"isn't he supposed to at least try to seem impartial and not at all corrupt"
uhh..yeah...it didn't seem that way to you? You obviously think that being impartial only applies to Republicans?
Libby was not the one who outed Plame...which was the issue wasn't it? Yet rather than go after that person, they chose to go after someone in the Bush administration. I wish politicians would campaign on their ideas and solutions rather than a huge FUD campaign ( I think we are all familiar with FUD).
Deloitte has been involved with the re-write of the Texas Health and Human Services eligibility software for the last 3 years. They were fired early on for software that did not work...the new developers have not repaired the software and are losing their contract in November. Guess who has been rehired? Deloitte. A shortage of talent was Deloitte's biggest problem and I expect it still is...with companies like Deloitte out there you can be assured that the there will be another crash.
Sorry this is a rant against a company that is making my life hell...don't hire Deloitte if you want to succeed!
I would think it would be very unlikely to assume we are the only sentient beings in the universe.
So if we agree with that, than we must assume that the possibility that we have been visited by non human beings is, at the very least, possible.
These beings are most likely not infallible, nor are the machines they make...crashes still fall in the realm of possibility.
If these visitors traveled through interstellar space I am sure they have been to many planets and seen all kinds of life.
If you were out looking for life on other worlds, and if you found humanoid type life? I think you might be intrigued. You might want to study it since it mirrors your own humanoid shape and structure.
I believe there IS other life in the universe...have we run into it yet? I don't know.
Is it likely we will see it? My guess would be "yes".
"the three prime objectives of life (eat, breed, die)"
Those may be "prime directives" however what makes us different from animals is how we do those things or why we do those things.
eat - we breed animals, we cultivate crops, we improve plants for better yields Why do we do this? to feed those who can not do these things for themselves, to food those who have none...even in the quest for food, humans solve many problems that animals can not. breed - we have children to carry on our names, our work, our dreams...and animals? Instinct..hmmm that is effective but that's it. die - we die for others, we die helping others, we die for a cause....we die a lot slower now that we have medical improvements...better food...animals die for food or lack of it...or just get killed...in disasters,fires,floods...etc. Humans die in these too...but far less since we have warning systems, disaster services...etc.
I use to love George Carlin till he started with his anti religious bent...he is lucky to be alive and if he was a chicken he would be dead now, don't look to Carlin for any truth or insight he lost all of that a long time ago.
"Every time you eat the standard chicken you get at the supermarket, every time you eat a hamburger, and every time you eat a boiled egg, unless you go out of your way to do otherwise, you are contributing to a system which imprisons animals in ways which are far more unethical."
I agree...I swear that was one of the Ukranian hit men at the counter (the guy who went into the restroom)...I think it was from Tony's point of view....didn't see it coming...sudden blackness! I thought is was a great ending, he never had a chance to "stop believing":)
You can go on and on and provide proof...but there still will be believers. I guess it is easier to believe in these theories, than to actually think. These theories do have one useful purpose, it is a easy way to identify an idiot and/or liberal.
Come on now...try thinking 10 years from now...do you really think linux users will be using wine?
I really doubt it...linux is on a long road one that does not end tomorrow. It needs to stand on its own and not rely on the ability to run non-native software.
You and many others are blinded by what they need right now...but in the bigger picture it can not remain that way.
Yeah, what the fuck are you talking about...your pissed because someone doesn't like a software you worked on?Or doesn't want it to be included? There is a good reason for that as I posted to the original.
The rest of your argument is not relevant...I can't believe a developer would be so short sighted to not see the point of all this.
I think you and many of the other posters have missed Shuttleworth's point. He doesn't want linux to be a platform to run windows software. Wine is a great application, but windows software with a few exceptions is never going to run as well as it would on the Windows OS. That can only hinder linux adoption by those still tied to windows applications. The key to linux adoption has not changed...we need software companies to make software for linux.
Shuttleworth has put a lot of money into advertising and promotion of linux...he is doing what needs to be done. The more linux users there are, the more interest software companies will take. Wine is a temporary fix to the bigger problem...it will always just be a temporary fix. These things take time but I think his comments do show a good understanding of the real problems.
uhhh...M$, I am glad you think highly of a permissions system, now why don't you implement it properly? hint: take a look at linux, do it the same way...duh!
I still want to know what they will impeach him for?
"This is of course the same brilliant strategy that the dems have been using for the last 12 years in elections -- fighting and winning the meaningless battles, and losing the important ones -- which is why I despair for the 2008 election." I despair for the elections too, but not for the same reasons. As the liberal Democrats continue to implode and show their true selves, this country is becoming the laughing stock of the world. You might think it would be a better strategy to actually come up with some sort of idea/plan of how to fix things in America? When will the Democrats tell us what they are actually goning to do? They approach every election the same way "we good, you bad"...so easy a caveman could do it?
