You're stuck in the wrong decade old geezer. All the kids in college and highschool these days were born in the 90s and grow up in the 90s/00's. Computers have been so prevalent their entire lives that they could literally jump onto a bus, head down to the local Salvation Army, and pick up a computer. All for about the price of one or two cheese pizzas.
I would know: my previous computer, the one that I had since I was a child, cost me $50. Because I was feeling like Mr Moneybags at the time.
Anybody currently in college or enrolling in college who says they never had the opportunity to hobby in computing is flat out full of shit.
If you look at the words, 'agnostic' simply means "without knowledge". By itself, it doesn't specifically refer to religion at all.
'Atheism' on the other hand means "not theistic". This one is more subtle but realistically includes what you also think of when you think of agnostic. Anything that isn't a theistic belief falls under theism, including but not limited to "I know there is no god". An alien who never even heard of the concept of religion and therefore holds nothing you can call a "belief" on the subject would be an atheist.
Some of us are mature enough to recognize that we have rights which are not yet necessarily codified into law. That you speak of laws when others speak of rights is very interesting, I wonder what your father would say about that.
This is irrelevant however since under US law consumers are legally permitted to use their computer hardware as they see fit. Its a right that is inherent in the entire legal concept of ownership. In this country we don't need laws specifically allowing actions, we only use laws to specifically ban things.
Now, when a company decides to implement technical measures to restrict my rights as a consumer, and decides to start lobbing lawyers at whoever dares challenge those measures, they are technically in the legal black. When they start retroactively removing advertised features....... Well, let's just say they start to seriously deserve whatever happens to them.
If you own hardware, you have the right to use it. Sometimes the government doesn't back you up, and sometimes corporations or private citizens don't respect you, but you always have that right. If you cannot grok that short and simple concept, then you have no sense whatsoever.
It is not a matter of profession, it is a matter of consumer rights. The right to use your property as you see fit. If you have to buy yourself into a right, then your right is being violated. If you buy a car from Ford, you don't need to purchase additional permission from them to use it in Canada instead of Mexico; it is your right to do so and they have no right to prevent it. If you purchase a laptop from lenovo, they have no right to tell you that you must run windows, it is your right as a consumer to run what software you see fit on your property. Etc.
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That is your (quite clearly emotionally comprimised) opinion. I don't give a shit about it.
If you are trying to offend with those scare quotes, then I'm afraid you have terribly failed. I'll be the first to point out that (Dependant on the quality of the school involved) computer science is either a mathematics discipline, a vocational program, or some combination of the two.
But no, lacking an education in the particular science involved or demonstratable proof of flaw, you are not qualified to pass judgment on those who actually know the science. No morose than the chemist of modest note who gets on the news saying global warming is bullshit.
I bet you're an anti-vaxxer too, fucking moron. I love the hints of homophobia too by the way...
1) I didn't make the analogy, so take your indignation and go fuck yourself with it. I am not responsible for your emotions, and I don't care if you find what others say to be offensive.
2) As previously stated by another, differences in scale do not invalidate analogies. No matter how much it may offend you, the AC's analogy still makes a point which you have thusfar avoided addressing. If something is only free for a select group of people, then it is NOT truly free.
Address his point, or shut the fuck up because nobody cares.
The only argument that you have is "I am educated in an unrelated field, so I'm going to disregard experts" (sounds a lot random non-geologists/climatologists getting themselves interviewed on CNN saying global warming is rubbish, don't you think?), and "you are pro-nuke, so you must be in industry".
I'm a software developer with absolutely no ties to the nuclear industry. The difference between us is that I know when to defer to educated experts while you do not.
That, and I don't see conspiracies whenever I close my eyes...
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It's called backporting drivers. We do it all the fucking time. You don't know what the shit you're talking about.
Wow, your CS program really must have been bad... ...You managed to get through it without ever even learning what CS is.
You're stuck in the wrong decade old geezer. All the kids in college and highschool these days were born in the 90s and grow up in the 90s/00's. Computers have been so prevalent their entire lives that they could literally jump onto a bus, head down to the local Salvation Army, and pick up a computer. All for about the price of one or two cheese pizzas.
I would know: my previous computer, the one that I had since I was a child, cost me $50. Because I was feeling like Mr Moneybags at the time.
Anybody currently in college or enrolling in college who says they never had the opportunity to hobby in computing is flat out full of shit.
These are only problems for drivers outside the kernel. Fuck them.
