Oh yeah? Well, my unborn son (or daughter) installed BeOS without any help at all! If you guys can't even match wits with an unborn.. well, you're just stupid.
You are going to ignore the first two paragraphs even though they directly pertain to the shit you are trying to pull? Okay. That doesn't change the fact you are merely being a parrot, which is relevant. It's the real problem and the real issue I take with your post. You quite frankly didn't do your homework and then spout the same uninformed slogans every news outlet is. That is a BIG problem and that kind of attitude is precisely what's been getting our country into the shitter. People voted for McCain because they believed Obama was a terrorist. They wouldn't do research and just parroted these silly headlines to each other to reinforce the idea. That is ENTIRELY relevant to your post.
Do I need to spell out how silly and dangerous that is some more? What happened to being intelligent and having informed opinions? You're free to have beef with whatever you want but you ought to back it with some kind of reasoning beyond a silly "all or nothing" idea that does nothing to hurt the administration if it were held to.
The rule was put in place for a good reason. it was so that lobbyists had a much harder time influencing government as badly as it has for the last.. well, how long now? This "all or nothing" thing you keep mentioning has to go. 100% adherence to anything is a very bad idea because it does not allow any sort of flexibility which we sorely need to change how this country operates for the better. I (and many other people) would rather Obama break the rule to hire in a single person who the President feels is incredibly capable than abandoning the law altogether. Horrible analogy time.
Saying "the administration shouldn't even have a rule in the first place if it's going to make an exception" is like saying Ambulances shouldn't be allowed to speed or go on the wrong side of the road because of the law they must obey, even though the reason is acceptable and necessary to save someone's life. Surely you can see how this is directly relevant. As long as he is up front about exactly why he made the decision and it is a sensible decision, that is acceptable. It's when they go behind the scenes or do it for shitty reasons where the problems start. It was not a blind decision.
Well, the comment you responded to shows that the political parrots haven't gone away yet. The idiots that voted McCain because "omgz obamaz is a tarrorist!! hes osamas cusin and has muslem tendencaies!!!". Same shit here.
Sensational news headline that gets repeated day in and day out. "omgz obamas cant kep his own r00l!! hez bad liek palin" goes up on forums, intelligent people capable of doing some research facepalm in response, rinse and repeat. I don't understand why this cycle even has to happen.
He's being transparent and giving exact reasons why he does what he does. You will notice there is no political doublespeak out of him. It's very concise language and very informative. What's the problem?
I don't understand people coming up with this suggestion. I for one do not want to be responsible for x number of people's internet connection. Imagine if all of those people started bittorrenting or otherwise using a lot of traffic, then service would go to shit and you'd be faced with the dilemma of potentially blocking or traffic shaping. Then you'd be no better than comcast.
Who's going to control the internet connection? What happens if the router needs a firmware update and things go awry? You going to be responsible for that?
Thanks but no thanks. Sharing an internet connection with the neighborhood is worse than dealing with wireless interference by a long shot.
Perhaps they were shooting the Hunt for the Red October 2! It's typical of those guys to get a little carried away in their submarines, ripping through the ocean and all. Boys will be boys!
Most systems can use what is called "Physical Address Extension" now which will allow 32 bit Windows XP systems to access up to 64GB of RAM. So the 4GB limit is a non-issue now - just patch up XP.
"But who wants/needs the extra weight and expense and unupgradability of an SLI card you're almost never going to use?"
Uh, the people this laptop is obviously targeted to?
They don't make this kind of thing to sell it to everyone under the sun. That's like saying a Formula 1 race car is for everyone. (Gotta keep it car related for you folks, apparently.) It is very obviously a gamer's laptop and it is quite a smart design if you look at it from that standpoint. If you're using it to do office work all of the time you're obviously "doing it wrong", as the interweb sayeth.
People mod that up funny, but it's actually insightful as to how the school system doesn't work for everyone, and how thinking outside of the box is so frowned upon when everyone should do their utmost to encourage it.
To be frank, I wish he would have said that during the election. The man is smart.
The thing that irritates me the most about this election is we've got so many political parrots out there that just repeat misquotes like idiots. It's amazing how ignorant the country is and how little research is actually done for people to make a decision this important. What a dangerous position to be in.
It isn't that difficult. The themes service is still there along with the default XP theme. Basically it comes down to this:
Enable DirectX, Enable services that are critical to what you need to do (sound etc), disable the shutdown event tracker and tell Windows to prioritize programs instead of background services.
In a nutshell that's all you really need to do. Hardly complex - and it runs a lot better since everything is DISABLED by default rather than enabled as in standard XP Home/Pro.
You keep saying this word "arbitrary". I don't think it means what you think it means. How can an arbitrary word be solid, by definition? That makes no sense.
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There's always Sealand! :D
Oh, wait..
Well, at least they tried.
I didn't see this mentioned in comments before this, apologies in advance if it was.
Give http://toastytech.com/guis/index.html a try. It's got a lot of various screenshots of GUIs, some pretty obscure.
Oh yeah? Well, my unborn son (or daughter) installed BeOS without any help at all! If you guys can't even match wits with an unborn.. well, you're just stupid.
What is the point of Linux security when everyone is using sudo all the time to install shit?
That to me seems like a very dangerous and unnecessary step.
