Look, I'm starting to get sick of this. It's all Community this, Community that.. abandon your project, no one needs it. Work on something that's already there and make it better for me. You're wasting your time. blah blah blah. Go whine to someone else. These people can do whatever the hell they want with their time, and so can you. It's called freedom, and it's why they call it FREE SOFTWARE. If everyone only did what was good for the "community" we'd have about as much innovation in free software as microsoft has.
I know I'm going to get moderated down, but this really drives me insane. "Is this where we want to be going as a community?" Tell me.. who is we, and why do we have to all go in the same direction as you?
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
I love NY. It has tons of computer related jobs, but best of all, for me, is the culture. There's always something to do. You might call me nocturnal, and the only place I've ever been that has any real night life is NY. Where I am now, everything closes at 9pm. It's so dull.
And best of all, probably *the* best attraction for us geeks, is that everybody delivers. Not just pizza and chinese, but *everything*. Grocery stores, movie rental places.. and most of the time it's free. I know blockbuster has free delivery, but you have to pay like $2 for them to pick it up for you. Otherwise you just need to talk a 10 minute walk to the nearest location and drop it off.
And oh yeah, there's a starbucks on every corner (and that's hardly an exaggeration).
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
The US didn't shut down the site, NSI did. They *do* have jurisdiction, as they're the ones that handle domain names. They didn't shut down the site completely, just supended the domain name. I'm not sure of the legal implications of this - it's an american company, under US jurisdiction, so I would assume that the US courts *do* have jurisdiction over.com/net/org TLDs, regardless of the geographical location of the site. If I were them, and I ever got the name back, I'd switch to a provider in another country ASAP.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
First, whoever marked this post as flamebait needs their head checked.
Second, I disagree with you. He wasn't using the word lightly at all. Corporations *are* taking *our* freedom away from us so that *they* can make money. Politicians are looking the other way, and more often than not, aiding the corporations seige on the american people's freedom. I don't know how the situation is in other countries, but it's getting worse and worse every day here in the US.
Granted, most people don't see it, and most people probably don't even care. It may even be true that the people whose freedom they're taking away are a small minority, but how does that justify it? The word freedom is not being used lightly here, Tom. Some of us, including myself, are very empassioned about this. The government by and large is in check when it comes to direcly infringing on our (individuals') rights. At least we have legal recourse when the government fucks us. But there's one other type of menace in this country that has a lot of power over us: the corporate empires. We have little if no legal recouse to reclaim our rights as individuals. We have not enough money nor power (should those words even be exlusive?) to fight back. We have little voice in the ears of our representatives. And things are getting worse every day.
I agree the word should not be used lightly, but perhaps you've over-looked that to many of us, freedom in this context is a very huge deal. My father grew up in the 60s. I wouldn't say he was a hippy, but he was there - the issues then were his as well. He once said to me that the battle of this generation will indeed be the fight against corporate america. He's absolutely right.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
It's not saying that piracy will bring down the industry. It's saying the people who own the copyright on these movies won't use DVD if there isn't sufficient copy protection. The movie industry won't sign on to it, because it's they who are afraid of losing money. Now, whether this is the MPAA speaking or the motion picture companies themselves, I'm not entirely sure. Likely, it's just the MPAA who, like the RIAA, think piracy is the evilest of all evils and will do anything in their power to stop it. But the fact of the matter is, without the motion picture association's blessing, it's very unlikely that the motion picture companies would sign onto DVD.
I completely believe it. I'm just not sure we should be blaming the DVD CCA, MPAA, or the motion picture companies themselves, for this lawsuit. The CCA is likely doing what they think is in the best interests of the people who they're accountable for, whoever that is (either MPAA or the mp companies themselves).
Just food for thought, I suppose.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
I just read the email here, and I must say, they have a point in there somewhere. Specifically this:
31. Before allowing their copyrighted motion pictures to be used on the DVD format, the motion picture companies insisted on a viable copy protection system to prevent users from making copies of the motion pictures. Such protection is necessary to prevent copying from discs that are rented or borrowed and, more importantly, to prevent broader scale piracy through widespread transmission of these motion pictures over the Internet and widespread distribution of "pirated" discs in competition with the authorized prerecorded discs.
Essentially what they are saying is DVD would be dead if it had no copy protection. The movie companies who own the copyright on these things won't use DVD at all if there's no copy protection. Plain and simple. No copy protection, no Matrix on DVD.
