I just found out about wengo. And I've never sounded so much like an advertisment; I've been telling everyone about it. No more booting to windows just to make a call because skype keeps crapping out on the sound in Linux...yay!
He's probably just as disadvantaged. I never said such a kid wouldn't be. But at least he sees other white people in various positions of power and wealth so that he knows for a fact that it's not his race that's the problem. He will never suspect (as some black kids actually do) that he can't achieve much because of the color of his skin.
See, the poor white kid doesn't need to be reminded that, yes, white people do go to college and become doctors and politicians. He sees it all the time on tv even if he doesn't know anyone personally who has enjoyed such success. But black kids in the ghetto do need to be reminded that, yes, black people do go to college and become doctors and politicians. It's not something that would be obvious to them otherwise. Some don't even see those paths as options.
Re-reading your first post that I replied to I suspect that maybe you think all this 'look what black people can do' stuff is supposed to convince white people of black people's worth? If so, that's not it at all. It's to convince black people of black people's worth. There's a huge self-esteem problem amongst poor black kids which is directly related to a lack of black role models. All this 'look at what good blacks have done' stuff is to show these kids that there are black people who grew up just like them who succeeded. White kids already know there are successful white people out there.
Then why not base affirmative action off of socioeconomic status and not something as arbitrary as skin color? Besides, given that blacks are per-capita the lowest, wouldn't they be helped the most?
I agree and don't understand why more things like this aren't based more off of class.
I also get irritated when time and again there will be a study showing how blacks are statistically more (insert flaw here) when the exact same thing can be said about poor people in general without considering race. Hell, if one only included me and my black friends in their study they would have to come to the conclusion that 90% of black kids go to university straight out of high school and they never, ever get into trouble with the law. But I grew up in a middle class area. Trying to apply these studies based on race to me and my friends would be stupid
The conspiracy theorist in me believes that if we started talking about the real causes of our problems, class divisions, then poor blacks and whites would put away any differences and really change this country. But the (rich) powers that be won't let that happen.
Maybe this "see, black people can do things too" mentality was needed when the nation was trying to shift out of the slavery mindset, but do we honestly still need it today, in 200-freakin-6!
Yes, sadly we do. And it's not all about racism or oppression. When growing up in a ghetto where there is no one to look up to, where no one achieves anything worth noting, a black child might come to the conclusion that black people just never do anything noteworthy, and that they should probably not even try. If the kid doesn't know anyone who went to college, then yes, they do need someone to show them that black people can go to college.
Of course, we know that that kids' bad situation is more a function of them being poor than being black, but in a country where everything is black and white, where the kid sees white educated people on tv and uneducated black people in his neighborhood, he's going to come to some conclusions that involve race.
Don't be silly. White history month are the other months of the year, and the white entertainment channels are called ABC, NBC, CBS.
Finally, the universities defending affirmative action and giving scholarships to blacks, especially the ivy league ones,don't do so because of the 'poor black kids' they do it because they know that a diverse student and faculty body make for a better educational experience. University isn't just about classes and grades. I know I wouldn't want to go to a school with all middle-class and rich white kids. What fun would that be? And diversity isn't just about race. If 95% of students who went to Harvard cited trombone playing as their extra curricular hobby there would soon be an 'un-fair' agenda to get more non-trombone playing students into the school.
Did you really think that the old white men running Yale and Princeton are just racist and think of ways to piss off rich white kids? Or that BET is anything more than a television station that is out to make money? Get a clue, if there wasn't a demand for BET, it wouldn't exist. It's not as if it's a government funded program.
And this statement: Honestly, look at how racial diversity is crammed into everything. You almost never see an advertisement that doesn't include a black person or an asian person right up there with white people.
Oh no! You don't get to see ads with only white people. Poor fucking baby! How would it sound if someone were clamoring for ads with only asian people? Pretty stupid. And why would a company have only one race in their ads? Have you never considered the possibility that those companies showing the ads also want to sell their products to blacks and asians? It's not about them being trying to be diverse, its about them wanting as broad a target market as possible.
Maybe you should think about why things are the way they are before you spout your knee-jerk reactions. For someone who claims to not want race involved in everything, you sure do seem to see racial issues where there are none.
It seems as if journalists (or Apple proponents in general) have caught whatever afflicted the Linux fan-boys. Every release or change in Apple software/hardware is seen as something that could trigger a whole bunch of Windows users to switch.
