First off, nobody cares. Slashdot "content" is apparently consumed mostly by passers-by. Taco himself has said that comments aren't of much concern to slashdot. If comments are unimportant to them, it follows that karma is of minimal concern.
It would also seem that most (if not all) comments regarding the moderation system is some whiny bastard who can't accept that people aren't always going to get their jokes. All that noise tends to drown out our signal.
I'm no expert on the subject, though. Every account I've ever had on slashdot has been $rtbl'ed, so I've never known the joys of modding down countless goatse posts. It sure sounds like fun.
I'd really love to expand on this comment, but I've been smoking a bowl while typing it and I've got some ben and jerry's waiting.
The US government provides thousands of IT jobs already. I wouldn't be surprised if they were the largest IT employer in the world. There's always been plenty of government work for an ambitious and well trained geek.
There's reason to believe that he was a jerk like you and I. You've got to figure that if you and your cronies think you're the son of god, that's going to go to your head. Maybe history has intentionally forgotten about all the cool Evil things Jesus did. Who knows?
The one thing I do know is that Jesus was a human being. Human beings are messed up complicated things. Nobody's perfect. Since I don't believe that Jesus was the son of god, it follows that he was a "sinner".
Oh, and don't trust left-wing radical hippy guys. Sure, they might be the son of god, but they're probably just a loony. Charles Manson was a hippie. David Koresh, too.
I guess I'd better answer that, since my original post is being regarded as flamebait. I don't really want to get into why I don't like Linux for the same reasons I don't go to Mass and talk about what and asshole Jesus was.
One reason I've been largely uninterested in using Linux is that I see no compelling reasons to leave FreeBSD for it. All my FreeBSD boxes are headless/gpu-less, so I don't care about KDE, Gnome, etc. Linux may have the advantage there, I don't know. I don't care. If I want to work on a desktop, I have OS X.
I've tried many distros, and I've never found one to be as straightforward and simple to manage as FreeBSD. I'm looking into building a Gentoo box soon, though. I hear their ports system isn't half bad.
So, Linux sucks for me. As a server, it's far too complex for my needs. As a desktop, it's far too not OS X.
By the way, moderator types,it really sucks bad when one can't express a contrary opinion without getting marked as 'flamebait'. It's not a crime to think Linux sucks.
I'm using it. The reasons I'm using it will get me modded down, though.
Quite simply, I think Linux sucks, and I choose not to run it on my x86 boxes. Almost all of my x86s are FreeBSD machines, but FreeBSD gets pretty boring after a while. Set it up, it runs, you're done.
So I play with Darwin now and again, just for the change of pace.
I don't know if 'change of pace' is the kind of answer you're looking for, but that's mine.
I agree, computers are for everyone. Everybody should be able to use one.
What I'm saying is that I'll be damned if I'm going to worry about how granny writes her email. It's not my problem. I don't play the IT game so that you can have a good time, I do it so that I can have a good time. Let's see, I could hack together a console editor in a few days, or I could write an easy to use word processor that isn't going to make me a dime and will take months to complete, but it's for the "greater good". Tough call.
This may be a selfish attitude, but there's at least some of it in every developer.
Apple made OS X so damned sweet because they're selling it. Money, baby. Linux developers are still largely hobbyists and college kids, not the kind of people who really care what their word processor looks like, or if their fonts are nice and smooth. They don't have anybody to please but themselves.
Go ahead and mod it down, I know you're itching to.
Are you insane! Linux is going to overtake Windows in a matter of years!
Only if you define "a matter of years" as "never".
The comparison between vi and KWord is total bullshit. One is a word processor, one is an editor. I don't think everyone should use vi. I think I should use vi, but what the hell do I care what everyone else uses?
These retarded old sysadmins never code anything for you regular joes because they're not regular joes. Once they've got vi, they don't see the point in creating anything else.
Why shouldnt it be used by everyone no matter how technically minded they are??
Because it's way too fucking hard to get working. Look where you're posting: an article about a fonts HOWTO. It's this kind of insanity that's keeping linux down. Leave us crusty old vi guys alone.
While you make some valid points, it's hard to take anything seriously after the Beware the SuperPigs! part. By "damage" you mean the ecological kind, but the first thing that I pictured was SuperPigs smashing up our skylines, godzilla style.
