To you it may be but to me, a listener of the original radio series and reader of the (the correct, unbastardised) UK versions of the book it is known as the Big Bang Burger Chef.
So you mean we'll have an opinionated discussion comparing the virtues of different OSs and, due to the fact that there is no such thing as the One True OS and that each one has it's strong points and weak points, we won't reach any kind of concurrence. You say it like it's a bad thing but isn't that kind of why we're here on Slashdot? To exchange points of view and discuss matters?
To add my $0.02, I use Windows (XP & 7), OS X and Mint Linux. I like them all. Also, the ATI graphics card in my MacBook seems to work perfectly under Linux.
Well version 7 that you link to is Platinum rated but that came out in 2002 and is a little bit dated. There have been 5 major versions released since then. Two of these are rated platinum, the rest are silver. And a lot of them say "does not install" or "installs, with workarounds".
Going by that I am going to assume that you haven't actually tried this yourself, you just went and looked it up as an attempt to counter my argument.
Well, last week I installed Mint Linux as my main OS on my laptop. While at first I thought that the cube desktop was bit of a gimmick I actually find it really useful. OS X has spaces which are similar but - as far as I can see - nowhere near as customisable. Windows doesn't seem to have anything like it. I've set it up so that right clicking in the top corner will take you to the next/previous desktop and doing the same in the bottom corner will do the same but take the current window with you. Add to that the fact that it is easy to make a window always stay on the current desktop (I think you can do this with OS X but it's in some menu somewhere, not easily accessible in the top-left window menu) and you've got something far more powerful than Microsoft's massively limited drag-to-the-side tiling thing.
Obviously this only one small aspect of it but I would argue that usability is one of the best parts of Linux. The only trouble that the software I need doesn't run on Linux so it makes the whole thing academic.
"Could care less" is a pet peeve of mine, too. The reason it annoys me so much is that it isn't an idiom - it is plain English. If you take the time to think about that sentence then it should be obvious what it means.
On the other hand the meaning of "that begs the question" is (IMO) not as immediately obvious. To me it has always seemed like a shortening of "after what you have said, the following question is begging to be raised". Even after reading and trying to understand the correct meaning it just doesn't seem right or natural. Maybe that's because I've been used to using it incorrectly for so many years. I don't know.
While we're on the topic, another one that gets me is the pluralising of "sake". As in "For fuck's sakes, stop being such a Grammer nazi. I could care less... Why are you clenching your fists like that?"
That and decent music creating software. I've said it before but I'll say it again: while it is possible to create music on Linux it is by no means easy or enjoyable. Get me Ableton Live on Linux and I'll be happy.
Absolutely. It was terrifying. The prospect of not being able to buy the latest remix of Unce-unce-unce-unce shook my soul to its very core. I will be having sleepless nights for months to come. I worried about my family and my friends getting caught in the denial of service or getting wounded in the crossfire. "Never again", I thought to myself, "will my people be free to listen this mindless horseshit without fear of a slight delay because they can't buy it online and will have to walk to the shop or get it from a different website." Pure terror. I wanted to stand up to these evil people but I was scared so I just sat there, quietly leaking bodily fluids.
When Railtrack Plc - the company that ran the British railway system - was sold to Network Rail, the name Railtrack became available at Companies House. Some enterprising bloke registered Railtrack Ltd and proceeded to mess people about by answering their letters (PDF). Worth a read.
I have now looked into it and found that I was actually right.
The person I was originally responding to was expressing their disappointment at there being items which can only be purchased and not earned through grinding.
I said that these items do exist but that they are purely cosmetic i.e. don't affect gameplay. This is true (at least according to Robin Walker:
PC Gamer: Just to be absolutely clear: everything you can buy with real money is also available to find or craft for free?
Robin Walker: Almost everything. There are a really small number of cosmetic items that you can’t find. On the flip side, there are a few items that aren’t purchasable either. Our main goal was to make sure that all gameplay affecting items are findable, so that no-one can buy an in-game advantage over someone who’s choosing to find their items.
To be fair, if you ignore the context of my comment and consider it as an answer to a different question than the one I was answering then, yes, I was wrong. Similarly, your comment is incorrect as an answer to the question "What is the capital city of Sweden?"
For the record I stopped playing TF2 around the time they started introducing upgrades. Partly because I didn't like the upgrades and couldn't be bothered to keep track of- and grind in order to get new weapons but mainly because I just got bored of the game.
I haven't looked into it but apparently these items will be purely cosmetic. They'll probably just be things to identify the player as someone who has used the service in the same way that white Apple earbuds became available when you play TF2 on a Mac.
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To you it may be but to me, a listener of the original radio series and reader of the (the correct, unbastardised) UK versions of the book it is known as the Big Bang Burger Chef.
Most bands make a loss when touring. That's why they usually do it when they've got a new album to promote. Merchandise is where the real money is.
Yes, I mentioned that.
There have been 5 major versions released since then. Two of these are rated platinum, the rest are silver.
No no he's not dead, he's restin'! Remarkable OS, Linux, isn'it, ay? Beautiful window managers!
So you mean we'll have an opinionated discussion comparing the virtues of different OSs and, due to the fact that there is no such thing as the One True OS and that each one has it's strong points and weak points, we won't reach any kind of concurrence. You say it like it's a bad thing but isn't that kind of why we're here on Slashdot? To exchange points of view and discuss matters?
