And I suppose that next you'll argue the ethical problems concerning the eating of vegetables and fruits? Just because animals can move around and have brains doesn't mean they give a damn if a hominid eats one of them. Yes, we could be deemed as animals ourselves, but after millions of years of evolution, WE'RE the ones on top of the food chain. And don't try that "species are endangered because we eat them" argument, because the only things keeping populations of animals in check are as thus:
1. Predators (including us)
2. Careless fucks who don't give a damn about nature who go around slaughtering animals by the hundreds of thousands for MASS CONSUMPTION (i.e. McDonald's)
3. This insane fasco-capitalist society we live in and force down other nation's throats which threatens nature with every step of "progress".
So you see, you uninformed fool, that as long as we followed the unwritten law of nature and ate only what we truly needed to be satisfied (physically, not gorging ourselves to feel better psychologically), we could end (or drastically reduce) the problem of senseless slaughter of food animals (pigs, cows, chickens, seafood, fish, etc.) AND the problem of obesity in humans.
Killing animals for food is not senseless on its own, since we as humans have been doing that ever since we roamed the plains as half-apes scraping up leftover carcass-meat, then later on hunting animals for food, to supplement their omnivorous diet. We're designed to eat meat, and so we do. The problem is that we eat TOO MUCH of it. A large percentage of us Americans are gluttons, and we've ignored nature in favor of fast food and instant gratification of their insatiable hunger.
Remember that the next time you make an argument against eating meat. Remember, cows, pigs, turkeys, fish, etc. DON'T GIVE A GOOD GOD DAMN IF THEY ARE KILLED AND EATEN AS FOOD! They are biologically incapable of processing emotions. The whole "animals-for-meat ethics" is totally illogical and is an ill-conceived idea.
Bottom line.
- Please don't brainfart in my direction.
Thank you very much.
Hear, hear. Ever heard of the Monsanto links with the Nazis in WWII? Well, maybe not exactly the company as it is today, but one of its founders did have links with the 3rd Reich. And they made the commercially-acceptable neuropoison Nutrasweet, aka Aspartame.
Corporate America: Just Say No!
Well, if you stopped bitching about it and started initiating rational discussion, thus setting an example for other posters, then maybe things will change. Until then, accept Slashdot for what it is: an alternative news source built around open feedback from its readers.
Try to find another site with the range of topics SD has, and the freedom it gives users... you'll be looking for quite awhile. As for Anti-M$ FUD, let me just say that they deserve every character of it. Would YOU trust a company hell-bent on stripping you of your freedoms, such as DOING WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT with your computer and software? DRM? Dastardly Ridiculous Measures. After all the evidence against Micro$oft's supposed expertise in the software field, and all the steps they are taking to enslave the users of Window$ by way of forced upgrades, refusal to fix security holes, DRM, and other things that M$ uses to control its customers.
I agree with you on the matter of drooling idiots making their way onto the message boards, but sometimes, the posts you perceive as unintelligent just might be well-founded and intelligent, it's just that you don't happen to share their opinion. As for lack of factual evidence and Anti-Micro$oft articles, the factual evidence is sitting on millions of computers all across our nation, and indeed, the world. I invite you to visit a friend or colleague or family member who runs Window$.
Ask them for their honest opinion about how their OS works. 9 times out of 10, they'll first say: "It's sooo easy to use"!, then the "but"...
"BUT... the damn thing crashes constantly and I keep getting these email worms and my drivers don't work with DirectX N, and I can't STAND this new DRM thing! I can't even open my Notepad documents anymore"!
You see, there is no hope for people who get suckered into buying and using this new DRMOS Micro$oft has been cooking up. Basically, it's not (mostly) that we are actively against Micro$oft, it's simply that we hate their products. On the other hand, Micro$oft wants to stamp out Open
Source and force open source programmers and users to go with Window$. THAT IS FUD.
- Give a man Window$ and you sow discord between computer and user. Give that same man Linux and all is set aright with both computer and user. Balance is achieved, and another step towards Zen has been taken.
You've got that right, brother. The entire case has been one big mental breakdown on SCO's part from the very beginning. First, it was "we want to take back our IP rights that IBM infringed on" to: "DESTROY LINUX AND THE GPL AND VILLIFY ITS USERS"! Gods, I wish corporations like SCO would just go tits-up and let the computing world go on with a modicum of sanity.
I take it you haven't read the GPL lately. Free Software, and thus the GPL, does NOT depend on IP-law. In fact, the GPL defines source code and programs under its license as fully modifiable, in the public domain, where EVERYBODY who wants to can use it. Free software is an antonym of Intellectual Property, get that through your skull. If Linux depended on IP, then it would wind up just like Window$ and other closed-source shitty OS's.
Do your research before you post here.
And what exactly does that bit of information have to do with the RIAA? Their dictatorial tactics are the bane of a lot of people, not just traders. I think that the RIAA needs to either be taken to federal court as Micro$oft was, since at least that will (hopefully) make them rethink their position on "anti-piracy".
Besides, according to the definition of piracy, it is the act of stealing FOR A LIVING and not simply selling or giving away a couple of CDs or video games (or downloading hundreds of "copyrighted" files for your personal use, and maybe sharing with friends).
Scratch another one up for the corporations who utilize power and money to quash the free-thinkers in this supposedly "free and democratic" society.
