well it's also a discussion forum... and 99%* of all forums use [url=www.google.com]get your search on[/url] format... so like maybe there is a point to be made in using a "standard" tag style for forums and web pages but you have to realise you sound like a bit of a twat when you say
Why most forums insist on making up their own weird and varying markup systems when they're busy using a perfectly good one is completely beyond me, but somehow it's common enough that people expect it.
They enjoy the jabs at the real nerds because it makes their own failed attempts at interactions with the opposite sex seem suave and debonair. ehehehe if only i had mod points, you'd be at +5. i haven't physically lolled at a/. comment for ages. thank you for your comment!
The hive and the swarm of bees operate efficiently but not because they have some sort of innate intelligence that allows them to do so. They operate in this manner because they are programmed to do so. is that not a complete contradiction?
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isn't this the goal though, at least for the majority of the/. crowd? if computers were only being used by people that knew what OS they were using, the number of people using computers would probably be cut in half.if a hardware vendor gets hundreds of thousands of complaints that their device doesnt work with their new [not windows] computer, they have to start listening. if a school or workplace gets a high enough % of people complaining that they can't use their proprietary MS protocols and formats, they have to start listening. obviously this is still a dream at the moment... but just because the users of these computers might not know that they are a part of something bigger doesn't change the fact that they are a part of it.
i think i'll make a new user account now and fill it with one or 2 random files. then i can install 7.10 and add a user of the same name as the new one. then at least i can report back and say if it wiped the files or not.
i am confident enough it wont wipe a user account that i'm not installing over top of:)
back up on to *what*!? my home dir is about 60 gigs!
maybe i'll rename it to be safe, then it won't have any excuse to wipe it. i can copy all the files later and chown them
i would but deluge has a nasty bug causing it to max out one core of my cpu:( i cba to set up another client just for this, as as soon as it's downloaded my system will be wiped!
the amount of people replying in the comments who take it seriously is staggering!
"The latest apple eMac named after the hacker tool built by open-source communist RMS."
Where do you get this?? First the iMac was created, the "i" standing for internet, meant to target consumers rather than professionals. The eMac was made and meant for schools, the "e" standing for education. I worked for Apple, I know their products.
You know that Bonzi Buddy is SPYWARE, correct? I worked for Microsoft removing spyware and viruses, this one was a major pain. OSX isn't affected by spyware. Viruses rarely. Do you actually like having to run virus scans and spyware scans every time you boot up? I sure don't.
Stolen Unix code-base....stolen?
The iBook is no longer being made, and was replaced by the Macbook. It's a lot faster than the iBook.
The first Apple Computer you have pictured was built a long, long time ago. I don't think you can really use something so out of date to validate your argument.
"The Microsoft Windows operating system makes installing, uninstalling, defragmenting, and removal of viruses and spyware trivially easy."
Did you ever try to get rid of an about:blank hijack that specifically targets Internet Explorer? It doesn't go the first time, and comes back after a couple of reboots. And a lot of spyware is very stubborn when you try to remove it from the Add/Remove Programs function in the Control Panel. Sometimes removing spyware will kill your internet connection by corrupting your WinSock. You can download a program that will fix it, but...your internet connection is killed. Unless you have another computer at hand, you have to figure out another way to get it. Or, go into the registry, dump the keys, and hope that reinstalling nettcpip.inf works.
Yes, that's easy, if you like everything complicated.
roffle. well, i didnt read much past there so i dont actually know how many people were taking it seriously... but 1 is too many!
I guess they should deal with two profiles: simple and advanced. You hide/simplify features in the UI for simple users and keep them for the advanced profiles. i think this is actually a very astute observation. you can quite easily classify computer users in to 2 broad groups: those that want to use their computer as a tool for reading web/mail or wordprocessing; and those that want to get the most out of their computer, making it behave exactly as they'd wish.
for the former users, too many options are a bad thing. for the latter, there is no such thing as too many options. it would be a tremendous step in the right direction (and trivially easy to implement) if there was simply an option to turn on/off "advanced mode" in gnome/kde/any other wm/de.
getting rid of multiple virtual desktops by default in "simple mode" would be a good start. they confuse the hell out of my mum (she barely gets the window metaphor, let alone the window list and alt tab, let alone multiple workspaces)
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[sudo] password for richard:
richard@richard-laptop:~$ cd
richard@richard-laptop:/home$ mkdir bla
mkdir: cannot create directory `bla': Permission denied running feisty here.
