--Realistically speaking, about 99% of all stability problems (regardless of OS) are caused by defective hardware. Anyone who says differently is probably selling something.
That isn't true at all. Many issues are hardware related, but malware is a significant contributor, as is software bugs. Do you think that nVidia releases new drivers all the time because they like to keep their programmers employed? No, most of the updates in their new drivers are bug fixes.
Since most morons who would risk jail time to steal your laptop wouldn't be the time that can figure out Linux, I would expect the first thing that happens to your machine will be a hard drive wipe and an install of pirated XP.
If the article's authors were in charge of security in New York after Sept 11th. Less that 1% of respondents have had large aircraft smash into their building, while 50% report that pens are unaccounted for in the copy room. Clearly homeland security should focus on the most dangerous threats: theft of company pens! Airplanes crashing into buildings almost never happens, and we should pretty much ignore them until more respondents report them as an issue.
Just because 59% of respondents are "affected" by employees installing crap they aren't supposed to, that does not necessarily translate into a $168,000 security breach. The writers of the article consider all incidents the same with regard to how they affect the companies, and simply because only 52% had viruses and 59% had users that installed something without permission, they now jump to the conclusion that users installing software without permission is now the #1 threat.
So, if 59% companies have a single employee that installs firefox without permission, and 52% of companies are infected with viruses/spyware that are making copies of their credit card databases, how the hell are viruses/spyware not the number 1 threat still?
The problem with this study is they chose only complete moron republicans to put against the liberals.
Only a republican who is a complete idiot wouldn't see what this study from NYU and UCLA was trying to prove, and hence only idiots on the republican side volunteered.
You haven't tried out Eve lately it seems. They used to have some pretty bad lag problems, but in the last 6 months CCP has make significant hardware upgrades to where I very rarely notice lag problems.
hmmmm.... They just discovered this new mineral but already know it can clean all radioactivity from water? Yeah right..... Do you know how much testing would be required to determine that all types of radiation are magically gone when this mineral is added? This seems even more suspect in that they claim to have found only an extremely small quantity of it.
My guess is that scientists have determined that this mineral is effective at cleaning one specific type of radioactive material from water, or that it somehow absorbs a specific em frequency (maybe in the gamma or X bands). Then, some fresh out of the junior college journalist didn't do his homework and just reported that this crap cleans all radiation without understanding that not all radiation is the same nor caused by the same process.
My guess is we will either never hear of this stuff again, or we get some revolutionary radiation cleaning device for a specific type of radiation/radioactive material. But, we will not see some all inclusive radiation cleaning system.
Maybe they just found a rock with a high concentration of lead.:)
I almost never send in rebates, because I never receive the cash. Until, a few years back when I was broke. Even though I was totally broke, I still wanted a new laptop. So, I bought a new Dell Inspiron 5100 (new at the time) which had a $50 mail in rebate.
A month or so later I was $50 short on rent, just 50 freaking dollars.... I didn't know what to do, no friends had money to borrow.... Then on the day my rent was due, that $50 rebate check came! My bank puts small amounts like that instantly into my account when I use the ATM, so I barely made it. I've never had a late rent check before or since. So, I can't hate on Dell's rebates because they have actually saved my butt.
A lot more people use the 32-bit version, so it is much better tested than 64-bit. Unless you have massive amounts of memory in your machine there is probably no reason to need the 64-bit version over 32-bit. If you have a huge amount of memory that isn't addressed properly with the 32-bit version (the main reason you should care about 64-bit) then you will just have to wait until the bugs are fixed in 64-bit.
...that does not imply that those carriers will accept on their service a device which does not conform to some specific specifications required for public wireless connections...
You are talking here about another potential wireless carrier, in the US T-mobile would be the alternative. I see little reason why T-mobile would go through the trouble of banning hacked iPhones from their network. To say that it is somehow likely that T-mobile would purposely hand potential customers back to AT&T seems a bit ridiculous.
From AT&T's prospective (T-mobile's primary competition) the contract with Apple is to guarantee iPhone users become AT&T subscribers, and NOT become T-mobile customers. AT&T is paying for this privilege by giving a cut of their cash back to Apple. Why the hell would T-mobile help AT&T achieve this end? And if for some strange reason T-mobile wanted to hand AT&T these customers, what would even be the point of AT&T making the contract with Apple if T-mobile was going to just give AT&T the customers anyway? I mean, if you actually think T-mobile is going to not take on these customers, there is no point in AT&T giving Apple a cut!
