The interesting thing about the standards compliance issue is that since Windows is by far the most popular OS, it could be argued that it is the only standards compliant OS out there.
It would be a stupid argument borne of ignorance, but it could be made.
Yes, but let's take a realistic look at this "screwing over" of the American people. He didn't want people to infringe upon the copyrights of the people who hired him to protect those rights. Specifically, he wanted people to not distribute movies.
OH MY GOD THE EVIL!
His methods were hamfisted because there were no good answers. There still are no good answers. That doesn't make him the devil. The hyperbole you advocates can summon to make your cause look even then tiniest bit worthwhile (and you guys really need it, because people do understand that paying for movies isn't really a problem) is astonishing.
Lots of talking I see going on in these comments. Lots of talking. I suspect in real life, in any sort of confrontation with power, there would be just as much bending over.
You don't explain any of it. The important thing to note here is that you are not trying to get someone up to speed on the whole shebang. There's a level of detail beyond which it is perfectly acceptable to say "here be dragons."
So let me get this straight: if you believe they have no right to use the court system, we ought to start shooting people. I like the way you think. You're obviously a smart feller.
Should it really matter? The beauty of the Internet is that everyone is a target for snotty comments. Part and parcel of putting yourself out there in front of the world.
Who says it's my way of thinking? Don't make the mistake of believing something I post on Slashdot is necessarily my opinion.
I will say, you are right, but only on one level. It's also arrogance to believe that you can tell other people the right way to live, and it's beyond arrogance to think you can convince them by insulting them.
So we only look more advanced than they are because we are?
Hell, I could dig up 15 alternative medicine types here in my county who would preach shamanistic bullshit while they rubbed a crystal or an herb or whatever mystical substance on me to cure whatever they could convince me was wrong. It doesn't mean they actually know anything, or are even telling the whole story. Particularly if they can't even began to explain how it was done.
We don't live in a mysterious world. We just live in one we don't fully understand. The subtle difference is that by striving to make sense of it, we learn more about it and are able to do more with it.
We can trade fancy metaphors all day but I'd rather speak in plain terms now, because I'm not interested in a clever words contest.
The United States is its own business, period. We have earned that because we can effectively stop anyone else from making it their business. So, too bad, so sad, keep your opinions about how to run our country flowing and welcome to frustration land because we are never going to listen.
Slashdot Mirror
It's only vaguely related, and it has the likelihood of starting a flamewar. Basically the moderator said "No hijacking for Bush jokes."
Frankly, I agree. It's old and tired and not really applicable here.
Good reply! Only vaguely related, but it bashes the US so you get a virtual +1, Super Intelligent from me.
Maybe because your anecdotal evidence is worth the bits that encode it.
The interesting thing about the standards compliance issue is that since Windows is by far the most popular OS, it could be argued that it is the only standards compliant OS out there.
It would be a stupid argument borne of ignorance, but it could be made.
Yes, but let's take a realistic look at this "screwing over" of the American people. He didn't want people to infringe upon the copyrights of the people who hired him to protect those rights. Specifically, he wanted people to not distribute movies.
OH MY GOD THE EVIL!
His methods were hamfisted because there were no good answers. There still are no good answers. That doesn't make him the devil. The hyperbole you advocates can summon to make your cause look even then tiniest bit worthwhile (and you guys really need it, because people do understand that paying for movies isn't really a problem) is astonishing.
Lots of talking I see going on in these comments. Lots of talking. I suspect in real life, in any sort of confrontation with power, there would be just as much bending over.
You don't explain any of it. The important thing to note here is that you are not trying to get someone up to speed on the whole shebang. There's a level of detail beyond which it is perfectly acceptable to say "here be dragons."
So let me get this straight: if you believe they have no right to use the court system, we ought to start shooting people. I like the way you think. You're obviously a smart feller.
I wonder if you've gone back, read the rest of the thread, and now feel like a silly ass. If not, here is your invitation to do so.
Should it really matter? The beauty of the Internet is that everyone is a target for snotty comments. Part and parcel of putting yourself out there in front of the world.
Who says it's my way of thinking? Don't make the mistake of believing something I post on Slashdot is necessarily my opinion.
I will say, you are right, but only on one level. It's also arrogance to believe that you can tell other people the right way to live, and it's beyond arrogance to think you can convince them by insulting them.
Hurray for insults. Nothing convinces a person of the righteousness of an opinion quite like them.
My statement simply reflects observations. Feel free to refute it, if you can.
That was clever. I hope you patted yourself on the back when you were done submitting it.
One point on the invisible scoreboard for Manatra.
So we only look more advanced than they are because we are?
Hell, I could dig up 15 alternative medicine types here in my county who would preach shamanistic bullshit while they rubbed a crystal or an herb or whatever mystical substance on me to cure whatever they could convince me was wrong. It doesn't mean they actually know anything, or are even telling the whole story. Particularly if they can't even began to explain how it was done.
We don't live in a mysterious world. We just live in one we don't fully understand. The subtle difference is that by striving to make sense of it, we learn more about it and are able to do more with it.
Well there you go, you've come up with a single, partial counter example. Obviously the government should be in charge of the whole thing.
I was actually overestimating - a large portion of the world is just fine with or doesn't care about the US.
We can trade fancy metaphors all day but I'd rather speak in plain terms now, because I'm not interested in a clever words contest.
The United States is its own business, period. We have earned that because we can effectively stop anyone else from making it their business. So, too bad, so sad, keep your opinions about how to run our country flowing and welcome to frustration land because we are never going to listen.
Your outside perspective is off. It's also insulting. From the inside, I can safely say you don't understand America at all.
So? If 5 billion people say 1+1=3, that doesn't mean I have to listen to them.
Just in case you weren't aware, hate is never an intelligent response.
A chance at what? Different people consolidating all the power and making all the money? Wheeeeee.
Both definitions are present on the F@H site. No way to tell which one is real from where I sit.
Thank god you signed up here. Slashdot didn't have anywhere near enough crazy already.
I missed the memo in the US. When did we lose free speech? Was this right around the time the dissent stopped?
You did go on and on, and made some pretty bold assertions, but you never once backed any of your opinions with anything. Perhaps a longwinded troll?