"but the knowledge that these men are often superior to them"
why do people keep repeating this babble that all gays are supermen? they must never have met many because i've known plenty and none of them have been more successful in life for being gay. if anything i'd say the reason this fallacy is continued is gay's own insecurity.
"And what do you base this on? Any scientific body of evidence behind that? "
well do you? because i don't see any links in your rant, or anyone elses for that matter. your view is no more researched then my own so stop trying to attack me for not linking to any research when you don't do so yourself.
1. i have gay friends who all say they knew early on that they were gay. this does NOT rule out sexual preference being environmental, because it's well documented that many of our behavioral traits are learnt very early in life before we even remember. note i'm pushing anything against gay couples having kids the normal way.
2. each child who is abused is a different case, without specific examples i can't just blindly compare them can i.
3. one of the core reasons i believe homosexuality is behavioral is from observations made on monkeys. homosexual acts are bonding/pecking order behavour in all monkeys, and if you look back on history before Christianity fucked everyones heads up and made them think gays are evil, you'll see parallels in ancient greece etc.
"Who says any of this comes from any efforts by lesbians,"
well it wasn't me. i merely said man haters would love the idea of it and willingly risk having a baby with birth defects just to spite men.
"That would certainly be a view consistent with your demonstrated homophobia."
so if someone hates me because i'm a man and i think their unreasoning hatred is retarded, i'm a homophobe? give me a fucking break.
err what does gender have to do with proving sexual preference? all your example proves is that GENDER is hardwired, not sexual preference.
i personally think sexual preference is NOT hardwired though it does stem from prepubescent experiences. your just confusing 2 issues here.
I don't think enough emphasis is put on the fact this method produces birth defects. I find it INCREDIBLY selfish that anyone would risk their babies health just so that a man isn't involved in anyway. but that's just the kind of nonsense i've come to expect from certain man hating rug munching factions.
the problem is at some point they are going to drop support for it, and no modules will begetting written for it either. the fact that you can maintain it yourself is a retarded response to this, because people who say it have pretty much no idea how much extra work that puts back on you, and frankly no one wants that.
scientists and academic's are even bigger money grubbers then business, most people don't realise this fact though. it amazes me people can't see this with the current global warming fad, it was only 30 years ago the same assholes were crying out "global cooling"
so your saying you agree with me? because in that very sentence you quoted me on i said "better then anything ASIDE from postgresql".
sql server has reporting services, to which postgresql has no answer, and frankly in my current position i shudder to think what OSS would have me using. i will certainly pay that managing licenses is a pain in the ass. i certainly miss that side of things when i was using freebsd/postgresql/python - definately headache free to manage.
i'm not so sure about sqlite though. i used it and found it was too limited for my purposes, but that was 2 years ago now it may have improved.
I think you missed the entire point, please reread what i said without the rabid anti-ms bias and you'll see i said 1. pick the best tool for the job and 2. most people pick MS for this reason, it's simply what they need to run their business. don't hate me because i'm right k?
For a start there's no such thing as "best" there's only "most apropriate", and please post examples of whats wrong with sql server, visual studio and.net? with your vast experience please enlighten me with all the problems you've come across.
your only screwing yourself if you don't pick the right OS for your business needs, and right now that means windows and MS for most people.
OSS stuff is often too highly specialised to be a good investment for lots of businesses as well, they need to know they get the support down the track. yes there are vendors like red hat, but have you looked at their prices? it makes windows look cheap.
Microsoft make lots of very good products, it's not fair to bag them on -everything-
sql server is a great product, and is certainly better then everything else in the opensource world aside from postgresql (i've used both extensively) and even then sql server trumps pg in many areas. like wise with access, say what you will about it but i don't see any OSS project that's even close to it.
many of the developer tools MS puts out are top notch as well, something OSS is still 10 years behind on - easy to use gui development, and i say that as someone who programmed in wxpython for 2 years solid on both windows and freebsd, and has since moved to a windows shop. no doubt there will be some out their who will equate this with VB programmers and the usual snobbery, but the truth is i can put together a windows apps many times faster and just as robust as anything currently out there int he linux world.
for OSS to move forward, they need to drop the stupid ego trip and look at what MS do RIGHT, or OSS will always be the poor mans 2nd choice.
What we need is some filthy rich old guy with nothing better to spend his money on, to take up this cause and start paying for some high price lawyers to defend people the RIAA sue.
if i was a multimillionare i'd do it just to see the reaction.
"If I play some of my music in the background while I call their customer relations line and they record and archive the call, can I sue them?"
i hope you do that because in america's crazy legal system it might just stick. no matter how you cut it that recording is just as much an infringment as anything they've sued other people over, and you atleast have the name of the infringing party none of this john doe crap.
"They are doing this because it is advancing their business model"
that's been MS's excuse for all their misdeeds of the past, that it's just business. I guess the point he is trying to make is that IBM isn't doing it to be a good guy, but frankly who cares if it prevents MS getting their hooks into a standard.
they aren't posting as anonymous cowards for one, and if you think main stream media are going to pick up on somethinglike the BSA your insane.
hell they've only JUST started to catch onto RIAA suing grandma's and small children.
besides, this isn't a court of law and not every single statment requires photographic proof. i've been through audits (not BSA) and i know exactly the kind of pricks you can expect to run into while doing them. your failure to understand this only shows your ingorance in the matter.
multiple people on here who have been through BSA audits are telling you your wrong and you won't listen, it's no suprise you are modded down.
