Are you serious? If someone spends a year writing music, buys six months time in a studio, and releases a CD of music as a result, they're stealing from you because they "increased" the value of their product?
You're stealing from them when you diminish the value because you're preventing them from being able to sell their product. This is not a hard concept. Now, you can argue about overpricing, but that is not a free ride to break the law.
1.) All Reuters said was the simple fact that Microsoft paid SCO and that it was seen as an attack on Linux, because logically they view Linux as a threat to Windows.
2.) In an attempt to post anything against Microsoft in a Slashdot article on SCO, you for some reason deem it as a "rather strong anti-Microsoft comment" when it is not.
3.) Next, you tell yourself that now the public view of Microsoft mirrors the cynical anti-Microsoft posts of Slashdot. As if the general public knows anything about SCO or even cares.
4.) Having convinced yourself of the view of the entire public, suddenly there is now "widely-held disdain" for Microsoft which "spells doom," though you have no reason to believe any of this except for the series of conclusions you have drawn from a simple Reuters line.
5.) You tie it all together by vaguely referencing "cash reserves and ruthless schemes".
Summary: From a simple Reuters line describing Microsoft as paying SCO and that it was viewed as against Linux, you have somehow extrapolated the entire public view toward Microsoft. To top it off, you claim it mirrors the cynicism of Slashdot, and gain favor among Slashbot moderators by ending your post with the vague, anti-corporate mantra of "cash reserves" and "ruthless schemes."
Are you also a strong advocate of proper spelling? You sound like a foaming-at-the-mouth, anti-Microsoft zealot who was so furious at someone for daring to suggest a Microsoft action was okay that you were dying to hammer out your bizarre ranting with no forethought given to grammar.
Yes, it is captalism, pure and simple. Accept it and deal with it. A monopoly is not the "worst thing that can happen in a capitialist market." Monopolies aren't even illegal.
Also, what is "Chr*st?" Do you think nobody knows what it is you're referring to? Spell it with me, "C-H-R-I-S-T." Is the removal of the "i" supposed to have some sort of final effect on the meaning of the word?
One of the worst trolls I've ever seen. Eugenia's a woman.
If you're going to troll, don't post things that are blatantly contradictory to common knowledge which expose your idiocy. At least let your stupidity be subtle.
1.) Mention something 90% of the nerds here have already read or heard about.
2.) Misspell "Simarillian," "Soron," "Gandolf," and "Genisis."
3.) Act like this is some sort of revelation for everyone to benefit from, when everyone knows about the Istari and that Sauron was a minion of Melkor and so forth.
4.) Get modded up by the ignorant and oblivious who don't realize this is common knowledge among the Lord of the Rings readers of Slashdot.
I've very likely been using Linux longer than you have.
Windows beats it in usability hands-down. Everybody knows this. Linux beats Windows as a server OS, and Windows beats Linux as a desktop OS. Why is that so hard for zealots to grasp? If Linux were the easier operating system, we wouldn't see so many newbies trying it, giving up, and going back to XP.
Windows has no advantage over Linux except for the limitation which it places on it's users.
You are clearly biased.
Windows has checkboxes for things that take the hacking of scripts and textfiles in Linux. You cannot pop in a CD in Linux, have an autoplay menu, and install away, adding an uninstaller to the "start menu." I could go on and on.
It doesn't matter, because Slashdot wanted an attention-grabbing headline with an attention-grabbing summary that paints Microsoft as evil in some way. So it gets posted with no forethought, so as to generate page hits and draw out the pseudo-intellectuals who will espouse patent laws they know nothing about and the anti-Microsoft Slashbots to come out of the woodwork for the day.
We get a Microsoft article at least once a day now, often more. Remember when it was more like once a week and even less?
Wow. An attempt to be analytical on my analytical post. What a clever role-reversal.
The very fact that I am a troll makes it inherent that I seek attention with my criticism. I don't attempt to make any difference on Slashdot or seek appreciation. I just delight in pointing out your stupidities.
First off, anyone who pays attention (and I do NOT expect that here on/.) knows that I am NOT a "fanboy" as I was around when EP IV was released (the first time).
Yeah, right.
But I must say, whenever there is a story on/. about SW, all of the George Lucas haters just crawl out of the woodwork to expose the depths of their naked jelousy and dreadful envy in the most disgusting and pathetic manner: by hauling personal attacks on George Lucas.
Naked jealousy? Dreadful envy?
Nobody is jealous or envious of the lumps of crap that are the Star Wars prequels or the Lucas merchandising empire.
Its truly pathetic. You are truly pathetic. George Lucas, in my estimation, is a genious.
Few things are more pathetic than an obvious fanboy calling George Lucas a "genius." Not only is the term far overused, but it is misapplied. What's that about pathetic?
He has managed to pull bits and pieces of mythology and form it into a cohesive and compelling universe that has enchanted millions for nearly 30 years! Lets see any of you do that, you little twerps.
