You could make a living by writing books and offering support for free software you have developed. (a la Cygnus).
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Pointing out the evidence implicating Israel in 9/11.
Not heretical at all among arabs. That theory has been reported as fact ad nauseum on Al Jazeera. However, the only "evidence" for it that I've actually heard articulated is that no jews died in the september 11th attack (because supposedly they were warned). That evidence is easily disproven if you look at the names of the victims and see that in fact many jewish people were killed (and Arabs and lots of other groups from all over the world).
Pointing out that the war on drugs is genocide.
Against whom? (Hippies?)
I am against the "war on drugs" for many reasons, but genocide implies that it has killed a group (usually racial or ethnic group) of people.
(Blacks maybe?)
Pointing out that feminism has ruined America.
How about pointing out that the ideas you are presented are not well enough expressed such that folks can understand where you are coming from?
They do a lot of giving back to the Open Source community. I read nothing in the GPL that says you have to make some completely unrelated product open source if you participate in some GPL'ed project.
Fuck you. Apple's one of the few companies that really gets Open Source. Would you rather deal with Microsoft who spreads FUD about OSS?
I'm definately a Mac Zealot, but I agree that you have a point. There isn't a version of QuickTime or iTunes for Linux and Open Source folk can't even build something compatible since these are closed source, proprietary, etc.
On the other hand, isn't there other proprietary software in the world that isn't out for Linux? How is this different?
There are some pieces of software for Windows that just isn't available for Mac (for example, MS Project). Those are the breaks. Boo-fucking-hoo.
That's wrong. There are really two groups of people who are pro-freedom in this country. One is "civil libertarian" type liberals (think ACLU) and the other is "libertarian" type conservatives (think NRA). These two groups of people need to wake up and realize they are fighting for the same goals - protecting the constitution against those liberals who want to censor Huck Finn, make sexual harassment a felony, pass hate crime laws and those conservatives who want Patriot Act II, school prayer, ten commandments, etc.
I was going to post a suggestion similar to this one. Basically, you would need to allow the client to make an RPC call to register a callback function. I've done similar things when I call into a DLL giving it a function pointer so the DLL can call me back and notify me that something has happened. You might need to have the client listen on some port.
Eventually I was able to get low-cost development tools for MSDOS and learn to program and become a productive member of society. The fact that my first PC program tools were 'pirate' copies were of no consequence to anyone because (pay attention - this is important!) the amount of benefit that I contibuted to society with these programs was far greater than the loss to society that resulted from my not paying for them.
So you think. I bet the company that made those tools would disagree.
Also, I think writing DOS software should be considered a crime against humanity and prosecuted as such.
No way. I'm right about the Atari 8 Bits having sold more. I'm getting my facts from folks who I knew in the mid 80s who worked for Atari in the sales group (specific to their home computer division).
Remember, the Atari 8Bits started shipping in 1978. That was *way* before the C64.
I'm not sure either. I guess around 1983-1985, they seemed to be "everybody's baby" (i.e. you heard a lot about them.) Probably in those years, they were selling more units than anyone else. I'd believe that. However, their installed base for the C64 was always quite a bit less than the Apple II/II+/IIe/IIc/IIgs computers and Atari 400/800/XL/XE computers.
The Amiga was popular, but so was the Atari ST. I seem to remember that the "war" between those two systems was pretty much neck and neck until they both disappeared. I never understood how Apple managed to beat them. The Mac was quite a bit more money and didn't even have color graphics at the time. It was only maybe a year and a half ahead in time to market. (The Atari ST came in out in mid-1985 as I recall.)
In 1985, I wanted an Atari ST real bad. I had a pretty awesome Atari 800 system for the time with 2 Indus GT disk drives and a modem and a couple of decent printers.
I certainly heard a lot about Commodore at the time, and maybe they did have a marketshare similar to what Dell has now (~20%). On the other hand, Apple had a higher market share than that in like '79.
