Yeah, that's how you explain the fact that I've had none of the problems you've had using Windows. Nice argument. Very rational. Who's the troll? I guess me since I'm not following the linux company line on an OSS forum. How shocking. No wonder nobody wants to use linux because who wants to be associated with folks like you? You are a bad representative and still haven't made your case.
Play games? I admit I have a 360 and don't play games on my computer(s) anyway. How long did it take you to find all the software necessary to do all the things you need to do? Did you have any hardware issues? I think the biggest problem with linux is that the marketing sucks. All I ever hear is how much of a pain it can be if you're not a power user and extremely patient. It's all anti-MS instead of pro-linux when discussing the two. I'm as anti-establishment as the next guy - I go to the baseball box office 20 miles away to get my tickets so I can screw Ticketmaster out of their fee - but I also need an OS that is logical and just works. To me that is currently Windows. Maybe my next machine I'll make the effort to setup a dual boot with Vista and Ubuntu. But the shit better work or I'm complaining right to you!
The only time I reboot is on patch Tuesdays. Reinstall? What for? I guess I'm the luckiest Windows user on the planet. Look, we all know that Windows suffers from the ID10T user error. I did phone support for Gateway back in the Win 95 days so I get it. But if you have a clue as a user then Windows works just fine. Don't blame Windows for operator error and then blow sunshine up our asses about how that wouldn't happen with a linux box. That's just plain bullshit and you know it. Linux is HARD unless you really feel like doing the homework - and most folks don't feel like it - get over it. XP is the easist and most stable OS on the market - I use a Mac all day at work - that is functional with everything that everyday USERS - and gamers - currently need it to be. When linux or BSD can fill the needs of the everyday consumer/computer user then it will find it's place in the mainstream of computing. It's just not there yet, functionally, to serve the needs of the everyday user. It's not personal for chrissake.
I've met many an admin that had no clue how to actually USE Windows. It's refreshing to finally find one willing to admit it. You guys never see the forest for all the trees. I've been using Windows since 3.1 and Mac since the IIc. My XP box here at work and the 3 I have at home work just fine and have always worked just fine. So, how is it that we have such different experiences? Could it be that you have an agenda? Admit that and maybe I'll bother reading your next post.
This post is doomed to go unnoticed, sadly. For one thing it has too many words, and for a second thing it makes WAY too much sense. Folks here don't want to think that someone might actually be smarter than them and maybe have a little common sense to boot. That just won't stand.
I'm sorry, but the only point you made it that you have no clue about how to use Windows. I've been using XP for years and I've never had one single problem that you mentioned. Never had a problem doing anything that I wanted to do, period. No driver problems. It works great and everyone should use it.
Linux isn't geeky, it just isn't mainstream enough to work with all the hardware and programs that people use every day. Roll out Ubuntu at work? Ha! That ain't happening anytime soon, and until it does, people are going to use what they already know how to use. It's not complicated. It's quite simple really. OSS fanboys just can't accept reality and get over this whole debate. You don't hear about Windows users going on and on like you linux fans do. You're like groupies of an obscure band that no one's ever heard of but you swear is better than anything currently popular. But as soon as that band breaks mainstream you start trash talking them and calling them a sellout and go off to find the next great struggling fringe band that wants to make heaps of dough but just hasn't broke yet. And the cycle will continue to repeat itself until you realize that not everything popular is shit. Sure, a lot of it is, but sometimes mainstream is just that for a damn good reason. Please, I'm begging you, get over it. Linux will find it's popularity in its own time and when it serves the needs of the masses. For the time being, you are the to cool for school kids who knew it first.
You're an idiot. Ha! Oh c'mon, it had to be done and I'm just the dumbass to do it.
Besides being an idiot, you're 100% right. I love my Windows and don't plan on changing anytime soon unless I get a new box with Vista on it. Sorry penguins.
Well, it's back up (Rebecca's blog post) and Yahoo/flickr has apologized for taking it down so all is well on the utopian internets again.. And the people rejoiced and drank grape juice. Now back to our regularly scheduled nonsense.
If you go to only-dreemin's website and click "Shop" you get 404'd. Hopefully they are taking an inventory of their wares to make sure they aren't "warez". flickr is just being typically reactionary to a situation that they think might get them sued. Better to censor the individual than get sued by the company.
