You are very much correct in the things you say. It's good to see some people on/. still have clue and use sources instead of talking out of their asses.
You don't seem to get it either. It's not worth more if I don't use those features. I live quite happily without Windows, and quicktime movies are just an occational annoyance. I don't need all those features and won't pay for it just to watch 1 or 2 QT movies a month. Is that clear now?
I played Ultima IV and V and Planescape, and I have to say Planescape is the best RPG I've ever experienced. If you haven't tried it, it worth paying the $15 for it (I've seen it in the bargin bins) and even installing Windows.
I'm sorry, but it's obvious that you are not in the PC OEM industry in any major capacity. I work for a major OEM that competes with the likes of Dell, Gateway, etc. Do you have any idea how cutthroat the industry is right now when it comes to prices. You cannot afford to give MS the finger when it comes to OEM pricing, because in the end you will not sell any PCs. There is no choice for OEMs It's not a matter of losing a 5% discount or something like that, it's a matter of Microsoft taking away your OEM status. Do you have any idea how much savings there is on OEM Windows 2k vs boxed product? It's huge, enough to make or break a company when trying to sell new PCs. We've been trying to ship PCs without any OS and Microsoft won't even let us to that. There's no way Linux, Be or any other OS will ever be able to true compete until this monopolistic abuse is stopped. OEMs have no choice right now
Do you have even the slightest clue how competitive the PC market is right now?? Speaking as someone who works for a major PC OEM, there is no way in hell we'd be able to forfeit the MS contract and still be able to compete price-wise with Dell, Gateway, etc. There is no way around this: agree to MS's terms or don't bother trying to sell a PC. Microsoft knows this and continues to abuse it.
sweet, the new anti-goatse.cx slashcode has already been hacked. Good thing I'm still in the habit of hovering my mouse over the link before I click it:P
So when I told my friend to "just reinstall windows 98" she was able to do this all by herself? Try again. Here's what wasn't correctly configured after a win98 install:
sound card
video driver
56k modem
10/100 NIC
Those look like pretty essential items to me. Sure the computer boots, but you have to look at a 640x480 16 color screen with no sound or network. Without the knowledge of what drivers to download, where to get them, and how to install them, Windows is just as hard to install as Linux to the average user. Please, spare me the BS.
Many/. readers are browsing from work, where they mostly likely are stuck using the corporate OS/Browser (i.e IE). So those numbers don't really show what browser Slashdot readers think is best, only what browser they are able to use.
BTW, I'm stuck using IE5.01 right now, but would much rather be using Galeon...
Are you interested in "looking good" (aesthetic), or using English correctly? You're right, no one can convince you that the plural of radius is radiuses because that's incorrect English spelling. As it stands, the links Mr. AC provided clearly explain how and why "viruses" is the correct English plural. True, you are "free" to use whatever word you want, in the same way you are free to use "mouses" as the plural of "mouse" and "hice" as the plural of "house." Just don't expect to be taken seriously.
The point is this:
If cable is available in my area, then I have only 1 choice of cable providers.
If DSL is available in my area, then I can have several choices of DSL providers.
For example, I can choose from Ameritech, XO, Speakeasy or Verizon DSL, but I only have 1 choice for cable: @home. There needs to be competition introduced into the cable arena.
man, SLiRP brings back some fond memories. It was 1995 and net access wasn't in the dorms yet. But that didn't stop a few of us from using slirp on our shell accounts. Of course, the school eventually caught on and told us to cease and desist with the "porn access." Whatever...
My problem was the damn thing just feels slow and unresponsive.. like when your car needs new brakes or something.
Could you get anymore subjective?? Puh-leeze. You've proved absolutely nothing except telling us how you "feel". Take yourself and your suck website someplace else.
If you deny that the GPL is enforcable, then you deny that every other software license based on copyright law is enforcable. Somehow I doubt that is going to happen.
Whoever said they wanted a "a serious news site". Taco has always says he posts what interests him, and hope it makes for good discussion. This article looks like it succeeds on both those counts. Frankly, for someone who's been here a while, I'm surprised you haven't figured that out.
The Slashdot editors (who would most likely agree that doubleclick sucks) are totally seperate and removed from the marketing/advertising people. They really don't know what ads and ad agencies are being used. I think the reason for this is so that they can never be accused of favoring a product because it advertises on Slashdot. For better or worse, they have no input on the ads.
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You are very much correct in the things you say. It's good to see some people on /. still have clue and use sources instead of talking out of their asses.
You don't seem to get it either. It's not worth more if I don't use those features. I live quite happily without Windows, and quicktime movies are just an occational annoyance. I don't need all those features and won't pay for it just to watch 1 or 2 QT movies a month. Is that clear now?
I'm not paying for something that I can get free on Windows. End of story.
