First off, the headline for this article has flamebait written all over it.
Secondly, I've seen some interesting things from Linux in terms of how they're handling support issues. I think the press about the whole community driven support is intended to speed up the development process more than that of providing adequate technical support for commercial use. If you really want commercial support from Linux you're going to have to pay between $50-$2500 depending on your needs. I think the article attempts to state an opinion yet can't carry any depth into how Linux vendors are handling their attempts towards market share. Call it free, call it community, call it whatever, in my opinion it's an open development for a business model continuing it's pursuit to perfect itself. If that makes it underground then I think someone missed the memo.
While I agree that terrorism can come from all ethnicities and creeds I'm hesitant to agree with the sociopath dissociation part. Organized dissidence is not something that can be done without proper motive. People create motive all the time based on their experiences and what was taught to them from other individuals. Then for them to promote those rationalizations and for a small portion of the public to be swayed by those opinions takes more than an isolated and chaotic viewpoint for these types of agendas to perpetuate.
In the case that this thread was initially about, sympathy for animals is on a different level than the sympathy for human suffering. I'm ashamed that people have to rush to violence to promote their stance and I'm even more ashamed that a group of people would agree to support those types of actions. Even though I might not agree with the doctor testing on primates I would never allow myself to resort to such base train of thought in handling a situation like that. Things like this can be resolved in court or through lobbying. Why complicate it any more than you have to.
They are public servants in the end. If you have a problem, raise it at an open forum for the community. If no one listens, educate them until your fingers bleed or find someone who can do it with/for you.
However, I fear this nation's apathy has got the better of us to the point where we don't know what's no longer right or wrong. So much is obscured by agenda that one can pretty much get away with anything when it's in their favor. What happened to: "this government of the people, by the people, for the people" Abraham Lincoln
One last thing. If someone wanted to use that photo for a vendeta they would first have to identify themselves to get that information, therefore incriminating themselves. Considering legal fees and other expenses I doubt anyone would want to make things worse for themselves not to mention an attempt of acting out a federal crime. To get access to a photo of the cops that arrested them seems foolish when they could just get a copy of the arrest warrant listing the names of the officers involved in the arrest. Any legal action is recorded and obtainable by the public. Go to http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ or your local city hall and pay the fee to get a copy of it.
MonoDevelop comes to mind. It's maintained by Novell and has good support all around.
Actually Mono is maintained by Novell, MonoDevelop is independently maintained.
The irony is that it might violate certain wiretapping laws like in New Hampshire where they expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in private places without permission of the people photographed or observed.
There are a lot of alternatives to Visual Studio. MonoDevelop comes to mind. It's maintained by Novell and has good support all around. Considering the background in programming one shouldn't have too much trouble to migrate to Linux. Also agree with you whole heartedly with your complaints against Windows. With a bugged update system and out of the box insecurity, I really don't see why MS should focus more on piracy then they should with security. They're losing public interest in their products more and more everyday. To be honest, I really don't care.
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First off, the headline for this article has flamebait written all over it.
Secondly, I've seen some interesting things from Linux in terms of how they're handling support issues. I think the press about the whole community driven support is intended to speed up the development process more than that of providing adequate technical support for commercial use. If you really want commercial support from Linux you're going to have to pay between $50-$2500 depending on your needs. I think the article attempts to state an opinion yet can't carry any depth into how Linux vendors are handling their attempts towards market share. Call it free, call it community, call it whatever, in my opinion it's an open development for a business model continuing it's pursuit to perfect itself. If that makes it underground then I think someone missed the memo.
While I agree that terrorism can come from all ethnicities and creeds I'm hesitant to agree with the sociopath dissociation part. Organized dissidence is not something that can be done without proper motive. People create motive all the time based on their experiences and what was taught to them from other individuals. Then for them to promote those rationalizations and for a small portion of the public to be swayed by those opinions takes more than an isolated and chaotic viewpoint for these types of agendas to perpetuate.
In the case that this thread was initially about, sympathy for animals is on a different level than the sympathy for human suffering. I'm ashamed that people have to rush to violence to promote their stance and I'm even more ashamed that a group of people would agree to support those types of actions. Even though I might not agree with the doctor testing on primates I would never allow myself to resort to such base train of thought in handling a situation like that. Things like this can be resolved in court or through lobbying. Why complicate it any more than you have to.
They are public servants in the end. If you have a problem, raise it at an open forum for the community. If no one listens, educate them until your fingers bleed or find someone who can do it with/for you.
However, I fear this nation's apathy has got the better of us to the point where we don't know what's no longer right or wrong. So much is obscured by agenda that one can pretty much get away with anything when it's in their favor. What happened to: "this government of the people, by the people, for the people" Abraham Lincoln
One last thing. If someone wanted to use that photo for a vendeta they would first have to identify themselves to get that information, therefore incriminating themselves. Considering legal fees and other expenses I doubt anyone would want to make things worse for themselves not to mention an attempt of acting out a federal crime. To get access to a photo of the cops that arrested them seems foolish when they could just get a copy of the arrest warrant listing the names of the officers involved in the arrest. Any legal action is recorded and obtainable by the public. Go to http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ or your local city hall and pay the fee to get a copy of it.
MonoDevelop comes to mind. It's maintained by Novell and has good support all around. Actually Mono is maintained by Novell, MonoDevelop is independently maintained.
The irony is that it might violate certain wiretapping laws like in New Hampshire where they expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in private places without permission of the people photographed or observed.
Here's the /. article: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/29/188 221
There are a lot of alternatives to Visual Studio. MonoDevelop comes to mind. It's maintained by Novell and has good support all around. Considering the background in programming one shouldn't have too much trouble to migrate to Linux. Also agree with you whole heartedly with your complaints against Windows. With a bugged update system and out of the box insecurity, I really don't see why MS should focus more on piracy then they should with security. They're losing public interest in their products more and more everyday. To be honest, I really don't care.