Consequently, I don't think it will be a question of whether or not we will be using Vista but merely how Microsoft will have managed to improve upon the mostly unimproveable experience of Windows XP. If they compete with anything, it will be their own success.
Umm...riiight...
What are you basing that conclusion on?
I mean, even taking the assumption that XP even provides a good experience, that is very, very, far from 'mostly unimprovable.' I've seen some interesting claims made by OS zealots, but no amount of reasoned, salient presentation can hide the outrageous substance of that claim..
Television is not emasculated to suit the whims of anyone. Television is governmed by Media Overlords (TM), who have Democrats and Republicans alike eating out of their pockets.
*cough* Telecommunications Act of 1997 *cough*
But since someone mentioned Muslim fanatics, I suppose your comment was to be expected.
aking on the role of a European power - desperate to grab land and resources - helps students understand the motivation and planning behind invasion. It also paves the way for learning about its consequences. That, at least, is the theory."
Just make sure that introvert with a genius IQ doesn't figure out how to end with more favorable consequences. They usually stay bitter about getting picked on for the rest of their lives...
Highlights of this display include a thickness of 300 microns and is reported as flexible as construction paper. The 10.1 inch display has a resolution of 600x800 and a pixel density of 100 pixels per inch. Most LCD / CRT monitor displays have a pixel density of 72-96 PPI. The contrast ratio is at a low 10:1 and the display can show 4 levels of grey. While this seems low, it is more than adequate for reading in well lighted conditions. Keep in mind that most printed books are at 2 levels (black and white).
Perhaps the low contrast ratio will help make it readable for long periods...much more important than whether or not it 'bends'
Your argument implies corruption at every level of government. On what facts are you basing this assertion?
Moderators, Tiro is a well known troll. He finds great pleasure in pretending to harbor the prototypical Slashdot anti-establishment disposition and watch his wacky claims go unrefuted by hordes of otherwise intelligent human beings who will blindly follow the clique here merely because deep down inside they know they don't belong in any social circles out in the real world*GAAASSSPPP*
What about newspapers and media? Can they report on candidates? Are they expected to keep silent about major campaigns? The minute they start reporting, they get accused of some sort of bias.
There is no way to make representation in any way equal for every candidate. That's why we should spend our time and energy making voters more educated and reasonable. That will minimize the advantage billion dollar campaigns have, as well as decrease the likelihood that companies can bribe officials and avoid having the public find out.
What if there isn't such a distinct line of software designed to assist oppressive regisems and software designed to be useful?
What if I sell software designed to filter web pages based on content (i.e. squidguard)? What if Myannmar (sic) buys the software and uses it to filter web pages containing information critical of the current leadership?
Giving the government the power to regulate business for the benefit of consumers against megacorps also gives the government the power to regulate business for the benefit of the megacorps against the consumers.
Look at software patents. Patents are an exclusive monopoly granted by the government. They're bad news for almost everybody out there except for a few greedy software shop executives.
I'm not advocating a totally free market, just that we understand the dangers of granting the government regulatory power over our economy.
I think the reality of such a law is that defining uncompetitive business practices as illegal to "orchestrate" would either have to be absolute and concrete, or vague and subject to interpretation. In the first place, a lot of concessions would have to be made on the part of those seeking harsher punishments for uncompetitive practices, simply because you want to err on the side of individual liberties and not locking people up without good reason. In the second case, you'd make doing business from anyone's standpoint a risky proposition at best.
Yes, in the open source world the users are the equivalent of business customers. That cannot be denied.
Wanna bet? How about this...I deny that the users are the equivalent of business customers.
Doctors, businessman, and open source developers are all entitled to any number of reasons for doing what they do. Money can be one of them, self-actualization can be another, education still another. Professionalism is a requisite for maintaining business relationships (and many others). An open source developer isn't necessarily interested in maintaining any kind of relationship with his userbase. It may be the case that he is. Hell, I'll even go so far as to say that he should. But he doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.
I would say the extent to which the open source developer is obliged to treat his users professionally is the same extent to which the user should treat the developer professionally. In which case, I fault both you and the developer who responded to you equally.
I must say, I sympathize with him more. You've proven yourself to be extremely resistant to logical arguments.
