Superwiz says http://slashdot.org/~superwiz "Politics for geeks: libertarians want govt like Unix and liberals want govt like Windows."

I have to disagree.

Republicans want government like Windows: Non-free. Non-private. Non-Choice. Pro-religon (as long as it's theirs)

Some would say that Liberals want government provided by Pirate Bay: Totally Free at someone else's expense or for those Liberals with Money who want government like MacOSX: pretty with a lower user intelligence threshold.

But I tend to think Liberals want government in a GNU / Free software mold: From each according to their talents, to each according to their needs.

As for Libertarians? Some how I don't see them liking SCO or Novell (The Rock 'Em Sockem Robots of UNIX) I'd say they'd like government Open Source but don't really care too much about the source of the code as long as it does not personally cost them to much (because Libertarianism tends to measure things on the basis of personal wealth and/or personal survival)... Libertarians don't see (or care) about the "ecosystem" as long as it does not interfere with what they consider their "personal freedom".

I saw Phantomfive's tag:

"In America, how did the powerful become powerful? Have they done something you couldn't do?"

Here's the song the powerful sing:

"Lie. Cheat. Steal. Deceive.
We'll do anything, to make you believe
Sunny Skies, or Cloudy Day
Bend over now, and let us do it our way..."

Most of the "powerful" got to be where they are by deception. Sure I could do that... but I won't.

There are some days when I am blissfully unaware of my status. Other days it is obvious. I find I know a little bit about everything and do that little bit very well. A general specialist AKA the idiot savant who goes where angels fear to tred.

It has been claimed [indirectly] that I am a 'faith healer' of network hardware. I've taken to joking with my co-workers by laying my hand on a 'sick' server while crying alound "I say YOU are HEALED!

Strange thing is it's worked on a couple of machines... But somehow I don't think that IDIOT SAVANT can go on a resume.

I was just reading some of the comments on "The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed". Some of those folks obviously are under forty and have never been broke, laid off, or both. I find myself a bit annoyed that some people don't 'get it'.