I'm not agreeing with them, though. So don't flame me. They just have a point.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Take this one step further, what happens if Linux or a particular distro becomes a monopoly in the market. Who will the Justice department, civil rights or underdog business's sue?
They won't sue anyone. Remember, a monopoly is not illegal. What's illegal is leveraging that monopoly in anti-competitive practices, like, say, buying out any company that tries to make a competing product to yours. I don't see how Linux *could* be an illegal monopoly in this sense. Given that there isn't any particular company behind it, there's no way anyone *could* use anti-competitive practices. It's simply impossible.
However, a particular distro, in fact, could. Let's just give some fodder to the conspiracy theorists and use redhat as our example. If redhat bought out every other commercial linux distribution, and then maintained its monopoly using MS-like tactics, well, you would sue redhat. But there's always the point that LINUX IS FREE, and you could always use a non-commercial distro like slackware or Debian, who will always have the ability to compete (you can't buy them out).
Your other points are taken. We'll just have to wait and see, I think, until (and not if) a lawsuit is brought.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
It seems that the general attitude of the OpenSource community is - we want all the IPO money that OpenSource is generating - but we don't like any of these newbies using Linux or asking us questions - because Linux is for smart people and if you are not smart enough to use it as it is supposed to be used - its your problem. This attitude can be bad for gaining more mainstream users.
Most linux users aren't elitist. I know I'm not, and I know a lot of others who aren't either. In fact, slashdot is the only public forum I've seen that's just teaming with unix-elitists. I don't know if this is where you got that impression, but from my experience the majority of knowledgable linux users are more than willing to answer newbie questions. Admittedly, though, most of them are NOT willing to give them hand-holding and talk them through everything.
It's true that Linux is a rather complicated system to learn, and I feel it's not unreasonable to expect a certain amount of prerequisite knowledge before diving into using the OS. That's what books are for, and there are plenty of them. RTFM, then ask for help. It's not elistist, it's a reasonable expectation.
So essentially, I completely disagree with your entire last paragraph. RedHat and Linux Care are in the business of hand-holding their users. Everyone else's business is just that, their business.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Roger Malina, Chairman of Leonardo/ISAST, San Francisco, announced Monday that the Association Leonardo in France was being sued for trademark infringement on use of the word "Leonardo."
[...]
Following issuance of the suit, Transasia asked that a search warrant be served on the legal address of the Association Leonardo, now the home of the widow of Frank Malina - the founder in the 1960s of the Leonardo Journal. The search warrant was served with no prior warning by a squad of eight policemen.
So stop thinking this is a hoax! Of course, if it is, I'll choke on my own foot and die.....
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Here's what else is sad.. no offense to the A/C's, but I find it pretty sad the only voice of reason in this entire thread that I've read so far was from an A/C.
I don't listen to Pink Floyd. I don't think I've ever heard a Roger Waters song. But I can appreciate this story. This is more than a fan just posting about some band he or she likes. The point is that he (Roger Waters) is using the internet to help him in his upcoming album. It's about collaboration. It's about including you and me and everyone on the internet in his artwork. Is it really that hard to look past all your biases and appreciate this for what it really is?
Ok, it's probably nothing new. I'm sure there are other instances of artists collaborating with fans over the internet, but c'mon. Listen to the A/C. Despite what you might feel, this is Rob's slashdot, not yours. You don't like it? Try complaining to him, instead of cluttering this thread with your rants. No one wants to read them. Some of us might actually have an interest in this thread, so be a nice slashdotter and go read a katz article.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Linux pushed Microsoft into the third phase. Suddenly we were able to see the emperor clearly, and we could see that he had no clothes. Nothing that Microsoft says seems believable any more. An operating system that cannot perform properly is not acceptable any longer. We have a choice. For years, we accepted what we could not change. But change is easy now. The finery the emperor told us he was wearing is missing. The emperor has no clothes. -- Al Fasoldt, Technofile.
This guy is a tech journalist for a local newspaper where I am (Syracuse NY). I remember reading some of his stuff about a year ago; all windows-oriented, usually directed to an audience of clueless users. I read this quote, saw his name, and thought 'wait, this guy is hyping linux?' I checked the URL and yep, sure enough he's the good old Al Fasoldt I know and never really loved. I knew he played with linux at least, since he's posted in the twcny.rr.linux newsgroup more than once, but all I can say is, wow. If linux had that much influence over this journalist, what's stopping the rest of the them?
