Sorry if this is redundant. I didn't have time to read all 700+ comments (and I was getting pretty irked by #100).
Classic liberal vs. conservative [and don't get me started on 'libertarians' -- they're just liberals without the rocks to admit it] argument.
As it shall soon be needless to say, I tend to lean on the conservative side of the fence. And now on to my point.
There are two words that start with "R" that apply to being a citizen of the United States of America. The first is one that everyone loves to hear and toss around. It is rights. Everyone has their rights! You can't take away my right to do this! Semantic arguments of rights vs. privileges (N.B.: that is the correct spelling of privilege. Learn to spell before you learn to argue, please) aside. Classic liberal argument, "ooooh, don't step on my rights as a human [expletive] being!"
The other "R" word, that liberals seem to hate, is responsibilities. To enjoy one's rights as a US Citizen, there are certain responsibilities which one must uphold. If one fails to uphold one's responsibilities in regards to a right, it should be viewed as a voluntary waiving of said right. As it pertains to operating a motor vehicle:
As an American citizen having satisfied the established requirements of license, I am granted the [right | privilege] of operating a motor vehicle. In exchange for the [right | privilege], I am given the responsibility of operating that motor vehicle in a safe manner, in accordance with the rules and regulations ["laws"] set forth by the governing body (the state in which I operate said motor vehicle). This means, in addition to not running people over, obeying, among other things, posted speed limits. If I repeatedly fail to uphold that responsibility, I waive my [right | privilege] to operate the motor vehicle.
A foreign immigrant taxi driver said it best:
Americans are always so quick to remember their rights. So few of them remember their responsibilities.
1. I agree, to a degree. If I have Problem-X with my Linux platform, I don't want to fix it by switching distros. I chose my distro because I liked Features M, N, O, and P, not being aware of Problem-X until I encountered it. "You have Problem-X? Try Distro-Y instead." "Try installing from source" is also not an ideal solution, as it will (correct me if I'm wrong) take said application out from under the watchful eye of package management.
2. If I encounter Problem-X in Windows, you can't tell me I have the wrong distro (beyond the scope of versions), because there isn't another distro. "You have Problem-X? Oh well, you're hosed."
How do you know he didn't have permission? Perhaps the copyright claim was part of an agreement between him and Ladybird (or whoever holds the copyright now) in order to have said permission.
I don't think there's any BASIC routine that really sleeps, in today's multithreading context. Remember that BASIC was originated long before threads were anything more than clothing material...
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Sorry if this is redundant. I didn't have time to read all 700+ comments (and I was getting pretty irked by #100).
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Classic liberal vs. conservative [and don't get me started on 'libertarians' -- they're just liberals without the rocks to admit it] argument.
As it shall soon be needless to say, I tend to lean on the conservative side of the fence. And now on to my point.
There are two words that start with "R" that apply to being a citizen of the United States of America. The first is one that everyone loves to hear and toss around. It is rights. Everyone has their rights! You can't take away my right to do this! Semantic arguments of rights vs. privileges (N.B.: that is the correct spelling of privilege. Learn to spell before you learn to argue, please) aside. Classic liberal argument, "ooooh, don't step on my rights as a human [expletive] being!"
The other "R" word, that liberals seem to hate, is responsibilities. To enjoy one's rights as a US Citizen, there are certain responsibilities which one must uphold. If one fails to uphold one's responsibilities in regards to a right, it should be viewed as a voluntary waiving of said right. As it pertains to operating a motor vehicle:
As an American citizen having satisfied the established requirements of license, I am granted the [right | privilege] of operating a motor vehicle. In exchange for the [right | privilege], I am given the responsibility of operating that motor vehicle in a safe manner, in accordance with the rules and regulations ["laws"] set forth by the governing body (the state in which I operate said motor vehicle). This means, in addition to not running people over, obeying, among other things, posted speed limits. If I repeatedly fail to uphold that responsibility, I waive my [right | privilege] to operate the motor vehicle.
A foreign immigrant taxi driver said it best:
Americans are always so quick to remember their rights. So few of them remember their responsibilities
I take exception at your implied correlation between "Microsoft" and "Pope," as well as between "FOSS" and "Satanism."
If you ask me, it should be the other way 'round...
Two separate ideas on this one:
1. I agree, to a degree. If I have Problem-X with my Linux platform, I don't want to fix it by switching distros. I chose my distro because I liked Features M, N, O, and P, not being aware of Problem-X until I encountered it. "You have Problem-X? Try Distro-Y instead." "Try installing from source" is also not an ideal solution, as it will (correct me if I'm wrong) take said application out from under the watchful eye of package management.
2. If I encounter Problem-X in Windows, you can't tell me I have the wrong distro (beyond the scope of versions), because there isn't another distro. "You have Problem-X? Oh well, you're hosed."
+1. Now that is classy.
Don't you mean "def" star? Hee hee.
How do you know he didn't have permission? Perhaps the copyright claim was part of an agreement between him and Ladybird (or whoever holds the copyright now) in order to have said permission.
I don't think there's any BASIC routine that really sleeps, in today's multithreading context. Remember that BASIC was originated long before threads were anything more than clothing material...