If you don't like communism, just say so, but no need to get derogotory about it.
The intent of communism is that everyone is equal and should be treated fairly, the basic premise is that everyone deserves to be part of a sharing community where people aren't taken advantage of. Everyone that can provide, should. And everyone that needs, should be given. In such a society no-one shold be considered a freeloader, because everyone should pitch in as much as they can.
Capitalism could be viewed as the opposite, where everyone is out for themselves rather than for the benefit of the whole.
Of course, communism is always doomed to failure because humanity is inately selfish (a necessary evolutionary trait), and the chance of a benevolent leadership persisting indefinately is unlikely.
However the fact that the ideals of communism are benevolent should not be overlooked. And it is uninformed and rude to suggest that an ideological system that exists only as a fanciful mental construct in which everyone is truly equal should in some way be feared and/or insulted. Perhaps this is just a left-over fear from the Cold War? But let's stop thinking of comunism as being the opposite of democracy, and let's stop thinking that capitalism is identical to democracy.
As it happens, while I hold many socialist views, I must confess that the core of my being/is/ selfish, and I am totally in favour of unfair systems, as long as I get the best out of them. But at least I can admit that to myself and others.
Actually, the only fact one can surmise from your story is that Open Office wasn't good enough for you to open certain specific MS Power Point presentations. Beyond that your story doesn't actually provide any evidence that OOo itself is evil.
Can you view OOo presentations in Power Point? If not.. does that make PP evil?
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I give glitch23 (557124) an A+
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You know those atomic models we played with at school.. the coloured balls that we attached together with plastic sticks.. making up molecules... Dalton must have had quite a lot of trouble with that if he was colour blind.. so even more kudos for being able to work all that stuff out.. I give him an A+
> I like to dual-boot some random linux distro for when I need good old-fashioned CLI goodness that I can't get from DOS, but I mostly stay on Windows.
So when you're on windows.. and you want to perform some sort of command line task on it, you boot into linux? What windows task requires you booting into linux to perform it?
I can't imagine one.. but then I don't use windows much.
The punch in question was in 2001. The article states this clearly. I don't think the point of the initial parent was to raise the issue of the punch, but instead to make a comment about JP. I was simply pedantically correcting the nickname to the more common version. On an aside, I think JP is one of my favourite politicians, refreshing to have not only some honesty in politics, but some highly visual and obvious honesty not wrapped up in spin.
Note that I made no mention of ever excreting it from the system. For maximum security it should be held within the system for all time, which explains why us computer types are stereotypically fat.
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If you don't like communism, just say so, but no need to get derogotory about it.
/is/ selfish, and I am totally in favour of unfair systems, as long as I get the best out of them. But at least I can admit that to myself and others.
The intent of communism is that everyone is equal and should be treated fairly, the basic premise is that everyone deserves to be part of a sharing community where people aren't taken advantage of. Everyone that can provide, should. And everyone that needs, should be given. In such a society no-one shold be considered a freeloader, because everyone should pitch in as much as they can.
Capitalism could be viewed as the opposite, where everyone is out for themselves rather than for the benefit of the whole.
Of course, communism is always doomed to failure because humanity is inately selfish (a necessary evolutionary trait), and the chance of a benevolent leadership persisting indefinately is unlikely.
However the fact that the ideals of communism are benevolent should not be overlooked. And it is uninformed and rude to suggest that an ideological system that exists only as a fanciful mental construct in which everyone is truly equal should in some way be feared and/or insulted. Perhaps this is just a left-over fear from the Cold War? But let's stop thinking of comunism as being the opposite of democracy, and let's stop thinking that capitalism is identical to democracy.
As it happens, while I hold many socialist views, I must confess that the core of my being
Not even Microsoft can persuade people to upgrade from XP to XP. Hence they need a new version of windows. It's all about making money.
and the next step.. er... profit?
My hd started failing after I installed Mandrake 9.2, of course, it's an old drive that has had lots of abuse... but a funny coincidence.
/.ers that read articles? Ha! just another case of urban folklore, they don't exist.
vi can blow upsmall villages? Sheesh.. now that's bloatware!
> The fact remains the same - OpenOffice is evil!
Actually, the only fact one can surmise from your story is that Open Office wasn't good enough for you to open certain specific MS Power Point presentations. Beyond that your story doesn't actually provide any evidence that OOo itself is evil.
Can you view OOo presentations in Power Point? If not.. does that make PP evil?
I give glitch23 (557124) an A+
You know those atomic models we played with at school.. the coloured balls that we attached together with plastic sticks.. making up molecules... Dalton must have had quite a lot of trouble with that if he was colour blind.. so even more kudos for being able to work all that stuff out.. I give him an A+
Yeah.. only the above average /.er is against him.
So you actually boot into linux to do windows file manipulation?
> I like to dual-boot some random linux distro for when I need good old-fashioned CLI goodness that I can't get from DOS, but I mostly stay on Windows.
So when you're on windows.. and you want to perform some sort of command line task on it, you boot into linux? What windows task requires you booting into linux to perform it?
I can't imagine one.. but then I don't use windows much.
I'm using iTunes for windows now, it's appears to be /exactly/ the same as iTunes on the mac. I'm very impressed!
Mod parent's parent up. Mod parent down. Mod this up. Mod children down. And get me a beer while you're at it.
The punch in question was in 2001. The article states this clearly. I don't think the point of the initial parent was to raise the issue of the punch, but instead to make a comment about JP. I was simply pedantically correcting the nickname to the more common version. On an aside, I think JP is one of my favourite politicians, refreshing to have not only some honesty in politics, but some highly visual and obvious honesty not wrapped up in spin.
> I think you're out to lunch
/. as some form of entertainment.
If I was 'out to lunch' I wouldn't be so bored that I was posting pedantic posts to
Can I suggest you do likewise? Sorry if it's very pedantic of me, but to quote the article:
> It was one of the lasting images of the campaign - and "Two Jags" briefly became "Two Jabs".
Note it says 'briefly became'; of the two nicknames, only one of them actually persists.
> I just can't see ole "two jabs"
.. as in two jaguar cars.
That's "Two jags"
Note that I made no mention of ever excreting it from the system. For maximum security it should be held within the system for all time, which explains why us computer types are stereotypically fat.
Shred, burn, then eat!
:)
Sounds a bit like an Apple slogan
If you don't like it, why do you want someone to send it to you?
> He is not of the moral character I want near the big red button of the Internet.
I don't mind if he's near this.
I suggest you read The Blind Watchmaker, that goes into such things.
> I wasn't aware that Slashdot was a spam forum
You must be new h.. oh never mind.
Are you a linux consultant? That'd explain the figures ;)
Linux has good SMB support.
*ducks*