"I call up Oracle, and make them bring someone down here to fix the problem."
I call bullshit. Unless you are a fortune 500 company AND are paying more then a hundred thousand dollars per year in support costs then there is no way Oracle is going to send someone over there to fix anything.
Also this is hardly what I would call a non recession year.
If you believe that stocks trading at 32 times earnings is a good deal then you should invest in the market otherwise stay out or seek other investments.
"The users like to have things related to an app all in one directory/folder"
really? What makes you say that? I'll tell you what users really want.
1) The users want the main parts of the program in c:\program files\application Name 2) The users want all the important files (DLLs) stored in c:\winnt\system32 3) The users want any programs that may used by other programs stored in c:\program files\common files\application name 4) The users want any configuration information stored in a giant binary registry files
It's apparent you don't know anything about what users want.
"All these publications about how the bubble hasn't really burst, and how techies and the tech market (and R&D) haven't really been hurt are bull."
It depends on how you read that sentence. In a very real sense the bubble hasn't burst yet. The S&P is trading at 16 times earnings now. That's seriously overvalued. THe norm is something like 6 times earnings.
Not really. THings have changed a lot recently. Surely Both Brazil and Thailand are not the same country they were twenty years ago just like the US.
As for law and order, I would not think that would be such a huge problem if you were armed to the teeth. Lots of countries have both though. For example in greece gun ownership is very popular, especially in the islands where it's an anamoly not to have guns. If you lived on a greece island not only could you have lots of guns you could also have sun, fun, beaches and great food. Better then your weekly visits to wallmart or the mall no?
"You think communism should work, but people mess it up,"
No I said communism does not work because people are by nature evil. They are selfish, greedy, gluttonous. Communism dictates that people give up their best interest in order to serve a greater good and this will never happem.
Capitalism works because it uses the inherent evilness of people to set up a system. Capitalism is based on the seven deadly sins. Watch one hour of television and you will see enough greed, gluttony, covetousness, pride, lust and the other deadly sins to last a lifetime, and that's just in the commercials. Jesus says that love of money is the root of all evil, capitalism is nothing if not love of money. Find me one religion (other then satanism) that advocates the accumulation of wealth to achieve spriritual growth.
"bush is killing people like castro does in cuba..."
Bush is killing people all over. In afghanistan, in iraq, in yemen, in the phillipines, in pakistan. This president has more blood on his hands in his first two years in office then any since the vietnam war. Bush's bloodlust is still not satiated yet. Unless the economy improves drastically before the next election he will start killing people in iraq or syria next.
Of course Bush is also first president to set up concentration camps outside the US soil. We now have concentration camps in kuwait, afghanistan and cuba where muslims are "interned" including children. Nobody really knows what is going in those places though but it's safe to assume people are being tortured to extract information from them. This president has embraced hitler style concentration camps enthusiastically.
Bush's lust for blood and money is truly disturbing.
Actually that's not quite true. Most people steal software. Certainly virtually everybody overseas steals it and the majority of US software users steal it too.
I urge you to go there experience it for yourself. You seem to have warped view of ordinary life there. Trust me the vast mjority of the people who live in brazil live simple ordinary lives just like you do.
Have you ever been to thailand? Again go there and see for yourself. Americans really need to get out and see how the rest of the world lives.
"s I do with my freedom is collect guns and handload ammo shooting in competition."
Guns are very common in the world. Most countries make you register your guns but don't prevent you from owning or collecting them. Of course if you are really into guns then you probably want to live in Iran, Iraq, africa, afghanistan or other places like that where there are absolutely no laws against owning any kind of a weapon even grenade launchers, whoulder fired missiles and such. If you lived there you could probably even own a tank if you could afford one!
If you love guns then you have a wide choice of countries which would get you easier access to them.
"Lack of freedom and wrong fundemental beliefs about man makes most of africa, asia, south america and the middle east a crap hole."
