That's like saying you can't get turned on by hand-drawn porn, like hentai. I believe many geeks (myself included) would kindly argue against that thought:)
It's a matter of aesthetics. In my case, I'm a huge anime fan, so I'm used to the whole female aestheticism (though it depends on the series, most of the anime characters are females). I find it more pleasing to watch a badass, well-proportionated female kicking some orc's ass than a big, muscular, sweaty man. It's just a matter of preference. I've got a friend who can't stand the idea of a female epic hero, so he never plays as one.
Of course, I stopped caring about MMORPG's after I found out there was no actual roleplay involved ("U suck biatch gimme ur gold or ill kick ur ass mothafucka!!!11!!one!!!eleven!!").
What I've never done is roleplay a female in a tabletop RPG. I ought to try that someday.
Well, actually, in *nix it's the same business: You need to acknowledge by yourself that you're allowing a certain program to run with administrative privileges.
What Windows has screwed up is the ridiculous amount of unnecessarily provided rights the apps get. The administrator/user dichotomy has been completely forgotten in the Windows world for too long, which means most apps aren't coded to explicitly address this type of design, which also results in tons of badly designated privileges.
A lot more people die from sky diving every year, and I think most of us accept that sky diving is not an epidemic social problem.
No, but it's not something that can be done by everyone under every circumstance. A person too busy trying to gather up enough money to pay for his daily meal won't even think about sky diving. My point is that the choice of sky diving is (mostly) determined by your social background. So is the choice of gaming during three days straight.
Oh, pray do tell me, what does Automatix provide you that the little program under Applications called "Add/Remove" does not?
Automatix is a third-party script that can screw up your system pretty badly, and can even leave your system unbootable. The Ubuntu team in charge of the repositories has analyzed the script and found a huge number of rough measures taken by the authors (like killing dpkg), and thus it has stopped its support. Automatix is bad and does nothing Add/Remove or Synaptic can't do.
What *I* found funny is that Mossberg didn't even mention the tons of free applications that are available via Add/Remove or Synaptic... Many of the answers he was looking for (like the codecs needed to play mp3 files) are available a couple of clicks away via an idiotproof GUI.
Because of that, I have very little interest in a PS3 - even if it were much cheaper - because I'd be getting the same games that might look slightly better (if they actually upped it for the ps3) but otherwise a very similar system (with no XBox Live).
Umm, but the main appeal of the PS3 (at least in my eyes) is its repertoire of Japanese games, most of which aren't available for the 360. Let's face it: Japanese games are very, very different to Western games, in a lot of aspects. Those looking for the traditional quirks of Japanese games will probably look towards the PS3 and not towards the 360. I know I will, but mainly because I can't stand most of what guides the Western game market these days.
Granted, the 360 seems to be licensing quite a few Japanese games when compared to the original Xbox, however, it won't get nearly 5% of the titles the PS3 will have.
Huh?! Where are you people getting those Google search numbers from?
I just got over 420 000 for "apt-get hell", 1.8 M for "rpm hell" and 2.1 M for "dll hell". Granted, the comparison still holds its place, but how the hell do you get such low numbers?
The article states that more than half the traffic Slashdot gets comes from Windows machines and not from Linux ones... but seems to forget the fact that there are a lot of people who use Linux at home and are forced to use Windows at work.
I don't know, but even being a really n00b Linux user, I've seen way too many "burn the house down" house-cleaning measures taken in Windows. Of course, most of them are related to viruses/malware in general. A month or so before switching to Linux, I stumbled into an XP BSOD that wouldn't let me log into my user in normal mode. I raked my brain for about two days trying to fix it, since I was 100% sure it was a software issue, but no avail, I just ended up reinstalling.
When I first installed Ubuntu, I broke X a couple of times (mostly because I like doing stuff on my own and many times I end up screwing things up), but I never had the need to reinstall, even being a complete newbie to the Linux concepts. In fact, X broke on me this morning, but I've gained enough experience already backupping my xorg.conf file:D
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I'm no linguist nor do I know anything of Sumerian language, but I think he's referring to an agglutination of morphemes at the end of words. Say you have the following:
Verb X
Now you want to give it past tense:
Verb X + past tense morpheme
Now you want to make it passive voice:
Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme
Now you want to give it a negative form:
Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme + negative morpheme
And so on.
As I said, I don't know jack of Sumerian, but I know Japanese, which is supposed to be an agglutinative language, and that's the way it works. In Japanese, you've got tons of morphemes that can be used at the end of verbs, making them too damn long sometimes:)
I'm no linguist nor do I know anything of Sumerian language, but I think he's referring to an agglutination of morphemes at the end of words. Say you have the following:
Verb X
Now you want to give it past tense:
Verb X + past tense morpheme
Now you want to make it passive voice:
Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme
Now you want to give it a negative form:
Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme + negative morpheme
And so on.
As I said, I don't know jack of Sumerian, but I know Japanese, which is supposed to be an agglutinative language, and that's the way it works. In Japanese, you've got tons of morphemes that can be used at the end of verbs, making them too damn long sometimes:)
That's actually better than my current home system! (Athlon XP 2000+, 512 MB DDR)
(and no, neither I had any problems with audio playback. The only problems I found with audio stuttering was in an old Pentium III 800Mhz with a heck of a bloated XP system [not because of the OS itself], and it only happened when you scrolled up or down a web page).
Umm, Synaptic Package Manager/Adept Installer in Ubuntu? What about those? They list thousands of applications for about anything a regular user may ever desire. No.exe, no online search, no shareware bullshit, no risks of adware/spyware, no dependency hell, no bullshit.