"same brilliant strategy"...surely you jest. This merely points at their real strategy: which is to tear down anyone who actually has a plan for our future. I agree that the battles are meaningless and in my opinion, groundless. Enough votes to get an impeachment is not validation that he should be impeached.
What it does is show Kucinich to be the idiot I always thought he was...and unfortunately you have also joined that group.
If you don't like the way things are going...do vote, just don't vote for these ignorant politicians who have not given you a reason to vote for them (other than their childish hatred of conservatives and the Bush administration).
"It is not reasonable for the government to expect all parents to shoulder the burden to cut off every possible source of adult content for their children, rather than the government's addressing the problem at its source,"
NO, it is reasonable...if the parent can't monitor or trust THEIR child on the internet...don't let them use the computer. It is that simple. If you think government should raised your children, you don't deserve to have children. It does not "take a village"... just one more warning sign of socialism.
HMMM...you know that "thought crime" would be the next step...using your search data as evidence is one thing...but the next logical step is to start prosecuting what you might do. Don't be content that you are doing nothing wrong, so nothing will happen to you. Google is doing the right thing, I hope someday the data will not be available at all.
This whole concept of "security by unpopularity" is misleading. Linux is more secure because of it's permmisions system...add SeLinux to that and you have something that there is no Windows equivilent. Granted that there are few linux viri but even if infected, only the users home directory would be affected, as opposed to the entire Windows system. Yeah, I know there are security measures you can take with windows, but far too many applications have to be run with "admin" privleges...in fact most windows users run as "admin" when they shouldn't. Vista has implemented a permissions system but it is so annoying that it is going to be disabled by most users. They have not implemented application level protections as is done with Selinux. Believe what you want, but it would be foolish to think that "security by unpopularity" is the only reason linux is more secure.
How could this be modded insightful? This is a stupid comment, given the fact that it is obvious the that Gates makes piles of money paying immigrants less and outsourcing outside the US.
IF you want insightful...this country should ban outsourcing and privatization of government functions! These two things alone could bost the economy more than Gates feeble attempts to make more money.
"I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft."
Bullshit!...you have caused far more ill effects with outsourcing!. You hire immigrants because you can pay them less..period. There are plenty of qualified people in the US you could hire. Or are you too concerned that these people might want a fair wage? Why don't you STFU! Fix your operating system, fire Ballmer and get a real leader in your company.
How about all the FC3,FC4 and FC5 machines still running out there? I know there are still some. I had a FC2 box up untill a few months ago...Fedora Core has a release cycle of 6 months which further skews the stats. Fedora Core is one of the best distros IMO...
It is BS...there is no way they can sue you. In fact if your new employer was contacted by them, I think you will have a very viable case against your former employer. I would return the threat and see their reaction. Even if had signed a "non-competition" clause, I was told by my attorney that those are basically worthless, especially in Texas. The last time I put in my 2 week notice I was escorted out the next day...so agree, it your gonna quit, don't give notice till YOU are ready to leave.
Neither did I...it is interesting that the Demos wanted this to extend towards bloggers. The Demos main complaint(probably not stated as such) is that they don't get equal time. They have also tried to extend this to radio talk shows. It is obvious to me why they can not put forth a liberal radio show that will work...you can't just get on day after day and spout lie after lie without something to back it up (like facts). The other reason is that Democratic voters generally don't understand the issues or are too lazy to research it....they would rather just blindly follow the party line (which is what?) I guess they are so afraid that the consevative bloggers are going to succeed where they can not...
Oh come on go there!...lame argument from someone who can't possibly be a web developer...and if by some chance he is a web developer, he must not be very good at it. Once you get better at your job you might be able to afford the right tools for your job.
As easy as it was to install Fedora Core 6 on my desktop, there are other distros that are even easier....SimplyMepis runs great on my laptop. The sound, wireless and most of the multimedia/browser plugins are included and work out of the box.
I know there will be a ton of post's complaining that their sound didn't work or their wireless didn't work or what ever...you are a minority amongst linux users. Did you check for hardware compatibility before you installed? Did you do a little research into what distro would work best for you? Did you read the documentation on your aparticular distro BEFORE you installed?
Is linux better suited to geek/tech people? Those people use it because it has superior security and stability...so the answer is yes. If your crying about your games...either grow up or get a game console. It is not like Windows and never will be, you will need to learn a few things. If that is too much for you, you probably can't be trusted to use any computer whether it runs win, osx or linux. In fact you probably don't use it properly now...
