Oh no a few hundred people in known echo chambers spouted out the same opinion? Clearly you have your finger on the pulse of the general public and not some weird-ass self-selected subset.
I keep wondering where this tight control you folks rage about is, and I can't find it. Can you tell me where I should look? I know you wouldn't lie in the service of fanboyism, so I must be locked down... but here I am, doing whatever I want with my computer. What did I miss?
I get that many, many people believe that the people belong to the government (hence your post, for instance) but that is dead wrong. The government does not "represent" the people. The people ARE the government. The government's money IS the people's money. You don't pay the government for the privilege of living, and reading that actually makes me a little sick to my stomach. Your attitude is the problem, not the solution.
I don't know jack abut the subject, but I'll be damned if that stopped me from commenting like I'm an expert.
And that is what's really wrong with the world, people who add their own little extra "facts" to make a point that wasn't really there in the first place. OP never insinuated any sort of expertise, and you are not the arbiter of who is allowed to comment.
If you deprive a person of their rights, is that better or worse than depriving them of their property?
I have long maintained that if the best you can do as a justification is twist the words of your opponents and make tortured semantic arguments to avoid the issue, then you know you're in the wrong, but please, continue shitting in the well and then wonder why the water gets worse. It's so believable.
They do spend their time making better products. If you're not seeing that happen, I suggest you open your eyes for a hot minute. The popular Slashdot conception of patents somehow choking off the marketplace has never been true.
You know what... fuck you, buddy. This story is just rabble-rousing, and believe me, your part of the world (no matter where you are) has no shortage of dipshit rabble to rouse.
In combination with all the other articles the Stallman's tone is downright negative. It doesn't help that he's factually incorrect in the service of his negativity. That's a sign that he's crawled so far up his own ass he won't be coming out any time soon.
Just like it's the perfectly valid choice of those around him to not like his choices, to object to his silence, and to find him unusual and off-putting?
The real answer, which I would never expect to find your typical "M$ SUCKS" Slashdotter admitting to, is that Microsoft does not produce shit, and their products do not universally fail.
Quick logical question - if it's supposed to be publicly accessible but it's jammed to the edges with squatting protesters, is it not incumbent upon the owners to clear the protesters out to keep the park accessible to everyone else?
Please, feel free to elaborate on this. I've been trying and honestly I've only come across conflicting lists of unrealistic claptrap myself. I'd happily give this movement more credence if I could find even a hint of something I could agree with.
Slashdot Mirror
2004. They've changed quite a bit since then, from what I understand.
I vastly prefer a corporate system over a government system. I can choose to not do business with any given corporation.
Have you not updated recently? It definitely does replace mistakenly joined words.
That's the irony, generally speaking people just post any old blather.
What I always wonder about this attitude - Why, if you're too scared to take the risks, do you deserve the rewards?
LOL they "just" got lucky...
Let's call this the fallacy of the 99%.
It's hard to figure, isn't it? Apparently Slashdot supports "free" as in "ripping people off"
Oh no a few hundred people in known echo chambers spouted out the same opinion? Clearly you have your finger on the pulse of the general public and not some weird-ass self-selected subset.
I keep wondering where this tight control you folks rage about is, and I can't find it. Can you tell me where I should look? I know you wouldn't lie in the service of fanboyism, so I must be locked down... but here I am, doing whatever I want with my computer. What did I miss?
Just to piss you off.
You know what you should do? You should give it a clever name like "handegg" and then pat yourself on the back for being so amazingly observant.
Sorta like the word "evil" on Slashdot?
You are absolutely free to live like them and make the comparison valid, otherwise, you don't actually have a point.
I get that many, many people believe that the people belong to the government (hence your post, for instance) but that is dead wrong. The government does not "represent" the people. The people ARE the government. The government's money IS the people's money. You don't pay the government for the privilege of living, and reading that actually makes me a little sick to my stomach. Your attitude is the problem, not the solution.
I don't know jack abut the subject, but I'll be damned if that stopped me from commenting like I'm an expert.
And that is what's really wrong with the world, people who add their own little extra "facts" to make a point that wasn't really there in the first place. OP never insinuated any sort of expertise, and you are not the arbiter of who is allowed to comment.
If you deprive a person of their rights, is that better or worse than depriving them of their property?
I have long maintained that if the best you can do as a justification is twist the words of your opponents and make tortured semantic arguments to avoid the issue, then you know you're in the wrong, but please, continue shitting in the well and then wonder why the water gets worse. It's so believable.
They do spend their time making better products. If you're not seeing that happen, I suggest you open your eyes for a hot minute. The popular Slashdot conception of patents somehow choking off the marketplace has never been true.
It's only correct if you stopped speaking English for that one word, otherwise the plural form is "viruses"
You know what... fuck you, buddy. This story is just rabble-rousing, and believe me, your part of the world (no matter where you are) has no shortage of dipshit rabble to rouse.
In combination with all the other articles the Stallman's tone is downright negative. It doesn't help that he's factually incorrect in the service of his negativity. That's a sign that he's crawled so far up his own ass he won't be coming out any time soon.
Just like it's the perfectly valid choice of those around him to not like his choices, to object to his silence, and to find him unusual and off-putting?
That world existed. People lived to be about 40 and life basically sucked for everyone but the aristocrats.
The real answer, which I would never expect to find your typical "M$ SUCKS" Slashdotter admitting to, is that Microsoft does not produce shit, and their products do not universally fail.
Quick logical question - if it's supposed to be publicly accessible but it's jammed to the edges with squatting protesters, is it not incumbent upon the owners to clear the protesters out to keep the park accessible to everyone else?
Please, feel free to elaborate on this. I've been trying and honestly I've only come across conflicting lists of unrealistic claptrap myself. I'd happily give this movement more credence if I could find even a hint of something I could agree with.
You know, I keep meaning to check with you to ensure my purchases meet your standards, but I keep forgetting to actually care enough to do it.