Man, anyone can say anything about anything without proof and people will believe it. So, now I'll add some evidence. The original parent was partially right. Al Gore's web site originally was NT, but has changed. Here's/. with the answer. Please see the comment:
Originally, algore2000.com ran on an NT box using the IIS Web server. The move to Linux came about for a number of reasons, and coincided with the campaign's move from K Street in Washington, DC to a new location on Charlotte Avenue in Nashville.
Hmmm, I actually remember it being the other way as you state it. GWB with IIS and Gore with Apache. Gore was the one to support the anti-trust case against MS while talking to the people at MS.
Your currencey is based on the decimal system it wouldent be to hard to change everyhting to metric
Then why do we have a "quarter"?
Actually, I'm currently in Germany, and I still find myself giving 6.16 Euro for something that costs 5.91. But at least here the strange looks I get from the cashier is more appropriate than in the states when I have to tell them, just plug the numbers into the register and you'll understand.
OK, so the term is wrong. But if you just want to lose weight, move to the moon, but you're still fat. What you really want to lose is the mass. So we really need to change the expression, "how much do you weigh?" to "how massive are your?". That should really get people to like you!
How can you say that we will have had nothing to do with their being better off?
Are they?
I don't know, and I wouldn't say they are just because we got rid of an evil dictator. There could be worst problems. I don't know. But can anyone list any polls of the Iraqi people whether they think they are better off now than before the war. Of course finding a balanced poll is down right hard if not impossible. Ask mostly those that were directly oppressed by Sadam and you'll get a big yes, ask those that had they children killed during the war, you would probably get a no. But a general random poll of all types... what would that show?
Conspiracy and FUD are different, close, but different. FUD is that when you lie, or really bend the truth about something else that you want to destroy. Conspiracy, is when you really believe the lie or bent truth, and spread it because you are filled with Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
The parent post is not FUD, but can arguably be called a conspirator.
I would disagree. C++ still lets you write C code. Hell, at my old job, I was put on a project that was using C++. When I started, I had to tell them that they were not writing C++, there were only using a C++ compiler for C. When I starting changing things to use objects, people started freaking out.
I'll change your statement: Java is easier to teach you Object Oriented programming if you already know C, than C++.
That said, I haven't used java for years and should try to learn it again. When I started to learn it the first time, it was still new and the libraries seem to change every month. So I got fed up with it and never came back. A colleague of mine told me things are now stable and I might try it again. But I'm a systems programmer, so it isn't necessary for me to learn it quite yet. Maybe if I get bored, I'll give it another go at it.
In a lot of cases, you are right. But some of us (me included) work on military or other complex systems that getting 10 percent faster output would be great. I find that there is a lot of effort going on to put as much as posible on the smallest amount of hardware. The system may be fast, but the work load is going up, since to make things lighter, you run five apps that use to run on five different machines, on a single unit. One project switched to Java and is now suffering from performance issues. Now the code needs to be redesigned to get the required output.
Speed will always matter, until we solve those nasty NP problems;-)
Either you like spatial, or you don't. Set it up right, and forget about the setting.
OK, I might be in the minority on this, but I like both! There are some tasks I do that Spatial works better for, but most of the time I like the browser mode. I have a deep directory structure (if you consider 6 to 7 levels deep) and that is because I work on lots of projects and found that making sorting everything by subcatagories has saved me a lot of time. There was a time I had a shallow directory structure and I could never find anything. The deep way is much better for me.
Anyway, for what I need to do, I browse the files most of the time, thus the browser mode is much better for me. But sometimes (twice a week maybe) I need to manage two directories and the spatial way comes in handy. I prefer the browser mode as default but never had the time to see how to do that. For now I just click on the menu for browsing. It would really be nice to have the menus for going between the two. Switch from browser mode to spatial, and back.
Restricting options is always bad. That is usually my main argument for using Linux. It does what you want, and not make you do what it wants. I'm finding with every upgrade of Gnome, it makes me do what it wants and not what I want. If some of my applications didn't depend on it, I would still be staying with Gnome 1.
I agree that I've too have had problems with the copy/paste. But it is usually for things other than real work. For instance, when the gnome tips is set to fortune, and I like one and want to mail it to someone, it doesn't let you copy it. So I have to search it up in the fortune database and get it from there (or just type it in by hand). This isn't really that important, but is annoying.
