It's pretty funny the number of people backing O'Reilly on this one, considering whenever somebody else (apparently not important) posts similar ideas, he's considered flamebait and a troll (heaven forbid we have people that are more open-minded, or at least take an objective stance).
From dictionary.com:
editorialize Pronunciation Key (d-tôr--lz, -tr-)
intr.v. editorialized, editorializing, editorializes
1. To express an opinion in or as if in an editorial.
2. To present an opinion in the guise of an objective report.
What is objective about his rant. He's doing the same thing that everyone else gets modded down for.
Oh, is that what M$ Internal Exploder was supposed to be? I had my lameness filter on.
Btw, my experience with IE has been much better than that with Mozilla. Mozilla does not play with my touch pad well at all (I have no idea why).
Discussing and bitching are two different things. Since anyone who tries to have a thought-provoking conversation is modded down as flamebait or a troll, that only leaves bitching. So, seriously man, get with it.
How many CD's are the usual linux distros (and I'm not talking netinst images). Hell, I can afford to download three more floppy images (even on a 56k line), but downloading more ISOs can become cumbersome. (And arguing that retail boxes come with the CDs doesn't reduce the bloatness.) (And arguing that they're optional packages only furthers the notion that it's bloat).
Do you honestly believe that intention has anything to do with it? You questioned why a person would use linux, thus you're a de facto troll. Sorry man, but you can join the club.
I can. My All in Wonder Radeon 7500 rips under Linux (very comparable to Windows speed). But my TnT2 Ultra was much slower than it was under Windows.
Who cares who makes the driver if it works? ATI has been helping out the driver developers with technical documentation.
The text label is one way we've decided to emphasize the point that karma doesn't matter.
And at the same time, based on your karma, you're limited to the number of times you can post (based upon karma level) within a 24 hour period. So, how does it not matter?
And even still with a qualitative term, we're still being told karma matters since there are thresholds, so people will just try to get the next level, just being capped at Excellent. Why not just do away with the karma system all together? I'm not saying lose the moderation ability, but don't apply it to accounts.
But then again, those with no lives at all will just tally up the moderation. But, finally, if that be the case, lose the moderation points too, and just use textual descriptions there.
Sheesh, I miss my Karma:-/ 50 gave you a sense of accomplishment
How about doing something useful? I bet you'd feel a sense of accomplishment then. Try leaving your computer and interacting with people. You might meet a girl. Maybe one day get married and raise some kids.
That's accomplishment. 50 Karma says you just have too much time on your hands.
That's not a fair assessment. He is a Canuck. Them people usually don't even realize how much they suck.
(Anyone not Canadian can laugh. Anyone that is Canadian, you probably couldn't read it anyway.)
Well, I do realize that it was just one person that modded that way, but since I don't know who it was, I was posting to all would-be modders.
But thanks for trying to explain it. Maybe I'll try to state the obvious a little more obviously by slapping in a "IMHO" in the future.
So, let me get this straight, it's okay to make fun of other browsers (and I mean downright insult them and their users), but I try to promote a more civil environment and mention that mozilla is slow on linux (although not as slow as it used to be), just to highlight the fact that mozilla is not without its faults too, and I'm considered flamebait? What's the point of having an open discussion forum if the moderators are simply going to moderate biasedly? Yes, I know that this is an old topic, but why even have the forums then? So we can all pat ourselves on the back? It's clearly not to promote an open-minded discussion. Now, this post is probably flamebait, so mod accordingly.
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It's pretty funny the number of people backing O'Reilly on this one, considering whenever somebody else (apparently not important) posts similar ideas, he's considered flamebait and a troll (heaven forbid we have people that are more open-minded, or at least take an objective stance).
From dictionary.com: editorialize Pronunciation Key (d-tôr--lz, -tr-) intr.v. editorialized, editorializing, editorializes 1. To express an opinion in or as if in an editorial. 2. To present an opinion in the guise of an objective report. What is objective about his rant. He's doing the same thing that everyone else gets modded down for.
