Well, if it makes you feel any better, about 8 yrs ago, I ran a perl script written by someone I met in IRC, and I didnt read the source first (A small 1 line perl script). You know what? If rm -rf'ed my home directory. Shit like this happens, and you learn from it.
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Dude, that post is a joke. It's a mockery of the well known Linux troll post. Exchange Fat32 for ext3..:)
Umm...do you even USE Linux? So, IF a program happened to rm -rf my home directory, my entire system would still work. I just restore my home directory from my last backup (months ago I believe)
I'm not an OSX user, but why would it be more susceptable to viruses? OS X is freeBSD based, and is as vulnerable as FeeBSD is, (which is not susceptible at all)
Before we had people who disagree with EVERYTHING thats ever posted on slashdot, this used to be a better website. Why the hell do you people who hate this site so much STAY here??? Go to www.windowsmag.com or zdnet or something! Sheesh!
It's not you're private property if you use WIndows. Your PC belongs to Gates and his minions/partners. Didnt you know thats it's like Faustus? You sell you privacy for the HONOR of using WIndows. And before people say "what if Linux has it?", thats' when I STOP using Linux!
Limewire for Linux CAN'T have a dll...there are none. How does a Java program have a dll anyway? I though Java was supposed to be cross platform, and have nothing but.class and/or.jar files...
I DON'T run windows!!!!!!
I use Linux. And since it IS OpenSource, if I don't scan thru the code, someone else will! It's reviewed by your peers. do you know ANYTHING about opensource??
Well,99% of Linux software is opensource, so you CAN'T put adware. The programs that are closed source, MIGHT have adware. But none of them do yet. Audiogalaxy is a superbly easy to use TEXT based interface.
Search for song, then download! The windows version makes me ANGRY
How come these people can get my report whenever they want, yet I can only get it once a year, and I have to PAY for it??
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A good friend of mine wanted a new laptop. He's fiddled with Linux, and he loves it. He hates Windows, but has purchased WAAAAAAAAAY too many apps for it. I told him to get a mac laptop. He knows how great macs are, and he loves OS X. But he says, I'll have to spend the next 5 years buying software for a mac to replace what I have now.
I couldnt argue with him. However, he is NOT the only person in that scenario? What do we do with those people?
Well, I have a solution. The people that complain the most that "it has no apps" are people looking for Adobe software and Macromedia software. You can't blame LINUX because Adobe didn't port Photoshop!!!I've written letters upon letters to Adobe to port at least their flagship app. I get back a boilerplate reply. "Thank you for your interest in Adobe products..blah blah blah" Until we can convince Adobe or Macromedia (or at least JASC!) to port over SOMETHING, Linux may not please those people who need those apps. So, what should we do? Have a company PAY these companies to port thse programs???? Or have a jilted ex employee shell over some source?
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I would have to say I am all for the legalization of drugs. I am not a drug user. I just believe it cleans out the gene pool. Why should I care what you put in your veins? if you rob me (I dont care WHY..you're a thief), you should be punished. Drugs or no drugs. What I do with my own body is my own business. I find it offensive that they spend MILLIONS of friggin dollars on drug busts and prostitution, while there are REAL criminals walking the streets.Thieves, murderers, etc. I dont care if he was on crack or he was on Peanut butter. He did a crime!
And how about Pay Per View executions? Do you know how much MONEY the govt would make? None of this lethal injection bullshit. Fry em! Throw em in a pot of boiling water! I dont care! Priorities in this country are WAY too fscked up.
People is the US are too PC to think for themselves. They change their tune though when it happens to them!
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Why EXACTLY? I prefer Linux apps to Windows apps. If it's going to be EXACTLY the same, just use Windows!
I don't CARE if my wife's mom needs WOrd on Linux. I care if I have the apps I need on Linux.
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There really isn't much TO learn with StarOffice/ OpenOffice (OpenOffice is better in my opinion).