The reason it works in Windows and not in Linux is the way that Windows GUI works compared to Linux. With linux, everything is more modular. X windows runs separate from the kernel, The Window manager runs separate from X and apps run separate from the window manager. With windows, you only have the OS (kernel, Gui and window manager rolled into one) and the apps. The cut and paste is controlled by the OS with little help from the apps. With Linux, theres more than one way because of the different controls. This makes Linux more flexible to the developer, but unfortunately it does make things like cut/paste a little more difficult for the average user. But, I'd sacrifice the cut/paste of Windows for the Linux way just to get something that is as flexible as Linux.
I'm sure that soon (or later) there will eventually be a standard that will define how cut/paste should work in all programs and a defined API to use it. It's just one of the many things needed to be done in Linux to be ready for the mainstream desktop. The more commercial linux becomes, the closer this will happen.
I wouldn't. Just thinking about all the sparks the rotor gives, and the likely hood of gas vapors, keeps me from having the engine running while pumping gas. As for a cell phone, I thought it quite strange that they should be turned off. I don't, but I wouldn't answer mine if it were to ring while pumping gas. More for mental reasons then logical.
I'm not sure the author of the article really understands what Linux is and what Linux is not.
When those corporations begin to loose money to smaller groups who out perform, then those corporations pay for studies that skew the truth and spread FUD.
Yeah, so we know exactly how many characters were blocked out without even using the +/-3 pixels.
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The only adults that read these books should be parents, but only to see the garbage that's printed so they know not to waste money on this drivel for their children. Get them onto some quality literature instead, please!
Being a parent, I'll respond to this. If your children are at an age where they can't read for themselves, or are just starting to read. I think the Harry Potter books are excellent. Don't think you would be able to get though any of the LOTR books with a 8 year old, unless they are really into that. The important thing, for me, is that they are interested in reading. If it takes small quests and a shallow plot, then so be it. But, yes, although I liked the books as entertainment, I would not say they were "good" as in quality. But then again, I liked "Van Helsing". I went to see it after a long day at work, and I didn't want to think, I just wanted to be entertained. That movie was perfect!
There are people out there that never knew Slashdot had a Karma score.
And there are those that also don't know that/. once didn't have karma.
Besides I had a four-digit account but hated the resentment that came after 2000. And I lost my password.
Yeah, and I once had a Pentium Quad PC, but I hated the resentment from my coworkers, and I too lost the password. So I just got rid of it.;-)
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Hmmm...
LOTR - Actually, I didn't read the books until after seeing the second movie. I've knew of them, and always wanted to read them, but never actually got around to it. I did read the books before the ROTK and I believe that made the movies better. I now have the first two on DVD (both normal and extended) and I can't wait for the third.
Harry Potter - Before the movies, I tried to read them to my childrem (2 and 5 then) but they weren't interested. After they saw the movie, then they wanted me to read it to them. But still, it's a little too much for kids that young. They still like to look at the pictures.
Low slash dot id... Well that speaks for itself!
Soprano's, saw one episode, don't know what season, but I have no interest in seeing it again.
Matrix - Rented that on VHS. Yeah I still own one of them, so I guess I am a tag along. OK, I also have a DVD as well. But still, when I saw that, I didn't know what it was about. No one I knew saw it before me, and I was quite surprise. I then bought the DVD.
Carter? How about Nixon!;-)
Oh, and comics, I actually liked reading the Punisher, and then I went and rented it (The first one), God I hated that movie. I thought they could have done so much more with the character, at least get someone who speaks english. I'm interested in seeing the new one. I hope its better (well, I'm not sure it can be worst).
Right, and guns are most often used for target shooting. Things besides killing.
Target shooting is just training on how to use a gun. Most guns are not made for target shooting, but are made to kill. Yes, most of the time, they are used to kill game, but the point is still to kill.
Back in middle school a buddy and I used to make little bombs with his Dad's black powder and blow up GI-Joe men.
But these bombs had to be made, and I don't feel that they should be legal (and probably are not). The gas was part of the package, not the only thing used. I would be more against people walking around with flame throwers or bombs, than guns.
if I wanted to kill a coworker by jamming it in his throat I could.
And if your coworker was 7 feet tall and 300 pounds of muscle, that would be quite a task. A gun would be so much easier. If someone knew you were coming, it would be a good fight, and you might not succeed.
