It seems to me that Microsoft has no idea why people have been buying their products this whole time.
It looks to me that the current people weren't there in the 90s and 00s so they don't know how Microsoft got to be so popular: by eliminating choice. They seem to think that people specifically wanted Windows instead of getting Windows because that's what came with the computer because Microsoft killed other options like OS/2 and BEOS.
I have to say, I can understand how they would view the UN in such a way. The UN's policies are pretty firm in their pushing of dependence, which is unsurprising given the way the wealthier and more influential nations are able to control it.
I think they may be confusing the IMF with the UN. You know, "Before we went hungry and that was that, but now we're hungry, and in debt."
I think that global warming by itself doesn't sound so bad, what's a couple of degrees warmer every day? What does sound pretty bad is the potential for extreme weather due to the increase in water in the air. Or something like that. Tornados, droughts, floods, those don't sound cool at all!
Ah, come on, I'm not saying Kool Aid wasn't involved, but did you check out the other guy? What do you think he would have done about the impeding police state? Of course we don't really know because his answer would have depended on who was asking it. We're F'ed.
You remind me of when I would tell some Republicans, "You're president lied to get us into an illegal war that is going to cost us over a trillion dollars!" and they would reply, "So, your president lied about a blow job." WTFF
If I were to get a PhD in Philosophy, which I'm pretty sure I'm not, one of my ideas for a thesis is The Public Misuse of The Aristotelian Syllogism And How Governments, Corporations, and Monotheistic Religions Use It To Totally Screw You.
I think you and many here misunderstood what Linus was talking about. Linux specifically said NVIDIA is one of the worst companies with whom they worked. Period. There is no need to bring up ATI into the table. There is no need to bring up that your card has always worked beautifully. This is talking about his and the kernel maintainer's experience in dealing with hardware vendors, something that we ourselves never have to deal with. Their proprietary drivers may be the best ever but that has nothing to do with!
If the kernel maintainers have a question about the hardware, they can't ask NVIDIA they have to test and reverse engineer to find the answer whereas with other companies, they may get an answer directly from the manufacturer. Get it? "...NVIDIA just made the damn drivers. Now that is not good enough." Not from a kernel maintainer's or Stallman's point of view, I'm pretty sure.
Not everyone here wants to get rid of regulations like minimum wage, OSHA, and environmental laws. Historically corporations here have screwed the environment (and everything else) if they are not regulated. I think things would be different if somehow the CEO was personally liable to some extent for the corporations' actions but I think we can agree that they are not.
Yeah, ALEC and Republicans really want to bring China here, fast. And many Americans don't like it!
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Maybe as part of their anti trust investigation in the US and in Europe they were directed to suck so that some users would leave it and go elsewhere?
It seems to me that Microsoft has no idea why people have been buying their products this whole time.
It looks to me that the current people weren't there in the 90s and 00s so they don't know how Microsoft got to be so popular: by eliminating choice. They seem to think that people specifically wanted Windows instead of getting Windows because that's what came with the computer because Microsoft killed other options like OS/2 and BEOS.
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I have to say, I can understand how they would view the UN in such a way. The UN's policies are pretty firm in their pushing of dependence, which is unsurprising given the way the wealthier and more influential nations are able to control it.
I think they may be confusing the IMF with the UN. You know, "Before we went hungry and that was that, but now we're hungry, and in debt."
I think that global warming by itself doesn't sound so bad, what's a couple of degrees warmer every day? What does sound pretty bad is the potential for extreme weather due to the increase in water in the air. Or something like that. Tornados, droughts, floods, those don't sound cool at all!
You know, you could get a lot more captive audience if you learned to be more eloquent.
So that's what martial law will look like, huh?
I'm gonna steal that quote, thank you very much.
You sound like a piece of shit for a human being, so fuck you.
At this point I think they pretty much have to in order to justify their own existence.
I agree. But what if, what if we're looking in the wrong direction. What if Buddha was right and the secrets lie inside, not outside of us?
XAOS. I was playing around with XAOS once and it dawned on me that that is the nature of the physical universe, the fractal universe.
impending police state
Ah, come on, I'm not saying Kool Aid wasn't involved, but did you check out the other guy? What do you think he would have done about the impeding police state? Of course we don't really know because his answer would have depended on who was asking it. We're F'ed.
You know, Rush' s song Limelight hasn't had as much meaning as until relatively recently ago.
Which ones?
I can feel the joy of countless obese people knowing that they can now enjoy all the potatot chips and twinkies that they want to eat.
"He's truly incapable of seeing any other point of view because he views such as irrational and illogical."
Yeah, come on RMS, some people WANT to be fucking slaves.
Aye. Fellow non-dualist here, although Buddhist.
I love my KDE! I can see how Windows users would be overwhelmed by choices and hold that against it.
You remind me of when I would tell some Republicans, "You're president lied to get us into an illegal war that is going to cost us over a trillion dollars!" and they would reply, "So, your president lied about a blow job." WTFF
If I were to get a PhD in Philosophy, which I'm pretty sure I'm not, one of my ideas for a thesis is The Public Misuse of The Aristotelian Syllogism And How Governments, Corporations, and Monotheistic Religions Use It To Totally Screw You.
I think you and many here misunderstood what Linus was talking about. Linux specifically said NVIDIA is one of the worst companies with whom they worked. Period. There is no need to bring up ATI into the table. There is no need to bring up that your card has always worked beautifully. This is talking about his and the kernel maintainer's experience in dealing with hardware vendors, something that we ourselves never have to deal with. Their proprietary drivers may be the best ever but that has nothing to do with!
If the kernel maintainers have a question about the hardware, they can't ask NVIDIA they have to test and reverse engineer to find the answer whereas with other companies, they may get an answer directly from the manufacturer. Get it? "...NVIDIA just made the damn drivers. Now that is not good enough." Not from a kernel maintainer's or Stallman's point of view, I'm pretty sure.
You sound late to the party...
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ia-supreme-court/1501187.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=iowa+comes+vs+microsoft&hl=en&prmd=ivns&ei=WdXUT-S4HqKe2AWhrPWXCQ&start=10&sa=N
Not everyone here wants to get rid of regulations like minimum wage, OSHA, and environmental laws. Historically corporations here have screwed the environment (and everything else) if they are not regulated. I think things would be different if somehow the CEO was personally liable to some extent for the corporations' actions but I think we can agree that they are not.
Yeah, ALEC and Republicans really want to bring China here, fast. And many Americans don't like it!