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Microsoft Free, One Year Later
madgreek writes "Last year I wrote of my switch from XP to Ubuntu at work. Now a year later, I am back to reflect on one year of being extremely productive at work using (almost) nothing but open source software in a Microsoft world."
I suspect the oncoming economic shitstorm may finally get corporations to really tighten their belts
You are wise to see this, but I do not think the full magnitude
of what is coming has struck home even with you unless you
follow the Peak Oil movement and Putin's statements since
the attempt on his life.
The World is poised on the edge of a paradigm shift.
World wide imports of oil dropped for the first time in
modern history by 100 million barrels in 2007, the decline
began in 2005.
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbbl_a.htm
This is not due to lack of usage, but lack of supply.
Go to google video and watch the 80+ min. copy of Crude Awakening
and you will see most of what is coming.
The part about Putin being upset takes a little imagination:
http://politicalinquirer.com/2008/03/15/putin-assassination-attempt-foiled/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-55
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tercom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
Keep in mind the kh-55 is an older design and rumor has it
that it was modified with stealth tech from the downed F117
during the war in Serbia.
I found some caves in a low fallout zone west of the major
metro area, and when it looks like it is all going to go
haywire I am going camping...near that area.
Good Luck !
google "32 trillion offshore needs IRS attention"
I'm writing on my MacBook Air. I really don't think that OS X is all that it's cracked up to be, although it will stay on this laptop. Yes, it does what it says it will, but I don't think that it's nearly as flexible as your average Linux distro. For example, using pgp/gpg with mail is *not* trivial. And I use Firefox over Safari for the add-ons like noscript. The main thing, for me, that linux really has over anything else is it's use of centralized software repositories, and the ease-of-use of several of the clients built around those repositories.
Searching for mac software that does what I want, is good quality software, and for a reasonable price has cost me many hours of searching, before either buying something overpriced, buying something cheap that doesn't work, or using an open source app that I'm used to on Linux. I don't have to do this when I'm on my opensuse box.
Like I said, OS X is good enough to keep it's place on my MBA, but only because I don't really want to install too much on it. I really only want the apps that I know that I need, in hopes of not getting distracted playing with the latest and greatest.
Amen !!!
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... how MUCH longer ???
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As a side note
Slashdot requires you to wait longer between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment.
No shit
It's been 4 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
Thanks for the update, when EXACTLY can I post again to avoid this bullshit message ???
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Nope, your half assed submission script will reject my post on the basis of timestamp, won't tell me HOW LONG I need to wait before I can submit sucessfully, and then accuses me of fucking up my firewall settings, when I know damn well they have NOTHING to do with the problem. TODO - Fix your responses ASAP !!! TY.