And the FUD is?

I’m hardly tablets’ number 1 fan, but that certainly is more appealing than paying $499 for a comparable device.

(By the way, I have a nook Wi-Fi, and would never replace it with something that lasts for less than a tenth of its battery life.)

The FUD is the Voltaire thing.

Clue in title.

“Did I mention it plays games, too?”

Finally, Crysis 2 on the Durden.

What do you mean it doesn’t run Crysis?!

What about Halo?

No?

Quake?!

No? NO?! WHY Y NO RUN QUAKE?!?!?

...

Well, screw that; can it at least run MS Office (not actually a video game, but I’m really trying here, so just go along, why won’t you)?

NO?!!!!

Well, what the f*ck can it run then?

It can run a freetard rip off version of “Snake”.

I like the commercial however, would buy, if it cost $50 and allowed access to my local library.

Haha, I knew you’d get butthurt over the Voltare quote.

Just another example of “famous freetards”, and just how mainstream Free Culture is and always was. You guys are the real loons, fighting against freedom and humanity. We already know Dr Loser is a emo bastard that hates life.

@DrLoser
“The FUD is the Voltaire thing”

I see, quoting Voltaire to look sophisticated. It’s all marketing, like when Apple implied that John Lennon somehow endorses Macs.

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@Adam_King
“Just another example of “famous freetards”, and just how mainstream Free Culture is and always was. You guys are the real loons, fighting against freedom and humanity.”

Oh, the irony. I love it.

You do know what’s Stallman’s opinion on Kindle, right?

Man, when I think “Best of Both Worlds”, I envision the Jean-Luc Picard/Borg abomination. How appropriate for this freetards.

I think the Kindle is a DRM-ed piece of junk.

But that has nothing to do the Voltaire quote, because obviously Voltaire, being a Free Culture advocate wouldn’t actually support such a restrictive device.

“But that has nothing to do the Voltaire quote, because obviously Voltaire, being a Free Culture advocate wouldn’t actually support such a restrictive device.”

Okay. Then why do you think Free-Culture-apathetic people would “get butthurt over the Voltare quote”? Shouldn’t Free Culture advocates be the ones feeling insulted?

No. Because of that commercial, Voltaire being a Free Culture advocate was brought to my attention.

Which is a good thing. I’ve been researching Free Culture history, and knowing that one of the most famous philosophers said things that RMS could have came up with is quite refreshing.

The fact that people like this commercial shows that people, in general, have a innate connection to Free Culture.

It’s ironic and hypocritical to be using such a quote to market a device like that. But hypocrisy is not an evil. What is evil is opposing Free Culture as a concept.

@IMGX64:

I forgot that John Lennon thing. Nauseating, wasn’t it?

Still, at least some part of the FOSS world is catching up to Apple in terms of marketing, albeit twenty years too late. And, of course, not exactly “free” as in anything at all.

“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”

Didn’t notice any mention of the GPL there, Adam…

Adam: “Researching history” does not mean “pulling your own distorted opinion out of your butt.”

I am a Historian. You are a person with a well-stocked butt.

No, you are a common drunk.

Such sparkling wit: you should have a Champagne named after you.

I’m still waiting for your explanation of why Voltaire’s view of freedom leaves no room whatsoever for the restrictions of the GPL.

Or have you suddenly given up on thoughtful and logical argument after all these years?

Don’t change the subject.

Are you just going to continue letting the alcohol do the talking for you, loser?

Which subject, the alcohol one? (Which I covered.) Or the freedom one? (Which I covered.)

Your observational powers are not at their best this morning. Too much vodka on the cornflakes, possibly?

I don’t argue with people who drink alcohol regularly, because their brain is obviously not working properly.

Then clearly I do not drink alcohol regularly.

Or do you mean you don’t, as a rule, argue with … ?

Or do you mean that your arguments are irregular?

Less vodka, Travis, more forethought.

DrLoser, don’t be an idiot. You plainly admitted you are an alcoholic in my last TM.

Much of alcohol’s damage is permanent, so you’ll never totally regain the brain functions you lost even if you cut it cold turkey. But it is still better than nothing.

Regardless, I refuse to argue with someone who admits to drinking alcohol. There is no point to argue with someone with a damaged mind.

Ah, the Monty Python defence.

“This isn’t an argument!”

Fine. You are indubitably the best judge, although to the outside world it looks suspiciously like a disagreement, at least.

Nice to know that you agree with me, then. Linux really sucks on the desktop.

Well then Adam, why should anyone ever argue with you?

Or will you claim your badly botched arguments are somehow the fault of your sister’s computer?

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And believe me, when you’ll manage an argument at a level of a drunkard – we’ll tell you, there’ll a party thrown at your honour.

Currently, all you can do is insult people, and you’re not very good at that either.

“Didn’t notice any mention of the GPL there, Adam…”

I’m sure there are plenty of quotes by famous old (as in time, not age) people about putting constraints to increase freedom. Fortunately for all of us, I’m not sophisticated enough to have memorized one.

Indeed. But drunken historians like me aren’t the ones bandying them about in a futile attempt to prove that the finest minds of the last five centuries were, from cradle 'til death, FOSS supporters to a man (and occasional woman).

I’m actually surprised that Adam doesn’t do this more often. As every trained historian knows, it’s trivially easy to rip a quote out of context and manipulate it for your own purpose.

Unfortunately for him, even such trivial exploits are beyond his wit and ability.

I guess I win that argument then, Adam.

And since your tiny non-alcoholic forebrain probably won’t remember, the question was:

Would Voltaire have agreed with a restrictive diktat on “freedom” such as the GPL?

Answers on a post-card, please.

Voltaire was a smart man who understands Free Culture. You guys are evil Nazi sympathizers who want to destroy the world and turn it to a hell.

Man, I’m sick of all of this.

@IMGX64:

Well, it was fun while it lasted, but you’re right.

Just another sick joke of mine.

You know, declaring Adam a sockpuppet of yours is a bit mean.

To yourself.

“No. Because of that commercial, Voltaire being a Free Culture advocate was brought to my attention.”

No, Voltaire was a Proprietary Culture advocate, dipstick.

Which was a good thing. I’ve been researching Proprietary Culture history, and knowing that one of the most famous philosophers said things that Bill Gates or Larry Ellison could have came up with is quite refreshing.

And, seriously, Adam, lay off the meth.