Ha Ha, I just got a huge sign that I've been reading/. too long (or maybe I'm just tired). My first thought when finished reading the post was "great post, but what's with the dissing of **AA?, I mean I don't like those trolls either, but I don't randomly insult the GNAA in my posts".
I've just never heard of an optical drive being unsupported by Linux. I've certainly never run into one myself. It's only been 2 years, and 4 optical drives, but still..
Now it makes sense how everytime a benefit of FOSS was seemingly touted there was a "but" usually ending with "and proprietary software can also do this".
Even with an obvious example like FOSS being easy to localize to one's local language it was asserted that "Microsoft makes a living out of making its software customizable while still closely guarding its source code". Sure it can but it doesn't, at least not until it's profitable. Which is understandable, but with FOSS speakers of unpopular languages don't have to wait until translations to their language becomes profitable to some company.
After reading this comment I thought "doesn't png cover lossy and lossless already?". So I looked up some articles on png vs gif vs jpeg (I'm no expert in this stuff) and found no reason to ever use anything besides png.
Nope, I checked later and saw that the copy was still encrypted. Even used DVD-decrypter on the copies later which found the encryption and then decrypted it.
All I did to make the copy was "dd if=/dev/hdc of=image.iso" from the command line, which just copies the filesystem on drive hdc to an iso, hdc being my optical drive.
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I just found out about wengo. And I've never sounded so much like an advertisment; I've been telling everyone about it. No more booting to windows just to make a call because skype keeps crapping out on the sound in Linux...yay!
Here's a suitable quote: "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, it's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
Shhh! How else am I to afford those bacterial DVDs when they come out?
interestingly enough (or perhaps not so), that if the news story involved statistical physics users became uninterested after 36 seconds.
He's probably just as disadvantaged. I never said such a kid wouldn't be. But at least he sees other white people in various positions of power and wealth so that he knows for a fact that it's not his race that's the problem. He will never suspect (as some black kids actually do) that he can't achieve much because of the color of his skin.
See, the poor white kid doesn't need to be reminded that, yes, white people do go to college and become doctors and politicians. He sees it all the time on tv even if he doesn't know anyone personally who has enjoyed such success. But black kids in the ghetto do need to be reminded that, yes, black people do go to college and become doctors and politicians. It's not something that would be obvious to them otherwise. Some don't even see those paths as options.
Re-reading your first post that I replied to I suspect that maybe you think all this 'look what black people can do' stuff is supposed to convince white people of black people's worth? If so, that's not it at all. It's to convince black people of black people's worth. There's a huge self-esteem problem amongst poor black kids which is directly related to a lack of black role models. All this 'look at what good blacks have done' stuff is to show these kids that there are black people who grew up just like them who succeeded. White kids already know there are successful white people out there.
Then why not base affirmative action off of socioeconomic status and not something as arbitrary as skin color? Besides, given that blacks are per-capita the lowest, wouldn't they be helped the most?
I agree and don't understand why more things like this aren't based more off of class.
I also get irritated when time and again there will be a study showing how blacks are statistically more (insert flaw here) when the exact same thing can be said about poor people in general without considering race. Hell, if one only included me and my black friends in their study they would have to come to the conclusion that 90% of black kids go to university straight out of high school and they never, ever get into trouble with the law. But I grew up in a middle class area. Trying to apply these studies based on race to me and my friends would be stupid
The conspiracy theorist in me believes that if we started talking about the real causes of our problems, class divisions, then poor blacks and whites would put away any differences and really change this country. But the (rich) powers that be won't let that happen.
Maybe this "see, black people can do things too" mentality was needed when the nation was trying to shift out of the slavery mindset, but do we honestly still need it today, in 200-freakin-6!
Yes, sadly we do. And it's not all about racism or oppression. When growing up in a ghetto where there is no one to look up to, where no one achieves anything worth noting, a black child might come to the conclusion that black people just never do anything noteworthy, and that they should probably not even try. If the kid doesn't know anyone who went to college, then yes, they do need someone to show them that black people can go to college.
Of course, we know that that kids' bad situation is more a function of them being poor than being black, but in a country where everything is black and white, where the kid sees white educated people on tv and uneducated black people in his neighborhood, he's going to come to some conclusions that involve race.
Don't be silly. White history month are the other months of the year, and the white entertainment channels are called ABC, NBC, CBS.
