Linux

[Mjolinor]

http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/li...-computers.html

[pgas]

   

[jfv]

Discuss what? Haven't you heard of satire?

[desertrat]

http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/li...-computers.html

In case anyone else is tempted to read that link, it is a site that seems to be run by some  xenophobic, loony-right, American fundamental Christian(s). And they're Bush lickers too,

Basically it claims that computers are an American invention (I think the British would have something to say about that), and that the Europeans (and probably the rest of the world) are jealous and so "invented" Linux as a means of undermining Microsoft and the American economy.

Here is a memorable quote:

"Osama uses Linux because he knows [Linux is] designed to counterfit [sic] DVDs, curcumventing [sic] the Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney."

Yes, I can imagine bin Laden sitting in his cave watching Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on his laptop

And judging by the comments a lot of loony bin readers seems to support this view. One said:

"Yes, Linux is a primative European clone; It is much less capable than Windows. In fact it omits features that were standard in Windows back in 1998; For example Linux has no built-in anti-virus or anti-spyware software."

and this same ignorant soul continues:

"You cannot even buy popular utilities like Norton Security to compensate for this fact. There are no tools for common tasks like defragging a hard disk."

That's about as far as I got before I stopped reading in disgust.

With "patriots" like these America doesn't need any enemies.

-- cheers

[Greg2]

Here is a memorable quote:

"Osama uses Linux because he knows [Linux is] designed to counterfit [sic] DVDs, curcumventing [sic] the Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney."

Yes, I can imagine bin Laden sitting in his cave watching Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on his laptop

Do you think Osama has a Zaurus?  

If he has a Zaurus... I wonder if he uses pdaXrom or OZ?  

[Mjolinor]

Discuss what? Haven't you heard of satire?
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Heard of it? I'm English, I thought we invented it but then again I thought we invented computers.

[CoreDump]

Here is a memorable quote:

"Osama uses Linux because he knows [Linux is] designed to counterfit [sic] DVDs, curcumventing [sic] the Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney."

Yes, I can imagine bin Laden sitting in his cave watching Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on his laptop

Do you think Osama has a Zaurus?  

If he has a Zaurus... I wonder if he uses pdaXrom or OZ?  
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[adf]

Here is a memorable quote:

"Osama uses Linux because he knows [Linux is] designed to counterfit [sic] DVDs, curcumventing [sic] the Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney."

Yes, I can imagine bin Laden sitting in his cave watching Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on his laptop

Do you think Osama has a Zaurus?  

If he has a Zaurus... I wonder if he uses pdaXrom or OZ?  
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Clearly he'd use sharprom as a means to discredit infidel developers

[adf]

Here is a memorable quote:

"Osama uses Linux because he knows [Linux is] designed to counterfit [sic] DVDs, curcumventing [sic] the Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney."

Yes, I can imagine bin Laden sitting in his cave watching Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on his laptop

Do you think Osama has a Zaurus?  

If he has a Zaurus... I wonder if he uses pdaXrom or OZ?  
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Clearly he'd use sharprom as a means to discredit infidel developers. But, if he used a 3rd party, he'd have to use OZ.  Laze is Danish, right?

This might be my new mantra:
"Using russian hacker tools is not really a proof, more ever [sic] if this is a Linux tool made by anarchists."  

[Cresho]

It is a sick and twisted post.  I cannot believe somebody like this actually exists.

[ArchiMark]

Umm, desertrat as jfv so aptly put it, haven't you ever heard of satire???

 

Lighten up, ol' boy!!

 

In case anyone else is tempted to read that link, it is a site that seems to be run by some  xenophobic, loony-right, American fundamental Christian(s). And they're Bush lickers too,

Basically it claims that computers are an American invention (I think the British would have something to say about that), and that the Europeans (and probably the rest of the world) are jealous and so "invented" Linux as a means of undermining Microsoft and the American economy.

Here is a memorable quote:

"Osama uses Linux because he knows [Linux is] designed to counterfit [sic] DVDs, curcumventing [sic] the Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney."

Yes, I can imagine bin Laden sitting in his cave watching Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on his laptop

And judging by the comments a lot of loony bin readers seems to support this view. One said:

"Yes, Linux is a primative European clone; It is much less capable than Windows. In fact it omits features that were standard in Windows back in 1998; For example Linux has no built-in anti-virus or anti-spyware software."

and this same ignorant soul continues:

"You cannot even buy popular utilities like Norton Security to compensate for this fact. There are no tools for common tasks like defragging a hard disk."

That's about as far as I got before I stopped reading in disgust.

With "patriots" like these America doesn't need any enemies.

-- cheers
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[brashley46]

It is a sick and twisted post.  I cannot believe somebody like this actually exists.
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Meh. If the Bushites want to cripple themselves by depending on Gates' miserable excuse for an operating system, I for one am not going to object.  

[chal]

Uh-oh! I found a "osamaladen.bin," file in my "/bin" directory. I always wondered what "bin," stood for.

[desertrat]

Umm, desertrat as jfv so aptly put it, haven't you ever heard of satire???

OK, having revisited the site I notice that they have a link to one of my favourite parody sites www.whitehouse.org, and also shelleytherepublican is itself listed in dmoz.org under politics/humor,
so this Shelley can't be that bad after all  

Incidently, googling for "satire shelleytherepublican.com", the first 3-4 pages of results are nearly all from the Linux/FLOSS sites in response to that very article.

Lighten up, ol' boy!!

The scary thing is that people who hold these kind of primitive beliefs really do exist in modern day America. Take Bush for instance who believes in "intelligent design" aka creationism.

-- cheers

[adf]

Umm, desertrat as jfv so aptly put it, haven't you ever heard of satire???

OK, having revisited the site I notice that they have a link to one of my favourite parody sites www.whitehouse.org, and also shelleytherepublican is itself listed in dmoz.org under politics/humor,
so this Shelley can't be that bad after all  

Incidently, googling for "satire shelleytherepublican.com", the first 3-4 pages of results are nearly all from the Linux/FLOSS sites in response to that very article.

Lighten up, ol' boy!!

The scary thing is that people who hold these kind of primitive beliefs really do exist in modern day America. Take Bush for instance who believes in "intelligent design" aka creationism.

-- cheers
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or, arguably the MIS department where I work.  This could seriously have been a pararphrase from the dept head or members of the dept.  Beliefs like this make very conceptually simple systems expensive and complicated.