You keep saying that it isn't your religion. Or anyone elses. If so, why are you so quick and adamant to defend it?
Sure it works. It works as well as my car does, when I'm driving down the shoulder on a flat, ruining the rim. It's a bumpy ride, it makes me nervous, and it causes damage that just isn't going to be fixable. This level of "but it works" just isn't impressive enough to warrant the kind of devotion people like you have to it.
Oh well. I gotta go try to teach quantum dynamics to chimpanzees now. Much more rewarding, they may actually understand what I'm talking about.
Christ, there's a negative cap too? I've already reached 50 on this one, I was gonna have fun trolling. Do they design this so that it will be no fun at all, is that how it works?
Sure, everyone wants a giant killer attack robot to do evil tasks... but have you ever had to pay the liability insurance on one of those things?
Legally, in 19 states you are *required* to carry liability on giant killer attack robots, so it's not like you can ignore it. I'm not sure if this applies to the small and large classes of attack robots or not.
And don't even get me started on the attack robot taxes...
Surely you jest. The Slashdot FAQ says in no uncertain terms that it is nearly impossible to go below -10. Even I haven't managed to get much below -15. Some nimwit modded my troll account up... and with my non-troll account, I get modded down for sincere comments. Go figure.
"But to actively take income from people simply because you don't approve of their business model is heinous."
You're right, I'll write my state representatves this instant, and insist that they repeal fines for drug dealers. Throw them in jail, yes, but taking money because I don't approve of their business model is truly heinous.
I'd simply have a daemon sitting there, waiting for a user to attempt to run such a program... when the user doubleclicks hiddenspyware.exe, have my daemon block it, and inform the user that this exe woulc attempt to remove the daemon they intentionally installed.
The trick of it, is to see it before it can run, it has no power then. If you let it run, I'm pretty sure everything in windows can elevate itself to the equivalent of root without trouble, and kill any process it doesn't like, you have to intercept it before it can do this. After that, it's up to the user and your daemon whether you want to attempt to sandbox the thing or not, and try to salvage some of it.
Dude, while I agree in general with you, who says this needs to go to court? Think of it this way...
Someone writes a "contract" that says if you happen to walk across a particular stretch of sidewalk, not only will they keep that sidewalk clean for you, but you agree to give them 50% of your salary for the next year. Then they post a copy of it well off the sidewalk, where it isn't easily read (not without binoculars). So, curious, you walk across that sidewalk up closer to it, so you can read the "sign"... is there any reasonable person that would contend you agreed to this contract?
If the dumbass that pulled the stunt took you to court for breach of contract, would the judge even hear it, or would he toss it out, only after chastising the plaintiff's lawyer?
They are doing a job that people's lives depend on. That entitles them to reasonable compensation. That doesn't entitle them to withhold medicine, simply because they're not getting as much as they wanted for it. No one ever asked them to give medicine away for free... they only asked that in third world markets that the daily dose not cost as much as a yearly salary.
As a matter of fact, their cost of production would still allow them to make a slight profit. They are refusing money, so that they can drive home a point... that point being "We own you, and we decided who lives and dies. And we see no reason to let you live." Or maybe it's just some type of apathy of incredible magnitude. Either way.
Yes, I would run that business. If I were allowed to make enough profit to survive, and be comfortable, but the limitation was that I wasn't allowed to withhold my intellectual property when it cost people their lives, then yes, not only would I run that business, but I would be happy doing so.
Moreso, I'd actually be proud of myself, and whatever lawmaker had enough nerve and ethics to enact those limits (though in my case, at least, he wouldn't have to... I'd limit myself).
Well, I didn't word that well. It does greyscale obviously. Just console for me, but I imagine that if you wanted to use one with X, you'd have to be careful choosing the color scheme and wallpaper. The contrast is superb, though, and I don't think I'd have any complaints even if I were using it for graphics.
It's a little less miserable than the rest? God damn, that's certainly something to be proud of. Of all the shitty nations on earth, the good ole' USA is _slightly_ less shitty than the others. We need to write that into our pledge of allegiance or national anthem or something.
It's days like these that make me weep for joy that I'm a citizen.
New job title. Legislative broker. The stock market, the currency market, and yes, the legislative interest market.
