"They showed me a letter from the Spanish Department of the Interior which said, basically, "Gosh, if you say they were abused, then we believe you." Then they waved this letter around claiming the Spanish Government corroborated their claims."
Point well made. The Spanish government's a good source of moral outrage when it comes to the treatment of animals.
"Perhaps Microsoft would be better off (quality-wise, not financially), if they phased out all of their projects other than building OS's and office suites."
I sometimes wonder what will happen to the economy if MS ceased trading altogether. The fall-out from the vendor lock-in alone could cripple a vast swath of the global economy.
The companies hanging off its coat tails are in the umptybillions too....
The best ones usually have a huge network of contacts where small businesses buy "opt-in mailing campaigns" or some such rubbish from a third party, who then subcontract someone to harvest or buy a list from the Internet and then give it to a another spammer who sends the actual spam.
How about someone figures out how to write an incremental list generator, searches for and finds an open relay and sets a bot loose?
There's more than one way to skin a cliche, so to speak.
What good is technology if it's locked up between a few corporations? How will that help anyone?
I know I ask more questions than I answer, but that's just me.
If I didn't support OSS, I wouldn't be true to myself and I wouldn't be true to my kids - for better or worse.
After all, how can my kids learn how something works and develop it further if the guts of that thing are locked away in a capitalist vault serving only that tiny minority who supposedly 'owns' it? A tiny minority, I hasten to add, which seeks only to improve the lot of itself at others' expense.
Ownership is a fad; knowledge, or lack, is perpetual.
That's pretty much why I subtly push my shit down other people's throats.
"I propose your local gov't confiscate your the vast majority of your fiscal property in order to help lift up the 99% of humanity who trail you financially."
Dude, check out Finland. The unemployed get approximately 80% of the avarege income in benefits.
Then again, there's only about 30 of them.....Finnish, that is.....
*cough*
....aaaaaanyhow, the point I'm making is, it's all fucked up, and no political system has yet been found to work, based on relative, arbitrary and often-violently-differing value sets.
"I'd much rather see them go with a lead-bismuth breeder. It's a breeder (so you can utilize more fuel), it produces less waste, the waste is easier to handle, it's anti-proliferation, there's no graphite, there's no pellets to jam, etc."
That's the trouble with you nuclear physicists, you make out you know what you're talking about and then round the whole lot off with 'etc', as if everyone is going to fill in the gaps.
What does 'etc' signify? Certain death? Mild itching? What?! For God's sake man! Tell us!!
"I think a more pressing problem is limited habitability of Earth -- thousand years, tops?
I reckon you're way off the mark.
With the tools we have at the moment and the way we're handling them, I reckon we've got 50-odd years at the outside...assuming there isn't some catastrophic event between now and then, that is.
I've convinced my entire company to make the change to Firefox. They had to keep IE for online banking and other sites which use Active-X. I've been using Linux for 6 years, but I really can't think of a way round this. Other than making the vendor change the way they do things for a minority, is there any simple way?
I agree, but I think you're missing the bigger picture. If our single universe stops behaving in a very chaotic, mathematically insane manner, we all die, or don't, with any, all and no possible end results, all happening at the same time, never and forever.
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"They showed me a letter from the Spanish Department of the Interior which said, basically, "Gosh, if you say they were abused, then we believe you." Then they waved this letter around claiming the Spanish Government corroborated their claims."
Point well made. The Spanish government's a good source of moral outrage when it comes to the treatment of animals.
Bovines, for example....
On two occasions in the last few weeks I've tried to use the point-to-point directions based on post codes.
/.ers, it's an alpha release for us.
The information is utterly incorrect and extremely ambiguous.
Take note, fellow UK
Dude - I don't have the mod points right now to push you to 5 Insightful, but I would if I did have then.
It's always heartening to see someone fighting the corner of those who can't fight for themselves.
Cheers, dude. Hope you have a good'n.
"Perhaps Microsoft would be better off (quality-wise, not financially), if they phased out all of their projects other than building OS's and office suites."
I sometimes wonder what will happen to the economy if MS ceased trading altogether. The fall-out from the vendor lock-in alone could cripple a vast swath of the global economy.
The companies hanging off its coat tails are in the umptybillions too....
Just a [probably unoriginal] thought.
"Spam is one big pyramid scheme."
So's capitalism if you confine it to a single planet.
My point was, it's relatively simple to contact large numbers of people via email, with nothing much to stop that from happening.
Dunno what the answer is though...more's the pitty.
Then again, like the average hitch hiker, I'm not really sure what the question is either.
The best ones usually have a huge network of contacts where small businesses buy "opt-in mailing campaigns" or some such rubbish from a third party, who then subcontract someone to harvest or buy a list from the Internet and then give it to a another spammer who sends the actual spam.
