If you follow the link you'll realize the "REAL geek" it's refering to is none other than RMS. I'm pretty sure he doesn't live behind a Great National Firewall (he is in the US right?). He's probably just that crazy.
On the contrary, I was under the impression that by the nature of his ponzi scheme he had to keep it going because the moment he stopped everyone would realize what happened. I'm not sure how you just "walk away" from thousands of investors without giving them their money (and he couldn't, their money didn't really exist, hence the scam) and not raise any alarms.
Wow, if I was a legitimate finacial advisor and she came to me I'd break the law *just once* and absolutely ruin her. Whatever they could do to me (and I kind of doubt it'd be much, public opinion being what it is...) it'd be worth it.
For fucks sake man, how idiotic can you be? Never once did I state an anti-microsoft bias was undeserved or undesirable. I hate Microsoft as much as anyone though that is complelely irrelevant to the point I was trying to make.
It's rabid idiotic zealots like you who randomly attack people for percieveably supporting Microsoft that give the rest of us Microsoft-haters a bad name.
Of course it's a joke, slashdot doesn't sincerely beleive that Bill Gates was assimilated into the borg. That doesn't mean it's not a joke at Microsoft's expense though.
Since I seem to have been unjustly voted overrated I'll back up my assertion with a quote from CmdrTaco himself:
Ravn: Slashdot is well known for its bias (if you'll forgive the term) towards Open Source Software. Slashcode itself is Open Source. Why is this? What was involved with the decision to make Slashcode OSS? Why do you think it is important? What, in your opinion, makes Open Source Software so great?
CmdrTaco: I'm a very biased person. And I bring many of my biases with me to Slashdot. No apologies are necessary;) Slashcode is open source because my readers clammored for it in the late 90's. Today thousands of websites use the code. That's very cool. Unfortunately almost none of them contribute anything back, so while it was great for them, it continues to be a burden for us. Not every open source project is the kernel;)
Ok, perhaps that quote doesn't perfectly illustrate a pro linux and anti microsoft bias. If you need anymore comfirmation though I suggest you look no farther than slashdot's "borg Gates" image they use for any microsoft related story. For better or worse, slashdot does have a bias and anyone thinking otherwise is quite foolish.
People have agendas and they often like to voice them. He simply has a different point of view from you but he is by no means less entitled to express it. Everyone has the right voice their own opinions and it really irks me when people get mad about this.
In other words, why do some people feel such a need to try to impose restrictions on other peoples freedom of speech?
The issue at hand is does microsoft have patents that could one day be used to prevent other people from implementing that standard, for whatever microsofty reason they wish. (Think MPEG, standarized but patent restricted) Some people seem to think this may be the case and are therefore concerned.
(I don't really care about.NET/Mono enough to have looked into this myself, or even really give a damn)
Oh screw off, culture and the arts are an important part of defining "who we are" as a race. Without our movies, music, paintings and books we would completely loose our sense of who we are, and where we've been. (books in particular, do you really think the world would not be negatively effected if all of the classics simply ceased to exist over night?)
Nonsense, placing platters into other drive enclosures to aid in data recovery is one of the oldest tricks in the book. It may not be perfect but it'll certainly work well enough.
What exactly is the issue with diversifying our efforts? There is no rule that states we can only work on one type of technology at a time. I'm tired of all of this "we shouldn't be doing X before we do Y" crap.
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REAL men don't need acoustic coupler modems, or even computers, they just dial the BBS hub with a regular telephone and do it by voice and ear alone!
If you follow the link you'll realize the "REAL geek" it's refering to is none other than RMS. I'm pretty sure he doesn't live behind a Great National Firewall (he is in the US right?). He's probably just that crazy.
I've been using 3.5 Beta (packaged by Fedora) for a few weeks now and haven't seen much of an improvement.
Actually no, that's a lie. I haven't been using it for a few weeks because it's still damned unbearable.
I tried using Opera but in typical proprietary fashion it's UI clashed terribly with my native widgets.
On the other hand, my browser of choice also has an "Open in Tabs" menu entry. Big whoop.
I know that i really shouldn't have that many tabs open, but as someone else pointed out it's a convenient bad habit.
No. There is nothing wrong with you, it's an issue with the browser. End of discussion.
On the contrary, I was under the impression that by the nature of his ponzi scheme he had to keep it going because the moment he stopped everyone would realize what happened. I'm not sure how you just "walk away" from thousands of investors without giving them their money (and he couldn't, their money didn't really exist, hence the scam) and not raise any alarms.
Wow, if I was a legitimate finacial advisor and she came to me I'd break the law *just once* and absolutely ruin her. Whatever they could do to me (and I kind of doubt it'd be much, public opinion being what it is...) it'd be worth it.
Bullshit, I live in Philadelphia for *far* less than that, as do thousands of other people.
Offtopic? Try insightful, I get enough of this drivel from all the other news outlets.
For one who proclaims to be such a supporter of freedom you sure get irked with people choosing the licenses they wish for their software.
"I simply see him as meddeling in others afairs and I don't like that especially "
ie, you are an ass.
For fucks sake man, how idiotic can you be? Never once did I state an anti-microsoft bias was undeserved or undesirable. I hate Microsoft as much as anyone though that is complelely irrelevant to the point I was trying to make.
It's rabid idiotic zealots like you who randomly attack people for percieveably supporting Microsoft that give the rest of us Microsoft-haters a bad name.
Your Body (Content) Goes Here.
Of course it's a joke, slashdot doesn't sincerely beleive that Bill Gates was assimilated into the borg. That doesn't mean it's not a joke at Microsoft's expense though.
Since I seem to have been unjustly voted overrated I'll back up my assertion with a quote from CmdrTaco himself:
http://www.cyberarmy.net/library/article/994
Ok, perhaps that quote doesn't perfectly illustrate a pro linux and anti microsoft bias. If you need anymore comfirmation though I suggest you look no farther than slashdot's "borg Gates" image they use for any microsoft related story. For better or worse, slashdot does have a bias and anyone thinking otherwise is quite foolish.
Wow, way to try dragging desktop enviroment/window manager arguments into this.
Troll.
People have agendas and they often like to voice them. He simply has a different point of view from you but he is by no means less entitled to express it. Everyone has the right voice their own opinions and it really irks me when people get mad about this.
In other words, why do some people feel such a need to try to impose restrictions on other peoples freedom of speech?
The issue at hand is does microsoft have patents that could one day be used to prevent other people from implementing that standard, for whatever microsofty reason they wish. (Think MPEG, standarized but patent restricted) Some people seem to think this may be the case and are therefore concerned.
(I don't really care about .NET/Mono enough to have looked into this myself, or even really give a damn)
Don't be absurd. Slashdot has always had a clear and admitted linux/anit-microsoft bias.
That might less time to do, but it sure sounds like it requires far more effort.
Oh screw off, culture and the arts are an important part of defining "who we are" as a race. Without our movies, music, paintings and books we would completely loose our sense of who we are, and where we've been. (books in particular, do you really think the world would not be negatively effected if all of the classics simply ceased to exist over night?)
Nonsense, placing platters into other drive enclosures to aid in data recovery is one of the oldest tricks in the book. It may not be perfect but it'll certainly work well enough.
What exactly is the issue with diversifying our efforts? There is no rule that states we can only work on one type of technology at a time. I'm tired of all of this "we shouldn't be doing X before we do Y" crap.
For the future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPM_(software)
I use it all the time. :)
Or how about you search it for us and not cite a search engine as a source in the future?