For the record, my post was not "Offtopic". It was completely in-line with the rest of the conversation. But thank you for illustrating my point.
Oh, is that what M$ Internal Exploder was supposed to be? I had my lameness filter on. Btw, my experience with IE has been much better than that with Mozilla. Mozilla does not play with my touch pad well at all (I have no idea why).
Discussing and bitching are two different things. Since anyone who tries to have a thought-provoking conversation is modded down as flamebait or a troll, that only leaves bitching. So, seriously man, get with it.
Tell that to the Debian folks.
The one you use works fine. If it's a newer aiw radeon, checkout gatos.sf.net. If it's just a tv wonder, compile the bttv crap in the kernel.
How many CD's are the usual linux distros (and I'm not talking netinst images). Hell, I can afford to download three more floppy images (even on a 56k line), but downloading more ISOs can become cumbersome. (And arguing that retail boxes come with the CDs doesn't reduce the bloatness.) (And arguing that they're optional packages only furthers the notion that it's bloat).
Well the obvious solution to this is spending many hours RTFM'ing. That seems to be the standard response whenever a newbie asks a question.
Why is that too bad? What do you really think you would gain from it?
Do you honestly believe that intention has anything to do with it? You questioned why a person would use linux, thus you're a de facto troll. Sorry man, but you can join the club.
I can. My All in Wonder Radeon 7500 rips under Linux (very comparable to Windows speed). But my TnT2 Ultra was much slower than it was under Windows. Who cares who makes the driver if it works? ATI has been helping out the driver developers with technical documentation.
What's up with people doing all this ^H^H^H^H and ^W^W^W shit now. It's annoying, and no one cares what you thought you were going to say.
The text label is one way we've decided to emphasize the point that karma doesn't matter.
And at the same time, based on your karma, you're limited to the number of times you can post (based upon karma level) within a 24 hour period. So, how does it not matter?
And even still with a qualitative term, we're still being told karma matters since there are thresholds, so people will just try to get the next level, just being capped at Excellent. Why not just do away with the karma system all together? I'm not saying lose the moderation ability, but don't apply it to accounts.
But then again, those with no lives at all will just tally up the moderation. But, finally, if that be the case, lose the moderation points too, and just use textual descriptions there.
How about doing something useful? I bet you'd feel a sense of accomplishment then. Try leaving your computer and interacting with people. You might meet a girl. Maybe one day get married and raise some kids. That's accomplishment. 50 Karma says you just have too much time on your hands.
Look for a group of douche bags. Then ask if any one of them has ever gotten laid before.
The parent was flamebait and offtopic. Why do so many douche bags have mod points?
yeah, maybe they can make the ICs out of plastic.
That's not a fair assessment. He is a Canuck. Them people usually don't even realize how much they suck. (Anyone not Canadian can laugh. Anyone that is Canadian, you probably couldn't read it anyway.)
-1 Flamebait. Just because I don't have points doesn't mean I can't mod.
I'm scratching my head too. How the hell are you getting modded up?
It'd be hard to email you without an address, but in any case you're right.
Well, I do realize that it was just one person that modded that way, but since I don't know who it was, I was posting to all would-be modders. But thanks for trying to explain it. Maybe I'll try to state the obvious a little more obviously by slapping in a "IMHO" in the future.
So, fucking google it or ask someone. No one gives a shit about what you wonder.
So, let me get this straight, it's okay to make fun of other browsers (and I mean downright insult them and their users), but I try to promote a more civil environment and mention that mozilla is slow on linux (although not as slow as it used to be), just to highlight the fact that mozilla is not without its faults too, and I'm considered flamebait? What's the point of having an open discussion forum if the moderators are simply going to moderate biasedly? Yes, I know that this is an old topic, but why even have the forums then? So we can all pat ourselves on the back? It's clearly not to promote an open-minded discussion. Now, this post is probably flamebait, so mod accordingly.