velmarin wrote:Is the concept of smart people do not know what it is, of course not know what it is, man.
I am sure that neither Kasparov, Carlsen not any great teacher or has knowledge of what is an Operating System Kernel level, no, of course.
Neither the people who use a mobile phone, is what is given.
People have cars and do not know what a rod, a valve, a crankshaft, a bearing,
know how to drive.
Chess enthusiasts know what Playchess, Chessbase Fritz, Aquarium, and use it with pleasure.
As I use Visual Studio, a visual delight, with incredible resources to enjoy the code, why not give me that fancy.
But do not get me wrong, I have my Pupys Linux, and my Virtual Box installed with Linux systems.
Sorry, I'm not so smart
like you and Don,
It is a weakness, enjoy the facilities that the software gives me.
But I have nothing against Linux, just wanted to enjoy a discussion with Don.
You two have something in common. They are masters in programming and a strange hatred of derivatives and such and such.
I do not take this wrong, I say sympathetically.
A greeting.
My problems is not so much with the OS but with Microsoft. As I mentioned I think the OS is just fine for the average user. I don't mean stupid user, I just mean people who are not computer technical.
The problem with Microsoft is the same as most big corporations - they are basically criminal. Corporations have rights like people (the supreme court basically recognizes them as "people" in the late 1800's) but most would be judged as psychopaths if they were evaluated by psychologists.
In the case of Microsoft their product doesn't harm people physically but their business practices are predatory and mean spirited. Corporations break the law almost constantly, show no remorse, and no real concern for the people they deal with except to the extent they judge it will affect their profits. How crazy it is that I have to buy a copy of Microsoft every time I buy a computer even though I will format the hard disk and install Linux? I can get around this sometimes but I have to work very hard at it. How can that happen? Because they basically have blackmailed the companies that sell computers. They have been legitimately sued for this practice and many others and generally get slapped on the wrist if charged at all.
The funny thing is that if an individual did what corporations do they would be imprisoned. But when people do the same thing hiding behind a corporation it is considered good business and people are accepting of it. Look at big oil, the banking companies, tobacco, and many others. Psychopathic criminal behavior. MS has done some shocking things over their many years of existence in order to claw their way to the top.
Don't get me wrong - I am not anti-capitalist but I'm not stupid either. I see what is going on with them and other corporations. Human greed has no bounds. Look at the banks, taking money from the government then recording record salaries and bonuses for their executives. Look at Enron and what they did to their own people without apology. Psychopaths. No moral person would ever consider that sort of behavior. They are not just some isolated company gone bad, they are just the tip of the iceberg.
Microsoft is by no means the worst of those - but they have hurt many people. Something perhaps not fully appreciated about MS is that in the very fast moving world of computer technology they succeeded in holding back progress for a considerable length of time. MSDOS made very little progress for over a decade which is unheard of in computer technology. They had a money-maker with MSDOS which they managed to be automatically installed on every computer and they actively fought against innovation. That is why I puke whenever someone talks about MS innovation and orginality or "being first."
Enough of my rant - believe me I could write pages and pages on this. Whenever I do rant on this I fully expect to see responses with glowing praise for MS and what wonderful business geniuses they are and that they have a right to make a profit and so on. So I'm not going to respond to any of it. "Right to make a profit" is always the justification for these businesses psychopathic behavior, or "they are just doing what everyone else is doing, they are just doing it better and I admire them for it." Yuck! Maybe we should put 100 psychopaths in a ring and see who wins for our admiration and entertainment.
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
