You obviously don't read summaries, articles, or headlines. The logic behind your post is "rant about something for no reason at all."
Dude, if you threw out all those posts, each story would have what, maybe 10 comments per story at most? And yes, I'm guilty of the above sin, quite often actually:P
I wouldn't call it dull per se, but something is up when not a single person from a country outside Western Europe and the US has ever won the thing....
the tyrant Ahmadinejad stay in power. It seems that there are a lot of people in iran(esp. young people who make up a pretty significant portion of the population) who really dislike his domestic policies but support him because they see him as the only one strong enough to keep Bush and Co. in check. Yet another dictator that has been HELPED by Bush's war to avenge daddy.
Yeah, and considering this probably has about the same amount of carrying capacity as a scooter/motorcycle, there is even less reason to shell out the money for one. I guess it could do better in snow, but that remains to be seen....
Not arguing that it cannot be bad, all software can be bad, but its ultimately up to ME, not Richard Stallman, to make that determination. Simple as that.
No, I am not disagreeing with the 4 freedoms, I am simply saying that forcing me to use software that doesn't do what I need it to do simply because it doesn't fit your ideology is as bad as proprietary software vendors telling you what to do with their product. Essentially you are both trying to deny choice, the very essence of freedom.
As per being a dumb slave, I guess because I prefer Mac OS X on the desktop(because it gaps, actually works) I am a dumb slave. But I am a dumb slave who can actually do what he wants to do much more efficiently than can be done with Linux. Now on servers, my feelings are the other way around.
Free Software flourishes because of the quality of the software and the benefits of distributed development. However, Free Software is not the only way to write software. The rantings and ramblings of someone who seems to think he should be the world's benevolent dictator(aka Stallman) will do little to change the quality of free software. Free software has tons of stuff going for it, but Stallman ain't one of them.
Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and the rest, offer you software that gives them power over you. A change in executives or companies is not important. What we need to change is this system.
That's what the free software movement is all about. "Free" refers to freedom: we write and publish software that users are free to share and modify.
In other words, "Do as I tell you, or you are a dumb slave"
Don't get me wrong, I love free software, but more than that I enjoy software that just works. If its free, I'll use that first, but Stallman has always seemed to say that, "Freedom is what I say freedom is, and if you don't do what I tell you to do, then you are not free" Give me a break.....
Or the instructor could just not collect/correct homework as well as grade on tests. One of my favorite profs in college did just that. He would assign problems, but would never collect them. He could tell if you did them by how you did on the tests/quizzes which were always based on the same concepts he stressed in the homework assignments. The best side affect was that he would answer ANY question you had on your homework. You didn't have to play games like you had to with other profs/TAs who would say, "well, I can't tell you that, but what if you ask me this?" and would wind up wasting your time and theirs. All in an effort to not give you a hint which would allow you to answer the question without "earning" said answer. Of course what happened instead is all the students would simply do their homework in giant groups or just google for the problem(surprisingly effective)
Not to mention a huge part of the learning process is making mistakes when they don't cost very much. That is part of how I learn at least. By grading us both on homework and tests you are telling us its better to make sure you know how to game the system than it is to actually UNDERSTAND the material.
They have. I'm a yank living in Germany and I get Telekom's "country select" plan to call home for about 3.5 cents/minute. However, you can tell that the connection isn't over the wire, its voip.....however they are still charging me more than skype.
OS X Tiger isn't buggy, Leopard on the other hand is a steaming pile. I have constant problems with it, both at work and at home. Hell, iTunes, an app you think Apple would have put some effort into perfecting, manages to crash on a daily basis. I hit the little report button, but Steve is so obsessed with the iPhone it seems Leopard bugs are getting the cold shoulder.
