And disbar SCO's lawyers for their outrageously frivolous lawsuit.
That goes a little too far. It's not the lawyers fault their client has a weak case. Unless they have done anything illegal they really can't be blamed. You can't disbar them because you're made at SCO.:-P
Do you actually believe the Microsoft marketing drivel that you just spewed? Honestly? Must Microsoft put their "stamp of approval" on everything you use?
Actually, you provided yet another *problem* with having many languages. Knowledge can be lost as these languages die. You did show value in *knowing* many languages however. It's a solution to an artificial problem.
Jesus, did everybody here fail reading comprehension? I said a *common* language, not the *only* language. A language of trade and international conversation. Keep you own bloody language for your own culture.
They aren't even pronounced the same in Florence and Sicily, and you're going to bitch about English speakers pronunciation? That happens. It's dialect.
I'm not some "the world should speak English" hick BTW... I've put effort into learning two languages (French and Italian), traveled to Italy and spoke Italian while there, etc. The point isn't to eradicate other languages (as one poster above mis-characterizes my post). The point is to have a common language, possibly "in addition" to one's native tongue.
It seems to me rather silly that the human race should continue any longer without being able to speak to each other because of some silly artificial barrier.
I'm not sure this is really a case I need to make, since I think most people can recognize the value of having so many languages.
Exactly what of value is there in having many languages? It's a sentimental hold-over from when travel and communication were difficult as far as I'm concerned.
Registering for DNS != registering for a web-site. Think of all the myspace sites, old geocities, etc.
And AFAIK Carnivore isn't a registered US run mail server system that citizens are forced to use. It's a snooping application. When in your mind did those become the same?
I'm also not claiming the US is perfect. But the 'net is good enough as is. Don't screw with it until it needs fixing. More politicians, regulation and bureaucracy is the answer to a problem that doesn't yet exist (except in the minds of the paranoid).
Ahhh, okay. I stand corrected on that one. But I'm still a little against it. Ever notice how in many sci-fi that takes place in a Utopian future typically the entire world has a common language? Language barriers are the primary boundaries for most nations historically. It was Hitler's excuse for invading many of the nations he did. At this point is English not flexible enough and useful enough to become a 'common' language? Frankly I don't care which language is used, but English is there and it's the primary language on the Internet (which has facilitated global discussion more than any other single invention).
Just a thought. Language is very personal for many people, and it's important in creating a national identity. So it's not very likely I suppose. But I do think it would be a Good Thing(tm).
Wonderful, here come the regulations... The thing about the internet is that it isn't broken, but since the US currently kinda runs things foreign politicians must "do something to fix it" in order to appease their constituents.
access for non-English
Read: Requirements for language translations on web-sites.
online security
Lets have people register to run a web-site! That way we can track things better and "protect" children! And no more defending the Nazis if you want to after the French and Germans get into this.
spam
No more sending email unless it's through state-approved servers.
Yeah, this is gonna be great... We're from the government, and we're here to help!
My point was, however vaguely I decided to make it, that the argument is completely academic unless you're in a court room. They're all types of 'stealing' in most folks minds.
JOANNA: Ok. So you're gonna make a lot of money, right? PETER: Yeah. JOANNA: Ok. That's not yours? PETER: Well, it, it becomes ours. JOANNA: How's that not stealing?
My teachers did this to us (for a few months or so) when I was in grade school (1980s). It was as stupid then as it is today. It basically turned into a 'no running' rule AFAIK. I blame it on the lazy teachers who were abusing power. I don't think anybody actually complained about their child being hurt.
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Yeah, I thought of that after I posted. We do sorta have a blend.
In America our bars are more like English pubs than what other countries call bars.
And disbar SCO's lawyers for their outrageously frivolous lawsuit.
:-P
That goes a little too far. It's not the lawyers fault their client has a weak case. Unless they have done anything illegal they really can't be blamed. You can't disbar them because you're made at SCO.
Aren't you a little concerned about why "Big Mike" has an evil grin on his face then?
Something like, uh, patents?
This isn't meant to be a troll, but you'd be better off buying a pile of dog shit.
And yet you were successful at it being one anyway!
Do you actually believe the Microsoft marketing drivel that you just spewed? Honestly? Must Microsoft put their "stamp of approval" on everything you use?
Actually, you provided yet another *problem* with having many languages. Knowledge can be lost as these languages die. You did show value in *knowing* many languages however. It's a solution to an artificial problem.
Jesus, did everybody here fail reading comprehension? I said a *common* language, not the *only* language. A language of trade and international conversation. Keep you own bloody language for your own culture.
They aren't even pronounced the same in Florence and Sicily, and you're going to bitch about English speakers pronunciation? That happens. It's dialect.
It seems to me rather silly that the human race should continue any longer without being able to speak to each other because of some silly artificial barrier.
I'm not sure this is really a case I need to make, since I think most people can recognize the value of having so many languages.
Exactly what of value is there in having many languages? It's a sentimental hold-over from when travel and communication were difficult as far as I'm concerned.
And AFAIK Carnivore isn't a registered US run mail server system that citizens are forced to use. It's a snooping application. When in your mind did those become the same?
I'm also not claiming the US is perfect. But the 'net is good enough as is. Don't screw with it until it needs fixing. More politicians, regulation and bureaucracy is the answer to a problem that doesn't yet exist (except in the minds of the paranoid).
Just a thought. Language is very personal for many people, and it's important in creating a national identity. So it's not very likely I suppose. But I do think it would be a Good Thing(tm).
Yeah, I'll see you down at the cafe where I'll be getting an espresso. Mebbe even a cappuccino.
access for non-English
Read: Requirements for language translations on web-sites.
online security
Lets have people register to run a web-site! That way we can track things better and "protect" children! And no more defending the Nazis if you want to after the French and Germans get into this.
spam
No more sending email unless it's through state-approved servers.
Yeah, this is gonna be great... We're from the government, and we're here to help!
Ugh. I've been to some of those. Given a choice I'd take the mortuary.
What kind of installer *won't* run as root, but then tells me part way through to run certain scripts *as root*?!?!
Yes, I've had the pleasure of installing Oracle. What a crappy brain-dead piece of crap...
Sure. Count the number of times people here whine about "it's not stealing" when talking about copyright infringement.
My point was, however vaguely I decided to make it, that the argument is completely academic unless you're in a court room. They're all types of 'stealing' in most folks minds.
JOANNA: Ok. So you're gonna make a lot of money, right?
PETER: Yeah.
JOANNA: Ok. That's not yours?
PETER: Well, it, it becomes ours.
JOANNA: How's that not stealing?
Vanilla Stoli and root beer... Good stuff. :-)
Oh, they didn't do away with recess. They just made it miserable for us all. Even convicts have a basketball court. We had nothing.
My teachers did this to us (for a few months or so) when I was in grade school (1980s). It was as stupid then as it is today. It basically turned into a 'no running' rule AFAIK. I blame it on the lazy teachers who were abusing power. I don't think anybody actually complained about their child being hurt.