I find your notion that all moms who work at pre-school to get the free tuition for their own kid *extremely disturbing* (and offensive.)
My own mother (who was married) worked at a pre-school to get tuition for me. Later she taught at a private elementary school - again to get free tuition for me up until second grade. (After that we moved and I went to public school.)
Today she is a university professor (in Education). She's certainly not "white trash" as you say all women are who work in the education field.
There are a lot of cases where the looser pays the winner's legal fees. Is that up to a judge, or does it depend on the kind of case? That would seem like a barrier to filing dumb lawsuits like this.
He's not the government. Therefore, his post is protected speech.
BTW - There are really two pro-constitution groups in the US right now. One is conservative libertarian types (think NRA). The other is civil libertarian liberal types (think ACLU).
One group is more partial to the second amendment, and other other is more partial to the first.
Its people like you who are contributing to the serious problem of over population of felines! Kittens should never be bred for sale, you should get them from the ASPCA and/or animal rescue organizations.
I think someone could just as easily argue that the IBM PC is a flop. Why?
Well, for starters, IBM lost control of it. The introduction of this product has hurt IBM more than helped it. I think many pople would agree they would have been better off being later to market with a better machine using proprietary CPU and software.
Second, the IBM PC even today has not achieved the level of quality of many other personal computer platforms such as the Mac, the Amiga, the Atari ST. Sales aside, these systems were all higher quality than the PC. It could be argued that despite billions in R&D, the PC makers have failed to build a quality system.
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You could make a living by writing books and offering support for free software you have developed. (a la Cygnus).
Pointing out the evidence implicating Israel in 9/11.
Not heretical at all among arabs. That theory has been reported as fact ad nauseum on Al Jazeera. However, the only "evidence" for it that I've actually heard articulated is that no jews died in the september 11th attack (because supposedly they were warned). That evidence is easily disproven if you look at the names of the victims and see that in fact many jewish people were killed (and Arabs and lots of other groups from all over the world).
Pointing out that the war on drugs is genocide.
Against whom? (Hippies?)
I am against the "war on drugs" for many reasons, but genocide implies that it has killed a group (usually racial or ethnic group) of people.
(Blacks maybe?)
Pointing out that feminism has ruined America.
How about pointing out that the ideas you are presented are not well enough expressed such that folks can understand where you are coming from?
Bull-fucking-shit!!
They do a lot of giving back to the Open Source community. I read nothing in the GPL that says you have to make some completely unrelated product open source if you participate in some GPL'ed project.
Fuck you. Apple's one of the few companies that really gets Open Source. Would you rather deal with Microsoft who spreads FUD about OSS?
I'm definately a Mac Zealot, but I agree that you have a point. There isn't a version of QuickTime or iTunes for Linux and Open Source folk can't even build something compatible since these are closed source, proprietary, etc.
On the other hand, isn't there other proprietary software in the world that isn't out for Linux? How is this different?
There are some pieces of software for Windows that just isn't available for Mac (for example, MS Project). Those are the breaks. Boo-fucking-hoo.
The Onion called.
They'd like you to stop posting their articles on Slashdot.
That's wrong. There are really two groups of people who are pro-freedom in this country. One is "civil libertarian" type liberals (think ACLU) and the other is "libertarian" type conservatives (think NRA). These two groups of people need to wake up and realize they are fighting for the same goals - protecting the constitution against those liberals who want to censor Huck Finn, make sexual harassment a felony, pass hate crime laws and those conservatives who want Patriot Act II, school prayer, ten commandments, etc.
I think Wal Mart only sells Bibles and other Christian approved merchandise. That's why I don't shop there.
I was going to post a suggestion similar to this one. Basically, you would need to allow the client to make an RPC call to register a callback function. I've done similar things when I call into a DLL giving it a function pointer so the DLL can call me back and notify me that something has happened. You might need to have the client listen on some port.
