I don't want to flame.. but... How can people call this thing "music"? If you use the word Music to describe Led Zeppelin, or Iron Maiden, you can't use the same word for this guy. May be the correct word is "market" and not "music"
Why?. Virus Checkers are NOT necesary. Virus Checkers exists because there are flaws in the Operating System most people uses, and in the poeple itself, that lets viruses in. I Use GNU/Linux, and i don't install shit. The Solution is simple. Install Operating Systems that work, and teach people. Don't use ugly patches like viruse checkers.
My current Slackware Install has been upgraded from 7.1 to 8.0 to 9.0 to 9.1 to 10.0 to 10.1. I never had to reinstall. And upgrading was as easy as upgradepkg --installnew/cdrom/Slackware/*/*.tgz
Yep, People is easily misleaded. For example, you are saying "Linux distros", When you should say "GNU/Linux distributions". You are afraid that people confuses the BSDs with the GNU Operating system. I Understand your worries, i think i was as clear as i could be, but i will try to differenciate more the *BSDs from the GNU Operating System. Please correct your mistake of calling the system "Linux", Linux is just a component (a kernel), that works together with the GNU OS, but the name of the Operating system is still GNU or GNU/Linux if you prefere.
It's not my intention to troll or flame, but: Why doesn't people just stick with Slackware?. They were here first. It's the more mature distro we have right now. It's simple, i just read sometimes the kind of troubles people have with some distros and i just can't beleive it. A distribution shouldn't get in the middle, just install and go away. You should just forget about what distro you installed the moment you are done installing it. That is only true about Slackware GNU/Linux and the BSDs.
We are seing articles about patent applications at least once a week. We have another potencial litigious bastard here, but, what do we gain by saying the same stuff each time we see such a story? (and beleive me, you will se a lot more in the future) Just add this to your/etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 www.amazon.com 127.0.0.1 amazon.com
Don't buy anything from them, don't recommend amazon to friends, don't keep a wishlist, don't even go to the frkn site, don't click on banners, etc,etc.
1) You are a nerd sitting at your parents basement. Fidel Castro got out and did something. He's not the kind of president the USA can have, he fought for what he beleived, and you have got to respect that, specially, if you are just critizicing from your home, and are not out there actually doing something.
2) You state that Cuba could be trading with EU, China, AU, Japan, or any other nation WORNG: The US forbids his allies from trading with Cuba, the blocking is international. And the USA will go after anyone that trades with Cuba.
3) You say that "Fidel HATES capitolism", how is that a bad thing?, you hace communism, your government hates communism, your system, other people's systems, so what?, just respect other sociopolitical systems.
4) You dare to say that someone that recovered a country that was previously a brothel for the USA, turning it into an independant country, with an educated population, that researches in fields such as medicine at the same levels than the big capitalist empires, is "mentally ill", and then, you sware it in all caps in the name of a mythical, nonexistent being, that has theoretically created the universe?. I think someone here is nuts, but it's not Fidel.
5) (yes, I've watched an interview of him on CNN) So, you are from the USA, so you are obviuosly biased, and you base your opinion on an interview edited by the CNN?. Please, Grow up.
6) You say "socialistic pig", i think it's the first time that i listen such a think. You may be against certain socialist, but, how an you be against socialism?, It's something i just can't get into my head. Socialism is not the same as Communism, i think you are just mistaken. Please, let me ilustrate it this way:
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB& wo rd1=%22Communist+pig%22&word2=%22Capitalist+Pig%22 http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB& wo rd1=%22Capitalist+pig%22&word2=%22Socialist+Pig%22
GNUALMAFUERTE summarized what would take me several pages to say, and he did it better than I could ever have.
I'm from Argentina, we are a country that has been fucked up by the USA allmost as much as Cuba, with the exception that we seem to like it and accept it pacefully. And, since there exists a relationship beetween Cuba and Argentina (From Jose Marti to the Che Guevara, there is some kind of relationship beetween us), Cuba is for us, in many aspects, where we don't want to be, but, in many others, it's exactly where we would like to be, but we don't dare to. Maybe that situation just let's us understand what goes on in your country...
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treats their citizens worse than Kim Jong Il or Fidel Castro
oh, and you have heard from Fidel in the CNN, right? Read some history, learn what was Cuba before Fidel. You could also get a clue about WHO is keeping Cubans Hostages. The USA is the one limiting the growth of Cuba, and being constantly hostile to them, that's what forces Fidel to keep this regime, if he opens up Cuba, what is still left of the revolution will die in a matter of days in hands of the USA. You opress them, they close down they country as tight as they can in order to protect it from you, and then you call them a dictatorship?. Please stop watching the CNN.
