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Why not outlaw this bs right away?
Treat every gift made to a politician or a political party as an attempted bribe. Afaik, many european nations allready have laws like these.
Of course there are reasons the biggest parties don't want this to happen, but if enough people slam their fists in the table and say "Enough is enough!"?
If I remember correctly, he basically wrote these papers that the engineers could use as blueprints for how to making it all work.
I can give you that he didn't construct the physical devices himself, but he figured out (in a way that works) the theory behind it, which in my book counts as "inventing" them.
Great, following your reasoning, nothing has ever been invented in the history of mankind. People just thought of a physical way of using some scrap they had lying around. The Wright brothers didn't invent anything, they just saw the obious use of some wooden sticks and a bit of cloth. And people has always been dreaming of flying, so what was the big deal???
Fyi, Athur C Clarke really was a scientist, he figured out the theories on how to get satellites up there, which (as far as I am conserned) would count as "inventing" them.
That made me wonder, what kind of fuzzy logic would make a CG fighter character make moves like that?
"Ûrhkud speaking."... "No hon, there are like thousands of humans, elves here, don't expect me home for dinner...... Add weird walking trees to that. No, no dinner. Bye, love you too."
Yes, what is all this crap about "Three Rings for the Elven-kings... yadda yadda". In the very first chapter. Man, am I glad I filed that book into the big archive.
No. When I studied CS a while ago, I found one fundamenatl difference between men and women taking the courses:
Most of the men had a genuine interrest in computers, they read books without beeing told to, coded just for fun in their spare time.
Most (not all, but an overwhelming majority) of the women had no interrest in computers. They did not read computer related litterature, they did not code in their spare time. What made them show up was the (at the time) very well paid CS related jobs in abundance.
The truly skilled in CS are mostly the ones loving their jobs. Like in most professions.
I would be ungrateful, if I was given a gift and used it, while still complaining about its poor merits (Like, "they should have given me something better").
I am not.
I am waiting for something better to appear, maybe something like PicoGUI. XFree might have merits, but beeing a good desktop enviroment is none of them. ("picoGUI: An X Alternative?", remember?)
And, no. I do not expect good gifts to come my way. I expect to "earn" them by beeing a good friend or, like in this case, by helping out developing alternatives.
Btw:
Your parallell about grateful dogs, which I guess was supposed to show that a dog has more brains than I do, just shows your own stupidity.
Dogs are stupid, that much I can give you. But reading into them complex emotions like gratitude just proves how little you understand about these creatures. It is just a simple association bond, much like Pavlov's famous experiments. The dog associates you with food, a pat on the head, or something else which gives it sensations of pleasure.
IMO, WIN2000 was MS first good OS (well, not good really, but acceptable).
Then some time passed and they released WINXP, which in my book is a *downgrade* compared to WIN2000. Unstable, bloated, ugly and hijacking your MIME types.
My IQ was 138, the last time I tested, enough to get along.:-)
Wait, was that a maximum IQ barrier you were after? Then I can see what you are after.
And regarding Microsoft; Microsoft has been proved to have used its unique position in the software market as a way to stifle competition (bully around hardware manufacturers, etc.). What I fail to comprehend is why people like YOU feel a need to defend them, no matter what. Did you defend the bullies behaviour in school too?
It is a beautiful thought, but I really doubt it.:-)
The US government and legal system has several times shown that Microsoft is above the law and cn pretty much do as they please. The times they have been found guilty, the sentences have been absurdely easy on them. What makes people think that all this would all of a sudden change just because a small company sues them?
Yes, their claim might be very correct, but imo sof was the claim of DOJ.
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Why not outlaw this bs right away?
Treat every gift made to a politician or a political party as an attempted bribe. Afaik, many european nations allready have laws like these.
Of course there are reasons the biggest parties don't want this to happen, but if enough people slam their fists in the table and say "Enough is enough!"?
Isn't that idea taken by Gwar allready? Almost?
If I remember correctly, he basically wrote these papers that the engineers could use as blueprints for how to making it all work.
I can give you that he didn't construct the physical devices himself, but he figured out (in a way that works) the theory behind it, which in my book counts as "inventing" them.
But the mass of a photon is relatively small compared to our mass. Even if don't take the mass of a fancy spaceship into account.
Great, following your reasoning, nothing has ever been invented in the history of mankind. People just thought of a physical way of using some scrap they had lying around. The Wright brothers didn't invent anything, they just saw the obious use of some wooden sticks and a bit of cloth. And people has always been dreaming of flying, so what was the big deal???
