If you worship a massacring terrorist like mohamed, that apparently causes a tendency to randomly kill.
People worship things. That's just human nature. mohamed is no more a massacring terrorist that jesus, jehovah, jaweh, krsna, budda, L Ron Hubbard or anyone else.
As with all human pursuits, it's the humans involved that are the problem.
Here in the UK we have millions of "mohamed-worshipers" who are perfectly reasonable, peaceful, friendly and functioning members of society.
"Islam" is not the problem, "religion," even, is not the problem. These things stem from Human Nature. Human Nature can not be eradicated, and Human Nature is The Problem.
The sooner we realise this, the sooner we can start to deal with it, the sooner the better.
Pointing the finger and blaming certain sections of society (or sections of the Human Race) i.e. racism will not solve the problem.
A lot of people (5% or so) have heard of Linux, but all the ones I've spoken to recently trot out a big list of myths and excuses why it isn't good for anything and they have to stick to Windows. There's a long way to go.
Most companies realise that customers are the source of their wealth, i.e. they need to provide the customers with something worth paying for.
Microsoft doesn't have to suffer this minor inconvenience, since all new PeeCees come with Windows whether you like it or not, business has been well-and-truly locked in for fifteen years, and most people don't even know that there are better and free alternatives.
So those of us who are less than (media stereotype of) perfect should be ashamed of our bodies?
You know, bodies are bodies, they are not purely for your vicarious titillation, to fuel your sexual fantasies. Some of us are fond of ours because they process our food and give us useful limbs.
It's a sad state of affairs when people assume that the human body is vulgar in certain cases simply because it does not conform to stereotypes of youthful beauty.
If you want to look at artificially-perfect bodies, you can buy a special magazine or DVD.
That's my encroaching mid-life crisis for today. Time for my pills...
Announcing the end of Solaris x86 was a cunning marketing ploy to test the waters as to the demand for Solaris on commodity hardware. Not long after they resurrected it a port to x86-64 was done...
Have you forgotten all the cases in which Sun has kissed Microsoft's ass, taken their money and all that? Sun is Microsoft's hand puppet. Never forget that. Microsoft bought SCO to mount an assault on Linux, and bought Sun's silence around the same time. Those who forget history...
Are you nuts? The less Microsoft Windows there is in the world, the easier things would be for Sun. Well, for everyone, actually. Don't forget that the Microsofts and SCOs (Caldera) of this world screwed Sun. And IBM screwed Sun with their patents. (IBM only supports Linux because AIX sucks c.f. Solaris and they want to compete with Microsoft).
Sun is only guilty of being a bit too laid-back, and not being viscous enough in business. Sun could have bought Apple, AMD, nVidia and SuSE. Maybe it's being Californian? Who knows.
Oh, and who was it who started the anti-trust proceedings against Microsoft in the first place?
You're not a PHB are you? Let me explain it, DEC/HP/Compaq is a PHB company. When these decisions were taken, unix was legacy and Windows NT was the Way Forward. To hell with technical or business requirements. With enough spin and shiny marketing, all things are possible. That's why we're all running 32-bit Windows PCs and the entire world's servers are running an NT-derivative on itanic. Unix is dead. RISC is dead. x86 is 32-bit only.
Every year I try to think of something witty and simple to code for April 1st to release on freshmeat.net, something as cool as the sliderule written in python and gtk. What could be better than a pointless applet that pokes fun at the War on Civil Liberties. It'd have to be GPL'd and cross-platform. Thanks for the idea. I hope I can remember to do it by next year.
Many a true word was said in jest. Back in 1998 I wrote a small Windows program at work (~3000 lines of Turbo Pascal 7.0, Win 3.1) and tested it at home on Wine on Slackware. It worked fine.
Wine is an astonishing project. It deserves a lot of credit.
I would not want someone to steal my car. I have no objection to someone making a copy of my car.
Neither do I. The point about cars, the written word, music art, etc. is that someone invested time and effort designing them (for want of a better term).
