Me - "No, but since you're asking me for advice on this, you think I'm smarter than you."
I completely agree with you, but your typical American (I am in the U.S.) has no capacity for logical thought.
Teaching your typical USian football-and-church-and-cable-news trash is done in much the same way as you would approach someone in a classroom environment who has been diagnosed as SLD (slow learning disorder).
Not only do you have to dumb things WAY down so that they have a chance to grasp what you are communicating, you also have to phrase/structure things so that they do not feel threatened when presented with an new or unknown concept.
Add to that the fact that I live in "the Great State of Alabama" (by marriage, not by choice) and you know why I say these things.
People will actually forbid their children to take Spanish class in school because it is "that damned Mexican talk". Those same people believe that dinosaur fossils were put in the ground by "that damned Devil to try and tempt us".
Me - "You should try Ubuntu, it is more secure than Windows, faster, and simpler, as long as you aren't a gamer."
Them - "Is that what you use?"
Me - "No, I use Debian, the version that Ubuntu is based on. It is a bit more difficult to use, but I like it."
Them - "So what, do you think you are smarter than me or something?"
And then they go back to Outlook Express and get their 47389743rd malware infection before they go watch American Idol or CSI or whatever the cattle are eating these days.
I don't think patriotism has much to do with FBI service.
It is more likely TDS.
Tiny Dick Syndrome.
I have a brother-in-law and a sister who work in emergency services and another sister who works as a med tech. They all say that in their experience, a statistically significant percentage of cops have smaller-than-average penises.
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These days if you have at least 1 gig of ram, you should really do everything in virtual containers.
Put something lightweight and easy to manage, maybe Lubuntu, on the bare iron and run your various machines in Virtualbox containers.
tl;dr
Postscript rules. Apple drools.
Debian 2.0 ran fine on a 386-25 with 16 megs of ram, as long as you were content with the console.
You can even run a personal fileserver/webserver if you have enough room left on your 20 meg hard drive.
Also there is a relevant equation:
gpmdata + serial mouse = frustration
I can just imagine the tagline:
'"hiPhone 5: If you thought it was an iPhone, you must have been high."
That is fantastic!
I lol'd. Did you lol?
The person "Wendy Seltzer" seriously needs some fiber in her diet.
Toyota Camry.
Now can we please get back to talking about something important, like Bitcoins?
Dear Facebook,
Helo, I am being from Bangladesh.
My name is to being Myfat Nutsak.
Please friend Myfat Nutsak as many tmie as possibile.
Now you know of at least one.
Privoxy blocks things that Adblock misses.
All you can watch for $20.00 per month?
Simply fap-ulous, darling!
A - "You should run Linux."
B - "Does it run all my favorite mainstream games?"
A - "No but that is the fault of the developers."
B - "So you mean I can't play my games on it?"
A - "No, but since it isn't the fault of the OS, you should run Linux anyway."
B - "But I want to play my games."
A - "This "games" objection is getting old. You should run Linux."
B - "But I want to play my games."
A - "This "games" objection is getting old. You should run Linux."
B - "But I want to play my games."
A - "This "games" objection is getting old. You should run Linux."
*** Warning: Infinite Loop Detected. Program halted. ***
That is not a bad idea.
Thanks for the input, it is appreciated. :)
You didn't choose to be married?
Case in point.
Me - "No, but since you're asking me for advice on this, you think I'm smarter than you."
I completely agree with you, but your typical American (I am in the U.S.) has no capacity for logical thought.
Teaching your typical USian football-and-church-and-cable-news trash is done in much the same way as you would approach someone in a classroom environment who has been diagnosed as SLD (slow learning disorder).
Not only do you have to dumb things WAY down so that they have a chance to grasp what you are communicating, you also have to phrase/structure things so that they do not feel threatened when presented with an new or unknown concept.
Add to that the fact that I live in "the Great State of Alabama" (by marriage, not by choice) and you know why I say these things.
People will actually forbid their children to take Spanish class in school because it is "that damned Mexican talk". Those same people believe that dinosaur fossils were put in the ground by "that damned Devil to try and tempt us".
Drone?
As in, Glen Beck?
Me - "You should try Ubuntu, it is more secure than Windows, faster, and simpler, as long as you aren't a gamer."
Them - "Is that what you use?"
Me - "No, I use Debian, the version that Ubuntu is based on. It is a bit more difficult to use, but I like it."
Them - "So what, do you think you are smarter than me or something?"
And then they go back to Outlook Express and get their 47389743rd malware infection before they go watch American Idol or CSI or whatever the cattle are eating these days.
Actually I moved from Debian to Ubuntu on client boxes a few years back.
Was recommending Ubuntu to people, but when they found out I ran a different distro they felt cheated/insulted.
I like the idea of a faster desktop environment, but IIRC 2 years ago Xubuntu network management was not all that great.
Is there a decent network manager for XFCE?
Maybe you'll get a box of MS Word retail packages with a MSRP of $400 each instead of a check?
And then when you sell them on Ebay, MS will use the DMCA to have the auctions removed.
Well, all 3 of the people in question do watch Fox News and American Idol.
So maybe take it with a grain of salt?
More insightful commentary from General Michael Hayden is available at the following url:
http://www.thisisthedumbestshitever.com/ignoramus/
I don't think patriotism has much to do with FBI service.
It is more likely TDS.
Tiny Dick Syndrome.
I have a brother-in-law and a sister who work in emergency services and another sister who works as a med tech. They all say that in their experience, a statistically significant percentage of cops have smaller-than-average penises.
And then if you decide to leave the fold, they take everything you earned and give you a shit deal for being "reintroduced to society".
The abbreviated people eat their young.
It would be funny if all the proponents of Anonymous and Lulzsec started using the name "Topiary" when signing up for forums, etc.
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
The new firm will be called WomanTech.
Every 28 days they will do an intensive audit of everyone else.