> They're just a bunch of spoiled SF kids thinking they're activists. Real activists wouldn't let something like not having internet access during the protest get in their way.
I didn't understand what you meant by that?
It is an uttermost essential thing to have internet access, if anyone would try to take away that right, I would defend it with my own life.
What is happening to the world?
One has heard about military coup d'état, but for an organization to behave like this seems like law and order has ended.
I guess this implies it's time for a new revolution!
It's OK when then other companies compete with each other, but if they start to compete with Microsoft then it's unfair...
Their business model is not built upon competition, it's built upon killing competitors.
Do you consider dual booting not being an effort?
Run your XP within e.g. virtualbox, then you can have it handy available whenever you may need it.
Don't allow the Linux system be kept as a system for the elite only.
Actually, I think it is better to say Gnome system , KDE system etc as most people think about the GUI anyway, and there are alternatives to GNU/Linux as the GNU/BSD and GNU/Hurd. And, you can even run KDE in the Windows environment. I'm running Gnome myself, most people I know run KDE though, and KDE is implemented with QT which I consider a better basis for GUI programming than GTK.
I don't think it necessarily need to be seen with such philosophical depth.
Most likely the universe from some aspect is a determinstic system, however this doesn't imply that anyone/anything can actually determine the outcome.
When I speak about free will I refer to a system which is capable of "sin" so to say, that is a system which is not prewired to follow certain rules. Consider that you build an expert system, and for every resolution being made you have to care for certain axioms not to be broken. A system with free will, from my perspective, just lacks these fundamental axioms.
I have made an example here (an alter ego) http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=456866&cid=22452670
The mere fact that I have my conscious experiences proves that they are real.
My will is free, at least how far I can tell from my own experience. This means that the algoritms implementing my mind either:
1) implement free will
2) make me believe that I have free will
The rest of you discussion is bullshit because it deals with potential properties of a deity, properties which are irrelevant for the discussion.
Feel disillusioned? I've got some great new illusions, right here!