For video, you can still use VLC of course No offense, but VLC is utter crap if you ever want decent softsubs support. I recommend the mplayer/Kaffeine method much more.
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That's like saying you can't get turned on by hand-drawn porn, like hentai. I believe many geeks (myself included) would kindly argue against that thought :)
It's a matter of aesthetics. In my case, I'm a huge anime fan, so I'm used to the whole female aestheticism (though it depends on the series, most of the anime characters are females). I find it more pleasing to watch a badass, well-proportionated female kicking some orc's ass than a big, muscular, sweaty man. It's just a matter of preference. I've got a friend who can't stand the idea of a female epic hero, so he never plays as one.
Of course, I stopped caring about MMORPG's after I found out there was no actual roleplay involved ("U suck biatch gimme ur gold or ill kick ur ass mothafucka!!!11!!one!!!eleven!!").
What I've never done is roleplay a female in a tabletop RPG. I ought to try that someday.
What about the chairs? I'm sure so many expenses in furniture must be taking their toll in MS' account balance.
Well, actually, in *nix it's the same business: You need to acknowledge by yourself that you're allowing a certain program to run with administrative privileges.
What Windows has screwed up is the ridiculous amount of unnecessarily provided rights the apps get. The administrator/user dichotomy has been completely forgotten in the Windows world for too long, which means most apps aren't coded to explicitly address this type of design, which also results in tons of badly designated privileges.
Oh, pray do tell me, what does Automatix provide you that the little program under Applications called "Add/Remove" does not?
Automatix is a third-party script that can screw up your system pretty badly, and can even leave your system unbootable. The Ubuntu team in charge of the repositories has analyzed the script and found a huge number of rough measures taken by the authors (like killing dpkg), and thus it has stopped its support. Automatix is bad and does nothing Add/Remove or Synaptic can't do.
What *I* found funny is that Mossberg didn't even mention the tons of free applications that are available via Add/Remove or Synaptic... Many of the answers he was looking for (like the codecs needed to play mp3 files) are available a couple of clicks away via an idiotproof GUI.
Huh?! Where are you people getting those Google search numbers from?
I just got over 420 000 for "apt-get hell", 1.8 M for "rpm hell" and 2.1 M for "dll hell". Granted, the comparison still holds its place, but how the hell do you get such low numbers?
What!? How the hell do you get past the AT Field!? We'll just have to pray for Japan to come up with an Eva really quick ;D
"Let us play this MP3 file you've got here. Whoops! Download time now increased to 13 hours, 15 minutes."
The article states that more than half the traffic Slashdot gets comes from Windows machines and not from Linux ones... but seems to forget the fact that there are a lot of people who use Linux at home and are forced to use Windows at work.
Just look at his username, I'm sure you'll understand ;)
Actually, the broken X screen (at least in my Ubuntu installation) is blue :P
I don't know, but even being a really n00b Linux user, I've seen way too many "burn the house down" house-cleaning measures taken in Windows. Of course, most of them are related to viruses/malware in general. A month or so before switching to Linux, I stumbled into an XP BSOD that wouldn't let me log into my user in normal mode. I raked my brain for about two days trying to fix it, since I was 100% sure it was a software issue, but no avail, I just ended up reinstalling.
:D
When I first installed Ubuntu, I broke X a couple of times (mostly because I like doing stuff on my own and many times I end up screwing things up), but I never had the need to reinstall, even being a complete newbie to the Linux concepts. In fact, X broke on me this morning, but I've gained enough experience already backupping my xorg.conf file
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:)
I'm no linguist nor do I know anything of Sumerian language, but I think he's referring to an agglutination of morphemes at the end of words. Say you have the following:
Verb X
Now you want to give it past tense:
Verb X + past tense morpheme
Now you want to make it passive voice:
Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme
Now you want to give it a negative form:
Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme + negative morpheme
And so on.
As I said, I don't know jack of Sumerian, but I know Japanese, which is supposed to be an agglutinative language, and that's the way it works. In Japanese, you've got tons of morphemes that can be used at the end of verbs, making them too damn long sometimes
I'm no linguist nor do I know anything of Sumerian language, but I think he's referring to an agglutination of morphemes at the end of words. Say you have the following: Verb X Now you want to give it past tense: Verb X + past tense morpheme Now you want to make it passive voice: Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme Now you want to give it a negative form: Verb X + passive voice morpheme + past tense morpheme + negative morpheme And so on. As I said, I don't know jack of Sumerian, but I know Japanese, which is supposed to be an agglutinative language, and that's the way it works. In Japanese, you've got tons of morphemes that can be used at the end of verbs, making them too damn long sometimes :)
That's actually better than my current home system! (Athlon XP 2000+, 512 MB DDR) (and no, neither I had any problems with audio playback. The only problems I found with audio stuttering was in an old Pentium III 800Mhz with a heck of a bloated XP system [not because of the OS itself], and it only happened when you scrolled up or down a web page).
No, it's an Open StandarD ;)
Add up the amount of money spent by the RIAA pursuing people, and compare it with the amount of money "stolen" ;)
Mod "-1, Apocalypse Preacher".
Umm, Synaptic Package Manager/Adept Installer in Ubuntu? What about those? They list thousands of applications for about anything a regular user may ever desire. No .exe, no online search, no shareware bullshit, no risks of adware/spyware, no dependency hell, no bullshit.
Are they gonna sue Google because its search engine aids in the acquisition of copyrighted content (like when you search for torrents)?
I laughed.
Last time I bought a hard drive, the SATA price was the same as the IDE price. I'm not living in the US, though.