XP imo. I know a thousand slashdotters are going to groan when i type this but....XP fully patched with self selected services running only is pretty....secure. And runs your crap without complaints.
I am so getting one of these cars when i can. I can also see not touching the gasoline engine part of the car for long periods, just using the battery pack for the majority of my driving. I'd recommend anyone else out there doing that to maybe throw some fuel stabilizer in the tank of gas so it doesn't lose any octane over a few months.... Just sayin'.
People's unfounded fear and mistrust of wifi/bluetooth/microwaves/cellphones manifesting itself as an affliction generates MUCH LESS sympathy (from me, at least) than from a actual physical health problem generated from external forces. It's like a placebo effect, except people believing this....this crap hurts the companies who make these devices. This stuff is like neo-luddite propaganda. Personally if i owned a small wireless manufacturing company, i'd love to sue the crap out of this guy for slander. Yes, i probably couldn't do that, but it would feel oh so nice...
I asked the exact same thing as the editor did back when i was in high school in my AP computer programming course. The teacher of mine (who also taught nothing but c++ as his taught launguage) told me that computer languages are emerging constantly, and a solid advanced understanding of one will not only help you in your resume process, but will also show that you have the fortitude necessary to segue into other languages. So, tl;dr (or at least what i got out of the whole question) was to learn a single language hardcore, then maybe spend a few nights with a couple others to learn the differences. Ah well though, i'm unemployed at the moment though, so take what i say with a grain of salt. Heh.
i don't need to justify my piracy because...(drumroll please) i don't need to justify myself. I don't have any guilt. Whatsoever. None.
Starving artists? There's starving people all over the globe, and yet i somehow manage to find 8+ hours a day to play eve-online./yawn Next, please.
policeman looks for scent of weed (distinctive when you know what you're looking for), red eyes, and smoke. If he sees 2 of 3 signs, he issues a field sobriety test. Problem Solved.
increasing the temperature worldwide by ~1c? big deal. Increasing temp by ~1c at some offshort point off the ocean, far from icecaps and farmlands? Not so much.
Don't get me wrong, im sure there's far reaching impacts on our environment from ANY change we do to it. But the pros outweigh the cons in this situation.
""61 days, rebooting only for updates" still flies in the face of everybody that claims that Vista will crash on a weekly/daily/hourly basis."
It doesn't fly in the face of shit. It shows that one of the few people who had an anecdote about Vista reliability calls a ridiculously inadequate length of up time proof that Vista is reliable. If what the OP says is true, he is the rare exception that got the best Vista has to offer. That "best" is woefully inadequate.
BTW - You say his point is still valid. What point was that? Was it that in very rare (atypical) cases one can experience reliability from Vista that is only an order of magnitude worse than the typical Linux system? If so, I concede that you are correct, and his point is valid. In rare cases Vista sucks more by only one order of magnitude rather than the typical two+ orders;-)
There is a Diebold ATM machine in Brazil, São Paulo state, that regularly crashes. When it crashes, you can see that it is running Microsoft Windows 98.
That amazes me. It seems that even someone with very little understanding would not use an OS that is known to have literally thousands of vulnerabilities.
waaait a second. so people actually put a atm running windows 98 in the middle of russia and expected it NOT to get immediately hijacked?
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That's a great idea, if the idea in place wasn't merely a front to cap torrent networks.
DDos attack! DDos attack! *throws a handful of pebbles at a random passerby* Ahh, memories.
Understand sarcasm much?
Too bad that a well config'd lin box wasn't a option. Nice try though!
XP imo. I know a thousand slashdotters are going to groan when i type this but....XP fully patched with self selected services running only is pretty....secure. And runs your crap without complaints.
I am so getting one of these cars when i can. I can also see not touching the gasoline engine part of the car for long periods, just using the battery pack for the majority of my driving. I'd recommend anyone else out there doing that to maybe throw some fuel stabilizer in the tank of gas so it doesn't lose any octane over a few months.... Just sayin'.