I really liked the timeline, though some of it can't be right. I'm almost positive that Linus getting his doctorate wasn't way back in may, because I don't think I even read slashdot back in may, though I could be wrong. Maybe it was just slashdot getting an old story, but if it were, I would definitely remember the ACs bitching about it. Anyway, I learned quite a bit, like ESR speaking at microsoft. Weird.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
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#1 I am a little concerned about too. #2 I'm not. BSD definitely behaves better in certain aspects than linux does, and vice-versa. That's one of the huge points in the open source movement: freedom of choice. Certainly it would be difficult for one OS to fulfill every need on the planet efficiently and effectively, thus having the choice is extremely important. In my particular opinion, freedom of choice of lisence is also important.
As for your first point. That is a concern, but not a very big one. Like I said already, I believe freedom to lisence in any way you want is important too. I guess in this case I just have to say it's their right. I would definitely prefer if they used a GP[L|V] OS so I could get a peak at some intel code, but it would be their choice to make, not mine, or anyone elses.
Here's to hoping this doesn't get me flamed...
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
They might port, who knows, but I don't think that's the case here. Hotmail uses FreeBSD, and it would seem they're looking for people to help out over there. Remember, MS does more than make software.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Why, the (debatable) last year of the millenium, is the man of the year someone who made lots of money? Why is that so important? What did this person contribute to society, other than a place to buy books at fair prices conveniently over the internet? I'd like to see exactly the reasoning behind their selection.
This is getting absurd. You're only important nowadays if you've made millions upon millions of dollars in some way the stock market seems to like. I don't know who I would have picked, but believe me, it would have had nothing to do with how much money they have.
It's gone way beyond a simple fascination now: this country is completely obsessed with money, so much that nothing else matters a penny.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
The question I have is where are all the standards agencies in this battle? I'm curious to know, are any of them working on a standard? Will they even bother? Or are the current [standards] too new and immature still? There are RFCs on just about everything, I know there's one for IRC somewhere, so instant messaging isn't a far shot from IRC, other than the need to have a single large network instead of any number of seperate competing networks.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
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..on rats, or mice, I believe. The hypothesis was that gravity plays an important role in the development of a mammalian fetus while it's still in the womb, and I believe that was proven. The mice, or rats, I can't remember which, were born deformed and mostly unfeasibile.
So unless you want to take that extra risk, It's just not gonna happen. Granted, mice and rats aren't humans, but the prevailing attitude is that gravity really is an important part in fetal development.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Abraham Lincoln was known to suffer from depression.
Winston Churchill was Manic Depressive (ie. Bipolar Disorder).
Edgar Allen Poe had something, I can't remember what.
Today, we know mental illness exists. We've known it for a long time, but it's much better understood today, so more people are diagnosed. That doesn't mean that it's a recent phonomenon.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Normal is relative to the context you're speaking of. For example, to most slashdot readers, "normal" would probably refer to preps, jocks, etc. That is, people who aren't nerds. To someone who is mentally ill, like myself, normal means someone who is not mentally ill, even though that's probably not very healthy.
Everyone is different, so there's no absolute normal person, but when you speak in context, normal vs. abnormal is almost saying majority vs. minority.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Hey, if those things worked, sure. Meditation, walks in the woods, those are all great for dealing with stress, but I'm not stressed. I go for walks all the time, come home, sit on my bed and start wishing I were dead.
How about schizophrenia, instead? Explain to me how meditation is supposed to help a severly delusional schizophenic? What is it in peaceful time that would make a suicidal person want to kill theirself? In fact, such peaceful time is the worst thing to do when you're suicidal, because it gives you time to think, and believe me, thinking is the last thing you'd want to do.
Excuse me if I'm a little sensitive. I respect your suggestion, that you're only trying to help or what not, but you don't understand. I get advice all the time, stuff like "think happy thoughts," and "get over it," and all it does is make me feel worse. Mental illness is real, whether you've ever felt that way or not.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
and twitter, who submitted this, assures us that he's not one of the crazy ones, just so you know. *grin*
Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm offended by that. The article itself talks about people's prejudices toward mental illness, and thank you so much for giving us a perfect example.
I don't know how you could twist the surgeon general's report so badly, either. Mega-profiling? Drugging the population? You've got to be kidding. Psychiatry is a valid medical profession, else I'd probably be dead. I suffer from bipolar disorder type I, and know quite a few other people with similar mood or anxiety disorders, and believe me, the surgeon general's step was a badly needed step in the mental health world.
