It's such a waste that 10% of that money is going to that cult of his. They have enough money. Why not give it to a real charity and not some self-perpetuating oppression device?
(I know it's his to do with whatever he wants, of course, but I have the right to think he's a fucking idiot because of it.)
Maybe not that far- but it's easy to see that our entire economy is begining to melt down from a lack of any shared values at all. For without shared values- human instinct takes over, and the seven deadly sins becaume the default motivation for doing anything at all.
Jesus doesn't day-trade. You're not going to find a cure for economic problems in religion. What, are we all going to band together to build a cathedral?
You apparently don't see a problem with that- you quote pride above as a motivator for behavior. Greed is also used as a motivator for behavior. But both of these have their destructive side- the problem with freedom is that we can't actually trust each other to avoid the seven deadly sins. You're right, I don't see a problem. I don't believe in the seven deadly sins (outside of a literary context, in which case it's an interesting idea) or in any other tenet of any organized religion, except for where my personal moral code intersects with what happens to be preached by a religion. So if these reasons don't exist, how can I have a problem with them?
You're going to say that I'm the one who brought up pride. Pride exists because it is an emotion. The concept of sin, offending a god, is foreign to me. If there are gods, they exist in a world entirely beyond us and could care less if we're proud or if we eat too much or who we want to fuck. Do you care if a fly is gay? Likewise from gods to us.
You have, in this conversation, stated flatly that you think that most people aren't moral and that everyone needs religion except for a rare few because they're too ignorant to behave in a moral fashion otherwise. All you have done is shown me that religion is an excuse for those who hold their fellow man in contempt to express that contempt. If you had other goals, sorry, but you failed.
The problem there isn't that there is bias, it's that people like you who are pissed about it are bitching about it on a blog like slashdot rather than trying to hold them accountable.
I see your point but I think it's a lot more valuable to have freedom than a shared set of values. When people can arrive at those values by choice rather than fiat, there is not only a sharing of values, but pride in them, that you got there on your own, rather than the state telling you to.
Are you saying that the USA should institute a state religion?
Blogs are the future of op-ed, not journalism. Journalism might be published on the web but it's still going to be more about facts than about opinions.
Yeah, that's something nobody else could answer for you. The good news is that business savvy isn't something that you have to be born with, you can learn it if you want to.
contrary to your belief, you do not occupy the moral high ground. You're just a used sap. How often does your car break down? Now how often do your parents f**k up their computer? You are getting the raw deal here.
Thanks for the input. I'll have to wait until I have the extra money to blow on learning. I'm not about to get into any real world poker games, I'd lose everything in a hurry.
Good for meeting bridesmaids that wish they weren't, too:D
My wife is in the same business, except she's like the sysadmin of the photography business - she does the printing and touch-up. All film, and business really sucks for the studio she works for because of it.
Same here, except I was more harsh with my family. Some of my more distant family members still won't speak to me, but the only time they ever did in the first place was when they needed free PC advice, so they can go to hell anyway.
I'll gladly help my parents, and to a lesser extent my brother and his kids, but they have to have tried first. Since then they've learned a great deal and I'm a lot happier to help them when I know that they didn't just pick up the phone as soon as they saw a word they didn't know.
Usually, IT jobs pay well enough that you don't need "side work". They're can also be so mentally draining that you end up too tired to do anything else at the end of the day anyway. Jobs that are mostly physical labor are actually less tiring, which is why working on the side is usually found in blue collar families.
I'm in a similar situation as the submitter, actually, except I came from a blue collar family, went white collar, then when I met my wife, who is from a very blue collar family, I remembered my old roots. Soon as the debt's paid off I'm getting the hell out of the cubicle world. Then maybe PCs and programming will be fun again.
The point here is that Sun is a 3rd world bazaar. The majority of its workforce is former or current H-1Bs from India, Taiwan province, and the rest of China.
When Sun management was talking about bazaar, the management was being truthful. OSI and Sun are simply talking about two different kinds of bazaars. Sun is referring to its disinclination to hire American employees. OSI is referring to the technical setup of it software.
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It's such a waste that 10% of that money is going to that cult of his. They have enough money. Why not give it to a real charity and not some self-perpetuating oppression device?
(I know it's his to do with whatever he wants, of course, but I have the right to think he's a fucking idiot because of it.)
Dr. X? Is that you?
Maybe not that far- but it's easy to see that our entire economy is begining to melt down from a lack of any shared values at all. For without shared values- human instinct takes over, and the seven deadly sins becaume the default motivation for doing anything at all.
Jesus doesn't day-trade. You're not going to find a cure for economic problems in religion. What, are we all going to band together to build a cathedral?
