I once stayed with a tribe who used their left hands *as* toilet paper (then "washed" it in the sand). I just thanked god they shook hands with the right.
Politicians lie?!?!? Wow, the U.S. and other western countries are certainly different from every other country in the world, throughout history, in *that* respect!
the first country in the history of balance-of-power politics to think that the failure of its main enemy (the USSR) entitles it to something like control of the entire world, forever.
Are you joking? Alexander the Great, Rome, the Mongol Empire, The Ottomans, The British Empire, The Third Reich--should I go on? I'm no fan of American imperialism either, but there have been PLENTY of empires in history who most *assuredly* wanted to take over the world in perpetuity. And the U.S. is nowhere nearly as brutal about it as some of them were.
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The problem isn't that we need to forget, the problem is that we need to *forgive*. Before this "memory" we were able to live in a fantasy/delusional world where high school and college students were all saints and boy scouts. Now, for a younger generation, party pics are there to remind them that they weren't. I bet the very same people who denied this teacher her certificate did the exact same thing when they were young. But they want to pretend (to their colleagues, to their kids, maybe even to themselves) that they didn't. And what better way to do that than to take it out on some poor girl whose only sin was growing up in a time where there are more cameras and an internet around?
We need a lot less sanctimony and a lot more "So he/she partied in college...but who didn't?"
It really shines with TV series. It takes forever to watch one of those on DVD because Netflix will only send one disc at a time. But with streaming, all the episodes are right there.
Because so much has went into the *promotion* of these authors back when they were nobodies. It's real easy for a writer to go indie after he/she has become famous. But they forget about those early years when the publisher/newspaper/studio was taking a chance on them, and helping to promote them. Seems a little unfair to dump your publisher after you get the fame that they helped you achieve. It would be different if these authors has *started out* as indies.
It's like my grandpa used to say, "CEO's and politicians are just sociopaths with suits." Of course, grandpa also said that the jews were stealing from him in the nursing home, so take it with a grain of salt.
I'm a long-shot kind of guy. So I took "Eaten by a bear in 2021" in the Torvalds death pool. Sure it's unlikely, but the odds make the payout HUGE if it happens.
I buy most of my games used for $10-$30. Even the hottest title will often be down to around $20 just a year after release. But I can only do that with console games now. Digital distribution and DRM is killing the used market for PC games (intentionally). So digital copies certainly don't mean a good price for me. It means paying close to retail for something I would have been able to buy a lot cheaper used if it weren't for all the DRM.
Arrogant people who achieve power never give it up voluntarily. They hold onto every little bit of it for dear life. Torvalds would no more voluntarily give up his ultimate authority than he would jump off a cliff. You can make all the reasonable arguments in the world, it's not going to change who he is. Linux is his baby and he's a jealous parent.
What is needed is a good new fork with strong support. Unfortunately, for all the bitching and moaning about Torvalds, that has never really come together. He is a driving force and developers have accepted his Linux kernel as the standard for a long time. There are a lot of branches out there, granted, but at the end of the day they all ultimately go back to the same tree. Getting developers to accept a new mainline kernel as the standard (and to give up the "Linux" name), and getting some superior distros out there (you would need an equivalent of Ubuntu) would require a lot of work, organization, and some charismatic leadership. The OSS community could handle the work part okay, but the organization and charismatic leaders parts--not so much.
I used to have a friend who worked at NASA. He used to joke that the agency was the world's most expensive animation studio, since that's all they really ever produced.
I'm currently developing a game where you play as one of the WoW quest givers. All day, every day, you'll sit around with an exclamation point over your head asking every random stranger who comes along to get you 10 wolf pelts. It'll be the most exciting game since Penn & Teller's "Desert Bus."
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It's definitely not a great country for epileptics.
He didn't say it was right, only that the U.S. is hardly unique in that regard.
Except Steve will have you shot in the head if you don't do what he says, instead of just turning you into a blueberry.
Wow, I didn't know /. had a Japanese site. I wonder if kdawson is annoying there too.