Battlenet requires more vespene gas.
People's unfounded fear and mistrust of wifi/bluetooth/microwaves/cellphones manifesting itself as an affliction generates MUCH LESS sympathy (from me, at least) than from a actual physical health problem generated from external forces. It's like a placebo effect, except people believing this....this crap hurts the companies who make these devices. This stuff is like neo-luddite propaganda. Personally if i owned a small wireless manufacturing company, i'd love to sue the crap out of this guy for slander. Yes, i probably couldn't do that, but it would feel oh so nice...
Agreed. Wedding? Girlfriend? Job? All pointless time sucking voids. Oh, and if you reroll irl, can i have your stuff? It's not soulbound, trust me.
I asked the exact same thing as the editor did back when i was in high school in my AP computer programming course. The teacher of mine (who also taught nothing but c++ as his taught launguage) told me that computer languages are emerging constantly, and a solid advanced understanding of one will not only help you in your resume process, but will also show that you have the fortitude necessary to segue into other languages. So, tl;dr (or at least what i got out of the whole question) was to learn a single language hardcore, then maybe spend a few nights with a couple others to learn the differences. Ah well though, i'm unemployed at the moment though, so take what i say with a grain of salt. Heh.
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you don't? SWEET i am so going to be disposableaccount@yahoo.com! I AM SO HAPPY
i don't need to justify my piracy because...(drumroll please) i don't need to justify myself. I don't have any guilt. Whatsoever. None. Starving artists? There's starving people all over the globe, and yet i somehow manage to find 8+ hours a day to play eve-online. /yawn Next, please.
policeman looks for scent of weed (distinctive when you know what you're looking for), red eyes, and smoke. If he sees 2 of 3 signs, he issues a field sobriety test. Problem Solved.
So wrong, maybe to you buddy! Some of us liked having our cells taste like baby. Mmmm..fetus.
mmmm, the vr of the 90's is out, but mirrorshades from the 80's are apparently still in. viva will gibson!
the whistles go whoooooooo whooooooooooooooooo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccgXjA2BLEY
using nuclear weapons at the end of world war 2 was the best and most humane way for the united states to end the war. there. i said it.
woooosh.
maaaan, i could have saved HOURS OF LABOUR. HOURS!!!!!! Thanks, Micro$oft. Just another failure in your long list of FAILURES.
increasing the temperature worldwide by ~1c? big deal. Increasing temp by ~1c at some offshort point off the ocean, far from icecaps and farmlands? Not so much. Don't get me wrong, im sure there's far reaching impacts on our environment from ANY change we do to it. But the pros outweigh the cons in this situation.
It doesn't fly in the face of shit. It shows that one of the few people who had an anecdote about Vista reliability calls a ridiculously inadequate length of up time proof that Vista is reliable. If what the OP says is true, he is the rare exception that got the best Vista has to offer. That "best" is woefully inadequate. BTW - You say his point is still valid. What point was that? Was it that in very rare (atypical) cases one can experience reliability from Vista that is only an order of magnitude worse than the typical Linux system? If so, I concede that you are correct, and his point is valid. In rare cases Vista sucks more by only one order of magnitude rather than the typical two+ orders ;-)
Missing the point, sorry.
There is a Diebold ATM machine in Brazil, São Paulo state, that regularly crashes. When it crashes, you can see that it is running Microsoft Windows 98. That amazes me. It seems that even someone with very little understanding would not use an OS that is known to have literally thousands of vulnerabilities.
waaait a second. so people actually put a atm running windows 98 in the middle of russia and expected it NOT to get immediately hijacked?
No, i think the taxpayers spend $1500 on a hammer. Sucks for them! Oh wait....dammit.
Make it display the text of the most recent 7chan, 4chan, and 99chan's /b/ posts updated realtime. It won't get you fired, i promise!