"I guess this is better than spending all that energy working on better nukes."
Right. I guess we should be more 'civilised', not bother trying to defend ourselves, and bend over every time someone wants to fill up their own coffers with money. East India Company anyone?
If you have a valid point like, oh! say world disarmament, I suggest you start with the nation that has the largest nuclear arsenal.
Will Eminem be placed on the pedestel next to Beethoven, Mozart, Tansen etc. 200 years from now? Will it be correct according to you? Will it matter what you think? All straight questions.
"I read more about Buddhism because at the time my interrest was in meditation, which is huge in Buddhism, and even somebody who is less interrested in the religious side of things can learn a lot from."
If you are interested in the 'other side' - viz. ethics (I see religions as being composed of mythologies and ethics - I personally don't believe in God) I'd suggest you read the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali's Yogasutras and books by Swami Vivekananda. This is by no mean an authoritative list - just off the top of my head.
"My understanding is that although meditation is a big part of Hinduism, it is not the main subject like in Buddhism "
Hinduism has evolved over time to become a way of life more than a religion - atleast, it is for the average hindu (includes me) - I don't know what, if you'll forgive the term, oursider's perspective is. And as for meditation, as the Gita mentions, you don't have to meditate to actually atain moksha. There are four ways in which you can life a complete life and attain moksha, of which being a sanyasi (meditating, among other things) is one.
"In the movie, when the hero (Neo ?) is sitting in an armchair, and wonder if everything is fake, and the other hero asked him "what is reality ? Is it waht your senses tell it is to your brain ?" - this is a very "budhist question" (not only Tibettan, but accross the differnt form of budhism),"
Actually, this is, if you want to name religions, a Hindu question (Ref: The Vedas and The Bhagwad Gita).
"The article talks about how this priceless artifact as well as many others, from the same civilisation that invented writing and the wheel, could be threatened by the impending war."
I believe I've heard of a civilization with written texts (The Vedas) more than 6000+ years old. The Hindu civilization in India.
"Since that time, we have had zero browser related security issues, and employees waste far less time surfing the web, mainly because a lot of time-wasting sites only work in Microsoft standards-compliant browsers"
But I've seen/. work on Lynx and Mozilla and Netscape and...
I don't know who wrote the title "Teaching Linux/Unix Basics to Microsoft Junkies?". If you did, I would advise you not to call them junkies - they might not like it, unlike most *nix junkies. Now, if Timothy wrote that title, well, we understand and need not speak more.
"But the demand for the idea of an information repository isn't going to go away -- users demand convenience, and this would be convenient"
I don't demand inconvenience. A/. account is fine - I don't care about it anyway. But other things are my own business, not yours. After reading the above sentence from Michael I suddenly pictured the Bill Gates-Borg picture - except that it was not BG but rather Rob Malda. Is this what we really want? Heck, forget the really part - this isn't even what I want impulsively. Go sell your ideas somewhere else - I'm not buying.
"Kim Petersen designed his from scratch, building the elevated track from wood, scavenging the engine from a motorized walker and handcrafting the train from sheet metal. Total cost: $4000"
Does this include the money he lost because he didn't work during this time, the money he lost to a divorce lawyer (his wife must have been pissed) blah blah blah???
"heh open up IE, Messenger, etc. Don't allow anyone to distibute their own versions, but let people look and submit bug fixes etc"
Ah yes, the pleasures of increased policing and legislation costs. Add to that the cost of a few senators and congressmen for good measure and you have something called WASTED MONEY. Why should they do that? They have no need of doing so. It would be wastage of perfectly good money.
Debating on/. about what OSS strategy MS should utilise is like a Pakistani debating about what strategy the US should employ - absolute waste of time.
The word you're looking for is probably manic, not maniac.
It's alright when/.ers use buzzwords related to technology, but when you spout wisdom from movies with buzzwords out of something like Hannibal, it's time to read your post again.
They have as much in common with christianity as, say the Pope or the Dalai Lama has with LRH (or whatever he's called). So why do their 'churches' prominently display the crucifix, which is an obvious symbol of and reference to Jesus? Doesn't anyone else find this wierd and stupid?
"When I told him that anything like that was obviously a worm or some kind of scam, he responded: "But it was from a girl who DOES send me pictures of herself naked!""
It's a good thing you didn't reveal her email address.
Aside from privacy issues, I'm sure the poor lass would stop using her computer if she recieved an email from each and every/.er requesting her naked pics - would that be the first/. effect for email addresses?
(Psst - you could send her email addy just to me, you know - I'll keep it a secret - I swear - on my honor;)) Just kidding - Mod me down, Scotty.
"In other words, for those who can't have kids because they don't have a womb: men. "
There are some women whose eggs cannot attach themselves to their wombs after fertilization and hence the women cannot give birth. This is very very useful for unfortunate people like them. Please get your facts right.. oh, sorry - you're a troll aren't you?
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"I guess this is better than spending all that energy working on better nukes."
Right. I guess we should be more 'civilised', not bother trying to defend ourselves, and bend over every time someone wants to fill up their own coffers with money. East India Company anyone?
If you have a valid point like, oh! say world disarmament, I suggest you start with the nation that has the largest nuclear arsenal.
For what it's worth, the name's Gandhi, not Ghandi.
Pronunciation from M-W.com
Will Eminem be placed on the pedestel next to Beethoven, Mozart, Tansen etc. 200 years from now? Will it be correct according to you? Will it matter what you think? All straight questions.
I think so.
Unless, of course, you're a hermaphrodite.
"I don't know what, if you'll forgive the term, oursider's perspective is. "
...
Should read as
"I don't know what, if you'll forgive the term, an outsider's perspective is. "
"I read more about Buddhism because at the time my interrest was in meditation, which is huge in Buddhism, and even somebody who is less interrested in the religious side of things can learn a lot from."
