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Jean Tourrilhes On Linux Wireless LAN
mcleodnine writes "Jean Tourrilhes of the Linux Wireless LAN Howto project took some time to answer a few questions from members at LinuxQuestions.org. Among some of the more interesting commments was his pick of best and worst Open Source friendly vendors ('Some of those TI engineers even sent me e-mails criticising some features of the Wireless Extensions'), an opinion or two about the Next Big Thing in wireless (MIMO), and a poke in the eye for OS zealots of any religion."
simply send your unwanted gmail invites to eugeneunitus@hotmail.com along with your name, and I will give you props in my next GNAA frosty piss/early post
props to octalc0de
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Have you ever tried to pick up a Powerbook? What is that, like, 30 pounds?
Let's get one thing straight. I once owned a Mac. I also used one (briefly) in college to prepare papers. Pretty early on, people realized that GUI was invaluable for cutting corners. The mouse (and that new fangled laser printer) allowed you to quickly modify the font size of your paper. For a while, the scam was this: if you didn't have enough text written to fill the required number of pages, simply adjust the font size up to say, 20 points or so. Voila. 5 page paper becomes 8. I think this kind of use of the Mac is at the heart of my distaste for it. It has become the computer of lazy people. Now, I know the old saw of the Mac cultists (by the way, what kind of computers did the Heaven's Gate people use?) is something akin to "I don't want to learn another language just to do my work. I want it to do the work for me." Fair enough, to a point. The problem is not in wanting to use the computer purely as a tool. The problem is in thinking that the tool will do the work for you. Macintosh users are inherently lazy, selfish people using machines that were once cutting edge but are now virtually useless.
So why am I kicking them when they're already down? The company is dead. Isn't this like shooting fish in a barrel? The Mac was actually a great computer at one time. Simplifying the use of computers to make them intuitively easy to use should be the goal of every designer and engineer. I'm also very pro competition. I'm tired of Microsoft telling me where I want to go today. I've suffered through plenty of installations for FreeBSD and Linux just to further the cause of the free market.
Why I hate OS X: Printing is so slow on a Mac. Windows is just faster. I dont care if you are using official drivers, GimpPrint or Foomatic. Its slower, a shitload slower. Changing icons...its fucking stupid. So fucking stupid I wont even bother describing it.
I actually don't hate the Mac as much as the Macintosh user. Mostly, it is because of the extreme arrogance Apple products seem to engender in their users. Have you ever asked someone for a file and have them send you a Mac file? Isn't this a little like sending someone you've never met an e-mail in Russian? A little presumptuous and a big waste of time. The fact that you can not easily share files defeats the open systems nature of the Internet. Granted, Apple products still hold some sway for graphics applications, but that dominance is just about over. So why do people still hold on to these archaic machines that have little or no hope for an upgrade? Perhaps they can not afford a new computer. That is about the only excuse that is acceptable. I assume that is why public schools still use Macs. I hope it is not because the teachers in these schools are computer illiterate, but I could be wrong. Most of the Mac users out there can perfectly well afford new machines. They hold on to them because they are comforted by the smiley faces and their known quantities. Their old fashioned software and ridiculous interfaces ("I'm trying to transfer a file and the dog isn't running back and forth. Help!") only serve to put the kaibosh on collaboration. I'm not proposing that you have to be some sort of computer genius in order to type your memos and e-mail. I am saying come on fossils, enter the year 2000. Or, don't send me stuff.
I just bought a G5 after listening to mac people talk about how theirr machines are so much better than PCs and they "never" break down and never lock-up for no reason......WELL........
:confused:
Last week I bought this thing and since then have had to reinstall OS-X twice, uninstalled and reinstalled Office v.10 twice and still am unable to unzip certain files (Adobe Illustrator, and the drivers for my HP G85 OfficeJet).
Like I said I am a newbie when it comes to macs, its been 15 years since the last time I was on a mac, so it is frustrating when I cant fix the problems on my own...
I have gone thru and fixed the permissions thru Disk Diag. but the same problems still exist. Stuffit causes errors whenever I try to expand (unzip) Illustrator, and HP drivers, and the ****ed thing locks up more than a old 386 trying to run SETI@Home...
Where do I begin ??
BTW -
I did not uninstall and reinstall Office v.10 because of the Stuffit issue. I had to uninstall and reinstall because of so many lock-ups and "weird" things that were going on.
I don't know much about Mac's, but it sounds kind of strange for it to be randomly locking up.
One thing you might want to check is: Where have you physically placed the machine? Is it getting good ventilation? I would assume a G5 produces a bunch of heat, and if you have stuffed it into a cupboard or something, it may be overheating.
Just an idea.
- Heath Caldwell
Pity you've got the wrong guy, but an excellent way to prove yet again what an asshole you are, Poag.
already aware, *BSD of progrees. people's faces at what they think is
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