With new CPU's running warmer and warmer each year, Global CPU Warming you could say, was that considered in this forecast?
I mean, with all the bloatware out there spewing extra useless code into the atmosphere, and the new faster & warmer CPU's always needed to keep up, I think the Linux Forecast should take this Global CPU Warming into account when designing their forecast models.
Sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. That would be true if there were an equal number of Excel and Lotus 1-2-3 installations out there, but today there are virtual no lotus and a market dominating number of excel installations. Microsoft's products aren't considered the standard because they are any better, but because if you grabbed any random manager out there and needed to send them some type of data in a format that their software they are already using can understand... You can bet your ass that they can read Microsoft formatted documents. With a 90% chance that any random manager is running Windows on their desktop, it is silly to even consider that MS might not be a standard to need compatibility with.
An interesting analogy would be if you created a new type of car that was way better in every way, except that it was incompatible with your country's current highway system because it needed rubber roads instead of asphalt. Maybe your car is much more fuel efficient, maybe it is better for the environment, and maybe making rubber roads in the first place is more economical and last longer than asphalt roads... But, if your car isn't compatible with the current standard of asphalt roads it isn't going to be picked up. Just like not having the Linux desktop compatible with Windows, in as many ways as possible, will prevent it from being picked up as well.
Anyone who knows anything about market competition should know that this can only help drive Linux desktop development. Now, Ubuntu may actually have some real competition in the desktop market. In the end it is the Linux desktop users that will win based on Red Hat and Canonical each trying to be better than each other, but releasing their changes to everyone as open source. The worst thing that could happen is one kills the other early in the fight... Then we are back to where we are now, with a single dominant Linux desktop but with limited market share compared to MS.
Hey, I have been using the Logitech Trackman Marble thumb controlled trackball for around 10 years now. Once you get used to it, which takes a few weeks to get up to speed, you have WAY higher precision and much faster movement than with either a mouse or a non-thumb controlled trackball. Better for surfing the net, and much better for games. With a mouse you have to lift the mouse very frequently while gaming, while using non-thumb controlled trackballs are much less exact when moving at high speeds.
I can't believe this interview. Con's assertions are absolutely ridiculous.
To say that Windows is limiting PC architecture is only a half truth at best. Before Windows, when the PC hardware architecture was more fluid with new hardware types coming out all the time, new ways of doing things, it all seemed pretty great to a computer user like Con was at the time. I was perfectly happy with using my computer back then as well. But, Con was not a developer back then... He doesn't see the real need there was by developers for good hard standards to code to. Remember installing a game back then? With the 10 or more different sound cards alone to choose from? No auto-detection? Man that was tough to code for. Developers had to write code for each and every different type of sound hardware there was available at the time; no coding for Direct Sound and going back to just making a good game. Thank GOD for Sound Blaster winning out as a standard back then, and helping to simplify. You see, Con's problem really is he does not like Standards in general, not just Windows... This is because any Standards inherently limit adding additional functionality or radical changes in design, BUT..... Standards also allow developers of all types of software to code far more effectively.
Imagine today trying to write a graphically intense game such as Doom3, but without standards on how all video, audio, and input devices have to work. Yes, Windows limits somewhat how we can add future functionality by only supporting certain features within DirectX (same goes for supported functionality of OpenGL by the way), but the standards do allow developers to actually work on developing the GAME itself instead of focusing on writing in game drivers for every piece of hardware in existence! Windows or some other "limiting" OS with standards on how hardware needs to function at a basic level was absolutely necessary for the development of the ever complex applications in use today. I'm not a GO MS guy, but come on! I want to see Con write a video game that supports all hardware types directly, but does not use a "limiting" standard to address the hardware. Ya right...
As for his complaints that Linux is driven by server related business interests instead of the desktop... No freaking duh! The server market has been Linux's best success yet! Without the success of Linux servers there might not be a viable Linux OS today. In fact, even though the desktop is a back burner issue, the money coming in from the server market is pushing Linux development faster than ever. With the embedded Linux market (mobile phones, etc) coming as a close second. When a majority of Linux users are of the server and embedded type, with the desktop the least used, doesn't it make sense that the Linux kernel be at least somewhat optimized for those markets? Sorry to tell you Con, but if the Linux server and embedded markets somehow disappeared, there would hardly be anyone left to code for Desktop Linux... Certainly there would not be enough development going on to keep up with Windows or OS X development, no matter how much you hate either of them.