I like Free Software and I like to contribute and give my contributions away for free under the GPL/LGPL, however we must make a distinction between the circumstances under which something was produced and the producer's wishes.
It's a balance. In the old system, for example, cars could only be produced using knowledge and experience gained in science and engineering. Much of that was hard to get, artificially, due to money being charged for it and secrets being kept. This was expensive and slowed down development. Things are changing now in engineering. Knowledge is becoming free-as-in speech and beer. Costs are being reduced substantially. If enough free knowledge is about, and people make many small but useful contributions, the costs can effectively be eliminated. (Look and Linux, BSD etc.)
The remaining costs will be in the manufacturing and materials.
For music, video, pictures, writing, reproduction (manufacturing) costs have been virtually eliminated.
Things are changing and I don't think that anyone has figured out yet how to deal with it. The ones who will fall by the wayside are the ones who refuse to accept change and resist it, keeping their heads in the sand.
To be fair, studying and using Free and Open Source Software would show them the full picture. They would learn how copyright law can be used to ensure freedom and fair sharing. Some "copyright [sic] work" is licensed to be shared (GPL, BSD etc.)
Once the scout masters get wise, I'm sure the MPAA copyright badge will die a death.
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burnin on the strings of heavalon.
If you worship a massacring terrorist like mohamed, that apparently causes a tendency to randomly kill.
People worship things. That's just human nature. mohamed is no more a massacring terrorist that jesus, jehovah, jaweh, krsna, budda, L Ron Hubbard or anyone else.
As with all human pursuits, it's the humans involved that are the problem.
Here in the UK we have millions of "mohamed-worshipers" who are perfectly reasonable, peaceful, friendly and functioning members of society.
"Islam" is not the problem, "religion," even, is not the problem. These things stem from Human Nature. Human Nature can not be eradicated, and Human Nature is The Problem.
The sooner we realise this, the sooner we can start to deal with it, the sooner the better.
Pointing the finger and blaming certain sections of society (or sections of the Human Race) i.e. racism will not solve the problem.
A lot of people (5% or so) have heard of Linux, but all the ones I've spoken to recently trot out a big list of myths and excuses why it isn't good for anything and they have to stick to Windows. There's a long way to go.
Maybe Iran will build a martyr-powered Orion competitor?
Most companies realise that customers are the source of their wealth, i.e. they need to provide the customers with something worth paying for.
Microsoft doesn't have to suffer this minor inconvenience, since all new PeeCees come with Windows whether you like it or not, business has been well-and-truly locked in for fifteen years, and most people don't even know that there are better and free alternatives.
The state is, however, that I'd prefer not to see your disgusting fatbodies while I'm going about my business. Is that too much to ask?
In the immortal words of Sarsippius, "Then point your head the other way." My body is a bit over weight, but it isn't disgusting.
So those of us who are less than (media stereotype of) perfect should be ashamed of our bodies?
You know, bodies are bodies, they are not purely for your vicarious titillation, to fuel your sexual fantasies. Some of us are fond of ours because they process our food and give us useful limbs.
It's a sad state of affairs when people assume that the human body is vulgar in certain cases simply because it does not conform to stereotypes of youthful beauty.
If you want to look at artificially-perfect bodies, you can buy a special magazine or DVD.
That's my encroaching mid-life crisis for today. Time for my pills...
Announcing the end of Solaris x86 was a cunning marketing ploy to test the waters as to the demand for Solaris on commodity hardware. Not long after they resurrected it a port to x86-64 was done...
Have you forgotten all the cases in which Sun has kissed Microsoft's ass, taken their money and all that? Sun is Microsoft's hand puppet. Never forget that. Microsoft bought SCO to mount an assault on Linux, and bought Sun's silence around the same time. Those who forget history...
Are you nuts? The less Microsoft Windows there is in the world, the easier things would be for Sun. Well, for everyone, actually. Don't forget that the Microsofts and SCOs (Caldera) of this world screwed Sun. And IBM screwed Sun with their patents. (IBM only supports Linux because AIX sucks c.f. Solaris and they want to compete with Microsoft).