Free Software is about Freedom. If software A requires software B to run, and A is released under a free license, but B is proprietary, then we can not consider A really free, because it requires proprietary software in order to run. It doesn't matter what kind of proprietary requirement it has, whether it's a library or an operating system, it's still wrong. BTW: Do you have something against pot?, that comment, is discriminatory, at best.
Many people ports free software, to free plataforms. It's ethically wrong to port free software to propietary plataforms. You are heling exactly what you are fighting if you do.
You ask for free software for windows?. Let me explain you something: You are using proprietary software. If you continue to use proprietary software, you are not helping Free Software. So, if you are not helping us, how can you expect more free software?. if you feel you have the right to ask for specific free software, please at least support us and get a free operating system, at least.
This is not a windows-flaming comment. Just someone has to point out this kind of stuff. People ask for free software for proprietary plataforms, and they don't realize just HOW HARD it's to produce free software. how much effort is put into it. And, still, someone that is helping proprietary software survive, and is doing nothing for Free Software, asks for specific developments, that will run under his proprietary os?. Just doesn't make any sense.
I Don't respect copyright. Not even in the case of the GPL. Copyright is ethically wrong, and the GPL is a workarround. It's not what the members of the Free Software comunity wants, it's just a hack on the copyright law, that let's Free Software exist. I'm against software/hardware/arts that limits what people can do with it. If someone enforces the GPL, he's trying to STOP someone else from creating propietary software, and defending our rights to access his creation, and so, it's a good action. If someone tries to enforce a proprietary license, he's trying to forbid us from using his creation freely, he's helping proprietary software/arts/hardware survive, and is killing your freedom.
Technology gets smarter while some big companys tell dummys that they can also use technology, that they don't need specialized personal, in order to increase sales, since it's easier to sell shit to assholes than good products to smart people.
That is certainly important. Free Software encourages diversity. back in the day, even in the world of proprietary software, people had alternatives, they would ask you what OS you run, if you had a gui or not, what word processor you used, or what spreadsheet, what browser, etc.
Now, people using proprietary software uses a given set of applications, for a given set of basic tasks, and there is allmost no variation, besides versions.
Free Software encourages the necesary diversitiy in the software that is used. I Think there are not 2 geeks that has the same setup on their Free Software Box. We have various OSs to choose from, and we do, in the case of GNU/Linux, we have different distros, we use various browsers, terminal emulators, editors, office suits, IM programs, media players, mail clients, etc,etc, etc.
But Most of the users that are currently switching are users that allready used browsers other than IE (That is, Opera, Mozilla Suite, Netscape, etc. users). I would like to see actual numbers, not numbers that cames from the logs of some website, but stats that let's us track individual browser use, and see who is switching from what to what. Most Internet Explorer market is people with default windows installs, and that is at least 70% of the market. That people is not going to switch anytime soon. So the grow of firefox will sadly certainly encounter it's roof soon.
I Would also like to make something clear, this is not a victory for Free Software like many people understand. This is not a victory against propietary software. Most of the people that installs Firefox doens't undestand or care about the fact that firefox is Free Software. Most firefox installs are under windows. We will be talking about the victory of Free Software when people understands why Free Software is important, and why proprietary software shouldn't be used, and NOT when some specific piece of Free Software gains marketshare.
I Absolutely agree about what Mensa and Mensa members are. But, also, it's funny that Mensa associates with MSN. An association of Mensa and, say, Google would make more sense. But Microsoft Products, specially, MSN, specifically points to unskilled, uneducated masses. Just take a look at the MSN website, and what they usually promote. MSN means Stupid-proof IM, and the MSN website is promotion of Stupid-proof content, like TV, and "Does your boyfriend love you" tests. Certainly the kind of public that has Mensa memberships, but NOT the kind of public Mensa CLAIMS their members are.
They never had a legitim bussiness (or they did in the past, but now it's gone), so they are paid to spread FUD; and would just do anything to take the last bucks out of their company.
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I don't want to flame
How can people call this thing "music"?
If you use the word Music to describe Led Zeppelin, or Iron Maiden, you can't use the same word for this guy. May be the correct word is "market" and not "music"
Why?.
Virus Checkers are NOT necesary. Virus Checkers exists because there are flaws in the Operating System most people uses, and in the poeple itself, that lets viruses in.
I Use GNU/Linux, and i don't install shit.