I thought in this day and age the only people who attached such a conspiracy-oriented stigma to psychiatry was the church of scientology, but I guess not. I haven't read any other comments in this thread yet, but I sure hope to god that the attitude I percieved from this summary isn't indicitive of the rest of the slashdot population.
I hope I'm not over-reacting. I probably am, but I don't really care. Those 22% of the population CAN BE HELPED, and that's what the gov't is trying to do. If we remain in denial, ignoring the problem, how can we expect those who have legitimate problems to seek help? Those very very few people who are potentially violent won't be able to get help, so instead, they'll hurt someone, and simply be thrown in jail, instead of treated before something happens.
The government doesn't want to profile everyone, doesn't want to drug people into submission. The surgeon general is a doctor, and doctor's are ethical people. His report is intended to help those who are sick, not take away your precious liberties. If you ever had a problem, you'd understand. It's hard to do if you've never experienced it, but I hope people will at least try.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
"Support" doesn't necessarily mean end-user support. They offer it, but that's not where the big bucks come from here. It comes from big corporations who want Linux-based solutions for whatever reason (stability, cost, and now for the first time in linux history, vendor support).
Support could mean anything from a phone call from a confused end-user to outright training of some company's employees on how to work with linux.
In the corporate arena, quality is just as important as a support contract, or else company's considering RedHat solutions would have a lot less motivation to adopt them.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
In the context you speak of, in france, they say "cool." Not much tranlsation work there, but it'd be pretty hard for any translator to figure out which context you're talking about. For exmaple, saying "Liquid Nitrogen is cool" is either an understatement or it was from someone who enjoys pouring it over soft solids and shatting then with a hammer, yet it's a perfectly valid statement in either context. But, if you say something more obvious like "Molten Lead is cool" it's pretty easy to assume which version of cool you mean.
I wonder how current translators solve this problem, or if they even bother. That is, where one word means different things in different contexts, but in another language, there are two different words for it, when the context can be so ambiguous that both contexts can be the same statement.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
The F117a has a radar cross-section the size of a large bird. The B2 has a radar cross-section the size of a bumble bee. Radar reflects from a surface at very predictable angles. Years ago, the government got its hands on a paper from a russian scientist on how radar reflects, and was able to design its planes so that most all radar would reflect away from the source. Flying under the radar helps, to be sure, but I doubt you could hit a bumble bee with a stinger no matter how hard you tried.
As an aside, the F117a was designed with minimal help from computers, which is why it's mostly flat surfaces. The B2, all the calculations were aided with powerful computer technology, allowing the designers to create a plane with not a single flat surface. It also gave them more room to play with aerodynamics, making it also more stable in flight than the F117.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
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I know I'm going to get moderated down, but this really drives me insane. "Is this where we want to be going as a community?" Tell me.. who is we, and why do we have to all go in the same direction as you?
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
NYC is the center of the universe.
I love NY. It has tons of computer related jobs, but best of all, for me, is the culture. There's always something to do. You might call me nocturnal, and the only place I've ever been that has any real night life is NY. Where I am now, everything closes at 9pm. It's so dull.
And best of all, probably *the* best attraction for us geeks, is that everybody delivers. Not just pizza and chinese, but *everything*. Grocery stores, movie rental places.. and most of the time it's free. I know blockbuster has free delivery, but you have to pay like $2 for them to pick it up for you. Otherwise you just need to talk a 10 minute walk to the nearest location and drop it off.
And oh yeah, there's a starbucks on every corner (and that's hardly an exaggeration).
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Second, I disagree with you. He wasn't using the word lightly at all. Corporations *are* taking *our* freedom away from us so that *they* can make money. Politicians are looking the other way, and more often than not, aiding the corporations seige on the american people's freedom. I don't know how the situation is in other countries, but it's getting worse and worse every day here in the US.
Granted, most people don't see it, and most people probably don't even care. It may even be true that the people whose freedom they're taking away are a small minority, but how does that justify it? The word freedom is not being used lightly here, Tom. Some of us, including myself, are very empassioned about this. The government by and large is in check when it comes to direcly infringing on our (individuals') rights. At least we have legal recourse when the government fucks us. But there's one other type of menace in this country that has a lot of power over us: the corporate empires. We have little if no legal recouse to reclaim our rights as individuals. We have not enough money nor power (should those words even be exlusive?) to fight back. We have little voice in the ears of our representatives. And things are getting worse every day.