Yes, in the open source world the users are the equivalent of business customers. That cannot be denied.
I hate to quote it again, but that is just not a logical statement. I hope you see why, as I cannot spare enough time to explain the basics of logical vs emotional argumentation.
Aha. I get it. You think the users are the customers. That's a misleading way of looking at it. As a customer, my money is what keeps the burger flippers required to treat you a certain way. Watch how a hobo gets treated if he comes and sits down by himself with no intention of buying anything.
You have never contributed anything to KOffice.
As far as your claim about professionalism, in my professional experience, I have been treated rather rudely by support people on many occasions, but only during evaluation periods.
At any rate, it's certainly a Good Thing to treat others the way you want to be treated. Something I didn't see you doing inside the thread in question.
I read through the whole thread and I got something completely different out of it.
Note your use of the word 'potentially' right behind 'misleading' when you claim that the developer who wrote the open letter made a 'potentially' 'misleading' comment.
Your claim that he is in any way obliged to consider the potential ways his comment could be misconstrued is incorrect.
In this world, if you don't find his statement professional, you don't have to do business with him. The extent to which businesspeople consider FLOSS developers 'professional' likely varies based on their own experiences, and each one of them has to decide for {him,her}self whether or not to do business with FLOSS developers.
Since you seem to be so keen on facts and figures as being part of the argument, I'd like to point out how many businesspeople today are involved with FLOSS software developers.
My suggestion would be to separate your personal feelings regarding one experience you've had from your view of the world as a whole. Your attempt to extrapolate some larger point about the abrasive and unprofessional nature of FLOSS developers is highly illogical, and seems more like a personal vendetta than any genuine concern to improve, well, anything.
Microsoft makes its money selling windows and office. I don't see that changing because of gmail. This seems more like a pissing contest than anything else.
I suppose you could make the argument that if in the future software becomes more web-based, it's important to establish as much brand support as possible, because most people will follow the logos they feel more comfortable with.
You make good points, but your post has a very brazen and frankly inconsiderate tone. The original parent was trying to have a rational conversation, and your tone seemed to invite flames.
I don't understand why people have to use such rude language online.
How do you precisely know they seek validation? I mean, one could easily say that you simply don't want to rationally defend your position, so you are irrationally dismissing them by attacking their character.
All religious types are offering "truth" that cannot be validated or refuted by science. Technically speaking, you can't tell someone any particular religion is untrue and be intellectually honest doing it. Fundamentally, you just don't know if any of them are true or not. You can merely suggest that not holding some religious belief makes more sense.
That's the reason I think we still have prosletyzation: because they're presenting unfalsifiable claims, you can't convincingly demonstrate the claims are wrong.
Not exactly. If you link against GPL'ed code, you must release your code under the terms of the GPL. The LGPL doesn't have this requirement, hence some call it the 'library' GNU Public License, rather than the 'lesser' one.
A collection of binaries that run under the same environment, however, do not need to share the same license, even if one is GPL. As long as they are kept completeley separate, that is.
You really think women are willing to commit such atrocities...? We are not savages.
Yes. Sure, women aren't barbaric, but deep down inside, underneath that veneer of sensetivity and caring and kindness and feelings, there is a detestable predilection for hurting men.
Your post is so subjective and devoid of fact that I can't possibly begin to describe how illogical and unsubstantiated it is. You've made sweeping judgements about the character of Republicans that you just cannot back up.
Here's a clue: not wanting the federal government to aid the poor does not equate to believing that aiding the poor is a sin. While someone might believe both of those statements, it would take a lot of evidence to convince me that Bush specifically agrees with both of them. I'm not even sure he believes the first.
You embrace your views as dogmatically as Pat Robertson. I advise that you begin to look at all things critically. Skepticism is a virtue. Don't believe everything you hear. Look at the evidence and draw your own conclusions. Don't be a sheep.
I don't think this is a matter of "which came first," because the real question is "why do we like these superhero movies?" I'd say these superhero movies are well received by western audiences because they play on the western traditional values.
I never suggested that some sense of self-sacrifice was embedded in mankind (indeed, I'm not trying to defend the Judeo-Christian faiths), but, rather, the fact that we like these movies because they adhere to our value systems.