I am simply trying to explain to you that your fear of guns is crazy.
I've mentioned in everyone of my posts that I am not anti-gun. So I don't understand why you think that I have a fear of guns. I've gone shooting with friends, and I do not fear guns themselves. My fear is when everyone who has a gun on them. How do you know who the bad guys are until they do something bad. So they would be considered good guys with guns until something happens.
Our system does a pretty good job about keeping bad people from legally carrying a gun.
I don't agree with this statement. I would also say that our system does a bad job of keeping the guns away from the bad guys illegally. The reasons why the bad guys have the guns, is that someplaces lets people get guns easier then others. I like the laws in NY (where I live) but most the bad guys get their guns in other states where it is much easier to get them. I would like to see tougher laws in other states, to make it harder for the bad guys to get them.
I'm not against someone with a good record from getting a gun. I would just like to see the state make sure that they are good. As I mentioned, this is really impossible, since you really don't know who is bad until they do something bad. So the easier it is to get a gun, the more likely the bad guys can get one as well.
If everyone carried a gun all the time, just the number of accidental deaths would rise. I don't see the number of people dieing from pens being jammed down their throat accidently rising when every one carries a pen.
Most of what you list I have a good chance to defend myself. And I am trained in combat fighting. Also, all of what you have listed is used for other things besides killing. Poisons that are available are usually used for other purposes besides killing. As for explosives, I'm not sure how easy they are to come by. Yes, you can look up a book and make something. My point is that you usually don't have available these things all the time. Those that want the right to carry, usually will carry 24/7, thus, giving you the ability to kill 24/7. The gun, is the one thing that can kill with the least effort. Everything else takes some work.
I mentioned that I'm not anti-gun, but I really don't want everyone to have a gun. I know a lot of people that I would not like walking around with one. Guns themselves don't make me nervous. It's usually the people who carry them that do.
Although, I agree with some of what you say. I'm not anti gun, and feel that a good standing citizen should have the right to own a gun (with the necessary background checks). I'm very nervous with a society where most people have the ability to take someone's life 24/7. There have been times where I see two people get into such an argument that a "good citizen" may turn bad for a second and not realize/care about the consequences and if a gun was present, then someone surely would be dead. Then you can argue that the other, could equally defend themselves, but someone would probably die where as if there were no guns present, no one would.
As for letting those carry guns on a plane, I think that is just plain stupid. As we know that terrorist may only want to take the plane down, and that would be pretty easy with a gun. Shoot a window out and while the plane decompresses, start shooting others. The decompression will keep you busy and not let you defend yourself. With several doing this, that could easily be done. So, no, armed citizens on a plane do not solve that problem.
As, I mentioned, I'm not anti-gun, but you really need to think about all the possibilities to something, than just say this would solve the problem. Because frankly, it wont. You just get other problems that may be just as bad, if not worse. But, you are right, I still believe that a citizen has the right to own a gun for protection. We just need to find the balance where this can help the most.
OK, its been a long time since I used Windows, but I would assume that you can partition it like you can in *nix. I have a/home partition and a/usr/local that has stuff independent from the OS. This is where I keep all personal data and the like. Sometimes I get tired of the distribution I'm using and decide to change (SuSE to RedHat to Debian), and I have no problems in installing. I just blow away the OS partitions and start again, keeping all of my person stuff from one distro to the next.
I'd be shocked if the same can't be done with Windows. So if I had a Windows box that was infected, I'd just reinstall, if it is possible to keep my personal stuff. But like I said, I don't use MS Windows.
I believe most of us don't think we "own" the content, but at least we should have some freedom to do what we want with it, but this does not include giving it to other people who have not bought it themselves. OK, some on/. think that all software should be free, etc, etc. But really, what we want is the ability to buy software, and if there's something wrong with it, be able to fix it ourselves. Most people are not able to do that, but a lot of programmers can (if given source). There has been several times that I would use a vendors product, figure out what was wrong with it, know how to fix it if I had the source, but since I didn't, I was stuck waiting for the patch, which may never happen.
for example distributing binaries without source
This was RMS way of using the same laws that he hated, to do something that he wanted. And that was for all software to be free. I don't personally agree with RMS. My favorite license is the LGPL. I don't care if the code you write is free or not, but the code that I give you should keep all the modifications open. I don't even care if you add an API to your close source, but if you fix a bug in my code, I would like that given to all those you give my code to as well.
