...no need to hold the passowrd holder out the window by his ankles 'til he squeals.
Yeah, but it's fun!
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but in what way shape or form does it help you if no-one calls it "GNU/Linux" any more?
Simple. "GNU/Linux" is a needlessly complex name. We have the luxury, unlike some professions (I feel for the names for compounds that chemists have to use), of choosing simple, elegant names for what we produce. When someone comes up with a clunky name like that, even though there's a better way, you'd better believe I'm going to be opposed to it. I don't want something retarded like that to become mainstream, making my life more difficult because I will either have to a) fight off the "corrections" people give me when I use a simpler name, or b) give in and use a clunky name for the OS.
Seems to me like windows ME came out after Windows 2k
Did it? I could've swore it was the other way. Still, one sucky version out of four isn't what I'd consider true sucking.
Regardless, anyone but a diehard fanboy would have to admit that there are serious issues with Vista, especially with bloat and resource hogging
Bull. Shit. I run Vista home premium, and there are not any serious issues with it that I've ever heard of, let alone encountered. Drivers, perhaps. I'll make a special allowance for drivers, even though it isn't quite Microsoft's fault if people don't make drivers for their OS. Other than that, though, no major issues, ESPECIALLY not with resource hogging.
And I disagree about gaming resources; we're not talking about a 5,000 dollar gaming PC, but about a quality midrange computer
Funny, I'm talking about the same thing. My computer would cost $1000-$1200 to build yourself, so let's say $1300 with the cost of Vista included. That fits my idea of a "quality midrange computer". I play lots of games on it (in fact, all my PC games), with no issues, including the beast that is Crysis. Your claim that Vista makes gaming impossible on all but the highest-end computers is ludicrous, unbelievable, and outright false.
Having Windows increase its bloat to match new hardware becomes unacceptable after a while.
Yes and no. Just increasing bloat is unacceptable, and Windows could do better in that regard. Increasing "bloat" by providing new features that take advantage of the more powerful hardware is not only acceptable, but should be highly encouraged. I don't just want to run the same things faster and faster and faster, I want the extra horsepower to work for me by providing a better experience. So, you're sort of right, but it depends on the reason behind the increase in footprint.
And as for the home site license, I don't think it's a bad idea...
Then why criticize the author for making the suggestion?
When they make a control scheme for FPS or strategy games that's anything remotely as good as the PC, get back to me, and I'll consider giving up my PC. I do have a console, in fact, I have all the current consoles. They have their strengths, but the PC definitely has its own.
So, nothing, then. Maybe you're using Win95 or something, but Windows hasn't sucked since Win2k.
"Game Mode" so I can turn off the resource hogging of my OS and run a game? NO! Pay attention! I want the OS to not hog resources.
Don't be ridiculous. First of all, it's not like Windows takes up that much resources on a machine which can run games decently in the first place. Second, turning things off to tune performance is hardly a ridiculous feature request. Even Linux users don't leave stuff enabled that they don't need/want.
Site licensing for the home user? *pause for sardonic laughter* Yea, right, that's going to happen about the time Ballmer gay marries Steve Jobs.
Just because it's unlikely doesn't make it a bad idea. It's a damned great idea, and something I wish Microsoft would do.
Honestly, some of your objections are retarded.
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And this is why common usage trumps technicality. At this point, the GNU folks need to accept that they've lost. The OS is called "Linux" now, and no amount of them correcting people is going to change it... it just makes them look like pedantic whiners.
How about how Obama and McCain are both screwing us in Congress along with the rest of them?
We discussed that to death last week already.
How about Civilization Revolution exists for the XBox 360, Playstation 3, and NDS but not the PC or Mac?
Uh... dude. That's kind of the ENTIRE POINT! On the PC and Mac we have the far superior Civ 4, we don't need the stripped-down console version. I downloaded the demo for my 360, played for 5 minutes, and realized I'd have infinitely more fun playing Civ 4. Better interface, more facets to the game... I'm not sure why you'd want Civ Rev unless you don't play games on the PC at all.
Yeah, but you also have sane phone companies. We don't have that luxury here, the people are willing to put up with it (cause they're stupid that way), and the government isn't about to step in (they have civil rights to violate--er, terroists to catch, I mean).
No it isn't, though. It was simultaneously developed for the PC and the console. Which brings me back to my original point: did the fact that it was on a console influence its design? Possibly, but it's far more likely that its design would have been largely the same if there were no console version.
Case in point: compare battlefield 1942 with battlefront.
Poor example, considering Battlefront was also a PC game. If you had issues with the game, then it's far more likely that they were due to bad game design in general, not bad console game design.
