can't differentiate the real issue, what hope is there for the common people or even the well intentioned politician?
This individual, and the industry he represents, subverted by means of political lobbying and support of dubious technology, the intention and spirit of US law in regards to copyright.
And before you dismiss copyright issues as minor in the great scheme of things you should reflect that the US founders considered of such high importance that they worked on legislation to regulate it.
They understood copyright is the basis of an elnightened society, unfortunately they reached the worn conclussions, but Valenti and his ilk do not respect even that flawed version of copyright.
What about if the system is broken pal?
Should we celebrate the lifes of those that perpetuate it?
This guy clearly was no mass murderer, but frankly I feel nothing but contempt for him, you have no right to dictate to others how they feel about such a despicable character's demise.
Otherwise record labels and movie companies would not invest the amounts of money they do in order to try to control it.
In such an important issue it is to be celebrated that such a hated figure goes away. Good riddance, shame there is no god that would punish him for his unethical, quasi criminal, activities.
We all die, dying shouldn't be treated with such stupid reverence.
A person like this individual, whose life's work was to destroy the US cultural heritage, and by extension, the cultural heritage of the rest of humanity, only deserves our utter contempt and a sigh of relief knowing he is not around with us anymore to continue spreading his venom.
Compare it with Google's for at least a couple of years.
MS: flatlining.
Google: exponential growth.
Whoever says MS is not dying should look at that (and remembere that MS does not dish out dividends, so the question is: what is somebody investing in MS gaining nowadays?).
Look at this graphic:
m &q=l&c=MSFT
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=GOOG&l=on&z=
where is the baboozlement there?
MSFT share price has been pretty flat for the last 5 years.
Check the other company in the graph to understand what bamboozlment means.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=GOOG&l=on&z=m &q=l&c=MSFT
Now tell me, which one has been crawling for 5 years and which one is growing exponentially?
R-o-c-k-s!
Correct!