If you know Word, you know StarOffice. A wordprocessor is a word processor is a word processor. If you want to get TECHNICAL, Linux has Corel Office, that can read Office files w/ absolute ease. If WORSE came to worse, I just fire up Win4Lin. (remotely thru SSH of course!)
Running as root? I did that back in 1989 when I first used Solaris. back then,I didnt know shit. I LEARNED! Root access is a scary thing. LInux needs as little bad press as it can right now. These are very volatile times. Having Lindows users with root access having hte machine blow up is NOT what the Linux movement needs! Please, PLEASE Lindows, try to make root access unavailable! I think if you MUST use root, have it a randomly picked password that only the "system" knows, and su to it automagically when a root function needs to be performed.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. This will be worse than The AOL Christmas years ago.
I have noticed that most people on slashdot are NOT computer scientists. They MAY be computer professionals, but couldnt give a flying f*** about technology. Like my old Car Mechanic. He fixes cars. Couldnt give a rat's ass about cars. It's just a job to him. However, my NEW mechanic LOVEs his work. Plays with car engines when he goes home. He's a GREAT mechanic. He will surpass my old mechanic in EVERY way. Why? Passion. Too many people here seem to be just "employees" of the IT industry. Too many naysayers. I thought we, as computer scientists (programmers, networkers, et al) are supposed to be the open minded ones. You can be a computer scientist and NOT work in the field. You are probably the SMART one! Why would you want to have your passion ruined by a bunch of vendor-whores and naysayers?
Hallelujah! Finally someone with a clue! You seem NOT to be a 20 yr old MS-Brainwashed kid. They always say that youth is what makes things move. But it seems that most of the youth nowadays don't give a crap. No conviction.
Have you ever GOTTEN VC money? Do you understand the concept of paying 100 people to develop? WHo's paying for it? The bank loan? Max out all your credit cards? Steal your kid's college money? Sometimes you NEED VC's,. and they KNOW this. They will own you, they now dictate what happens. "Do it this way". "NO". "Then we're pulling our money."
The most solid business plan in the world wont make a hell of a diff if you dont have the capital to support that business plan. It's a catch-22. You want to stay independant, yet they are your pimps.
Why would you use Outlook with friends? and Pine for everything else? WHy the hell should THEY care what you use!!?? It's like saying "I use the blue phone when I call friends, but when I make a business call. the blue phone will NEVER do. I use the RED phone"
I personally think the X-box is a piece of crap. I am not a gamer, but when I do have this strong desire to pplay a game, I go to blockbuster and rent a PS2. So, the other week, my buddy who is lawyer (it's funny seeing a 45 yr old man playing Halo!), bought himself an Xbox. Not being one to allow only HIM to play the cool games, I rented one from Blockbuster, out of the titles they had, 90% already existed on the PS2, then we had Halo. So I got Halo. it looked very pretty. Sound was fantastic (gotta love Bose!), but that was about it. I got bored after about 20 minutes. So i booted up my old crusty WInlaptop (it exists solely for the sims) and played that instead. Xbox is like WIndows. Pure vanity. It's like a beautiful chick, who is as dumb as a stump. Can't even boil water w/o screwing it up. You stay with her HOPING she might be the one. Then you just stay because "she looks darn purty. I'll boil my own water"
Umm..no..it proves there is no Linux GAMING market. When the PC first game out, Commodore rules the roost in the game division. One of the main reasons Commodore went under..it was just a toy, merely a GAME machine
I don't play video games (all right, I DO play the sims on a spare winlaptop I own), but I use Linux 99.9% of the time for EVERYTHING. Gamers are a small percentage of the user base. I remember during the Commodore era (80's for those too young to remember). The commodore had every game known to man, The IBM pc's had ZERO. Thats why "real" pcs were taken seriously. The commodore was laughed at because it was nothing but a toy..a game machine. Why bring linux down to a mere game machine? It is WAY too powerful for GAMES! Let WIndows do what it's good at! GAMES! Let Linux do what it's get at...getting REAL work done!