Eventually I was able to get low-cost development tools for MSDOS and learn to program and become a productive member of society. The fact that my first PC program tools were 'pirate' copies were of no consequence to anyone because (pay attention - this is important!) the amount of benefit that I contibuted to society with these programs was far greater than the loss to society that resulted from my not paying for them.
So you think. I bet the company that made those tools would disagree.
Also, I think writing DOS software should be considered a crime against humanity and prosecuted as such.
No way. I'm right about the Atari 8 Bits having sold more. I'm getting my facts from folks who I knew in the mid 80s who worked for Atari in the sales group (specific to their home computer division).
Remember, the Atari 8Bits started shipping in 1978. That was *way* before the C64.
Are you suggesting that we cancel the national defense programs?
As they say in the military, "A waste is a terrible thing to mind."
I'm not sure either. I guess around 1983-1985, they seemed to be "everybody's baby" (i.e. you heard a lot about them.) Probably in those years, they were selling more units than anyone else. I'd believe that. However, their installed base for the C64 was always quite a bit less than the Apple II/II+/IIe/IIc/IIgs computers and Atari 400/800/XL/XE computers.
The Amiga was popular, but so was the Atari ST. I seem to remember that the "war" between those two systems was pretty much neck and neck until they both disappeared. I never understood how Apple managed to beat them. The Mac was quite a bit more money and didn't even have color graphics at the time. It was only maybe a year and a half ahead in time to market. (The Atari ST came in out in mid-1985 as I recall.)
In 1985, I wanted an Atari ST real bad. I had a pretty awesome Atari 800 system for the time with 2 Indus GT disk drives and a modem and a couple of decent printers.
I certainly heard a lot about Commodore at the time, and maybe they did have a marketshare similar to what Dell has now (~20%). On the other hand, Apple had a higher market share than that in like '79.
Make sure you get a pet mongoose for the kids.
People actually respect the law and no one complains.
That's the difference between Europe and the US. Here everyone complains and no one has respect for the law.
(And that's the way we likes it!)
I totally agree. This law is bullshit. My wife can't use the GPS to give me directions from the front seat? Fuck that.
DId they let him watch you play it?
I find your notion that all moms who work at pre-school to get the free tuition for their own kid *extremely disturbing* (and offensive.)
My own mother (who was married) worked at a pre-school to get tuition for me. Later she taught at a private elementary school - again to get free tuition for me up until second grade. (After that we moved and I went to public school.)
Today she is a university professor (in Education). She's certainly not "white trash" as you say all women are who work in the education field.
You are a complete asshole.
There are a lot of cases where the looser pays the winner's legal fees. Is that up to a judge, or does it depend on the kind of case? That would seem like a barrier to filing dumb lawsuits like this.
How about a Doom-like game where you go through Microsoft's campus shooting employees with a ray gun that turns them into Penguins?
...and their all Hatians!
He's not the government. Therefore, his post is protected speech.
BTW - There are really two pro-constitution groups in the US right now. One is conservative libertarian types (think NRA). The other is civil libertarian liberal types (think ACLU).
One group is more partial to the second amendment, and other other is more partial to the first.
I like the whole constitution.
Saying "Kill the Hatians" in a video game is different than saying "Kill the Hatians" at a KKK rally in a Hatian neighborhood.
Its people like you who are contributing to the serious problem of over population of felines! Kittens should never be bred for sale, you should get them from the ASPCA and/or animal rescue organizations.
Spade or Neuter your pet! (Or else!)
I think someone could just as easily argue that the IBM PC is a flop. Why?
Well, for starters, IBM lost control of it. The introduction of this product has hurt IBM more than helped it. I think many pople would agree they would have been better off being later to market with a better machine using proprietary CPU and software.
Second, the IBM PC even today has not achieved the level of quality of many other personal computer platforms such as the Mac, the Amiga, the Atari ST. Sales aside, these systems were all higher quality than the PC. It could be argued that despite billions in R&D, the PC makers have failed to build a quality system.
How about Be? It should be on the list.