Okay, now every last one you simply must add a comment that degrades this type of music and laughs at the fact that it will not impact you or your vastly superior tastes. After all, not doing so plainly questions your manhood and God knows nerds can't possibly have that. Ready... GO!
Cripes, grow some masculine security. What a bunch of bedwetters.
I'd rather fight than throw my hands up and say "Oh well, life sucks", but maybe that's just me.
The thing is that unbridled assholedom is so rampant that I'd spend my entire freaking life shusshing pricks at the movies or some big fat tub who won't sit down at a football game. I just want to enjoy whatever the hell I'm doing without having to play crossing guard all the time and, thus, such "no tubas" rules don't bother me.
People don't give a shit about anyone else unless they have to and, as a result, we really have no right to bitch.
Maybe that's not such a bad analogy, despite first impressions. If there was no need for a tuba in the classroom, I would prefer a "No Tubas" policy. There is, with fewer exceptions than not, no need for unrestricted web access in all classrooms. No Tuba, no internet. Works for me because people are generally too selfish to have any concern for anyone else unless it's mandated.
It's a sign of the times, buddy. If mandated politeness wasn't necessary, it wouldn't exist.
Has the concept of personal responsibility gone so far out of fashion?
Look around! You dumped a cup of hot coffee on yourself like an idiot? Fricking McDonald's... sue them! You molested someone's kid? Surely it's the fault of whomever reared you. Wrapped your car around a tree while drunk? Sue the bartender!
To summarize, yes, responsibility is passe and it's destroying whatever is left of this world.
Doodling, for most people, is pretty quiet -- much moreso than hammering away at a keyboard or mouse while some of us are trying to pay attention. That's the problem here, not the actual misuse of time. Personally, I couldn't care less if the jackass behind me is jerking off in class (wait... yes, I would care) as long as he's quiet about it.
You have got to be kidding. This is Slashdot, home of the nerds with big mouths as long as they have nothing personally on the line. Go ahead, ask these people to ditch the stupid handles and attach a real name and address to the political insanity that gets punted around this place and you'll be greeted with a strange silence. This is a group of alarmists who probably can't take a crap in a public bathroom for fear of giving the government a stool print by which they can later be identified and you expect them to rally behind a cause as real people? Pfft. Wake up.
Slashdot, above all else, is a place where the wildly uncool can appear cool by remaining hidden.
Yeah, I bit. Funny, I don't recall being the one who was all offended. You guys are easier to break than Linux.
And it sure ain't me who spends my time closely guarding the worthless minutia of daily life from The Man. At this point it seems clear that you are stupider than it initially appears.
Why? I wasn't offended. Oh, that's right... I forgot that moderation was meant to censor things you don't agree with. Way to uphold the right to free speech that all you "people" wave like a goofy flag.
If you can say that, you've obviously never made any statement that avoids toeing the Linux company line and/or contradicts the sheep. Try it someday and you'll understand.
Since there's no WTC devoted thread, I figured I may as well ask this here.
What would the US do if, after expending (m/b)illions of dollars on hunting and destroying bin Laden, this whole thing turns out to not be his fault. Sure, it looks pretty obvious at this point and increasingly so as the evidence mounts, but what if it were China or your good buddies in Iraq who have engineered this so as to shift the blame to a person everyone expects to be guilty? It wouldn't be rocket science for a country to plant evidence that points toward someone that is liked by few anyway. So, which of the following feelings would be most present in Americans if the WTC attack turns out to be someone else's fault:
1) Jesus Christ, we just killed a guy (and probably a nation) that, although is responsible for some other terrorist activities, was actually innocent of the crime for which he died. This was wrong, wrong, wrong and is a serious black-eye for the US.
2) Meh, he deserved it anyway. It just saved us from having to hunt him down at a later time.
3) Some other explanation.
Frankly, most of the outside world fully expects number 2 to be the obvious choice based on the undeniably bloated US ego, but I thought it would be nice to get a point of view from actual Americans. While it's difficult to fault the knee-jerk "blow them up" responses due to what has happened, isn't one of the hallmark US philosophies that one is innocent until proven guilty? That's not to mention the vast piles of cash that may be required to flush him out to begin with.
Please see this post written by another OSS zealot on a related topic (it has, hilariously, been modded up).
So, is size and performance important in OSS applications or not? You guys should really get your FUD straight before completely contradicting each other.
You know, that's a really ironic post in light of the usual "Linux isn't bloatware and Windows is" chestbeating that I usually see around here. How many times have Slashbots bitched and complained about being forced into a hardware upgrade by the newest, larger, version of Windows? It's amazing how one's perspective changes when the same criticism is launched against something you like, eh Hanzo?
If I have to upgrade my PC to appease a lumbering beast like Mozilla, it seems to me that the TCO of Linux is actually higher than Win2K and IE, which run fine on my 433/128 without upgrading. Odd, don't you think?
Around Slashdot, maybe, but in the real world the horse is dead. One is hard pressed to find non-nerds using anything but IE. Why? Nothing else offers stability or features that make converting worth the time. Also, IE is by far the most responsive browser on the windows platform and, from my experience, that's one of the biggest things that people like. Everything else feels sluggish in comparison.
If you pull this trick without being large enough or offering something that is worth the extra headache of doing it your way, you will lose business by the truckload. I would certainly shop elsewhere.
Well, then we're even, because I'm not defending Microsoft. I am defending the freedom of choice that Linux zealots wear like a badge yet don't tend to follow. I use Win2000 for my desktop PCs and FreeBSD for my servers because they are the best choices as far as I am concerned for each application.