Actually, I have no concrete data. However, my grandfather who was IN the German Army during WWII knew of many Jews who were in high positions either because they lied and got papers proving they were of German Descent , or sold out and decided to work for the man. When it comes down to self-preservation, our survival instincts kick in. True, I made a pretty bad comparison (Nazi Germany being life-threatening, AOL NOT), the point I was making about holding onto your priniciples stands. How many millions did NOT lie, or sell out to the Nazis? There were very few who did. The ones who chose to hold on to their principles and religion I commend
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Well, if it makes you feel any better, about 8 yrs ago, I ran a perl script written by someone I met in IRC, and I didnt read the source first (A small 1 line perl script). You know what? If rm -rf'ed my home directory. Shit like this happens, and you learn from it.
Dude, that post is a joke. It's a mockery of the well known Linux troll post. Exchange Fat32 for ext3.. :)
Umm...do you even USE Linux? So, IF a program happened to rm -rf my home directory, my entire system would still work. I just restore my home directory from my last backup (months ago I believe)
I'm not an OSX user, but why would it be more susceptable to viruses? OS X is freeBSD based, and is as vulnerable as FeeBSD is, (which is not susceptible at all)
Before we had people who disagree with EVERYTHING thats ever posted on slashdot, this used to be a better website. Why the hell do you people who hate this site so much STAY here??? Go to www.windowsmag.com or zdnet or something! Sheesh!
It's not you're private property if you use WIndows. Your PC belongs to Gates and his minions/partners. Didnt you know thats it's like Faustus? You sell you privacy for the HONOR of using WIndows. And before people say "what if Linux has it?", thats' when I STOP using Linux!
Limewire for Linux CAN'T have a dll...there are none. How does a Java program have a dll anyway? I though Java was supposed to be cross platform, and have nothing but .class and/or .jar files...
I DON'T run windows!!!!!!
I use Linux. And since it IS OpenSource, if I don't scan thru the code, someone else will! It's reviewed by your peers. do you know ANYTHING about opensource??
Well,99% of Linux software is opensource, so you CAN'T put adware. The programs that are closed source, MIGHT have adware. But none of them do yet. Audiogalaxy is a superbly easy to use TEXT based interface.
Search for song, then download! The windows version makes me ANGRY
How come these people can get my report whenever they want, yet I can only get it once a year, and I have to PAY for it??
A good friend of mine wanted a new laptop. He's fiddled with Linux, and he loves it. He hates Windows, but has purchased WAAAAAAAAAY too many apps for it. I told him to get a mac laptop. He knows how great macs are, and he loves OS X. But he says, I'll have to spend the next 5 years buying software for a mac to replace what I have now.
I couldnt argue with him. However, he is NOT the only person in that scenario? What do we do with those people?
Well, I have a solution. The people that complain the most that "it has no apps" are people looking for Adobe software and Macromedia software. You can't blame LINUX because Adobe didn't port Photoshop!!!I've written letters upon letters to Adobe to port at least their flagship app. I get back a boilerplate reply. "Thank you for your interest in Adobe products..blah blah blah" Until we can convince Adobe or Macromedia (or at least JASC!) to port over SOMETHING, Linux may not please those people who need those apps. So, what should we do? Have a company PAY these companies to port thse programs???? Or have a jilted ex employee shell over some source?
I would have to say I am all for the legalization of drugs. I am not a drug user. I just believe it cleans out the gene pool. Why should I care what you put in your veins? if you rob me (I dont care WHY..you're a thief), you should be punished. Drugs or no drugs. What I do with my own body is my own business. I find it offensive that they spend MILLIONS of friggin dollars on drug busts and prostitution, while there are REAL criminals walking the streets.Thieves, murderers, etc. I dont care if he was on crack or he was on Peanut butter. He did a crime!