It depends really. Take any large country on one of the places you list. For example Brazil. If you were a middle class person living in brazil you'd pretty do the same thing that you do here. You'd have a job, you'd have a house or an apt, you'd spend most of your waking hours at work, you'd come home and watch TV. The same is true no matter where you go in the world. Thailand, turkey, japan, singapore, java, australia you name it.
Honestly exactly what are you doing with your freedom that you can't do elsewhere? Is there something special that you do daily, weekly or monthly that is banned in any second or first world country? Sure the third world countries are dirt poor and you would not want to live in them but people in most countries repeat the same ritual every day. Work, tv, dinner, tv, sleep. Occationally a movie or go out to drink maybe if you are young enough then you play some sport.
I am asking honestly here. What do you do with your freedom that you can't do in any one of dozens of countries in the world?
Easy enough to find on google. I looked at it briefly and I didn't see anything that would stop a tank or an airplane. Unless there are recipes there for mustard gas or sarin or other agents then it probably won't help much.
It occurs to me now though that the military will probably be able to defend against simple chemical attacks if they know it's coming. Maybe biological agents or those that would poison food and water supplies might be better.
At first Fox news was labeling democrats with the "hates america". Everytime you turned on Fox there was somebody saying that democrats hate america. Now they have escaltated their fatwah. They are now saying that democrats are traitors. The real problem of course is tha hating america is not a crime but treason is. They are literally advocating that democrats be given the death penalty for treason. The next logical step up is to call democrats terrorist. That way the democrats can be rounded up without even a trial.
The problem is finding a place that is willing to let americans immigrate. All the english speaking countries have very strict immigration laws and most americans can't speak another language.
Canada, new zealand, spain, finland, sweden, belize well just about anyplace really.
Think about it what do you do every day? You work, you come home, you watch tv, you mow the lawn. Once in a while you go to a movie or a bar. Guess what you can do that in most places in the world. Is there something special you do on a regular basis that you can't do someplace else? If so what?
Your argument seems to be "you have to spend money so you might as well not even pay attention how you spend your money".
You can buy locally grown food. Every town has a farmers market go there instead of the supermarket. Support your local farmer or rancher.
Also you can always buy less. SPend less money, make things instead of buying them, keep using the things you already have, fix the broken items instead of throwing them away, do without luxuries, don't drive as much, buy second hand stuff.
If you do all that you will save more money, you will be in better health from all that biking and walking and you will sleep with a better conscience.
If you live outside the US never ever buy american products. Surely there are competing products made by people in your own country.
Ask the palestenians how well those small arms are working to lift the israeli occupation.
Small arms are no longer effective in preventing opression. Time to open up that chemistry or biology book and hope it's more effective then 45 cal bullets at stopping those tanks from rolling into your town.
"We support the ACLU. We support Amnesty International."
Who is we kimo sabe? The republicans have never supported the ACLU or Amnesty international. In fact they insult people by saying that they are "card carrying members of the aclu".
The republicans support the NRA but they never have and never will support either of the organizations you list.
"Clinton was responsible of allowing the 9-11 feelings to build up."
This of course is pure bullshit. Clinton was actually trying to find a solution to the arab israeli problem. Bush took office and told arabs to fuck off and die (he did the same to the north koreans look it up).
"The single biggest piece of ethnic cleansing in that region was carried out with close collbaoration with american forces."
Why is this news? Who do think gave chemical weapons to saddam? When the UN wanted to condemn saddam reagan blocked the vote!. Who do think funded the taliban? Remember pinochet? remember nicaragua?
US has a long history of supporting and propping up despots.
Slashdot Mirror
Once in a while I have to fire up IE for some reason or another and I am shocked at what a miserable internet experience it provides.
Sometimes I feel sorry for the poor suckers who have to use it because they are too dumb/lazy/ignorant to download and use mozilla.
"I call up Oracle, and make them bring someone down here to fix the problem."
I call bullshit. Unless you are a fortune 500 company AND are paying more then a hundred thousand dollars per year in support costs then there is no way Oracle is going to send someone over there to fix anything.
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
My numbers were off sorry.
The current P&e is at 32.78 see this
Also this is hardly what I would call a non recession year.
