Will Linux ever get past the 'figure it out yourself you l00ser syndrome'. I use Windows products precisely because I don't have to 'read the fucking manual'. (RTFM)
Micro$oft based products generally work intuitively, most Linux products don't.
It was only because Red Hat 5.1 installed in an understandable manner that I took up Linux at all after buying serveral distros over a period of a few years. Now I make a living on the Red Hat Linux platform, but I still use Photoshop and Illustrator on my other PC's.
Not much has changed in 7 years.
Me either. Unless you are the person burned.
If it was me I wouldn't be concerning myself with 'how does my suit affect the public good.' I would just want someone to pay my medical bills.
Yes, there is merit on McDonald's side about the award being excessive. But we live in a world where companies pull a Bhopal and try to escape responsibility.
Remember the Exxon Valdez? That case is about 15 years old and Exxon will probably still appeal rather than just pay for the damage they caused.
If my choices are between believing in saintly businessmen who will:
never poison me (http://www.bhopal.org)
kill me in an accident at work (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wor kplace/mcwane/)
exploit my work (http://www.walmartwatch.com/index.cfm)
or otherwise harm me, my family or the countriy's best interests I think I would have to go with the shark lawyers.
The point isn't the amount she received, that was up to the jury.
What is the point is that this case is often portrayed as being about a woman who suffered no injuries at all who filed a frivolous suit.
The 'hot coffee' woman spend 8 days in the hospital, had to have skin grafts and she was disabled for two years:
http://friends.macjournals.com/mattd/hotcoffeemyth
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Iron Man is due out in 2005, this is perfect timing.
Will Linux ever get past the 'figure it out yourself you l00ser syndrome'. I use Windows products precisely because I don't have to 'read the fucking manual'. (RTFM) Micro$oft based products generally work intuitively, most Linux products don't. It was only because Red Hat 5.1 installed in an understandable manner that I took up Linux at all after buying serveral distros over a period of a few years. Now I make a living on the Red Hat Linux platform, but I still use Photoshop and Illustrator on my other PC's. Not much has changed in 7 years.
>The money isn't reparations like most african >americans are clamoring for. Most African Americans? Right clown boy.
Me either. Unless you are the person burned. If it was me I wouldn't be concerning myself with 'how does my suit affect the public good.' I would just want someone to pay my medical bills. Yes, there is merit on McDonald's side about the award being excessive. But we live in a world where companies pull a Bhopal and try to escape responsibility. Remember the Exxon Valdez? That case is about 15 years old and Exxon will probably still appeal rather than just pay for the damage they caused. If my choices are between believing in saintly businessmen who will: never poison me (http://www.bhopal.org) kill me in an accident at work (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wor kplace/mcwane/)
exploit my work (http://www.walmartwatch.com/index.cfm)
or otherwise harm me, my family or the countriy's best interests I think I would have to go with the shark lawyers.
The point isn't the amount she received, that was up to the jury. What is the point is that this case is often portrayed as being about a woman who suffered no injuries at all who filed a frivolous suit.
The 'hot coffee' woman spend 8 days in the hospital, had to have skin grafts and she was disabled for two years: http://friends.macjournals.com/mattd/hotcoffeemyth