While Bill Gates has been generous to 3rd world countries and people living in squalid conditions, the Linux community has helped the affluent stay affluent. Computers are nice, and having a computer virus free or bug free is nicer, but if its a choice between eating and surfing the net worry-free, I don't really see that as a choice. Its true that Gates has used practices that might violate man's law, but at the same time he's keeping true with a higher law of kindness and generosity. Its easy to be cynical of the rich, easy to say "he's only doing it as a tax shelter," but if that were the case, most people would do what he does. They don't, there's a reason for that. It may be that Linux has some greater longterm benefit for humanity, I don't know. I do know that millions of children are dying every year and this money will most probably be very useful in slowing down that rate. Free is good, free is nice, but give me the health to pursue those free things anyday.
The clean water will help prevent future epidemics, but its useless to vaccinate and not cure. First let's cure those that are sick and THEN lets prevent them from getting sick again.
You all really need to read Robert Heinlein. He developed a (in my view) very realistic society of people who live thousands of years. Lazarus Long anyone?
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My school's DNS server was the point of contact with CSA. By using OpenDNS I avoided having to install CSA or even be checked for it.
Though its hard to find Machiavelli anymore either of these games are great and playable for hours on end.
While Bill Gates has been generous to 3rd world countries and people living in squalid conditions, the Linux community has helped the affluent stay affluent. Computers are nice, and having a computer virus free or bug free is nicer, but if its a choice between eating and surfing the net worry-free, I don't really see that as a choice. Its true that Gates has used practices that might violate man's law, but at the same time he's keeping true with a higher law of kindness and generosity. Its easy to be cynical of the rich, easy to say "he's only doing it as a tax shelter," but if that were the case, most people would do what he does. They don't, there's a reason for that. It may be that Linux has some greater longterm benefit for humanity, I don't know. I do know that millions of children are dying every year and this money will most probably be very useful in slowing down that rate. Free is good, free is nice, but give me the health to pursue those free things anyday.
The clean water will help prevent future epidemics, but its useless to vaccinate and not cure. First let's cure those that are sick and THEN lets prevent them from getting sick again.
You all really need to read Robert Heinlein. He developed a (in my view) very realistic society of people who live thousands of years. Lazarus Long anyone?
Actually the question of Flash or Superman has been settled. Flash is faster, no question.