If you believe that stocks trading at 32 times earnings is a good deal then you should invest in the market otherwise stay out or seek other investments.
" If I'm blindly installing the software to begin with, I don't mind blindly installing the updates to the software either."
I guess this says it all about your typical windows user.
"The users like to have things
related to an app all in one directory/folder"
really? What makes you say that? I'll tell you what users really want.
1) The users want the main parts of the program in c:\program files\application Name
2) The users want all the important files (DLLs) stored in c:\winnt\system32
3) The users want any programs that may used by other programs stored in c:\program files\common files\application name
4) The users want any configuration information stored in a giant binary registry files
It's apparent you don't know anything about what users want.
"All these publications about how the bubble hasn't really burst, and how techies and the tech market (and R&D) haven't really been hurt are bull."
It depends on how you read that sentence. In a very real sense the bubble hasn't burst yet. The S&P is trading at 16 times earnings now. That's seriously overvalued. THe norm is something like 6 times earnings.
This bubble could burst again!
Actually he should get a job at Fox news. Because fox news is the information ministry of the republican party.
" Are you really the President? That would be pretty cool if GWB posted on Slashdot."
It can't possibly be him. All the words are spelled correctly.
"but my warnings and observations still stand."
Not really. THings have changed a lot recently. Surely Both Brazil and Thailand are not the same country they were twenty years ago just like the US.
As for law and order, I would not think that would be such a huge problem if you were armed to the teeth. Lots of countries have both though. For example in greece gun ownership is very popular, especially in the islands where it's an anamoly not to have guns. If you lived on a greece island not only could you have lots of guns you could also have sun, fun, beaches and great food. Better then your weekly visits to wallmart or the mall no?
"You think communism should work, but people mess it up,"
No I said communism does not work because people are by nature evil. They are selfish, greedy, gluttonous. Communism dictates that people give up their best interest in order to serve a greater good and this will never happem.
Capitalism works because it uses the inherent evilness of people to set up a system. Capitalism is based on the seven deadly sins. Watch one hour of television and you will see enough greed, gluttony, covetousness, pride, lust and the other deadly sins to last a lifetime, and that's just in the commercials. Jesus says that love of money is the root of all evil, capitalism is nothing if not love of money. Find me one religion (other then satanism) that advocates the accumulation of wealth to achieve spriritual growth.
"bush is killing people like castro does in cuba..."
Bush is killing people all over. In afghanistan, in iraq, in yemen, in the phillipines, in pakistan. This president has more blood on his hands in his first two years in office then any since the vietnam war. Bush's bloodlust is still not satiated yet. Unless the economy improves drastically before the next election he will start killing people in iraq or syria next.
Of course Bush is also first president to set up concentration camps outside the US soil. We now have concentration camps in kuwait, afghanistan and cuba where muslims are "interned" including children. Nobody really knows what is going in those places though but it's safe to assume people are being tortured to extract information from them. This president has embraced hitler style concentration camps enthusiastically.
Bush's lust for blood and money is truly disturbing.
Actually that's not quite true. Most people steal software. Certainly virtually everybody overseas steals it and the majority of US software users steal it too.
"End users don't want to review products. They just want to learn the minimum necessary to use them, to get done what they need to."
If they are not willing to put in even the minimal amount of effort then they should pay for software.
RE:Brazil.
I urge you to go there experience it for yourself. You seem to have warped view of ordinary life there. Trust me the vast mjority of the people who live in brazil live simple ordinary lives just like you do.
Have you ever been to thailand? Again go there and see for yourself. Americans really need to get out and see how the rest of the world lives.
"s I do with my freedom is collect guns and handload ammo shooting in competition."
Guns are very common in the world. Most countries make you register your guns but don't prevent you from owning or collecting them. Of course if you are really into guns then you probably want to live in Iran, Iraq, africa, afghanistan or other places like that where there are absolutely no laws against owning any kind of a weapon even grenade launchers, whoulder fired missiles and such. If you lived there you could probably even own a tank if you could afford one!
