My experience as someone who ran Ubuntu full time for a few months in 2006, and then gave up on it. I'm trying it again on a small partition, dual-booting with XP.
Problems I noticed:
* Fonts still look terrible by default. I had to install MS core fonts, clear the font cache (or login/logout), and then change the anti-aliasing method to get them to look as good as in Windows. * The idea of shipping with Firefox beta was questionable. I notice things that are broken in it compared to FF 2.x, like the Set Image as Background feature * Sound volume seems extremely loud by default for me, which is bad because of the startup sound * There should be a list of Compiz keyboard shortcuts. Clicking the Help button on the visual effects page in the system prefs does nothing * There should be more advice on partition resizing. I found that if I didn't defrag my NTFS partition before resizing, it took a heck of a long time. * A minor thing, but the maximized button icon in GNOME seems "odd" to me, it isn't easy to recognize that the window is maximized for some reason.
That said, it does feel faster than XP, and it's certainly a lot prettier (except for the fonts issue).
I agree. Gmail's filters are amazing. I get an average of 148 spam per day. I see maybe 2-3 false negatives per week. And I've seen perhaps half a dozen false positives over the lifetime of my account (I search on various combinations of my first and last name in the Spam folder).
that I bought a Dell a couple years back when I just didn't want to put in the effort of selecting, shipping, and assembling a bunch of parts. The thing "just works". Of course, I was persuaded by a $315 savings e-coupon.:-)
"secret" ruthlessness. In computer games (e.g. Civilization) and other private areas, I'm very ruthless. But in real life, I can't bring myself to be that way.
I tried it on my plain old Dell machine that successfully ran 7.10, 7.04, 6.10, and 6.04. This one is broken. I hear the startup sound and see the orange background for a second, and then it blanks out and sits at a black screen forever.
Lately I have been downloading FLACs off torrents, and ripping to FLAC from used CDs. I don't see why I'd want to do anything else. Keep in mind I've tried iTunes, Emusic, and Amazon's MP3 store. None of them had lossless. All of them had artists missing that I wanted.
I can see this being a valid service. Some websites just won't remove your information, no matter how nicely you ask.
But I've found that time alone is a good solution. Like probably a lot of people here, I've been online for a long time and have said some embarrassing things on newsgroups and web forums when I was younger (and even now, when I'm just fooling around). I annoyed me that someone at work could google my first name + last name and come up with that stuff.
But for the last several years, I've been more careful to use multiple nicknames and to not reveal my real information very much. The result is that several other people have produced content online or had content produced about them who have my same first name and last name (the latter of which is a pretty unique)... which floods Google with results that are not about me. So now I don't care if prospective employers Google me. According to Google... I'm a youth pastor from Tennessee, a biologist from Illinois, and a rock band member... none of which I actually am.:-)
If you've ever tried the Yahoo chatrooms, you know they're overrun by spam bots. The problem wasn't with the captcha, it was that it challenged users only once and at the beginning of the session. So as long as your spam bot didn't appear idle or lose connection, it could stay on indefinitely. Now with the captcha broken, spammers don't even have to do captchas manually.
It's funny you mention this, because I'm actually thinking of switching from Windows to Linux for the boredom reason. With Linux these days you get Compiz, awesome and easy theme support, loads of free apps. Windows works for me, but it's just stale and dull.
I've been playing with the Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD lately and finding that it's quite polished. I last tried to switch two versions ago (6.10) and it didn't stick because there were a few problems having to do with streaming audio, BitTorrent, and a general lack of polished feel. But all that's changed within the last year. I only have seen one bug (typing in bare domain names, e.g. npr.org will sometimes redirect to strange places).
"By the way, the ability for bigger companies to take advantage of their size to steal business is not capitalism. Capitalism is competition, and this would obviously be anti-competitive."
Sorry, but I don't buy that. You're the redefining the term, e.g. the Inquisition wasn't Christianity; Christianity is love. Fact is, in capitalism, these companies tend toward monopoly. It's a known effect of capitalism. Not calling it capitalism is just word games.
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http://www.qwitt.com/2008/04/22/another-strip-about-apple/
What you didn't realize was that it made you look like a complete dork!
My experience as someone who ran Ubuntu full time for a few months in 2006, and then gave up on it. I'm trying it again on a small partition, dual-booting with XP.
Problems I noticed:
* Fonts still look terrible by default. I had to install MS core fonts, clear the font cache (or login/logout), and then change the anti-aliasing method to get them to look as good as in Windows.
