"If Americans want to feel guilty over something, feel guilty about your SUV's helping to fund terrorism through oil money."
And what, pray tell, does your vehicle run on? Do you feel you have the moral high ground from which to preach to the rest of us because your car gets a few more MPG than an SUV?
If SUVs support terrorism, then so are you. It's time to drop that specious argument.
"Now one can lightly praise them for having to make a half dozen bioses, sound cards, video cards, keyboard types all work within their system. This is not a great feat these days."
Though it has gotten better, Linux hasn't exactly perfected that. I recently installed Ubuntu on a laptop, and have had zero success getting it to use my USB SB Audigy as the default sound device.
I have read multiple forums explaining the ridiculous hoops one must jump through to get what I consider basic functionality.
It's annoying things like this that keep users such as myself from switching primarily to Linux. People use Windows because they know they can simply plug in a device and know that it will work. Linux is far from that point, so please don't dismiss Microsoft's' hardware compatibility so casually.
Is it not healthier to respond to what you call "ignorance" (read: differing opinions) with your own arguments, rather than bury the offending dissenter's post in -1 obscurity?
"Nobody is entitled to hold particular views...if those views deliberately ignore significant facts."
So in other words, if I perceive the facts differently than you or the rest of the Slashdot hive-mind, I have no right to express my opinion? That's a very telling notion of free speech you have there, partner.
It's that popular sentiment here, that only concurring opinions are welcome, is one of the reasons why I come here less and less often.One group of people has the power to silence any and all dissent, and that makes all of you hypocrites.
I'm saying that people always throw out the "What about rape?" argument when they know damn well that the vast majority of abortions end pregnancies brought about by consensual unprotected sex.
So no, rape cases aren't unimportant. But I'm saying they don't justify abortion-on-demand.
My personal views on abortion aside: Why do people rush to make the "rape" case against outlawing abortion when that scenario comprises an insignificant minority of abortion cases?
Back to that again, are we? So while dangerous stereo thieves and Muslim bombers are still on the loose, I suppose law enforcement should just ignore the rest of the crime being committed in the UK.
"If your site is worth visiting, people might be willing to make some effort to view it."
Nothing sells quality content like "You need to use another browser to view this site." People will unavoidably think that it's a problem with your site, not their browser.
It's not. DHTML (if this is the same DHTML of old) is a leftover of the browser pissing-contests of the 90's, and represents an obstacle to standards adaptation.
Let's drop DHTML like the steaming sack of decaying garbage it is and focus on writing quality, structurally sound, and accessible code.
That sort of things irritate me. Sure, I'm all about standards compliance, but there's no need to make it a religion as this asshat has. There is NO need whatsoever to interrupt a user and lecture him for using an 'inferior' browser.
Yay, your code is standards compliant. Good for you. If you're that worried about complaining IE users, you obviously don't know how to code a standards-compliant website that doesn't break non-compliant browsers. So good of you to publicly reveal your web programming shortcomings.
It's simple psychology, really. Stories like this keep the collective unified in their victimhood. Free thinkers can be identified and summarily silenced.
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I read that here all the time, but I'd like to see a little evidence for once. This is a request, not a troll.
Steal? I wasn't aware that people were physically breaking into banks and stealing records.
Oh, you mean copy? OK, then where's the crime? These weren't even copyrighted works.
Oh please, isn't it about time to MoveOn?
I'm no fan of Bush either, but that poor departed horse has been beaten into powder.
For that matter, am I the only one tired of "independent" being shortened to "indie"? It just reeks of pretentiousness.
Ya know, I'm beginning to think that the editors aren't even trying anymore...
Wow, self-loathing leftist tripe. I'd never expect that from the LA Times.
"If Americans want to feel guilty over something, feel guilty about your SUV's helping to fund terrorism through oil money."
And what, pray tell, does your vehicle run on? Do you feel you have the moral high ground from which to preach to the rest of us because your car gets a few more MPG than an SUV?
If SUVs support terrorism, then so are you. It's time to drop that specious argument.
Does anyone know when/if WPA is going to be included in upcoming Linux releases? As it is now, the WPA Supplicant is the only to use WPA in Linux.
Though it has gotten better, Linux hasn't exactly perfected that. I recently installed Ubuntu on a laptop, and have had zero success getting it to use my USB SB Audigy as the default sound device.
I have read multiple forums explaining the ridiculous hoops one must jump through to get what I consider basic functionality.
It's annoying things like this that keep users such as myself from switching primarily to Linux. People use Windows because they know they can simply plug in a device and know that it will work. Linux is far from that point, so please don't dismiss Microsoft's' hardware compatibility so casually.
Perhaps it indicates your assessment of government censorship isn't quite on the mark.
Second Indymedia Server Seized in UK Within a Year !!
Turns out that nothing was seized. Good old tinfoil-hat journalism!
"Nobody is entitled to hold particular views...if those views deliberately ignore significant facts."
So in other words, if I perceive the facts differently than you or the rest of the Slashdot hive-mind, I have no right to express my opinion? That's a very telling notion of free speech you have there, partner.
It's that popular sentiment here, that only concurring opinions are welcome, is one of the reasons why I come here less and less often.One group of people has the power to silence any and all dissent, and that makes all of you hypocrites.
No, but I'm not surprised you read it like that.
I'm saying that people always throw out the "What about rape?" argument when they know damn well that the vast majority of abortions end pregnancies brought about by consensual unprotected sex.
So no, rape cases aren't unimportant. But I'm saying they don't justify abortion-on-demand.
My personal views on abortion aside: Why do people rush to make the "rape" case against outlawing abortion when that scenario comprises an insignificant minority of abortion cases?
See Also: consequences.
Bruce Wayne is just some aloof, philanthropic billionaire. You're thinking of Batman.
Back to that again, are we? So while dangerous stereo thieves and Muslim bombers are still on the loose, I suppose law enforcement should just ignore the rest of the crime being committed in the UK.
Ahh it must still be Slashdotted from this past weekend. :) Good.
Basically he just lectured IE users on their inferior, non-standards-compliant browser. Oh yeah, and his own code was FAR from spec.
Nothing sells quality content like "You need to use another browser to view this site." People will unavoidably think that it's a problem with your site, not their browser.
You wouldn't happen to be this pretentious ass, would you? (hint: use IE to go to that site)
FTFA: "..the shuttle, whose odds of disaster are estimated at roughly 1 in 100."
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It's not. DHTML (if this is the same DHTML of old) is a leftover of the browser pissing-contests of the 90's, and represents an obstacle to standards adaptation.
Let's drop DHTML like the steaming sack of decaying garbage it is and focus on writing quality, structurally sound, and accessible code.
OK, it's been said enough already. Can we move on?
That sort of things irritate me. Sure, I'm all about standards compliance, but there's no need to make it a religion as this asshat has. There is NO need whatsoever to interrupt a user and lecture him for using an 'inferior' browser.
Yay, your code is standards compliant. Good for you. If you're that worried about complaining IE users, you obviously don't know how to code a standards-compliant website that doesn't break non-compliant browsers. So good of you to publicly reveal your web programming shortcomings.
It's simple psychology, really. Stories like this keep the collective unified in their victimhood. Free thinkers can be identified and summarily silenced.