You apparently don't see a problem with that- you quote pride above as a motivator for behavior. Greed is also used as a motivator for behavior. But both of these have their destructive side- the problem with freedom is that we can't actually trust each other to avoid the seven deadly sins.
You're right, I don't see a problem. I don't believe in the seven deadly sins (outside of a literary context, in which case it's an interesting idea) or in any other tenet of any organized religion, except for where my personal moral code intersects with what happens to be preached by a religion. So if these reasons don't exist, how can I have a problem with them?
You're going to say that I'm the one who brought up pride. Pride exists because it is an emotion. The concept of sin, offending a god, is foreign to me. If there are gods, they exist in a world entirely beyond us and could care less if we're proud or if we eat too much or who we want to fuck. Do you care if a fly is gay? Likewise from gods to us.
You have, in this conversation, stated flatly that you think that most people aren't moral and that everyone needs religion except for a rare few because they're too ignorant to behave in a moral fashion otherwise. All you have done is shown me that religion is an excuse for those who hold their fellow man in contempt to express that contempt. If you had other goals, sorry, but you failed.
The problem there isn't that there is bias, it's that people like you who are pissed about it are bitching about it on a blog like slashdot rather than trying to hold them accountable.
If you think they're lying, call them on it.
I see your point but I think it's a lot more valuable to have freedom than a shared set of values. When people can arrive at those values by choice rather than fiat, there is not only a sharing of values, but pride in them, that you got there on your own, rather than the state telling you to.
Are you saying that the USA should institute a state religion?
Blogs are the future of op-ed, not journalism.
Journalism might be published on the web but it's still going to be more about facts than about opinions.
Yeah, that's something nobody else could answer for you. The good news is that business savvy isn't something that you have to be born with, you can learn it if you want to.
good to know. thanks.
In Korea, only old people remember Soviet Russia
contrary to your belief, you do not occupy the moral high ground. You're just a used sap. How often does your car break down? Now how often do your parents f**k up their computer? You are getting the raw deal here.
You know, if I was out of the cubicle farm, and had enough money to live on, I don't think it would matter a whole lot to me.
I don't buy your argument.
The USA is not Marxist. It does not deny religion. We have more selfish, brain dead morons per capita than any other nation on the planet.
You seem to have confused "individualism" with selfishness.
Individualism means that you follow your own path regardless of what others think.
Selfishness is only doing things that benefit you, and not others.
Being an individual does not preclude one from being generous or making the world a better place. Selfishness does.
Unless you're a true hive-mind communist, in which case, fuck off.
You really had something going (blindingly obvious and beaten to death though it was) with that message until your next to last paragraph.
Video games causing permanent brain damage? Who are you, Ted Kaczynski?
exactly! this guy also reminded me of musicians that won't listen to music that sounds like it was easy to play.
Thanks for the input. I'll have to wait until I have the extra money to blow on learning. I'm not about to get into any real world poker games, I'd lose everything in a hurry.
if you're not licensed you can get in a heap of legal trouble for doing that, depending on the state.
Not to mention, that the #1 call for residential plumbing service is clogged toilets....
Good for meeting bridesmaids that wish they weren't, too :D
My wife is in the same business, except she's like the sysadmin of the photography business - she does the printing and touch-up. All film, and business really sucks for the studio she works for because of it.
Same here, except I was more harsh with my family. Some of my more distant family members still won't speak to me, but the only time they ever did in the first place was when they needed free PC advice, so they can go to hell anyway.
I'll gladly help my parents, and to a lesser extent my brother and his kids, but they have to have tried first. Since then they've learned a great deal and I'm a lot happier to help them when I know that they didn't just pick up the phone as soon as they saw a word they didn't know.
Where are the best places on the net for a n00b to learn how to play? For free or fake money at first, of course.
Usually, IT jobs pay well enough that you don't need "side work". They're can also be so mentally draining that you end up too tired to do anything else at the end of the day anyway. Jobs that are mostly physical labor are actually less tiring, which is why working on the side is usually found in blue collar families.
I'm in a similar situation as the submitter, actually, except I came from a blue collar family, went white collar, then when I met my wife, who is from a very blue collar family, I remembered my old roots. Soon as the debt's paid off I'm getting the hell out of the cubicle world. Then maybe PCs and programming will be fun again.
As soon as Steam starts having this sort of beneficial effect someone like EA or Microsoft will find a way to shut it down.
Nowadays, who doesn't?
who be JAMMA, mon?
The point here is that Sun is a 3rd world bazaar. The majority of its workforce is former or current H-1Bs from India, Taiwan province, and the rest of China.
When Sun management was talking about bazaar, the management was being truthful. OSI and Sun are simply talking about two different kinds of bazaars. Sun is referring to its disinclination to hire American employees. OSI is referring to the technical setup of it software.
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