That people in Christian countries who usually mention Muslims as being a bunch of religious fanatics are usually, you know, Christians.
Either way, I believe you're misguided if you believe the only reason why the so-called terrorism exists is because the Qu'ran advocates mass murder of infidels.
Unfortunately for American media and the US government, reality is much more complex than that.
Perhaps Muslims just majorly belong to countries in a rather more, er, delicate state. You could use your head for a second and think about the different elements involved in the generation of certain radical corps of armed revolutionaries/fighters.
Oh, wait, you're just a typical American bigot. Nothing to see here, move along.
The Bible's got incest, rape, mass-murder (and it advocates some mass-murders, too), and all sort of cruelties that were committed by both Jews and Christians--such as any other people in the history of humanity.
How 'bout you read the old testament for a change?
It's a false antagonism. Those changes are superficial--in the end, they both serve their own interests (and those of their affiliated corporations).
Oh, and some of us like to call our "alternative thinking" hippie rhetoric simply "thinking". Otherwise you're being functional to a system that has maintained the unbalanced status quo for a long, long time, and doesn't seem to want to change it.
Man, I wish more Americans realized the emptiness of their "political" debates. The pointlessness of a two-party system based on false antagonisms and dichotomies.
Sadly, there seems to be no hope in sight. At least they will apparently not continue to dominate the world, if we go by recent events.
So what you're saying is that Sun, HP, Amiga, and all of the major hardware vendors at the time didn't make PCs, either?
Admit it, Apple is not some sort of godly do-everything-wll company. Quit sucking Steve Jobs' dick. They saw the opportunity to differentiate themselves based on the ignorance of the average consumer and they took advantage of it.
Heck, they're still making profit on the ignorance of consumers, apparently enough.
Yeah, so what? It was what he was used to and when he switched he couldn't understand a thing. He hated the goddamn thing until he finally grew accustomed to it, which took probably more than a month.
2. 3.1 'window manager/program groups' to XP 'desktop' could be confusing.
THAT'S THE GODDAMN POINT. Users moving from an interface they're used to (XP) to a Linux-based interface would OBVIOUSLY be confused. Heck, people who switched between KDE and GNOME would also be confused, and it's the same goddamn OS.
3. You're making my point. It should not be confusing, although 3.1->XP is a rather extreme example.
What? You're making mine. I'm saying that "user friendly" actually equates to "what the user is used to" and not to some sort of godly Steve Jobs-faggotry of a guideline.
4. Did I miss the WHOOSH?
So, you were making a joke then? That's gotta be a pretty lame one.
Well, "boring" is your opinion. BeOS fans would certainly love to have a chat with you;)
Anyways, the point here is that Apple leverages the average consumer's lack of knowledge about what constitutes a PC and what constitutes an operating system, and in some form prevent the general public from understanding how things work. Pure and simple.
Users, though, should be expected to have a minimum degree of intelligence before getting involved with something that requires some basic thinking, such as a computer.
There's a certain failure of the education system here, and of the society as a whole.
While technically correct, this is not common usage. Even Apple promotes the distinction in their commercials (Mac guy and PC guy).
It's not that Apple is promoting it, Apple started the false distinction between a Mac and a PC. A PC is a personal computer, whether it's x86, PowerPC, SPARC or what have you.
Apple simply made itself look cooler by creating a false dichotomy. And you know how people fall for the "To be special, I MUST use a Mac" mentality.
Umm, you know... this little thing called the GPL perhaps, just perhaps, has the key to the hypothetical boost of Linux were IBM to implement their own customized version.
Which are the only ones who know how to play the damn game in the first place. If you don't understand that, then you don't understand how fighting games work.
Plus it's not as if SC2 was actually supposed to be played with a Gamecube, either.
lol @ Soul Calibur II being worse than SC1 when most hardcore fans (that is, the tournament-goers pros, not the scrubs) would agree that it's the best of the series.
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That people in Christian countries who usually mention Muslims as being a bunch of religious fanatics are usually, you know, Christians.
Either way, I believe you're misguided if you believe the only reason why the so-called terrorism exists is because the Qu'ran advocates mass murder of infidels.
Unfortunately for American media and the US government, reality is much more complex than that.
Perhaps Muslims just majorly belong to countries in a rather more, er, delicate state. You could use your head for a second and think about the different elements involved in the generation of certain radical corps of armed revolutionaries/fighters.
Oh, wait, you're just a typical American bigot. Nothing to see here, move along.
It's even got paedophilia.