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"isn't he supposed to at least try to seem impartial and not at all corrupt" uhh..yeah...it didn't seem that way to you? You obviously think that being impartial only applies to Republicans? Libby was not the one who outed Plame...which was the issue wasn't it? Yet rather than go after that person, they chose to go after someone in the Bush administration. I wish politicians would campaign on their ideas and solutions rather than a huge FUD campaign ( I think we are all familiar with FUD).
Deloitte has been involved with the re-write of the Texas Health and Human Services eligibility software for the last 3 years. They were fired early on for software that did not work...the new developers have not repaired the software and are losing their contract in November. Guess who has been rehired? Deloitte.
A shortage of talent was Deloitte's biggest problem and I expect it still is...with companies like Deloitte out there you can be assured that the there will be another crash.
Sorry this is a rant against a company that is making my life hell...don't hire Deloitte if you want to succeed!
I would think it would be very unlikely to assume we are the only sentient beings in the universe. So if we agree with that, than we must assume that the possibility that we have been visited by non human beings is, at the very least, possible. These beings are most likely not infallible, nor are the machines they make...crashes still fall in the realm of possibility. If these visitors traveled through interstellar space I am sure they have been to many planets and seen all kinds of life. If you were out looking for life on other worlds, and if you found humanoid type life? I think you might be intrigued. You might want to study it since it mirrors your own humanoid shape and structure. I believe there IS other life in the universe...have we run into it yet? I don't know. Is it likely we will see it? My guess would be "yes".
"the three prime objectives of life (eat, breed, die)"
Those may be "prime directives" however what makes us different from animals is how we do those things or why we do those things.
eat - we breed animals, we cultivate crops, we improve plants for better yields
Why do we do this? to feed those who can not do these things for themselves, to food those who have none...even in the quest for food, humans solve many problems that animals can not.
breed - we have children to carry on our names, our work, our dreams...and animals? Instinct..hmmm
that is effective but that's it.
die - we die for others, we die helping others, we die for a cause....we die a lot slower now that we have medical improvements...better food...animals die for food or lack of it...or just get killed...in disasters,fires,floods...etc. Humans die in these too...but far less since we have
warning systems, disaster services...etc.
I use to love George Carlin till he started with his anti religious bent...he is lucky to be alive and if he was a chicken he would be dead now, don't look to Carlin for any truth or insight he lost all of that a long time ago.
"Every time you eat the standard chicken you get at the supermarket, every time you eat a hamburger, and every time you eat a boiled egg, unless you go out of your way to do otherwise, you are contributing to a system which imprisons animals in ways which are far more unethical."
yeah, then you become a vegan or STFU
I agree...I swear that was one of the Ukranian hit men at the counter (the guy who went into the restroom)...I think it was from Tony's point of view ....didn't see it coming...sudden blackness! :)
I thought is was a great ending, he never had a chance to "stop believing"
Ahhh..the first graduates of the AGSM (Al Gore School of Misinformation) start the next wave of political brainwashing...
You can go on and on and provide proof...but there still will be believers. I guess it is easier to believe in these theories, than to actually think.
These theories do have one useful purpose, it is a easy way to identify an idiot and/or liberal.
Come on now...try thinking 10 years from now...do you really think linux users will be using wine? I really doubt it...linux is on a long road one that does not end tomorrow. It needs to stand on its own and not rely on the ability to run non-native software. You and many others are blinded by what they need right now...but in the bigger picture it can not remain that way.
Yeah, what the fuck are you talking about...your pissed because someone doesn't like a software you worked on?Or doesn't want it to be included? There is a good reason for that as I posted to the original. The rest of your argument is not relevant...I can't believe a developer would be so short sighted to not see the point of all this.
I think you and many of the other posters have missed Shuttleworth's point.
He doesn't want linux to be a platform to run windows software. Wine is a great application, but windows software with a few exceptions is never going to run as well as it would on the Windows OS.
That can only hinder linux adoption by those still tied to windows applications.
The key to linux adoption has not changed...we need software companies to make software for linux.
Shuttleworth has put a lot of money into advertising and promotion of linux...he is doing what needs to be done. The more linux users there are, the more interest software companies will take. Wine is a temporary fix to the bigger problem...it will always just be a temporary fix. These things take time but I think his comments do show a good understanding of the real problems.
uhhh...M$, I am glad you think highly of a permissions system, now why don't you implement it properly?
hint: take a look at linux, do it the same way...duh!
I still want to know what they will impeach him for?
"This is of course the same brilliant strategy that the dems have been using for the last 12 years in elections -- fighting and winning the meaningless battles, and losing the important ones -- which is why I despair for the 2008 election."
I despair for the elections too, but not for the same reasons. As the liberal Democrats continue to implode and show their true selves, this country is becoming the laughing stock of the world. You might think it would be a better strategy to actually come up with some sort of idea/plan of how to fix things in America? When will the Democrats tell us what they are actually goning to do? They approach every election the same way "we good, you bad"...so easy a caveman could do it?
