You buy Windows thus you support MS but only what they want to sell, not what you want. Now, I could contact Apache, pay them to make a special version of it, and get that special version thus I get exactly what I wanted. Captialism is about meeting customer demands while communism meets the basic needs of people. If I demand MS to make a version of Windows that is spyware/virus proof, they won't do it, tus communist while I can get my customer demands met with OSS. Captialism is also about flutuation due to competition but since most corporations don't want competition, they are communist (no competition since all resources are availble to all by only one source).
Who says the software has to be free? Afteral, support, manuals, and updates can be priced. If someone makes a copy of the software, then people will have to improve their software.
Unlike MS which is forcing Windows onto PCs and refuses to fix the code. Corporations may say their captialist but they're really communist. Consider that prices are effected by markets, software is never effected by markets. The value is given and rarely changes, independent of market value. Communist prices are also never effected by markets.
Consider airlines. If they are doing good, the don't want gov interfention but if things are going bad, they want money (communism) to stay in business. Corporations want communism for themselves (gov-given resources) but captialism for the rest of us (but a market influenied by the gov in favor of certain corporations).
MS wants to sell those separately. That and DRM is your friend. MS is on your side. MS wants to help you not use the content of CDs/DVDs because of DRM but corporations like MS that won't allow back-ups of content.
Both Christians taking the time to understand the Scientific point of view. And those of the scientific point of view trying to understand what might be appealing about God and creation.
As a Buddhist, I'm insulted. Why do Christians assume people are either atheists or Christian? There are other beliefs in America.
On one side we can travel the world in days be easily cured of previously deadly diseases, and drink Coca-cola cheap. On the other hand, we have managed to kill more people in this century through war than in all the other wars in human history. Both sides of the coin are made possible with science.
Science doesn't kill people, people kill people. Technology are only as good as the people using them. Complaining about it won't change human nature.
Bashing religious people, especially Christians, is easy.
I'm a Buddhist and I only get bashed by Christians since I'm not oneof them. Everyone else is fine with me. Then again, Bush et al made religion = Christianity so I'm not religious.
When do we take *in god we trust* off the dollar bill. Isn't that govt sponsored? Lower case 'g' would be better.
What about "One nation under god" in the Pledge? Again, lower case 'g' would be fine.
What do people swear in on when going under "oath" in the court room again? How about the holy text of their choice?
And you're telling me a sticker that states a FACT is unconstitutional.. heh.. No. The sticker implies that creationism is a theory when it is a believe. Teaching it as an alterative to science will corrupt our education system even more.
USA, land of the greedy and oblivious. You're a Republician, right?
Fundamentalist Christians are scared since Jesus didn't return in 2000/2001 like they hoped so they want a theocracy and their religion forced onto others. In other words, they are scared they maybe wrong and if they force people to listen to them, they might agree and Jesus returns.
Fundamentalist Christians who are scared by reality and must insist that everyone must be like them to validate their religion and feel secure once more.
The best software implementation for the oldest hardware.
Or- The worst software implementation for the latest hardware.
Same could be said for Windows. Afterall, XP won't run on older hardware since it has no natie drivers and no XP driversf or it. XP does well with newer hardware but it's usually made for XP like many modems and wireless cards.
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Why does every Christian have to say that? I'm assuming you support a Christian theocracy.
How about a Christian theocracy with Biblical law that states anyone different is a Devil worshiper and deserves death?
License this, license that, none of it is yours.
Sad day when seeds for crops need a license agreement. Maybe GPL....
Poor Shrub...
if you wan't Firefox support then maybe you should look at an open source solution
You buy Windows thus you support MS but only what they want to sell, not what you want. Now, I could contact Apache, pay them to make a special version of it, and get that special version thus I get exactly what I wanted. Captialism is about meeting customer demands while communism meets the basic needs of people. If I demand MS to make a version of Windows that is spyware/virus proof, they won't do it, tus communist while I can get my customer demands met with OSS. Captialism is also about flutuation due to competition but since most corporations don't want competition, they are communist (no competition since all resources are availble to all by only one source).
Unlike MS which is forcing Windows onto PCs and refuses to fix the code. Corporations may say their captialist but they're really communist. Consider that prices are effected by markets, software is never effected by markets. The value is given and rarely changes, independent of market value. Communist prices are also never effected by markets.
Consider airlines. If they are doing good, the don't want gov interfention but if things are going bad, they want money (communism) to stay in business. Corporations want communism for themselves (gov-given resources) but captialism for the rest of us (but a market influenied by the gov in favor of certain corporations).
MS wants to sell those separately. That and DRM is your friend. MS is on your side. MS wants to help you not use the content of CDs/DVDs because of DRM but corporations like MS that won't allow back-ups of content.
On one side we can travel the world in days be easily cured of previously deadly diseases, and drink Coca-cola cheap. On the other hand, we have managed to kill more people in this century through war than in all the other wars in human history. Both sides of the coin are made possible with science.
Science doesn't kill people, people kill people. Technology are only as good as the people using them. Complaining about it won't change human nature.
I'm a Buddhist and I only get bashed by Christians since I'm not oneof them. Everyone else is fine with me. Then again, Bush et al made religion = Christianity so I'm not religious.
Most laws started out as a theory. Newton's laws were theories and someday Einstein's theories will be law..
Isn't that what all worldviews do? Consider USA and it's thinking of communism. Christians with science. And -isms in philosophy.
I am the only Buddhist here that thinks our society is falling apart slowly since Bush got office?
What about "One nation under god" in the Pledge? Again, lower case 'g' would be fine.
What do people swear in on when going under "oath" in the court room again? How about the holy text of their choice?
And you're telling me a sticker that states a FACT is unconstitutional.. heh.. No. The sticker implies that creationism is a theory when it is a believe. Teaching it as an alterative to science will corrupt our education system even more.
USA, land of the greedy and oblivious. You're a Republician, right?
There is evidence that Neanderthal and homo erectus formed a hybrid known as homo sapien.
Why couldn't it have been a world-wide flood? Why is it that every race on earth has historical data or stories of a one-world flood?
Maybe it relates to the melting of the polar ice caps at the end of the last ice age.
But simply ask yourself: "were you there?". No. If you can't observe it, there is no way you can prove it.
Same could be said for the universe coming into existance. Same for the accuratcy of the Bible.
Fundamentalist Christians are scared since Jesus didn't return in 2000/2001 like they hoped so they want a theocracy and their religion forced onto others. In other words, they are scared they maybe wrong and if they force people to listen to them, they might agree and Jesus returns.
Buddhism has no creation story as far as I know. I haven't encountered one yet.
If it can't be proven wrong or correct, how can it be a theory and not a method for force feed religion?
Fundamentalist Christians who are scared by reality and must insist that everyone must be like them to validate their religion and feel secure once more.
I, for one, welcome our new 3D BSOD overlords.
In short, stop trolling without training.
Imagine the responce if MS went out of business. Who would we hate then?
How can they be arrested for telling the truth?
Too true. If Americans could look past differences and see people, we'd be better off. Especially in the South.