He's being sarcastic. Raspberry Pi had all the hardware problems he referred to.

That is how leaders are supposed to be. They are not there to coddle you, they are there to pursue and inner vision with complete integrity to that vision. You raise them up when the world needs them and you diminish their influence when it doesn't. What you don't do is expect them to sacrifice their integrity. If they do that, they're not leaders, they're just the guy who happens to be in front.

Your statement is not that far removed from "Most youth learned about computers through devices with only a gamepad. It's true, but it doesn't mean much. The thing that makes what we call a "computer" a "computer" is that it's general purpose, and designed to empower creative work. Barring radical developments, tablets and phones are not going to displace the traditional computer any more than game consoles did.

This law is unreasonable, but it's still hard to have sympathy for the largest for-hire propaganda organization on earth...

Does the Serval Project factor into your plans for Ubuntu in the mobile space, and if so, how?

BTW, thanks for funding it. I've been following the project for quite some time, and the strides that have been made in a short time are nothing short of amazing. I've got some crazy ideas about how I might leverage it to build decentralized voting systems, and may be offering you a new way to put that money of yours to good use if things go well.

You may as well ask gun makers why they created a need for bullet proof glass. If you think they're going to modify their guns so they won't hurt you, you're out of your mind.

Advertisers don't want you to make an informed decision as to what you should do. They want you to skip the decision and skip thinking about what you SHOULD do, and instead simply do whatever the client that paid them this week wants you to do. Advertisers hurt people the same way gun manufacturers hurt people, and neither group is interested in appeals to their compassion or to the common good.

There is simply no defense for what they do. They're worse than muggers. If they can, muggers will simply take your wallet and leave. Advertisers take your sanity as well.

When I hear people talk about how advertising supports the free internet, all I hear is "Leave that mugger alone and let him do his thing, he's supporting my favorite website with the kitties on it."

You got beat up because you're selfish and inconsiderate. That makes you inferior, not superior. I expect you sacrificed large aspects of the human experience in your efforts to forge yourself into a useful tool for others to use, and tell yourself constantly that your usefulness makes you better than others who didn't decide to sacrifice themselves in that way, but it doesn't. I get it because I used to be just like you, before I learned humility.

There's no utility in "owning" a listing in a public directory for an organization that you're not a part of beyond misrepresenting yourself and deceiving the public. If the existing rules don't recognize that, that doesn't that we need to distort reality and pretend that what he's doing is perfectly right and good, it means that means the rules need to be fixed.

Well, it's all about the trade. Personally, I think trading for profit is evil, period. We have to make compromises because we're weak. But it's never wise to do business with someone who sells things that he didn't make. They're parasites.

Video: "Money As Debt"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5352106773770802849

Yeah, it went pretty well for Iceland.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/08/top-economists-iceland-did-it-right-everyone-else-is-doing-it-wrong.html

People just don't seem to get that when you see a sharp horse trader who is the richest man in town, you know he's going to screw you in any business dealings you have with him because that's how he got to be the richest man in town. So, when he tells you "I refuse to do business with you", the correct response is "Thank you".

the value of New Zealand's currency has doubled, hurting exports and making it more expensive for tourists. Some 15 percent of the offices in Wellington's business district are empty.

Maybe they should quit trying to structure their society into an amusement park and rely on others to handle the practical concerns that keep them alive, and instead take a hint from the likes of, say, North Korea, who actually face the problems that life puts in front of them and address them with their own hands instead of passing the buck to someone else like a little bitch.

It means in the real world, there are scheming lying sneaky manipulators causing stupid people to behave in self destructive ways, and it regularly becomes necessary for the human race to purge them when they get out of hand. It's an entirely predictable response to such behavior, which makes it deserved by the recipients.

"What would Hitler be if nobody went along? A Charlie Chaplin stunt double, at best."
Yep. Proof that when the people get sick of being manipulated, just about any yahoo willing to say "Lets get those fuckers" will do the trick...

Where the hell is Hitler when you need him?