I agree the word should not be used lightly, but perhaps you've over-looked that to many of us, freedom in this context is a very huge deal. My father grew up in the 60s. I wouldn't say he was a hippy, but he was there - the issues then were his as well. He once said to me that the battle of this generation will indeed be the fight against corporate america. He's absolutely right.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
I completely believe it. I'm just not sure we should be blaming the DVD CCA, MPAA, or the motion picture companies themselves, for this lawsuit. The CCA is likely doing what they think is in the best interests of the people who they're accountable for, whoever that is (either MPAA or the mp companies themselves).
Just food for thought, I suppose.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
31. Before allowing their copyrighted motion pictures to be used on the DVD format, the motion picture companies insisted on a viable copy protection system to prevent users from making copies of the motion pictures. Such protection is necessary to prevent copying from discs that are rented or borrowed and, more importantly, to prevent broader scale piracy through widespread transmission of these motion pictures over the Internet and widespread distribution of "pirated" discs in competition with the authorized prerecorded discs.
Essentially what they are saying is DVD would be dead if it had no copy protection. The movie companies who own the copyright on these things won't use DVD at all if there's no copy protection. Plain and simple. No copy protection, no Matrix on DVD.
I'm not agreeing with them, though. So don't flame me. They just have a point.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
They won't sue anyone. Remember, a monopoly is not illegal. What's illegal is leveraging that monopoly in anti-competitive practices, like, say, buying out any company that tries to make a competing product to yours. I don't see how Linux *could* be an illegal monopoly in this sense. Given that there isn't any particular company behind it, there's no way anyone *could* use anti-competitive practices. It's simply impossible.
However, a particular distro, in fact, could. Let's just give some fodder to the conspiracy theorists and use redhat as our example. If redhat bought out every other commercial linux distribution, and then maintained its monopoly using MS-like tactics, well, you would sue redhat. But there's always the point that LINUX IS FREE, and you could always use a non-commercial distro like slackware or Debian, who will always have the ability to compete (you can't buy them out).
Your other points are taken. We'll just have to wait and see, I think, until (and not if) a lawsuit is brought.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Most linux users aren't elitist. I know I'm not, and I know a lot of others who aren't either. In fact, slashdot is the only public forum I've seen that's just teaming with unix-elitists. I don't know if this is where you got that impression, but from my experience the majority of knowledgable linux users are more than willing to answer newbie questions. Admittedly, though, most of them are NOT willing to give them hand-holding and talk them through everything.
It's true that Linux is a rather complicated system to learn, and I feel it's not unreasonable to expect a certain amount of prerequisite knowledge before diving into using the OS. That's what books are for, and there are plenty of them. RTFM, then ask for help. It's not elistist, it's a reasonable expectation.
So essentially, I completely disagree with your entire last paragraph. RedHat and Linux Care are in the business of hand-holding their users. Everyone else's business is just that, their business.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Here's some excerpts..
Roger Malina, Chairman of Leonardo/ISAST, San Francisco, announced Monday that the Association Leonardo in France was being sued for trademark infringement on use of the word "Leonardo."
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Following issuance of the suit, Transasia asked that a search warrant be served on the legal address of the Association Leonardo, now the home of the widow of Frank Malina - the founder in the 1960s of the Leonardo Journal. The search warrant was served with no prior warning by a squad of eight policemen.
So stop thinking this is a hoax! Of course, if it is, I'll choke on my own foot and die.....
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
I don't listen to Pink Floyd. I don't think I've ever heard a Roger Waters song. But I can appreciate this story. This is more than a fan just posting about some band he or she likes. The point is that he (Roger Waters) is using the internet to help him in his upcoming album. It's about collaboration. It's about including you and me and everyone on the internet in his artwork. Is it really that hard to look past all your biases and appreciate this for what it really is?
Ok, it's probably nothing new. I'm sure there are other instances of artists collaborating with fans over the internet, but c'mon. Listen to the A/C. Despite what you might feel, this is Rob's slashdot, not yours. You don't like it? Try complaining to him, instead of cluttering this thread with your rants. No one wants to read them. Some of us might actually have an interest in this thread, so be a nice slashdotter and go read a katz article.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
-- Al Fasoldt, Technofile.
This guy is a tech journalist for a local newspaper where I am (Syracuse NY). I remember reading some of his stuff about a year ago; all windows-oriented, usually directed to an audience of clueless users. I read this quote, saw his name, and thought 'wait, this guy is hyping linux?' I checked the URL and yep, sure enough he's the good old Al Fasoldt I know and never really loved. I knew he played with linux at least, since he's posted in the twcny.rr.linux newsgroup more than once, but all I can say is, wow. If linux had that much influence over this journalist, what's stopping the rest of the them?
