"The problem with The Matrix was its message: technology is inherently bad."
That is not the message they are trying to get across. What it shows, esspecially in this first episode, is that we created a wonderful thing. The only problem is that we were too arrogant to accept it into society. They attempted to join the United Nations and engage in civil relations with other countries of the world. What a wonderful thing that they have created, and something created by machines humans built. But instead of seeing it that way we let our arrogance and fear get in the way and attempted to surpress them, and not accept them.
The movie is not against technology, or trying to show that technology is inherently bad. Because those machines appear to have had heart, if I can say that, which is a great accomplishment, and not a bad thing at all. The movie is simply against arrogance and projedice. They are showing how in an attempt to surpress a "people" they will retaliate, and rightfully so.
Why don't we start a National p2p Association? Group our money together and put it towards lobbing congress. I'd sure feel a lot better spending ten bucks towards something like that in membership dues, than I would giving the RIAA that money via MusicNet and such.
Basically what you're saying is that if there weren't laws barring people from doing certain things then there would not be criminals, and that the laws create criminals and criminal organizations?
Yeah, legalize everything that people do now that is illegal. I guess that's one way to lower the crime rate.
Nobody is saying that it isn't wrong to DoS people. But that doesn't make Microsoft's activation software right.
Your logic, if I can even call it that (which I can't with a straight face), is stupid.
Meet Bob, Bob robs banks. Robbing banks is wrong. People tell Bob that robbing banks is wrong. One day Bob gets murdered in the process of robbing a bank. Murdering people is wrong. People say that robbing banks is wrong. You come in and tell everyone that they are "incorrect" murdering is wrong.
You are saying that because Microsoft is being DoSed, what Microsoft is doing isn't wrong. Now you might feel that what they are doing isn't wrong, but to base it upon that load of horseshit you like to call "logic" is laughable.
Why is it that a $300 billion some company isn't able to hire someone who check the with the trademark office to see if any of the crap they are using is already trade marked?
Personally, i would be pissed off if i was forced to bundle someone elses stuff in my OS.
When you're a monopoly you have to play by different rules. Monopolies get regulated, just like utilities. I don't know why this is such a hard concept for people to grasp. When the phone company is forced to let other phone companies to use their lines you don't hear masses of people bitch and moan about the "poor" phone companies and tell Qwest they should goto Europe because the US must not appreciate the company.
Couldn't people just copy the GPL word for word, and then add some small thing to it (e.g. "By using this software you also agree not to jump off a cliff") and name it something else (e.g. WTF: What The? oh Free software)
I agree with someone who posted above. Slashdot is not unbias. If you don't like the slant Slashdot puts on things, or the stories it does or does not include, then don't visit.
Voyager was my favorite, the next generation being my second favorite. I haven't watched the others enough to make an accurate judgement (maybe your problem with Voyager?)
I didn't like Voyager at all, and when they stopped airing TNG at any decent times (1am and such) I started watching voyager and really liked it. Although the last episode of voyager was a little weak imho (sorry writers).
Actually both systems already use the AIM OSCAR protocol. They are already controled by the same servers even (you can log into AIM using the server login.icq.com or login.aim.com it makes no difference). The only thing is that atm AIM puts a privacy policy file on all AIM accounts that blocks screen names with numbers in it and you are unable to remove it. So ICQ people can't message your AIM account because it is as though the person is blocked, nor can they see you online, nor can you see them online or message them.
All they need to do to make this happen is remove that entry in everyone's privacy file. I always thought it was stupid having them seperated anyways.
I wont be using it until it comes with Xft support.
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Well it's more like 240,000pp a month. So they are only off by about 20%, and I'm sure the author just did some sloppy math and estimation in his/her head.
OpenOffice has got to be the ugliest peice of software I have *ever* run on my computer. Word 2.0 for DOS is good compitition as far as looks go.
I know the point is not looks, it is to get work done. But my god, are you guys *trying* to make it have the ugliest most combersome interface possible? If so, mission accomplished.
Again, sorry for the troll, but that just had to be said.
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With the latest nightlies you can switch profiles on the fly, Outlook Express style, without having to shut down or restart anything.
Do you 'think so'? I mean how can you be 'sure'? I suppose it might be 'true'. Don't you think you could be 'wrong', however? Just my 'two cents'.
"The problem with The Matrix was its message: technology is inherently bad."