Let's assume, just for a moment, that Obama really still hates this FISA bill, and only voted for it for the sake of political support. In that case, he's just as bad. A man who is willing to abandon his principles so lightly is not a man I will ever accept as my leader.
And in the other case, of course, he secretly supports FISA, and shouldn't be allowed into office. Either way, Obama should never be allowed to have the presidency of this country.
Knock off the bullshit. If you are a "registered Republican" after 8 years of George Bush, there's no way you were "fully planning on voting for Obama in November until this vote".
No, you knock off the bullshit, and use a little common sense. Just because someone sticks with a political party, doesn't mean they vote for that party's candidate, or even think they're a great candidate. For all you know, the guy has remained a registered Republican while voting third-party for the past 8 years.
When the hell are people going to learn how fucking idiotic it is to judge a political party all at once? Despite the "blah blah blah I'd rather die than see another Republican president" rhetoric so many people spout here, Obama has very clearly shown us that the Democrats are no better for us than the Republicans! Let alone what we should have learned long ago, that it's even more idiotic to judge an entire group of people because of one member.
First, why phrase it in such an inflammatory way? Second, this can be perfectly in line with civil liberties, it just depends on your point of view. I consider an unborn child to be human life, thus, abortion is a gross violation of civil liberties in the same way murder is. You may disagree with my view, but even so, abortion is rather "neutral" from a civil liberties standpoint, as both sides' reasons for supporting their position are valid civil liberties concerns.
Not really. It's not like you'll get sued for leaving, but it IS considered rude (and rightfully so) to just up and leave if the group depends upon you. It's like the president of some hobby club quitting without any warning. No, the world isn't going to come to an end, and no one will really be hurt, but it would've been a lot nicer to the rest of the club if their president had worked out some sort of smooth transition, rather than leaving everything in disarray, and impeding everyone's fun.
If you had fun, what's the problem? I've been playing WoW for 3 years now... I don't regret it at all, because I've had fun. If you weren't having fun, well, then you're the fool for not quitting the game when it stopped being fun for you.
If your cheap laptop came with a crappy Broadcom card, then spend $40 on a USB dongle or pcmcia card with an open source friendly chipset.
That shouldn't be necessary. I should be able to get drivers for whatever card I want. I don't expect Linux to ship with them, of course, but if they really want to win people over, they need to recognize this as a crucial thing to do to make the transition easy for people.
Of course a retail box that actually lists the chipset in the specs is a rare find - but that is just another aspect of how proprietary software takes away your freedom.
What. The. FUCK!?!? This is so blatantly false it's not even funny. Explain to me, if you can, how a manufacturer's lack of complete information on their packaging has ANYTHING IN THE WORLD to do with open vs closed software? I'm sure I'll be waiting for that explanation for a long time, because THE TWO AREN'T RELATED! For the love of fdisk, wake up and realize that not everything is about closed vs open software. I suppose next you'll be saying that corrupt politicians are "another aspect of how proprietary software takes away your freedom", eh?
Bullshit. In the first place, proprietary software and slavery have absolutely nothing whatsoever in common. They are as far apart as you can get, and your use of slavery as an analogy shows that you have very little understanding of either or both issues.
In the second place, one can meaningfully speak of the freedom to voluntarily enter into slavery. It happens that our society restricts this freedom, believing that it's better for all if slavery is outlawed, but there's no contradiction in saying "freedom" and "slavery" in the same sentence.
If it was several thousand lines of code, it wasn't a small homework assignment. A small homework assignment would be a few hundred lines of code. Several thousand lines is a fairly big homework assignment.
Bah. You sound like one of those soft newcomers who doesn't have a steady enough hand to use a magnetized needle! I suppose we should give you a monitor and keyboard next!
Fringe case, not game. Major games can have issues, but still be a fringe case. Bioshock was one such game... major game, had really stupid issues, but is a fringe case, and doesn't represent PC gaming as a whole.
The study itself may not be weird, the terminology is really fucking weird. Consider what that guy was responding to:
They exist in groups of two or three that create a neutral color charge. For example, a particle can consist of red, green, and blue or of blue and anti-blue.
To the average person, that's going to sound really fucking crazy. Most science just sounds complicated if you don't know much about it, QM sounds like the scientist is stark raving mad because of the weird terminology that it uses.
Games on Windows are generally filled with intrusive DRM, which may or may not work on your system, which may or may not install low-level drivers (which may or may not have bugs causing system instability or slowdowns), which may or may not phone home when you want to play them, etc.
No. No they aren't. Any half-sane PC gamer can inform you of this, and I hope to God you are just misinformed, and not trolling, cause it sounds like the latter. While there are games which exhibit this behavior, they're fringe cases--the majority are just fine.
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...no need to hold the passowrd holder out the window by his ankles 'til he squeals.