Now, for this DRM crap! I've been in Germany for several months and have bought several DVDs in German so that I can practice the language (X-Men2, Matrix, Der Herr der Ringe, etc). I went home for a week (USA) and was very disappointed that I couldn't watch these on my DVD player. Now I have to order a DVD player from Japan or something to get a region free player. I've spent over 20 Euros ($24) on some of these DVDs and I can't watch them on my own DVD player. Luckly, Linux can, so for now, I have the ability to watch these. Funny thing too, is that an acquaintance of mine told me that if I were to get a Pirated version of those movies, I would be able to play them on my machine. So, this is what the DRM gives us, legal copies can't be played, but if I were to buy an illegal copy, that would work. This is like those laws that only hurt the ones that obey them, but the criminals still do what they want.
Does anyone remember the fiasco with Corel's Wordperfect. I started using wordperfect before MS word was around, in the good old DOS days (sarcasm). I liked Wordperfect a lot, and stayed with it as much as I could, even through all the changes in ownership and the destructive "enhancements".
I was very excited to hear that Corel would port it to Linux. I was a little weary of the Wine hooks they said, but I would give it a try. I paid over $80 for it and what a piece of crap that was. It would constantly crash and I would always be losing data. It would sometimes crash when I tried to save, and the save would lose data or just corrupt the entire file. I finally gave up with it and bought Star Office.
Then, later when Corel gave up on Linux, I read that Corel is an example that you can't make money porting to Linux. I was so angry at reading that, since the real answer was that you can't make money porting shit to Linux. I think Corel expected the "we are doing you a favor" reaction and everyone would buy it. It actually worked with me since I did go ahead and buy it, but I wouldn't buy something else after that unless I knew it worked. I've seen Star Office previously in action, and that was why I later bought it.
Thanks, I remember it now. OK, so it wasn't adding a scene, but just changing the order. But I still find it interesting that they seem to approve someone on the net doing this.
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Man, anyone can say anything about anything without proof and people will believe it. So, now I'll add some evidence. The original parent was partially right. Al Gore's web site originally was NT, but has changed. Here's /. with the answer. Please see the comment:
Originally, algore2000.com ran on an NT box using the IIS Web server. The move to Linux came about for a number of reasons, and coincided with the campaign's move from K Street in Washington, DC to a new location on Charlotte Avenue in Nashville.
It is all here
So there you have it!
Hmmm, I actually remember it being the other way as you state it. GWB with IIS and Gore with Apache. Gore was the one to support the anti-trust case against MS while talking to the people at MS.
Your currencey is based on the decimal system it wouldent be to hard to change everyhting to metric
Then why do we have a "quarter"?
Actually, I'm currently in Germany, and I still find myself giving 6.16 Euro for something that costs 5.91. But at least here the strange looks I get from the cashier is more appropriate than in the states when I have to tell them, just plug the numbers into the register and you'll understand.
OK, so the term is wrong. But if you just want to lose weight, move to the moon, but you're still fat. What you really want to lose is the mass. So we really need to change the expression, "how much do you weigh?" to "how massive are your?". That should really get people to like you!
How can you say that we will have had nothing to do with their being better off?
Are they?
I don't know, and I wouldn't say they are just because we got rid of an evil dictator. There could be worst problems. I don't know. But can anyone list any polls of the Iraqi people whether they think they are better off now than before the war. Of course finding a balanced poll is down right hard if not impossible. Ask mostly those that were directly oppressed by Sadam and you'll get a big yes, ask those that had they children killed during the war, you would probably get a no. But a general random poll of all types... what would that show?
Conspiracy and FUD are different, close, but different. FUD is that when you lie, or really bend the truth about something else that you want to destroy. Conspiracy, is when you really believe the lie or bent truth, and spread it because you are filled with Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
The parent post is not FUD, but can arguably be called a conspirator.
I would disagree. C++ still lets you write C code. Hell, at my old job, I was put on a project that was using C++. When I started, I had to tell them that they were not writing C++, there were only using a C++ compiler for C. When I starting changing things to use objects, people started freaking out.
I'll change your statement: Java is easier to teach you Object Oriented programming if you already know C, than C++.