It is far from cohesive, and the interesting movies were the ones he didn't do entirely himself. Read up sometime on the people who were involved.
I loved EP I, can't get enough of EP II (I probably watch the DVD once or twice a month, including the bonus footage, I can't get enough of Ben Burt's documentary)
You are a fanboy.
and I am eagerly waiting for EP III, and I will, with a big huge smile on my face, happily pay for the new SW site. Why many of you cry? Because there is real value for me, because I can see the joy, creativity and genious behind this franchise, instead of just being consumed by jelousy and envy.
You're obviously trolling.
If you *hate* George Lucas so much, why do you spend so much time expressing that hatred?
Because Slashdot spends so much time praising it.
I was tempted to just let this topic go, follow my own advice and ignore the comments in this topic, but when I see some people calling GL names and conducting personal attacks... it sickened me. You people make me sick.
It sickens you that we criticize your genius? Very bizarre.
I understand *legitimate* criticism of work, especially in creative works, and I have some of my own regarding Star Wars, but what I have been reading here reads more like hate and not thoughtful criticism.
What an original and clever joke. The document mentions "U.S. lives may be at risk," so you say nobody can use Microsoft products anywhere. Slashdot has never in its existence seen such humor against Microsoft, and I thank you for bringing it to the masses. You, sir, are a veritable joy pendant.
Your post was so incredibly funny that it obviously deserved status as "+5 Funny," because of the incredible amount of mental forethought required to concieve of such a quip, the likes of which nobody else could ever dare compare to.
How was this funny? It's obvious and unclever. All I have to do is write a generic Gollum impression in the most obvious of situations and suddenly I'm a comedian?
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Are you serious? If someone spends a year writing music, buys six months time in a studio, and releases a CD of music as a result, they're stealing from you because they "increased" the value of their product?
You're stealing from them when you diminish the value because you're preventing them from being able to sell their product. This is not a hard concept. Now, you can argue about overpricing, but that is not a free ride to break the law.
Just pointing out that the analogy has a reason for existing.
If you're not stealing a physical object, you're "stealing" the value of something by diminishing it.
With people walking up and driving away with perfect copies, suddenly your car has no value.
If you are a car dealer, you're done for.
1.) All Reuters said was the simple fact that Microsoft paid SCO and that it was seen as an attack on Linux, because logically they view Linux as a threat to Windows.
2.) In an attempt to post anything against Microsoft in a Slashdot article on SCO, you for some reason deem it as a "rather strong anti-Microsoft comment" when it is not.
3.) Next, you tell yourself that now the public view of Microsoft mirrors the cynical anti-Microsoft posts of Slashdot. As if the general public knows anything about SCO or even cares.
4.) Having convinced yourself of the view of the entire public, suddenly there is now "widely-held disdain" for Microsoft which "spells doom," though you have no reason to believe any of this except for the series of conclusions you have drawn from a simple Reuters line.
5.) You tie it all together by vaguely referencing "cash reserves and ruthless schemes".
Summary: From a simple Reuters line describing Microsoft as paying SCO and that it was viewed as against Linux, you have somehow extrapolated the entire public view toward Microsoft. To top it off, you claim it mirrors the cynicism of Slashdot, and gain favor among Slashbot moderators by ending your post with the vague, anti-corporate mantra of "cash reserves" and "ruthless schemes."
And someone decided it was all "Insightful."
It doesn't matter if it was a joke or "simple statement of the facts" which are blatantly unproven.
It's a Bill Hicks joke. Made famous in his act on the "Relentless" album.
Next.
Read my journal sometime.
I'm sure as a comedian he would've loved you stealing his joke from "Relentless."
Nobody ever said it was "just" 80 lines of code. Merely that 80 lines of code is what has been revealed so far to "independent financial analysts."
There has never been a definite statement on the amount of code. Only "thousands."
Are you also a strong advocate of proper spelling? You sound like a foaming-at-the-mouth, anti-Microsoft zealot who was so furious at someone for daring to suggest a Microsoft action was okay that you were dying to hammer out your bizarre ranting with no forethought given to grammar.
Yes, it is captalism, pure and simple. Accept it and deal with it. A monopoly is not the "worst thing that can happen in a capitialist market." Monopolies aren't even illegal.
Also, what is "Chr*st?" Do you think nobody knows what it is you're referring to? Spell it with me, "C-H-R-I-S-T." Is the removal of the "i" supposed to have some sort of final effect on the meaning of the word?
Next time you go for the blatant karma whore that has nothing to do with the article, at least spell his name correctly.
Quote an item from the FAQ. Instant modding into the stratosphere thanks to the trigger-happy crackheads.
It looks to me like a mod made by Quake 1 guys who think Quake 3 is "gay" because it isn't Quake 1, so they turn Quake 3 more into 1.
One of the worst trolls I've ever seen. Eugenia's a woman.