Yeah, but it's fun!
but in what way shape or form does it help you if no-one calls it "GNU/Linux" any more?
Simple. "GNU/Linux" is a needlessly complex name. We have the luxury, unlike some professions (I feel for the names for compounds that chemists have to use), of choosing simple, elegant names for what we produce. When someone comes up with a clunky name like that, even though there's a better way, you'd better believe I'm going to be opposed to it. I don't want something retarded like that to become mainstream, making my life more difficult because I will either have to a) fight off the "corrections" people give me when I use a simpler name, or b) give in and use a clunky name for the OS.
Seems to me like windows ME came out after Windows 2k
Did it? I could've swore it was the other way. Still, one sucky version out of four isn't what I'd consider true sucking.
Regardless, anyone but a diehard fanboy would have to admit that there are serious issues with Vista, especially with bloat and resource hogging
Bull. Shit. I run Vista home premium, and there are not any serious issues with it that I've ever heard of, let alone encountered. Drivers, perhaps. I'll make a special allowance for drivers, even though it isn't quite Microsoft's fault if people don't make drivers for their OS. Other than that, though, no major issues, ESPECIALLY not with resource hogging.
And I disagree about gaming resources; we're not talking about a 5,000 dollar gaming PC, but about a quality midrange computer
Funny, I'm talking about the same thing. My computer would cost $1000-$1200 to build yourself, so let's say $1300 with the cost of Vista included. That fits my idea of a "quality midrange computer". I play lots of games on it (in fact, all my PC games), with no issues, including the beast that is Crysis. Your claim that Vista makes gaming impossible on all but the highest-end computers is ludicrous, unbelievable, and outright false.
Having Windows increase its bloat to match new hardware becomes unacceptable after a while.
Yes and no. Just increasing bloat is unacceptable, and Windows could do better in that regard. Increasing "bloat" by providing new features that take advantage of the more powerful hardware is not only acceptable, but should be highly encouraged. I don't just want to run the same things faster and faster and faster, I want the extra horsepower to work for me by providing a better experience. So, you're sort of right, but it depends on the reason behind the increase in footprint.
And as for the home site license, I don't think it's a bad idea...
Then why criticize the author for making the suggestion?
When they make a control scheme for FPS or strategy games that's anything remotely as good as the PC, get back to me, and I'll consider giving up my PC. I do have a console, in fact, I have all the current consoles. They have their strengths, but the PC definitely has its own.
What it needs is not to suck!
So, nothing, then. Maybe you're using Win95 or something, but Windows hasn't sucked since Win2k.
"Game Mode" so I can turn off the resource hogging of my OS and run a game? NO! Pay attention! I want the OS to not hog resources.
Don't be ridiculous. First of all, it's not like Windows takes up that much resources on a machine which can run games decently in the first place. Second, turning things off to tune performance is hardly a ridiculous feature request. Even Linux users don't leave stuff enabled that they don't need/want.
Site licensing for the home user? *pause for sardonic laughter* Yea, right, that's going to happen about the time Ballmer gay marries Steve Jobs.
Just because it's unlikely doesn't make it a bad idea. It's a damned great idea, and something I wish Microsoft would do.
Honestly, some of your objections are retarded.
And this is why common usage trumps technicality. At this point, the GNU folks need to accept that they've lost. The OS is called "Linux" now, and no amount of them correcting people is going to change it... it just makes them look like pedantic whiners.
How about how Obama and McCain are both screwing us in Congress along with the rest of them?
We discussed that to death last week already.
How about Civilization Revolution exists for the XBox 360, Playstation 3, and NDS but not the PC or Mac?
Uh... dude. That's kind of the ENTIRE POINT! On the PC and Mac we have the far superior Civ 4, we don't need the stripped-down console version. I downloaded the demo for my 360, played for 5 minutes, and realized I'd have infinitely more fun playing Civ 4. Better interface, more facets to the game... I'm not sure why you'd want Civ Rev unless you don't play games on the PC at all.
Yeah, but you also have sane phone companies. We don't have that luxury here, the people are willing to put up with it (cause they're stupid that way), and the government isn't about to step in (they have civil rights to violate--er, terroists to catch, I mean).
No it isn't, though. It was simultaneously developed for the PC and the console. Which brings me back to my original point: did the fact that it was on a console influence its design? Possibly, but it's far more likely that its design would have been largely the same if there were no console version.
Case in point: compare battlefield 1942 with battlefront.
Poor example, considering Battlefront was also a PC game. If you had issues with the game, then it's far more likely that they were due to bad game design in general, not bad console game design.
Let's assume, just for a moment, that Obama really still hates this FISA bill, and only voted for it for the sake of political support. In that case, he's just as bad. A man who is willing to abandon his principles so lightly is not a man I will ever accept as my leader.