"And today at the NYSE opening, Sen. Hollings was trading at $17.55 per share, but sharply dropped after a Reuters poll indicates that his election campaign might not go as smoothly as he had hoped. Analysts feel however, that this is only a temporary downturn, and that the stock will rebound by the end of the week..."
Hey, maybe we could use this for campaign finance reform.
"In other news, every major mutual fund has downgraded Pres. Candidate Perot stocks to junk bond status...."
Ever try to see things from any view other than the one you have now? Hell, the original poster might be a twit, but he's not all wrong either. I don't want to support bums with my tax dollar either, but you make it sound like that's all welfare ever is.
Hell, but then, with people like you in charge half the time, and people like the original poster in charge the other half, how could it ever be any different?
Pay attention, I'm not usually in a generous mood. If you have to reply, give it some thought first.
Maybe the problem itself, is that everyone feels they have to have a "system". In this context, there is no better system, they are all flawed (maybe in some cases, capitalism less than others). For things to get better, and I honestly believe this, people have to learn that maybe capitalism isn't the greatest, and that they shouldn't defend it for no other reason that it's what they're used to. They have to learn, and this truly is learning, that innovation isn't driven by money. Honest to god, did humans, or did they not, innovate the most before the concept of money was ever invented?
I propose that you abandon capitalism as a religion, and that you only keep it around as a dangerous tool to be distrusted.
Remember, calling it effective means very little. Effective at what? Hitler was effective at exterminating jews, though I don't believe this was a good thing.
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You still use OS/2? Or are you talking about windows?
Now I can go confuse all my marginally OS-literate coworkers and friends, and be amused while they try to sort out OS 9, Plan 9, and MacOS9...
The entertainment possibilities are endless.
You keep saying that it isn't your religion. Or anyone elses. If so, why are you so quick and adamant to defend it?
Sure it works. It works as well as my car does, when I'm driving down the shoulder on a flat, ruining the rim. It's a bumpy ride, it makes me nervous, and it causes damage that just isn't going to be fixable. This level of "but it works" just isn't impressive enough to warrant the kind of devotion people like you have to it.
Oh well. I gotta go try to teach quantum dynamics to chimpanzees now. Much more rewarding, they may actually understand what I'm talking about.
Christ, there's a negative cap too? I've already reached 50 on this one, I was gonna have fun trolling. Do they design this so that it will be no fun at all, is that how it works?
Sure, everyone wants a giant killer attack robot to do evil tasks... but have you ever had to pay the liability insurance on one of those things?
Legally, in 19 states you are *required* to carry liability on giant killer attack robots, so it's not like you can ignore it. I'm not sure if this applies to the small and large classes of attack robots or not.
And don't even get me started on the attack robot taxes...
Surely you jest. The Slashdot FAQ says in no uncertain terms that it is nearly impossible to go below -10. Even I haven't managed to get much below -15. Some nimwit modded my troll account up... and with my non-troll account, I get modded down for sincere comments. Go figure.
My Newton is showing its age...
Hehe. I'll see your guru meditation, and raise you 3 sad macs and a tos bomb.
Bingo! Get this gentleman a qewpie doll, we have a winner!
Touche. No wonder you have such low karma. You tell the truth too often.
I loaded up slashdot, and at the top it said...
This page was generated by a Squad of RIAA Goons for NoMoreNicksLeft (516230).
It's too late, they've already taken over.
"But to actively take income from people simply because you don't approve of their business model is heinous."
You're right, I'll write my state representatves this instant, and insist that they repeal fines for drug dealers. Throw them in jail, yes, but taking money because I don't approve of their business model is truly heinous.
Since when are we not in deep shit? The democrats are more than willing to trade some pork barrel tax dollars to get it passed.
I'd simply have a daemon sitting there, waiting for a user to attempt to run such a program... when the user doubleclicks hiddenspyware.exe, have my daemon block it, and inform the user that this exe woulc attempt to remove the daemon they intentionally installed.
The trick of it, is to see it before it can run, it has no power then. If you let it run, I'm pretty sure everything in windows can elevate itself to the equivalent of root without trouble, and kill any process it doesn't like, you have to intercept it before it can do this. After that, it's up to the user and your daemon whether you want to attempt to sandbox the thing or not, and try to salvage some of it.