If you've ever deal with bastards like the BSA you'll learn it makes no difference what they put on their website has no bearing on what they will demand and how you'll be treated.
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we are yet to equal the weight to strength ratio of muscles and bones.
however, lets say they make arms with attachable addons, like stablizers for heavy lifting i could see them doing amazing things.
why do people keep repeating this babble that all gays are supermen? they must never have met many because i've known plenty and none of them have been more successful in life for being gay. if anything i'd say the reason this fallacy is continued is gay's own insecurity.
well do you? because i don't see any links in your rant, or anyone elses for that matter. your view is no more researched then my own so stop trying to attack me for not linking to any research when you don't do so yourself.
1. i have gay friends who all say they knew early on that they were gay. this does NOT rule out sexual preference being environmental, because it's well documented that many of our behavioral traits are learnt very early in life before we even remember. note i'm pushing anything against gay couples having kids the normal way.
2. each child who is abused is a different case, without specific examples i can't just blindly compare them can i.
3. one of the core reasons i believe homosexuality is behavioral is from observations made on monkeys. homosexual acts are bonding/pecking order behavour in all monkeys, and if you look back on history before Christianity fucked everyones heads up and made them think gays are evil, you'll see parallels in ancient greece etc.
well it wasn't me. i merely said man haters would love the idea of it and willingly risk having a baby with birth defects just to spite men.
"That would certainly be a view consistent with your demonstrated homophobia." so if someone hates me because i'm a man and i think their unreasoning hatred is retarded, i'm a homophobe? give me a fucking break.
too many women and they would just implode on their own mood swings.
no the women just nagged them till all they could do is hide in the dark and bite anything that comes near them.
i personally think sexual preference is NOT hardwired though it does stem from prepubescent experiences. your just confusing 2 issues here.
I don't think enough emphasis is put on the fact this method produces birth defects. I find it INCREDIBLY selfish that anyone would risk their babies health just so that a man isn't involved in anyway. but that's just the kind of nonsense i've come to expect from certain man hating rug munching factions.
does anyone really believe this moron that vista, which actually runs directx, is going to be worse then linux with it's crappy emulation?
the problem is at some point they are going to drop support for it, and no modules will begetting written for it either. the fact that you can maintain it yourself is a retarded response to this, because people who say it have pretty much no idea how much extra work that puts back on you, and frankly no one wants that.
scientists and academic's are even bigger money grubbers then business, most people don't realise this fact though. it amazes me people can't see this with the current global warming fad, it was only 30 years ago the same assholes were crying out "global cooling"
oh won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!?
what distance can copper do 10gbs? 100meters? dont' make me laugh.
labor is the party that tries to please everyone, and thats where they screw up... because when you try to please everyone you end up pleasing no one.
sql server has reporting services, to which postgresql has no answer, and frankly in my current position i shudder to think what OSS would have me using. i will certainly pay that managing licenses is a pain in the ass. i certainly miss that side of things when i was using freebsd/postgresql/python - definately headache free to manage. i'm not so sure about sqlite though. i used it and found it was too limited for my purposes, but that was 2 years ago now it may have improved.
I think you missed the entire point, please reread what i said without the rabid anti-ms bias and you'll see i said 1. pick the best tool for the job and 2. most people pick MS for this reason, it's simply what they need to run their business. don't hate me because i'm right k?
i'd also like to point out that 2 of the top 5 sites on netcraft are windows os http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html
what do you /. nerds alwasy say? "i'll believe it when netcraft confirms it"?
OSS stuff is often too highly specialised to be a good investment for lots of businesses as well, they need to know they get the support down the track. yes there are vendors like red hat, but have you looked at their prices? it makes windows look cheap.
sql server is a great product, and is certainly better then everything else in the opensource world aside from postgresql (i've used both extensively) and even then sql server trumps pg in many areas. like wise with access, say what you will about it but i don't see any OSS project that's even close to it.
many of the developer tools MS puts out are top notch as well, something OSS is still 10 years behind on - easy to use gui development, and i say that as someone who programmed in wxpython for 2 years solid on both windows and freebsd, and has since moved to a windows shop. no doubt there will be some out their who will equate this with VB programmers and the usual snobbery, but the truth is i can put together a windows apps many times faster and just as robust as anything currently out there int he linux world.
for OSS to move forward, they need to drop the stupid ego trip and look at what MS do RIGHT, or OSS will always be the poor mans 2nd choice.
if i was a multimillionare i'd do it just to see the reaction.
i hope you do that because in america's crazy legal system it might just stick. no matter how you cut it that recording is just as much an infringment as anything they've sued other people over, and you atleast have the name of the infringing party none of this john doe crap.
that's been MS's excuse for all their misdeeds of the past, that it's just business. I guess the point he is trying to make is that IBM isn't doing it to be a good guy, but frankly who cares if it prevents MS getting their hooks into a standard.
hell they've only JUST started to catch onto RIAA suing grandma's and small children.
besides, this isn't a court of law and not every single statment requires photographic proof. i've been through audits (not BSA) and i know exactly the kind of pricks you can expect to run into while doing them. your failure to understand this only shows your ingorance in the matter.
If you've ever deal with bastards like the BSA you'll learn it makes no difference what they put on their website has no bearing on what they will demand and how you'll be treated.
and in the mean time your cash flow takes the hit. yeah really fair.
you ARE aware the BSA doesn't disclose those details, right?