Companies are not responsible for the actions of their employees.
I'm not sure about where you live, but in Canada that is BULLSHIT. If an employee hits a person in their car while on the job (driving from the office to a worksite), the company is definitely liable. If the employee commits some other crime (fraud) at the order of the company, they are both definitely liable.
even *nix has to be rebooted when the kernel is updated
I read an article a while ago (slashdot I think) where they were trying to get *nix to upgrade the kernel, then simply swap out the kernel space. This would literally lead to being able to upgrade your kernel WITHOUT a reboot. They were pretty close to getting it working if I remember correctly.
I had a lan party a while ago and we installed Ubuntu on a bunch of the guys's machines (dual boot). First they copied their music, movies and documents to a USB HD. Copying 60GB to the external HD in windows (xp and vista) took about 12 hours (no joke). Using Ubuntu with a similarly spec'd machine took about 20 minutes.
Before anyone says "one example doesn't count", this was tested with 3 machines running vista, then those SAME machines again with Ubuntu installed on them. Every machine took the same 12 hours in windows, and the same 20 minutes in Ubuntu.
Windows SUCKS at copying and moving files. It always has and it probably will for quite a long time.
Can you put your own batteries in if they die? I ask because when power dies at our house (rare), it dies for quite a while. I have a draw FULL of AA's, so if they can easily be replaced, that would sweet.
But hey, if all else fails, I have a soldering iron and alligator clips!
There have actually been cases where entire PIECES of the exterior of an airplane have been removed IN FLIGHT and they still landed just fine. There was even one where about 1/4 of the roof dissapeared.
Assuming you have more than one telephone company. Here (BC, Canada), the only land-line phone system is Telus. The other alternatives are VOIP (shaw, Vonage, etc) or cellular (Telus, Virgin, Bell, etc).
Thank god we have Shaw for cable+internet. I'm pretty close to getting Shaw's phone system as well, I'm just not sure if it works during a power failure (like my old land-line does).
A) Installation IS a pain in the ass for anyone who isn't a geek with a decent amount of experience. Hell its a pain in the ass for those who DO have a decent amount of experience, especially when trying a new distro for the first time that has a wholly different install experience.
The only reason people see linux as harder to install is because they don't have to install windows. It comes pre-installed on their machines, just as linux would if it came with your machine. Installing linux (any NEW release) is WAY easier than Windows.
B) Driver support sucks. Oh, sure, a lot of the big hw companies have usable drivers for Linux. But does that driver work well with your distro? Do all the features work with your distro? And what about the non-juggernaut hw companies. A vast majority of them don't have native Linux drivers, making it a super-headache to get the item to work in Linux.
It is not very hard to find machines with 100% driver compatibility anymore. In the last year or 2 only about 10% of machines have incompatible hardware, so OEM's really don't have much work to do in order to sell full-supported linux machines.
C) Software selection leaves a lot to be desired. As pointed out in TFA, Open Office vs MS Office is just one of many instances where FOSS really takes a back seat. And most of the industry-standard software either doesn't run on Linux at all or works partially and only in a VM (which kind of defeats the purpose of using Linux).
No argument here, there are many programs that people use that are not available for linux.
D) Games. I don't think I really need to expound upon this one. We all know (even if some of you can't seem to admit it) that gaming on Linux SUCKS ASS because most games don't work on Linux.
Also mostly true. There has however been some hints from major parties like Valve that they are working on porting their games to linux.
Windows SHIPS insecure, but once installed by any competent person who knows how to tweak the system
So you want your O.S. to be easy for ANYBODY to install, but need a competent computer person (which most users are not) in order to make it even relatively secure?
Not only that, but if its made for Windows then it works with Windows. With Linux, if its made for Linux then it works with Distribution B/C/E but not A/D/F or only with G. And only certain kernel revisions. And woe be to he who has a custom compiled kernel.
It's been a while since you've installed Linux hasn't it? The only thing you really have to worry about are RPM vs DEB and architecture. Architecture is something that is a problem for ALL platforms. Kernel versions haven't been a problem for a LONG time, unless you are trying to reinstall the X server or something (in which case, you know what you are doing anyways). I have seen more problems installing the same application in XP vs Vista vs W7 than I have with different Linux distros.
But it's a safe bet that I'm more secure than any Linux distro out there (which I've proven via a friend who runs Debian, by betting his system would get FUBAR'd before mine after 3 consecutive days of surfing and downloading from some very disreputable sites. His system was tanked in two days, mine never got touched.)
