You're awfully proud of that, aren't you? I hope this is simply flamebait, or else you're the most pretentious fuckup I've seen here this week. You religious/dietary/software choices don't make you intelligent or even worth listening to. If you want to impress people, try posting something intelligent.
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Sinker.
Welcome to the bucket!
interesting though how it pisses certain kinds of people off so.:-)
The ISC, by its own definition, is a "global coalition of large and small companies committed to advancing the concept that multiple competing software markets should be allowed to develop and flourish unimpeded by government preference or mandate."
Hear, hear! These large and small companies should ALL be permitted to submit their Free / open source software to governments for consideration, on a level playing field.
Oh, what's that you say? Your company doesn't write Free / open source software? Well, I guess this isn't your market then, now is it?
"The software must be F/OSS" is discriminatory against proprietary software vendors in the same way that "the software cannot be a refrigerator" is discriminatory against Frigidaire.
If the proprietary vendors want to compete for an open source project, they're more than welcome. Hell, if Frigidaire wants to get into the F/OSS software business, they're more than welcome to submit bids too.
Are you aiming for political correctness, or the opposite? (-:
I dunno, but for some reason there seems to be a common metaphysical threadt hrough those three elements - i haven't taken enough time to figure it out though:-)
Yes, I would mind. It's a personal point of pride to me that I have not committed any crimes against humanity.
I see you've set the bar pretty high for yourself in the "personal point of pride" department. Must be all that self-esteem training they have in the schools these days.
Interesting how some attributes seem to suggest others. So far there's been "Tree-hugger" and "Homosexual"; wrong on both counts. I'm vaguely environmentally-minded, but I don't think I make it into the "tree-hugger" leagues. Not homosexual - although one time, at band camp... well, never mind.
No, you know what happens? Goods become cheaper and better. I don't have to pay through the nose because some guy thinks he should get $40/hour just to enter numbers into some data base or make a powerpoint presentation. Things become more affordable, more people can afford them, and everyone's quality of life goes up. THAT is what happens.
Yeah, I've noticed how affordable those Athlete-endorsed sneakers are now that they pay foreign labor sub-subsistence wages to make their product. They're down to - what - $175 now?
Oh sure, eveything was fine when it was manufacturing jobs that were exported to other countries. Now that white-collar/no-collar jobs like software development are being exported, suddenly it's alarming.
Re:I think the article counters the headline best.
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Yeah, if it weren't for the great wisdom we've built up from our experience, we would probably do ridiculous things, like vote for whoever has the most/best ads, drink lots of Coca Cola, wear clothing that displays the word "Hilfiger" in huge letters, and go to movies on their opening day.
The fact that this was modded "funny" is indicative of just how hopelessly ingrained into our bones consumer culture is.
Intelligent adults are supposed to be able to know how to temper thier actions. Blaming the TV by claming they are mimicing the TV donest say much for ones opinion of the people themselvs.
I think your view is unreasonably idealistic. We greatly overrate ourselves when it comes to our ability to control what we believe, and most of us are largely unaware of our own psychology.
I believe that the omnipresent media constantly washing over us affects us all in ways that we aren't even aware of, regardless of how smart (we think) we are.
One of the more visible social effects of this is the way advertising induces people to make stupid purchasing decisions. There are huge inefficiencies in the economies of free markets because of people's weak minds and manipulation by the "controlling classes", directly through advertisers and indirectly by their agents in the popular culture.
naturally this capability is applied to domains other than product marketing as well.
It's the new and improved thought control - now with a sweet mango-passionfruit twist that consumers can't resist.
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could have been an american using both hands. toward sco? i know i would.
kids should be beating off at home in their bedrooms, not in the library.
Hook.
Line.
Sinker.
Welcome to the bucket!
interesting though how it pisses certain kinds of people off so. :-)
playing this on your pc should do it.
amazing trivia: both of falwell's parents were atheists.
That one has already been suggested :-)
I mean the three you have will piss off enough of the right people... but you won't get all of them unless you add in the fourth. ;)
Alas, I do not pack the fudge, but three out of four ain't bad.
You're one sick puppy.
Yeah, right - like you've never snuffed a hooker to save fifty bucks. Come on, let's get serious here.
Why pay the cheap whore any money? Wait til SCO is dead, then fuck its corpse for free.
If they've already been experimenting with this technology, that would explain A LOT.
Hear, hear! These large and small companies should ALL be permitted to submit their Free / open source software to governments for consideration, on a level playing field.
Oh, what's that you say? Your company doesn't write Free / open source software? Well, I guess this isn't your market then, now is it?
"The software must be F/OSS" is discriminatory against proprietary software vendors in the same way that "the software cannot be a refrigerator" is discriminatory against Frigidaire.
If the proprietary vendors want to compete for an open source project, they're more than welcome. Hell, if Frigidaire wants to get into the F/OSS software business, they're more than welcome to submit bids too.
I dunno, but for some reason there seems to be a common metaphysical threadt hrough those three elements - i haven't taken enough time to figure it out though :-)
I see you've set the bar pretty high for yourself in the "personal point of pride" department. Must be all that self-esteem training they have in the schools these days.
Nope, not communist.
Interesting how some attributes seem to suggest others. So far there's been "Tree-hugger" and "Homosexual"; wrong on both counts. I'm vaguely environmentally-minded, but I don't think I make it into the "tree-hugger" leagues. Not homosexual - although one time, at band camp... well, never mind.
Hmm, this could become a fun parlor game.
hook, line ,sinker - welcome to the bucket!
that's two ac's so far.
That's what the bill of rights is for.
in-doors, under an open umbrella, and the cat's paw is on a crack in the sidewalk.
(What's a sidewalk doing in-doors? Silence infidel!)
Yes, well, maybe, but until you've actually died rather than do something against your will, would you mind dropping the air of superiority?
Yeah, I've noticed how affordable those Athlete-endorsed sneakers are now that they pay foreign labor sub-subsistence wages to make their product. They're down to - what - $175 now?
Oh sure, eveything was fine when it was manufacturing jobs that were exported to other countries. Now that white-collar/no-collar jobs like software development are being exported, suddenly it's alarming.
The fact that this was modded "funny" is indicative of just how hopelessly ingrained into our bones consumer culture is.
I think your view is unreasonably idealistic. We greatly overrate ourselves when it comes to our ability to control what we believe, and most of us are largely unaware of our own psychology.
I believe that the omnipresent media constantly washing over us affects us all in ways that we aren't even aware of, regardless of how smart (we think) we are.
One of the more visible social effects of this is the way advertising induces people to make stupid purchasing decisions. There are huge inefficiencies in the economies of free markets because of people's weak minds and manipulation by the "controlling classes", directly through advertisers and indirectly by their agents in the popular culture.
naturally this capability is applied to domains other than product marketing as well.
It's the new and improved thought control - now with a sweet mango-passionfruit twist that consumers can't resist.
off topic? does no one get this? flat-heads.
hehehe, hook, line and sinker. welcome to the bucket!
ALLAHU AKBAR! ALLAHU AKBAR!
Typical. Nothing new here.