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Comment: Re:Religion First (Score 2) 326

by Marxist Hacker 42 (#40041485) Attached to: Geeks In the Public Forum?

The best person I know putting forth the cause of reason and sense is Pope Benedict XVI. Go read his address to the University of Regansburg if you don't believe me. Remember though it's the one that the religions you so deride decided to kill priests and nuns over, because the Pope was stupid enough to tell the truth about how certain religions deny reason.

Comment: Re:It's a far cry from that (Score 1) 12

by Marxist Hacker 42 (#40018329) Attached to: Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870

Experience is not necessarily a teacher for the autistic; he has his idea of how the world should be and it's very very hard to change. That's why most HFA individuals are extremely conservative in their views; change comes extremely hard for them.

When that change is due to a lie that shapes a worldview, it's even harder to deal with.

Comment: Re:No one at Apple listens to that Steve anymore (Score 1) 330

by Marxist Hacker 42 (#40007471) Attached to: Wozniak Calls For Open Apple

"Jobs created first, a market segment, and that was "A PC for the rest of us". "

I would argue that it was Woz's Apple I, with it's wood case and 6502 microprocessor, that did that. The rest is innovative, but nothing close to a TV you could Type On (have to be over 30 to realize the magic of that- if you're under 30, that magic has *always* been in the world for your entire life).

The Apple I spawned the "PC for the rest of us" home computer market- three years before the IBM PC came out.

Comment: Re:Facts! Don't talk to me about facts! (Score 1) 663

Hmm, the genre *might* have something to do with all of this. I could barely stand to sit through You Got Mail with my wife ONCE- but I've seen Star Wars so many times I've lost count.

I could easily see a fan of THIS genre downloading the pirated copy *just* to make a costume of their favorite character so that they could stand in line for 12 hours in costume to get a ticket for the very first showing in their local theater.

"No job too big; no fee too big!" -- Dr. Peter Venkman, "Ghost-busters"

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