Wow, just wow... So if a Windows machine outlasts a Linux machine ONCE, it will ALWAYS outlast it?!? Before you start making guarantees, how about you learn a thing or two about statistics and basic logic!
How? I only commented on the fact that they had a system with a list of all people with a driver's license, which includes a VERY large percentage of the population. I never mentioned how it could have been used to get me out of the ticket, just the fact that the system existed.
Ah, thanks. I thought there was something specific about spheres, but I couldn't remember what it was (it's been a while). My logarithmic mention was about the force of gravity given the distance between two objects.
I have seen some studies where they found that how good a certain food tastes is completely subjective. My father is diabetic (genetic, not weight induced), so our family tends to eat very little sugar and related foods. This means that when I was little, we NEVER had sodas in the house. In fact, it wasn't until I was playing at a friends that I first tried it, and I couldn't stand the taste of it. I thought it was absolutely revolting.
You can see the same trends if you look at different cultures. People who grow up with certain foods acquire a taste for that type of food. French people acquire tastes for wine, bread and cheese while Greek people acquire tastes for seafood, olive oil and pastas. Unfortunately North America (US/Canada) has adopted junk food as their national food.
The big problem is that junk food tends to be a little more "seductive" and the taste of it is acquire quite a bit easier and quicker than some of the healthier foods out there. Now a days if you travel back east where the good food is, you can still get the traditional meals, but you will also see America's prime exports such as McDonald's everywhere.
The problem with junk food is not a taste problem, it is a cultural problem.
I in no way commented on it being an arrestable defense, just on your comment about us not being at the point where we are all in a computer system. Sorry if my use of a police incident was a little misleading, but it's the only example I had.
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Companies are not responsible for the actions of their employees.
I'm not sure about where you live, but in Canada that is BULLSHIT. If an employee hits a person in their car while on the job (driving from the office to a worksite), the company is definitely liable. If the employee commits some other crime (fraud) at the order of the company, they are both definitely liable.
even *nix has to be rebooted when the kernel is updated
I read an article a while ago (slashdot I think) where they were trying to get *nix to upgrade the kernel, then simply swap out the kernel space. This would literally lead to being able to upgrade your kernel WITHOUT a reboot. They were pretty close to getting it working if I remember correctly.
I had a lan party a while ago and we installed Ubuntu on a bunch of the guys's machines (dual boot). First they copied their music, movies and documents to a USB HD. Copying 60GB to the external HD in windows (xp and vista) took about 12 hours (no joke). Using Ubuntu with a similarly spec'd machine took about 20 minutes.
Before anyone says "one example doesn't count", this was tested with 3 machines running vista, then those SAME machines again with Ubuntu installed on them. Every machine took the same 12 hours in windows, and the same 20 minutes in Ubuntu.
Windows SUCKS at copying and moving files. It always has and it probably will for quite a long time.
Good lord, I'm actually canceling about 10 mod points to post this... "ssh -V" will give you the version of your CLIENT, not the server.
whooosh
Don't feel to bad, I know *somebody* would mention the "large truck speed limits".
Actually, believe it or not, it wasn't me. In fact, I didn't even notice it was posted by an A.C.
:(
Of course, this being slashdot, nobody will believe me anyways
Can you put your own batteries in if they die? I ask because when power dies at our house (rare), it dies for quite a while. I have a draw FULL of AA's, so if they can easily be replaced, that would sweet.
But hey, if all else fails, I have a soldering iron and alligator clips!
faster than the max for your kind of vehicle
Anyone care to explain how this is possible?
There have actually been cases where entire PIECES of the exterior of an airplane have been removed IN FLIGHT and they still landed just fine. There was even one where about 1/4 of the roof dissapeared.
You are just as guilty by watching it and letting it happen without reporting it.
What part of "I made a detailed complaint" did you neglect to read???
There is a HUGE difference a metal detector and clothes-piercing millimeter-wavelength full-body scans.
Because the telcos are terrible at managing things, have no competition, and little oversight.
There, fixed that for you.
And I'm pretty sure most of us could tap out morse-code faster than typing on those sorry excuses for keyboards on these new phones.
Assuming you have more than one telephone company. Here (BC, Canada), the only land-line phone system is Telus. The other alternatives are VOIP (shaw, Vonage, etc) or cellular (Telus, Virgin, Bell, etc).
Thank god we have Shaw for cable+internet. I'm pretty close to getting Shaw's phone system as well, I'm just not sure if it works during a power failure (like my old land-line does).
Actually, I believe they use aircraft. It's much cheaper than deploying or even renting a satellite. Not to mention much more maneuverable.