"same brilliant strategy"...surely you jest. This merely points at their real strategy: which is to tear down anyone who actually has a plan for our future. I agree that the battles are meaningless and in my opinion, groundless. Enough votes to get an impeachment is not validation that he should be impeached.
What it does is show Kucinich to be the idiot I always thought he was...and unfortunately you have also joined that group.
If you don't like the way things are going...do vote, just don't vote for these ignorant politicians who have not given you a reason to vote for them (other than their childish hatred of conservatives and the Bush administration).
Stocking up on superconductor cloth...
"It is not reasonable for the government to expect all parents to shoulder the burden to cut off every possible source of adult content for their children, rather than the government's addressing the problem at its source,"
... just one more warning sign of socialism.
NO, it is reasonable...if the parent can't monitor or trust THEIR child on the internet...don't let them use the computer. It is that simple. If you think government should raised your children, you don't deserve to have children. It does not "take a village"
HMMM...you know that "thought crime" would be the next step...using your search data as evidence is one thing...but the next logical step is to start prosecuting what you might do. Don't be content that you are doing nothing wrong, so nothing will happen to you. Google is doing the right thing, I hope someday the data will not be available at all.
"security by unpopularity"
This whole concept of "security by unpopularity" is misleading. Linux is more secure because of it's permmisions system...add SeLinux to that and you have something that there is no Windows equivilent.
Granted that there are few linux viri but even if infected, only the users home directory would be affected, as opposed to the entire Windows system.
Yeah, I know there are security measures you can take with windows, but far too many applications have to be run with "admin" privleges...in fact most windows users run as "admin" when they shouldn't. Vista has implemented a permissions system but it is so annoying that it is going to be disabled by most users. They have not implemented application level protections as is done with Selinux.
Believe what you want, but it would be foolish to think that "security by unpopularity" is the only reason linux is more secure.
How could this be modded insightful? This is a stupid comment, given the fact that it is obvious the that Gates makes piles of money paying immigrants less and outsourcing outside the US. IF you want insightful...this country should ban outsourcing and privatization of government functions! These two things alone could bost the economy more than Gates feeble attempts to make more money.
"I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft."
Bullshit!...you have caused far more ill effects with outsourcing!. You hire immigrants because you can pay them less..period. There are plenty of qualified people in the US you could hire. Or are you too concerned that these people might want a fair wage?
Why don't you STFU! Fix your operating system, fire Ballmer and get a real leader in your company.
How about all the FC3,FC4 and FC5 machines still running out there? I know there are still some. I had a FC2 box up untill a few months ago...Fedora Core has a release cycle of 6 months which further skews the stats.
Fedora Core is one of the best distros IMO...
Drop Al Gore and Heidi Cullen at the North Pole...global warming ends :)
It is BS...there is no way they can sue you. In fact if your new employer was contacted by them, I think you will have a very viable case against your former employer. I would return the threat and see their reaction.
Even if had signed a "non-competition" clause, I was told by my attorney that those are basically worthless, especially in Texas.
The last time I put in my 2 week notice I was escorted out the next day...so agree, it your gonna quit, don't give notice till YOU are ready to leave.
Neither did I...it is interesting that the Demos wanted this to extend towards bloggers. The Demos main complaint(probably not stated as such) is that they don't get equal time. They have also tried to extend this to radio talk shows.
It is obvious to me why they can not put forth a liberal radio show that will work...you can't just get on day after day and spout lie after lie without something to back it up (like facts).
The other reason is that Democratic voters generally don't understand the issues or are too lazy to research it....they would rather just blindly follow the party line (which is what?)
I guess they are so afraid that the consevative bloggers are going to succeed where they can not...
Oh come on go there!...lame argument from someone who can't possibly be a web developer...and if by some chance he is a web developer, he must not be very good at it. Once you get better at your job you might be able to afford the right tools for your job.
As easy as it was to install Fedora Core 6 on my desktop, there are other distros that are even easier....SimplyMepis runs great on my laptop. The sound, wireless and most of the multimedia/browser plugins are included and work out of the box.
I know there will be a ton of post's complaining that their sound didn't work or their wireless didn't work or what ever...you are a minority amongst linux users.
Did you check for hardware compatibility before you installed?
Did you do a little research into what distro would work best for you?
Did you read the documentation on your aparticular distro BEFORE you installed?
Is linux better suited to geek/tech people? Those people use it because it has superior security and stability...so the answer is yes. If your crying about your games...either grow up or get a game console. It is not like Windows and never will be, you will need to learn a few things. If that is too much for you, you probably can't be trusted to use any computer whether it runs win, osx or linux. In fact you probably don't use it properly now...