Never argue religion

[Paul Verizzo]

As a life long student of spiritual matters, and a holder of a Masters of Theological Studies, I'm amused by non-religious "religions."  The ways are so similar:

A - Assurance of salvation/freedom/a better life.

B - Belief!  Just believe, ignore the obvious and inevitable contradictions and cognitive dissonances.

C - Convert.  Go get 'em!

And, boy do I ever see this with non-Windows users!  Outside of Redmond, I doubt if many Windows users are as passionate as those preferring OS X and Linux.  Certainly not much conversion attempting since Windows is the dominant system. 

Without dredging up point/counterpoint of the recent posts - which I never intended when I asked, simply, "How do repositories get updated?" - it's obvious that many of you are living in the past or on legend about Windows issues.  My XP SP3 is rock solid.  OK, most of the time.  A hissy fit once in awhile.  With Windows 7 and maybe Vista the infamous ntloader issue is moot, it self-corrects.  The horrors of running an anti-virus are history, the Microsoft programs are free and completely unobtrusive.  Finally.  And with Windows Update, OS improvements and security matters are, well, automatic.  Most users will never, ever need to use a Command Prompt. 

Hey, I don't care if one is a Baptist, a Catholic, an Apple kisser, or a genuflector to the Torvald altar, or what.  Just don't present emotion and reaction as ration.

Each to their own.  Religious freedom is assured, at least here in America.

We now return to our Linux programming............

Paul

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[Rinus]

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Op 30-08-11 16:08, Paul Verizzo schreef:

As a life long student of spiritual matters, and a holder of a Masters of Theological Studies, I'm amused by non-religious "religions."  The ways are so similar:

A - Assurance of salvation/freedom/a better life.

B - Belief!  Just believe, ignore the obvious and inevitable contradictions and cognitive dissonances.

C - Convert.  Go get 'em!

And, boy do I ever see this with non-Windows users!  Outside of Redmond, I doubt if many Windows users are as passionate as those preferring OS X and Linux.  Certainly not much conversion attempting since Windows is the dominant system. 

Without dredging up point/counterpoint of the recent posts - which I never intended when I asked, simply, "How do repositories get updated?" - it's obvious that many of you are living in the past or on legend about Windows issues.  My XP SP3 is rock solid.  OK, most of the time.  A hissy fit once in awhile.  With Windows 7 and maybe Vista the infamous ntloader issue is moot, it self-corrects.  The horrors of running an anti-virus are history, the Microsoft programs are free and completely unobtrusive.  Finally.  And with Windows Update, OS improvements and security matters are, well, automatic.  Most users will never, ever need to use a Command Prompt. 

Hey, I don't care if one is a Baptist, a Catholic, an Apple kisser, or a genuflector to the Torvald altar, or what.  Just don't present emotion and reaction as ration.

Each to their own.  Religious freedom is assured, at least here in America.

We now return to our Linux programming............

Paul

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[AT Ege]

Hi there,

> Without dredging up point/counterpoint of the recent posts - which I
> never intended when I asked, simply, "How do repositories get updated?"
> - it's obvious that many of you are living in the past or on legend
> about Windows issues. My XP SP3 is rock solid. OK, most of the time. A
Lucky you. My XP wasn't that solid, though certainly better then 95, 98
or 2000. Can't tell much about 7, hardly ever using it besides for the
odd game. Actually, most of my Win problems stopped when I moved on to
linux, and stopped running betas on Win. ;-)

> hissy fit once in awhile. With Windows 7 and maybe Vista the infamous
> ntloader issue is moot, it self-corrects. The horrors of running an
> anti-virus are history, the Microsoft programs are free and completely
Two objections: a) I would never run a windows without anti-viral
software, and b) microsoft software might be financially free (which
they aren't, the price is hidden in the hardware, if you assemble your
own computer, you still have to buy, besides thinks like IE), but not
freedom free. What's been done with digikam, wouldn't be possible with
microsoft software, because the code is not free.

> security matters are, well, automatic. Most users will never, ever need
> to use a Command Prompt.
>
Actually, I think most linux users wouldn't have to use console. But
there are so many usefull console tools, that to ignore the console is
ignoring a powerfull tool. When I started with linux so many years back,
I so was not keen to use a console and type in all those weird commands.
Now, I do so many things preferably on the console, I would sadly miss
it if it were gone. And especially if I have to debug something that's
not working on my wifes windows laptop. Allthough I have to confess,
with Win 7 I see a lot less problems.

> Hey, I don't care if one is a Baptist, a Catholic, an Apple kisser, or a
> genuflector to the Torvald altar, or what. Just don't present emotion
> and reaction as ration.
>
I hope that was more ration then emotion. ;-)
Hope I made a convincing convertion attempt. :-))

> Each to their own. Religious freedom is assured, at least here in America.
>
> We now return to our Linux programming............
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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