Have you noticed when a Stallman-defender responds to this, it usually involves a personal attack and makes them look somewhat fanatical as a whole? It makes their message look fanatical as well.
"Shut up! You're just as bad!" Well, somebody has to point out how ridiculous it is. We're not going to just sit quietly as he makes the Linux community look crazy. If he wasn't so obsessively fanatical about it, you wouldn't be reading people complaining, now would you? Think about that.
So if I don't prefix every iteration of "Linux" with "GNU/," that means I don't give credit in my mind to the GNU people?
Everybody knows GNU's contributions. Just like they know the contributions of everyone else, like the X11 group, KDE, and so forth. That doesn't mean I have to list everyone off.
And moderators: since when is whining about rms "Insightful"? I've read this identical comment every time rms says anything in the last two years. Insightful implies something new has been discerned and expressed. Sheesh.
It's because it's no less insightful. RMS is obsessed with the prefix of GNU to an absurd level. I don't call my system GNU/X11/KDE/Linux. I'm not going to list off all the software I use when referring to the fact that I use Linux.
Those precise two reasons. Think about it; Windows works very well for the most part.
That end phrase being the operative wording here. Whenever Slashbots complain about Windows, it's usually due to some arcane task they're trying to accomplish that is above the spectrum of Windows, so it doesn't work quite right or not at all.
Linux will usually take care of that task because Linux was written by people who perform those sorts of tasks.
On the flipside, Windows covers the essential basics incredibly well, but Linux does not because it concentrates on the complex things. Broad versus specialization. It doesn't seem to be changing very much for Linux, despite Linux elitists' claims to the contrary, though Microsoft is showing signs of really improving their technologies, particularly with Windows Server 2003 and Longhorn.
You've a little problem here. If I flash a flashlight at someone else, maybe quickly, that's me communicating with them. Please prove how this has anything to do with you, the copyright holder of some material that may or may not have anything to do with what is on the wire.
What does a flashlight have to do with downloading mp3s? Are you that dense that you have to make wild analogies?
By the way, did I mention that I hold copyright on this post? I will enforce all rights available to me.
No you don't, Slashdot does.
No, this is about your illegal and immoral use of classics knowledge. You know that knowing greek infringes on those who currently know greek. You must pay.
What on earth are you smoking?
Before you criticize, please do a good job of describing how bits on my drive are somehow your property, and how someone 5000 years ago should express a difference of opinion on current use of their thoughts.
Bits on your hard drive aren't my property. The music those bits make together when played through an mp3 player, however, might belong to someone who made the music that they sell to make money and have a living.
Sounds are code. Code is thought. Thought is code, if people publicize it. Just fucking deal.
You need to "fucking deal" with the absolute fact that taking music without paying for it is immoral, not to mention illegal. Why do you dance around the issue? Every single thing can be traced back to "thought." It doesn't change a single thing except increase your image as a loon.
I have, and I'm making money doing so, with my "IP" not something that becomes the subject of lawsuits or slashdot postings. Both via coding, and via generating noise.
Now I'm not saying that I should be prevented from downloading just one Radiohead song, -- they're quite helpful for seeing if the album is worth getting -- but Radiohead is somewhat justified in trying to keep their albums together as a single-work.
No they are not. It doesn't matter how they think their music should be presented. If I just want one song, that's too bad. Don't be a band putting out music into the public if you want to have totalitarian control over it.
An entire album on a 56 dialup connection in a night? This I gotta see.
In my modem days, I did it all the time. Even then, individual songs are but 5MB on average. Next.
Go ahead couch your words with 'legal' and 'illegal'. You know what? Too many people are caught up with the terms 'legal' and 'illegal'. They should more concerned with 'right' and 'wrong.' It's totally LEGAL for me, a 30-year-old man, to sleep with a consenting 16-year-old female in the state of Michigan. Does that make it right? No.
And it is not morally right to acquire music you have not paid for. You have proven my argument. Next.
That's the problem with our society. You can stick to doing what's legal, I'll do what's RIGHT.
Another typical Slashbot move. Declaring what is wrong with society.
What do you know about personal motivations? Nothing.
