@Briguile: I can see what you meant too. Sorry for potentially making a bigger deal out of it than should have been. Heh, just want to make sure that the people who do these stupid idiotic things get to take all the credit instead of sharing it with people who don't endorse it.
@Briguile: That does happen, as history has shown. But I don't think it has to do with Christianity as a whole, but moreso with how stupid, misguided, evil, etc people can be. I understand the concern, and it bothers me too, so we're on the same page there.
@Briguile: You should care. If you make generalizations, you'd better be able to back them up with more examples than fringe movements who don't actually adhere to the belief system they claim. Its not a Christian group if their intent was really to kill innocent people.
@Briguile: Saw that story, and it was interesting how many conclusions were jumped to before all the facts were known. Being a Christian and calling oneself one are two different things.
@Briguile: I'm a Christian myself, and I'd have an awfully hard time justifying terrorism. There's plenty of people of all belief systems that endorse evil, but that doesn't say anything about the belief system: just about human nature and our ability to lead double lives. If you focus on condemning hypocritical 'christians', you'll miss out on the bigger issue, and most of the problem.
@oldschool: I don't think it's a fair and logical analysis at all. The group doesn't endorse terrorism or hate. I'm pretty sure the only thing every person in it agrees on is that the government is too big, which to me seems like a fair and logical analysis. Trying to call your opposition the equivalent of a terrorist training cell is... pretty bad. I wish idiot politicians would debate on facts instead. For the record: most politicians in this country are idiots. Bill Clinton just has one of the loudest mouths.
If there is any concept that is misunderstood (probably intentionally) today when it comes to computers it is intellectual copyright. Stealing is stealing, and breaking the law is breaking the law. It's so easy it's tautological. If people want to live in a country governed by the rule of law, they need to follow the laws or legally change them. Although... the results of legalizing software piracy are probably not what software pirates want. There would be nothing left to pirate.
This is a rather simple concept, and I've always wondered (outside of the desire to get something for free) why some people can't understand it.
" i dunno why everyone starts laughing whenever something goes wrong or someone fucked up..... so the thing is not responding, eventually its getting fixed, nothing big happened..... "
The point is that Windows ALWAYS has issues. It always has been a knock off of the Apple OS and it always will be. http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/ It's funny because it's true. "
Microsoft wrote the original Mac OS upon request, and copied it shortly thereafter when it took off. Seems like the kind of thing any company would do if they saw something selling really well.
I am a Windows/Linux guy thanks to the fact that using the two together provides me with literally everything I'd ever want to do on a computer. I admit the faults of both (Windows is designed to run on virtually any hardware, so it naturally encounters issues, and Linux can't compete in some areas with more 'financed' OS's), but for me the benefits of both of these pieces of software vastly outweigh the negatives. I've used Macs, but never felt compelled in the slightest to buy one... though an iPod touch has been tempting. I can simply do more, for less, with more freedom on a PC at this point.
Regardless of any technical issues a demo of Windows 7 has, I'm going to triple boot XP, Vista, and 7 on my gaming/music production computer as soon as I get around to partitioning another hard drive. I agree with previous posts suggesting that this is a natural result of something getting constant press... of course there's gonna be issues with it in certain situations. My interest would be in how few (or many) times that happens, in comparison to everything running smoothly.
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