And apparently creationism silliness is also getting fairly popular in several former eastern bloc countries such as Poland. I presume the UK is targeted because there is no language barrier for the US groups. They're also starting in Africa it seems...:(
What infuriates me is the hypocrite naming. "Discovery Institute" (what on Earth are they discovering? Or was the name chosen to make people fall for the similarity between that and the Discovery Channel?), "evolution textbook", "intelligent design" that make their idiocy sound intelligent (just as "patriot act" and similar initiatives). And they use deception so blatantly to promote their "truth"?
They *did* consider "Christian Institute for Deceit, Propaganda and Lies" but apparently one of the founding members had a cousin in marketing who convinced them it wouldn't work for some obscure reason.
If that would only be true. Documentation usually lists _intended_ behavior, not actual behavior.
That has certainly been my experience with MS documentation about the guts of their systems so far. I don't seem to remember that happening with the other commercial systems I've used (Tandem Guardian, SCO -old one-, SunOS, Solaris) which were much closer to what the system actually did (and weren't as full of excuses as the MS KB - "ah sorry, this is broken, see KBxxx and KByyy").
The simple truth is that using Windows/Linux is a cost benefit analysis performed by the end user. You get the most product for your money using a traditional PC (not an Intel box blessed by Apple with EFI).
This would be the case if the user was in an ideal market and was perfectly informed (like in a textbook). This doesn't happen in the real life. This doesn't even happen in markets. So users certainly won't perform a cost/benefit analysis as such. They'll just chicken out and go with what they'll know without any analysis whatsoever (you can call that a cost/benefit analysis if you will but it isn't because they have nothing to base their analysis on). So they'll pick Windows.
In rare cases (either because they are geeky in the extreme or because a friend has been pestering them) they will run Linux, and sometimes even keep on running it. But that's not the norm. And that's speaking as someone who's been running it as his main desktop at home and work since before 1.0 (and who supports quite a pool of other users). Granted things are changing, but we aren't quite there yet (see Desktop, Year of the Linux).
Where are the stats to support your conclusion that the majority of OSX86 users are software pirates.
Stats ? Easy:
OSX86 users that are pirates : 76% OSX86 users that are not pirates : 32% OSX86 users that don't know what OSX86 stands for : 45% (statistics courtesy of the Pentium computing group)
you know, i never really understood people's prejudice against mac users until now. but, wow, you're a douche.
helping people set up their hackintoshes would be a great way to expose some PC users to the benefits or advantages of OS X. someone who doesn't want to take the plunge and invest in a $3000 machine could use this dongle to try out the OS before they commit to a full Apple setup.
Especially since it's much easier to get a real screen with a generic hardware setup than with Apple nowadays (shame on them).
OTOH Pretty much all of the software available on MacOS is also available in Windows so I don't really see the point. But then that's just me.
(Disclaimer, I've run both Windows and Mac OS but use none of them)
Easy fix, put the channels on YouTube or remove them altogether. After all what are the chances that they are broadcasting anything remotely interesting ?
I don't know, I ran Crysis on my rig at 1920x1200 and while I didn't measure the framerate it wasn't too bad with decent settings. Video was handled by a nVidia 7950GX2 and the CPU is a generic intel 6700.
Same with Assassin's Creed (more fluid than Crysis though I think). And Solitaire just flies !
A GUI appears, "Which Browser do you prefer?", gigantic icons of IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari appears...
That doesn't seem fair. I'd rather have a GUI with "Drawing a browser from random pool" and gigantic icons of IE, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, rolling until one stops... "System randomly selected $browser, downloading and installing"
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I thought the Invisible Hand had been shoved into every US taxpayer's wallet and had then showered the bankers with early gifts.
I'm sure it'll look great on my 28" set !
Presumably you didn't quite understand the purpose of schools.
And apparently creationism silliness is also getting fairly popular in several former eastern bloc countries such as Poland. I presume the UK is targeted because there is no language barrier for the US groups. :(
They're also starting in Africa it seems...
What infuriates me is the hypocrite naming. "Discovery Institute" (what on Earth are they discovering? Or was the name chosen to make people fall for the similarity between that and the Discovery Channel?), "evolution textbook", "intelligent design" that make their idiocy sound intelligent (just as "patriot act" and similar initiatives). And they use deception so blatantly to promote their "truth"?
They *did* consider "Christian Institute for Deceit, Propaganda and Lies" but apparently one of the founding members had a cousin in marketing who convinced them it wouldn't work for some obscure reason.
I want someone to hit the nail on the head with creationisms, but no one seems to ever do that online so I'll give it my best shot.
Yeah, well I want someone to hit creationists on the head with nails and it doesn't seem to happen much either :(
It's because they're doing it wrong. Some very simple devices can tremendously help lower fuel consumption.