The Solution is simple. Install Operating Systems that work, and teach people. Don't use ugly patches like viruse checkers.
The UK has leaded the world of Music for years. Not comercially, but in quality and innovation.
Up The Irons!.
[Disclaimer: I'm not from the UK]
My current Slackware Install has been upgraded from 7.1 to 8.0 to 9.0 to 9.1 to 10.0 to 10.1. /cdrom/Slackware/*/*.tgz
I never had to reinstall. And upgrading was as easy as upgradepkg --installnew
ALMAFUERTE
Yep, People is easily misleaded. For example, you are saying "Linux distros", When you should say "GNU/Linux distributions". You are afraid that people confuses the BSDs with the GNU Operating system. I Understand your worries, i think i was as clear as i could be, but i will try to differenciate more the *BSDs from the GNU Operating System. Please correct your mistake of calling the system "Linux", Linux is just a component (a kernel), that works together with the GNU OS, but the name of the Operating system is still GNU or GNU/Linux if you prefere.
ALMAFUERTE
It's not my intention to troll or flame, but: Why doesn't people just stick with Slackware?.
They were here first. It's the more mature distro we have right now. It's simple, i just read sometimes the kind of troubles people have with some distros and i just can't beleive it. A distribution shouldn't get in the middle, just install and go away. You should just forget about what distro you installed the moment you are done installing it. That is only true about Slackware GNU/Linux and the BSDs.
We are seing articles about patent applications at least once a week. /etc/hosts file:
We have another potencial litigious bastard here, but, what do we gain by saying the same stuff each time we see such a story? (and beleive me, you will se a lot more in the future)
Just add this to your
127.0.0.1 www.amazon.com
127.0.0.1 amazon.com
Don't buy anything from them, don't recommend amazon to friends, don't keep a wishlist, don't even go to the frkn site, don't click on banners, etc,etc.
It's the only way we can fight them.
1) You are a nerd sitting at your parents basement. Fidel Castro got out and did something. He's not the kind of president the USA can have, he fought for what he beleived, and you have got to respect that, specially, if you are just critizicing from your home, and are not out there actually doing something.
& wo rd1=%22Communist+pig%22&word2=%22Capitalist+Pig%22 & wo rd1=%22Capitalist+pig%22&word2=%22Socialist+Pig%22
2) You state that Cuba could be trading with EU, China, AU, Japan, or any other nation
WORNG: The US forbids his allies from trading with Cuba, the blocking is international. And the USA will go after anyone that trades with Cuba.
3) You say that "Fidel HATES capitolism", how is that a bad thing?, you hace communism, your government hates communism, your system, other people's systems, so what?, just respect other sociopolitical systems.
4) You dare to say that someone that recovered a country that was previously a brothel for the USA, turning it into an independant country, with an educated population, that researches in fields such as medicine at the same levels than the big capitalist empires, is "mentally ill", and then, you sware it in all caps in the name of a mythical, nonexistent being, that has theoretically created the universe?. I think someone here is nuts, but it's not Fidel.
5) (yes, I've watched an interview of him on CNN) So, you are from the USA, so you are obviuosly biased, and you base your opinion on an interview edited by the CNN?. Please, Grow up.
6) You say "socialistic pig", i think it's the first time that i listen such a think. You may be against certain socialist, but, how an you be against socialism?, It's something i just can't get into my head. Socialism is not the same as Communism, i think you are just mistaken.
Please, let me ilustrate it this way:
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB
GNUALMAFUERTE summarized what would take me several pages to say, and he did it better than I could ever have.
...
I'm from Argentina, we are a country that has been fucked up by the USA allmost as much as Cuba, with the exception that we seem to like it and accept it pacefully. And, since there exists a relationship beetween Cuba and Argentina (From Jose Marti to the Che Guevara, there is some kind of relationship beetween us), Cuba is for us, in many aspects, where we don't want to be, but, in many others, it's exactly where we would like to be, but we don't dare to.
Maybe that situation just let's us understand what goes on in your country
treats their citizens worse than Kim Jong Il or Fidel Castro
oh, and you have heard from Fidel in the CNN, right?
Read some history, learn what was Cuba before Fidel. You could also get a clue about WHO is keeping Cubans Hostages. The USA is the one limiting the growth of Cuba, and being constantly hostile to them, that's what forces Fidel to keep this regime, if he opens up Cuba, what is still left of the revolution will die in a matter of days in hands of the USA. You opress them, they close down they country as tight as they can in order to protect it from you, and then you call them a dictatorship?.
