That's right, Sony... alienate those customers of yours who are most enthusiastic about your product... that'll make you irrelevant faster than anything else.
Yeah, now they're gonna lose all those masses of people who want to write their own games and all those valuable customers who just want to pirate games!!! How are they going to make profit on selling those hardware boxes now!?!?
Yeah, they do, until they start getting into idiot prick gangs and causing fights, waving guns and knives around and generally acting like fucking idiots infringing on other peoples lives.
The problem with western society generally is that we're so damn politically correct no-one is prepared to stand up and do something about it.
they'd all be going to places with bright lights and electronic beepy music, eating little round pills...
oh...
You're missing the point Mk2
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Lets say that before technology X is invented, the set of cataloged human interaction is M. Technology X creates new modes of interaction (call the new modes set N). If the ones in set N are more efficient communication mechanisms in some circumstances, one would expect that people would naturally tend to use those in places, where before they were using a less efficient mechanism M.
The result is more efficient total communication, but a bean counter measuring it who doesn't adapt to the change and include the modes from N in his calculations will will conclude that there is less human interaction.
What we're talking about here is the new technology that does not facilitate communication (or not 2 way communication anyway). So people are now at home masturbating to web porn instead of going out and chatting up girls with their entertaining web banter, and there is less human interaction.
Are people staying at home more discussing Bullshit articles by Jon Katz on the net instead of going down the tavern? Sack all evil journalists!!!!
Incidentally, nice Slashdot-type approach artcile there Jon - 'Here, someone wrote this massive book on the decline of society and how people are staying at home. The net is also something you do at home, so I'll write two pages and reference the original book'.
Surely alot of the things we do on the net *are* social - the fact they aren't face to face is irrelevant. The book talks about people indulging in solo activities like TV-watching at home at the expense of social interaction - much of web stuff is the *opposite* of that...
I'm gonna have to take this bit by bit so as not to confuse you.
Funny, you call some one sexist and follow it with a derogatory term for a female body part (the vagina).
No, twat is a derogatory term for a person. It means vagina, it's called slang. It isn't sexist, it may be construed as rude, but not sexist.
On top of that, you offend Christians across the board by using Jesus Christ's name for no apparent reason, certainly not one pertaining to Christ.
I don't remember saying the guy offended anyone. I just said he was being sexist. Therefore me offending (or not) anoter group has no impact on my point.
Gee, I wonder why you linux geeks can't get laid...
This is an opportunity to talk to an open-source expert from Sun, the fact that she is a woman should not be one of the main talking points. But it is, which shows what a bunch of sadacts some of you are.
Remember, if you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the SPAM.
Er, SPAM is unsolicited email. If the companies this guy sent his CV out to advertise that they want CV's sent to them, it ain't SPAM, whetehr it's an automated script or not!
K Illustrator is far from Adobe Illustrator? With the standard of KDE software being Ksomething I would put it to you that they are not at all very far apart.
Moving into the handheld market now eh? Jeesus, why don't you just implant the l$nux chip in my ass?
It's actually a 'humourous' comment, but just like someone insecure in their sexuality blows their top if you call them queer, religious fanatic linux-lovers have *no* sense of humour whatsoever and instantly mark anything they construe as against their view down. I think in the real world this is called fascism, censorship or against free speech. In fact, kind of ironic that what also gets these guys (and they are *always* guys) juices going is their 'rights' online, like their 'right' to rip off free music from the web.
Hmmm - although I can see your point I think that the fact KIllustrator is free is irrelevant. A member of the general public may believe that KIllustrator was an Adobe product. That is of course if the general public *actually* used linux (hmm, bit of a karma risk there;-))
I can see that you have an enviable record of intelligent posts, but I'll rise to your bait anyway.
The point is that is cases like KIllustrator, many would agree that the intention of the author was to convey 'hey, this does exactly what Adobe Illustrator does', rather than that it is an Illustrator package.
I assume 'Apple' have trademarked the COMMON WORD (your capitalisation, fuckard) 'Apple' but they won't be suing any grocers soon, but if someone releases a computer called the 'Apple' they hay have something to say about it.
Hmmm - I think KIllustrator was quite clearly taking the piss, as is Lindows. I would be very surprised if you ran into a lawsuit with KPaint (for MS Paint), as it is a paint program. To give another example, KWord (for MS Word) would be taking the piss, as 'Word' doesn't necessarily fully describe what the product is.
To sidestep a little, who on earth would dare approach such a scarily large project as to try and emulate all of MSPaint's vast functionality on Linux???
This point has been discussed a trillion times on slashdot. If someone has a commercial product with one name, and someone else releases a similar product (or even an unsimilar product) that clearly impinges on their trademark, the first party has every bloody right to protect their trademark.
Software authors, think of original names for your products, end of!
Or you could do something *really* radical, and just not buy this new MS console, rather than just posting the standard 'mummy, mummy, its not fair, MS have done something else bad' whiny-assed opinion.
Jee-sus - if anything, this whole story is a fucking troll so the standard M$-h8ters can trot out the standard slashdot line. AGAIN!
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That's right, Sony... alienate those customers of yours who are most enthusiastic about your product... that'll make you irrelevant faster than anything else.
Yeah, now they're gonna lose all those masses of people who want to write their own games and all those valuable customers who just want to pirate games!!! How are they going to make profit on selling those hardware boxes now!?!?
Yeah, they do, until they start getting into idiot prick gangs and causing fights, waving guns and knives around and generally acting like fucking idiots infringing on other peoples lives.
The problem with western society generally is that we're so damn politically correct no-one is prepared to stand up and do something about it.
they'd all be going to places with bright lights and electronic beepy music, eating little round pills...
oh...
