For those of you just joining us, I should probably mention that this is the same APK who tried to run me out of here a couple of years ago by posting 200+ responses to anything I posted.
Alex, if you're going to pretend to be someone else, you really need to work on that "uses the same phrasing and even the same grammatical errors" thing.
Still butthurt that you can't crapflood here any more? Good.
It's so damned hard to tell these days--especially with Americans, who seem increasingly prone to take any criticism of their work as a personal attack.
(I'm originally from America, so yes, I'm allowed to say that.)
The law makes it pretty clear that pedestrians have the right of way. Just because you're jaywalking does not give drivers carte-blanche to mow you down.
Please explain why this isn't suitable for Slashdot, other than the fact that you care so little about it that you felt obliged to tell us how little you care about it.
As I once told our old friend APK, "I've seen scarier shit than you as the toy surprise in my breakfast cereal". So, no, not in the least bit intimidated. Just slightly taken aback that a simple question would elicit such a nasty response which I utterly fail to see any rationale for.
Anyhow, enough with the meta-bullshit, back to the question: FWIW, yes, I know that intentions and history do matter. Yes, it would have been better that a public figure had not lent any recognition to idiocy to begin with. But I can't go back and change the past, and neither can you, and neither can Robert DeNiro.
I was merely curious as to what others might think, and I honestly didn't know about DeNiro's involvement in the anti-vaccine nuttiness before seeing this story a few minutes ago. (I left the States at the turn of the century, and haven't paid that much attention to American media since then.)
Only if you believe that 98% FOSS is no less a failure as 0% FOSS.
Since I don't necessarily see everything in terms of black and white, I'll settle for the 98%, tick the Success column, and proceed to get some work done. House payments don't grow on trees, and my mom doesn't have a basement.
In all seriousness, it looks like this is a follow-up to an earlier story in which owners of devices based around DASH (Sony's me-too competitor to Chumby)
...and WTF is a "Chumby"?
Must we google everything in the summary? WTF good is the summary if it doesn't, you know, sum up the story in a comprehensible fashion?
The summary probably should have mentioned it's an addon story, and maybe even a little bit about the dashboard, but you have to be careful not to let it grow too large. What's the point of the summary if it's as long as the article?
Inserting "...Sony's wifi tablet-without-that-annoying-battery-thing that came out in 2010..." into TFS would have made it "too large"?
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Offtopic, but I'm curious as to the origins of your signature.
It's a mini-collection of common errors found in Slashdot posts (and elsewhere) that people use to try to look less ignorant than they are.
It's power washers all the way---oh, nevermind.
All it takes is one bad hailstorm to really mess up your car. But you probably carry insurance on that, right?
For those of you just joining us, I should probably mention that this is the same APK who tried to run me out of here a couple of years ago by posting 200+ responses to anything I posted.
Alex, if you're going to pretend to be someone else, you really need to work on that "uses the same phrasing and even the same grammatical errors" thing.
Still butthurt that you can't crapflood here any more? Good.
It's so damned hard to tell these days--especially with Americans, who seem increasingly prone to take any criticism of their work as a personal attack.
(I'm originally from America, so yes, I'm allowed to say that.)
Linux kernel development needs people who are capable, period.
And you seem to forget who Linus is married to.
Oh, for pity's sake, AlecStaar--can't you save your nonsense for a story where it's at least slightly relevant?
It might well do so, if we had actual meta-moderation again instead of the useless abortion that supplanted it.
PC-CVS provides a nice KDE desktop to help you along while you're getting used to the FreeCVS userland.
Wrong. Even lies are protected speech. But this has no bearing on speech in a private venue, of course.
TFTFM. (Nod to Zak3056.)
I thought it was self-evident that the notion of "protected speech" has no application in a private venue.
Even Xuanzang of Tang made a Journey To The West to receive wisdom.
Oops--still to the east of Europe, though.
Taiyang zuihong! Mao zhushi zuiqin!
Wrong. Even lies are protected speech.
Just to be clear, I never advocated for that, nor for Bennett's attempts in general to turn Slashdot into his personal blog.
The law makes it pretty clear that pedestrians have the right of way. Just because you're jaywalking does not give drivers carte-blanche to mow you down.
Please explain why this isn't suitable for Slashdot, other than the fact that you care so little about it that you felt obliged to tell us how little you care about it.
As I once told our old friend APK, "I've seen scarier shit than you as the toy surprise in my breakfast cereal". So, no, not in the least bit intimidated. Just slightly taken aback that a simple question would elicit such a nasty response which I utterly fail to see any rationale for.
Anyhow, enough with the meta-bullshit, back to the question: FWIW, yes, I know that intentions and history do matter. Yes, it would have been better that a public figure had not lent any recognition to idiocy to begin with. But I can't go back and change the past, and neither can you, and neither can Robert DeNiro.
I was merely curious as to what others might think, and I honestly didn't know about DeNiro's involvement in the anti-vaccine nuttiness before seeing this story a few minutes ago. (I left the States at the turn of the century, and haven't paid that much attention to American media since then.)
Evidently, fake internet points matter to you more than the "right thing."
You're that butthurt over the fact that I post at +1 that you have to make all manner of wild accusations--not to mention an implied threat--over it?
Maybe you should take a good, hard look in the mirror, buddy.
Even if you're correct: Does it matter? Does any of this change the fact that, in the end, he did the right thing?
"Than", not "as". Sorry.
Only if you believe that 98% FOSS is no less a failure as 0% FOSS.
Since I don't necessarily see everything in terms of black and white, I'll settle for the 98%, tick the Success column, and proceed to get some work done. House payments don't grow on trees, and my mom doesn't have a basement.
Must we google everything in the summary? WTF good is the summary if it doesn't, you know, sum up the story in a comprehensible fashion?
The summary probably should have mentioned it's an addon story, and maybe even a little bit about the dashboard, but you have to be careful not to let it grow too large. What's the point of the summary if it's as long as the article?
Inserting "...Sony's wifi tablet-without-that-annoying-battery-thing that came out in 2010..." into TFS would have made it "too large"?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=NPR
Who's "we"? And can you name some specific countries?