That said, I haven't used java for years and should try to learn it again. When I started to learn it the first time, it was still new and the libraries seem to change every month. So I got fed up with it and never came back. A colleague of mine told me things are now stable and I might try it again. But I'm a systems programmer, so it isn't necessary for me to learn it quite yet. Maybe if I get bored, I'll give it another go at it.
In a lot of cases, you are right. But some of us (me included) work on military or other complex systems that getting 10 percent faster output would be great. I find that there is a lot of effort going on to put as much as posible on the smallest amount of hardware. The system may be fast, but the work load is going up, since to make things lighter, you run five apps that use to run on five different machines, on a single unit. One project switched to Java and is now suffering from performance issues. Now the code needs to be redesigned to get the required output.
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Speed will always matter, until we solve those nasty NP problems
Either you like spatial, or you don't. Set it up right, and forget about the setting.
OK, I might be in the minority on this, but I like both! There are some tasks I do that Spatial works better for, but most of the time I like the browser mode. I have a deep directory structure (if you consider 6 to 7 levels deep) and that is because I work on lots of projects and found that making sorting everything by subcatagories has saved me a lot of time. There was a time I had a shallow directory structure and I could never find anything. The deep way is much better for me.
Anyway, for what I need to do, I browse the files most of the time, thus the browser mode is much better for me. But sometimes (twice a week maybe) I need to manage two directories and the spatial way comes in handy. I prefer the browser mode as default but never had the time to see how to do that. For now I just click on the menu for browsing. It would really be nice to have the menus for going between the two. Switch from browser mode to spatial, and back.
Restricting options is always bad. That is usually my main argument for using Linux. It does what you want, and not make you do what it wants. I'm finding with every upgrade of Gnome, it makes me do what it wants and not what I want. If some of my applications didn't depend on it, I would still be staying with Gnome 1.
I agree that I've too have had problems with the copy/paste. But it is usually for things other than real work. For instance, when the gnome tips is set to fortune, and I like one and want to mail it to someone, it doesn't let you copy it. So I have to search it up in the fortune database and get it from there (or just type it in by hand). This isn't really that important, but is annoying.
The reason it works in Windows and not in Linux is the way that Windows GUI works compared to Linux. With linux, everything is more modular. X windows runs separate from the kernel, The Window manager runs separate from X and apps run separate from the window manager. With windows, you only have the OS (kernel, Gui and window manager rolled into one) and the apps. The cut and paste is controlled by the OS with little help from the apps. With Linux, theres more than one way because of the different controls. This makes Linux more flexible to the developer, but unfortunately it does make things like cut/paste a little more difficult for the average user. But, I'd sacrifice the cut/paste of Windows for the Linux way just to get something that is as flexible as Linux.
I'm sure that soon (or later) there will eventually be a standard that will define how cut/paste should work in all programs and a defined API to use it. It's just one of the many things needed to be done in Linux to be ready for the mainstream desktop. The more commercial linux becomes, the closer this will happen.
It has been documented that these gas fires are caused by static buildup, not cell phones
Hmmm, I wonder if the static caused by reaching in your pocket and getting your cell phone to answer it can cause a spark to ignite?
I wouldn't. Just thinking about all the sparks the rotor gives, and the likely hood of gas vapors, keeps me from having the engine running while pumping gas. As for a cell phone, I thought it quite strange that they should be turned off. I don't, but I wouldn't answer mine if it were to ring while pumping gas. More for mental reasons then logical.
Yeah, I did too, so I just went to lynx.
I'm not sure the author of the article really understands what Linux is and what Linux is not.
When those corporations begin to loose money to smaller groups who out perform, then those corporations pay for studies that skew the truth and spread FUD.
I think you answered your own question.
Yeah, so we know exactly how many characters were blocked out without even using the +/-3 pixels.
The only adults that read these books should be parents, but only to see the garbage that's printed so they know not to waste money on this drivel for their children. Get them onto some quality literature instead, please!
Being a parent, I'll respond to this. If your children are at an age where they can't read for themselves, or are just starting to read. I think the Harry Potter books are excellent. Don't think you would be able to get though any of the LOTR books with a 8 year old, unless they are really into that. The important thing, for me, is that they are interested in reading. If it takes small quests and a shallow plot, then so be it. But, yes, although I liked the books as entertainment, I would not say they were "good" as in quality. But then again, I liked "Van Helsing". I went to see it after a long day at work, and I didn't want to think, I just wanted to be entertained. That movie was perfect!
