Following the GNU arguement, if you're running GNU and KDE on top of open source APIs under Windows, aren't you running an open source operating system on top of a closed source kernel?
To be honest, I'm reading over the posts on his blog, and it seems to me he's a patriotic christian boy. I don't agree with much of the stuff on his blog, since I don't think the military is really fighting for any american freedom to speak of, but if all I had to go on was what he's valued and written about in this blog, I'd say he's probably a good kid, and as usual the school board is being run by despotic business school drop-outs.
Yeah, this is just like those rabble-rousers the founding fathers. If they got caught and executed for treason against the queen, it's their own fault.
The british are being made out to be the "bad guys" here because they simply upheld the laws of the land.
IMO, that was as stupid as the kids who wrote newspapers in China, then are upset when they're run over by a tank.
That's a bit over-the-top. This looks almost exactly like any teenagers webpage I've ever seen. I've made sites just like this, my brothers have made sites just like this, my classmates have made sites just like this -- Eventually we grow up and realize they're stupid, but making badly designed sites full of stolen content is like a teenage meme. It's impossible to stop, and you'll make an ass of yourself if you try.
Sun Tzu says you should seek victory first, the fight the battle. Those who seek battle and seek victory on the way will fail. In this way, you fight an enemy already deafeated.
Installing a transparent proxy is a battle, but how will it achieve victory? The best case scenario is they'll ignore it until you leave, and the worst case scenario is they clamp down even harder on the internet and eliminate the troublemaker.
The American revolutionaries had a plan for victory, obviously. There are countless other petty wars around the world which don't. They will last forever, as neither side knows how to win, only how to fight.
I think schools should spend their time teaching. An administrator focused on providing quality learning doesn't have time for frivilous political pursuits. A teacher who is using their mouth and brain to teach doesn't have much else to use to try to imprint their political philosophy on students.
I've witnessed this promised land first hand. Students don't bother sharing their political philosophy because they've got work to do. Teachers don't bother sharing their political philosophy because they've got work to do. Thus, the school is a place for learning, rather than a personal soapbox for whoever to indoctrinate people.
What better way to instill pacifism than by showing that the wrath of destruction is blind?
My years in school taught me one thing: Those in power are the kin of hurricanes and other forces of nature: Unthinking, unfeeling, amoral. All you can do if you're hit by one is try not to get blown away.
Those years did prepare me for the real world, however, by placing me in a scenario so viciously bad that afterwards I could handle anything. After a situation where administrators are a force of nature to be avoided, and students are vicious cutthroats who will tear you to shreds if you say a word, the working world is serene and freindly.
I *could* use this, or I could use PNG, if it really bothered me. No, lossless compression isn't as small as lossy, but we're living in the broadband era, and you shouldn't have so many pictures it would matter anyway.
The only reason to use this at all is Microsofts tendancy to release fairly reasonable tools with new releases of Windows to push their new file formats. Since that isn't an issue with pictures, I can only hope this fails like most things Microsoft tries.
I agree. To paraphrase a contemporary philosopher:
"Do you know why? Because WE'VE GOT THE BOMBS. That's right, nuclear fucking weapons. Lawyers? Politicians? They can have all the freedom and democracy they want; They can have a nice big democracy cakewalk right through the middle of Tienemen square, and it doesn't make a lick of difference, because we've got the bombs."
Or do you think the PRESIDENT knows how to build, maintain, and operate those things?
I have the greatest respect for soldiers and others like them -- you guys think you're doing your duty, and you should be. The folks in power won't allow that, though. Sun Tzu says that the person who battles without trying to achieve victory is destined to lose. Fighting on behalf of the US government is not fighting for freedom.
And sometimes, to fight is to be cowardly. Only the bravest man can live without automatically attacking the things they fear. Lashing out at terrorists is the way that they win. It's just like the bully in middle school -- by acknoleging they're there, and by acting irrationally in response, and by lashing out, you are helping them, and you are telling them that their methods are effective.
My Grandfather fought in World War II for freedom. In return, the government lashed out at everything dangerous and regulated everything we do until today where there is no freedom compared to the world he grew up in, and that caused him a lot of pain. I won't make the same mistake he did.
If you need to be doing a dictators work in the armpit of the world to speak of bravery and cowardice, I think you need to re-establish your priorities.
I do so enjoy listening to American trash paint an international community with the simplistic brush of your countrys transparant propoganda.
"You're all Democrats! Those assholes who voted for the Bloc and the NDP? Those who vote for partei biertrinkenter dÃnen? You Labour party assholes? YOU'RE ALL DEMOCRATS!"
This is why I've decided to quit caring about politics -- people giving partisan coutnerpoints for an original point which appears to have been entirely false.
Congratulations! You're a tool of the rich and powerful!
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No, you win. The pop culture references are clearly beneath you.
I think most people have conveniently forgotten that the twin towers aren't just a clever rhetorical device.
Following the GNU arguement, if you're running GNU and KDE on top of open source APIs under Windows, aren't you running an open source operating system on top of a closed source kernel?
To be honest, I'm reading over the posts on his blog, and it seems to me he's a patriotic christian boy. I don't agree with much of the stuff on his blog, since I don't think the military is really fighting for any american freedom to speak of, but if all I had to go on was what he's valued and written about in this blog, I'd say he's probably a good kid, and as usual the school board is being run by despotic business school drop-outs.
Yeah, this is just like those rabble-rousers the founding fathers. If they got caught and executed for treason against the queen, it's their own fault.
The british are being made out to be the "bad guys" here because they simply upheld the laws of the land.
