After 1981, George Lucas was abducted by walrus-like aliens called Walrothians and replaced with a look-alike.
This was done because the Grand Walrothian Overlord had made a big-money deal with George Lucas to create a fictitious image of aliens, so that the Walrothians could continue to abduct people and transform them into Walroth Serfs and take over the universe.
Lucas decided to go against the deal with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1981 and paid the ultimate price. A look-alike released The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones which continue to portray the Walrothians as benevolent people, when in reality they are sadistic evil scum who will eventually destroy the planet.
"The Principle...However, children always have the right to establish their maturity by assuming administration and protection of their own rights, ending dependency upon their parents or other guardians, and assuming all responsibilities of adulthood."
Combined with the section of the LP platform entitled "Sexual Rights:"
"The Principle: Adults have the right to private choice in consensual sexual activity."
Do you support this horrible and ridiculous plank which essentially would legalize child prostitution and statutory rape?
"There is no such things as what you describe as "free market" if there's property. When there's property, those with the largest amount of it will always call the shots, and the rest will be oppressed and exploited. It is very difficult to enter a market dominated by a megacorporation."
Not true. There are no corporations in a true free market. Corporations are legal "people" protected by the government and given unlimited liability. They also live past the lives of their owners. Under a free market, property may be inherited by descendants, but businesses can't go on forever.
It's not necessarily a matter of laws. When something is a "person," doesn't it need to be "protected" by government? This justifies "corporate welfare" and all kinds of things.
Give me an example of those with the largest amount of property "calling the shots" when there is no government protection of businesses allowed. I often hear the example of someone buying up the entire country and charging high rent. It is a ridiculous example, because it assumes everyone will sell their houses to one person or group of people.
"Are there any laws that protect the status of Microsoft? Then why isn't there any significant commercial competitors?"
Microsoft is a matter of choice. We agree to decide that ease of use and compatibility with te rest of the world are the most important features of an operating system. No one is forcing you to use Microsoft products or sign their license agreement.
What I didn't get about the MS anti-trust trial is that anyone can at any time install a separate browser from a CD-ROM without even touching IE. Plus, Linux distributors include many different browsers with their OS.
There are no competitors to MS because someone hasn't developed a competing product that everyone likes. Sadly, everyone likes MS because the rest of the world uses it. It is entirely a matter of choice. I choose Microsoft on this machine (since Star/OpenOffice isn't perfectly compatible with Office and certain hardware which I choose to use isn't yet supported) and Linux on the other.
Industrial capitalism: Presence of corporations, legal "people" with unlimited liability protected by the State. Phony "free trade agreements" and "free trade organizations" which are nothing more than protection of businesses. Strict intellectual property laws. This is what we have in America.
Free-market capitalism: What this guy is describing. No corporations, true free trade (meaning the absence of subsidies, tariffs, embargoes, outsourcing bans, and other restrictions, NOT by agreements or organizations, but by lack of laws.) Whether there is intellectual property or not is debatable. I don't think that this has ever been fully put into practice.
Here's a funny poem based on spam
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'Twas another day in Nigeria And I was all alone No woman would date me Because I could not get a bone.
I had $20 billion dollars I would share it with all But no woman would date me Because my penis was too small.
Then suddenly, an e-mail came A new hope! A new cure! "Get a bigger erection With our pill, for sure."
I bought the pills And they really worked! But when my woman found out She broke up with me Because she thinks I'm a desperate jerk.
You heathen libburils shall burn in hell for opposing John Ashcroft! Patriot Legislation keeps you safe and punishes the wicked infidel! For it is written, "In the end times, the Great Elephant shall crush the pinko libburils."
This is terrible. Will this assault on our Constitutional rights ever end? Imagine if Clinton had these powers on his hands. This is not necessary for terrorism at all, and is an infringement of our Constitutional rights.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. ? Benjamin Franklin
Hahaha this has been one of the arguments of the comp.os.linux.advocacy trolls for a while now; that we're all terrorists and zealots. I see they've gotten attention of the Internet technology press now.
Yeah, but the bill the EFF supports has a provision the EFF doesn't tell you about. "Mandatory Surprise Recounts." Like we need that chaos happening. Especially since every recount is less and less accurate. Remember the 2000 Bush/Gore election, and how every recount showed a little more for Gore? We don't need that.