Fyi, Athur C Clarke really was a scientist, he figured out the theories on how to get satellites up there, which (as far as I am conserned) would count as "inventing" them.
Nah, no need throwing poor Bill into a volcano. Just follow the great example provided by Isildur on how to handle problems like these. >:)
I think that was taken into consideration. :)
Why would anyone want to use the "commercial suite", when the technology demo has more features and is more stable, in my experience?
Oh, and how do you "logon to the internet"? Did you write your own TCP/IP stack? Soldered your own ethernet card?
No? But you filled in your IP's server adresses or enabled the DHCP service? Damn, good work, dude!
Puhlease, get down off your high horses.
That made me wonder, what kind of fuzzy logic would make a CG fighter character make moves like that?
... "No hon, there are like thousands of humans, elves here, don't expect me home for dinner ... ... Add weird walking trees to that. No, no dinner. Bye, love you too."
"Ûrhkud speaking."
He also made the only performance worth remembering in Crimson tide. Well, he and George Dzundza.
"Golem looked a little jarjar like. I'm worried."
But of course he did. Jars are made of clay and according to the legend, so is Golem. That is why they look like each other. =)
"A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head."
You mean a computer without a Microsoft operating system actually floats when you drop it into water?
Got to try that some time.
Yes, what is all this crap about "Three Rings for the Elven-kings... yadda yadda". In the very first chapter. Man, am I glad I filed that book into the big archive.
;-)
No. When I studied CS a while ago, I found one fundamenatl difference between men and women taking the courses:
Most of the men had a genuine interrest in computers, they read books without beeing told to, coded just for fun in their spare time.
Most (not all, but an overwhelming majority) of the women had no interrest in computers. They did not read computer related litterature, they did not code in their spare time. What made them show up was the (at the time) very well paid CS related jobs in abundance.
The truly skilled in CS are mostly the ones loving their jobs. Like in most professions.
Hear, hear!
I would be ungrateful, if I was given a gift and used it, while still complaining about its poor merits (Like, "they should have given me something better").
I am not.
I am waiting for something better to appear, maybe something like PicoGUI. XFree might have merits, but beeing a good desktop enviroment is none of them. ("picoGUI: An X Alternative?", remember?)
And, no. I do not expect good gifts to come my way. I expect to "earn" them by beeing a good friend or, like in this case, by helping out developing alternatives.
Btw:
Your parallell about grateful dogs, which I guess was supposed to show that a dog has more brains than I do, just shows your own stupidity.
Dogs are stupid, that much I can give you. But reading into them complex emotions like gratitude just proves how little you understand about these creatures. It is just a simple association bond, much like Pavlov's famous experiments. The dog associates you with food, a pat on the head, or something else which gives it sensations of pleasure.
Hey, you seem to like truisms, here is another one: A bad gift is still free, but nevertheless, still bad.
Oh, great! Now we now that there is intelligent life on both Mars and the Sun! Soon they will probably even find intelligent life on earth!
IMO, WIN2000 was MS first good OS (well, not good really, but acceptable).
Then some time passed and they released WINXP, which in my book is a *downgrade* compared to WIN2000. Unstable, bloated, ugly and hijacking your MIME types.
"it's just like the whole 'ban guns' thing, people are the problem, not the guns."
:-)
You could also say the problem is that people that should not be allowed to have guns can get access to them much to easily.
And it is not exaclty like the 'ban guns' thing either, when did you last hear of someone getting shot to death by a guy armed with a website?
You know some Norwegians? Good for you.
Call me up when you speak Norwegian fluently, then we can have this discussion again.
I am flaming, but the parent is interresting?
Overrated or Offtopic would have been ok, but Flamebait???
Hopefully metamod will get these loosers.
My IQ was 138, the last time I tested, enough to get along. :-)
Wait, was that a maximum IQ barrier you were after? Then I can see what you are after.
And regarding Microsoft; Microsoft has been proved to have used its unique position in the software market as a way to stifle competition (bully around hardware manufacturers, etc.). What I fail to comprehend is why people like YOU feel a need to defend them, no matter what. Did you defend the bullies behaviour in school too?
It is a beautiful thought, but I really doubt it. :-)
The US government and legal system has several times shown that Microsoft is above the law and cn pretty much do as they please. The times they have been found guilty, the sentences have been absurdely easy on them. What makes people think that all this would all of a sudden change just because a small company sues them?
Yes, their claim might be very correct, but imo sof was the claim of DOJ.