Lets say that before technology X is invented, the set of cataloged human interaction is M. Technology X creates new modes of interaction (call the new modes set N). If the ones in set N are more efficient communication mechanisms in some circumstances, one would expect that people would naturally tend to use those in places, where before they were using a less efficient mechanism M.
The result is more efficient total communication, but a bean counter measuring it who doesn't adapt to the change and include the modes from N in his calculations will will conclude that there is less human interaction.
What we're talking about here is the new technology that does not facilitate communication (or not 2 way communication anyway). So people are now at home masturbating to web porn instead of going out and chatting up girls with their entertaining web banter, and there is less human interaction.
Are people staying at home more discussing Bullshit articles by Jon Katz on the net instead of going down the tavern? Sack all evil journalists!!!!
Incidentally, nice Slashdot-type approach artcile there Jon - 'Here, someone wrote this massive book on the decline of society and how people are staying at home. The net is also something you do at home, so I'll write two pages and reference the original book'.
Surely alot of the things we do on the net *are* social - the fact they aren't face to face is irrelevant. The book talks about people indulging in solo activities like TV-watching at home at the expense of social interaction - much of web stuff is the *opposite* of that...
... resturant had a checkered tablecloth - he took 2 hours to pass the salt.
He said "You remind me of a pepper-pot", I said "I'll take that as a condiment".
With some controversy towards Linus Torvalds.
FLAMEWAR!!!!!
For everyone who has said it - WORDS LIKE TWAT, CUNT, COCK, DICK, ARE NOT SEXIST!!!!! WAKE UP!!!
Cunts are not bad things, but if you *are* one, that is an insult!
I'm gonna have to take this bit by bit so as not to confuse you.
Funny, you call some one sexist and follow it with a derogatory term for a female body part (the vagina).
No, twat is a derogatory term for a person. It means vagina, it's called slang. It isn't sexist, it may be construed as rude, but not sexist.
On top of that, you offend Christians across the board by using Jesus Christ's name for no apparent reason, certainly not one pertaining to Christ.
I don't remember saying the guy offended anyone. I just said he was being sexist. Therefore me offending (or not) anoter group has no impact on my point.
Uh, do you, like, have, uh breasts and that? What size are they? Can I feel them? I'm feeling them now unnh uhhhh.
1. Open source software //Too drunk, implement later
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3. PROFIT!!!!!
Gee, I wonder why you linux geeks can't get laid...
This is an opportunity to talk to an open-source expert from Sun, the fact that she is a woman should not be one of the main talking points. But it is, which shows what a bunch of sadacts some of you are.
to be a woman in such a male dominated field? How do you keep ahead of the game?
Jesus christ you sexist twat - do you think that maybe she keeps ahead of the game in exactly the same way as other *male* human beings? Maybe?
I think this is taking dolphin placement too far, we should have an OroCULL.
Remember, if you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the SPAM.
Er, SPAM is unsolicited email. If the companies this guy sent his CV out to advertise that they want CV's sent to them, it ain't SPAM, whetehr it's an automated script or not!
Are you joking?
K Illustrator is far from Adobe Illustrator? With the standard of KDE software being Ksomething I would put it to you that they are not at all very far apart.
Moving into the handheld market now eh? Jeesus, why don't you just implant the l$nux chip in my ass?
It's actually a 'humourous' comment, but just like someone insecure in their sexuality blows their top if you call them queer, religious fanatic linux-lovers have *no* sense of humour whatsoever and instantly mark anything they construe as against their view down. I think in the real world this is called fascism, censorship or against free speech. In fact, kind of ironic that what also gets these guys (and they are *always* guys) juices going is their 'rights' online, like their 'right' to rip off free music from the web.
Hmmm - although I can see your point I think that the fact KIllustrator is free is irrelevant. A member of the general public may believe that KIllustrator was an Adobe product. That is of course if the general public *actually* used linux (hmm, bit of a karma risk there ;-))
Moving into the handheld market now eh? Jeesus, why don't you just implant the l$nux chip in my ass?
I can see that you have an enviable record of intelligent posts, but I'll rise to your bait anyway.
The point is that is cases like KIllustrator, many would agree that the intention of the author was to convey 'hey, this does exactly what Adobe Illustrator does', rather than that it is an Illustrator package.
I assume 'Apple' have trademarked the COMMON WORD (your capitalisation, fuckard) 'Apple' but they won't be suing any grocers soon, but if someone releases a computer called the 'Apple' they hay have something to say about it.
Hmmm - I think KIllustrator was quite clearly taking the piss, as is Lindows. I would be very surprised if you ran into a lawsuit with KPaint (for MS Paint), as it is a paint program. To give another example, KWord (for MS Word) would be taking the piss, as 'Word' doesn't necessarily fully describe what the product is.
To sidestep a little, who on earth would dare approach such a scarily large project as to try and emulate all of MSPaint's vast functionality on Linux???
This point has been discussed a trillion times on slashdot. If someone has a commercial product with one name, and someone else releases a similar product (or even an unsimilar product) that clearly impinges on their trademark, the first party has every bloody right to protect their trademark.
Software authors, think of original names for your products, end of!
I'm a 23 year old computer game enthusiast. I own Super Mario Kart advance, Super Mario advance, Doom, and even Monster Rancher advance.
In short, if it's fun play it. If your worried about what your friends think, don't. But don't call it "kiddie" which really doesn't mean anything.
Friends?
Or you could do something *really* radical, and just not buy this new MS console, rather than just posting the standard 'mummy, mummy, its not fair, MS have done something else bad' whiny-assed opinion.
Jee-sus - if anything, this whole story is a fucking troll so the standard M$-h8ters can trot out the standard slashdot line. AGAIN!
No, the real question is whether you can imagine a beowulf cluster of them - get it right.