They've pissed off so many people, me included. Many people, including me, are never buying CDs again because of their legal tactics, manipulation of the government, and overall bad quality of music they have been producing in recent years.
Why does the government regulate technology? They obviously know nothing about it. You get laws like the felt-tip-pen-banning DMCA and firewall-banning Super-DMCA laws which show clearly their lack of knowledge on the subject. This should be fun to watch, if it happens. They'd probably fall prey to Microsoft and their lies and nothing would get done. Oh wait, they might ban Linux for the same reasons imported drugs are banned. That's a little extreme, but you never know.
One of the things I don't like about President Bush is that he was always big on government helping businesses, especially through tariffs. This is wrong and unfair, since we should be able to buy from any business we want without government raising prices on the products of competing businesses. Also, he gave lots of money to the airlines. This is also unfair, since it comes from our taxes. We should spend money on the airlines out of our own choice, not be forced to by the government.
I hate how Eric Raymond tries to define an entire culture of hackers. Many of his ideas are not true, such as Java REPLACING C++. I'm a mix of Republican and Libertarian, but I believe that most hackers/geeks are anarchists/socialists. He claims his ideas came from a survey of Usenet, but where are the numbers? I think he wrote it all himself.
First DMCA, then Super-DMCA? Soon we'll have Hyper-DMCA, Ultra-DMCA, Mega-DMCA, and eventually Mega-DMCAx2 which gives full ownership of our computers to the entertainment industry.
Mandating consideration is wrong too. It's the responsibility of the free software developers to advertise to their customers, including government customers, and the right of the customer to refuse considering anything they may not want, including open-source software.
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After 1981, George Lucas was abducted by walrus-like aliens called Walrothians and replaced with a look-alike.
This was done because the Grand Walrothian Overlord had made a big-money deal with George Lucas to create a fictitious image of aliens, so that the Walrothians could continue to abduct people and transform them into Walroth Serfs and take over the universe.
Lucas decided to go against the deal with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1981 and paid the ultimate price. A look-alike released The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones which continue to portray the Walrothians as benevolent people, when in reality they are sadistic evil scum who will eventually destroy the planet.
From the LP platform, "Families and Children:"
"The Principle...However, children always have the right to establish their maturity by assuming administration and protection of their own rights, ending dependency upon their parents or other guardians, and assuming all responsibilities of adulthood."
Combined with the section of the LP platform entitled "Sexual Rights:"
"The Principle: Adults have the right to private choice in consensual sexual activity."
Do you support this horrible and ridiculous plank which essentially would legalize child prostitution and statutory rape?
"There is no such things as what you describe as "free market" if there's property. When there's property, those with the largest amount of it will always call the shots, and the rest will be oppressed and exploited. It is very difficult to enter a market dominated by a megacorporation."
Not true. There are no corporations in a true free market. Corporations are legal "people" protected by the government and given unlimited liability. They also live past the lives of their owners. Under a free market, property may be inherited by descendants, but businesses can't go on forever.
It's not necessarily a matter of laws. When something is a "person," doesn't it need to be "protected" by government? This justifies "corporate welfare" and all kinds of things.
Give me an example of those with the largest amount of property "calling the shots" when there is no government protection of businesses allowed. I often hear the example of someone buying up the entire country and charging high rent. It is a ridiculous example, because it assumes everyone will sell their houses to one person or group of people.
"Are there any laws that protect the status of Microsoft? Then why isn't there any significant commercial competitors?"
Microsoft is a matter of choice. We agree to decide that ease of use and compatibility with te rest of the world are the most important features of an operating system. No one is forcing you to use Microsoft products or sign their license agreement.
What I didn't get about the MS anti-trust trial is that anyone can at any time install a separate browser from a CD-ROM without even touching IE. Plus, Linux distributors include many different browsers with their OS.
There are no competitors to MS because someone hasn't developed a competing product that everyone likes. Sadly, everyone likes MS because the rest of the world uses it. It is entirely a matter of choice. I choose Microsoft on this machine (since Star/OpenOffice isn't perfectly compatible with Office and certain hardware which I choose to use isn't yet supported) and Linux on the other.
