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Making Ubuntu Look Like Windows 7
DeviceGuru writes "Although it won't help Linux run Windows-specific software applications, this easy hack produces an Ubuntu desktop that looks and feels a lot like Windows 7. It's particularly suitable for reviving older PCs or laptops on which the main activities will be web-browsing, email, document writing, and streaming music and videos from from the web. The process installs a Windows 7-like GNOME theme on an otherwise standard Ubuntu 10.04 installation, although it might work on other Linux distros with GNOME and appropriate other packages installed. Naturally all this begs the question: why would anybody want to do this? Why indeed!" People have been doing this sort of look-and-feel swap-out for years; it seems best to me as a practical joke.
I agree with you, but I think perhaps "it asks the question" might be a bit better?
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You've got to admit, it's pretty frustrating when there are two meanings for a phrase and the meanings are contradictory. I suppose it's happened before (for example, there was a time when a foregone conclusion was one that was so unlikely you may as well not think about it, now it is a one that is so likely you may as well not fight against it) but I still cringe whenever I hear it said this way.
One of my pet peeves is the number of people who appear to believe that “ ‘begs the question’ is always incorrect” and “everything not proven is hereby false because of Occam’s razor”.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Tell me about it. "I couldn't care less" and "I could care less" is a perfect example of this. It sounds simply moronic to use "I could care less" at the times that people do, but people do so often and don't even realize what's wrong.
The frustration is that at this point almost no one knows what begging the question (in the fallacious sense) is, and instead insist it has a very dumbed down meaning that is little more than the sum of the words ("begs the question" simply must mean that the question wants to be asked... right? amiright?)
Ah hell, these days I am just grateful if someone knows what a fallacy is at all. God, how it hurts to be smart.
It sounds simply moronic to use "I could care less" at the times that people do
You don’t say!
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Usually they’ll not raise the question; it’ll raise itself on its own because their assumed answer is so obviously wrong. Hence, begging the question.
Look at TFA again:
Although it won’t help Linux run Windows-specific software applications, this easy hack produces an Ubuntu desktop that looks and feels a lot like Windows 7.
It’s particularly suitable for reviving older PCs or laptops on which the main activities will be web-browsing, email, document writing, and streaming music and videos from Pandora, YouTube, and elsewhere on the web.
The first part raises the question (implicitly) of “why?” and the second part pretends to answer that question but in fact it really just tries to get me to assume the answer that the author already wanted (that I do want to make it look like Windows 7).
The only case that the second part really makes is that installing Ubuntu on older equipment could be a good way to revitalize it. That making it look like Windows 7 is a good thing is once again assumed, and once again I’m left wondering: Why?
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Which begs the question...what is an "improper" use? Does it cease to be "improper" once it has become ubiquitous?
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
If you aren't raising the question, you're begging it.
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That should be e.g., not i.e.
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And the problem is that that meaning already has a perfectly fine phrase - "asks the question". If it supplants the meaning of "begs the question", then we have no way of referring to the original meaning of "begs the question" - our language becomes less able to discuss the subtleties of logic.
That's why people keep defending the original usage of "begs the question" - there is a reason why that phrase exists, and letting it drop impoverishes the language. Unfortunately, languages are like trademarks - you need to constantly defend them to keep them from becoming generecized.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
Since "Begs the question" or "Begging the question" are both colloquial, I don't think it matters (one way or the other).;'
Well, the phrase "...if I do say so myself" is supposed to serve as a qualifier for the preceding phrase. It points out that the preceding statement is probably based on some bias. That is the entire point of "IIDSSM".
After painting a car: "This is a pretty good paint job, if I do say so myself."
It serves to avoid being accused of bias, since you yourself point it out.
An improper use might be the same car paint job statement, but after someone else painted it. Especially if that someone else has nothing to do with you (as opposed to your body shop employee who you had some hand in training).
Someone pointed out some good looking girl and stated, "she's pretty cute, if I do say so myself." Unless that she is your wife (bias because you got a hottie) or your daughter (bias cause she's got your good looks) then that is an improper use.
I went so far as to contact 2 colleges in my state to confer with their English departments to ensure I wasn't all fucked up on this subject.
No amount of my arguing with them would persuade them.
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Warrants or raises is probably a better phrasing, but "asks" is closer to the literal reading of "begs", without causing a "namespace conflict" with the established fallacy.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
We all know you're a noob though, based on your shabby performance here all week noted next:
Clone got pwned? 3x in the same day here?? Figures! Hilarious amusement and comedy that also exposed clone53421's trolling methods via foaming at the mouth and profanity ridden AC replies instead of his registered user account... What a noob, and on all accounts clone53421 is. Read on people: It's enlightening as the deceitful little coward and troll that clone53421 truly is...:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1764066&cid=33378014
(Where proof exists that clone53421 doesn't know how to program properly to save his life, and, that he is a "batch boy" at best/most, and not a coder in languages like C/C++, Delphi, VB, or any other truly widely used language in industry/professionally for decades now since he cited what a batchfile tech might in %ProgramFiles% and not the API calls necessary to use environment variables in say, C or C++)
In the url above, clone53421 additionally tried the old troll's "partial quote only" trick where the ac opponent he had had noted C and C++ also, where clone53421 omitted his opponent's mention of C/C++, and his ac opponent also showed that Delphi was proven faster than MSVC++ and VB by far in math and strings also in a publication that's about VB no less, and in math and strings work, which every program does by the way, where clone53421 tried to put that language down.
(Hilarious, and clone53421 also tried to fool everyone, by replying as an ac no less on his part rather than under his registered luser account here, like that fooled anybody as well (not))
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1755714&cid=33378404 and http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1755714&cid=33353946
(On HOSTS files vs. Adblock, where clone53421 had to go so far off topic it was amazing, and he would do anything to avoid the points posted in favor of HOSTS files vs. adblock (where once again, he cannot, and it is also where clone53421 also tried tdo fool everyone, by replying as an ac yet again as he did in the url above also, no less, once more on his part rather than under his registered luser account here... once more, like that fooled anybody (not)))
Clone53421 was "pwned" soundly on technical matters, and he also laughingly later had resorted to trying to "hide" his errors first by posting off topic to each in reply as anonymous coward also, doubtless in some PUNY attempt to defend himself and FAILING hugely in both links above!
(LMAO: Clone53421 also later yesterday did tons of posts so others would not see his huge mistakes in those urls above via his post history in some attempt on his part to "bury his blunders" in BOTH urls above, & under the tide of the rest of his bullshit and mistakes yesterday (utterly hilarious)).
Poor performance clone (no small wonder you GOT OWNED, lol, and 2 times in a row yesterday by the same ac no less).
FOR MORE AMUSEMENT ON THIS NOTE? SEE CLONE'S "FOAMING AT THE MOUTH REACTION" TO THE ABOVE FROM THIS URL BELOW NEXT, IT'S HILARIOUS, because he gives away the fact he KNOWS he is a noob and he knows we all know it now too:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1764066&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=33354120
"You’re a moron. " - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 26, @03:03PM (#33384252)
LOL, name calling the "best you got", there, 'batchfile boy'? Apparently so: Well, hate to clue you into this, but "new NEWS":
Your ad hominem attacks and foaming at the mouth profane name tossing reactions only shows your "tell" and that you are upset at yourself mainly, not I, because you exposed yourself as a complete noob in coding because you didn't post that you have to use API calls to get to environment variables in languages like C/C++, VB, and Delphi. Additionally, on HOSTS files, you were caught totally speechless and you were unable to disprove the 10 points in favor of HO