Not to mention it makes it hard to type! (laptop)
A) Installation IS a pain in the ass for anyone who isn't a geek with a decent amount of experience. Hell its a pain in the ass for those who DO have a decent amount of experience, especially when trying a new distro for the first time that has a wholly different install experience.
The only reason people see linux as harder to install is because they don't have to install windows. It comes pre-installed on their machines, just as linux would if it came with your machine. Installing linux (any NEW release) is WAY easier than Windows.
B) Driver support sucks. Oh, sure, a lot of the big hw companies have usable drivers for Linux. But does that driver work well with your distro? Do all the features work with your distro? And what about the non-juggernaut hw companies. A vast majority of them don't have native Linux drivers, making it a super-headache to get the item to work in Linux.
It is not very hard to find machines with 100% driver compatibility anymore. In the last year or 2 only about 10% of machines have incompatible hardware, so OEM's really don't have much work to do in order to sell full-supported linux machines.
C) Software selection leaves a lot to be desired. As pointed out in TFA, Open Office vs MS Office is just one of many instances where FOSS really takes a back seat. And most of the industry-standard software either doesn't run on Linux at all or works partially and only in a VM (which kind of defeats the purpose of using Linux).
No argument here, there are many programs that people use that are not available for linux.
D) Games. I don't think I really need to expound upon this one. We all know (even if some of you can't seem to admit it) that gaming on Linux SUCKS ASS because most games don't work on Linux.
Also mostly true. There has however been some hints from major parties like Valve that they are working on porting their games to linux.
Windows SHIPS insecure, but once installed by any competent person who knows how to tweak the system
So you want your O.S. to be easy for ANYBODY to install, but need a competent computer person (which most users are not) in order to make it even relatively secure?
Not only that, but if its made for Windows then it works with Windows. With Linux, if its made for Linux then it works with Distribution B/C/E but not A/D/F or only with G. And only certain kernel revisions. And woe be to he who has a custom compiled kernel.
It's been a while since you've installed Linux hasn't it? The only thing you really have to worry about are RPM vs DEB and architecture. Architecture is something that is a problem for ALL platforms. Kernel versions haven't been a problem for a LONG time, unless you are trying to reinstall the X server or something (in which case, you know what you are doing anyways). I have seen more problems installing the same application in XP vs Vista vs W7 than I have with different Linux distros.
But it's a safe bet that I'm more secure than any Linux distro out there (which I've proven via a friend who runs Debian, by betting his system would get FUBAR'd before mine after 3 consecutive days of surfing and downloading from some very disreputable sites. His system was tanked in two days, mine never got touched.)
Wow, just wow... So if a Windows machine outlasts a Linux machine ONCE, it will ALWAYS outlast it?!? Before you start making guarantees, how about you learn a thing or two about statistics and basic logic!
Then the same would apply to your comment stating "We aren't at the point yet where we are all in a computer system."
How? I only commented on the fact that they had a system with a list of all people with a driver's license, which includes a VERY large percentage of the population. I never mentioned how it could have been used to get me out of the ticket, just the fact that the system existed.
Ah, thanks. I thought there was something specific about spheres, but I couldn't remember what it was (it's been a while). My logarithmic mention was about the force of gravity given the distance between two objects.
Don't forget exercise DVD's that people buy for the same reason. If this tax goes through, those will be taxed as well.
I have seen some studies where they found that how good a certain food tastes is completely subjective. My father is diabetic (genetic, not weight induced), so our family tends to eat very little sugar and related foods. This means that when I was little, we NEVER had sodas in the house. In fact, it wasn't until I was playing at a friends that I first tried it, and I couldn't stand the taste of it. I thought it was absolutely revolting.
You can see the same trends if you look at different cultures. People who grow up with certain foods acquire a taste for that type of food. French people acquire tastes for wine, bread and cheese while Greek people acquire tastes for seafood, olive oil and pastas. Unfortunately North America (US/Canada) has adopted junk food as their national food.
The big problem is that junk food tends to be a little more "seductive" and the taste of it is acquire quite a bit easier and quicker than some of the healthier foods out there. Now a days if you travel back east where the good food is, you can still get the traditional meals, but you will also see America's prime exports such as McDonald's everywhere.
The problem with junk food is not a taste problem, it is a cultural problem.
Looks like they finally have the blueprints to build Bender.
Why not just build a tank that looks like a big truck?
I in no way commented on it being an arrestable defense, just on your comment about us not being at the point where we are all in a computer system. Sorry if my use of a police incident was a little misleading, but it's the only example I had.