Are you perhaps conflating CDs with optical media? Otherwise your post doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Flashdrives have fairly slow read/write speeds, they only last a certain number of read-write cycles, they're more expensive per unit, they are easier to lose (if you've seen mine, let me know!), and let me know how many average users can modify a flash drive.
Modding me overrated here is probably a good argument for getting rid of the 'overrated' mod, since in this instance it simply means "I disagree with what this person is saying."
Well, I'll certainly be voting in the next election, and I will certainly be keeping emigration in mind as well. I don't see what that has to do with the Olympics, though.
No, the world I live in is so plagued with asshole politicians, evil corporations, a sinking morass of a war, and numerous other cancers on the national soul, so that having a national hero I can stand up and cheer for is the only thing that can come close to healing the rift between me and my government. I've never liked the idea of patriotism very much, but that doesn't mean I don't want it.
That's perfectly fine, actually, just as long as you don't claim to be doing everything for the sake of the poorest people on the planet. That's a contradiction.
See, you could have presented all of that information in a polite manner, and in all probability you would have been modded informative for it.
*sigh*
Well, in any case, it seems that there is a huge difference between the Indians that work for the consumer support division and the ones that work for the commercial/server side of things. That is probably not anything out of the ordinary; probably you're really comparing apples and oranges there.
The question should be whether MS server support is better than (e.g.) Red Hat server support. On the consumer side of things, Microsoft does as little customer support as possible; I've never had the opportunity to find out whether they're any good or not. My guess is that they're in a race to the bottom of the barrel with a few of the major computer manufacturers and Verizon DSL tech support.
However, the view that the current President of the United States is a war criminal is not unique to myself.
I don't really deserve the troll mod. I'm not here trying to piss people off. If you're asking why Bush is hated, you simply have not considered the enormity of his crimes, and the grievous injury he has done to whatever national soul we have. The country is so sharply divided that in some sense these Olympic games are a godsend--for a brief while, we have heroes that we can stand up and cheer for, and be proud of, and for a time we can forget our differences.
In a short while it will be over, and the war will still be ongoing, the government will still be spying on its citizens, and possibly-innocent will still be rotting in Guantanamo Bay. The next leader of the country will inherit a mantle of shame and distrust, and a failing economy. This is the world that George Bush has shepherded into being. May God have mercy on his soul---no one on Earth seems likely to dispense justice upon him.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just because they're 'free' doesn't mean they're not bastards too. Remember how the ROC got there---our protection is exactly what has been keeping that remnant of a corrupt regime from going the way of all other dinosaurs. Communism in China isn't something that just happened one day. People didn't just wake up one morning and say, "Dang, I am liking the color red today! And how about this Mao guy? He's swell!" The Communist government came to power because it was honestly better than what it replaced.
My views have been influenced by the book 'Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45' by Barbara Tuchman ('The Guns of August').
It's not that there's no room left, it's just that they vary only by degree.
The only reason we don't mention Saddam in the same breath is that he wasn't any good at hiding and/or whitewashing his crimes. Bush, on the other hand, has been terrifyingly effective.
Your English is both clear and unmistakable. That may have been your problem. Next time, consider adding in an inane meme, such as:
"Imagine a beowulf cluster of MBTAs!"
or
"The MBTA is not a big truck. It's a series of tubes!"
Also, consider to add several speling and/or grammatical error. This will lend to the impression that you are either a caffeine-soaked systems engineer who has been sitting in front of a terminal for eighty straight hours, or a semi-literate American of the species cellarcola nerdus, both of which are held in high regard here.
Accordingly, the dialect best suited to effective communication on slashdot is lolspeak.
If that's halfway, what else did they do during the Vista development anyway?
Oh yeah, that's right.
To-do:
Add suck
Add fail
That's a great list. It'll make a great product. Seeing that kind of accomplishment just makes me so emotional I just want to start throwing chairs or something.
so you don't want to debate the viewpoint (really, I should have anticipated that), you just want to bash someone about it. I'm surprised to be labeled as a redneck, though. I'll just bask in the feeling of having someone else's irrational pissiness projected onto me.