That is not the message they are trying to get across. What it shows, esspecially in this first episode, is that we created a wonderful thing. The only problem is that we were too arrogant to accept it into society. They attempted to join the United Nations and engage in civil relations with other countries of the world. What a wonderful thing that they have created, and something created by machines humans built. But instead of seeing it that way we let our arrogance and fear get in the way and attempted to surpress them, and not accept them.
The movie is not against technology, or trying to show that technology is inherently bad. Because those machines appear to have had heart, if I can say that, which is a great accomplishment, and not a bad thing at all. The movie is simply against arrogance and projedice. They are showing how in an attempt to surpress a "people" they will retaliate, and rightfully so.
Why don't we start a National p2p Association? Group our money together and put it towards lobbing congress. I'd sure feel a lot better spending ten bucks towards something like that in membership dues, than I would giving the RIAA that money via MusicNet and such.
Basically what you're saying is that if there weren't laws barring people from doing certain things then there would not be criminals, and that the laws create criminals and criminal organizations?
Yeah, legalize everything that people do now that is illegal. I guess that's one way to lower the crime rate.
I'm sure this gives everyone at the Microsoft camp a good laugh.
http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html
Would it then be possible to send the info wirelessly (sp?) to the amp? Seems kind of cool.
Nobody is saying that it isn't wrong to DoS people. But that doesn't make Microsoft's activation software right.
Your logic, if I can even call it that (which I can't with a straight face), is stupid.
Meet Bob, Bob robs banks. Robbing banks is wrong. People tell Bob that robbing banks is wrong. One day Bob gets murdered in the process of robbing a bank. Murdering people is wrong. People say that robbing banks is wrong. You come in and tell everyone that they are "incorrect" murdering is wrong.
You are saying that because Microsoft is being DoSed, what Microsoft is doing isn't wrong. Now you might feel that what they are doing isn't wrong, but to base it upon that load of horseshit you like to call "logic" is laughable.
Where do they find these people?
Why is it that a $300 billion some company isn't able to hire someone who check the with the trademark office to see if any of the crap they are using is already trade marked?
Personally, i would be pissed off if i was forced to bundle someone elses stuff in my OS.
When you're a monopoly you have to play by different rules. Monopolies get regulated, just like utilities. I don't know why this is such a hard concept for people to grasp. When the phone company is forced to let other phone companies to use their lines you don't hear masses of people bitch and moan about the "poor" phone companies and tell Qwest they should goto Europe because the US must not appreciate the company.
I believe he means Sun's Java VM. As of now the only Java Microsoft provides for Windows is their own VM.
Couldn't people just copy the GPL word for word, and then add some small thing to it (e.g. "By using this software you also agree not to jump off a cliff") and name it something else (e.g. WTF: What The? oh Free software)
What do they have to hide?
I thought they were going to have to change their name. What happened to that?
I agree with someone who posted above. Slashdot is not unbias. If you don't like the slant Slashdot puts on things, or the stories it does or does not include, then don't visit.
Yeah, who cares about our navigation systems or f00king over all the animals that rely on their inert sense of direction for migration. I agree.
/this/ selfish?)
(Is are race truely
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Actually, since 1984, a meter is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,762,458ths of a second.
But thanks for playing
HOLY CRAP! And all this time I thought it was real!
*rolls eyes*
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94118 nuff said
Voyager was my favorite, the next generation being my second favorite. I haven't watched the others enough to make an accurate judgement (maybe your problem with Voyager?)
I didn't like Voyager at all, and when they stopped airing TNG at any decent times (1am and such) I started watching voyager and really liked it. Although the last episode of voyager was a little weak imho (sorry writers).
Actually both systems already use the AIM OSCAR protocol. They are already controled by the same servers even (you can log into AIM using the server login.icq.com or login.aim.com it makes no difference). The only thing is that atm AIM puts a privacy policy file on all AIM accounts that blocks screen names with numbers in it and you are unable to remove it. So ICQ people can't message your AIM account because it is as though the person is blocked, nor can they see you online, nor can you see them online or message them.
All they need to do to make this happen is remove that entry in everyone's privacy file. I always thought it was stupid having them seperated anyways.
I wont be using it until it comes with Xft support.
Well it's more like 240,000pp a month. So they are only off by about 20%, and I'm sure the author just did some sloppy math and estimation in his/her head.
OpenOffice has got to be the ugliest peice of software I have *ever* run on my computer. Word 2.0 for DOS is good compitition as far as looks go.
I know the point is not looks, it is to get work done. But my god, are you guys *trying* to make it have the ugliest most combersome interface possible? If so, mission accomplished.
Again, sorry for the troll, but that just had to be said.