Please stop watching the CNN.
Free Software is about Freedom.
If software A requires software B to run, and A is released under a free license, but B is proprietary, then we can not consider A really free, because it requires proprietary software in order to run.
It doesn't matter what kind of proprietary requirement it has, whether it's a library or an operating system, it's still wrong.
BTW: Do you have something against pot?, that comment, is discriminatory, at best.
to just download the torrent :)
Cause nobody ports free software.
Many people ports free software, to free plataforms.
It's ethically wrong to port free software to propietary plataforms. You are heling exactly what you are fighting if you do.
You ask for free software for windows?.
Let me explain you something: You are using proprietary software. If you continue to use proprietary software, you are not helping Free Software. So, if you are not helping us, how can you expect more free software?.
if you feel you have the right to ask for specific free software, please at least support us and get a free operating system, at least.
This is not a windows-flaming comment. Just someone has to point out this kind of stuff. People ask for free software for proprietary plataforms, and they don't realize just HOW HARD it's to produce free software. how much effort is put into it. And, still, someone that is helping proprietary software survive, and is doing nothing for Free Software, asks for specific developments, that will run under his proprietary os?.
Just doesn't make any sense.
I Don't respect copyright. Not even in the case of the GPL. Copyright is ethically wrong, and the GPL is a workarround. It's not what the members of the Free Software comunity wants, it's just a hack on the copyright law, that let's Free Software exist.
I'm against software/hardware/arts that limits what people can do with it. If someone enforces the GPL, he's trying to STOP someone else from creating propietary software, and defending our rights to access his creation, and so, it's a good action. If someone tries to enforce a proprietary license, he's trying to forbid us from using his creation freely, he's helping proprietary software/arts/hardware survive, and is killing your freedom.
Technology gets smarter while some big companys tell dummys that they can also use technology, that they don't need specialized personal, in order to increase sales, since it's easier to sell shit to assholes than good products to smart people.
You mean, good enough?
Memory and inteligence are not necesarily related.
I am also setting up my own contest!. ... ;-)
Give your best shot at 207.46.130.108
The point is precisely the one expressed in it's name. FREEDOM.e -for-fr eedom.html
Please read this:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-softwar
ALMAFUERTE
You are mistaken. You are talking about Open Source.
More marketshare is a victory for Open Source, but it's not a victory for Free Software.
That is certainly important. Free Software encourages diversity. back in the day, even in the world of proprietary software, people had alternatives, they would ask you what OS you run, if you had a gui or not, what word processor you used, or what spreadsheet, what browser, etc.
Now, people using proprietary software uses a given set of applications, for a given set of basic tasks, and there is allmost no variation, besides versions.
Free Software encourages the necesary diversitiy in the software that is used. I Think there are not 2 geeks that has the same setup on their Free Software Box. We have various OSs to choose from, and we do, in the case of GNU/Linux, we have different distros, we use various browsers, terminal emulators, editors, office suits, IM programs, media players, mail clients, etc,etc, etc.
ALMAFUERTE
But Most of the users that are currently switching are users that allready used browsers other than IE (That is, Opera, Mozilla Suite, Netscape, etc. users). I would like to see actual numbers, not numbers that cames from the logs of some website, but stats that let's us track individual browser use, and see who is switching from what to what.
Most Internet Explorer market is people with default windows installs, and that is at least 70% of the market. That people is not going to switch anytime soon. So the grow of firefox will sadly certainly encounter it's roof soon.
I Would also like to make something clear, this is not a victory for Free Software like many people understand. This is not a victory against propietary software. Most of the people that installs Firefox doens't undestand or care about the fact that firefox is Free Software. Most firefox installs are under windows.
We will be talking about the victory of Free Software when people understands why Free Software is important, and why proprietary software shouldn't be used, and NOT when some specific piece of Free Software gains marketshare.
I Absolutely agree about what Mensa and Mensa members are. But, also, it's funny that Mensa associates with MSN. An association of Mensa and, say, Google would make more sense. But Microsoft Products, specially, MSN, specifically points to unskilled, uneducated masses. Just take a look at the MSN website, and what they usually promote.
MSN means Stupid-proof IM, and the MSN website is promotion of Stupid-proof content, like TV, and "Does your boyfriend love you" tests.
Certainly the kind of public that has Mensa memberships, but NOT the kind of public Mensa CLAIMS their members are.
Same that happends with SCO and others.
They never had a legitim bussiness (or they did in the past, but now it's gone), so they are paid to spread FUD; and would just do anything to take the last bucks out of their company.