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An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each other's hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself they said: "UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?"
'UBUNTU' in the Xhosa culture means: "I am because we are"
(from Wimp.com)
babylonsister
(171,029 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Perhaps they needs some guns. A lot of guns.
agent46
(1,262 posts)Capitalism destroys such people. Capitalism is based on domination. All systems that advocate hierarchy are lies.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)raccoon
(31,105 posts)SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)I had it on one of those now very old 13" laptops.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)A favorite alternate logon screen...
It's about the community of humanity.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Experience_ubuntu.ogg
madokie
(51,076 posts)I could not be made to go back to microsoft for love nor money
Berlin Expat
(949 posts)after having had Windows8 on my computer and after having had to reformat three times in less than one month, I said, "Screw it" and went to Ubuntu. So far, so good; it's been running happily for five months now, with no problems to speak of. A much better operating system.
madokie
(51,076 posts)You will like it more and more.
Berlin Expat
(949 posts)that in my brief experience with Ubuntu, it's far superior to anything offered by Microsoft, though I will say XP was a damned decent operating system with very few bugs, at least in my usage of it.
madokie
(51,076 posts)it was the last microsoft OS I used
I started with DOS 3.1. Stayed away from windows 3 and 95 other than checking them out. Had to go with 98 in order to get online or I'd never gave it a try. I played with Ubuntu from day one and I have to admit it took me a while to warm up to it but after I finally did there was no looking back. I think the first version of Ubuntu that I installed on my computer was 8.04, shortly after that 9.04 came out. I'm using 10.04.4 now and realize I have to upgrade at some point but I just can't warm up to Unity so I'm holding off until they get Mate squared away. Last time I tried Mate 1.6 it was pretty close to gnome2, which I really like best of all. In all I've probably had 50 or more installs of Linux on this hard drive looking for that perfect one to replace 10.04 with. So far no luck.
I downloaded OpenBSD 5.3 but haven't tried it yet. I will though.
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)Unity is a really, really bad user interface.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)cprise
(8,445 posts)...esp. the ones that manage to hang around for a while. Generosity, empathy, altruism.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)U- is the abstract noun class, and "buntu" is the stem for "human". (The Bantu language family is named after that cognate they all share.)
1monster
(11,012 posts)Words mean more than their definition implies.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)AWESOME Picture, thanks for sharing
SalviaBlue
(2,914 posts)Rec.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Ubuntu is the worlds favourite free operating system, with more than 20 million people preferring it to commercial alternatives.
pocoloco
(3,180 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)But Mint IS Ubuntu. Just a different desktop and usage idea. There are maybe a hundred Ubuntu derivatives. And Ubuntu comes from Debian. It's a large family.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)Its nice to see that in other parts of the world, people aren't corrupt and ethically/morally devolved.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)The white people arrived here ready to do battle with the Native population, to take away their land/resources.
We started out as a rapacious colony and we are now just a very large rapacious colony..
a kennedy
(29,606 posts)AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)They make their way to the ruling class of the civilization, then they make other people suffer in order to have their opulence, and then they propagandize their values and force others to be unethical and corrupt if they want to have a "good life." If most people cheat, how can you stand a chance in a game that if you don't cheat, you lose? Aggressive unethical people rig the game to favor their kind of people, and everyone else loses unless they become like them.
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)The only winning move is not to play.
Deuce
(959 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)However, the Ayn Rand types won't like it all.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Some psychologist devised a game where you had to cooperate in order to win.
And they gave the game to some American kids and some Mexican kids....in the American kids they never won a single prize because they were always competing....with the Mexican kid thy caught on quickly and would take turns winning and getting the rewards.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)That or something very similar.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Did not read the book....but herd it some time back....probably in the 70s
But I remember it because i have often thought that our system teaches us not to cooperate...and to think of others as competitors.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)lucid and even enjoyable to read, though very scary.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)If so it is on my list if it is free...sounds like it is interesting.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)robinlynne
(15,481 posts)redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)Xithras
(16,191 posts)a kennedy
(29,606 posts)Love it. kinda like that "out of the mouth of babes" eh?
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)OMG Glen Beck was right!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
1monster
(11,012 posts)I am you, and you are me...
http://spiritlibrary.com/center-of-the-sun/in-lakech-ala-kin-the-living-code-of-the-heart
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)All Are One
TRoN33
(769 posts)They can be an inspiration to us.
libodem
(19,288 posts)I'm so touched my eyes started watering. I needed my faith in humanity restored today. Awww.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)I felt the same way.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)ctsnowman
(1,903 posts)radiclib
(1,811 posts)..when they won the NBA title in 2008.
Grown2Hate
(2,009 posts)It wasn't just their slogan. They lived by it. Of course, the GM eventually traded one of their core players (Perkins) and it ultimately killed "UBUNTU" forever in that Celtics team. You could see it rip their hearts out essentially. Sad, but a great run in 2008.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)"How can I be happy if someone else has some of my money?"
proud patriot
(100,704 posts)brought me out of my cave .
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)If only we could think this way here.
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)The only thing missing is the overhead shot.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)Swagman
(1,934 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)I wish and dream about a world where UBUNTU is the common way of life for all humans. It would be a different world.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)snopes discussion, it seems to have morphed over time: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=80031
1monster
(11,012 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)concept is one much of humanity seems to have a hard time adopting, however awesome its adoption would be.
1monster
(11,012 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)validates distrust.
1monster
(11,012 posts)was worth sharing. I assume it is a parable and it is told like a parable.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)send me to a source (a dubious one at that--that's a web site not much better than a link farm), as if to prove it true? If your OP had called it a parable, I would have not questioned it.
So much trouble is caused by urban myths, hoaxes, and other gossip, so often used to stir up right wing anger. I wish people trying to support good things would not sink to using those techniques.
Again, that was an awesome photo, so thanks for that. And a nice parable, if presented as such.
1monster
(11,012 posts)just for the sake of arguing. If I wanted that, I could say something mildly controversial to my son.
So consider this conversation done for my part. If you wish to continue, it will be a soliloquy.