And in the other case, of course, he secretly supports FISA, and shouldn't be allowed into office. Either way, Obama should never be allowed to have the presidency of this country.
Knock off the bullshit. If you are a "registered Republican" after 8 years of George Bush, there's no way you were "fully planning on voting for Obama in November until this vote".
No, you knock off the bullshit, and use a little common sense. Just because someone sticks with a political party, doesn't mean they vote for that party's candidate, or even think they're a great candidate. For all you know, the guy has remained a registered Republican while voting third-party for the past 8 years.
When the hell are people going to learn how fucking idiotic it is to judge a political party all at once? Despite the "blah blah blah I'd rather die than see another Republican president" rhetoric so many people spout here, Obama has very clearly shown us that the Democrats are no better for us than the Republicans! Let alone what we should have learned long ago, that it's even more idiotic to judge an entire group of people because of one member.
...his attacks on reproductive rights of women...
First, why phrase it in such an inflammatory way? Second, this can be perfectly in line with civil liberties, it just depends on your point of view. I consider an unborn child to be human life, thus, abortion is a gross violation of civil liberties in the same way murder is. You may disagree with my view, but even so, abortion is rather "neutral" from a civil liberties standpoint, as both sides' reasons for supporting their position are valid civil liberties concerns.
Not really. It's not like you'll get sued for leaving, but it IS considered rude (and rightfully so) to just up and leave if the group depends upon you. It's like the president of some hobby club quitting without any warning. No, the world isn't going to come to an end, and no one will really be hurt, but it would've been a lot nicer to the rest of the club if their president had worked out some sort of smooth transition, rather than leaving everything in disarray, and impeding everyone's fun.
If you had fun, what's the problem? I've been playing WoW for 3 years now... I don't regret it at all, because I've had fun. If you weren't having fun, well, then you're the fool for not quitting the game when it stopped being fun for you.
Yes, but that would still be the fault of the car manufacturer, not the concept of not sharing your fuel recipes with others!
I hope it isn't just now occurring to you that free software fanatics have a great deal in common with religious fanatics.
If your cheap laptop came with a crappy Broadcom card, then spend $40 on a USB dongle or pcmcia card with an open source friendly chipset.
That shouldn't be necessary. I should be able to get drivers for whatever card I want. I don't expect Linux to ship with them, of course, but if they really want to win people over, they need to recognize this as a crucial thing to do to make the transition easy for people.
Of course a retail box that actually lists the chipset in the specs is a rare find - but that is just another aspect of how proprietary software takes away your freedom.
What. The. FUCK!?!? This is so blatantly false it's not even funny. Explain to me, if you can, how a manufacturer's lack of complete information on their packaging has ANYTHING IN THE WORLD to do with open vs closed software? I'm sure I'll be waiting for that explanation for a long time, because THE TWO AREN'T RELATED! For the love of fdisk, wake up and realize that not everything is about closed vs open software. I suppose next you'll be saying that corrupt politicians are "another aspect of how proprietary software takes away your freedom", eh?
Bullshit. In the first place, proprietary software and slavery have absolutely nothing whatsoever in common. They are as far apart as you can get, and your use of slavery as an analogy shows that you have very little understanding of either or both issues.
In the second place, one can meaningfully speak of the freedom to voluntarily enter into slavery. It happens that our society restricts this freedom, believing that it's better for all if slavery is outlawed, but there's no contradiction in saying "freedom" and "slavery" in the same sentence.
If it was several thousand lines of code, it wasn't a small homework assignment. A small homework assignment would be a few hundred lines of code. Several thousand lines is a fairly big homework assignment.
Bah. You sound like one of those soft newcomers who doesn't have a steady enough hand to use a magnetized needle! I suppose we should give you a monitor and keyboard next!
Fringe case, not game. Major games can have issues, but still be a fringe case. Bioshock was one such game... major game, had really stupid issues, but is a fringe case, and doesn't represent PC gaming as a whole.
To the respondants above me: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
They exist in groups of two or three that create a neutral color charge. For example, a particle can consist of red, green, and blue or of blue and anti-blue.
To the average person, that's going to sound really fucking crazy. Most science just sounds complicated if you don't know much about it, QM sounds like the scientist is stark raving mad because of the weird terminology that it uses.
Games on Windows are generally filled with intrusive DRM, which may or may not work on your system, which may or may not install low-level drivers (which may or may not have bugs causing system instability or slowdowns), which may or may not phone home when you want to play them, etc.
No. No they aren't. Any half-sane PC gamer can inform you of this, and I hope to God you are just misinformed, and not trolling, cause it sounds like the latter. While there are games which exhibit this behavior, they're fringe cases--the majority are just fine.