True, but it's still silly to just dismiss it out of hand before the site has even gone live. I was exaggerating to make the point, but I could have used better examples I guess. I actually think it's a good idea and signed up.
No one will ever want one of those horseless carriages, they are doomed to fail!
No one will ever want have a computer in their home, they are doomed to fail!
No one will ever want...you get the point.
1. Figures this would be posted anonymously. It's okay, we know who you are you French pussy faggot.
2. There is no God.
3. Go fuck yourself you jealous, ingrate piece of shit. You'll be fearing us when we get tired of your silly shit and stick a Me damn missile up your ass! Oh wait, you've probably already got some other faggot Frenchman's "missile" up there already.
4. You know you watch US TV shows you lying frog so cut the whining bullshit.
Our friggin' IT dept. here at a multinational publishing company doesn't know dick about our Macs. I'm a designer - and PC guy - who uses a Mac because they just are plain better for designing sh..stuff. But IT support is a joke and we basically have to deal with anything that comes up ourselves, including having to ask for server addresses for Citrix applications and being an afterthought whenever they change something that we have to manually go in and reconfigure so we can access the network. Sometimes PC geeks are the worst offenders when it comes to having I-won't-work-on-a-Mac-itus. That being said I still think it's stupid to think that Macs could replace PCs in the general corporate office.
Pulleeze! Enough with the "everything's better than the evil empire even if it doesn't work the way we want it to!" crap.. I work on a Mac every day and it's got it's niche, but use as an enterprise workstation is a pipe dream as long as Apple stays out of the business software writing business or until MS gives in and makes MS Office more Mac friendly. Ever opened a macro laden spreadsheet on a Mac that was created on a PC? Hit or miss as to whether those macros will do what they were intended to do. Have any of you actually used Entourage or dealt with font issues on a Mac? My advice is to ignore this piece of fanboi dreck and upgrade to Vista. You won't be sorry, unlike what you'll be trying to integrate Macs into a non-publishing workflow. That's just a waste of time and that's not even flamebait. It's reality.
I'm only speaking for myself then since I certainly don't vote that way. I couldn't conceive of voting for someone just because I heard their name. Incontheivable!
Actually, it will. As more and more units roll off the line, efficiencies in the process are realized due to process improvements and better loss/scrap control, cost per unit goes down. And there's the threshold where the slice of R&D pie gets paid off. That's where the ??? turns to profit.
Just because some idiot posts his speech on the internet, why does it matter as long as people vote based on whether they think his message speaks to them or not. I don't understand. If he's a crackpot then it actually helps the other candidates because people will be able to see him as such. If they are afraid his message will speak to the people then he should have every opportunity to get that message out and let the people decide at the polls who should represent them. I don't get what the controversy is.
I can screw with a machine to get it "just right" for months before I would consider it truly mine. Especially if you consider software installation part of the tweaking process. But then I'm just silly like that when it comes to messing with my machine(s).
Well, if one disagrees that evolution is a much more likely, and in turn harder to disprove, theory, as opposed to creationism, then by all rights one WOULD BE an idiot! There is a lot of solid science out there that points in the direction of evolution as the most likely explanation for the origin of species. The amount of faith that I have to have in comprehending the gist of what evolutionists are trying to prove is almost nil. A lot of it is just common sense applied to an observable phenomenon. Compare that to the hate and fear-mongering religious wackos who are just trying to protect their source of income by keeping the wool pulled over their flock's (sheep) eyes. Is it any wonder that atheist intellectuals who view the world through thought and reason scoff at the religious addicts and their superstitions? Go sell your snake oil somewhere else Sister Christian. Just because some of us are too smart and level headed to buy your elixir doesn't mean we don't have the cajones to stand up and fight for what we don't believe in.
Yes this is probably redundant, but we all know as electronics consumers that as soon as we plunk down our hard earned plastic, we've just purchased something that is already obsolete. It's the nature of the beast. I'll continue to occasionally play my 360 games the same way I occasionally play my 1st gen XBOX games and I'll eventually be occasionally playing Elite games and reading about how MS is coming out with the "Most Advanced Gaming System Ever Imagined!" and eventually I'll occasionally be playing games on that thing as well. As long as we are still breathing we will be playing on yesterday's technology. Besides, they keep adding inputs to our super duper TVs that will all be obsolete when laser-on-a-chip TVs come out at the end of the year and what do you think all those inputs are for?