No, I really doubt that. 1) Icelanders are not idiots. 2) It's fucking Iceland. This is hardly the first time they've seen some volcanic activity.
Had this been in biblebelt kansas, maybe you'd be right.
That is, and always will be, an intentional feature. Nobody gives a fuck about your shittacular drivers.
If you look at the words, 'agnostic' simply means "without knowledge". By itself, it doesn't specifically refer to religion at all.
'Atheism' on the other hand means "not theistic". This one is more subtle but realistically includes what you also think of when you think of agnostic. Anything that isn't a theistic belief falls under theism, including but not limited to "I know there is no god". An alien who never even heard of the concept of religion and therefore holds nothing you can call a "belief" on the subject would be an atheist.
You know, it's a pretty sad day when dedicated slashdot trolls can't think up anything more entertaining than your standard born-again crap.
http://atheism.wikia.com/wiki/Atheist_vs_Agnostic#Combining_Terms
Not religion, sport.
No, he likely just lacks a belief there is god. Most atheists are agnostic atheists, not gnostic atheists.
Oh, I'm sorry, did you think you were trolling?
Yeah, because spring legs are really related to robot hands...
That that sentence is worth saying at all really just says how far we've come.
Here's a novel idea: if the local news calls it a school shooting, then it's a school shooting.
He's commodore64_love. 'Idiot' is implied.
That is not how networking works.
Amazon collects tax it has actually presences in, such as Washington State.
Virginia Tech didn't have a school shooting then? I'm sure they'll be glad to hear that!
Some of us are mature enough to recognize that we have rights which are not yet necessarily codified into law. That you speak of laws when others speak of rights is very interesting, I wonder what your father would say about that.
This is irrelevant however since under US law consumers are legally permitted to use their computer hardware as they see fit. Its a right that is inherent in the entire legal concept of ownership. In this country we don't need laws specifically allowing actions, we only use laws to specifically ban things.
Now, when a company decides to implement technical measures to restrict my rights as a consumer, and decides to start lobbing lawyers at whoever dares challenge those measures, they are technically in the legal black. When they start retroactively removing advertised features....... Well, let's just say they start to seriously deserve whatever happens to them.
If you own hardware, you have the right to use it. Sometimes the government doesn't back you up, and sometimes corporations or private citizens don't respect you, but you always have that right. If you cannot grok that short and simple concept, then you have no sense whatsoever.
It is not a matter of profession, it is a matter of consumer rights. The right to use your property as you see fit. If you have to buy yourself into a right, then your right is being violated. If you buy a car from Ford, you don't need to purchase additional permission from them to use it in Canada instead of Mexico; it is your right to do so and they have no right to prevent it. If you purchase a laptop from lenovo, they have no right to tell you that you must run windows, it is your right as a consumer to run what software you see fit on your property. Etc.
That is your (quite clearly emotionally comprimised) opinion. I don't give a shit about it.
If you are trying to offend with those scare quotes, then I'm afraid you have terribly failed. I'll be the first to point out that (Dependant on the quality of the school involved) computer science is either a mathematics discipline, a vocational program, or some combination of the two.
But no, lacking an education in the particular science involved or demonstratable proof of flaw, you are not qualified to pass judgment on those who actually know the science. No morose than the chemist of modest note who gets on the news saying global warming is bullshit.
I bet you're an anti-vaxxer too, fucking moron. I love the hints of homophobia too by the way...
1) I didn't make the analogy, so take your indignation and go fuck yourself with it. I am not responsible for your emotions, and I don't care if you find what others say to be offensive.
2) As previously stated by another, differences in scale do not invalidate analogies. No matter how much it may offend you, the AC's analogy still makes a point which you have thusfar avoided addressing. If something is only free for a select group of people, then it is NOT truly free.
Address his point, or shut the fuck up because nobody cares.
The only argument that you have is "I am educated in an unrelated field, so I'm going to disregard experts" (sounds a lot random non-geologists/climatologists getting themselves interviewed on CNN saying global warming is rubbish, don't you think?), and "you are pro-nuke, so you must be in industry".
I'm a software developer with absolutely no ties to the nuclear industry. The difference between us is that I know when to defer to educated experts while you do not.
That, and I don't see conspiracies whenever I close my eyes...
Wow, you're a lunatic Sony apologist.
But I repeat myself...
You truly are 'Mindcontrolled'.
"I am a trained doctor, and advise that you discontinue your bacon and cheese curls diet."
"Trained doctor eh? So, why would I trust you?"