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Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video
bucketoftruth writes "If you browse to the Democratic Convention website and attempt to check out any of their upcoming streams, you bump into the following limitation: 'We're sorry, but the Democratic Convention video web site isn't compatible with your operating system and/or browser. Please try again on a computer with the following Compatible operating systems: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or a Mac with Tiger (OS 10.4) or Leopard (OS 10.5). Compatible browsers: Internet Explorer (version 6 or later), Firefox (version 2), or, if you are on a Mac, Safari (version 3.1) also works.'"
Bravo Democrats.
I want the Democratic Party to spend its money defeating McCain.
I do not want the Democratic party wasting its money on a partisan Operating System war by supporting a fringe OS that has less than 1% share of the desktop.
I bet Biden talked them into blocking Linux since it is the Open Source people who stand up to the RIAA.
Is Biden as vp better than McCain as pres?
Definitely, Biden still remembers where his house is and even commutes to work from there. McCain seems not to remember anything, including "his" position on issues.
"If you browse to the Republican Convention website and attempt to check out any of their upcoming streams, you bump into the following limitation: 'We're sorry, but the Republican Convention video web site isn't compatible with your race and/or ethnicity. Please try again on a computer with the following Compatible ethnic systems: White, Caucasion, or a Mix with Catholic or Puritan. Compatible homelands: The South, Rural Areas, or, if you are a Mix, a large bank account also works.'"
one more reason to vote republican, eh?
"Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded." -Archbishop Fulton Sheen
That depends on a couple factors:
1) How long until McCain kicks the bucket. Yes, that's morbid, but I think he's losing his grip on reality. IANAD, but I've heard people mention that he's getting the first signs of dimensia. Granted, that seems to only help in getting party nominations... So, who's the VP candidate?
2) Also - Do you think that Obama's a higher risk candidate for something particularly bad to happen? Since Hillary isn't the VP candidate, I don't think that she'll put a hit out on him, so that probably helped. But that doesn't stop some wacko from going after him for whatever reason.
Of course, the risks above are worst case, and I wish neither on the candidates. What's better is entirely up to what you... Good luck.
I'll be voting Libertarian.
This just is another reason to remind people that Linux is pretty much the best OS out there! It blocked the Socialist National Convention!
Gotta hand it to microsoft, when they lock people out from anything other than their own solution, they go all the way.
Ever try exporting messages from Thunderbird to anything else? I'm trying to do it right now, and oh yeah... you can't. Talk about lock-in. At least in any MS product that I've ever seen, there's ALWAYS an option to export data out as a lowest common denominator (ie: flat file). Don't start blathering on about some MS lock-in FUD while I'm sitting here browsing Slashdot while I hope that the kludge I found online retrieves my mail out of MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD. At least I know that if I don't like using Outlook, I can export my data in about a dozen different formats.
I don't respond to AC's.
You're a whiny little cunt, aren't you?
This is why Linux is not making it as an operating system. The average user doesn't want to be incompatible. Sorry...It had to be said...you know it's true.