From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 845DF138E20 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64295E0EF7; Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 562CCE0EDC for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:23:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (80-219-102-246.dclient.hispeed.ch [80.219.102.246]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: hasufell) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B04FE33D8F2 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53077D8A.3070402@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:23:38 +0000 From: hasufell Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: OT: 'profit motive' - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie References: <52FF84CE.2050301@libertytrek.org> <52FF9D58.3000608@libertytrek.org> <52FFCE52.5060401@sporkbox.us> <5306990B.1030506@sporkbox.us> <5306BC47.9080803@sporkbox.us> <5307537F.5020506@libertytrek.org> <530755DE.7060007@sporkbox.us> <530757EE.204@libertytrek.org> <53075A91.2070903@sporkbox.us> <53075CC3.1030104@libertytrek.org> <5307711d.c5670e0a.2915.701e@mx.google.com> <5307772F.2010708@libertytrek.org> In-Reply-To: <5307772F.2010708@libertytrek.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5be09a8a-776b-47b9-8be3-b4db04f90c24 X-Archives-Hash: 6e15d036a61d63d9e1f89edf4fea3318 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Tanstaafl: > On 2014-02-21 10:28 AM, Gevisz wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:03:47 -0500 Tanstaafl >> wrote: >> >>> On 2014-02-21 8:54 AM, Daniel Campbell >>> wrote: >>>> If you think all profit is the same, then we are talking on >>>> two different wavelengths. >>> >>> I didn't say that. I said that *everyone* operates under the >>> profit motive. >> >> And that is simply not true. > > Yes, it is, but you may be confused about the meaning of 'profit'. > > Even someone who volunteers in the local soup kitchen feeding the > homeless is doing so under the profit motive. The things is, the > 'profit' involved (may) only involve(s) a 'warm fuzzy good > feeling'. > > If you read my previous words, I said it wasn't always (though I > think it is usually) some kind of 'financial' profit. > You didn't say it, but it feels like you are talking about "personal profit". If not, then your definition of "profit" is so broad, that it is almost meaningless. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJTB32KAAoJEFpvPKfnPDWzvssIALcVgrXn/XGTx5ZmXJjuUpIq eN6m6pBQ8b8oO5ujZpx9/l2rMt5zNzwaLpHhF5UEZiZXEEqt9+NSOP62vEuGHn2y Xk5JUDNngIuQaz4geKJXs9YcyA2ZV1MFhZYaxDBOq4DZ4+j75e0FiHuh3jGHfr1+ qUkZWxyWAxoIGb3CUWTedgpr6HqzMJWycL8BDutItfp7dpCobGoY2DSRKX3iSH73 1jtfOx+Ec2QScAmy+fi7sVN9yp5sSSlM4YVmzS5nSw2zemsYVmfqhrTNdPAcy2QE k1xlalMzoIY2EGi68ThjRniXrAQoH2R7kfQsavFSVfratbjjuvdDHxa4sNnbjAE= =V8cT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----