That doesn't really refute the point about nuclar being the best way for society to generate huge amounts of CO2-free energy. Investment in solar panels is a waste of money which could be going into nuclear (which is expensive, but so are other green energies), IMHO.
Why should users be cajoled into "up"grading from XP? Some people still have classic cars from the 1950s, and they're *hardware* which needs repairing over time, unlike software. I still run XP at home, as it's good enough for me and I don't really feel like paying for Windows 7. I put my own PCs' hardware together and I don't feel like reactivating Win7 every time I change things. Windows 7 even downgrades some things IMHO like the start menu and search (Explorer search in 7 is apalling compared to Windows XP's search interface).
This is all to do with MS making money, which is frankly a sucky reason for people to "up"grade.
The point here is the film maker knew he was going to trigger violence. He was part of the scheme and did not seem to care who would get killed over it. His film is hate speech at least and treason at worst.
If anyone's committing treason, it's the person calling for the 1st Amendment to be violated because it's inconvenient for him.
De Icaza is a rat fink, period. He long ago used up any capital he had in the FOSS community with his dalliances with Microsoft. Frankly, if there was never another/. article involving anything that piece of crap had to say, we would still have about three dozen too many articles out there involving his weasily mutterings.
The thing is, I think Mono has been a really good thing for cross-platform compatibility. I can easily write a GTK# app that will work on Windows, Linux, and MacOSX. I thought Mono might be some Microsoft plot to kill Linux but in reality it's made it much easier for me to write a Linux/Windows app. I don't want to have to create two codebases for two different GUIs. If that makes the Linux GUI like Windows, then good. Windows' GUI is fine (well before Windows 8, anyway).
This article is just so dumb I'm amazed it is on the front page of slashdot, sometimes stupid stuff gets on the front page but typically it isn't something like this that has no substance at all.
In my opinion, Julian Assange is [...] an misogynic asshole
What evidence do you base this opinion on?
If Julian Assange had played by the (Swedish) rules, he would likely have been a free man within half a year from now. And Swedish authorities wouldn't have stopped him from continue his Wikileaks business during his time of imprisonment.
Implying that he would have stayed in Sweden and not been extradited. But then why did the UK government issue a thinly-veiled threat to invade the Ecuadorian embassy, reiterate that threat recently by refusing to rule out the idea of violating diplomatic immunity, and come pretty close to storming the embassy because of heavy US pressure to do so, according to former UK diplomat Craig Murray?
Assange was in UK controlled territory for well over a year. If they wanted to dispose of him they could have done so at any time.
"Dispose" of him? An assassination? We're not a banana republic. People generally take a pretty dim view of those walking around with guns, as well as illegal assassinations.
This doesn't make me hate my country as much as making me hate my government.
If your government (and hence your country) is doing things that make you ashamed, what does it even *mean* to be "proud of your country"? You like the design of the flag? You like the sound of the name? Personally, I'm a Brit and I'm ashamed of my country because of its government, and its government's actions.
I lost family in Czechoslovakia because they committed the crime of wanting to decide who to vote for and what church to go to.
Half a million people (at least) have lost their liberty in the US because they committed the crime of possessing marijuana. Why is that more serious than the crimes you mentioned?
Assange made a mistake...he should have controlled his emotions.
What exactly are you referring to here - the sex without a condom or with a broken one? We're not even sure that's true, Assange denies it. If you mean he shouldn't have had casual sex at all, I disagree with you. I really don't want to live in a society so prudish that casual sex may lead to prosecution.
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That doesn't really refute the point about nuclar being the best way for society to generate huge amounts of CO2-free energy. Investment in solar panels is a waste of money which could be going into nuclear (which is expensive, but so are other green energies), IMHO.
I'm all for renewables, but you can't demand that private individuals pay for solar panels for all of us.
Especially when we ought to be using nuclear power.
Why should users be cajoled into "up"grading from XP? Some people still have classic cars from the 1950s, and they're *hardware* which needs repairing over time, unlike software. I still run XP at home, as it's good enough for me and I don't really feel like paying for Windows 7. I put my own PCs' hardware together and I don't feel like reactivating Win7 every time I change things. Windows 7 even downgrades some things IMHO like the start menu and search (Explorer search in 7 is apalling compared to Windows XP's search interface).