I really liked the timeline, though some of it can't be right. I'm almost positive that Linus getting his doctorate wasn't way back in may, because I don't think I even read slashdot back in may, though I could be wrong. Maybe it was just slashdot getting an old story, but if it were, I would definitely remember the ACs bitching about it. Anyway, I learned quite a bit, like ESR speaking at microsoft. Weird.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
As for your first point. That is a concern, but not a very big one. Like I said already, I believe freedom to lisence in any way you want is important too. I guess in this case I just have to say it's their right. I would definitely prefer if they used a GP[L|V] OS so I could get a peak at some intel code, but it would be their choice to make, not mine, or anyone elses.
Here's to hoping this doesn't get me flamed...
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Why, the (debatable) last year of the millenium, is the man of the year someone who made lots of money? Why is that so important? What did this person contribute to society, other than a place to buy books at fair prices conveniently over the internet? I'd like to see exactly the reasoning behind their selection.
This is getting absurd. You're only important nowadays if you've made millions upon millions of dollars in some way the stock market seems to like. I don't know who I would have picked, but believe me, it would have had nothing to do with
how much money they have.
It's gone way beyond a simple fascination now: this country is completely obsessed with money, so much that nothing else matters a penny.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
So unless you want to take that extra risk, It's just not gonna happen. Granted, mice and rats aren't humans, but the prevailing attitude is that gravity really is an important part in fetal development.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Winston Churchill was Manic Depressive (ie. Bipolar Disorder).
Edgar Allen Poe had something, I can't remember what.
Today, we know mental illness exists. We've known it for a long time, but it's much better understood today, so more people are diagnosed. That doesn't mean that it's a recent phonomenon.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Everyone is different, so there's no absolute normal person, but when you speak in context, normal vs. abnormal is almost saying majority vs. minority.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
How about schizophrenia, instead? Explain to me how meditation is supposed to help a severly delusional schizophenic? What is it in peaceful time that would make a suicidal person want to kill theirself? In fact, such peaceful time is the worst thing to do when you're suicidal, because it gives you time to think, and believe me, thinking is the last thing you'd want to do.
Excuse me if I'm a little sensitive. I respect your suggestion, that you're only trying to help or what not, but you don't understand. I get advice all the time, stuff like "think happy thoughts," and "get over it," and all it does is make me feel worse. Mental illness is real, whether you've ever felt that way or not.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm offended by that. The article itself talks about people's prejudices toward mental illness, and thank you so much for giving us a perfect example.
I don't know how you could twist the surgeon general's report so badly, either. Mega-profiling? Drugging the population? You've got to be kidding. Psychiatry is a valid medical profession, else I'd probably be dead. I suffer from bipolar disorder type I, and know quite a few other people with similar mood or anxiety disorders, and believe me, the surgeon general's step was a badly needed step in the mental health world.
I thought in this day and age the only people who attached such a conspiracy-oriented stigma to psychiatry was the church of scientology, but I guess not. I haven't read any other comments in this thread yet, but I sure hope to god that the attitude I percieved from this summary isn't indicitive of the rest of the slashdot population.
I hope I'm not over-reacting. I probably am, but I don't really care. Those 22% of the population CAN BE HELPED, and that's what the gov't is trying to do. If we remain in denial, ignoring the problem, how can we expect those who have legitimate problems to seek help? Those very very few people who are potentially violent won't be able to get help, so instead, they'll hurt someone, and simply be thrown in jail, instead of treated before something happens.
The government doesn't want to profile everyone, doesn't want to drug people into submission. The surgeon general is a doctor, and doctor's are ethical people. His report is intended to help those who are sick, not take away your precious liberties. If you ever had a problem, you'd understand. It's hard to do if you've never experienced it, but I hope people will at least try.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Support could mean anything from a phone call from a confused end-user to outright training of some company's employees on how to work with linux.
In the corporate arena, quality is just as important as a support contract, or else company's considering RedHat solutions would have a lot less motivation to adopt them.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
I wonder how current translators solve this problem, or if they even bother. That is, where one word means different things in different contexts, but in another language, there are two different words for it, when the context can be so ambiguous that both contexts can be the same statement.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
As an aside, the F117a was designed with minimal help from computers, which is why it's mostly flat surfaces. The B2, all the calculations were aided with powerful computer technology, allowing the designers to create a plane with not a single flat surface. It also gave them more room to play with aerodynamics, making it also more stable in flight than the F117.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.