How about someone figures out how to write an incremental list generator, searches for and finds an open relay and sets a bot loose?
There's more than one way to skin a cliche, so to speak.
Cheers,
D.
What good is technology if it's locked up between a few corporations? How will that help anyone?
I know I ask more questions than I answer, but that's just me.
If I didn't support OSS, I wouldn't be true to myself and I wouldn't be true to my kids - for better or worse.
After all, how can my kids learn how something works and develop it further if the guts of that thing are locked away in a capitalist vault serving only that tiny minority who supposedly 'owns' it? A tiny minority, I hasten to add, which seeks only to improve the lot of itself at others' expense.
Ownership is a fad; knowledge, or lack, is perpetual.
That's pretty much why I subtly push my shit down other people's throats.
What, enforced payment to operate a TV set is a good business model?
Well, yes, I suppose it probably is.
Sorry - lost the tread a bit there - thought I had a point to make....
Karmic feedback-loop method, noted.
Your Karma: Shin Bet and/or Hammas want to talk to you.
Dude, I hope the following helps....
"Brace! Brace! Brace!"
"Women, children and gifted first!"
Such an insightful comment - I bet you wished you'd posted under you own sig.
/. stands as a bastion of free speech*.
That aside, I genuinely think MS has blown its load. It knows it and, like a cornered tiger, it'll fight to the bitter end.
Much blood will be spilled.
Such is the nature of the universe.
However, and mark my words, MS is nearing its end...and I ain't talking about Marks & fucking Sparks, either.
To be frank, I don't give a fuck whether you agree or not - it stands as a prediction as long as
*Hey, the Scienology sellout was a one-off....
"This jsut the IP trap we need to get the IP situation under control... then all we have to do is convice lawmakers... their decisions will stick."
That's right, entrust the decision making process to someone else. That'll make it all go away.
Shhhhhh.....sleep now.
"I propose your local gov't confiscate your the vast majority of your fiscal property in order to help lift up the 99% of humanity who trail you financially."
Dude, check out Finland. The unemployed get approximately 80% of the avarege income in benefits.
Then again, there's only about 30 of them.....Finnish, that is.....
*cough*
....aaaaaanyhow, the point I'm making is, it's all fucked up, and no political system has yet been found to work, based on relative, arbitrary and often-violently-differing value sets.
"You've said that before, haven't you? I only ask because that's the same excuse your mom gave me this morning."
Everything's dead.
Everything.
You, my mother, your mother, - every - single - living - thing - on - this - planet.
Make whatever insulting comments you will, you're still dead.
Welcome to reality.
reminds me of a thing my friend says..."If we weren't s'posed to do it, we wouldn't be able to do it."
Works for religionists and evolutionists alike.
Just a thought - make of it what you will.
"I'd much rather see them go with a lead-bismuth breeder. It's a breeder (so you can utilize more fuel), it produces less waste, the waste is easier to handle, it's anti-proliferation, there's no graphite, there's no pellets to jam, etc."
That's the trouble with you nuclear physicists, you make out you know what you're talking about and then round the whole lot off with 'etc', as if everyone is going to fill in the gaps.
What does 'etc' signify? Certain death? Mild itching? What?! For God's sake man! Tell us!!
What a wonderful idea and a great journal to boot.
Thanks.
You people are rank amateurs when it comes to paranoia.
"I think a more pressing problem is limited habitability of Earth -- thousand years, tops?
:)
I reckon you're way off the mark.
With the tools we have at the moment and the way we're handling them, I reckon we've got 50-odd years at the outside...assuming there isn't some catastrophic event between now and then, that is.
The hell with that. I want that thing as a bodyguard...or so big I can sit in its head.
I've convinced my entire company to make the change to Firefox. They had to keep IE for online banking and other sites which use Active-X. I've been using Linux for 6 years, but I really can't think of a way round this. Other than making the vendor change the way they do things for a minority, is there any simple way?
"If the BSA ever comes to my door, I will make soap with their bodies, and wash my balls with it."
Don't throw the bones away! I know a nice little soup recipe.
Linus seems to use a lot of cliches.
It's not a bad thing, but you can talk cliches till the cows come home....
Sorry, folks. I'm here all week.
The question is, does someone who types "OH GOD THE USB CABLE IS ENTERING MY EYESOCKET!" really need to use exclamation marks?
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Bemused, from Surrey.
I agree, but I think you're missing the bigger picture. If our single universe stops behaving in a very chaotic, mathematically insane manner, we all die, or don't, with any, all and no possible end results, all happening at the same time, never and forever.
Or not.