Excellent Piece
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| Author | Content |
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| dcparris Jun 10, 2006 10:14 AM EDT |
RMS has done a fantastic job of articulating his arguments here. He normally does, but there is little room here for people to accuse him of being a radical maniac. |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 10:56 AM EDT |
Rev - All right then, I'll bite. RMS is a radical maniac for writing this piece. I say that only because I don't have time to read it at the moment and may not be able to say it afterwards. Frankly, RMS has disappointed me a little bit lately. He's found appropriate expressions of protest, clearly and reasonably articulated positions that make sense even to non-utopian ga-ga heads. A troubling trend. |
| tuxchick2 Jun 10, 2006 4:12 PM EDT |
wow, dino, first the attack dog and snails, and now this. I think you ticked off $deity. Better sacrifice a bullock or a virgin or something, quickly. |
| jimf Jun 10, 2006 5:18 PM EDT |
Virgins are almos extinct these days, but bull is cheap. |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 5:26 PM EDT |
tc and jimf: Somebody told me where I can find a ready supply of virgins. Just one thing - how do I get hold of this Branson guy? |
| jimf Jun 10, 2006 5:31 PM EDT |
> He's found appropriate expressions of protest, clearly and reasonably articulated positions that make sense even to non-utopian ga-ga heads. A troubling trend. Honestly, I've noticed that too. Very disturbing. |
| grouch Jun 10, 2006 5:37 PM EDT |
dinotrac and jimf: It's not RMS who has changed so much, it's just that you've each, now, experienced enough radical activity such as the Sony rootkit and SCOG and Digital Restrictions Mania that RMS looks merely logical by comparison. |
| jimf Jun 10, 2006 5:48 PM EDT |
I don't think so grouch. RMS really does seem to have adapted a slightly approach (style?) to his writing. I still find his earlier stuff a bit obtuse. |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 6:36 PM EDT |
grouch: Sorry, but no. I got my feet wet with radical activity when it meant being gassed and having big nasty men take the badges from their shirts and tuck them away in pockets as they chased you with big ugly sticks. |
| jimf Jun 10, 2006 6:52 PM EDT |
> I got my feet wet with radical activity when it meant being gassed and having big nasty men take the badges from their shirts and tuck them away in pockets as they chased you with big ugly sticks. Lol... you too huh :) |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 6:59 PM EDT |
>Lol... you too huh :) Fortunately, I was a lot thinner and a lot faster in those days. A lot dumber, too, which is why I needed to be thinner and faster. |
| jdixon Jun 10, 2006 7:06 PM EDT |
> A lot dumber, too, which is why I needed to be thinner and faster. There you go again Dino, making grandeous claims about how much you've improved. :) |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 7:06 PM EDT |
jdixon: Ouch. |
| jdixon Jun 10, 2006 10:20 PM EDT |
> Ouch. It's OK Dino. I don't think I've gotten any smarter over the years. In fact, I'd have to guess that my intelligence has actually gone down over the past twenty years. I can only hope that my wisdom has improved enough to compensate. :( |
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