Except France also has higher taxes, lower productivity, and higher unemployment. Always good with the bad.
Higher taxes, higher *hourly* productivity but less worked time, and possibly higher unemployment although it's presumably not counted the same way.
So when they hired you and you never saw your overtime on your paycheck, what would you do then? Seeing as how you can't sue them...
Automatically add it by editing the paycheck printing routine ? After all there *has* to be some kind of advantage to being a programmer.
I think the bailout is a terrible idea, and I'd like to point out that the executives of these Wall Street firms are pretty much uniformly Democrats.
They're on whatever side will let them stay as executives of those Wall Street firms. Nothing to do with politics.
If that would only be true. Documentation usually lists _intended_ behavior, not actual behavior.
That has certainly been my experience with MS documentation about the guts of their systems so far.
I don't seem to remember that happening with the other commercial systems I've used (Tandem Guardian, SCO -old one-, SunOS, Solaris) which were much closer to what the system actually did (and weren't as full of excuses as the MS KB - "ah sorry, this is broken, see KBxxx and KByyy").
Sure.
Like in France the *average* number of kids per family is close to 2 (198 for 100). The activity rate for women is close to 75%.
Main difference : social infrastructure. You can have your kids looked after.
Don't want to burst your bubble with a real world "impossible" example though.
Only a few of the World's richest people got there by copyright.
But Forbes list is protected by copyright. So that has to mean something !
You mean they'll actually release it in 2D ?
The simple truth is that using Windows/Linux is a cost benefit analysis performed by the end user. You get the most product for your money using a traditional PC (not an Intel box blessed by Apple with EFI).
This would be the case if the user was in an ideal market and was perfectly informed (like in a textbook). This doesn't happen in the real life. This doesn't even happen in markets.
So users certainly won't perform a cost/benefit analysis as such. They'll just chicken out and go with what they'll know without any analysis whatsoever (you can call that a cost/benefit analysis if you will but it isn't because they have nothing to base their analysis on). So they'll pick Windows.
In rare cases (either because they are geeky in the extreme or because a friend has been pestering them) they will run Linux, and sometimes even keep on running it. But that's not the norm. And that's speaking as someone who's been running it as his main desktop at home and work since before 1.0 (and who supports quite a pool of other users). Granted things are changing, but we aren't quite there yet (see Desktop, Year of the Linux).
Where are the stats to support your conclusion that the majority of OSX86 users are software pirates.
Stats ? Easy :
you know, i never really understood people's prejudice against mac users until now. but, wow, you're a douche.
helping people set up their hackintoshes would be a great way to expose some PC users to the benefits or advantages of OS X. someone who doesn't want to take the plunge and invest in a $3000 machine could use this dongle to try out the OS before they commit to a full Apple setup.
Especially since it's much easier to get a real screen with a generic hardware setup than with Apple nowadays (shame on them).
OTOH Pretty much all of the software available on MacOS is also available in Windows so I don't really see the point. But then that's just me.
(Disclaimer, I've run both Windows and Mac OS but use none of them)
Okay:
I'm no fan of this guy, but what exactly did he do that was worthy of debarment? I'm not aware of any illegal activities?
I think his psychiatric condition, having regularly worsened those past few years, was no longer compatible with his chosen occupation.
It's all for his all good you see. Somebody has to think of the children. Uh, I mean the lawyers. The ex lawyers I mean.
Oh, good, I was afraid we'd have to produce our own comedy for a while.
If you are wanting a tiny browser that does images,try OffByOne.It's a really great little browser,with full HTML 3.2 support.
And unlike Lynx, it has the advantage of only running in Windows. Yay. Down with those pesky portable programs !
Easy fix, put the channels on YouTube or remove them altogether. After all what are the chances that they are broadcasting anything remotely interesting ?
I want to run 2 monitors.
I currently just use the onboard (intel) graphics chip & no I don't play games and yes I run linux.
Options a) a dual head video card
b) can I cheap out and use a cheap ass card to drive the 2nd monitor & still use the onboard chip?
Yes, go to your distribution's support forum or read the xorg documentation.
I don't know, I ran Crysis on my rig at 1920x1200 and while I didn't measure the framerate it wasn't too bad with decent settings. Video was handled by a nVidia 7950GX2 and the CPU is a generic intel 6700.
Same with Assassin's Creed (more fluid than Crysis though I think). And Solitaire just flies !
But... do you want your game to have 4-year-old graphics?
Don't all games have 4 year old graphics, by definition ?
DNF will have, what, 15 year old graphics ?
A GUI appears, "Which Browser do you prefer?", gigantic icons of IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari appears...
That doesn't seem fair. I'd rather have a GUI with "Drawing a browser from random pool" and gigantic icons of IE, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, rolling until one stops...
"System randomly selected $browser, downloading and installing"