you call out the op for being too literal in their reading of the title, but then go on to rant about people not being literal enough in their interpretations of the rest of the book.
you are approaching foss development with a proprietary mindset, where whole number releases are deliberately managed to maximize profitability. foss works by continuous incremental upgrading and release of code between such milestones. there is no incentive for a proprietary company to do this because then nobody will by the next major release...
the writer of tfa does not really identify which they think are the best, worst or craziest... is it too much to ask that the substance of tfa actually elaborate on the headline?
i so love it when a vested interest puts words in the public's mouth.
from the article:
"The public is willing to bend the rules a little bit with respect to privacy," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, adding that Americans showed similar tendencies during the "red scares" after World War I and World War II. "They are giving the government the benefit of the doubt in large part because they are concerned about terrorism."
yep, the us government really showed how much they can be trusted in these situations. mcarthy didn't go over the top at all...
those acts were commited by members of the armed forces. you do nothing to address that fact...
i did not say anything about mindless killing machines. that is a strawman of your own creation.
you know nothing of my experience with the military, but engage in a little character assassination along those lines anyway.
yes, i do believe is that soldiers are people like you and me. this is why i am concerned. they are just as flawed as anyone else and equally capable of bad judgement and of following through on poor leadership decisions.
the national guard did fire on and kill kent state students. are you so sure this will never occur again? i will take a moment to remind that some of those same insiders from nixon's time are again in power with bush jr. [hint: rumsfeld, cheney, rove].
and are you sure there are no american citizens in gitmo? do americans with off-white skin not count? what about that extraordinary rendition program? no americans netted by that? are you sure?
but there seem to be plenty of oppressive regimes in place in countries where the civilians are even better armed than in the usa. and there will always be those that like the new direction or who pander to the interests of higher powers in order to curry favour.
no. believe it or not, it is possible to formulate a negative opinion about someone's behaviour without having felt slighted or hurt by that person. if i was upset, i probably wouldn't have apologized for my own ignorant behaviour. crazy how that works; i know...
next time, try doing some introspective thainking and self-evaluation instead of just tossing around more cheap shots. you might grow a little.
my apologies for coming across sternly, but i had not noticed the post you were responding to as it was modded into oblivion and i thought your post was in response to my original post.
now if you look at things from that perspective, you'll see why i said what i said. it appeared that you were responding to me by attempting to point to evidence of worse pollution by non-american nations as a means of nullifying the us' contribution to the sorry state of our globe...
it doesn't matter how bad i am as long as i can point to someone else doing something worse and now my bad stuff is canceled out?
oh, and union carbide is a us company [you really should read all those other links in your link before linking, don't ya think?] which underscores my point about the us exporting it's dirty laundry. we'll make the pesticide there because it's cheaper; no environmental laws if you know what i mean. wink wink. nudge nudge.
yeah, and as a canadian let me tell you how pleased i am with your devil's lake outlet. that wouldn't be the us arbitraily planning on dumping its polluted overflow from a completely seperate ecosystem up into my lakes would it? oh wait, yes it would be.
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you call out the op for being too literal in their reading of the title, but then go on to rant about people not being literal enough in their interpretations of the rest of the book.
sum.zero
what do you think gates and sarkozy discussed during their dinner date?
sum.zero
that the recent wga server downtime is directly related to this latest initiative?
sum.zero
you are approaching foss development with a proprietary mindset, where whole number releases are deliberately managed to maximize profitability. foss works by continuous incremental upgrading and release of code between such milestones. there is no incentive for a proprietary company to do this because then nobody will by the next major release...
sum.zero
the writer of tfa does not really identify which they think are the best, worst or craziest... is it too much to ask that the substance of tfa actually elaborate on the headline?
sum.zero
his error was in not requesting a stay [he attempted to quash instead] from the nc judge while they took the issue back to wells in utah.
sum.zero
eula enforcement is not consistant across every state in the usa. in some cases they have been ruled as enforceable, in others not.