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Yeah, that's how you explain the fact that I've had none of the problems you've had using Windows. Nice argument. Very rational. Who's the troll? I guess me since I'm not following the linux company line on an OSS forum. How shocking. No wonder nobody wants to use linux because who wants to be associated with folks like you? You are a bad representative and still haven't made your case.
Play games? I admit I have a 360 and don't play games on my computer(s) anyway. How long did it take you to find all the software necessary to do all the things you need to do? Did you have any hardware issues? I think the biggest problem with linux is that the marketing sucks. All I ever hear is how much of a pain it can be if you're not a power user and extremely patient. It's all anti-MS instead of pro-linux when discussing the two. I'm as anti-establishment as the next guy - I go to the baseball box office 20 miles away to get my tickets so I can screw Ticketmaster out of their fee - but I also need an OS that is logical and just works. To me that is currently Windows. Maybe my next machine I'll make the effort to setup a dual boot with Vista and Ubuntu. But the shit better work or I'm complaining right to you!
The only time I reboot is on patch Tuesdays. Reinstall? What for? I guess I'm the luckiest Windows user on the planet. Look, we all know that Windows suffers from the ID10T user error. I did phone support for Gateway back in the Win 95 days so I get it. But if you have a clue as a user then Windows works just fine. Don't blame Windows for operator error and then blow sunshine up our asses about how that wouldn't happen with a linux box. That's just plain bullshit and you know it. Linux is HARD unless you really feel like doing the homework - and most folks don't feel like it - get over it. XP is the easist and most stable OS on the market - I use a Mac all day at work - that is functional with everything that everyday USERS - and gamers - currently need it to be. When linux or BSD can fill the needs of the everyday consumer/computer user then it will find it's place in the mainstream of computing. It's just not there yet, functionally, to serve the needs of the everyday user. It's not personal for chrissake.
I've met many an admin that had no clue how to actually USE Windows. It's refreshing to finally find one willing to admit it. You guys never see the forest for all the trees. I've been using Windows since 3.1 and Mac since the IIc. My XP box here at work and the 3 I have at home work just fine and have always worked just fine. So, how is it that we have such different experiences? Could it be that you have an agenda? Admit that and maybe I'll bother reading your next post.
This post is doomed to go unnoticed, sadly. For one thing it has too many words, and for a second thing it makes WAY too much sense. Folks here don't want to think that someone might actually be smarter than them and maybe have a little common sense to boot. That just won't stand.
But what about us perfectly happy, content, and non-paranoid Windows users?
Linux isn't geeky, it just isn't mainstream enough to work with all the hardware and programs that people use every day. Roll out Ubuntu at work? Ha! That ain't happening anytime soon, and until it does, people are going to use what they already know how to use. It's not complicated. It's quite simple really. OSS fanboys just can't accept reality and get over this whole debate. You don't hear about Windows users going on and on like you linux fans do. You're like groupies of an obscure band that no one's ever heard of but you swear is better than anything currently popular. But as soon as that band breaks mainstream you start trash talking them and calling them a sellout and go off to find the next great struggling fringe band that wants to make heaps of dough but just hasn't broke yet. And the cycle will continue to repeat itself until you realize that not everything popular is shit. Sure, a lot of it is, but sometimes mainstream is just that for a damn good reason. Please, I'm begging you, get over it. Linux will find it's popularity in its own time and when it serves the needs of the masses. For the time being, you are the to cool for school kids who knew it first.
Besides being an idiot, you're 100% right. I love my Windows and don't plan on changing anytime soon unless I get a new box with Vista on it. Sorry penguins.
That last question makes me think that the submitter should get -1 Troll for the actual submission.
I worked customer service for E*TRADE at a third party call center and the first thing we had to do was get fingerprinted and certified.
...that global warming is the real myth. Thank you New Scientist for bringing me down from the fence.
Well, it's back up (Rebecca's blog post) and Yahoo/flickr has apologized for taking it down so all is well on the utopian internets again.. And the people rejoiced and drank grape juice. Now back to our regularly scheduled nonsense.
If you go to only-dreemin's website and click "Shop" you get 404'd. Hopefully they are taking an inventory of their wares to make sure they aren't "warez". flickr is just being typically reactionary to a situation that they think might get them sued. Better to censor the individual than get sued by the company.
I'm encouraged by the fact that only .2% clicked the link. I would have thought there were more curious risk takers and complete morons out there.