There are people out there that never knew Slashdot had a Karma score.
/. once didn't have karma.
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And there are those that also don't know that
Besides I had a four-digit account but hated the resentment that came after 2000. And I lost my password.
Yeah, and I once had a Pentium Quad PC, but I hated the resentment from my coworkers, and I too lost the password. So I just got rid of it.
Hmmm...
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LOTR - Actually, I didn't read the books until after seeing the second movie. I've knew of them, and always wanted to read them, but never actually got around to it. I did read the books before the ROTK and I believe that made the movies better. I now have the first two on DVD (both normal and extended) and I can't wait for the third.
Harry Potter - Before the movies, I tried to read them to my childrem (2 and 5 then) but they weren't interested. After they saw the movie, then they wanted me to read it to them. But still, it's a little too much for kids that young. They still like to look at the pictures.
Low slash dot id... Well that speaks for itself!
Soprano's, saw one episode, don't know what season, but I have no interest in seeing it again.
Matrix - Rented that on VHS. Yeah I still own one of them, so I guess I am a tag along. OK, I also have a DVD as well. But still, when I saw that, I didn't know what it was about. No one I knew saw it before me, and I was quite surprise. I then bought the DVD.
Carter? How about Nixon!
Oh, and comics, I actually liked reading the Punisher, and then I went and rented it (The first one), God I hated that movie. I thought they could have done so much more with the character, at least get someone who speaks english. I'm interested in seeing the new one. I hope its better (well, I'm not sure it can be worst).
Right, and guns are most often used for target shooting. Things besides killing.
Target shooting is just training on how to use a gun. Most guns are not made for target shooting, but are made to kill. Yes, most of the time, they are used to kill game, but the point is still to kill.
Back in middle school a buddy and I used to make little bombs with his Dad's black powder and blow up GI-Joe men.
But these bombs had to be made, and I don't feel that they should be legal (and probably are not). The gas was part of the package, not the only thing used. I would be more against people walking around with flame throwers or bombs, than guns.
if I wanted to kill a coworker by jamming it in his throat I could.
And if your coworker was 7 feet tall and 300 pounds of muscle, that would be quite a task. A gun would be so much easier. If someone knew you were coming, it would be a good fight, and you might not succeed.
I am simply trying to explain to you that your fear of guns is crazy.
I've mentioned in everyone of my posts that I am not anti-gun. So I don't understand why you think that I have a fear of guns. I've gone shooting with friends, and I do not fear guns themselves. My fear is when everyone who has a gun on them. How do you know who the bad guys are until they do something bad. So they would be considered good guys with guns until something happens.
Our system does a pretty good job about keeping bad people from legally carrying a gun.
I don't agree with this statement. I would also say that our system does a bad job of keeping the guns away from the bad guys illegally. The reasons why the bad guys have the guns, is that someplaces lets people get guns easier then others. I like the laws in NY (where I live) but most the bad guys get their guns in other states where it is much easier to get them. I would like to see tougher laws in other states, to make it harder for the bad guys to get them.
I'm not against someone with a good record from getting a gun. I would just like to see the state make sure that they are good. As I mentioned, this is really impossible, since you really don't know who is bad until they do something bad. So the easier it is to get a gun, the more likely the bad guys can get one as well.
If everyone carried a gun all the time, just the number of accidental deaths would rise. I don't see the number of people dieing from pens being jammed down their throat accidently rising when every one carries a pen.
Most of what you list I have a good chance to defend myself. And I am trained in combat fighting. Also, all of what you have listed is used for other things besides killing. Poisons that are available are usually used for other purposes besides killing. As for explosives, I'm not sure how easy they are to come by. Yes, you can look up a book and make something. My point is that you usually don't have available these things all the time. Those that want the right to carry, usually will carry 24/7, thus, giving you the ability to kill 24/7. The gun, is the one thing that can kill with the least effort. Everything else takes some work.
I mentioned that I'm not anti-gun, but I really don't want everyone to have a gun. I know a lot of people that I would not like walking around with one. Guns themselves don't make me nervous. It's usually the people who carry them that do.