Sun is only guilty of being a bit too laid-back, and not being viscous enough in business. Sun could have bought Apple, AMD, nVidia and SuSE. Maybe it's being Californian? Who knows.
Oh, and who was it who started the anti-trust proceedings against Microsoft in the first place?
They make me feel nauseous when they're turning.
You're not a PHB are you? Let me explain it, DEC/HP/Compaq is a PHB company. When these decisions were taken, unix was legacy and Windows NT was the Way Forward. To hell with technical or business requirements. With enough spin and shiny marketing, all things are possible. That's why we're all running 32-bit Windows PCs and the entire world's servers are running an NT-derivative on itanic. Unix is dead. RISC is dead. x86 is 32-bit only.
Every year I try to think of something witty and simple to code for April 1st to release on freshmeat.net, something as cool as the sliderule written in python and gtk. What could be better than a pointless applet that pokes fun at the War on Civil Liberties. It'd have to be GPL'd and cross-platform. Thanks for the idea. I hope I can remember to do it by next year.
What about driving a Mitsubishi Warrior?
Nothing says, "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK" quite like driving a shiny Mitsubishi Warrior around town. And remember those adverts on TV?
Ergo, test particles are "testicles"?
No, he was a famous ancient Greek philosopher.
ssh, eh? Most people I know have never heard of it. telnet, on the other hand....
Oh, come on now. Swedish Made Simple:
L O!
L O!
F U N E X?
S V F X.
F U N E M?
9.
I F C D M.
V F N 10 E M.
Truth be told though, if the parents aren't interested in seeing their kids succeed, why should the school even care?
Because you can't choose your parents. There is a sizable minority of children who come from very bad homes who want to do well, to better themselves.
I agree with everything else you say, though. My wife's a teacher too, and she says similar things.
If Dia, or OpenOffice.org Draw could read .vsd files ... many people would be very happy.
That sounds like a challenge :-)
It goes great with vintage Windows apps.
Many a true word was said in jest. Back in 1998 I wrote a small Windows program at work (~3000 lines of Turbo Pascal 7.0, Win 3.1) and tested it at home on Wine on Slackware. It worked fine.
Wine is an astonishing project. It deserves a lot of credit.
America has it's very own Farmer Palmers!
I actually returned to Alpha Centauri yesterday
Can I see your engine? How does it work? Is it a Wankel warp engine?
I would not want someone to steal my car. I have no objection to someone making a copy of my car.
Neither do I. The point about cars, the written word, music art, etc. is that someone invested time and effort designing them (for want of a better term).
I like Free Software and I like to contribute and give my contributions away for free under the GPL/LGPL, however we must make a distinction between the circumstances under which something was produced and the producer's wishes.
It's a balance. In the old system, for example, cars could only be produced using knowledge and experience gained in science and engineering. Much of that was hard to get, artificially, due to money being charged for it and secrets being kept. This was expensive and slowed down development. Things are changing now in engineering. Knowledge is becoming free-as-in speech and beer. Costs are being reduced substantially. If enough free knowledge is about, and people make many small but useful contributions, the costs can effectively be eliminated. (Look and Linux, BSD etc.)
The remaining costs will be in the manufacturing and materials.
For music, video, pictures, writing, reproduction (manufacturing) costs have been virtually eliminated.
Things are changing and I don't think that anyone has figured out yet how to deal with it. The ones who will fall by the wayside are the ones who refuse to accept change and resist it, keeping their heads in the sand.
To be fair, studying and using Free and Open Source Software would show them the full picture. They would learn how copyright law can be used to ensure freedom and fair sharing. Some "copyright [sic] work" is licensed to be shared (GPL, BSD etc.)
Once the scout masters get wise, I'm sure the MPAA copyright badge will die a death.
That would be weird if not only the earth tried to accomodate for the inbalance- but some sort of cosmic balance that we don't understand kicked in.
Earl J. Hickey calls it Karma.