The Bible's got incest, rape, mass-murder (and it advocates some mass-murders, too), and all sort of cruelties that were committed by both Jews and Christians--such as any other people in the history of humanity.
How 'bout you read the old testament for a change?
Oh, so it has worked? Would you care to tell that to those who are starving within your own country?
America, fuck yeah!
It's a false antagonism. Those changes are superficial--in the end, they both serve their own interests (and those of their affiliated corporations).
Oh, and some of us like to call our "alternative thinking" hippie rhetoric simply "thinking". Otherwise you're being functional to a system that has maintained the unbalanced status quo for a long, long time, and doesn't seem to want to change it.
I appreciate the comment, but I'm not European.
:)
Thanks for playing anyways
Name me one site that works in IE 7/8 but not IE6. Seriously, pick any.
Slashdot?
Man, I wish more Americans realized the emptiness of their "political" debates. The pointlessness of a two-party system based on false antagonisms and dichotomies.
Sadly, there seems to be no hope in sight. At least they will apparently not continue to dominate the world, if we go by recent events.
So what you're saying is that Sun, HP, Amiga, and all of the major hardware vendors at the time didn't make PCs, either?
Admit it, Apple is not some sort of godly do-everything-wll company. Quit sucking Steve Jobs' dick. They saw the opportunity to differentiate themselves based on the ignorance of the average consumer and they took advantage of it.
Heck, they're still making profit on the ignorance of consumers, apparently enough.
1. You are talking about a 15(?) year old OS.
Yeah, so what? It was what he was used to and when he switched he couldn't understand a thing. He hated the goddamn thing until he finally grew accustomed to it, which took probably more than a month.
2. 3.1 'window manager/program groups' to XP 'desktop' could be confusing.
THAT'S THE GODDAMN POINT. Users moving from an interface they're used to (XP) to a Linux-based interface would OBVIOUSLY be confused. Heck, people who switched between KDE and GNOME would also be confused, and it's the same goddamn OS.
3. You're making my point. It should not be confusing, although 3.1->XP is a rather extreme example.
What? You're making mine. I'm saying that "user friendly" actually equates to "what the user is used to" and not to some sort of godly Steve Jobs-faggotry of a guideline.
4. Did I miss the WHOOSH?
So, you were making a joke then? That's gotta be a pretty lame one.
There's a # at the beginning of the command, indicating that it's being run as root.
Not everything is Ubuntu, you know.
My grandfather knows fuckall about computers and was immensely confused when my dad installed XP to replace his dear Windows 3.1.
What's that you say about making things usable?
Or downright impossible. I believe that's one of the things FOSS is based on ;-)
It's not an error message, but I clearly remember the rather strange comment "Fuck me gently with a chainsaw..." buried along the kernel source files.
hoards of otherwise boring clones?
Well, "boring" is your opinion. BeOS fans would certainly love to have a chat with you ;)
Anyways, the point here is that Apple leverages the average consumer's lack of knowledge about what constitutes a PC and what constitutes an operating system, and in some form prevent the general public from understanding how things work. Pure and simple.
Users, though, should be expected to have a minimum degree of intelligence before getting involved with something that requires some basic thinking, such as a computer.
There's a certain failure of the education system here, and of the society as a whole.
While technically correct, this is not common usage. Even Apple promotes the distinction in their commercials (Mac guy and PC guy).
It's not that Apple is promoting it, Apple started the false distinction between a Mac and a PC. A PC is a personal computer, whether it's x86, PowerPC, SPARC or what have you.
Apple simply made itself look cooler by creating a false dichotomy. And you know how people fall for the "To be special, I MUST use a Mac" mentality.
Worse (or better) than that, they also released some of their source code. Better Linux compatibility anyone? :D
Package managers do introduce a problem that you cannot simply restore /var
(It will recover a package database that is now incorrect)
apt-get clean
This is one of the most honest and insightful comments I've seen in my lifetime. Kudos to you.
Umm, you know... this little thing called the GPL perhaps, just perhaps, has the key to the hypothetical boost of Linux were IBM to implement their own customized version.
Perhaps.
I think you meant ESR.
Until 2037, then?
Which are the only ones who know how to play the damn game in the first place. If you don't understand that, then you don't understand how fighting games work.
Plus it's not as if SC2 was actually supposed to be played with a Gamecube, either.
lol @ Soul Calibur II being worse than SC1 when most hardcore fans (that is, the tournament-goers pros, not the scrubs) would agree that it's the best of the series.