Um, since when are "stability and performance" considered "features", I would call them the basis of every operating system. I don't think I should have to shell out more money for "stability and performance" because they should have been included with Leopard, but obviously were not.
durability has a lot more to do with drive lifetime than the durability of the flash components. I have had 3 memory sticks die, and none of them have been because the flash wore out. One I managed to kick and separated the flash part from the USB connector(which was a bitch to get out of my mac pro), another the USB connector became very flakey right after I bought the thing, it would sometimes read, sometimes not, and the other just stopped working(ok, theoretically that could have been due to flash wear, but the thing was less than a year old). In my opinion, if reliability is a chief concern, get one of the small plastic ones. My little red iMation drive has took lots of abuse, and because it is so small, the odds of a collision are significantly reduced.
China loves using this "developing nation" bullshit whenever it wants to try to elicit sympathy or otherwise justify their actions. Want to pollute as much as you want? "We are a developing nation!" Want to not have to play by WTO rules? Again, "Developing nation"
If China actually WERE a developing nation, that stuff wouldn't be so bad. But China has 0 problem throwing its weight around places like Sudan where it uses its ginormous reserves of foreign currency and military know-how to help the Sudanese slaughter their own citizens in exchange for oil.
China, if you want the benefits of being one of the big boys, you are going to have to pay the costs as well. This whole "we are a developing nation when it suits us" bullshit has got to stop, but unfortunately anyone who is actually in a position to make them play by the rules is either a cheater themselves or just so hypnotized by the theoretical promise of China that they refuse to do anything about it.
If you are going to do that, why not just follow what the signs tell you? I don't really need my phone to tell me not to talk on it in places where I shouldn't be talking.....
Seriously, unless you are developing Cocoa(or Carbon) apps, there is very little reason to use XCode. There are better free software programs out there for writing c++ code, not to mention you could always just call good ol' gcc on the command line....
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And if you threw out posts with redundant grammar in them, you would have even less posts per story!
You obviously don't read summaries, articles, or headlines. The logic behind your post is "rant about something for no reason at all."
:P
Dude, if you threw out all those posts, each story would have what, maybe 10 comments per story at most? And yes, I'm guilty of the above sin, quite often actually
I wouldn't call it dull per se, but something is up when not a single person from a country outside Western Europe and the US has ever won the thing....
the tyrant Ahmadinejad stay in power. It seems that there are a lot of people in iran(esp. young people who make up a pretty significant portion of the population) who really dislike his domestic policies but support him because they see him as the only one strong enough to keep Bush and Co. in check. Yet another dictator that has been HELPED by Bush's war to avenge daddy.
Yeah, and considering this probably has about the same amount of carrying capacity as a scooter/motorcycle, there is even less reason to shell out the money for one. I guess it could do better in snow, but that remains to be seen....
Not arguing that it cannot be bad, all software can be bad, but its ultimately up to ME, not Richard Stallman, to make that determination. Simple as that.
No, you don't get to keep it if you cancel within the 30 day "trial"(for lack of a better word), and DONT pay the early termination fee.
No, I am not disagreeing with the 4 freedoms, I am simply saying that forcing me to use software that doesn't do what I need it to do simply because it doesn't fit your ideology is as bad as proprietary software vendors telling you what to do with their product. Essentially you are both trying to deny choice, the very essence of freedom.
As per being a dumb slave, I guess because I prefer Mac OS X on the desktop(because it gaps, actually works) I am a dumb slave. But I am a dumb slave who can actually do what he wants to do much more efficiently than can be done with Linux. Now on servers, my feelings are the other way around.
Free Software flourishes because of the quality of the software and the benefits of distributed development. However, Free Software is not the only way to write software. The rantings and ramblings of someone who seems to think he should be the world's benevolent dictator(aka Stallman) will do little to change the quality of free software. Free software has tons of stuff going for it, but Stallman ain't one of them.
Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and the rest, offer you software that gives them power over you. A change in executives or companies is not important. What we need to change is this system. That's what the free software movement is all about. "Free" refers to freedom: we write and publish software that users are free to share and modify.
In other words, "Do as I tell you, or you are a dumb slave"
Don't get me wrong, I love free software, but more than that I enjoy software that just works. If its free, I'll use that first, but Stallman has always seemed to say that, "Freedom is what I say freedom is, and if you don't do what I tell you to do, then you are not free" Give me a break.....
We had text only and liked it, now get off my lawn!