Dude, while I agree in general with you, who says this needs to go to court? Think of it this way...
Someone writes a "contract" that says if you happen to walk across a particular stretch of sidewalk, not only will they keep that sidewalk clean for you, but you agree to give them 50% of your salary for the next year. Then they post a copy of it well off the sidewalk, where it isn't easily read (not without binoculars). So, curious, you walk across that sidewalk up closer to it, so you can read the "sign"... is there any reasonable person that would contend you agreed to this contract?
If the dumbass that pulled the stunt took you to court for breach of contract, would the judge even hear it, or would he toss it out, only after chastising the plaintiff's lawyer?
How is a EULA any different?
They are doing a job that people's lives depend on. That entitles them to reasonable compensation. That doesn't entitle them to withhold medicine, simply because they're not getting as much as they wanted for it. No one ever asked them to give medicine away for free... they only asked that in third world markets that the daily dose not cost as much as a yearly salary.
As a matter of fact, their cost of production would still allow them to make a slight profit. They are refusing money, so that they can drive home a point... that point being "We own you, and we decided who lives and dies. And we see no reason to let you live." Or maybe it's just some type of apathy of incredible magnitude. Either way.
Yes, I would run that business. If I were allowed to make enough profit to survive, and be comfortable, but the limitation was that I wasn't allowed to withhold my intellectual property when it cost people their lives, then yes, not only would I run that business, but I would be happy doing so.
Moreso, I'd actually be proud of myself, and whatever lawmaker had enough nerve and ethics to enact those limits (though in my case, at least, he wouldn't have to... I'd limit myself).
Well, I didn't word that well. It does greyscale obviously. Just console for me, but I imagine that if you wanted to use one with X, you'd have to be careful choosing the color scheme and wallpaper. The contrast is superb, though, and I don't think I'd have any complaints even if I were using it for graphics.
It's a little less miserable than the rest? God damn, that's certainly something to be proud of. Of all the shitty nations on earth, the good ole' USA is _slightly_ less shitty than the others. We need to write that into our pledge of allegiance or national anthem or something.
It's days like these that make me weep for joy that I'm a citizen.
The slashdot editors aren't rich. How could they ever hope to win over this guy?
New job title. Legislative broker. The stock market, the currency market, and yes, the legislative interest market.
"And today at the NYSE opening, Sen. Hollings was trading at $17.55 per share, but sharply dropped after a Reuters poll indicates that his election campaign might not go as smoothly as he had hoped. Analysts feel however, that this is only a temporary downturn, and that the stock will rebound by the end of the week..."
Hey, maybe we could use this for campaign finance reform.
"In other news, every major mutual fund has downgraded Pres. Candidate Perot stocks to junk bond status...."
You offend me.
Ever try to see things from any view other than the one you have now? Hell, the original poster might be a twit, but he's not all wrong either. I don't want to support bums with my tax dollar either, but you make it sound like that's all welfare ever is.
Hell, but then, with people like you in charge half the time, and people like the original poster in charge the other half, how could it ever be any different?
Well, that explains why those are the only places I can get Mt. Dew.
Someone explain to me how...
'I don't know if it's fair to equate "computer illiterate" with "idiot".'
is moderated as trolling? Mod me offtopic, if you must, but I need to know how this gets a "-1 Troll" so that I can avoid such myself.
Unless, it was the relevant facts that got modded troll?
Pay attention, I'm not usually in a generous mood. If you have to reply, give it some thought first.
Maybe the problem itself, is that everyone feels they have to have a "system". In this context, there is no better system, they are all flawed (maybe in some cases, capitalism less than others). For things to get better, and I honestly believe this, people have to learn that maybe capitalism isn't the greatest, and that they shouldn't defend it for no other reason that it's what they're used to. They have to learn, and this truly is learning, that innovation isn't driven by money. Honest to god, did humans, or did they not, innovate the most before the concept of money was ever invented?
I propose that you abandon capitalism as a religion, and that you only keep it around as a dangerous tool to be distrusted.
Remember, calling it effective means very little. Effective at what? Hitler was effective at exterminating jews, though I don't believe this was a good thing.