If you love guns then you have a wide choice of countries which would get you easier access to them.
What makes you think this supreme court is interested in protecting the pirvacy of ordinary citizens?
"Lack of freedom and wrong fundemental beliefs about man makes most of africa, asia, south america and the middle east a crap hole."
It depends really. Take any large country on one of the places you list. For example Brazil. If you were a middle class person living in brazil you'd pretty do the same thing that you do here. You'd have a job, you'd have a house or an apt, you'd spend most of your waking hours at work, you'd come home and watch TV. The same is true no matter where you go in the world. Thailand, turkey, japan, singapore, java, australia you name it.
Honestly exactly what are you doing with your freedom that you can't do elsewhere? Is there something special that you do daily, weekly or monthly that is banned in any second or first world country? Sure the third world countries are dirt poor and you would not want to live in them but people in most countries repeat the same ritual every day. Work, tv, dinner, tv, sleep. Occationally a movie or go out to drink maybe if you are young enough then you play some sport.
I am asking honestly here. What do you do with your freedom that you can't do in any one of dozens of countries in the world?
Easy enough to find on google. I looked at it briefly and I didn't see anything that would stop a tank or an airplane. Unless there are recipes there for mustard gas or sarin or other agents then it probably won't help much.
It occurs to me now though that the military will probably be able to defend against simple chemical attacks if they know it's coming. Maybe biological agents or those that would poison food and water supplies might be better.
At first Fox news was labeling democrats with the "hates america". Everytime you turned on Fox there was somebody saying that democrats hate america. Now they have escaltated their fatwah. They are now saying that democrats are traitors. The real problem of course is tha hating america is not a crime but treason is. They are literally advocating that democrats be given the death penalty for treason. The next logical step up is to call democrats terrorist. That way the democrats can be rounded up without even a trial.
The problem is finding a place that is willing to let americans immigrate. All the english speaking countries have very strict immigration laws and most americans can't speak another language.
Canada, new zealand, spain, finland, sweden, belize well just about anyplace really.
Think about it what do you do every day? You work, you come home, you watch tv, you mow the lawn. Once in a while you go to a movie or a bar. Guess what you can do that in most places in the world. Is there something special you do on a regular basis that you can't do someplace else? If so what?
Your argument seems to be "you have to spend money so you might as well not even pay attention how you spend your money".
You can buy locally grown food. Every town has a farmers market go there instead of the supermarket. Support your local farmer or rancher.
Also you can always buy less. SPend less money, make things instead of buying them, keep using the things you already have, fix the broken items instead of throwing them away, do without luxuries, don't drive as much, buy second hand stuff.
If you do all that you will save more money, you will be in better health from all that biking and walking and you will sleep with a better conscience.
If you live outside the US never ever buy american products. Surely there are competing products made by people in your own country.
Ask the palestenians how well those small arms are working to lift the israeli occupation.
Small arms are no longer effective in preventing opression. Time to open up that chemistry or biology book and hope it's more effective then 45 cal bullets at stopping those tanks from rolling into your town.
Communism failed because it presumes that humans are inherently good. That is a false premise.
Capitalism works because it presumes humans are inherently greedy and selfish (evil). It works because this premise is true.
"We support the ACLU. We support Amnesty International."
Who is we kimo sabe? The republicans have never supported the ACLU or Amnesty international. In fact they insult people by saying that they are "card carrying members of the aclu".
The republicans support the NRA but they never have and never will support either of the organizations you list.
"Clinton was responsible of allowing the 9-11 feelings to build up."
This of course is pure bullshit. Clinton was actually trying to find a solution to the arab israeli problem. Bush took office and told arabs to fuck off and die (he did the same to the north koreans look it up).
"The single biggest piece of ethnic cleansing in that region was carried out with close collbaoration with american forces."
Why is this news? Who do think gave chemical weapons to saddam? When the UN wanted to condemn saddam reagan blocked the vote!. Who do think funded the taliban? Remember pinochet? remember nicaragua?
US has a long history of supporting and propping up despots.