"Microsoft's big problem is that it doesn't realize its not the only game in town anymore"
Or the instructor could just not collect/correct homework as well as grade on tests. One of my favorite profs in college did just that. He would assign problems, but would never collect them. He could tell if you did them by how you did on the tests/quizzes which were always based on the same concepts he stressed in the homework assignments. The best side affect was that he would answer ANY question you had on your homework. You didn't have to play games like you had to with other profs/TAs who would say, "well, I can't tell you that, but what if you ask me this?" and would wind up wasting your time and theirs. All in an effort to not give you a hint which would allow you to answer the question without "earning" said answer. Of course what happened instead is all the students would simply do their homework in giant groups or just google for the problem(surprisingly effective)
Not to mention a huge part of the learning process is making mistakes when they don't cost very much. That is part of how I learn at least. By grading us both on homework and tests you are telling us its better to make sure you know how to game the system than it is to actually UNDERSTAND the material.
Meh, we have been doing this in the US for years. Look at all the fat people with tons of kids!
They have. I'm a yank living in Germany and I get Telekom's "country select" plan to call home for about 3.5 cents/minute. However, you can tell that the connection isn't over the wire, its voip.....however they are still charging me more than skype.
Its possible to turn off the console and to turn off booting from other drives on macs.
seriously, your PhD thesis is THIS broad? And you have to go to slashdot even to get started on it? I feel bad for you....
as a cyclist I lack opportunities for such displays of wit(I guess I could use my backpack), but if I did, it would have to read:
"The size of ones genitals is inversely proportional to the size of ones vehicle"
The best part is that SUV drivers would run out of fuel before they could even catch up!
OS X Tiger isn't buggy, Leopard on the other hand is a steaming pile. I have constant problems with it, both at work and at home. Hell, iTunes, an app you think Apple would have put some effort into perfecting, manages to crash on a daily basis. I hit the little report button, but Steve is so obsessed with the iPhone it seems Leopard bugs are getting the cold shoulder.
Um, since when are "stability and performance" considered "features", I would call them the basis of every operating system. I don't think I should have to shell out more money for "stability and performance" because they should have been included with Leopard, but obviously were not.
durability has a lot more to do with drive lifetime than the durability of the flash components. I have had 3 memory sticks die, and none of them have been because the flash wore out. One I managed to kick and separated the flash part from the USB connector(which was a bitch to get out of my mac pro), another the USB connector became very flakey right after I bought the thing, it would sometimes read, sometimes not, and the other just stopped working(ok, theoretically that could have been due to flash wear, but the thing was less than a year old). In my opinion, if reliability is a chief concern, get one of the small plastic ones. My little red iMation drive has took lots of abuse, and because it is so small, the odds of a collision are significantly reduced.
that comes with a cute girl who is constantly on her knees in front of it, waiting for input!
China loves using this "developing nation" bullshit whenever it wants to try to elicit sympathy or otherwise justify their actions. Want to pollute as much as you want? "We are a developing nation!" Want to not have to play by WTO rules? Again, "Developing nation"
If China actually WERE a developing nation, that stuff wouldn't be so bad. But China has 0 problem throwing its weight around places like Sudan where it uses its ginormous reserves of foreign currency and military know-how to help the Sudanese slaughter their own citizens in exchange for oil.
China, if you want the benefits of being one of the big boys, you are going to have to pay the costs as well. This whole "we are a developing nation when it suits us" bullshit has got to stop, but unfortunately anyone who is actually in a position to make them play by the rules is either a cheater themselves or just so hypnotized by the theoretical promise of China that they refuse to do anything about it.
If you are going to do that, why not just follow what the signs tell you? I don't really need my phone to tell me not to talk on it in places where I shouldn't be talking.....
but imagine some organized crime ring declaring they'll pay the national debt when elected, do you think they should be?
Man, imagine how much fake Viagra they would have to make for that!
Don't use xcode?
Seriously, unless you are developing Cocoa(or Carbon) apps, there is very little reason to use XCode. There are better free software programs out there for writing c++ code, not to mention you could always just call good ol' gcc on the command line....