* The idea of shipping with Firefox beta was questionable. I notice things that are broken in it compared to FF 2.x, like the Set Image as Background feature
* Sound volume seems extremely loud by default for me, which is bad because of the startup sound
* There should be a list of Compiz keyboard shortcuts. Clicking the Help button on the visual effects page in the system prefs does nothing
* There should be more advice on partition resizing. I found that if I didn't defrag my NTFS partition before resizing, it took a heck of a long time.
* A minor thing, but the maximized button icon in GNOME seems "odd" to me, it isn't easy to recognize that the window is maximized for some reason.
That said, it does feel faster than XP, and it's certainly a lot prettier (except for the fonts issue).
Hence Peer Guardian 2...
http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
I mean, jeezus, mspaint can make shapes. GIMP can't. It's ridiculous. I'm using Paint.NET on Windows for my web comic for now.
I agree. Gmail's filters are amazing. I get an average of 148 spam per day. I see maybe 2-3 false negatives per week. And I've seen perhaps half a dozen false positives over the lifetime of my account (I search on various combinations of my first and last name in the Spam folder).
domain name... I find this bodes well. :-)
that I bought a Dell a couple years back when I just didn't want to put in the effort of selecting, shipping, and assembling a bunch of parts. The thing "just works". Of course, I was persuaded by a $315 savings e-coupon. :-)
"secret" ruthlessness. In computer games (e.g. Civilization) and other private areas, I'm very ruthless. But in real life, I can't bring myself to be that way.
They go from the relatively cool Flame Project... to Salasaga!? Am I missing something here?
I tried it on my plain old Dell machine that successfully ran 7.10, 7.04, 6.10, and 6.04. This one is broken. I hear the startup sound and see the orange background for a second, and then it blanks out and sits at a black screen forever.
Lately I have been downloading FLACs off torrents, and ripping to FLAC from used CDs. I don't see why I'd want to do anything else. Keep in mind I've tried iTunes, Emusic, and Amazon's MP3 store. None of them had lossless. All of them had artists missing that I wanted.
Like you could build a spacecraft that lasted for 17 years. What have you done for humanity, Taco? Coded some Perl scripts?
Now I want one that has adjustable levels of tinting for privacy and blocking out the sun.
Dude, learn to quote properly. That was hard as shit to read.
I can see this being a valid service. Some websites just won't remove your information, no matter how nicely you ask.
:-)
But I've found that time alone is a good solution. Like probably a lot of people here, I've been online for a long time and have said some embarrassing things on newsgroups and web forums when I was younger (and even now, when I'm just fooling around). I annoyed me that someone at work could google my first name + last name and come up with that stuff.
But for the last several years, I've been more careful to use multiple nicknames and to not reveal my real information very much. The result is that several other people have produced content online or had content produced about them who have my same first name and last name (the latter of which is a pretty unique)... which floods Google with results that are not about me. So now I don't care if prospective employers Google me. According to Google... I'm a youth pastor from Tennessee, a biologist from Illinois, and a rock band member... none of which I actually am.
Thanks. I stand corrected.
Stargate (side scroll space shooter)
Empire (war game)
California Games (sports)
The Last Ninja (action)
If you've ever tried the Yahoo chatrooms, you know they're overrun by spam bots. The problem wasn't with the captcha, it was that it challenged users only once and at the beginning of the session. So as long as your spam bot didn't appear idle or lose connection, it could stay on indefinitely. Now with the captcha broken, spammers don't even have to do captchas manually.
You know that guarana produces caffeine, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana
Yep, and don't forget Vector Tower Defense too. I played it almost as much as DTD.
http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18047
It's funny you mention this, because I'm actually thinking of switching from Windows to Linux for the boredom reason. With Linux these days you get Compiz, awesome and easy theme support, loads of free apps. Windows works for me, but it's just stale and dull.
I've been playing with the Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD lately and finding that it's quite polished. I last tried to switch two versions ago (6.10) and it didn't stick because there were a few problems having to do with streaming audio, BitTorrent, and a general lack of polished feel. But all that's changed within the last year. I only have seen one bug (typing in bare domain names, e.g. npr.org will sometimes redirect to strange places).
Sounds about right. Look at iTunes (although I think they recently lowered the price).
Yes.
"By the way, the ability for bigger companies to take advantage of their size to steal business is not capitalism. Capitalism is competition, and this would obviously be anti-competitive."
Sorry, but I don't buy that. You're the redefining the term, e.g. the Inquisition wasn't Christianity; Christianity is love. Fact is, in capitalism, these companies tend toward monopoly. It's a known effect of capitalism. Not calling it capitalism is just word games.