Wow, chrisd..what a bold, principled stance you have taken. I'm sure there were boatloads of SCO employees just DYING to work for you and damage studios(whoops there's another plug!) that you'll sadly have to turn away.
This grandstanding was probably easy to do, since you risked nothing, and it doesn't change anything because you weren't hiring anyways. You've succeeded in getting in a cheap plug for your company, and looking like a jackass that no reasonable person would want to work for.
Don't you find it funny that a story called "grow up" could also be applied to you?
I find it interesting that the few haters that leave the US for the paradise of Canada or France are such big mouths about it.
It's like they have to make a scene and be a drama queen when they leave like we should actually care about them. The truth is nobody does.
The handful of uppity whiners who leave will be more than made up by the immigrants who still come here to seek a better life and opportunities.
It's also interesting how the bobos who leave are usually the well-off types, I wonder why the unwashed masses aren't following them out. Maybe it's because this time the common folk know better.
Not even 1/2 of America voted for *shrub* the smirking chip.
That is an interesting, but irrelevant point. We do know directly elect the President, and never have. Look up something called the Electoral College, and then come back to discuss.
BTW, how come you people don't scream that 1/2 of the voters didn't vote for Clinton either? He didn't get a majority of the votes.
Jamie is trolling, it would appear. He asks a loaded question- "Is Deregulation The Reason", without any basis in fact. This is sort of asking like, "Red Hat Stock down, Is Microsoft the culprit?".
How and why jamie decided deregulation could be the main reason for this for this blackout is a mystery. What facts have come out so far would lead him to this conclusion? None.
Slashdot continually is reaching new depths in racing to the bototm with this story.
The parent quoted Pres. Bush saying "for us", where I pointed out that he actually said "with us", a subtle but signficant difference. Your comment only reinforced what I said. I could have quoted yours too, but that would have been redundant. I'm sorry some people can't buy a clue.
Next time, read more carefully before so boldly saying somebody is wrong, because it only made you look like a bigger idiot.
He actually said, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." (one reference). By "with us", he was meaning with us against the fight against terrorism.
So your subtle changing of his words completely distorts what he actually said and meant. That would qualify as FUD, or just outright fraud. I would have hoped readers and the moderators would have known better.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. This tripe sounds like classic Jon Katz garbage.
Wild generalizations, wrong conclusions, overreaching and simplifications sum up what this "editorial" is.
In the end, it's Armageddon unless we "Save the Net", and btw elect Howard Dean (he's not really endorsing him, but here's a hint).
Plus, an editor openly insulting a reader in your manner should automatically throw you in -1 land. Being a jerk is one thing, being a jerk to your reason for salary is another.
I saw this story two days ago, and the preimminent Linux news site doesn't post this story until 2 days later, on the slowest newest day of the summer??
Wow...you guys are really off the ball nowadays. Used to be this is the stuff the editors concentrated on, now we get massive amounts of anti-microsoft, government-is-out-to-get-you stories.
Nice..another opportunity to take an undeserved potshot at Microsoft for no apparent reason. Doesn't it ever get old?
Newsflash: Microsoft is not trying to promote literacy or freedom. They are trying to make money, like just about every other business.
If you want to criticize their Reader/ebook business go ahead, but it's rather petty that the submitter had to attach it to a completely unrelated story. Instead of more information and background about Project Gutenberg, we get this crap.
Why does this garbage always get modded up on slashdot?
If you
look it up yourself, Microsoft's contributions doesn't rank anywhere near the top compared to other donors. In fact, they contribute fairly evenly to both parties.
Michael Sims is a known liar, and cybersquatter. It should be no surprise he uses newspeak and distorts facts to support his own lamebrained, paranoid theories.
You are a really a Grade A moron. You are clueless about technology, politics, and economics, but I can notch arithmetic to the list.
From January 20, 2001 to today, not even 2 and a half years has passed. Its just closing in on two years and five months. So it wasnt exactly 4 years or 3 BECAUSE IT WASNT AT ALL. And when you say he has one year left, I guess you're saying he'll be out of the White House next June?
You idiotic drivel is just tiresome, stop embarassing yourself like this. I feel sorry that you find so much time to post so much, but say so little of any value.
Umm..you realize that President Bush hasn't even been in office that long, right? He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001. Any nitwit spewing shit should at least know that much.
But the moderators seem to be blind while modding all 'Bush is teh worst! posts.
No surprise this comment makes it to the top with the help of the loony lefty moderators.
Despite what you wackos still believe, the President WAS elected according to the Constitution.
I'd also like to know what rights you had that were taken away after Bush's election. Remember kids, the evil DMCA was passed under Clinton's watch.
Disproportionate tax cuts? Why not? Since they pay a disproportionate share of the taxes?