If you are interested in the 'other side' - viz. ethics (I see religions as being composed of mythologies and ethics - I personally don't believe in God) I'd suggest you read the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali's Yogasutras and books by Swami Vivekananda. This is by no mean an authoritative list - just off the top of my head.
"My understanding is that although meditation is a big part of Hinduism, it is not the main subject like in Buddhism "
Hinduism has evolved over time to become a way of life more than a religion - atleast, it is for the average hindu (includes me) - I don't know what, if you'll forgive the term, oursider's perspective is. And as for meditation, as the Gita mentions, you don't have to meditate to actually atain moksha. There are four ways in which you can life a complete life and attain moksha, of which being a sanyasi (meditating, among other things) is one.
Cheers,
"In the movie, when the hero (Neo ?) is sitting in an armchair, and wonder if everything is fake, and the other hero asked him "what is reality ? Is it waht your senses tell it is to your brain ?" - this is a very "budhist question" (not only Tibettan, but accross the differnt form of budhism),"
Actually, this is, if you want to name religions, a Hindu question (Ref: The Vedas and The Bhagwad Gita).
"The article talks about how this priceless artifact as well as many others, from the same civilisation that invented writing and the wheel, could be threatened by the impending war."
I believe I've heard of a civilization with written texts (The Vedas) more than 6000+ years old. The Hindu civilization in India.
"Sadly, it runs windows so no one will actually want to use one for real work, but it looks pretty cool for minesweeper"
I'd like to point out here that the notebook in question seems ideal for CmdrTaco's needs. Stop being haughty.
"Since that time, we have had zero browser related security issues, and employees waste far less time surfing the web, mainly because a lot of time-wasting sites only work in Microsoft standards-compliant browsers"
/. work on Lynx and Mozilla and Netscape and ...
But I've seen
Nothing to see here except a rich, stupid troll called Rob Malda.
"As everyone knows, Vim is the best (only?) text editor, and KDE is the best (only?) desktop system. "
As everyone knows, CmdrTaco is the best (only?) troll, and Timothy is the best (only?) bot.
I don't know who wrote the title "Teaching Linux/Unix Basics to Microsoft Junkies?". If you did, I would advise you not to call them junkies - they might not like it, unlike most *nix junkies. Now, if Timothy wrote that title, well, we understand and need not speak more.
"But the demand for the idea of an information repository isn't going to go away -- users demand convenience, and this would be convenient"
/. account is fine - I don't care about it anyway. But other things are my own business, not yours.
I don't demand inconvenience.
A
After reading the above sentence from Michael I suddenly pictured the Bill Gates-Borg picture - except that it was not BG but rather Rob Malda. Is this what we really want? Heck, forget the really part - this isn't even what I want impulsively. Go sell your ideas somewhere else - I'm not buying.
"I like that this article points out the risks that Microsoft took"
Taking pleasure in the possible misfortune of someone/something else - I believe it's near sadism (?).
Wow - never knew you had it in you.
Finally, an expansion of BYOM other than Bring Your Own Monkey.
"Kim Petersen designed his from scratch, building the elevated track from wood, scavenging the engine from a motorized walker and handcrafting the train from sheet metal. Total cost: $4000"
Does this include the money he lost because he didn't work during this time, the money he lost to a divorce lawyer (his wife must have been pissed) blah blah blah???
Kidding.
"Maybe so, but I would need my pen to make cool clicking sounds"
... too bad for you ...
Pens (specifically ball point pens) have been doing that for years.
But I guess you need to know how to write to use them
"heh open up IE, Messenger, etc. Don't allow anyone to distibute their own versions, but let people look and submit bug fixes etc"
/. about what OSS strategy MS should utilise is like a Pakistani debating about what strategy the US should employ - absolute waste of time.
Ah yes, the pleasures of increased policing and legislation costs. Add to that the cost of a few senators and congressmen for good measure and you have something called WASTED MONEY.
Why should they do that?
They have no need of doing so. It would be wastage of perfectly good money.
Debating on
"schizoid depressive maniac "
/.ers use buzzwords related to technology, but when you spout wisdom from movies with buzzwords out of something like Hannibal, it's time to read your post again.
The word you're looking for is probably manic, not maniac.
It's alright when
They have as much in common with christianity as, say the Pope or the Dalai Lama has with LRH (or whatever he's called). So why do their 'churches' prominently display the crucifix, which is an obvious symbol of and reference to Jesus? Doesn't anyone else find this wierd and stupid?
"I receive about 3 ads for penis enlargement a day even if I am from the opposite sex."
Probably for your Boyfriend, from when he registered for a pornsite using your email id.
Just kidding.
"When I told him that anything like that was obviously a worm or some kind of scam, he responded: "But it was from a girl who DOES send me pictures of herself naked!""
/.er requesting her naked pics - would that be the first /. effect for email addresses?
;)) Just kidding - Mod me down, Scotty.
It's a good thing you didn't reveal her email address.
Aside from privacy issues, I'm sure the poor lass would stop using her computer if she recieved an email from each and every
(Psst - you could send her email addy just to me, you know - I'll keep it a secret - I swear - on my honor
Proven to be irritating.
Proven not to work effectively.
Proven too lame to challenge the might of The Lords of The Geeks.
"On the other hand, one met her husband through the game, so I guess it can't be all bad. "
;)
Oh, I assume you mean the game (it) can't be all that bad. For a moment there I thought you were talking about the husband
"In other words, for those who can't have kids because they don't have a womb: men. "
.. oh, sorry - you're a troll aren't you?
There are some women whose eggs cannot attach themselves to their wombs after fertilization and hence the women cannot give birth. This is very very useful for unfortunate people like them. Please get your facts right