I once stayed with a tribe who used their left hands *as* toilet paper (then "washed" it in the sand). I just thanked god they shook hands with the right.
Can you imagine Rome with nuclear weapons? One shudders to think.
Politicians lie?!?!? Wow, the U.S. and other western countries are certainly different from every other country in the world, throughout history, in *that* respect!
I think I would much prefer the latter to the former.
It's super happy most fun!
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Are you joking? Alexander the Great, Rome, the Mongol Empire, The Ottomans, The British Empire, The Third Reich--should I go on? I'm no fan of American imperialism either, but there have been PLENTY of empires in history who most *assuredly* wanted to take over the world in perpetuity. And the U.S. is nowhere nearly as brutal about it as some of them were.
The problem isn't that we need to forget, the problem is that we need to *forgive*. Before this "memory" we were able to live in a fantasy/delusional world where high school and college students were all saints and boy scouts. Now, for a younger generation, party pics are there to remind them that they weren't. I bet the very same people who denied this teacher her certificate did the exact same thing when they were young. But they want to pretend (to their colleagues, to their kids, maybe even to themselves) that they didn't. And what better way to do that than to take it out on some poor girl whose only sin was growing up in a time where there are more cameras and an internet around?
We need a lot less sanctimony and a lot more "So he/she partied in college...but who didn't?"
It really shines with TV series. It takes forever to watch one of those on DVD because Netflix will only send one disc at a time. But with streaming, all the episodes are right there.
Because so much has went into the *promotion* of these authors back when they were nobodies. It's real easy for a writer to go indie after he/she has become famous. But they forget about those early years when the publisher/newspaper/studio was taking a chance on them, and helping to promote them. Seems a little unfair to dump your publisher after you get the fame that they helped you achieve. It would be different if these authors has *started out* as indies.
It's like my grandpa used to say, "CEO's and politicians are just sociopaths with suits." Of course, grandpa also said that the jews were stealing from him in the nursing home, so take it with a grain of salt.
I didn't say that was a bad thing. Quite the contrary, doing charity work SHOULD make you feel better about yourself.
I'm a long-shot kind of guy. So I took "Eaten by a bear in 2021" in the Torvalds death pool. Sure it's unlikely, but the odds make the payout HUGE if it happens.
He realized that charity was a much better ego-booster than being the much-maligned head of a big corporation.
I buy most of my games used for $10-$30. Even the hottest title will often be down to around $20 just a year after release. But I can only do that with console games now. Digital distribution and DRM is killing the used market for PC games (intentionally). So digital copies certainly don't mean a good price for me. It means paying close to retail for something I would have been able to buy a lot cheaper used if it weren't for all the DRM.
And most hated of all...the one whiny little girl-man robber who will later be edited into the security camera footage.
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to put in a window?
Arrogant people who achieve power never give it up voluntarily. They hold onto every little bit of it for dear life. Torvalds would no more voluntarily give up his ultimate authority than he would jump off a cliff. You can make all the reasonable arguments in the world, it's not going to change who he is. Linux is his baby and he's a jealous parent.
What is needed is a good new fork with strong support. Unfortunately, for all the bitching and moaning about Torvalds, that has never really come together. He is a driving force and developers have accepted his Linux kernel as the standard for a long time. There are a lot of branches out there, granted, but at the end of the day they all ultimately go back to the same tree. Getting developers to accept a new mainline kernel as the standard (and to give up the "Linux" name), and getting some superior distros out there (you would need an equivalent of Ubuntu) would require a lot of work, organization, and some charismatic leadership. The OSS community could handle the work part okay, but the organization and charismatic leaders parts--not so much.
Where are they going to find the cops to make sure growers are paying their taxes?
I used to have a friend who worked at NASA. He used to joke that the agency was the world's most expensive animation studio, since that's all they really ever produced.
I didn't spend years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.
I'm currently developing a game where you play as one of the WoW quest givers. All day, every day, you'll sit around with an exclamation point over your head asking every random stranger who comes along to get you 10 wolf pelts. It'll be the most exciting game since Penn & Teller's "Desert Bus."