[rumor] Microsoft [rumor] Economic Crisis [rumor] I can't confirm this but [rumor]. Open Office is better than Microsoft Office. [rumor] [bad logic] [rumor] [rumor] Pitiful prediction.
Whatever dude. I work for companies where everyone has admin/root. If you were running a call center or something, sure, whatever, just don't moan when people are doing things manually or on paper when there's perfectly good software solutions out there.
This is true, if you don't want your employees to be productive beyond the 6 apps you've installed for them.. but if you want them to actually be able to use the wide variety of open source applications that are available then clearly they need to be able to run a package manager and install new apps. This basically means giving them root.
Microsoft speeds too much money on research that they fail to turn into products.
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I think people have a very strange idea of what genetic screening can actually achieve.
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If people do this a lot and tend to make the same choices, the genetic diversity of the human race will be reduced, leading to greater susceptibility to widespread disease and genetic problems in the generations to come.
And by that you mean the generations to come in about 1000 years right? Cause that's how long it takes.
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Nice straw man you got there.
Go on.
The truth is that names hardly matter that much
Oh Really?
In some countries, it's not uncommon for parents to kill girls that are born to them because they cannot carry on the family name
Shit, that kinda sounds like names are really important.
This has to be Slashdot at it's finest.
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Who gives a shit what you or "society" thinks. I think it is retarded to allow people to call their children "Apple" or "Montana" but, thankfully, I don't have the right to control other people's choices. Freedom means putting up with shit you don't like.
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Although there certainly is a lot of "fashion" and "tradition" in choosing names, it's hardly the nightmare of uniformity that is predicted by those who oppose genetic choice. Sometimes it might appear that everyone is named Steve, but alas, it is not so.
You know how smart you think you are? Well, the people who wrote the decision - the one you obviously haven't bothered to read - think they're just as smart. They have specifically addressed your concerns. They didn't want this "compromise".. they wanted IE pulled completely, like with WMP.. so they've spelled out exactly what Microsoft are required to do, and they honestly think it will be a good step to nullifying Microsoft's illegal actions.
I don't know about now but, at the time, LinkedIn provided no mechanism to remove yourself from the site. You had to email an admin. Which is what I did.. and they removed about 80% of what was up there.. and then I emailed them to remove the rest.. and they did, almost, they left some searchable traces.. so I emailed them again and they finally removed all of it, as far as I could tell.
Did you even read my post? I asked them to remove my details.. they did.. eventually. I don't really care if people want to use LinkedIn, but it's not for me because I have no desire to get nagged by recruiters.
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Oh wait, I guess you'd have to get more money out than what you put in for that.
A lot of old 8 bit software we grew up with won't even run on most modern platform, but they're still "protected."
One is due to the other.
Better yet, you can read it online.
It's freely available on their web site.
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm
Patents and copyright exist to ensure that the creator is protected.
This is exactly why you should read their book.
Here's my translation for ya:
[rumor] Microsoft [rumor] Economic Crisis [rumor] I can't confirm this but [rumor]. Open Office is better than Microsoft Office. [rumor] [bad logic] [rumor] [rumor] Pitiful prediction.
"imagery" is the stuff you see inside your head when you read that strong language.
We're talking about desktop machines you fucking retard.
Whatever dude. I work for companies where everyone has admin/root. If you were running a call center or something, sure, whatever, just don't moan when people are doing things manually or on paper when there's perfectly good software solutions out there.
This is true, if you don't want your employees to be productive beyond the 6 apps you've installed for them.. but if you want them to actually be able to use the wide variety of open source applications that are available then clearly they need to be able to run a package manager and install new apps. This basically means giving them root.
if school children will ever get taught about quarks. I mean, most 10 year olds can tell you about protons, electrons and neutrons.
Err.. Heard of IBM? How about Sun Labs? Microsoft Research is a joke. It's where academic careers go to die.
The phrase was originated by Jaron Lanier
The only thing Lanier ever originated was the backlash against smelly hippies who smoke too much weed.
Microsoft speeds too much money on research that they fail to turn into products.
I think people have a very strange idea of what genetic screening can actually achieve.
If people do this a lot and tend to make the same choices, the genetic diversity of the human race will be reduced, leading to greater susceptibility to widespread disease and genetic problems in the generations to come.
And by that you mean the generations to come in about 1000 years right? Cause that's how long it takes.
Nice straw man you got there.
Go on.
The truth is that names hardly matter that much
Oh Really?
In some countries, it's not uncommon for parents to kill girls that are born to them because they cannot carry on the family name
Shit, that kinda sounds like names are really important.
This has to be Slashdot at it's finest.
Who gives a shit what you or "society" thinks. I think it is retarded to allow people to call their children "Apple" or "Montana" but, thankfully, I don't have the right to control other people's choices. Freedom means putting up with shit you don't like.
Although there certainly is a lot of "fashion" and "tradition" in choosing names, it's hardly the nightmare of uniformity that is predicted by those who oppose genetic choice. Sometimes it might appear that everyone is named Steve, but alas, it is not so.
You know how smart you think you are? Well, the people who wrote the decision - the one you obviously haven't bothered to read - think they're just as smart. They have specifically addressed your concerns. They didn't want this "compromise".. they wanted IE pulled completely, like with WMP.. so they've spelled out exactly what Microsoft are required to do, and they honestly think it will be a good step to nullifying Microsoft's illegal actions.
Yes, the whole point of a ballot is that there may be no default.
A little information can be a dangerous thing. Hint: RTFA.
Good to see we can occasionally agree on something ;)
Yeah, it's the virtual equivalent of paying thugs to block access to a store.
Call the lawyers.
I don't know about now but, at the time, LinkedIn provided no mechanism to remove yourself from the site. You had to email an admin. Which is what I did.. and they removed about 80% of what was up there.. and then I emailed them to remove the rest.. and they did, almost, they left some searchable traces.. so I emailed them again and they finally removed all of it, as far as I could tell.
Why do you care?
Did you even read my post? I asked them to remove my details.. they did.. eventually. I don't really care if people want to use LinkedIn, but it's not for me because I have no desire to get nagged by recruiters.