Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] RME is no more
From: Rick Taylor (RickTaylor_AT_speakeasy.net)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 17:47:36 EET
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 07:22 am, eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:48 , Rick Taylor <RickTaylor_AT_speakeasy.net> sent:
> >On Sunday 12 December 2004 09:55 am, Jan Depner wrote:
> >> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 09:17, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:03:40 +0100, Esben Stien executiv_AT_online.no>
> >
> >wrote:
> >> > > Frank Barknecht fbar_AT_footils.org> writes:
> >> > > > So basically they want to protect their investment in getting
> >> > > > knowledge of how to implement a powerful firewire interface from
> >> > > > the eyes of other hardware manufacturers.
> >> > >
> >> > > A society where you put money higher than cooperating with other
> >> > > people is not a good society, in my opinion.
> >> >
> >> > Socialism - it ain't pretty...
> >>
> >> Really. I was going to point out that that is exactly what Karl Marx
> >> (or was that Groucho) said. You can see how well that worked out.
> >>
> >> Jan
> >
> >Yeah... it's one of the most pervasive and influential concepts in modern
> >politics. Aspects of it are implemented in almost every country on the
> > face of the earth.
>
> Q. Why do all the really successful, accomplished, talented people leave
> Sweden?
There are no really successful, accomplished, talented people in Sweden?
Maybe they just don't give a damn?
> A. Can you say socialism? I knew you could.
Easily. Sounds like you can too. What are you talking about?
> Q. Why don't many of the world's great doctors live in Canada.
It's Canada? England has no doctors?
> A. Can you say socialized medicine? I knew you could.
> Q. Why should I work harder than the next guy if I only get as much as he
> does?
More benefits? Cushier job/apartment/life? Better working conditions?
Advancement? Recognition? Pride?
> A. I shouldn't.
>
> Q. What would I do if I didn't have bills to pay?
>
> A. I wouldn't work.
Then why should you not have bills to pay?
> Q. Why should I listen to political lectures from twenty-somethings (or
> thirty-somethings for that matter)?
>
> A. I shouldn't (but sometimes I need a good laugh ;-)
I'm 47. That has no bearing on what I know of politics. It has something to do
with what I know of people. I'm not going to lecture you anyway.
> I tend to agree with Lee and Mark. I fervently believe that every
> able-bodied person has the inalienable right to starve to death if he/she
> doesn't want to work. TANSTAAFL. Let the flames begin ;-)
Yeah. What does that have to do with socialism?
-- www.RTaylor-Design.Com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Wed Dec 15 2004 - 05:54:42 EET