Get a grip Con, and stop being a baby. Stop biting the hand that feeds you. Without Linux servers success we would not be even discussing Linux as a viable Desktop.
Just a small point... You said, "It's not really a choice of 300 anyway for business; there are only two main distros: SuSE and Redhat. " But, Debian is much more popular than you think for businesses. Also, Ubuntu as well. When junior admins are left with instructions to install a DHCP server or anything along those lines, there is a very good chance it will be running on Ubuntu. If the VP of IT makes the decision... Then it will likely be Red Hat or SuSE.
It always amazes me that "training" is actually a cost concern with regards to office products. Is it really that hard to use OpenOffice if you already know how to use MS Office?
"Uhh Ohhh, the font size isn't in the same place!!! Uhh what do I do!!! I can't do anything unless an animated paperclip tells me. I'll call IT"
1) When it is installed there is usually no further configuration needed to get all the hardware working, including dual booting with Windows. My last Debian install did not properly set up sound or dual boot with my hard drive configuration, while Ubuntu needed no changes (sorry, haven't used Mandriva lately, so can't compare to that one).
2) Getting problems solved is very very easy compared with other Distros I have used. When I last tried to get some problems fixed with my previous Debian install, I was just always called a newb on message boards instead of actually getting help. (I have been a computer tech for 10 years now, so I didn't think my questions were newbish) Same goes for my last Fedora and CentOS installs. No one wants to help a "Linux newb" for some reason even though we are trying to get people to start using Linux instead of Windows...... Until I started using Ubuntu! Any question I have ever had was always been answered without anyone calling me a newb or anything like that. This is such a drastic change that now when I need some help with CentOS, Fedora, or Debian I search for or ask how I would fix the problem in Ubuntu and then just figure out the rest on my own! Way faster than trying to get help for the Disto I am actually using.
3) Very user friendly and not very confusing. Ubuntu does not have the huge repository that a Disto like Debian has, but this makes for a less confusing time trying to figure out what software should be used to solve a specific problem. Advanced users probably hate this, but beginners love it.
I'm sure there is even more, but thats all I can think of right now:)
One would think, but then that assumes that Windows, Mac, and Linux users all use the Internet for the same things, view the same number of pages, and of course make the same Internet searches as each other. TFA makes a point that this may not be the case.
:) And from my own experience, when I switched to Linux on my desktop I made a lot of Linux related searches that I wouldn't have on a Windows OS, just to get it all customized for me.
(Although, I would be interested is seeing the Yahoo and Google stats anyways - To HELL WITH THE ARTICLE!)
This is old news... Indoor marijuana growers do this all the time. Just rent an apartment you have no intention of living in, and fill it with all the plants and irrigation equipment you can fit!
Where did racism come into this? Also, right wingers don't "keep people down by offering addictive welfare" as right wingers are fundamentally opposed to offering all but the most needed welfare programs (such as programs for the elderly and truely sick), it is the leftests who expand these necessary programs to include normal but lazy people.
There is bad on both sides, but "corporate welfare" is at least designed to create jobs, while individual welfare is designed to keep you a ward of the state for life.
Yes I actually do know the finances of these "cat people" I know. The main person I speak of was given a trailer by her family for a place to live, because she would not keep a job. She had a number of jobs that she couldn't handle because she is so imature. She doesn't like being told what to do for a living. She got the idea to pretend she is insane to a doctor from her mother, who is also on disability. So, after her live in boyfriend left her (long story here) last time I checked she spends all day at home watching TV, taking care of her 9 cats she is up to now, and living entirly off everyone else's tax dollars. This has been going on for at least 5 years, and no one questions her. 0She isn't crazy at all, but sitting at home doing nothing is preferable to actually working. She calls my wife non-stop, because they are old high school friends and because she has nothing better to do. Disability doesn't give her enough money to buy a car, so WE are always her taxi - until I had enough and had to cut the free loader off.
Her mother (the start of this for her welfare family) is an apartment manager, but doesn't tell the government because they would cut off her checks. One time when I was over fixing her government purchased computer, she told me if the government found out then she would have to actually get a real job because the apartment manager job only pays $200 month plus free rent, and she needs the disability money to pay for a new TV and other stuff for around the house.