Although, I agree with some of what you say. I'm not anti gun, and feel that a good standing citizen should have the right to own a gun (with the necessary background checks). I'm very nervous with a society where most people have the ability to take someone's life 24/7. There have been times where I see two people get into such an argument that a "good citizen" may turn bad for a second and not realize/care about the consequences and if a gun was present, then someone surely would be dead. Then you can argue that the other, could equally defend themselves, but someone would probably die where as if there were no guns present, no one would.
As for letting those carry guns on a plane, I think that is just plain stupid. As we know that terrorist may only want to take the plane down, and that would be pretty easy with a gun. Shoot a window out and while the plane decompresses, start shooting others. The decompression will keep you busy and not let you defend yourself. With several doing this, that could easily be done. So, no, armed citizens on a plane do not solve that problem.
As, I mentioned, I'm not anti-gun, but you really need to think about all the possibilities to something, than just say this would solve the problem. Because frankly, it wont. You just get other problems that may be just as bad, if not worse. But, you are right, I still believe that a citizen has the right to own a gun for protection. We just need to find the balance where this can help the most.
OK, its been a long time since I used Windows, but I would assume that you can partition it like you can in *nix. I have a /home partition and a /usr/local that has stuff independent from the OS. This is where I keep all personal data and the like. Sometimes I get tired of the distribution I'm using and decide to change (SuSE to RedHat to Debian), and I have no problems in installing. I just blow away the OS partitions and start again, keeping all of my person stuff from one distro to the next.
I'd be shocked if the same can't be done with Windows. So if I had a Windows box that was infected, I'd just reinstall, if it is possible to keep my personal stuff. But like I said, I don't use MS Windows.
I believe most of us don't think we "own" the content, but at least we should have some freedom to do what we want with it, but this does not include giving it to other people who have not bought it themselves. OK, some on /. think that all software should be free, etc, etc. But really, what we want is the ability to buy software, and if there's something wrong with it, be able to fix it ourselves. Most people are not able to do that, but a lot of programmers can (if given source). There has been several times that I would use a vendors product, figure out what was wrong with it, know how to fix it if I had the source, but since I didn't, I was stuck waiting for the patch, which may never happen.
for example distributing binaries without source
This was RMS way of using the same laws that he hated, to do something that he wanted. And that was for all software to be free. I don't personally agree with RMS. My favorite license is the LGPL. I don't care if the code you write is free or not, but the code that I give you should keep all the modifications open. I don't even care if you add an API to your close source, but if you fix a bug in my code, I would like that given to all those you give my code to as well.
Now, for this DRM crap! I've been in Germany for several months and have bought several DVDs in German so that I can practice the language (X-Men2, Matrix, Der Herr der Ringe, etc). I went home for a week (USA) and was very disappointed that I couldn't watch these on my DVD player. Now I have to order a DVD player from Japan or something to get a region free player. I've spent over 20 Euros ($24) on some of these DVDs and I can't watch them on my own DVD player. Luckly, Linux can, so for now, I have the ability to watch these. Funny thing too, is that an acquaintance of mine told me that if I were to get a Pirated version of those movies, I would be able to play them on my machine. So, this is what the DRM gives us, legal copies can't be played, but if I were to buy an illegal copy, that would work. This is like those laws that only hurt the ones that obey them, but the criminals still do what they want.
Does anyone remember the fiasco with Corel's Wordperfect. I started using wordperfect before MS word was around, in the good old DOS days (sarcasm). I liked Wordperfect a lot, and stayed with it as much as I could, even through all the changes in ownership and the destructive "enhancements".
I was very excited to hear that Corel would port it to Linux. I was a little weary of the Wine hooks they said, but I would give it a try. I paid over $80 for it and what a piece of crap that was. It would constantly crash and I would always be losing data. It would sometimes crash when I tried to save, and the save would lose data or just corrupt the entire file. I finally gave up with it and bought Star Office.
Then, later when Corel gave up on Linux, I read that Corel is an example that you can't make money porting to Linux. I was so angry at reading that, since the real answer was that you can't make money porting shit to Linux. I think Corel expected the "we are doing you a favor" reaction and everyone would buy it. It actually worked with me since I did go ahead and buy it, but I wouldn't buy something else after that unless I knew it worked. I've seen Star Office previously in action, and that was why I later bought it.
Thanks, I remember it now. OK, so it wasn't adding a scene, but just changing the order. But I still find it interesting that they seem to approve someone on the net doing this.