You've got to admit, that would be pretty cool in some ways.
I never said "constantly". Don't put words in my posts.
If you believe that Linux does not crash, you are a fool, plain and simple. I'm not saying it crashes all the time, or even frequently, or even once a year, but it does happen.
Your use of the "M$" thing does little to present your stance on the subject as anywhere near objective.
Creating and using a biased media makes Microsoft evil? Are you aware of what website you're at?
The slashdot crowd doesn't attack with just words, either. We attack with skewed numbers and outright lies. We attack with exaggerated facts designed to support our ideals. Slashdot is every bit as propagandist as Microsoft is regarding Linux.
"refuses to resist"? Come on, this is slashdot, one of the most Microsoft-hostile communities around. People here are in no way being passive to Microsoft's attacks.
In fact, the parent's quote would be more appropriate if the roles were reversed. Who is doing the most attacking in the Microsoft/Linux battle? Who has been largely passive for quite some time? Who has more blind hatred for the other?
Slashdot Mirror
You guys must do halloween differently over there. Here nobody is forced to participate.
If you don't want kids at your door, turn off the goddamned porch light.
If you don't want to dress up, don't.
Fun is optional.
First off, nobody cares. Slashdot "content" is apparently consumed mostly by passers-by. Taco himself has said that comments aren't of much concern to slashdot. If comments are unimportant to them, it follows that karma is of minimal concern.
It would also seem that most (if not all) comments regarding the moderation system is some whiny bastard who can't accept that people aren't always going to get their jokes. All that noise tends to drown out our signal.
I'm no expert on the subject, though. Every account I've ever had on slashdot has been $rtbl'ed, so I've never known the joys of modding down countless goatse posts. It sure sounds like fun.
I'd really love to expand on this comment, but I've been smoking a bowl while typing it and I've got some ben and jerry's waiting.
Sorry bout that :P
The US government provides thousands of IT jobs already. I wouldn't be surprised if they were the largest IT employer in the world. There's always been plenty of government work for an ambitious and well trained geek.
I think you and I must have very different definitions of the phrase "works just fine".
There's reason to believe that he was a jerk like you and I. You've got to figure that if you and your cronies think you're the son of god, that's going to go to your head. Maybe history has intentionally forgotten about all the cool Evil things Jesus did. Who knows?
The one thing I do know is that Jesus was a human being. Human beings are messed up complicated things. Nobody's perfect. Since I don't believe that Jesus was the son of god, it follows that he was a "sinner".
Oh, and don't trust left-wing radical hippy guys. Sure, they might be the son of god, but they're probably just a loony. Charles Manson was a hippie. David Koresh, too.
I have to admit, I was speculating there. I quit using windows about halfway through windows 2000's lifespan, so I've only seen XP from afar.
I also have to admit that OS X only gets really useful with 256MB or more of RAM.
But still, it's windows...
OS X isn't new anymore, and it has proven to work reasonably well on reasonably old hardware.
OS X runs fine on a 333 iMac I have lying around, I just had to toss in some more RAM. How well does Windows XP run on a three year old, midrange PC?
I guess I'd better answer that, since my original post is being regarded as flamebait. I don't really want to get into why I don't like Linux for the same reasons I don't go to Mass and talk about what and asshole Jesus was.
One reason I've been largely uninterested in using Linux is that I see no compelling reasons to leave FreeBSD for it. All my FreeBSD boxes are headless/gpu-less, so I don't care about KDE, Gnome, etc. Linux may have the advantage there, I don't know. I don't care. If I want to work on a desktop, I have OS X.
I've tried many distros, and I've never found one to be as straightforward and simple to manage as FreeBSD. I'm looking into building a Gentoo box soon, though. I hear their ports system isn't half bad.
So, Linux sucks for me. As a server, it's far too complex for my needs. As a desktop, it's far too not OS X.
By the way, moderator types,it really sucks bad when one can't express a contrary opinion without getting marked as 'flamebait'. It's not a crime to think Linux sucks.
I'm using it. The reasons I'm using it will get me modded down, though.
Quite simply, I think Linux sucks, and I choose not to run it on my x86 boxes. Almost all of my x86s are FreeBSD machines, but FreeBSD gets pretty boring after a while. Set it up, it runs, you're done.