Lots of the money is lost to Google advertising and such, not just to IGE or other genuine middlemen. Google charges at least $5 per click for most ads these days, and anyone who has done any google advertising knows that a very good click to pay ratio is 10%, but often lower. So at a 10% pay ratio, every time they make a sale IGE is already in the hole for $50. Plenty of people will be actually buying for much less than a $50 amount, so IGE is very dependent on return business as well.
Basically what I am saying is that advertising websites are probably getting most of the gold money, not the chinese, not the boss in china, not IGE.
This was not always the case.... Back in the day you could get an ad on Overture (now owned by Yahoo) for.10 a click.... But Google likes to limit the ads to raise the prices. Thanks google
"Why don't broke-ass Americans steal these Chinese gold farmers' jobs? Does the Chinese government subsidize their life any more than US welfare and unemployment subsidize Americans'? And what about Mexicans? I see plenty of Mexicans working in Chinese restaurants instead of Chinese immigrant labor. Why don't they farm gold cheaper than Chinese labor does?"
Because in America if you don't want to work, the government just GIVES you money in the form of welfare (especially if you are from a race that the leftists think are born victims, such as anyone with dark skin), or if you have any skill at manipulating the system you will get Disability and never have your welfare questioned (I know plenty of these types, with no REAL problems, that just get their checks every month and own more and more cats every day).
Why give up the government dole for.30 an hour? Welfare folks won't even take jobs paying $10 an hour at a local burger place!
"The problem with that statement is that a service pack offers no additional functionality. The OS X updates do add significant functionality that really does a lot to make them worthwhile."
Not true at all. Windows XP service pack 2 added significant functionality. A new firewall that is now on by default, the "security center" which at least tells you when your anti-virus has been compromised, and lots of other small stuff. All of this was completely free, and Microsoft would even snail mail you a CD copy without charging for shipping if you just requested one.
Not that I am a Windows fan (go Ubuntu!) but there are plenty of faults you can find in Microsoft without lying about them.
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--Realistically speaking, about 99% of all stability problems (regardless of OS) are caused by defective hardware. Anyone who says differently is probably selling something.
That isn't true at all. Many issues are hardware related, but malware is a significant contributor, as is software bugs. Do you think that nVidia releases new drivers all the time because they like to keep their programmers employed? No, most of the updates in their new drivers are bug fixes.
All log files are going to be off by an hour. How is that not security?
Since most morons who would risk jail time to steal your laptop wouldn't be the time that can figure out Linux, I would expect the first thing that happens to your machine will be a hard drive wipe and an install of pirated XP.
Another analogy:
If the article's authors were in charge of security in New York after Sept 11th.
Less that 1% of respondents have had large aircraft smash into their building, while 50% report that pens are unaccounted for in the copy room. Clearly homeland security should focus on the most dangerous threats: theft of company pens! Airplanes crashing into buildings almost never happens, and we should pretty much ignore them until more respondents report them as an issue.
Just because 59% of respondents are "affected" by employees installing crap they aren't supposed to, that does not necessarily translate into a $168,000 security breach. The writers of the article consider all incidents the same with regard to how they affect the companies, and simply because only 52% had viruses and 59% had users that installed something without permission, they now jump to the conclusion that users installing software without permission is now the #1 threat.
So, if 59% companies have a single employee that installs firefox without permission, and 52% of companies are infected with viruses/spyware that are making copies of their credit card databases, how the hell are viruses/spyware not the number 1 threat still?
The problem with this study is they chose only complete moron republicans to put against the liberals.
Only a republican who is a complete idiot wouldn't see what this study from NYU and UCLA was trying to prove, and hence only idiots on the republican side volunteered.
You haven't tried out Eve lately it seems. They used to have some pretty bad lag problems, but in the last 6 months CCP has make significant hardware upgrades to where I very rarely notice lag problems.
hmmmm.... They just discovered this new mineral but already know it can clean all radioactivity from water? Yeah right..... Do you know how much testing would be required to determine that all types of radiation are magically gone when this mineral is added? This seems even more suspect in that they claim to have found only an extremely small quantity of it.