Industrial capitalism: Presence of corporations, legal "people" with unlimited liability protected by the State. Phony "free trade agreements" and "free trade organizations" which are nothing more than protection of businesses. Strict intellectual property laws. This is what we have in America.
Free-market capitalism: What this guy is describing. No corporations, true free trade (meaning the absence of subsidies, tariffs, embargoes, outsourcing bans, and other restrictions, NOT by agreements or organizations, but by lack of laws.) Whether there is intellectual property or not is debatable. I don't think that this has ever been fully put into practice.
'Twas another day in Nigeria
And I was all alone
No woman would date me
Because I could not get a bone.
I had $20 billion dollars
I would share it with all
But no woman would date me
Because my penis was too small.
Then suddenly, an e-mail came
A new hope! A new cure!
"Get a bigger erection
With our pill, for sure."
I bought the pills
And they really worked!
But when my woman found out
She broke up with me
Because she thinks I'm a desperate jerk.
I can't believe anyone would even CONSIDER putting computer games before people.
I have a very low tolerance with caffeine - I usually am fine with just a cup of tea if I need it.
Once I tried one of those energy drinks - I just took one slug and it was so extremely potent. I never had them again.
...is Words that They Will Bend" -Metallica
You heathen libburils shall burn in hell for opposing John Ashcroft! Patriot Legislation keeps you safe and punishes the wicked infidel! For it is written, "In the end times, the Great Elephant shall crush the pinko libburils."
This is terrible. Will this assault on our Constitutional rights ever end? Imagine if Clinton had these powers on his hands. This is not necessary for terrorism at all, and is an infringement of our Constitutional rights.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
? Benjamin Franklin
The subject says it all.
Think about it. I love the 80s and ILT80s strikes back, new Care Bears and Ninja Turtles (so my friends tell me), and now the Rubiks Cube.
The best that I've found.
I sent this in to Slashdot a while ago (the article was first on Computerworld) and it wasn't accepted.
Hahaha this has been one of the arguments of the comp.os.linux.advocacy trolls for a while now; that we're all terrorists and zealots. I see they've gotten attention of the Internet technology press now.
Yeah, but the bill the EFF supports has a provision the EFF doesn't tell you about. "Mandatory Surprise Recounts." Like we need that chaos happening. Especially since every recount is less and less accurate. Remember the 2000 Bush/Gore election, and how every recount showed a little more for Gore? We don't need that.
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
They've pissed off so many people, me included. Many people, including me, are never buying CDs again because of their legal tactics, manipulation of the government, and overall bad quality of music they have been producing in recent years.
Why does the government regulate technology? They obviously know nothing about it. You get laws like the felt-tip-pen-banning DMCA and firewall-banning Super-DMCA laws which show clearly their lack of knowledge on the subject. This should be fun to watch, if it happens. They'd probably fall prey to Microsoft and their lies and nothing would get done. Oh wait, they might ban Linux for the same reasons imported drugs are banned. That's a little extreme, but you never know.
One of the things I don't like about President
Bush is that he was always big on government
helping businesses, especially through tariffs.
This is wrong and unfair, since we should be able
to buy from any business we want without
government raising prices on the products of
competing businesses.
Also, he gave lots of money to the airlines. This
is also unfair, since it comes from our taxes. We
should spend money on the airlines out of our own
choice, not be forced to by the government.
I hate how Eric Raymond tries to define an entire culture of hackers. Many of his ideas are not true, such as Java REPLACING C++. I'm a mix of Republican and Libertarian, but I believe that most hackers/geeks are anarchists/socialists. He claims his ideas came from a survey of Usenet, but where are the numbers? I think he wrote it all himself.
Yo what up this is the rapper named Frodo
From the gang called Hobbitz Wit Attitude
Straight outta Mordor...
All the aliens moved to Roswell, NM.
No, wait, this would be better. DMCA, Super-DMCA, Fire-DMCA, Raccoon-DMCA, and Cape-DMCA.
First DMCA, then Super-DMCA? Soon we'll have Hyper-DMCA, Ultra-DMCA, Mega-DMCA, and eventually Mega-DMCAx2 which gives full ownership of our computers to the entertainment industry.
Mandating consideration is wrong too. It's the responsibility of the free software developers to advertise to their customers, including government customers, and the right of the customer to refuse considering anything they may not want, including open-source software.