,don't do so because of the 'poor black kids' they do it because they know that a diverse student and faculty body make for a better educational experience. University isn't just about classes and grades. I know I wouldn't want to go to a school with all middle-class and rich white kids. What fun would that be? And diversity isn't just about race. If 95% of students who went to Harvard cited trombone playing as their extra curricular hobby there would soon be an 'un-fair' agenda to get more non-trombone playing students into the school.
Finally, the universities defending affirmative action and giving scholarships to blacks, especially the ivy league ones
Did you really think that the old white men running Yale and Princeton are just racist and think of ways to piss off rich white kids? Or that BET is anything more than a television station that is out to make money? Get a clue, if there wasn't a demand for BET, it wouldn't exist. It's not as if it's a government funded program.
And this statement:
Honestly, look at how racial diversity is crammed into everything. You almost never see an advertisement that doesn't include a black person or an asian person right up there with white people.
Oh no! You don't get to see ads with only white people. Poor fucking baby! How would it sound if someone were clamoring for ads with only asian people? Pretty stupid. And why would a company have only one race in their ads? Have you never considered the possibility that those companies showing the ads also want to sell their products to blacks and asians? It's not about them being trying to be diverse, its about them wanting as broad a target market as possible.
Maybe you should think about why things are the way they are before you spout your knee-jerk reactions. For someone who claims to not want race involved in everything, you sure do seem to see racial issues where there are none.
It seems as if journalists (or Apple proponents in general) have caught whatever afflicted the Linux fan-boys. Every release or change in Apple software/hardware is seen as something that could trigger a whole bunch of Windows users to switch.
Seems a bit out of character..
Oh, and screw the **AA. :-)
/. too long (or maybe I'm just tired). My first thought when finished reading the post was "great post, but what's with the dissing of **AA?, I mean I don't like those trolls either, but I don't randomly insult the GNAA in my posts".
Ha Ha, I just got a huge sign that I've been reading
When reading I heard Frye's voice in my head but the words weren't stupid. Kind of like this Onion article. Very weird.
The sweater meat comment made me feel at home again.
There ought to be another category in the /. hall of fame where posts like these are saved.
I think it's safe to say skirts would look even better, seeing as how they wouldn't have that pesky habit of covering what they're supposed to.
Okay, I'm saving this. Is it enough to reference your /. id if I post this somewhere else?
I've just never heard of an optical drive being unsupported by Linux. I've certainly never run into one myself. It's only been 2 years, and 4 optical drives, but still..
Has anyone here had a problem?
Sweet deal! The ol' lady almost left me after that argument about whethter to get a poodle or a pit.
"I don't know what happened honey, but you see the RFID chip id, that's definately Muffy!"
Now it makes sense how everytime a benefit of FOSS was seemingly touted there was a "but" usually ending with "and proprietary software can also do this".
Even with an obvious example like FOSS being easy to localize to one's local language it was asserted that "Microsoft makes a living out of making its software customizable while still closely guarding its source code". Sure it can but it doesn't, at least not until it's profitable. Which is understandable, but with FOSS speakers of unpopular languages don't have to wait until translations to their language becomes profitable to some company.
Have you not ever heard that it's better to err on the side of caution?
Exactly! Let's harness that!
A fun fact I like to wow people with is where the hottest and coldest places in the known universe are; New Jersey and Colorado.
Well at least they were. Princeton's Tokamak is no longer running and lot's of people have BECs now.
After reading this comment I thought "doesn't png cover lossy and lossless already?". So I looked up some articles on png vs gif vs jpeg (I'm no expert in this stuff) and found no reason to ever use anything besides png.
Anybody know of any reasons?
Not offtopic. After these phrases about the installation from TFA:
..one of the worst operating system experiences that I've ever encountered
...after four hours of churning away the laptop shut down and wouldn't reboot
It took me days to install a working version...
Asking how the rest went is like asking Mrs. Lincoln how she liked the play.
It's hard to be certain because you can't zoom in, but this may be the coolest example of the /. effect ever.
Nope, I checked later and saw that the copy was still encrypted. Even used DVD-decrypter on the copies later which found the encryption and then decrypted it.
All I did to make the copy was "dd if=/dev/hdc of=image.iso" from the command line, which just copies the filesystem on drive hdc to an iso, hdc being my optical drive.
I used to copy DVDs that I rented that way. I just ripped everything, encryption and all to hard-drive and then burned to DVD. Worked fine.