The original comment I replied to consisted of more "let's convince people that Microsoft is evil" when there's not much to steer them toward. Have I used Linux and the BSDs on the desktop? Yes, and I couldn't wait to get rid of them (and I'm not alone). Zealots tend to think that the only reason why anyone would stick to Windows is a lack of education... which is often false. I'm educated and I use it because it's the best tool for the job and, politics be damned, there are no better alternatives.
Should educated users abandon Windows simply because of questionable business tactics? If so, it means also ditching Chevy, Ford, Sony and virtually anyone else who isn't mom-n-pop.
Uh huh, and yet if I were to start the same "grassroots movement" that carefully explained the many deficiencies of Linux (all carefully researched and perfectly true), it would suddenly be Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. How stunning of a doublestandard would that be around Slashdot?
But, since I don't agree with your definition of truth, I'm an idiot. Call it a hunch, but I don't think you're as anti-zealot as you claim.
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Hello in there! He's obviously talking about eMachines.
Cripes, grow some masculine security. What a bunch of bedwetters.
Wow, I never see that around this place.
The thing is that unbridled assholedom is so rampant that I'd spend my entire freaking life shusshing pricks at the movies or some big fat tub who won't sit down at a football game. I just want to enjoy whatever the hell I'm doing without having to play crossing guard all the time and, thus, such "no tubas" rules don't bother me.
People don't give a shit about anyone else unless they have to and, as a result, we really have no right to bitch.
It's a sign of the times, buddy. If mandated politeness wasn't necessary, it wouldn't exist.
Look around! You dumped a cup of hot coffee on yourself like an idiot? Fricking McDonald's... sue them! You molested someone's kid? Surely it's the fault of whomever reared you. Wrapped your car around a tree while drunk? Sue the bartender!
To summarize, yes, responsibility is passe and it's destroying whatever is left of this world.
Doodling, for most people, is pretty quiet -- much moreso than hammering away at a keyboard or mouse while some of us are trying to pay attention. That's the problem here, not the actual misuse of time. Personally, I couldn't care less if the jackass behind me is jerking off in class (wait... yes, I would care) as long as he's quiet about it.
I am really looking forward to the lunch.
Slashdot, above all else, is a place where the wildly uncool can appear cool by remaining hidden.
And it sure ain't me who spends my time closely guarding the worthless minutia of daily life from The Man. At this point it seems clear that you are stupider than it initially appears.
Hypocrite.
So instead, you used -- what, Netscape? Yeah, you're a speed demon alright.
If you can say that, you've obviously never made any statement that avoids toeing the Linux company line and/or contradicts the sheep. Try it someday and you'll understand.
What would the US do if, after expending (m/b)illions of dollars on hunting and destroying bin Laden, this whole thing turns out to not be his fault. Sure, it looks pretty obvious at this point and increasingly so as the evidence mounts, but what if it were China or your good buddies in Iraq who have engineered this so as to shift the blame to a person everyone expects to be guilty? It wouldn't be rocket science for a country to plant evidence that points toward someone that is liked by few anyway. So, which of the following feelings would be most present in Americans if the WTC attack turns out to be someone else's fault:
1) Jesus Christ, we just killed a guy (and probably a nation) that, although is responsible for some other terrorist activities, was actually innocent of the crime for which he died. This was wrong, wrong, wrong and is a serious black-eye for the US.
2) Meh, he deserved it anyway. It just saved us from having to hunt him down at a later time.
3) Some other explanation.
Frankly, most of the outside world fully expects number 2 to be the obvious choice based on the undeniably bloated US ego, but I thought it would be nice to get a point of view from actual Americans. While it's difficult to fault the knee-jerk "blow them up" responses due to what has happened, isn't one of the hallmark US philosophies that one is innocent until proven guilty? That's not to mention the vast piles of cash that may be required to flush him out to begin with.
So, is size and performance important in OSS applications or not? You guys should really get your FUD straight before completely contradicting each other.
If I have to upgrade my PC to appease a lumbering beast like Mozilla, it seems to me that the TCO of Linux is actually higher than Win2K and IE, which run fine on my 433/128 without upgrading. Odd, don't you think?
Then the site still gets paid for your impression and continues to offer free content as a result. It's not rocket science.
Around Slashdot, maybe, but in the real world the horse is dead. One is hard pressed to find non-nerds using anything but IE. Why? Nothing else offers stability or features that make converting worth the time. Also, IE is by far the most responsive browser on the windows platform and, from my experience, that's one of the biggest things that people like. Everything else feels sluggish in comparison.
Pfft, I can accept some percentage, but large? Now you're just being ridiculous in an attempt to downplay the dominance of IE.
Please point to where it was judged that they stole anything. Bullying ain't theft, councillor.
Please indicate how Microsoft "stole" 10 billion dollars. Is it because they've soundly beaten the OS and philosophy you prefer?
I hope this is a mediocre attempt at humor.
If you pull this trick without being large enough or offering something that is worth the extra headache of doing it your way, you will lose business by the truckload. I would certainly shop elsewhere.
The original comment I replied to consisted of more "let's convince people that Microsoft is evil" when there's not much to steer them toward. Have I used Linux and the BSDs on the desktop? Yes, and I couldn't wait to get rid of them (and I'm not alone). Zealots tend to think that the only reason why anyone would stick to Windows is a lack of education... which is often false. I'm educated and I use it because it's the best tool for the job and, politics be damned, there are no better alternatives.
Should educated users abandon Windows simply because of questionable business tactics? If so, it means also ditching Chevy, Ford, Sony and virtually anyone else who isn't mom-n-pop.
But, since I don't agree with your definition of truth, I'm an idiot. Call it a hunch, but I don't think you're as anti-zealot as you claim.