IMO, that was as stupid as the kids who wrote newspapers in China, then are upset when they're run over by a tank.
You know, people just like you, who misinterpet words, elected Hitler. In fact, Hitler himself was known for doing the same thing.
So, is this a thinly veiled threat to kill 12 million people?
That would be ironic.
"I'm feeling so alone right now. I think I'm going to kill myself because nobody understands me."
"WHAT YOU SAY!! YOU'RE EXPELLED FOR BEING A DEPRESSED TEENAGER!"
"FAREWELL CRUEL WORLD!!!"
That's a bit over-the-top. This looks almost exactly like any teenagers webpage I've ever seen. I've made sites just like this, my brothers have made sites just like this, my classmates have made sites just like this -- Eventually we grow up and realize they're stupid, but making badly designed sites full of stolen content is like a teenage meme. It's impossible to stop, and you'll make an ass of yourself if you try.
No! Not at all!
You know, I bet those kids at Columbine were constantly being accused of threatening people too...
Sun Tzu says you should seek victory first, the fight the battle. Those who seek battle and seek victory on the way will fail. In this way, you fight an enemy already deafeated.
Installing a transparent proxy is a battle, but how will it achieve victory? The best case scenario is they'll ignore it until you leave, and the worst case scenario is they clamp down even harder on the internet and eliminate the troublemaker.
The American revolutionaries had a plan for victory, obviously. There are countless other petty wars around the world which don't. They will last forever, as neither side knows how to win, only how to fight.
I think schools should spend their time teaching. An administrator focused on providing quality learning doesn't have time for frivilous political pursuits. A teacher who is using their mouth and brain to teach doesn't have much else to use to try to imprint their political philosophy on students.
I've witnessed this promised land first hand. Students don't bother sharing their political philosophy because they've got work to do. Teachers don't bother sharing their political philosophy because they've got work to do. Thus, the school is a place for learning, rather than a personal soapbox for whoever to indoctrinate people.
Now I know how those kids at Columbine felt!!
"(i need more stars)"
Yeah, it's unfortunate that you can't just wave your arms in the air hollering like an insane preacher, like you can in real life.
"JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZUS! (Wait....Sorry, wrong topic) COOOOOOOOOOOLUMBIIIIIINE!"
It's a shame we live in such a cowardly society that we allow ourselves to be terrorized by children.
What better way to instill pacifism than by showing that the wrath of destruction is blind?
My years in school taught me one thing: Those in power are the kin of hurricanes and other forces of nature: Unthinking, unfeeling, amoral. All you can do if you're hit by one is try not to get blown away.
Those years did prepare me for the real world, however, by placing me in a scenario so viciously bad that afterwards I could handle anything. After a situation where administrators are a force of nature to be avoided, and students are vicious cutthroats who will tear you to shreds if you say a word, the working world is serene and freindly.
I *could* use this, or I could use PNG, if it really bothered me. No, lossless compression isn't as small as lossy, but we're living in the broadband era, and you shouldn't have so many pictures it would matter anyway.
The only reason to use this at all is Microsofts tendancy to release fairly reasonable tools with new releases of Windows to push their new file formats. Since that isn't an issue with pictures, I can only hope this fails like most things Microsoft tries.
Two lawyers walk into a bar. They quietly have a few drinks, pay their bill, tip generously, and go home to their loving and supportive families.
Ok, we MAY have kindergarten-level reading skills, but we have Ph.D level psychic skills!
(Or do you think anyone actually READ that thing before posting about how much anger and hatred and rage they're filled with?)
It seems like there are an awful lot of lawyers on slashdot today. Is it national "Gawk at the nerdyfolk" day?
I agree. To paraphrase a contemporary philosopher:
"Do you know why? Because WE'VE GOT THE BOMBS. That's right, nuclear fucking weapons. Lawyers? Politicians? They can have all the freedom and democracy they want; They can have a nice big democracy cakewalk right through the middle of Tienemen square, and it doesn't make a lick of difference, because we've got the bombs."
Or do you think the PRESIDENT knows how to build, maintain, and operate those things?
I won't lie, I feel bad.
What exactly have you sacrificed for?
I have the greatest respect for soldiers and others like them -- you guys think you're doing your duty, and you should be. The folks in power won't allow that, though. Sun Tzu says that the person who battles without trying to achieve victory is destined to lose. Fighting on behalf of the US government is not fighting for freedom.
And sometimes, to fight is to be cowardly. Only the bravest man can live without automatically attacking the things they fear. Lashing out at terrorists is the way that they win. It's just like the bully in middle school -- by acknoleging they're there, and by acting irrationally in response, and by lashing out, you are helping them, and you are telling them that their methods are effective.
My Grandfather fought in World War II for freedom. In return, the government lashed out at everything dangerous and regulated everything we do until today where there is no freedom compared to the world he grew up in, and that caused him a lot of pain. I won't make the same mistake he did.
What's yours?
If you need to be doing a dictators work in the armpit of the world to speak of bravery and cowardice, I think you need to re-establish your priorities.
If you knew them, it would be time to change them.
Duh.
I do so enjoy listening to American trash paint an international community with the simplistic brush of your countrys transparant propoganda.
"You're all Democrats! Those assholes who voted for the Bloc and the NDP? Those who vote for partei biertrinkenter dÃnen? You Labour party assholes? YOU'RE ALL DEMOCRATS!"
You confirm the stereotypes, you ignoramus.
Open democracy isn't for cowards.
This is why I've decided to quit caring about politics -- people giving partisan coutnerpoints for an original point which appears to have been entirely false.
Congratulations! You're a tool of the rich and powerful!