This is all to do with MS making money, which is frankly a sucky reason for people to "up"grade.
Still, it's good news for 2/3rds of people.
I don't even see how people can watch that and not interpret it as a comedy. It's weird.
"Man + X = islamic terrorist. Islamic terrorist - X = man. What is X? You have to find out for yourself."
Monty Python made more sense.
The point here is the film maker knew he was going to trigger violence. He was part of the scheme and did not seem to care who would get killed over it. His film is hate speech at least and treason at worst.
If anyone's committing treason, it's the person calling for the 1st Amendment to be violated because it's inconvenient for him.
If they made the same sort of movie about Jesus, I probably wouldn't be able to stop laughing.
The Life Of Brian?
Why 3 in 1000? 9^4 is more like 6500.
Now can the South Korean government please use science to figure out that you can't die from being exposed to a fan overnight?
To make people think more?
De Icaza is a rat fink, period. He long ago used up any capital he had in the FOSS community with his dalliances with Microsoft. Frankly, if there was never another /. article involving anything that piece of crap had to say, we would still have about three dozen too many articles out there involving his weasily mutterings.
The thing is, I think Mono has been a really good thing for cross-platform compatibility. I can easily write a GTK# app that will work on Windows, Linux, and MacOSX. I thought Mono might be some Microsoft plot to kill Linux but in reality it's made it much easier for me to write a Linux/Windows app. I don't want to have to create two codebases for two different GUIs. If that makes the Linux GUI like Windows, then good. Windows' GUI is fine (well before Windows 8, anyway).
This article is just so dumb I'm amazed it is on the front page of slashdot, sometimes stupid stuff gets on the front page but typically it isn't something like this that has no substance at all.
You must be new here.
In my opinion, Julian Assange is [...] an misogynic asshole
What evidence do you base this opinion on?
If Julian Assange had played by the (Swedish) rules, he would likely have been a free man within half a year from now. And Swedish authorities wouldn't have stopped him from continue his Wikileaks business during his time of imprisonment.
Implying that he would have stayed in Sweden and not been extradited. But then why did the UK government issue a thinly-veiled threat to invade the Ecuadorian embassy, reiterate that threat recently by refusing to rule out the idea of violating diplomatic immunity, and come pretty close to storming the embassy because of heavy US pressure to do so, according to former UK diplomat Craig Murray?
And what happened when you did get stopped?
You don't think police cars ahead of you with a rear-view mirror or those coming in the opposite direction might notice it, as I do? :-)
Seriously, in the UK? I heard the cops were pretty hot on cars with no licence plates.
Assange was in UK controlled territory for well over a year. If they wanted to dispose of him they could have done so at any time.
"Dispose" of him? An assassination? We're not a banana republic. People generally take a pretty dim view of those walking around with guns, as well as illegal assassinations.
Frankly, yes. It's bad enough right now, but if they openly help Manning that will surely help the US charge Assange with conspiracy.
How exactly could they help and protect Manning? You think they have the power to convince the US government not to prosecute him?
Sorry, for those of us who haven't got a fucking clue what you're talking about, could someone tell me who the toilet water guy is??
This doesn't make me hate my country as much as making me hate my government.
If your government (and hence your country) is doing things that make you ashamed, what does it even *mean* to be "proud of your country"? You like the design of the flag? You like the sound of the name? Personally, I'm a Brit and I'm ashamed of my country because of its government, and its government's actions.
I lost family in Czechoslovakia because they committed the crime of wanting to decide who to vote for and what church to go to.
Half a million people (at least) have lost their liberty in the US because they committed the crime of possessing marijuana. Why is that more serious than the crimes you mentioned?
"No major side effects; it'll only shrink your testicles!"
Ridiculous, it would never happen.
Babies' bodies aren't heavy enough to cause their necks to break.
Assange made a mistake...he should have controlled his emotions.
What exactly are you referring to here - the sex without a condom or with a broken one? We're not even sure that's true, Assange denies it. If you mean he shouldn't have had casual sex at all, I disagree with you. I really don't want to live in a society so prudish that casual sex may lead to prosecution.