What is the point of calling anyone who disagrees with your position a "closed minded homophobic freak"? The poster was characterizing their moral values, not fear, so the "phobia" part is absurd -- a childish "you don't agree with me 'cause you must be chicken, nya nya nya". And of course the "closed minded... freak" part is even more ridiculous. How open minded are YOU being to people with alternate viewpoints?
Hey, it's America, and disagreeing with me means 1) you hate me 2) you are an idiot 3) you are repulsive 4) you must be a terrorist
Thanks for the tip. I'd read about unpleasant dealings with the MPlayer group, but didn't realize how obnoxious they really were. That was an eye-opener.
Must've used Richard Morrell's (of Smoothwall infamy) _How to Support Your Users_ tract.
If you're on call 24/7 while they're home sleeping, it sounds to me like they've got a lot better handle on where power resides than you do...
Quite right. It's easy to find/replace bit twiddlers. And if all us bit twiddlers united and took power, we'd screw it up because we don't know how to wield the power. Maybe CEO stupidity is the way to handle being in power. The mind shuts down...
Microsoft and the Attorney General of New York have announced multiple lawsuits against what they term as a spam ring operating throughout New York and responsible for sending billions of illegal junk e-mail.
This is just a cheap trick that Microsoft is using to get my sympathy. It's working.
The masses can appreciate the finished product but only the artist can truly appreciate what it took to create this masterpiece of film making.
You're right, but you don't have to be an artist to appreciate the result. Intellectuals typically sneer at something that is popular among the masses, not realizing that sometimes something is popular because it really _is_ good.
And all I wanted was my gap clothing, not to support slavery in africa by buying it.
And on and on ad nauseum. Hey, believe it or don't, you patronize places who have workers that vote Republican! Or are Satanists! Or whatever! I found out long ago that to boycott companies that have people and policies I don't agree with means subsistence living on a farm. Since I can't buy a farm, nor run one if I could buy one, that's a no-go.
It will be a while before we have telescopes good enough to actually see terrestrial planets and spec out their atmospheric composition, allowing us to reality-check these simulations.
So, this is not based in reality _quite yet_. There is only one data point!
Bully for you. You won't be like all the other/. ranters who then add in a whispter, "after the Return of the King comes out on DVD." Or whatever movie/music you just gotta have.
I know it seems tough, but just refuse to buy anything with DRM included. Vote with your wallet. So you won't have the coolest new toys, but your soul will stay intact.
Many have bought Microsoft. Many of us have bought computers with Microsoft stuff on them, and run them (gaming, anyone?). How do we reclaim our souls?
_Any_ data that gets collected is there for the State to pick. Sooner or later, the State cannot resist. Of course, if the State gathers it, so much the easier.
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Which is more likely: your grandma is getting with it on the styles, or your tastes/styles are getting odder? You _are_ getting older, you know.
It _is_ a threat: "we'll unleash the plundering barbarian hordes on you."
Hey, it's America, and disagreeing with me means 1) you hate me 2) you are an idiot 3) you are repulsive 4) you must be a terrorist
Must've used Richard Morrell's (of Smoothwall infamy) _How to Support Your Users_ tract.
Quite right. It's easy to find/replace bit twiddlers. And if all us bit twiddlers united and took power, we'd screw it up because we don't know how to wield the power. Maybe CEO stupidity is the way to handle being in power. The mind shuts down...
What the Forever in Duke Nukem Forever means.
This is just a cheap trick that Microsoft is using to get my sympathy. It's working.
This works to get you modded up, as well as saying things like: I'll take the mod hits... or mod me down, but...
Moderators are unable to resist modding up the "mod me down!" crowd.
More SPOILERS: it has a happy ending. And I have to pad my comment because of the lameness filter.
You're right, but you don't have to be an artist to appreciate the result. Intellectuals typically sneer at something that is popular among the masses, not realizing that sometimes something is popular because it really _is_ good.
In America, disagreeing with me means 1) you hate me 2) you are an idiot 3) you are repulsive 4) you must be a terrorist
When they say "holes in the firewall" it sounds like functionality. How about "defects" or "bugs"? Really, most firewalls have holes.
If you're a politician, buying votes is the most important thing you can do. They're _all_ essential programs in that light.
And on and on ad nauseum. Hey, believe it or don't, you patronize places who have workers that vote Republican! Or are Satanists! Or whatever! I found out long ago that to boycott companies that have people and policies I don't agree with means subsistence living on a farm. Since I can't buy a farm, nor run one if I could buy one, that's a no-go.
So, this is not based in reality _quite yet_. There is only one data point!
I always bought music because I liked it and wanted to be able to listen to it when I wanted to, over and over again, not to support the RIAA.
NOTHING.
Bully for you. You won't be like all the other /. ranters who then add in a whispter, "after the Return of the King comes out on DVD." Or whatever movie/music you just gotta have.
Many have bought Microsoft. Many of us have bought computers with Microsoft stuff on them, and run them (gaming, anyone?). How do we reclaim our souls?
The classic wording is: Two wolves and a sheep just voted on lunch.
People don't live that long anymore.
Right, and there are lots of things in unlimited quantity. You just go on believing it when the marketers tell you that, you gull you.
So get a T1.
_Any_ data that gets collected is there for the State to pick. Sooner or later, the State cannot resist. Of course, if the State gathers it, so much the easier.
No, they all play Star Wars Galaxies, oh, wait, you're right.
It's not unlikely, given some of the experiments they are doing in space these days. Scroll down towards Snap-crackle-pop