Some of us have the ability to highlight text, right-click, and google it. Occasionally we'll see something interesting, and perform that operation, and browse another tab for a few minutes. We call this "having an internet connection" or alternately "having interests" or sometimes even "reading slashdot".
A cursory examination reveals the the person who "care[s] enough to look it up" has the username of TheLinuxSRC and has a subscription to slashdot. I wonder if they are interested in linux? I bet they've at least heard of it. But it's not like we're participating in a discussion about a piece of open source software or something. I betcha this guy's the only one who's ever read anything about linux here. Really, though, you have one hell of an insightful mind. I am in awe. There is only one thing to do:
Olympic athletes with careers that span decades are the exception, not the rule. It's difficult to maintain that level of performance whether or not you take drugs.
not necessarily. That movie is older than I am, but I still know it and love it. And dream about it...call it on weekends...send it embarrassing text messages...
Er, that is, uh---it's a good movie. I have to go now.
Damn it! Can't I guy wake up and have a cup of coffee before having to go to work? Screw it, I'll just get the Flying Spaghetti Monster to do it for me...
Well, I don't know anything about using R4 for pirating, but I do know that with the right homebrew software, the DS is a cheap portable art tablet par excellence.
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Are you perhaps conflating CDs with optical media? Otherwise your post doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Flashdrives have fairly slow read/write speeds, they only last a certain number of read-write cycles, they're more expensive per unit, they are easier to lose (if you've seen mine, let me know!), and let me know how many average users can modify a flash drive.
Modding me overrated here is probably a good argument for getting rid of the 'overrated' mod, since in this instance it simply means "I disagree with what this person is saying."
Why, where do you keep yours?
Well, I'll certainly be voting in the next election, and I will certainly be keeping emigration in mind as well. I don't see what that has to do with the Olympics, though.
There have been some indications from posters here that such is not the case in Australia.
No, the world I live in is so plagued with asshole politicians, evil corporations, a sinking morass of a war, and numerous other cancers on the national soul, so that having a national hero I can stand up and cheer for is the only thing that can come close to healing the rift between me and my government. I've never liked the idea of patriotism very much, but that doesn't mean I don't want it.
That's perfectly fine, actually, just as long as you don't claim to be doing everything for the sake of the poorest people on the planet. That's a contradiction.
See, you could have presented all of that information in a polite manner, and in all probability you would have been modded informative for it.
*sigh*
Well, in any case, it seems that there is a huge difference between the Indians that work for the consumer support division and the ones that work for the commercial/server side of things. That is probably not anything out of the ordinary; probably you're really comparing apples and oranges there.
The question should be whether MS server support is better than (e.g.) Red Hat server support. On the consumer side of things, Microsoft does as little customer support as possible; I've never had the opportunity to find out whether they're any good or not. My guess is that they're in a race to the bottom of the barrel with a few of the major computer manufacturers and Verizon DSL tech support.
The mods must be Republican today.
However, the view that the current President of the United States is a war criminal is not unique to myself.
I don't really deserve the troll mod. I'm not here trying to piss people off. If you're asking why Bush is hated, you simply have not considered the enormity of his crimes, and the grievous injury he has done to whatever national soul we have. The country is so sharply divided that in some sense these Olympic games are a godsend--for a brief while, we have heroes that we can stand up and cheer for, and be proud of, and for a time we can forget our differences.
In a short while it will be over, and the war will still be ongoing, the government will still be spying on its citizens, and possibly-innocent will still be rotting in Guantanamo Bay. The next leader of the country will inherit a mantle of shame and distrust, and a failing economy. This is the world that George Bush has shepherded into being. May God have mercy on his soul---no one on Earth seems likely to dispense justice upon him.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just because they're 'free' doesn't mean they're not bastards too. Remember how the ROC got there---our protection is exactly what has been keeping that remnant of a corrupt regime from going the way of all other dinosaurs. Communism in China isn't something that just happened one day. People didn't just wake up one morning and say, "Dang, I am liking the color red today! And how about this Mao guy? He's swell!" The Communist government came to power because it was honestly better than what it replaced.
