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Re: Wherefore art Thou, FR33agents.net?

KevinDean — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:26:43 -0000

The reasoning behind using Buddypress is because the goal isn't to make a simple social networking replacement. The idea of fr33agents.net is to decentralize and make activists centric to the site. Buddypress doesn't yet give everything that Ning does, but it's flexible enough that it will be expanded into the future. Where the expansion goes will be up to the activists and needs.

Re: Pistols in hand, libertarians shooting for Free State

KevinDean — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:51:32 -0000

Unfortunately, it seems that you might not have paid attention during Bush's 8 years.

He SAID "Small government" and then it got bigger. Newsflash: Bush Lied.

What you got over the 8 years of Bush was MORE government. If it was Bush's policies that caused all that, then you should be the FIRST in line to work with us and roll that all back.

Re: Court protesters in hats are charged

KevinDean — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:08:40 -0000

Just because the bailiffs were following orders doesn't absolve them of responsibility for their actions. They used violence against someone for a hat.

Seriously. A hat. Would you want your neighbor slamming your friend/husband/wife against a wall because of a hat? Would that be acceptable to you?

I doubt it. Yet somehow these men have the power to go around hurting people and it's defended.

They're men, flesh and blood with morality and responsibility for their own choices. They can choose NOT to hurt people and they do not. They should be held accountable for hurting people, just like your neighbor would be.

Re: City landfill's recycling center a victim of own success

KevinDean — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:52:55 -0000

Government run program to redistribute (for "free") the goods collected by a monopolistic government agency funded by theft (they call it "taxes"). Security concerns arise and a group of bureaucrats decide (because they're not motivated by profit) to END it rather than improve security.

Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and every other business on the planet increase staffing, add security and encourage crowds at their events.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Yet more proof that government fails. Why do people continue to trust those people and that system with important things? They can't handle crowd control at a LANDFILL, yet you insist on trusting them with things like "educating children" and "crime prevention" and - as so many are calling for - health care?

Re: Lessons Linux Should Learn From Windows and Mac

KevinDean — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:21:46 -0000

1.) Use what works best for your needs.
2.) Stop worrying about everyone else.
3.) Enjoy.

Re: My Letter To A Linux Desktop User

KevinDean — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:25:21 -0000

I've been using Linux exclusivly for the past several years. I dabble in programming here and then, and am a systems administrator by profession.

My experience with Linux has always been epitomized by the statement "Linux isn't hard, it's different."

Keeping the tools analogy going, it's not a matter of breaking your tools, it's a matter of KNOWING them. You think of it as the head popping off the hammer, but I see it merely as sharpening your knives, or replacing a worn sawblade.

I know my tools well, as any skilled professional should. The "breaking" usually happens when I accidentally type "Screens" instead of "Screen". I understand enough to fix X when I break it, or to reset my sound settings should they go wonky.

Tools are only as useful as the people who are weilding them. I've been assured by people that they've run Windows systems for a long time without issues, that's what they know, that will make them the most productive.

More often than not, people's issues with Linux stem from hardware. All the time in IRC and I can say hands down the biggest complaint is about WiFi. One thing people fail to take into account when they buy their computer is how well the OS supports it. In my home system I have a sound card that Windows can't use if the fate of the universe depended on it. Linux uses it just fine. Because I do serious work on my computer, and I KNOW I run Linux, I build for Linux. I've not yet had a device not work properly in my system, stability is important to me, and I don't burden my toolbelt with useless tools.

Anyone who has problems with merely needs to learn it. That's not a "RTFM" (maybe it is, I dunno). Any tool in the hands of someone who can't use it is useless.