sum.zero
eula's are not valid in many parts of the usa, so how exactly are you supposed to acquire your license from ms in these states?
sum.zero
it's not a bug, just errata ;)
sum.zero
i so love it when a vested interest puts words in the public's mouth.
from the article:
"The public is willing to bend the rules a little bit with respect to privacy," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, adding that Americans showed similar tendencies during the "red scares" after World War I and World War II. "They are giving the government the benefit of the doubt in large part because they are concerned about terrorism."
yep, the us government really showed how much they can be trusted in these situations. mcarthy didn't go over the top at all...
sum.zero
ps yes, that was sarcasm
let's indoctrinate everyone into a culture of spying. the kids, the parents, everyone. who needs freedom? come on, let's do it for the children.
sum.zer0
"Curiously, people who have lost their virtue can't take a stand on virtue (having lost theirs) and tend to attack people who still have theirs."
you are funny.
sum.zero
those acts were commited by members of the armed forces. you do nothing to address that fact...
i did not say anything about mindless killing machines. that is a strawman of your own creation.
you know nothing of my experience with the military, but engage in a little character assassination along those lines anyway.
yes, i do believe is that soldiers are people like you and me. this is why i am concerned. they are just as flawed as anyone else and equally capable of bad judgement and of following through on poor leadership decisions.
the national guard did fire on and kill kent state students. are you so sure this will never occur again? i will take a moment to remind that some of those same insiders from nixon's time are again in power with bush jr. [hint: rumsfeld, cheney, rove].
sum.zero
as long as it's only foreigners...*
and are you sure there are no american citizens in gitmo? do americans with off-white skin not count? what about that extraordinary rendition program? no americans netted by that? are you sure?
sum.zero
*sarcasm
but there seem to be plenty of oppressive regimes in place in countries where the civilians are even better armed than in the usa. and there will always be those that like the new direction or who pander to the interests of higher powers in order to curry favour.
sum.zero
would these be the same people that were guards at abu ghraib? or that are patroling gitmo? or murdered iraqi civilians execution style? and so on...
sum.zero
your opposition has clusterbombs and cruise missiles.
sum.zero
looks a lot like kde on suse, even uses lots of green and yast-like interfaces.
sum.zero
if what you are saying is factually correct it is much, much harder for someone to press a defamation case.
sum.zero
i should have spent less time on editing...
sum.zero
he'll also be the first to volunteer for a camera in his own home. i mean, why should he complain, if he doesn't have anything to hide that is...
sum.zero
oops. i guess i'm too late...
sum.zero
"Oh, did I hurt your feelings?"
no. believe it or not, it is possible to formulate a negative opinion about someone's behaviour without having felt slighted or hurt by that person. if i was upset, i probably wouldn't have apologized for my own ignorant behaviour. crazy how that works; i know...
next time, try doing some introspective thainking and self-evaluation instead of just tossing around more cheap shots. you might grow a little.
sum.zero
my apologies for coming across sternly, but i had not noticed the post you were responding to as it was modded into oblivion and i thought your post was in response to my original post.
now if you look at things from that perspective, you'll see why i said what i said. it appeared that you were responding to me by attempting to point to evidence of worse pollution by non-american nations as a means of nullifying the us' contribution to the sorry state of our globe...
that said, imho, you are acting like a dick.
sum.zero
it doesn't matter how bad i am as long as i can point to someone else doing something worse and now my bad stuff is canceled out?
oh, and union carbide is a us company [you really should read all those other links in your link before linking, don't ya think?] which underscores my point about the us exporting it's dirty laundry. we'll make the pesticide there because it's cheaper; no environmental laws if you know what i mean. wink wink. nudge nudge.
yeah, and as a canadian let me tell you how pleased i am with your devil's lake outlet. that wouldn't be the us arbitraily planning on dumping its polluted overflow from a completely seperate ecosystem up into my lakes would it? oh wait, yes it would be.
sum.zero