My views have been influenced by the book 'Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45' by Barbara Tuchman ('The Guns of August').
What's NASCAR? I don't understand this analogy.
how about instead:
"IOC is to athletics as BSA is to software"
Evil?
"IOC is to athletics as athletics are to slashdotters"
Terrifying!
"IOC is to athletics as Congress is to progress"
It happens in spite of them, not because of them.
"IOC is to athletics as all your base are belong to us"
"IOC is to athletics as Ted Stevens is to Commerce, Science, Transportation, and the series of tubes"
I think I'll quit while I'm ahead...
It's not that there's no room left, it's just that they vary only by degree.
The only reason we don't mention Saddam in the same breath is that he wasn't any good at hiding and/or whitewashing his crimes. Bush, on the other hand, has been terrifyingly effective.
Your English is both clear and unmistakable. That may have been your problem. Next time, consider adding in an inane meme, such as:
"Imagine a beowulf cluster of MBTAs!"
or
"The MBTA is not a big truck. It's a series of tubes!"
Also, consider to add several speling and/or grammatical error. This will lend to the impression that you are either a caffeine-soaked systems engineer who has been sitting in front of a terminal for eighty straight hours, or a semi-literate American of the species cellarcola nerdus, both of which are held in high regard here.
Accordingly, the dialect best suited to effective communication on slashdot is lolspeak.
Pull video drivers out to userspace, check.
Rip off cool UI enhancements, check.
If that's halfway, what else did they do during the Vista development anyway?
Oh yeah, that's right.
To-do:
Add suck
Add fail
That's a great list. It'll make a great product. Seeing that kind of accomplishment just makes me so emotional I just want to start throwing chairs or something.
so you don't want to debate the viewpoint (really, I should have anticipated that), you just want to bash someone about it. I'm surprised to be labeled as a redneck, though. I'll just bask in the feeling of having someone else's irrational pissiness projected onto me.
Projectile pissiness, what a concept...
Some of us have the ability to highlight text, right-click, and google it. Occasionally we'll see something interesting, and perform that operation, and browse another tab for a few minutes. We call this "having an internet connection" or alternately "having interests" or sometimes even "reading slashdot".
A cursory examination reveals the the person who "care[s] enough to look it up" has the username of TheLinuxSRC and has a subscription to slashdot. I wonder if they are interested in linux? I bet they've at least heard of it. But it's not like we're participating in a discussion about a piece of open source software or something. I betcha this guy's the only one who's ever read anything about linux here. Really, though, you have one hell of an insightful mind. I am in awe. There is only one thing to do:
Mod parent +1 Insightful!
I totally support the opinion of that anonymous coward. Happy now?
Olympic athletes with careers that span decades are the exception, not the rule. It's difficult to maintain that level of performance whether or not you take drugs.
not necessarily. That movie is older than I am, but I still know it and love it. And dream about it...call it on weekends...send it embarrassing text messages...
Er, that is, uh---it's a good movie. I have to go now.
may God strike me down before I hit submit.
Damn it! Can't I guy wake up and have a cup of coffee before having to go to work? Screw it, I'll just get the Flying Spaghetti Monster to do it for me...
Is there a pentium bug calculator somewhere? I really want it to be part of Google's calculator function...
Since 1997? That's nothing; I've probably had my nick that long. You only get points if your nick predates the web.
Also, IceFox? Srsly? You expect to get a six character nick comprised of two common dictionary words everywhere you go? Just sayin...
See, because you own a car, that means that you are capable of accepting a small risk to reap a large benefit. To use a car analogy...
"Let me guess, you vote libertarian? ;-)"?
"Let me guess, you welcome our non-car-owning pedestrian overlords? ;-)"?
I like the last one.
No, those are the rules of posting on slashdot.
Well, I don't know anything about using R4 for pirating, but I do know that with the right homebrew software, the DS is a cheap portable art tablet par excellence.