So I play with Darwin now and again, just for the change of pace.
I don't know if 'change of pace' is the kind of answer you're looking for, but that's mine.
I agree, computers are for everyone. Everybody should be able to use one.
What I'm saying is that I'll be damned if I'm going to worry about how granny writes her email. It's not my problem. I don't play the IT game so that you can have a good time, I do it so that I can have a good time. Let's see, I could hack together a console editor in a few days, or I could write an easy to use word processor that isn't going to make me a dime and will take months to complete, but it's for the "greater good". Tough call.
This may be a selfish attitude, but there's at least some of it in every developer.
Apple made OS X so damned sweet because they're selling it. Money, baby. Linux developers are still largely hobbyists and college kids, not the kind of people who really care what their word processor looks like, or if their fonts are nice and smooth. They don't have anybody to please but themselves.
Go ahead and mod it down, I know you're itching to.
Are you insane! Linux is going to overtake Windows in a matter of years!
Only if you define "a matter of years" as "never".
The comparison between vi and KWord is total bullshit. One is a word processor, one is an editor. I don't think everyone should use vi. I think I should use vi, but what the hell do I care what everyone else uses?
These retarded old sysadmins never code anything for you regular joes because they're not regular joes. Once they've got vi, they don't see the point in creating anything else.
Why shouldnt it be used by everyone no matter how technically minded they are??
Because it's way too fucking hard to get working. Look where you're posting: an article about a fonts HOWTO. It's this kind of insanity that's keeping linux down. Leave us crusty old vi guys alone.
Props to you, my good man, but you should have logged in. Your post is one of the more insightful posts I've read today.
It's funny to watch threads like this. The parent immediately gets -1, while everyone who points out the popular sentiment gets +1 Insightful.
You're not allowed to be pro-microsoft here. You're also not allowed to be anti-anti microsoft.
Yay for herd mentality!
I don't understand why a question can't be insightful.
Please explain.
You should have ordered that list differently.
While you make some valid points, it's hard to take anything seriously after the Beware the SuperPigs! part. By "damage" you mean the ecological kind, but the first thing that I pictured was SuperPigs smashing up our skylines, godzilla style.
You've got to admit, that would be pretty cool in some ways.
You know, it's a shite state of affairs when one can't make a statement like "linux crashes" without people coming out to debate it.
You're not so seriously enamored and/or brainwashed that you think you have an uncrashable operating system in linux, are you?
I never said "constantly". Don't put words in my posts.
If you believe that Linux does not crash, you are a fool, plain and simple. I'm not saying it crashes all the time, or even frequently, or even once a year, but it does happen.
What sort of happy crappy candyland are you living in where linux doesn't crash?
All operating systems crash, bub.
Yes, even linux.
Shocking, I know.
I wonder if he can provide faster nudity.
I've always wanted to know where these dealers who hand out drugs for free hang out.
I would come back every day for a sample. Maybe I'd put on some groucho glasses or a new hat every time so they wouldn't get wise.
Hey, free drugs.
You, sir, are a moron.
I'm merely pointing out that if we're going to have any sort of rational discussion, it can't be done with infantile devices like "M$".
Your use of the "M$" thing does little to present your stance on the subject as anywhere near objective.
Creating and using a biased media makes Microsoft evil? Are you aware of what website you're at?
The slashdot crowd doesn't attack with just words, either. We attack with skewed numbers and outright lies. We attack with exaggerated facts designed to support our ideals. Slashdot is every bit as propagandist as Microsoft is regarding Linux.
"refuses to resist"? Come on, this is slashdot, one of the most Microsoft-hostile communities around. People here are in no way being passive to Microsoft's attacks.
In fact, the parent's quote would be more appropriate if the roles were reversed. Who is doing the most attacking in the Microsoft/Linux battle? Who has been largely passive for quite some time? Who has more blind hatred for the other?
Wait a minute, there, bub. Isn't that sort of a non-sequiter? How do you expect to get from them fighting you to you winning? Ideals?
It seems like you (and Gandhi) are leaving an important step out there.
The funniest part is that I am a homosexual Macintosh user.
I don't know why.
First thing I noticed was that I really liked men. Then I noticed that I really liked Macintoshes.