:)
My guess is that scientists have determined that this mineral is effective at cleaning one specific type of radioactive material from water, or that it somehow absorbs a specific em frequency (maybe in the gamma or X bands). Then, some fresh out of the junior college journalist didn't do his homework and just reported that this crap cleans all radiation without understanding that not all radiation is the same nor caused by the same process.
My guess is we will either never hear of this stuff again, or we get some revolutionary radiation cleaning device for a specific type of radiation/radioactive material. But, we will not see some all inclusive radiation cleaning system.
Maybe they just found a rock with a high concentration of lead.
I almost never send in rebates, because I never receive the cash. Until, a few years back when I was broke. Even though I was totally broke, I still wanted a new laptop. So, I bought a new Dell Inspiron 5100 (new at the time) which had a $50 mail in rebate.
A month or so later I was $50 short on rent, just 50 freaking dollars.... I didn't know what to do, no friends had money to borrow.... Then on the day my rent was due, that $50 rebate check came! My bank puts small amounts like that instantly into my account when I use the ATM, so I barely made it. I've never had a late rent check before or since. So, I can't hate on Dell's rebates because they have actually saved my butt.
A lot more people use the 32-bit version, so it is much better tested than 64-bit. Unless you have massive amounts of memory in your machine there is probably no reason to need the 64-bit version over 32-bit. If you have a huge amount of memory that isn't addressed properly with the 32-bit version (the main reason you should care about 64-bit) then you will just have to wait until the bugs are fixed in 64-bit.
...that does not imply that those carriers will accept on their service a device which does not conform to some specific specifications required for public wireless connections...
You are talking here about another potential wireless carrier, in the US T-mobile would be the alternative. I see little reason why T-mobile would go through the trouble of banning hacked iPhones from their network. To say that it is somehow likely that T-mobile would purposely hand potential customers back to AT&T seems a bit ridiculous.
From AT&T's prospective (T-mobile's primary competition) the contract with Apple is to guarantee iPhone users become AT&T subscribers, and NOT become T-mobile customers. AT&T is paying for this privilege by giving a cut of their cash back to Apple. Why the hell would T-mobile help AT&T achieve this end? And if for some strange reason T-mobile wanted to hand AT&T these customers, what would even be the point of AT&T making the contract with Apple if T-mobile was going to just give AT&T the customers anyway? I mean, if you actually think T-mobile is going to not take on these customers, there is no point in AT&T giving Apple a cut!
With new CPU's running warmer and warmer each year, Global CPU Warming you could say, was that considered in this forecast?
I mean, with all the bloatware out there spewing extra useless code into the atmosphere, and the new faster & warmer CPU's always needed to keep up, I think the Linux Forecast should take this Global CPU Warming into account when designing their forecast models.
Al Gore, what do you think?
Sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. That would be true if there were an equal number of Excel and Lotus 1-2-3 installations out there, but today there are virtual no lotus and a market dominating number of excel installations. Microsoft's products aren't considered the standard because they are any better, but because if you grabbed any random manager out there and needed to send them some type of data in a format that their software they are already using can understand... You can bet your ass that they can read Microsoft formatted documents. With a 90% chance that any random manager is running Windows on their desktop, it is silly to even consider that MS might not be a standard to need compatibility with.
An interesting analogy would be if you created a new type of car that was way better in every way, except that it was incompatible with your country's current highway system because it needed rubber roads instead of asphalt. Maybe your car is much more fuel efficient, maybe it is better for the environment, and maybe making rubber roads in the first place is more economical and last longer than asphalt roads... But, if your car isn't compatible with the current standard of asphalt roads it isn't going to be picked up. Just like not having the Linux desktop compatible with Windows, in as many ways as possible, will prevent it from being picked up as well.
Anyone who knows anything about market competition should know that this can only help drive Linux desktop development. Now, Ubuntu may actually have some real competition in the desktop market. In the end it is the Linux desktop users that will win based on Red Hat and Canonical each trying to be better than each other, but releasing their changes to everyone as open source. The worst thing that could happen is one kills the other early in the fight... Then we are back to where we are now, with a single dominant Linux desktop but with limited market share compared to MS.
Hey, I have been using the Logitech Trackman Marble thumb controlled trackball for around 10 years now. Once you get used to it, which takes a few weeks to get up to speed, you have WAY higher precision and much faster movement than with either a mouse or a non-thumb controlled trackball. Better for surfing the net, and much better for games. With a mouse you have to lift the mouse very frequently while gaming, while using non-thumb controlled trackballs are much less exact when moving at high speeds.