I would think that pagan cultures which value self sacrifice above all else would equally enjoy such movies, but cultures which do not value it would have the opposite response.
Besides, watch any of these super hero movies for the emotional parts. It's all about generosity, courage, good versus evil, and, most importantly, self sacrifice.
Gee, could that have come from the Judeo-Christian roots of our society?
Well, it's almost approaching Odin's Day. I must be getting to bed...
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And am a bit drunk, but I assume its running Ubuntmoo?
No, but close. It's running Moobuntu.
Consequently, I don't think it will be a question of whether or not we will be using Vista but merely how Microsoft will have managed to improve upon the mostly unimproveable experience of Windows XP. If they compete with anything, it will be their own success.
Umm...riiight...
What are you basing that conclusion on?
I mean, even taking the assumption that XP even provides a good experience, that is very, very, far from 'mostly unimprovable.' I've seen some interesting claims made by OS zealots, but no amount of reasoned, salient presentation can hide the outrageous substance of that claim..
Television is not emasculated to suit the whims of anyone. Television is governmed by Media Overlords (TM), who have Democrats and Republicans alike eating out of their pockets.
*cough* Telecommunications Act of 1997 *cough*
But since someone mentioned Muslim fanatics, I suppose your comment was to be expected.
aking on the role of a European power - desperate to grab land and resources - helps students understand the motivation and planning behind invasion. It also paves the way for learning about its consequences. That, at least, is the theory."
Just make sure that introvert with a genius IQ doesn't figure out how to end with more favorable consequences. They usually stay bitter about getting picked on for the rest of their lives...
Highlights of this display include a thickness of 300 microns and is reported as flexible as construction paper. The 10.1 inch display has a resolution of 600x800 and a pixel density of 100 pixels per inch. Most LCD / CRT monitor displays have a pixel density of 72-96 PPI. The contrast ratio is at a low 10:1 and the display can show 4 levels of grey. While this seems low, it is more than adequate for reading in well lighted conditions. Keep in mind that most printed books are at 2 levels (black and white).
Perhaps the low contrast ratio will help make it readable for long periods...much more important than whether or not it 'bends'
Moderators, Tiro is a well known troll. He finds great pleasure in pretending to harbor the prototypical Slashdot anti-establishment disposition and watch his wacky claims go unrefuted by hordes of otherwise intelligent human beings who will blindly follow the clique here merely because deep down inside they know they don't belong in any social circles out in the real world*GAAASSSPPP*
Sorry, that was a bit of a mouthful.
-1, Redundant.
There is no way to make representation in any way equal for every candidate. That's why we should spend our time and energy making voters more educated and reasonable. That will minimize the advantage billion dollar campaigns have, as well as decrease the likelihood that companies can bribe officials and avoid having the public find out.
Duh. .NET
What if I sell software designed to filter web pages based on content (i.e. squidguard)? What if Myannmar (sic) buys the software and uses it to filter web pages containing information critical of the current leadership?
Look at software patents. Patents are an exclusive monopoly granted by the government. They're bad news for almost everybody out there except for a few greedy software shop executives.
I'm not advocating a totally free market, just that we understand the dangers of granting the government regulatory power over our economy.
I think the reality of such a law is that defining uncompetitive business practices as illegal to "orchestrate" would either have to be absolute and concrete, or vague and subject to interpretation. In the first place, a lot of concessions would have to be made on the part of those seeking harsher punishments for uncompetitive practices, simply because you want to err on the side of individual liberties and not locking people up without good reason. In the second case, you'd make doing business from anyone's standpoint a risky proposition at best.
Yes, in the open source world the users are the equivalent of business customers. That cannot be denied.
Wanna bet? How about this...I deny that the users are the equivalent of business customers.
Doctors, businessman, and open source developers are all entitled to any number of reasons for doing what they do. Money can be one of them, self-actualization can be another, education still another. Professionalism is a requisite for maintaining business relationships (and many others). An open source developer isn't necessarily interested in maintaining any kind of relationship with his userbase. It may be the case that he is. Hell, I'll even go so far as to say that he should. But he doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.