I played Ultima IV and V and Planescape, and I have to say Planescape is the best RPG I've ever experienced. If you haven't tried it, it worth paying the $15 for it (I've seen it in the bargin bins) and even installing Windows.
I'm sorry, but it's obvious that you are not in the PC OEM industry in any major capacity. I work for a major OEM that competes with the likes of Dell, Gateway, etc. Do you have any idea how cutthroat the industry is right now when it comes to prices. You cannot afford to give MS the finger when it comes to OEM pricing, because in the end you will not sell any PCs. There is no choice for OEMs It's not a matter of losing a 5% discount or something like that, it's a matter of Microsoft taking away your OEM status. Do you have any idea how much savings there is on OEM Windows 2k vs boxed product? It's huge, enough to make or break a company when trying to sell new PCs. We've been trying to ship PCs without any OS and Microsoft won't even let us to that. There's no way Linux, Be or any other OS will ever be able to true compete until this monopolistic abuse is stopped. OEMs have no choice right now
Do you have even the slightest clue how competitive the PC market is right now?? Speaking as someone who works for a major PC OEM, there is no way in hell we'd be able to forfeit the MS contract and still be able to compete price-wise with Dell, Gateway, etc. There is no way around this: agree to MS's terms or don't bother trying to sell a PC. Microsoft knows this and continues to abuse it.
sweet, the new anti-goatse.cx slashcode has already been hacked. Good thing I'm still in the habit of hovering my mouse over the link before I click it :P
So when I told my friend to "just reinstall windows 98" she was able to do this all by herself? Try again. Here's what wasn't correctly configured after a win98 install:
sound card
video driver
56k modem
10/100 NIC
Those look like pretty essential items to me. Sure the computer boots, but you have to look at a 640x480 16 color screen with no sound or network. Without the knowledge of what drivers to download, where to get them, and how to install them, Windows is just as hard to install as Linux to the average user. Please, spare me the BS.
Many /. readers are browsing from work, where they mostly likely are stuck using the corporate OS/Browser (i.e IE). So those numbers don't really show what browser Slashdot readers think is best, only what browser they are able to use.
BTW, I'm stuck using IE5.01 right now, but would much rather be using Galeon...
Clearly you have never read this.
Are you interested in "looking good" (aesthetic), or using English correctly? You're right, no one can convince you that the plural of radius is radiuses because that's incorrect English spelling. As it stands, the links Mr. AC provided clearly explain how and why "viruses" is the correct English plural. True, you are "free" to use whatever word you want, in the same way you are free to use "mouses" as the plural of "mouse" and "hice" as the plural of "house." Just don't expect to be taken seriously.
Please prove to me that you are a living creature with a soul....you have 10 seconds before I kill you.
The point is this:
If cable is available in my area, then I have only 1 choice of cable providers.
If DSL is available in my area, then I can have several choices of DSL providers.
For example, I can choose from Ameritech, XO, Speakeasy or Verizon DSL, but I only have 1 choice for cable: @home. There needs to be competition introduced into the cable arena.
man, SLiRP brings back some fond memories. It was 1995 and net access wasn't in the dorms yet. But that didn't stop a few of us from using slirp on our shell accounts. Of course, the school eventually caught on and told us to cease and desist with the "porn access." Whatever...
IANAL, of course
Oh, of course
Oh, and you are a lawyer sharing your wisdom? Why don't you spare us the hypocritcal, snide comments.
Oh just shut up. You've been thoroughly owned in this thread, so why not just bow out of the argument gracefully.
Well, I'm having a hard time thinking of to whom else he should be apologizing...the people that weren't offended?
Please, please, PLEASE, learn your proper English plurals.
There's no reason to be making up words.
My problem was the damn thing just feels slow and unresponsive.. like when your car needs new brakes or something.
Could you get anymore subjective?? Puh-leeze. You've proved absolutely nothing except telling us how you "feel". Take yourself and your suck website someplace else.
What ever happened to the good old days when hackers knew proper English plurals?
If you deny that the GPL is enforcable, then you deny that every other software license based on copyright law is enforcable. Somehow I doubt that is going to happen.
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While you are rantinng, are there any other clueless, uninformed opinions you'd care to share with us?
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Whoever said they wanted a "a serious news site". Taco has always says he posts what interests him, and hope it makes for good discussion. This article looks like it succeeds on both those counts. Frankly, for someone who's been here a while, I'm surprised you haven't figured that out.
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The Slashdot editors (who would most likely agree that doubleclick sucks) are totally seperate and removed from the marketing/advertising people. They really don't know what ads and ad agencies are being used. I think the reason for this is so that they can never be accused of favoring a product because it advertises on Slashdot. For better or worse, they have no input on the ads.
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