I can't believe this interview. Con's assertions are absolutely ridiculous.
To say that Windows is limiting PC architecture is only a half truth at best. Before Windows, when the PC hardware architecture was more fluid with new hardware types coming out all the time, new ways of doing things, it all seemed pretty great to a computer user like Con was at the time. I was perfectly happy with using my computer back then as well. But, Con was not a developer back then... He doesn't see the real need there was by developers for good hard standards to code to. Remember installing a game back then? With the 10 or more different sound cards alone to choose from? No auto-detection? Man that was tough to code for. Developers had to write code for each and every different type of sound hardware there was available at the time; no coding for Direct Sound and going back to just making a good game. Thank GOD for Sound Blaster winning out as a standard back then, and helping to simplify. You see, Con's problem really is he does not like Standards in general, not just Windows... This is because any Standards inherently limit adding additional functionality or radical changes in design, BUT..... Standards also allow developers of all types of software to code far more effectively.
Imagine today trying to write a graphically intense game such as Doom3, but without standards on how all video, audio, and input devices have to work. Yes, Windows limits somewhat how we can add future functionality by only supporting certain features within DirectX (same goes for supported functionality of OpenGL by the way), but the standards do allow developers to actually work on developing the GAME itself instead of focusing on writing in game drivers for every piece of hardware in existence! Windows or some other "limiting" OS with standards on how hardware needs to function at a basic level was absolutely necessary for the development of the ever complex applications in use today. I'm not a GO MS guy, but come on! I want to see Con write a video game that supports all hardware types directly, but does not use a "limiting" standard to address the hardware. Ya right...
As for his complaints that Linux is driven by server related business interests instead of the desktop... No freaking duh! The server market has been Linux's best success yet! Without the success of Linux servers there might not be a viable Linux OS today. In fact, even though the desktop is a back burner issue, the money coming in from the server market is pushing Linux development faster than ever. With the embedded Linux market (mobile phones, etc) coming as a close second. When a majority of Linux users are of the server and embedded type, with the desktop the least used, doesn't it make sense that the Linux kernel be at least somewhat optimized for those markets? Sorry to tell you Con, but if the Linux server and embedded markets somehow disappeared, there would hardly be anyone left to code for Desktop Linux... Certainly there would not be enough development going on to keep up with Windows or OS X development, no matter how much you hate either of them.
Get a grip Con, and stop being a baby. Stop biting the hand that feeds you. Without Linux servers success we would not be even discussing Linux as a viable Desktop.
Just a small point... You said, "It's not really a choice of 300 anyway for business; there are only two main distros: SuSE and Redhat. " But, Debian is much more popular than you think for businesses. Also, Ubuntu as well. When junior admins are left with instructions to install a DHCP server or anything along those lines, there is a very good chance it will be running on Ubuntu. If the VP of IT makes the decision... Then it will likely be Red Hat or SuSE.
It always amazes me that "training" is actually a cost concern with regards to office products. Is it really that hard to use OpenOffice if you already know how to use MS Office?
"Uhh Ohhh, the font size isn't in the same place!!! Uhh what do I do!!! I can't do anything unless an animated paperclip tells me. I'll call IT"
Ubuntu is so popular for a number of reasons.
:)
1) When it is installed there is usually no further configuration needed to get all the hardware working, including dual booting with Windows. My last Debian install did not properly set up sound or dual boot with my hard drive configuration, while Ubuntu needed no changes (sorry, haven't used Mandriva lately, so can't compare to that one).
2) Getting problems solved is very very easy compared with other Distros I have used. When I last tried to get some problems fixed with my previous Debian install, I was just always called a newb on message boards instead of actually getting help. (I have been a computer tech for 10 years now, so I didn't think my questions were newbish) Same goes for my last Fedora and CentOS installs. No one wants to help a "Linux newb" for some reason even though we are trying to get people to start using Linux instead of Windows...... Until I started using Ubuntu! Any question I have ever had was always been answered without anyone calling me a newb or anything like that. This is such a drastic change that now when I need some help with CentOS, Fedora, or Debian I search for or ask how I would fix the problem in Ubuntu and then just figure out the rest on my own! Way faster than trying to get help for the Disto I am actually using.