You are going to ignore the first two paragraphs even though they directly pertain to the shit you are trying to pull? Okay. That doesn't change the fact you are merely being a parrot, which is relevant. It's the real problem and the real issue I take with your post. You quite frankly didn't do your homework and then spout the same uninformed slogans every news outlet is. That is a BIG problem and that kind of attitude is precisely what's been getting our country into the shitter. People voted for McCain because they believed Obama was a terrorist. They wouldn't do research and just parroted these silly headlines to each other to reinforce the idea. That is ENTIRELY relevant to your post.
Do I need to spell out how silly and dangerous that is some more? What happened to being intelligent and having informed opinions? You're free to have beef with whatever you want but you ought to back it with some kind of reasoning beyond a silly "all or nothing" idea that does nothing to hurt the administration if it were held to.
The rule was put in place for a good reason. it was so that lobbyists had a much harder time influencing government as badly as it has for the last.. well, how long now? This "all or nothing" thing you keep mentioning has to go. 100% adherence to anything is a very bad idea because it does not allow any sort of flexibility which we sorely need to change how this country operates for the better. I (and many other people) would rather Obama break the rule to hire in a single person who the President feels is incredibly capable than abandoning the law altogether. Horrible analogy time.
Saying "the administration shouldn't even have a rule in the first place if it's going to make an exception" is like saying Ambulances shouldn't be allowed to speed or go on the wrong side of the road because of the law they must obey, even though the reason is acceptable and necessary to save someone's life. Surely you can see how this is directly relevant. As long as he is up front about exactly why he made the decision and it is a sensible decision, that is acceptable. It's when they go behind the scenes or do it for shitty reasons where the problems start. It was not a blind decision.
Well, the comment you responded to shows that the political parrots haven't gone away yet. The idiots that voted McCain because "omgz obamaz is a tarrorist!! hes osamas cusin and has muslem tendencaies!!!". Same shit here.
Sensational news headline that gets repeated day in and day out. "omgz obamas cant kep his own r00l!! hez bad liek palin" goes up on forums, intelligent people capable of doing some research facepalm in response, rinse and repeat. I don't understand why this cycle even has to happen.
He's being transparent and giving exact reasons why he does what he does. You will notice there is no political doublespeak out of him. It's very concise language and very informative. What's the problem?
I'm so tired of the Bush administration. Please, let it die. :(
I don't understand people coming up with this suggestion. I for one do not want to be responsible for x number of people's internet connection. Imagine if all of those people started bittorrenting or otherwise using a lot of traffic, then service would go to shit and you'd be faced with the dilemma of potentially blocking or traffic shaping. Then you'd be no better than comcast.
Seriously. It's a shitty idea. Let it go.
Who's going to control the internet connection? What happens if the router needs a firmware update and things go awry? You going to be responsible for that?
Thanks but no thanks. Sharing an internet connection with the neighborhood is worse than dealing with wireless interference by a long shot.
Related to Jack Ryan by any chance? You know..
Perhaps they were shooting the Hunt for the Red October 2! It's typical of those guys to get a little carried away in their submarines, ripping through the ocean and all. Boys will be boys!
someone speak python here?
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the programming language
http://www.bash.org/?400459
+5 Facepalm. :)
Proof that the holy Chuck Norris is eternal.
UNISERVO? Is that anything like Tom Servo from MST3K?
You know, there ought to be a moderation selection for "awesome" so I could apply it to this. Sometimes "funny" just doesn't work.
Bah, it shouldn't be called a lameness filter. All it does is filter out COOL.
There's a post just above yours (at least with my filtering options) that says:
"Debian had no objection whatever to calling it Firefox. Mozilla objected to Debian doing so."
Modded up informative. Your post is modded up informative. They directly contradict. Moderators, stop being stupid!
Most systems can use what is called "Physical Address Extension" now which will allow 32 bit Windows XP systems to access up to 64GB of RAM. So the 4GB limit is a non-issue now - just patch up XP.
"But who wants/needs the extra weight and expense and unupgradability of an SLI card you're almost never going to use?"
Uh, the people this laptop is obviously targeted to?
They don't make this kind of thing to sell it to everyone under the sun. That's like saying a Formula 1 race car is for everyone. (Gotta keep it car related for you folks, apparently.) It is very obviously a gamer's laptop and it is quite a smart design if you look at it from that standpoint. If you're using it to do office work all of the time you're obviously "doing it wrong", as the interweb sayeth.
People mod that up funny, but it's actually insightful as to how the school system doesn't work for everyone, and how thinking outside of the box is so frowned upon when everyone should do their utmost to encourage it.
"Because the sex is terrific, and they really WANT to change!"
But why would you want to change your sex if it's so great? Seems like a big lifestyle change to me over a router. This thread has me very confused.
To be frank, I wish he would have said that during the election. The man is smart.
The thing that irritates me the most about this election is we've got so many political parrots out there that just repeat misquotes like idiots. It's amazing how ignorant the country is and how little research is actually done for people to make a decision this important. What a dangerous position to be in.
Wait, light a cigarette or a bus up? I'd think lighting a bus on fire would defeat the purpose, but it would certainly draw attention.
It isn't that difficult. The themes service is still there along with the default XP theme. Basically it comes down to this:
Enable DirectX, Enable services that are critical to what you need to do (sound etc), disable the shutdown event tracker and tell Windows to prioritize programs instead of background services.
In a nutshell that's all you really need to do. Hardly complex - and it runs a lot better since everything is DISABLED by default rather than enabled as in standard XP Home/Pro.
You keep saying this word "arbitrary". I don't think it means what you think it means. How can an arbitrary word be solid, by definition? That makes no sense.