I would say the extent to which the open source developer is obliged to treat his users professionally is the same extent to which the user should treat the developer professionally. In which case, I fault both you and the developer who responded to you equally.
I must say, I sympathize with him more. You've proven yourself to be extremely resistant to logical arguments.
Yes, in the open source world the users are the equivalent of business customers. That cannot be denied.
I hate to quote it again, but that is just not a logical statement. I hope you see why, as I cannot spare enough time to explain the basics of logical vs emotional argumentation.
You have never contributed anything to KOffice.
As far as your claim about professionalism, in my professional experience, I have been treated rather rudely by support people on many occasions, but only during evaluation periods.
At any rate, it's certainly a Good Thing to treat others the way you want to be treated. Something I didn't see you doing inside the thread in question.
Note your use of the word 'potentially' right behind 'misleading' when you claim that the developer who wrote the open letter made a 'potentially' 'misleading' comment.
Your claim that he is in any way obliged to consider the potential ways his comment could be misconstrued is incorrect.
In this world, if you don't find his statement professional, you don't have to do business with him. The extent to which businesspeople consider FLOSS developers 'professional' likely varies based on their own experiences, and each one of them has to decide for {him,her}self whether or not to do business with FLOSS developers.
Since you seem to be so keen on facts and figures as being part of the argument, I'd like to point out how many businesspeople today are involved with FLOSS software developers.
My suggestion would be to separate your personal feelings regarding one experience you've had from your view of the world as a whole. Your attempt to extrapolate some larger point about the abrasive and unprofessional nature of FLOSS developers is highly illogical, and seems more like a personal vendetta than any genuine concern to improve, well, anything.
I suppose you could make the argument that if in the future software becomes more web-based, it's important to establish as much brand support as possible, because most people will follow the logos they feel more comfortable with.
You make good points, but your post has a very brazen and frankly inconsiderate tone. The original parent was trying to have a rational conversation, and your tone seemed to invite flames.
I don't understand why people have to use such rude language online.
the majority of pot users are non-famous random joes
s/pot users/people/
All religious types are offering "truth" that cannot be validated or refuted by science. Technically speaking, you can't tell someone any particular religion is untrue and be intellectually honest doing it. Fundamentally, you just don't know if any of them are true or not. You can merely suggest that not holding some religious belief makes more sense.
That's the reason I think we still have prosletyzation: because they're presenting unfalsifiable claims, you can't convincingly demonstrate the claims are wrong.
That's the joke: you're supposed to read it and say "Oh, he meant to write the binary equivalent of decimal 2, but he's one of the people who can't."
A collection of binaries that run under the same environment, however, do not need to share the same license, even if one is GPL. As long as they are kept completeley separate, that is.
Come on, try to hack my 31337 firewall! [127.0.0.1]
I think someone already has. I mean, I can ping it, but when I click the link, my browser spits out "Connection Refused."
j00 just got pwd!!!
You really think women are willing to commit such atrocities ...? We are not savages.
Yes. Sure, women aren't barbaric, but deep down inside, underneath that veneer of sensetivity and caring and kindness and feelings, there is a detestable predilection for hurting men.
--A very bitter member of the male gender.
Here's a clue: not wanting the federal government to aid the poor does not equate to believing that aiding the poor is a sin. While someone might believe both of those statements, it would take a lot of evidence to convince me that Bush specifically agrees with both of them. I'm not even sure he believes the first.
You embrace your views as dogmatically as Pat Robertson. I advise that you begin to look at all things critically. Skepticism is a virtue. Don't believe everything you hear. Look at the evidence and draw your own conclusions. Don't be a sheep.
I never suggested that some sense of self-sacrifice was embedded in mankind (indeed, I'm not trying to defend the Judeo-Christian faiths), but, rather, the fact that we like these movies because they adhere to our value systems.
I would think that pagan cultures which value self sacrifice above all else would equally enjoy such movies, but cultures which do not value it would have the opposite response.
Besides, watch any of these super hero movies for the emotional parts. It's all about generosity, courage, good versus evil, and, most importantly, self sacrifice.
Gee, could that have come from the Judeo-Christian roots of our society?
Well, it's almost approaching Odin's Day. I must be getting to bed...