Yep, so much for government of the people, by the people, for the people. It's only when their self-interest gets nicked that they move their lardarses.
Right. For example, check kiting is fraud, and you may get prosecuted. Counterfeiting, while it's the same thing (if done in a small way), will bring the whole freakin' thing down on top of your head.
Whenever I see "is this the beginning of the end" I know the submitter is full of it. First it was that Java DB, Prevaylor or something. Now it's this, next it'll be that.
Does this rant signal the beginning of the end for herrvinny's/. participation?
infect the young with targeted marketing? Britney Spears in your happy meal? This is a great day for spreading musical mediocrity in America. Create a boy band and then market it via McDonald's!
A Fat Bald Man if he ran Linux? A few geeks would, nobody else would, not even if he were sent directly by God. Collectively, this country is an idiot.
The system isn't broken; it's the people in the system that's the problem.
Yes, the system is fine, even though it was designed and is run by broken people. Reminds me of Mencken's jab: "If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x times y is less than y."
I've been using Gentoo for awhile now. I really like the fact that it only installs a base system, and you add what you need.
I use OpenBSD, and like it for the ports. Hmm, need an email tool, cd/usr/ports/mail, look at the choices, cd pine, make install. Dependencies are built and installed before pine gets built (you can check dependencies before building, too).
Maybe slashing the budget would make the money "magically" appear in my wallet so that I could "magically" donate to charities through a "magical" envelope... you get the idea...
Why doesn't the State just prevent these people from being poor in the first place?
The real problem is that society, as a whole, just doesn't care enough about the unfortunates enough to do anything.
You're daft. Society already sends more money than you can shake a stick at towards the poor. It's just that the state can't do the job right. I have no Faith in the Messianic State.
The Matrix was totally boring and at the end I was kinda confused and asked myself 'was this all ?'.
No no no. You don't get it. You have to watch 'Matrix Reloaded' and 'Matrix Revolutions' too (hollywood says 'cha-ching!') and only _then_ do you say, 'was this all?'
So basically, the acquisition of Suse is FREE. Actually, Novell made an extra $300 million in stock value by announcing the deal - so it's better than free.
Novell pays for SuSE, but they don't get a bunch of cash for stock going up. The stockholders do (if they sell). You're playing a shell game.
But unlike Sara Brady, I refuse to life my life in fear.
A good read is _Nation of Cowards_ by Jeff Snyder. One point he makes is how we're willing to pay (poorly) people to defend us (as if they really could; police, military, risking they're lives) while we're not willing to defend ourselves, but cower in fear.
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Right. For example, check kiting is fraud, and you may get prosecuted. Counterfeiting, while it's the same thing (if done in a small way), will bring the whole freakin' thing down on top of your head.
Does this rant signal the beginning of the end for herrvinny's /. participation?
Sounds like the "top men" in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
I thought it meant "New Toy." But I learned that on /. to start with. The things you can learn here!
As Bismarck once said, nothing is confirmed until officially denied.
Does _anybody_ go to McDonald's and _not_ get fries? Seems like the decision is which size to get: Monstro, Super-Jumbo, or Colossal.
Welcome to 2003, Rip Van Winkle.
A Fat Bald Man if he ran Linux? A few geeks would, nobody else would, not even if he were sent directly by God. Collectively, this country is an idiot.
Yes, the system is fine, even though it was designed and is run by broken people. Reminds me of Mencken's jab: "If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x times y is less than y."
Now imagine a beowulf cluster of these.
CIA; Langley, VA.
Hotwiring the car is much easier.
I use OpenBSD, and like it for the ports. Hmm, need an email tool, cd /usr/ports/mail, look at the choices, cd pine, make install. Dependencies are built and installed before pine gets built (you can check dependencies before building, too).
It's now called "OpenBSD".
Why doesn't the State just prevent these people from being poor in the first place?
You're daft. Society already sends more money than you can shake a stick at towards the poor. It's just that the state can't do the job right. I have no Faith in the Messianic State.
It's bound to sink as more and more people realize the Emperor has no Clothes on.
But I didn't see Matrix Reloaded and won't go see Matrix Revolutions. I still have only the unspoiled, pristine, beautiful memory of The Matrix.
No no no. You don't get it. You have to watch 'Matrix Reloaded' and 'Matrix Revolutions' too (hollywood says 'cha-ching!') and only _then_ do you say, 'was this all?'
Day ain't over yet.
Try this.
Novell pays for SuSE, but they don't get a bunch of cash for stock going up. The stockholders do (if they sell). You're playing a shell game.
Star Wars Galaxies!
Are you asking me? Uh, sure, they are.
A good read is _Nation of Cowards_ by Jeff Snyder. One point he makes is how we're willing to pay (poorly) people to defend us (as if they really could; police, military, risking they're lives) while we're not willing to defend ourselves, but cower in fear.