On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:46:50 -0400, Kurt H Maier <karmaf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Troels Henriksen <at...@sigkill.dk> wrote:
> > from the purview of the average computer user.
> 
> this is the biggest part of why he's an asshole.  if you're not
> willing to learn how to use a computer don't buy a computer.  if your
> biggest complaint about a piece of software is "I can't immediately
> use it" then you are an asshole, full stop.
> 
> > You guys disagree with his views, but apparently from
> > the perspective of an entirely different class of a user than he's
> > trying to talk about.
> 
> since his views are fundamentally flawed, all conclusions he reaches
> based on those views are tainted.  he specifically says gstreamer
> would be fine if everyone used it.  this is patently false, just as
> how theft would still be wrong even if everyone in the world had a go.
> 
> > Why not respond with "I don't care about the
> > problem he's talking about" rather than ranting about how his arguments
> > are all wrong when you apply them to something completely different than
> > what he's talking about?
> 
> because it's not just that the things he says are wrong.  the things
> he thinks are wrong, the methodology by which he draws conclusions is
> wrong, and the very fact that he was given a podium is wrong.  he is a
> complete and utter tool, totally devoid of worth, and nothing he said
> in that entire presentation was in the slightest bit interesting,
> correct, or useful.
> 
> does that clear anything up?
> 

+1

> -- 
> # Kurt H Maier
> 


Peace

-- 
Pieter

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