From webster.com:
Fact: a piece of information presented as having objective reality
Objective: "expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations"
Maybe you'd like to redefine "is" while you're at it, since you've redefined facts and editorial so far.
It's enough that we have the politicians who can't think outside of their political party, could the media and slashdot stick to actual facts (refer to definition above). There is enough ground to attack the move by gov't here w/out editorializing on how evil this or that political party is. We all know they are ALL evil. Free thought is this country's saving grace. Think on your own, forget what the media and politicians tell you to think.
If the gov funded this project after his comments then the tax payers would want justification for why we support someone like that. Also the untraditional uses (beer drinking, code hacking sessions, as someone mentioned) of such funding may raise questions. Not that there is anything wrong with such sessions.
If the gov pulls funding they look bad, and the conspiracy theories fly. They couldn't win on this one...
I wish Theo and the OpenBSD project the best of luck, maybe it is for the best if he was so uneasy about taking the money from them. OpenBSD is backed by a stellar developer community and will pull through.
Government funding may not be in the cards with a project that thrives on the heterogeneous development community that must support it. Governments (rightfully) must be accountable to their tax payers.
Please remember, not everything the US gov (or any for that matter) is a conspiracy in the making!
Yeah we had a PC, but this was the first computer I had unrestricted access to. The first I programmed on.... It was a great "portable" computer. And such great ASCII games!
Nice work Mr. Osborne!
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Can't say I disagree with that. I wish the author of the article had simply stated things the way they are, instead of editorializing.
Bush and Clinton are politicians, and both have said things that are shaky if not outright lies.
Back to the real issue, MEDIA CONSOLIDATION SUCKS, no matter which party or politicians back it! How long untill Starbuck's starts a media outlet?
that is a nice argument.
From webster.com:
Fact:
a piece of information presented as having objective reality
Objective:
"expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations"
Maybe you'd like to redefine "is" while you're at it, since you've redefined facts and editorial so far.
It's enough that we have the politicians who can't think outside of their political party, could the media and slashdot stick to actual facts (refer to definition above).
There is enough ground to attack the move by gov't here w/out editorializing on how evil this or that political party is. We all know they are ALL evil. Free thought is this country's saving grace. Think on your own, forget what the media and politicians tell you to think.
If the gov funded this project after his comments then the tax payers would want justification for why we support someone like that. Also the untraditional uses (beer drinking, code hacking sessions, as someone mentioned) of such funding may raise questions. Not that there is anything wrong with such sessions. If the gov pulls funding they look bad, and the conspiracy theories fly. They couldn't win on this one... I wish Theo and the OpenBSD project the best of luck, maybe it is for the best if he was so uneasy about taking the money from them. OpenBSD is backed by a stellar developer community and will pull through. Government funding may not be in the cards with a project that thrives on the heterogeneous development community that must support it. Governments (rightfully) must be accountable to their tax payers. Please remember, not everything the US gov (or any for that matter) is a conspiracy in the making!
Yeah we had a PC, but this was the first computer I had unrestricted access to. The first I programmed on.... It was a great "portable" computer. And such great ASCII games! Nice work Mr. Osborne!