Also I find it quite interesting that you believe somebody who doesn't work 80 hours a week has "nothing to do in life". I'm actually enjoying my life rather than working and sleeping exclusively.
Working less than 80 hours per week is slacking now? Maybe you need to get off that high horse of yours, because according to your definition, USA as a whole is slacking, with its 40 hours per work week average. Source: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/700454.html
Cheaper Drugs: John McCain will look to bring greater affordability and competition to our drug markets through safe re-importation of drugs and faster introduction of generic drugs.
15 x 5 = 75 hours. By default, that's as much if not more than "Some of us". Now add the fact that they probably work on weekends too. That's 105 hours. And it's ridiculous.
For a single desktop, he, he's not currently paying support fees.
If he wanted to put Linux on his entire network, then yeah, he'd be paying for licenses and probably support.
So you stopped reading at the true part? The same people who use Vista because of the shiny UI will be the ones using Ubuntu because it comes preinstalled with Compiz, and plenty of fanboys around the planet praise Ubuntu because of it, even though it can be installed on any distro as long as you have a X server
... especially since at my workplace, they are starting to think about encryption laptop hard drives, that contain personal information about government related investigations related to people working without permits and that kind of deal.
The thing is, though, they're only encrypting the new tablet PCs we just bought, not the older Thinkpads we used - And the database is imported from the web, which means the unencrypted laptops contain the same data the encrypted ones do...
I have a feeling we'll see even more of these in the near future.
You're forgetting something here. While somebody who CAN code is much more useful since they can both critique and improve the software by themselves, that doesn't mean somebody who CANNOT causes his critic to be void.
Informative has the benefit of generating a "Why is this informative!" post, which leads to people replying "Informative gives Karma but Funny doesn't. Therefore, people who appreciate the post and wish to give the user some karma will choose Informative." and getting rated Informative, which generates Karma itself.
For the rare times where the Start menu shortcuts aren't at the right place, it isn't exactly hard to drag and drop in the right place. I get to do it every time I install an app on my linux machine since I dislike the default sorting system.
Just because you threw a bunch of paper all over your desk doesn't mean you get to blame the desk for not sorting it for you. You still created your own mess.
Sure, Windows' start menu isn't cleaned up automagically, but it's very easy to do it yourself.
Did you even use the Windows start menu, or are you one of those Windows bashers that never used the OS?
How is it "unusable"? Just like most start menus, it has places you can go to (Gnome also has this) such as My Computer, etc.
It has a shortcut to the control panel, a quick way to get help and also to open a command prompt or whatever program you need.
Once you open the "Programs" option though, it gets very confusing. You are presented with various complicated options such as "Accessories" (For accessories), "Games" (for games) and "Startup" (for programs launched at startup!).
Seriously, Windows might have some flaws, but at least stop making new ones up. If the start menu is so complicated and unusable to you I don't know how you even manage to go through GRUB.
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Actually I think being _that_ stupid is dangerous to your planet...
Also I find it quite interesting that you believe somebody who doesn't work 80 hours a week has "nothing to do in life". I'm actually enjoying my life rather than working and sleeping exclusively.
Working less than 80 hours per week is slacking now? Maybe you need to get off that high horse of yours, because according to your definition, USA as a whole is slacking, with its 40 hours per work week average. Source: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/700454.html
Cheaper Drugs: John McCain will look to bring greater affordability and competition to our drug markets through safe re-importation of drugs and faster introduction of generic drugs.
Hey, I can't say I disagree with that!
Yeah, and it's just as ridiculous. What's your point? They do it constantly.
15 x 5 = 75 hours. By default, that's as much if not more than "Some of us". Now add the fact that they probably work on weekends too. That's 105 hours. And it's ridiculous.
For a single desktop, he, he's not currently paying support fees. If he wanted to put Linux on his entire network, then yeah, he'd be paying for licenses and probably support.
So you stopped reading at the true part? The same people who use Vista because of the shiny UI will be the ones using Ubuntu because it comes preinstalled with Compiz, and plenty of fanboys around the planet praise Ubuntu because of it, even though it can be installed on any distro as long as you have a X server
Yeah, and the answer is that he doesn't. $293 is ridiculous.
... especially since at my workplace, they are starting to think about encryption laptop hard drives, that contain personal information about government related investigations related to people working without permits and that kind of deal.
The thing is, though, they're only encrypting the new tablet PCs we just bought, not the older Thinkpads we used - And the database is imported from the web, which means the unencrypted laptops contain the same data the encrypted ones do...
I have a feeling we'll see even more of these in the near future.
It takes a very strict and painstaking way of doing things to keep all the app launchers in Windows sane.
Step 1. Drag.
Step 2. Drop.
Step 3. ???
Step 4. Profit!
Really, the windows way takes a few extra steps, but if it takes the major part of your day I don't know what to tell you.
You're forgetting something here. While somebody who CAN code is much more useful since they can both critique and improve the software by themselves, that doesn't mean somebody who CANNOT causes his critic to be void.
Sadly I'm not new here. So your comment fails. :)
It is.
Yes... I know. It was a joke, thus why it was rated funny.
Yeah, I bet it's related to neutrality of Switzerland myself.
I thought Switzerland was a country!
as fellow slashdot users recommended me to in protest!
Maybe you guys should not overreact about issues and bring up the conspiracy theories next time huh?
I think the point is just to be nice :)
Informative has the benefit of generating a "Why is this informative!" post, which leads to people replying "Informative gives Karma but Funny doesn't. Therefore, people who appreciate the post and wish to give the user some karma will choose Informative." and getting rated Informative, which generates Karma itself.
It's kind of a huge karma circleje-..dependency.
They must've added Windows to it?
You missed my point, but don't worry about it. This discussion is old now.
Informative gives Karma but Funny doesn't. Therefore, people who appreciate the post and wish to give the user some karma will choose Informative.
For the rare times where the Start menu shortcuts aren't at the right place, it isn't exactly hard to drag and drop in the right place. I get to do it every time I install an app on my linux machine since I dislike the default sorting system.
Just because you threw a bunch of paper all over your desk doesn't mean you get to blame the desk for not sorting it for you. You still created your own mess.
Sure, Windows' start menu isn't cleaned up automagically, but it's very easy to do it yourself.
Did you even use the Windows start menu, or are you one of those Windows bashers that never used the OS?
How is it "unusable"? Just like most start menus, it has places you can go to (Gnome also has this) such as My Computer, etc.
It has a shortcut to the control panel, a quick way to get help and also to open a command prompt or whatever program you need.
Once you open the "Programs" option though, it gets very confusing. You are presented with various complicated options such as "Accessories" (For accessories), "Games" (for games) and "Startup" (for programs launched at startup!).
Seriously, Windows might have some flaws, but at least stop making new ones up. If the start menu is so complicated and unusable to you I don't know how you even manage to go through GRUB.