Your little inclination to leave the country will never be followed through. It was just an emotion-charged rally cry due to your being used to the convenience of illegally and imorally downloading music by artists that you haven't paid for.
Ah, the standard Slashbot response. Let's analyze.
Yup. you hit the nail right on the head.
Groupthink reinforcement.
And this is justified by saying that downloading music and movies online hurts the economy.
Any logical person would agree with this. If a teenager downloads and burns a CD of music, why would he spend $20 on the real thing?
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.
You have absolutely no proof to back this. In fact, it flies completely in the face of basic logic.
The amount of people who only download music and movies and don't buy them can't be very high.
Well, can't argue with that kind of research!
First off, only 50% of the households in the U.S. have computers in the first place. Secondly, it's hard to believe that all of those 50% use a file sharing system. After all, only, what? 10% or of those have broadband connections? I mean downloading the stuff over a 56K modem connection takes an excruciating amount of time. And what percentage of those don't buy music or movies and exclusively use stuff they got off the net?
Let's ignore colleges, libraries, and more! Yes, even dialup users freely download music. In a single night, one can grab an entire album.
Personally, my purchase of movies and music has *increased*, not decreased since I got broadband and started using file sharing services.
Ah, you're one of those rare types who feels their personal anecdote somehow invalidates the entire process of logic that says people who get something for free won't feel inclined pay for it.
Why do we need this government interference in our lives? Why should the RIAA and the MPAA dictate our lives? What happened to our constitutionally limited republic?
Since when has the RIAA and MPAA dictated your life just by combating illegal downloading of their legally protected works? You mean you don't have control over your life unless you can break the law and steal--yes, steal--valuable music?
I'm sick of this. I'm about ready to move to some country that has smaller government and less governmental interference in my life. Anybody got any suggestions?
And, finally, the capper to every Slashbot post involving the government, which is the claim to considering moving to another country, which will of course never pan out.
"After all, the "ideas within the engine were too similar to WarCraft 2" argument doesn't stand on its own."
Of course it does. The intent of the engine was to specifically rip off WarCraft II's engine so you could play it without emulation, using the original graphics off the CD. It's an exact clone. It's not a matter of "similar design ideas," it's a matter of completely ripping off the design ideas of WarCraft II on purpose.
For crying out loud
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When is someone going to anonymously reveal the alleged code? This is getting ridiculous. For crying out loud, already, tell us what it is so we can see it. At least tell us where.
No, the troll has not been trolled. It is slightly amusing to see someone try to be clever, as though they are "turning the tables," but it is all together lame and ineffective. However, you may continue to make yourself important by following my posts and replying to them. Fans make me stronger.
Which one of your buddies did you get to moderate you as "Insightful?" Seeing as how there was absolutely nothing insightful about "Gosh, you're mean" to an anonymous troll.
On the other hand, every single Sony stereo I have purchased has gone out. As a matter of fact, the right speaker always stops working.
This problem also occurs with every single pair of Sony headphones I have owned. I take care of my equipment better than most people and it still happens every time. Needless to say, I don't buy Sony anymore, and I've been a happy customer since.
No. He wouldn't be a racist. He made no single statement about Asians whatsoever. It's interesting that you draw racism from it, however. Perhaps you should rethink your worldview. I'm being serious.
You've been following my posts for over a month now. I am sincerely flattered. Continue to post as an Anonymous Coward, as you are playing into a grander strategy I will write about soon which is now taking shape.
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1.) Post something with subject of "In related news..."
2.) Think up any random wildly unfunny and unclever information that isn't related to the article.
3.) Wait for crackhead moderators to fall over themselves in modding up yet another "In related news..." post.
4.) Sit back and enjoy your predictable manipulation of the masses.
Because you didn't pay for the right to see the content they're beaming through your head.
Next stupid question?
Have you noticed when a Stallman-defender responds to this, it usually involves a personal attack and makes them look somewhat fanatical as a whole? It makes their message look fanatical as well.