To add my $0.02, I use Windows (XP & 7), OS X and Mint Linux. I like them all. Also, the ATI graphics card in my MacBook seems to work perfectly under Linux.
That looks interesting. I haven't tried it before and I'll give it a go once I've got internet working in my house.
Though, to be honest, looking at the screenshots I very much doubt that it will match the usability of Ableton Live or even Logic.
Well version 7 that you link to is Platinum rated but that came out in 2002 and is a little bit dated. There have been 5 major versions released since then. Two of these are rated platinum, the rest are silver. And a lot of them say "does not install" or "installs, with workarounds".
Going by that I am going to assume that you haven't actually tried this yourself, you just went and looked it up as an attempt to counter my argument.
Well, last week I installed Mint Linux as my main OS on my laptop. While at first I thought that the cube desktop was bit of a gimmick I actually find it really useful. OS X has spaces which are similar but - as far as I can see - nowhere near as customisable. Windows doesn't seem to have anything like it. I've set it up so that right clicking in the top corner will take you to the next/previous desktop and doing the same in the bottom corner will do the same but take the current window with you. Add to that the fact that it is easy to make a window always stay on the current desktop (I think you can do this with OS X but it's in some menu somewhere, not easily accessible in the top-left window menu) and you've got something far more powerful than Microsoft's massively limited drag-to-the-side tiling thing.
Obviously this only one small aspect of it but I would argue that usability is one of the best parts of Linux. The only trouble that the software I need doesn't run on Linux so it makes the whole thing academic.
"Could care less" is a pet peeve of mine, too. The reason it annoys me so much is that it isn't an idiom - it is plain English. If you take the time to think about that sentence then it should be obvious what it means.
On the other hand the meaning of "that begs the question" is (IMO) not as immediately obvious. To me it has always seemed like a shortening of "after what you have said, the following question is begging to be raised". Even after reading and trying to understand the correct meaning it just doesn't seem right or natural. Maybe that's because I've been used to using it incorrectly for so many years. I don't know.
While we're on the topic, another one that gets me is the pluralising of "sake". As in "For fuck's sakes, stop being such a Grammer nazi. I could care less... Why are you clenching your fists like that?"
That and decent music creating software. I've said it before but I'll say it again: while it is possible to create music on Linux it is by no means easy or enjoyable. Get me Ableton Live on Linux and I'll be happy.
Oh, and Photoshop.
and a pony.
Gimp [...] Inkscape
Apples [...] Oranges.
Microsoft Access sucks. I get a better sound quality from VLC, and it's free.
I don't disagree that GIMP on Mac sucks, but Inkscape is a vector graphics editor whereas GIMP is a raster graphics editor.
Lets hope they're Chilean - they might get stuck in a shaft between our Blog and our Facebook.
Al Gore: The One True ISP.
You should sue Somersault.
Didn't she used to be in Faithless? Not that I'd consider that much of an endorsement...
It's been online for at least a year and was posted by timothy almost exactly a year ago.
Also they don't pay you to watch, you pay them to watch and if you happen to see something happening, you might get paid.
Good work, editors.
I am also on Slashdot. I don't have a date for tonight either.
Yes. We were all thinking BitTorrent.
Do the geek hero thing, and rescue any friends and family from there evil grasps.
Ok, as long as I don't have to deal with Virgin Media customer support. Deal?
Absolutely. It was terrifying. The prospect of not being able to buy the latest remix of Unce-unce-unce-unce shook my soul to its very core. I will be having sleepless nights for months to come. I worried about my family and my friends getting caught in the denial of service or getting wounded in the crossfire. "Never again", I thought to myself, "will my people be free to listen this mindless horseshit without fear of a slight delay because they can't buy it online and will have to walk to the shop or get it from a different website." Pure terror. I wanted to stand up to these evil people but I was scared so I just sat there, quietly leaking bodily fluids.
When Railtrack Plc - the company that ran the British railway system - was sold to Network Rail, the name Railtrack became available at Companies House. Some enterprising bloke registered Railtrack Ltd and proceeded to mess people about by answering their letters (PDF). Worth a read.
I have now looked into it and found that I was actually right.
The person I was originally responding to was expressing their disappointment at there being items which can only be purchased and not earned through grinding.
I said that these items do exist but that they are purely cosmetic i.e. don't affect gameplay. This is true (at least according to Robin Walker:
PC Gamer: Just to be absolutely clear: everything you can buy with real money is also available to find or craft for free?
Robin Walker: Almost everything. There are a really small number of cosmetic items that you can’t find. On the flip side, there are a few items that aren’t purchasable either. Our main goal was to make sure that all gameplay affecting items are findable, so that no-one can buy an in-game advantage over someone who’s choosing to find their items.
To be fair, if you ignore the context of my comment and consider it as an answer to a different question than the one I was answering then, yes, I was wrong. Similarly, your comment is incorrect as an answer to the question "What is the capital city of Sweden?"
For the record I stopped playing TF2 around the time they started introducing upgrades. Partly because I didn't like the upgrades and couldn't be bothered to keep track of- and grind in order to get new weapons but mainly because I just got bored of the game.
I haven't looked into it but apparently these items will be purely cosmetic. They'll probably just be things to identify the player as someone who has used the service in the same way that white Apple earbuds became available when you play TF2 on a Mac.
Also the origin of the names and whether duct or duck came first are up for debate.
No, you're thinking of IRC.