Some servants we are, all these people from other countries are still coming in to be join us and be enslaved. You must know something the rest of the world doesn't.
no kidding.
all the slashbots and zealots seem to conveniently forget that apple's market share has been decreasing even with all these new gee-whiz gadgets that cost an arm and a leg. i believe they have about 3% share of the pc market now.
but leave it to slashdot to turn this into a wild conspiracy and victory dance when the larger issue of apple is ignored.
Why is it that you guys are constantly tweaking and fiddling with the closed moderation system with the purpose of improving discussions, and yet you continue let the editors (namely michael) troll their way around it?
Face it, some editors (michael) constantly put up wild, hysterical headlines with their own two cents in the story that concludes the world is coming the an end. Isn't that the definition of flamebait? You guys are essentially baiting users to read and respond, in a very Enquirer/NY Post way.
Why is trolling from the editors less worse than trolling by the users?
And it seems to have gotten worse lately. Just look at the Red Hat story today.
In short, don't you think you guys should follow some set of standards or professionalism?
i was saying its not a bank robbery in that this kid's money isn't being taken, or "grabbed" away.
Read my lips, it was SETTLED. The kid and the RIAA came to this agreement.
He agreed to pay this money. He may have settled because he didn't think he'd win and have to pay more, or maybe this money isn't a huge deal to him, who knows.
So you people who modded me down or call me troll, go ahead, it seems you can't deal with the truth.
Nobody in his right mind thinks OBL hates us because we helped him expel the soviets
Before that..
Well, when you lie down with dogs you get fleas. And we are paying the price for our past actions now.
BTW, it's probably more accurate to say that we lied down with dogs 20 years ago, and got fleas yesterday.
but what we did do is teach him how to recruit...
Oh horrors of horrors. We teach people how to recruit???!! By your logic, the US government is responsible for all the Tim McVeighs and John Malvos of the world because the Army teached them how to shoot and kill.
Pray tell, how exactly did the US support of Bin Laden against the Soviet Invasion of Aghanistan lead us to the Cole bombing, 9/11, and other terrorist acts? Did our support in that conflict have anything to do with his hatred of the USA?
Oh right, because it doesn't. In your quest to bring it back to 'America is at fault with everything', you've pulled out the tired lamebrained tripe that the fashionable leftists are spewing now.
But since this slashdot, you are 'insightful'. Congratulations.
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This grandstanding was probably easy to do, since you risked nothing, and it doesn't change anything because you weren't hiring anyways. You've succeeded in getting in a cheap plug for your company, and looking like a jackass that no reasonable person would want to work for.
Don't you find it funny that a story called "grow up" could also be applied to you?
Congratulations!!
Maybe I didn't install a deadbolt and an alarm system, but who made this guy the "helper" of my problems?
There are no white-hat, gray-hats or black-hats. Only criminals and law-abiding citizens.
I find it interesting that the few haters that leave the US for the paradise of Canada or France are such big mouths about it.
It's like they have to make a scene and be a drama queen when they leave like we should actually care about them. The truth is nobody does.
The handful of uppity whiners who leave will be more than made up by the immigrants who still
come here to seek a better life and opportunities.
It's also interesting how the bobos who leave are usually the well-off types, I wonder why the unwashed masses aren't following them out. Maybe it's because this time the common folk know better.
Not even 1/2 of America voted for *shrub* the smirking chip.
That is an interesting, but irrelevant point. We do know directly elect the President, and never have. Look up something called the Electoral College, and then come back to discuss.
BTW, how come you people don't scream that 1/2 of the voters didn't vote for Clinton either? He didn't get a majority of the votes.
Jamie is trolling, it would appear. He asks a loaded question- "Is Deregulation The Reason", without any basis in fact. This is sort of asking like, "Red Hat Stock down, Is Microsoft the culprit?".
How and why jamie decided deregulation could be the main reason for this for this blackout is a mystery. What facts have come out so far would lead him to this conclusion? None.
Slashdot continually is reaching new depths in racing to the bototm with this story.
The parent quoted Pres. Bush saying "for us", where I pointed out that he actually said "with us", a subtle but signficant difference. Your comment only reinforced what I said. I could have quoted yours too, but that would have been redundant. I'm sorry some people can't buy a clue.
Next time, read more carefully before so boldly saying somebody is wrong, because it only made you look like a bigger idiot.
He actually said, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." (one reference). By "with us", he was meaning with us against the fight against terrorism.
So your subtle changing of his words completely distorts what he actually said and meant. That would qualify as FUD, or just outright fraud. I would have hoped readers and the moderators would have known better.
Couldn't have said it better myself. This tripe sounds like classic Jon Katz garbage.
Wild generalizations, wrong conclusions, overreaching and simplifications sum up what this "editorial" is.
