I'd rather not have people who are swayed by cartoon characters and gangstas making decisions affecting my life, thanks, anyway.
Unfortunately, you're not the only one who lives in this country. The elitist attitude of "I don't want all these ignorant yokels screwing up my country" goes contrary to the principle of democracy (albeit not the principles of the founding fathers;) For decades now, we've been moving away from the IMHO ridiculous position that only 'enlightened' people should get to have a say in our government, and I believe that can only help democracy, whether you agree with their opinions or not.
Basically, this: The opinions, and votes, of the people you deride count just as much as yours do, and if they happen to need a little encouragement to go out and voice them, so be it.
Sad statement? What does that even mean? I realize it's popular nowdays on Slashdot to condescend to Americans, but I don't see how it's sad at all. What's sad is having less than abysmal voter turnout, which in our country has been gradually slipping down over decades to less than 50%. At this point, it's not that people aren't *informed*, it's that they are *apathetic*. If it takes some lights and shiny objects to get them interested again, by using what they are *already interested in*, what exactly is sad about that? I'd say it's a pretty smart way of beginning to reverse the downward slide of voter participation.
If our President feels obligated to live within a moral standard of "not lying, cheating, stealing, murdering, etc", because of his religion, then so much the better.
If our President requires a religion to tell him not to lie, cheat, steal, or murder, I think that's the problem. The rest of us heathens seem to have no problem figuring this moral code out on our own.
aimed squarely at finally realising the dream of bringing an easy-to-use, free software desktop to everyday users
When does a dream stop becoming a dream and start becoming a cliche? Not to troll or anything, but isn't this the primary goal of virtually every linux distro floating around these days? And if "easy-to-use" and "free" are the only requirements for fulfilling this dream, I'd say most of them have already succeeded. But hey, the more the merrier:)
Sorry but a slashdoting of a 250MB file is just just a bit more than we had planned for. The software you are looking for is quite exceptional. We suggest you bookmark it and come back latter when the flood is finished.
the record of the then unoppoesd Obama who voted for a bill that would let a baby who survives an abortion die on a cold steel table.
Oh, gee, a cold steel table, huh? Not a room-temperature wood table, though? Someone's getting a little carried away with the tug-at-the-heart-strings imagery, wouldn't you say?
However, if Burkett himself made the documents, he would not be forced to admit it, as the fifth amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right against self-incrimination.
Please, stop. These forgeries were *so bad*, why would any Republicans have believed that CBS would not have caught them?
Uh, yeah...that's the idea. The Republicans manufacture some patently obvious forgeries and let them "slip" into CBS's hands. Once they're proven to be fake, the Democrats get smeared. Nice tactic, eh?
Microsoft argues that open source freezes innovation, and Krumholtz says that commercial software alone spurs economic growth and creates jobs.
Excuse me? This from the company who is "appropriating" features from Firefox into the next version of IE?
It seems to me that open source developers are the only ones concerned with innovation, because most of the time innovation and profit are mutually exclusive (i.e., upholding the status quo means less work, less dev time, and hence fewer expenses for closed-source operations, especially in the more 'feature-oriented' areas that customers feel they can live without).
Apparently, the editors are hedging their bets on this one: I keep hitting reload, and the submission text alternates between "line of sight" to "line of site".
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I'd rather not have people who are swayed by cartoon characters and gangstas making decisions affecting my life, thanks, anyway.
;) For decades now, we've been moving away from the IMHO ridiculous position that only 'enlightened' people should get to have a say in our government, and I believe that can only help democracy, whether you agree with their opinions or not.
Unfortunately, you're not the only one who lives in this country. The elitist attitude of "I don't want all these ignorant yokels screwing up my country" goes contrary to the principle of democracy (albeit not the principles of the founding fathers
Basically, this: The opinions, and votes, of the people you deride count just as much as yours do, and if they happen to need a little encouragement to go out and voice them, so be it.
Sad statement? What does that even mean? I realize it's popular nowdays on Slashdot to condescend to Americans, but I don't see how it's sad at all. What's sad is having less than abysmal voter turnout, which in our country has been gradually slipping down over decades to less than 50%. At this point, it's not that people aren't *informed*, it's that they are *apathetic*. If it takes some lights and shiny objects to get them interested again, by using what they are *already interested in*, what exactly is sad about that? I'd say it's a pretty smart way of beginning to reverse the downward slide of voter participation.
Where's my +5 Buffer Overflow mod? :)
Please don't.
"My 12-year-old at home doesn't want to hear that he can't put all the music that he wants in all of the places that he would like it," he joked.
I wonder if I can tell Ballmer to stick his horseshit in all the places I'd like to.
If our President requires a religion to tell him not to lie, cheat, steal, or murder, I think that's the problem. The rest of us heathens seem to have no problem figuring this moral code out on our own.
commonchaos beat Suchetha to it, by over a year it looks like ;)
Well Jim, he forgot Poland!
When does a dream stop becoming a dream and start becoming a cliche? Not to troll or anything, but isn't this the primary goal of virtually every linux distro floating around these days? And if "easy-to-use" and "free" are the only requirements for fulfilling this dream, I'd say most of them have already succeeded. But hey, the more the merrier :)
Anyone notice that this ballot has the misspelled phrase "No Party Afiliation" under Nader? Official ballot, and they can't even spell right? ;)
Sorry but a slashdoting of a 250MB file is just just a bit more than we had planned for. The software you are looking for is quite exceptional. We suggest you bookmark it and come back latter when the flood is finished.
Oh, gee, a cold steel table, huh? Not a room-temperature wood table, though? Someone's getting a little carried away with the tug-at-the-heart-strings imagery, wouldn't you say?
Besides, Alan Keyes eats babies.
You're both half-right - it'd be congnoscenti (plural) ;)
I assumed the '"multiple or discriminatory" taxes on electronic commerce' part addressed the specific Internet Sales tax issue.
How about Security Alert: Stories of Real People Protecting Themselves from Slashdot's IT color scheme. ?
But...doesn't the PATRIOT Act overrule that? ;)
Uh, yeah...that's the idea. The Republicans manufacture some patently obvious forgeries and let them "slip" into CBS's hands. Once they're proven to be fake, the Democrats get smeared. Nice tactic, eh?
Excuse me? This from the company who is "appropriating" features from Firefox into the next version of IE?
It seems to me that open source developers are the only ones concerned with innovation, because most of the time innovation and profit are mutually exclusive (i.e., upholding the status quo means less work, less dev time, and hence fewer expenses for closed-source operations, especially in the more 'feature-oriented' areas that customers feel they can live without).
Glad to see Conventional Wisdom is still alive and kicking.
Don't worry, it's okay to make jokes when said someone bought their two-digit slashdot id on ebay for $115.
Um...Look at what you put in, compare it to what you get out? The proof of secureness doesn't have to be performed from within the quantum realm.
Apparently, the editors are hedging their bets on this one: I keep hitting reload, and the submission text alternates between "line of sight" to "line of site".
Don't look now, the Slashdot editors actually EDITED something! And they got it right!
Or maybe not ;)
Isn't it great when posters moderate themselves in their subject line? That way the mods don't even have to read the text!