Seconded. VirtualBox is damn fine, and running Windows 2000 in a VM on a Leengux host seems to be a heck of a lot less strain on the host system than the free VMware Player is. (Core 2 Duo, 1GB memory, Kubuntu 8.04.)
Yeah, that's why external links on Wikipedia are nofollowed. SEO spammers screamed blue murder, but Wikipedia's responsibility is to its readers, not to get a third party (SEO spammers) in good with a fourth party (Google). And the spam dropped when we did it.
"Let any idiot edit your website" works okay on Wikipedia because the good idiots are more motivated than the bad idiots. I wonder if more people can be found to care that much about a search engine than about a nonprofit encyclopedia.
You think so? I've always found Audacity stupidly easy to use. I had a sound file I wanted to piece together, started up Audacity and was done two hours later without ever looking at the manual.
I am so excited about $NEXT_VERSION of Windows. It will surely go beyond just solving all of the problems with $CURRENT_VERSION, it will be an entirely new paradigm. Forget about security problems, that will be all fixed with $NEXT_VERSION. And theyâ(TM)ll finally be ridding themselves of $ANCIENT_LEGACY_STUFF. Also there will be $DATABASE_FILESYSTEM. Itâ(TM)ll be awesome!
I wonder how $NEXT_VERSION will compare to $NEXT_NEXT_VERSION.
My large hardon collider pushes large, energised hardons through a ring repeatedly, faster and faster, as smoothly and tightly as possible, until they clash and spray matter in all directions.
It'll certainly result in new technologies for dealing with this stuff becoming cheaper. It's the people who have to do goddamn ridiculous things this year and have billions lying around to do so who push things forward for us cheapskates.
And sysadminning for scientists is a goddamn nightmare. I'd just like you to imagine expert Fortran programmers who can't actually work a computer. And are way smarter than you in every way except ones that involve communicating with humans.
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Seconded. VirtualBox is damn fine, and running Windows 2000 in a VM on a Leengux host seems to be a heck of a lot less strain on the host system than the free VMware Player is. (Core 2 Duo, 1GB memory, Kubuntu 8.04.)
*facepalm*
How about W.C. Fields for the next one?
We can work all the way back to Aristophanes if need be. Never let anyone say Microsoft's "out of touch" with the "hipsters."
Yeah, that's why external links on Wikipedia are nofollowed. SEO spammers screamed blue murder, but Wikipedia's responsibility is to its readers, not to get a third party (SEO spammers) in good with a fourth party (Google). And the spam dropped when we did it.
"Let any idiot edit your website" works okay on Wikipedia because the good idiots are more motivated than the bad idiots. I wonder if more people can be found to care that much about a search engine than about a nonprofit encyclopedia.
There is that. And the Mac port is desperately in need of a maintainer.
VLC is my favourite player software on a Mac.
You think so? I've always found Audacity stupidly easy to use. I had a sound file I wanted to piece together, started up Audacity and was done two hours later without ever looking at the manual.
Yeah, there is. It's called Audacity ;-)
(I bought a USB turntable and it came with a software CD - Win98 USB drivers, and Audacity for Windows, Mac and Linux! Plus source of course ;-) )
You poor, poor bastard!
They've already said its guts will be Vista. But yeah.
Personally, I blame Linux.
Worst bit is they're generally really nice and sweet-natured mad scientists so it's not even deliberate. Like toddlers who know calculus.
And geologists are worse. Never sysadmin at an oil company.
(Mind you, they do spend money on decent kit.)
Quick! Call the Emergency Response Squad!
I am so excited about $NEXT_VERSION of Windows. It will surely go beyond just solving all of the problems with $CURRENT_VERSION, it will be an entirely new paradigm. Forget about security problems, that will be all fixed with $NEXT_VERSION. And theyâ(TM)ll finally be ridding themselves of $ANCIENT_LEGACY_STUFF. Also there will be $DATABASE_FILESYSTEM. Itâ(TM)ll be awesome!
I wonder how $NEXT_VERSION will compare to $NEXT_NEXT_VERSION.
You'll destroy the world of IT journalism with an attitude like that!
cnet.com: "Nothing happened today." ... no, we don't care either."
zdnet.com: "Nope, nothing here either."
networkweek: "It's Patch Tuesday
theregister.co.uk: "Tits! Beer! Football!"
My large hardon collider pushes large, energised hardons through a ring repeatedly, faster and faster, as smoothly and tightly as possible, until they clash and spray matter in all directions.
... What?
Are you saying Linux w33n0rs smell faintly of cat piss and have a nerdy, braying laugh?
You mean Flesh Godron and the Large Hardon Collider is of less than immaculate scientific accuracy? That's unpossible. You must be a Democrat.
Well, that's pretty much their answer when people ask what the heck's the practical use of spending billions to smash protons together ;-)
Did no-one learn the horrible lessons of Space:1999? This can only lead to terrible haircuts, flared uniforms and 50-cent special effects.
It'll certainly result in new technologies for dealing with this stuff becoming cheaper. It's the people who have to do goddamn ridiculous things this year and have billions lying around to do so who push things forward for us cheapskates.
And sysadminning for scientists is a goddamn nightmare. I'd just like you to imagine expert Fortran programmers who can't actually work a computer. And are way smarter than you in every way except ones that involve communicating with humans.
Sucka MC. My Zune Hadron weighs a ton!
Er, yes there is - goddamn gigafirehoses of data coming out the damn thing and all needing to be saved for later scrutiny.