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And I suppose that next you'll argue the ethical problems concerning the eating of vegetables and fruits? Just because animals can move around and have brains doesn't mean they give a damn if a hominid eats one of them. Yes, we could be deemed as animals ourselves, but after millions of years of evolution, WE'RE the ones on top of the food chain. And don't try that "species are endangered because we eat them" argument, because the only things keeping populations of animals in check are as thus: 1. Predators (including us) 2. Careless fucks who don't give a damn about nature who go around slaughtering animals by the hundreds of thousands for MASS CONSUMPTION (i.e. McDonald's) 3. This insane fasco-capitalist society we live in and force down other nation's throats which threatens nature with every step of "progress". So you see, you uninformed fool, that as long as we followed the unwritten law of nature and ate only what we truly needed to be satisfied (physically, not gorging ourselves to feel better psychologically), we could end (or drastically reduce) the problem of senseless slaughter of food animals (pigs, cows, chickens, seafood, fish, etc.) AND the problem of obesity in humans. Killing animals for food is not senseless on its own, since we as humans have been doing that ever since we roamed the plains as half-apes scraping up leftover carcass-meat, then later on hunting animals for food, to supplement their omnivorous diet. We're designed to eat meat, and so we do. The problem is that we eat TOO MUCH of it. A large percentage of us Americans are gluttons, and we've ignored nature in favor of fast food and instant gratification of their insatiable hunger. Remember that the next time you make an argument against eating meat. Remember, cows, pigs, turkeys, fish, etc. DON'T GIVE A GOOD GOD DAMN IF THEY ARE KILLED AND EATEN AS FOOD! They are biologically incapable of processing emotions. The whole "animals-for-meat ethics" is totally illogical and is an ill-conceived idea. Bottom line. - Please don't brainfart in my direction. Thank you very much.
Hear, hear. Ever heard of the Monsanto links with the Nazis in WWII? Well, maybe not exactly the company as it is today, but one of its founders did have links with the 3rd Reich. And they made the commercially-acceptable neuropoison Nutrasweet, aka Aspartame. Corporate America: Just Say No!
And, unfortunately, many Slashdotters don't give a flying fuck. Have a nice day! 8)
Well, if you stopped bitching about it and started initiating rational discussion, thus setting an example for other posters, then maybe things will change. Until then, accept Slashdot for what it is: an alternative news source built around open feedback from its readers. Try to find another site with the range of topics SD has, and the freedom it gives users... you'll be looking for quite awhile. As for Anti-M$ FUD, let me just say that they deserve every character of it. Would YOU trust a company hell-bent on stripping you of your freedoms, such as DOING WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT with your computer and software? DRM? Dastardly Ridiculous Measures. After all the evidence against Micro$oft's supposed expertise in the software field, and all the steps they are taking to enslave the users of Window$ by way of forced upgrades, refusal to fix security holes, DRM, and other things that M$ uses to control its customers. I agree with you on the matter of drooling idiots making their way onto the message boards, but sometimes, the posts you perceive as unintelligent just might be well-founded and intelligent, it's just that you don't happen to share their opinion. As for lack of factual evidence and Anti-Micro$oft articles, the factual evidence is sitting on millions of computers all across our nation, and indeed, the world. I invite you to visit a friend or colleague or family member who runs Window$. Ask them for their honest opinion about how their OS works. 9 times out of 10, they'll first say: "It's sooo easy to use"!, then the "but"... "BUT... the damn thing crashes constantly and I keep getting these email worms and my drivers don't work with DirectX N, and I can't STAND this new DRM thing! I can't even open my Notepad documents anymore"! You see, there is no hope for people who get suckered into buying and using this new DRMOS Micro$oft has been cooking up. Basically, it's not (mostly) that we are actively against Micro$oft, it's simply that we hate their products. On the other hand, Micro$oft wants to stamp out Open Source and force open source programmers and users to go with Window$. THAT IS FUD. - Give a man Window$ and you sow discord between computer and user. Give that same man Linux and all is set aright with both computer and user. Balance is achieved, and another step towards Zen has been taken.
You've got that right, brother. The entire case has been one big mental breakdown on SCO's part from the very beginning. First, it was "we want to take back our IP rights that IBM infringed on" to: "DESTROY LINUX AND THE GPL AND VILLIFY ITS USERS"! Gods, I wish corporations like SCO would just go tits-up and let the computing world go on with a modicum of sanity.
- Geek Code:
GCS/GM/GMU/GS/GE/GO d-(d) s+:>s+:- a23 C++++(C++) UL++++(UL+++) P>P+++ L++>L++++ E+>E++ W--@ N++(N) o? K->K++ w---(w)>w! O? M--(M-) VMS? PS+++@ PE- Y+>Y++ PGP--(PGP-)>PGP++ t+@>t++@ 5(5++) X++@ R>R+(R*) tv(tv--) b++>b++++ DI+@ D++>D+++ G+++(G++) e>e++++ h-(h+)>h++ r@ !y+>y+
I take it you haven't read the GPL lately. Free Software, and thus the GPL, does NOT depend on IP-law. In fact, the GPL defines source code and programs under its license as fully modifiable, in the public domain, where EVERYBODY who wants to can use it. Free software is an antonym of Intellectual Property, get that through your skull. If Linux depended on IP, then it would wind up just like Window$ and other closed-source shitty OS's. Do your research before you post here.
And what exactly does that bit of information have to do with the RIAA? Their dictatorial tactics are the bane of a lot of people, not just traders. I think that the RIAA needs to either be taken to federal court as Micro$oft was, since at least that will (hopefully) make them rethink their position on "anti-piracy". Besides, according to the definition of piracy, it is the act of stealing FOR A LIVING and not simply selling or giving away a couple of CDs or video games (or downloading hundreds of "copyrighted" files for your personal use, and maybe sharing with friends). Scratch another one up for the corporations who utilize power and money to quash the free-thinkers in this supposedly "free and democratic" society.