"Shut up! You're just as bad!" Well, somebody has to point out how ridiculous it is. We're not going to just sit quietly as he makes the Linux community look crazy. If he wasn't so obsessively fanatical about it, you wouldn't be reading people complaining, now would you? Think about that.
Next.
You said "M$." This renders your argument completely valid.
So if I don't prefix every iteration of "Linux" with "GNU/," that means I don't give credit in my mind to the GNU people?
Everybody knows GNU's contributions. Just like they know the contributions of everyone else, like the X11 group, KDE, and so forth. That doesn't mean I have to list everyone off.
Give me a break.
And moderators: since when is whining about rms "Insightful"? I've read this identical comment every time rms says anything in the last two years. Insightful implies something new has been discerned and expressed. Sheesh.
It's because it's no less insightful. RMS is obsessed with the prefix of GNU to an absurd level. I don't call my system GNU/X11/KDE/Linux. I'm not going to list off all the software I use when referring to the fact that I use Linux.
Those precise two reasons. Think about it; Windows works very well for the most part.
That end phrase being the operative wording here. Whenever Slashbots complain about Windows, it's usually due to some arcane task they're trying to accomplish that is above the spectrum of Windows, so it doesn't work quite right or not at all.
Linux will usually take care of that task because Linux was written by people who perform those sorts of tasks.
On the flipside, Windows covers the essential basics incredibly well, but Linux does not because it concentrates on the complex things. Broad versus specialization. It doesn't seem to be changing very much for Linux, despite Linux elitists' claims to the contrary, though Microsoft is showing signs of really improving their technologies, particularly with Windows Server 2003 and Longhorn.
Congratulations, you were trolled.
You've a little problem here. If I flash a flashlight at someone else, maybe quickly, that's me communicating with them. Please prove how this has anything to do with you, the copyright holder of some material that may or may not have anything to do with what is on the wire.
What does a flashlight have to do with downloading mp3s? Are you that dense that you have to make wild analogies?
By the way, did I mention that I hold copyright on this post? I will enforce all rights available to me.
No you don't, Slashdot does.
No, this is about your illegal and immoral use of classics knowledge. You know that knowing greek infringes on those who currently know greek. You must pay.
What on earth are you smoking?
Before you criticize, please do a good job of describing how bits on my drive are somehow your property, and how someone 5000 years ago should express a difference of opinion on current use of their thoughts.
Bits on your hard drive aren't my property. The music those bits make together when played through an mp3 player, however, might belong to someone who made the music that they sell to make money and have a living.
Sounds are code. Code is thought. Thought is code, if people publicize it. Just fucking deal.
You need to "fucking deal" with the absolute fact that taking music without paying for it is immoral, not to mention illegal. Why do you dance around the issue? Every single thing can be traced back to "thought." It doesn't change a single thing except increase your image as a loon.
I have, and I'm making money doing so, with my "IP" not something that becomes the subject of lawsuits or slashdot postings. Both via coding, and via generating noise.
Well, I can't argue with that kind of research.
Next.
Dude. It's called humor.
Now I'm not saying that I should be prevented from downloading just one Radiohead song, -- they're quite helpful for seeing if the album is worth getting -- but Radiohead is somewhat justified in trying to keep their albums together as a single-work.
No they are not. It doesn't matter how they think their music should be presented. If I just want one song, that's too bad. Don't be a band putting out music into the public if you want to have totalitarian control over it.
My other account was created over five years ago. Do you really want to play the "old is better" game? I'd win.
Next.
An entire album on a 56 dialup connection in a night? This I gotta see.
In my modem days, I did it all the time. Even then, individual songs are but 5MB on average. Next.
Go ahead couch your words with 'legal' and 'illegal'. You know what? Too many people are caught up with the terms 'legal' and 'illegal'. They should more concerned with 'right' and 'wrong.' It's totally LEGAL for me, a 30-year-old man, to sleep with a consenting 16-year-old female in the state of Michigan. Does that make it right? No.
And it is not morally right to acquire music you have not paid for. You have proven my argument. Next.
That's the problem with our society. You can stick to doing what's legal, I'll do what's RIGHT.
Another typical Slashbot move. Declaring what is wrong with society.
What do you know about personal motivations? Nothing.