True, but it's still silly to just dismiss it out of hand before the site has even gone live. I was exaggerating to make the point, but I could have used better examples I guess. I actually think it's a good idea and signed up.
No one will ever want one of those horseless carriages, they are doomed to fail! No one will ever want have a computer in their home, they are doomed to fail! No one will ever want...you get the point.
2. There is no God.
3. Go fuck yourself you jealous, ingrate piece of shit. You'll be fearing us when we get tired of your silly shit and stick a Me damn missile up your ass! Oh wait, you've probably already got some other faggot Frenchman's "missile" up there already.
4. You know you watch US TV shows you lying frog so cut the whining bullshit.
Our friggin' IT dept. here at a multinational publishing company doesn't know dick about our Macs. I'm a designer - and PC guy - who uses a Mac because they just are plain better for designing sh..stuff. But IT support is a joke and we basically have to deal with anything that comes up ourselves, including having to ask for server addresses for Citrix applications and being an afterthought whenever they change something that we have to manually go in and reconfigure so we can access the network. Sometimes PC geeks are the worst offenders when it comes to having I-won't-work-on-a-Mac-itus. That being said I still think it's stupid to think that Macs could replace PCs in the general corporate office.
Pulleeze! Enough with the "everything's better than the evil empire even if it doesn't work the way we want it to!" crap.. I work on a Mac every day and it's got it's niche, but use as an enterprise workstation is a pipe dream as long as Apple stays out of the business software writing business or until MS gives in and makes MS Office more Mac friendly. Ever opened a macro laden spreadsheet on a Mac that was created on a PC? Hit or miss as to whether those macros will do what they were intended to do. Have any of you actually used Entourage or dealt with font issues on a Mac? My advice is to ignore this piece of fanboi dreck and upgrade to Vista. You won't be sorry, unlike what you'll be trying to integrate Macs into a non-publishing workflow. That's just a waste of time and that's not even flamebait. It's reality.
I'm only speaking for myself then since I certainly don't vote that way. I couldn't conceive of voting for someone just because I heard their name. Incontheivable!
Actually, it will. As more and more units roll off the line, efficiencies in the process are realized due to process improvements and better loss/scrap control, cost per unit goes down. And there's the threshold where the slice of R&D pie gets paid off. That's where the ??? turns to profit.
Just because some idiot posts his speech on the internet, why does it matter as long as people vote based on whether they think his message speaks to them or not. I don't understand. If he's a crackpot then it actually helps the other candidates because people will be able to see him as such. If they are afraid his message will speak to the people then he should have every opportunity to get that message out and let the people decide at the polls who should represent them. I don't get what the controversy is.
I can screw with a machine to get it "just right" for months before I would consider it truly mine. Especially if you consider software installation part of the tweaking process. But then I'm just silly like that when it comes to messing with my machine(s).
Well, if one disagrees that evolution is a much more likely, and in turn harder to disprove, theory, as opposed to creationism, then by all rights one WOULD BE an idiot! There is a lot of solid science out there that points in the direction of evolution as the most likely explanation for the origin of species. The amount of faith that I have to have in comprehending the gist of what evolutionists are trying to prove is almost nil. A lot of it is just common sense applied to an observable phenomenon. Compare that to the hate and fear-mongering religious wackos who are just trying to protect their source of income by keeping the wool pulled over their flock's (sheep) eyes. Is it any wonder that atheist intellectuals who view the world through thought and reason scoff at the religious addicts and their superstitions? Go sell your snake oil somewhere else Sister Christian. Just because some of us are too smart and level headed to buy your elixir doesn't mean we don't have the cajones to stand up and fight for what we don't believe in.
Yes this is probably redundant, but we all know as electronics consumers that as soon as we plunk down our hard earned plastic, we've just purchased something that is already obsolete. It's the nature of the beast. I'll continue to occasionally play my 360 games the same way I occasionally play my 1st gen XBOX games and I'll eventually be occasionally playing Elite games and reading about how MS is coming out with the "Most Advanced Gaming System Ever Imagined!" and eventually I'll occasionally be playing games on that thing as well. As long as we are still breathing we will be playing on yesterday's technology. Besides, they keep adding inputs to our super duper TVs that will all be obsolete when laser-on-a-chip TVs come out at the end of the year and what do you think all those inputs are for?