* maybe
ok don't panic but... that's not a shiver...
if there was ever a post to be rated +6 insightful, this is it.
looks alright to me in ubuntu :) and yes, it can run at the same time as "Mines"
isn't this the goal though, at least for the majority of the /. crowd? if computers were only being used by people that knew what OS they were using, the number of people using computers would probably be cut in half.if a hardware vendor gets hundreds of thousands of complaints that their device doesnt work with their new [not windows] computer, they have to start listening. if a school or workplace gets a high enough % of people complaining that they can't use their proprietary MS protocols and formats, they have to start listening. obviously this is still a dream at the moment... but just because the users of these computers might not know that they are a part of something bigger doesn't change the fact that they are a part of it.
it wroks bteter if yuo tyr nad palce teh fsirt and lsat ltetres in teh rghit psotiion but taht is nto psosbile for slmal wrods
since when was a microsoft OS considered an "open standard" on slashdot :p
warhawk! it is a fantastic game!
HS is indeed very good, especially on hell mode. normal mode is way too easy
also gripshift (possibly the most underrated game on the ps3) and tekken DR.
ok thanks for the replies people :) i will hold y'all personally responsible if it goes pear shaped
i think i'll make a new user account now and fill it with one or 2 random files. then i can install 7.10 and add a user of the same name as the new one. then at least i can report back and say if it wiped the files or not.
i am confident enough it wont wipe a user account that i'm not installing over top of :)
back up on to *what*!? my home dir is about 60 gigs! maybe i'll rename it to be safe, then it won't have any excuse to wipe it. i can copy all the files later and chown them
i have /home on a separate partition... will it wipe my home dir or not if i make a new user with the same name as my current user?
i would but deluge has a nasty bug causing it to max out one core of my cpu :( i cba to set up another client just for this, as as soon as it's downloaded my system will be wiped!
Where do you get this?? First the iMac was created, the "i" standing for internet, meant to target consumers rather than professionals. The eMac was made and meant for schools, the "e" standing for education. I worked for Apple, I know their products.
You know that Bonzi Buddy is SPYWARE, correct? I worked for Microsoft removing spyware and viruses, this one was a major pain. OSX isn't affected by spyware. Viruses rarely. Do you actually like having to run virus scans and spyware scans every time you boot up? I sure don't.
Stolen Unix code-base....stolen?
The iBook is no longer being made, and was replaced by the Macbook. It's a lot faster than the iBook.
The first Apple Computer you have pictured was built a long, long time ago. I don't think you can really use something so out of date to validate your argument.
"The Microsoft Windows operating system makes installing, uninstalling, defragmenting, and removal of viruses and spyware trivially easy."
Did you ever try to get rid of an about:blank hijack that specifically targets Internet Explorer? It doesn't go the first time, and comes back after a couple of reboots. And a lot of spyware is very stubborn when you try to remove it from the Add/Remove Programs function in the Control Panel. Sometimes removing spyware will kill your internet connection by corrupting your WinSock. You can download a program that will fix it, but...your internet connection is killed. Unless you have another computer at hand, you have to figure out another way to get it. Or, go into the registry, dump the keys, and hope that reinstalling nettcpip.inf works.
Yes, that's easy, if you like everything complicated.
roffle. well, i didnt read much past there so i dont actually know how many people were taking it seriously... but 1 is too many!
you fucking troll fuck.
this isn't news, this is an excuse to push someones personal agenda
[scrubs geek] turk might be cured!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_H4Q9ex3ik about 35 seconds in... [/scrubs geek]
"We are not the onlY manufacturer tO have sUch a feature -- All the major people do, because our cusTomers requIre iT of us."
does *anybody* understand what "wanking" means?
or am i missing some other definition of it that means you can still have this conversation without images of nerds making sexy love to themselves?
2 years on cocaine!? jesus fuck he can't have much of a nose left...
lol. indeed.
i bet it doesnt work with ubuntu's pdf viewer :p
/smug
about time i got modded as a troll neway
for the former users, too many options are a bad thing. for the latter, there is no such thing as too many options. it would be a tremendous step in the right direction (and trivially easy to implement) if there was simply an option to turn on/off "advanced mode" in gnome/kde/any other wm/de.
getting rid of multiple virtual desktops by default in "simple mode" would be a good start. they confuse the hell out of my mum (she barely gets the window metaphor, let alone the window list and alt tab, let alone multiple workspaces)