That's pretty funny, but I think that one of the coolest things about GNU/Linux is in how many different ways you can put together an os. The applications are all the same anyways so not much effort is wasted. If anything it fills the needs of niche markets that other distros may not address. I for one have tried Gentoo, Slackware and Redhat, but am sticking with Arch because of it's power and simplicity (not to mention the awesome package manager).
I'm writing this post from a laptop running Arch, sitting in an office with an Arch development server and five desktop clients runnining Arch. Give it a go, the more distros you try the more likely you are to find one that you'll stick with and love.
Yes I drive a car, but the solution to the damage it causes to both the environment and global political landscape is not to revert back to "horse and buggy". It's about taking an honest look at our society and where it's headed. Like you said, we don't all live in a vacum. Our actions have global consequences. I'm not telling you to live a certain way, rather I was hoping to let you know there might be a better long term solutions that makes life harder in the short term.
Fat Mike said it best in a song:
From: "The Irrationality Of Rationality" by NOFX
Dan, the company man, felt loyalty to the core.
After 16 years of service, and a family to support
He actually started to believe the weaponry and chemicals were for national defense.
'Cause Danny had a mortgage, and a boss to answer to.
The guilty don't feel guilty, they learn not to.
Your right on all counts, but the difference between you and me (at least from the tone of your first post) is that I recognize my faults and work to change myself as best I can.
I don't gripe about open software lacking features, I try to figure out a way to live without them and contribute what I can on the development side. I don't ignore the pollution my car puts out, I find a job closer to my house so I don't have to commute so far and whenever I can I carpool. I try to conserve energy and am learning to enjoy soy milk (even though it takes forever to get used to the taste).
Am I a hippy? Maybe, but at least I'm trying. Your right though, you do need to make compromises. Even RMS started out using proprietary tools. What makes me sad is that people forget that the compromises should be a means and not the ends.
Sure you can say you're giving back to the environment that supports you, but at the rate we're going someone is going to have to pick up the tab we leave behind. Just try not to be so complacent, there is a better way.
Why the hell would anyone want to use one OS where another works better?
It's amazing how many people I meet these days like you that only care about what's best for them. Then they blame society/others for all that goes wrong. But others are not the problem, it's your attitude stupid.
To answer the question, I use "another OS" because I believe in FREEDOM (as in speech) and FREEDOM (as in economic). The author being interviewed was right, we've become a culture where intellectual property and patents have become more valuable than labor. Listen closely to this part: Wealth can only be generated through labor!
It doesn't matter where you stand politically, this is not a political issue. We are on a steep decline into irrelevance as a civilization if people like you continue to cling to your selfish mindset.
Don't talk to me about "right tool for the right job" because there is a much more important concept you need to learn first: "your ends should justify your means."
You sir, are retarded. Voting is not about making informed decisions, it's about having a say in who represents you. If the public wants ideological puppets rather then genuine representatives, let them eat their cake.
Give 'em hell Ralph!
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You mean "find a masochist"? What you just did to my brain was sadistic ;P
I love Doom ReMixes!! Thanks to everyone who made this happened. I'll be sure to seed for a while.
[Tour of Accounting]
Accounting Troll: "Over here we have our random number generator"
Number Generator Troll: "Nine Nine Nine Nine Nine Nine"
Dilbert: "Are you sure that's random?"
Accounting Troll: "That's the problem with randomness: you can never be sure"
That's pretty funny, but I think that one of the coolest things about GNU/Linux is in how many different ways you can put together an os. The applications are all the same anyways so not much effort is wasted. If anything it fills the needs of niche markets that other distros may not address. I for one have tried Gentoo, Slackware and Redhat, but am sticking with Arch because of it's power and simplicity (not to mention the awesome package manager).
I'm writing this post from a laptop running Arch, sitting in an office with an Arch development server and five desktop clients runnining Arch. Give it a go, the more distros you try the more likely you are to find one that you'll stick with and love.
Yes I drive a car, but the solution to the damage it causes to both the environment and global political landscape is not to revert back to "horse and buggy". It's about taking an honest look at our society and where it's headed. Like you said, we don't all live in a vacum. Our actions have global consequences. I'm not telling you to live a certain way, rather I was hoping to let you know there might be a better long term solutions that makes life harder in the short term.
Fat Mike said it best in a song:
From: "The Irrationality Of Rationality" by NOFX
Dan, the company man, felt loyalty to the core.
After 16 years of service, and a family to support
He actually started to believe the weaponry and chemicals were for national defense.
'Cause Danny had a mortgage, and a boss to answer to.
The guilty don't feel guilty, they learn not to.
Your right on all counts, but the difference between you and me (at least from the tone of your first post) is that I recognize my faults and work to change myself as best I can. I don't gripe about open software lacking features, I try to figure out a way to live without them and contribute what I can on the development side. I don't ignore the pollution my car puts out, I find a job closer to my house so I don't have to commute so far and whenever I can I carpool. I try to conserve energy and am learning to enjoy soy milk (even though it takes forever to get used to the taste). Am I a hippy? Maybe, but at least I'm trying. Your right though, you do need to make compromises. Even RMS started out using proprietary tools. What makes me sad is that people forget that the compromises should be a means and not the ends. Sure you can say you're giving back to the environment that supports you, but at the rate we're going someone is going to have to pick up the tab we leave behind. Just try not to be so complacent, there is a better way.
It's amazing how many people I meet these days like you that only care about what's best for them. Then they blame society/others for all that goes wrong. But others are not the problem, it's your attitude stupid.
To answer the question, I use "another OS" because I believe in FREEDOM (as in speech) and FREEDOM (as in economic). The author being interviewed was right, we've become a culture where intellectual property and patents have become more valuable than labor. Listen closely to this part: Wealth can only be generated through labor!
It doesn't matter where you stand politically, this is not a political issue. We are on a steep decline into irrelevance as a civilization if people like you continue to cling to your selfish mindset.
Don't talk to me about "right tool for the right job" because there is a much more important concept you need to learn first: "your ends should justify your means."
"Coming up with new jargon like "erototoxins" or whatever is worthless without science to back it up."
/me walks away bewildered
Wait, you're an Evangelical Christian... yet reasonable...
But the key is that people are still making THEIR OWN CHOICE, however uninformed it may be. I thought that's what a democracy was about.
You sir, are retarded. Voting is not about making informed decisions, it's about having a say in who represents you. If the public wants ideological puppets rather then genuine representatives, let them eat their cake. Give 'em hell Ralph!
No. he's right on.. we're on a genocidal crusade to exterminate everyone who doesn't think the world should conform to democratic thought.
Think before you post...