3) Very user friendly and not very confusing. Ubuntu does not have the huge repository that a Disto like Debian has, but this makes for a less confusing time trying to figure out what software should be used to solve a specific problem. Advanced users probably hate this, but beginners love it.
I'm sure there is even more, but thats all I can think of right now
One would think, but then that assumes that Windows, Mac, and Linux users all use the Internet for the same things, view the same number of pages, and of course make the same Internet searches as each other. TFA makes a point that this may not be the case.
:) And from my own experience, when I switched to Linux on my desktop I made a lot of Linux related searches that I wouldn't have on a Windows OS, just to get it all customized for me.
(Although, I would be interested is seeing the Yahoo and Google stats anyways - To HELL WITH THE ARTICLE!)
This is old news... Indoor marijuana growers do this all the time. Just rent an apartment you have no intention of living in, and fill it with all the plants and irrigation equipment you can fit!
:)
Where did racism come into this? Also, right wingers don't "keep people down by offering addictive welfare" as right wingers are fundamentally opposed to offering all but the most needed welfare programs (such as programs for the elderly and truely sick), it is the leftests who expand these necessary programs to include normal but lazy people.
There is bad on both sides, but "corporate welfare" is at least designed to create jobs, while individual welfare is designed to keep you a ward of the state for life.
Yes I actually do know the finances of these "cat people" I know. The main person I speak of was given a trailer by her family for a place to live, because she would not keep a job. She had a number of jobs that she couldn't handle because she is so imature. She doesn't like being told what to do for a living. She got the idea to pretend she is insane to a doctor from her mother, who is also on disability. So, after her live in boyfriend left her (long story here) last time I checked she spends all day at home watching TV, taking care of her 9 cats she is up to now, and living entirly off everyone else's tax dollars. This has been going on for at least 5 years, and no one questions her. 0She isn't crazy at all, but sitting at home doing nothing is preferable to actually working. She calls my wife non-stop, because they are old high school friends and because she has nothing better to do. Disability doesn't give her enough money to buy a car, so WE are always her taxi - until I had enough and had to cut the free loader off.
Her mother (the start of this for her welfare family) is an apartment manager, but doesn't tell the government because they would cut off her checks. One time when I was over fixing her government purchased computer, she told me if the government found out then she would have to actually get a real job because the apartment manager job only pays $200 month plus free rent, and she needs the disability money to pay for a new TV and other stuff for around the house.
Lots of the money is lost to Google advertising and such, not just to IGE or other genuine middlemen. Google charges at least $5 per click for most ads these days, and anyone who has done any google advertising knows that a very good click to pay ratio is 10%, but often lower. So at a 10% pay ratio, every time they make a sale IGE is already in the hole for $50. Plenty of people will be actually buying for much less than a $50 amount, so IGE is very dependent on return business as well.
.10 a click.... But Google likes to limit the ads to raise the prices. Thanks google
Basically what I am saying is that advertising websites are probably getting most of the gold money, not the chinese, not the boss in china, not IGE.
This was not always the case.... Back in the day you could get an ad on Overture (now owned by Yahoo) for
"Why don't broke-ass Americans steal these Chinese gold farmers' jobs? Does the Chinese government subsidize their life any more than US welfare and unemployment subsidize Americans'? And what about Mexicans? I see plenty of Mexicans working in Chinese restaurants instead of Chinese immigrant labor. Why don't they farm gold cheaper than Chinese labor does?"
.30 an hour? Welfare folks won't even take jobs paying $10 an hour at a local burger place!
Because in America if you don't want to work, the government just GIVES you money in the form of welfare (especially if you are from a race that the leftists think are born victims, such as anyone with dark skin), or if you have any skill at manipulating the system you will get Disability and never have your welfare questioned (I know plenty of these types, with no REAL problems, that just get their checks every month and own more and more cats every day).
Why give up the government dole for
"The problem with that statement is that a service pack offers no additional functionality. The OS X updates do add significant functionality that really does a lot to make them worthwhile."
Not true at all. Windows XP service pack 2 added significant functionality. A new firewall that is now on by default, the "security center" which at least tells you when your anti-virus has been compromised, and lots of other small stuff. All of this was completely free, and Microsoft would even snail mail you a CD copy without charging for shipping if you just requested one.
Not that I am a Windows fan (go Ubuntu!) but there are plenty of faults you can find in Microsoft without lying about them.