If you're going to troll, don't post things that are blatantly contradictory to common knowledge which expose your idiocy. At least let your stupidity be subtle.
1.) Mention something 90% of the nerds here have already read or heard about. 2.) Misspell "Simarillian," "Soron," "Gandolf," and "Genisis." 3.) Act like this is some sort of revelation for everyone to benefit from, when everyone knows about the Istari and that Sauron was a minion of Melkor and so forth. 4.) Get modded up by the ignorant and oblivious who don't realize this is common knowledge among the Lord of the Rings readers of Slashdot.
I've very likely been using Linux longer than you have.
Windows beats it in usability hands-down. Everybody knows this. Linux beats Windows as a server OS, and Windows beats Linux as a desktop OS. Why is that so hard for zealots to grasp? If Linux were the easier operating system, we wouldn't see so many newbies trying it, giving up, and going back to XP.
Next.
Windows has no advantage over Linux except for the limitation which it places on it's users.
You are clearly biased.
Windows has checkboxes for things that take the hacking of scripts and textfiles in Linux. You cannot pop in a CD in Linux, have an autoplay menu, and install away, adding an uninstaller to the "start menu." I could go on and on.
It doesn't matter, because Slashdot wanted an attention-grabbing headline with an attention-grabbing summary that paints Microsoft as evil in some way. So it gets posted with no forethought, so as to generate page hits and draw out the pseudo-intellectuals who will espouse patent laws they know nothing about and the anti-Microsoft Slashbots to come out of the woodwork for the day.
We get a Microsoft article at least once a day now, often more. Remember when it was more like once a week and even less?
I will require years of therapy for that scathing retort.
Bill Gates has laughed it off in interviews, saying he said nothing of the sort. It's misattributed.
Wow. An attempt to be analytical on my analytical post. What a clever role-reversal.
The very fact that I am a troll makes it inherent that I seek attention with my criticism. I don't attempt to make any difference on Slashdot or seek appreciation. I just delight in pointing out your stupidities.
Next.
"I never made that remark about 640k being enough for anyone!"
He really didn't say it, though. It's a misattributed quote, just like "there's a sucker born every minute."
First off, anyone who pays attention (and I do NOT expect that here on /.) knows that I am NOT a "fanboy" as I was around when EP IV was released (the first time).
/. about SW, all of the George Lucas haters just crawl out of the woodwork to expose the depths of their naked jelousy and dreadful envy in the most disgusting and pathetic manner: by hauling personal attacks on George Lucas.
Yeah, right.
But I must say, whenever there is a story on
Naked jealousy? Dreadful envy?
Nobody is jealous or envious of the lumps of crap that are the Star Wars prequels or the Lucas merchandising empire.
Its truly pathetic. You are truly pathetic. George Lucas, in my estimation, is a genious.
Few things are more pathetic than an obvious fanboy calling George Lucas a "genius." Not only is the term far overused, but it is misapplied. What's that about pathetic?
He has managed to pull bits and pieces of mythology and form it into a cohesive and compelling universe that has enchanted millions for nearly 30 years! Lets see any of you do that, you little twerps.
It is far from cohesive, and the interesting movies were the ones he didn't do entirely himself. Read up sometime on the people who were involved.
I loved EP I, can't get enough of EP II (I probably watch the DVD once or twice a month, including the bonus footage, I can't get enough of Ben Burt's documentary)
You are a fanboy.
and I am eagerly waiting for EP III, and I will, with a big huge smile on my face, happily pay for the new SW site. Why many of you cry? Because there is real value for me, because I can see the joy, creativity and genious behind this franchise, instead of just being consumed by jelousy and envy.
You're obviously trolling.
If you *hate* George Lucas so much, why do you spend so much time expressing that hatred?
Because Slashdot spends so much time praising it.
I was tempted to just let this topic go, follow my own advice and ignore the comments in this topic, but when I see some people calling GL names and conducting personal attacks... it sickened me. You people make me sick.
It sickens you that we criticize your genius? Very bizarre.
I understand *legitimate* criticism of work, especially in creative works, and I have some of my own regarding Star Wars, but what I have been reading here reads more like hate and not thoughtful criticism.
No, it's thoughtful criticism.
What an original and clever joke. The document mentions "U.S. lives may be at risk," so you say nobody can use Microsoft products anywhere. Slashdot has never in its existence seen such humor against Microsoft, and I thank you for bringing it to the masses. You, sir, are a veritable joy pendant.
Your post was so incredibly funny that it obviously deserved status as "+5 Funny," because of the incredible amount of mental forethought required to concieve of such a quip, the likes of which nobody else could ever dare compare to.
Again, I thank you.
Um...I want the name of the person who modded this "Insightful" so that they can be dragged out into the street and shot. That is all.
How was this funny? It's obvious and unclever. All I have to do is write a generic Gollum impression in the most obvious of situations and suddenly I'm a comedian?