Your little inclination to leave the country will never be followed through. It was just an emotion-charged rally cry due to your being used to the convenience of illegally and imorally downloading music by artists that you haven't paid for.
Next.
Ah, the standard Slashbot response. Let's analyze.
Yup. you hit the nail right on the head.
Groupthink reinforcement.
And this is justified by saying that downloading music and movies online hurts the economy.
Any logical person would agree with this. If a teenager downloads and burns a CD of music, why would he spend $20 on the real thing?
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.
You have absolutely no proof to back this. In fact, it flies completely in the face of basic logic.
The amount of people who only download music and movies and don't buy them can't be very high.
Well, can't argue with that kind of research!
First off, only 50% of the households in the U.S. have computers in the first place. Secondly, it's hard to believe that all of those 50% use a file sharing system. After all, only, what? 10% or of those have broadband connections? I mean downloading the stuff over a 56K modem connection takes an excruciating amount of time. And what percentage of those don't buy music or movies and exclusively use stuff they got off the net?
Let's ignore colleges, libraries, and more! Yes, even dialup users freely download music. In a single night, one can grab an entire album.
Personally, my purchase of movies and music has *increased*, not decreased since I got broadband and started using file sharing services.
Ah, you're one of those rare types who feels their personal anecdote somehow invalidates the entire process of logic that says people who get something for free won't feel inclined pay for it.
Why do we need this government interference in our lives? Why should the RIAA and the MPAA dictate our lives? What happened to our constitutionally limited republic?
Since when has the RIAA and MPAA dictated your life just by combating illegal downloading of their legally protected works? You mean you don't have control over your life unless you can break the law and steal--yes, steal--valuable music?
I'm sick of this. I'm about ready to move to some country that has smaller government and less governmental interference in my life. Anybody got any suggestions?
And, finally, the capper to every Slashbot post involving the government, which is the claim to considering moving to another country, which will of course never pan out.
Next.
Why not? Seeing as how Xerox licensed it and everything. That's right, stop believing your IRC buddies--Apple legally got what they got from Xerox.
It's just like the false Bill Gates "640kb" quote. People refuse to believe otherwise because it fits their agendas.
Next.
Huh? An injection of facts and truth to support a logical conclusion? That doesn't belong here; this is Slashdot!
The circle of theft is supposed to go Xerox->Apple->Microsoft->KDE. Didn't you know that? How dare you suggest the circle be broken!
"After all, the "ideas within the engine were too similar to WarCraft 2" argument doesn't stand on its own."
Of course it does. The intent of the engine was to specifically rip off WarCraft II's engine so you could play it without emulation, using the original graphics off the CD. It's an exact clone. It's not a matter of "similar design ideas," it's a matter of completely ripping off the design ideas of WarCraft II on purpose.
When is someone going to anonymously reveal the alleged code? This is getting ridiculous. For crying out loud, already, tell us what it is so we can see it. At least tell us where.
It amuses me that you accuse me of being defensive. There is a plan.
No, the troll has not been trolled. It is slightly amusing to see someone try to be clever, as though they are "turning the tables," but it is all together lame and ineffective. However, you may continue to make yourself important by following my posts and replying to them. Fans make me stronger.
Which one of your buddies did you get to moderate you as "Insightful?" Seeing as how there was absolutely nothing insightful about "Gosh, you're mean" to an anonymous troll.
On the other hand, every single Sony stereo I have purchased has gone out. As a matter of fact, the right speaker always stops working.
This problem also occurs with every single pair of Sony headphones I have owned. I take care of my equipment better than most people and it still happens every time. Needless to say, I don't buy Sony anymore, and I've been a happy customer since.
No. He wouldn't be a racist. He made no single statement about Asians whatsoever. It's interesting that you draw racism from it, however. Perhaps you should rethink your worldview. I'm being serious.
The fact that they are picking on Linux is why we are against it.
That was my point. Attempt basic comprehension skills in the future.
You've been following my posts for over a month now. I am sincerely flattered. Continue to post as an Anonymous Coward, as you are playing into a grander strategy I will write about soon which is now taking shape.