In the end, it's Armageddon unless we "Save the Net", and btw elect Howard Dean (he's not really endorsing him, but here's a hint).
Plus, an editor openly insulting a reader in your manner should automatically throw you in -1 land. Being a jerk is one thing, being a jerk to your reason for salary is another.
Wow...you guys are really off the ball nowadays. Used to be this is the stuff the editors concentrated on, now we get massive amounts of anti-microsoft, government-is-out-to-get-you stories.
Sad.
Nice..another opportunity to take an undeserved potshot at Microsoft for no apparent reason. Doesn't it ever get old?
Newsflash: Microsoft is not trying to promote literacy or freedom. They are trying to make money, like just about every other business.
If you want to criticize their Reader/ebook business go ahead, but it's rather petty that the submitter had to attach it to a completely unrelated story. Instead of more information and background about Project Gutenberg, we get this crap.
If you look it up yourself, Microsoft's contributions doesn't rank anywhere near the top compared to other donors. In fact, they contribute fairly evenly to both parties.
More mindless drivel on slashdot.
See michael and the rest of the slashdot editors abuse their power. Here's how they do it. michael in particular is a cybersquatter (m4d pr0pz to RealWorldStuff for the link), and a CUNT.
'nuff said.
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From January 20, 2001 to today, not even 2 and a half years has passed. Its just closing in on two years and five months. So it wasnt exactly 4 years or 3 BECAUSE IT WASNT AT ALL. And when you say he has one year left, I guess you're saying he'll be out of the White House next June?
You idiotic drivel is just tiresome, stop embarassing yourself like this. I feel sorry that you find so much time to post so much, but say so little of any value.
But the moderators seem to be blind while modding all 'Bush is teh worst! posts.
Despite what you wackos still believe, the President WAS elected according to the Constitution.
I'd also like to know what rights you had that were taken away after Bush's election. Remember kids, the evil DMCA was passed under Clinton's watch.
Disproportionate tax cuts? Why not? Since they pay a disproportionate share of the taxes?
Some servants we are, all these people from other countries are still coming in to be join us and be enslaved. You must know something the rest of the world doesn't.
no kidding. all the slashbots and zealots seem to conveniently forget that apple's market share has been decreasing even with all these new gee-whiz gadgets that cost an arm and a leg. i believe they have about 3% share of the pc market now. but leave it to slashdot to turn this into a wild conspiracy and victory dance when the larger issue of apple is ignored.
No Business Like SCO Business? Is that supposed to tell us anything about the story, or are you just trying to be clever without a point?
If somebody is skimming the headlines, how can he tell what the fuck the story is at a glance?
BTW:Before you unleash your -1 overrateds, I am making a direct, ontopic editorial comment.
Face it, some editors (michael) constantly put up wild, hysterical headlines with their own two cents in the story that concludes the world is coming the an end. Isn't that the definition of flamebait? You guys are essentially baiting users to read and respond, in a very Enquirer/NY Post way.
Why is trolling from the editors less worse than trolling by the users?
And it seems to have gotten worse lately. Just look at the Red Hat story today.
In short, don't you think you guys should follow some set of standards or professionalism?
Read my lips, it was SETTLED. The kid and the RIAA came to this agreement.
He agreed to pay this money. He may have settled because he didn't think he'd win and have to pay more, or maybe this money isn't a huge deal to him, who knows.
So you people who modded me down or call me troll, go ahead, it seems you can't deal with the truth.
once again, this story is interesting enough without the sensationalistic spin the slashdot editor felt it needed.
The RIAA didn't "grab" anything, they settled with the student, which doesn't nearly sound as sinister as they made it out to be.
And his life savings was only $12000, which isn't anything to sneeze at, but it's not like a bank robbery here.
You want to debate this case fine, but please let go of this wild overreaching hyperbole.
consistency must not be your strong suit
Before that..
BTW, it's probably more accurate to say that we lied down with dogs 20 years ago, and got fleas yesterday.
Oh horrors of horrors. We teach people how to recruit???!! By your logic, the US government is responsible for all the Tim McVeighs and John Malvos of the world because the Army teached them how to shoot and kill.
Pray tell, how exactly did the US support of Bin Laden against the Soviet Invasion of Aghanistan lead us to the Cole bombing, 9/11, and other terrorist acts? Did our support in that conflict have anything to do with his hatred of the USA? Oh right, because it doesn't. In your quest to bring it back to 'America is at fault with everything', you've pulled out the tired lamebrained tripe that the fashionable leftists are spewing now. But since this slashdot, you are 'insightful'. Congratulations.
Your comparisons of open source vs. closed source development in theory makes a good case for open source.
But socialism sounded pretty good in theory, too.
Oh wait..