And how about Pay Per View executions? Do you know how much MONEY the govt would make? None of this lethal injection bullshit. Fry em! Throw em in a pot of boiling water! I dont care! Priorities in this country are WAY too fscked up.
People is the US are too PC to think for themselves. They change their tune though when it happens to them!
Why EXACTLY? I prefer Linux apps to Windows apps. If it's going to be EXACTLY the same, just use Windows!
I don't CARE if my wife's mom needs WOrd on Linux. I care if I have the apps I need on Linux.
There really isn't much TO learn with StarOffice/ OpenOffice (OpenOffice is better in my opinion).
If you know Word, you know StarOffice. A wordprocessor is a word processor is a word processor. If you want to get TECHNICAL, Linux has Corel Office, that can read Office files w/ absolute ease. If WORSE came to worse, I just fire up Win4Lin. (remotely thru SSH of course!)
Running as root? I did that back in 1989 when I first used Solaris. back then,I didnt know shit. I LEARNED! Root access is a scary thing. LInux needs as little bad press as it can right now. These are very volatile times. Having Lindows users with root access having hte machine blow up is NOT what the Linux movement needs! Please, PLEASE Lindows, try to make root access unavailable! I think if you MUST use root, have it a randomly picked password that only the "system" knows, and su to it automagically when a root function needs to be performed.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. This will be worse than The AOL Christmas years ago.
Yes..I consider Knuth a scientist. He is not just a mere crakftsman. Is engineer a better word? A Technologist, maybe?
I have noticed that most people on slashdot are NOT computer scientists. They MAY be computer professionals, but couldnt give a flying f*** about technology. Like my old Car Mechanic. He fixes cars. Couldnt give a rat's ass about cars. It's just a job to him. However, my NEW mechanic LOVEs his work. Plays with car engines when he goes home. He's a GREAT mechanic. He will surpass my old mechanic in EVERY way. Why? Passion. Too many people here seem to be just "employees" of the IT industry. Too many naysayers. I thought we, as computer scientists (programmers, networkers, et al) are supposed to be the open minded ones. You can be a computer scientist and NOT work in the field. You are probably the SMART one! Why would you want to have your passion ruined by a bunch of vendor-whores and naysayers?
Hallelujah! Finally someone with a clue! You seem NOT to be a 20 yr old MS-Brainwashed kid. They always say that youth is what makes things move. But it seems that most of the youth nowadays don't give a crap. No conviction.
Have you ever GOTTEN VC money? Do you understand the concept of paying 100 people to develop? WHo's paying for it? The bank loan? Max out all your credit cards? Steal your kid's college money? Sometimes you NEED VC's,. and they KNOW this. They will own you, they now dictate what happens. "Do it this way". "NO". "Then we're pulling our money."
The most solid business plan in the world wont make a hell of a diff if you dont have the capital to support that business plan. It's a catch-22. You want to stay independant, yet they are your pimps.
Why would you use Outlook with friends? and Pine for everything else? WHy the hell should THEY care what you use!!?? It's like saying "I use the blue phone when I call friends, but when I make a business call. the blue phone will NEVER do. I use the RED phone"
I personally think the X-box is a piece of crap. I am not a gamer, but when I do have this strong desire to pplay a game, I go to blockbuster and rent a PS2. So, the other week, my buddy who is lawyer (it's funny seeing a 45 yr old man playing Halo!), bought himself an Xbox. Not being one to allow only HIM to play the cool games, I rented one from Blockbuster, out of the titles they had, 90% already existed on the PS2, then we had Halo. So I got Halo. it looked very pretty. Sound was fantastic (gotta love Bose!), but that was about it. I got bored after about 20 minutes. So i booted up my old crusty WInlaptop (it exists solely for the sims) and played that instead. Xbox is like WIndows. Pure vanity. It's like a beautiful chick, who is as dumb as a stump. Can't even boil water w/o screwing it up. You stay with her HOPING she might be the one. Then you just stay because "she looks darn purty. I'll boil my own water"
Umm..no..it proves there is no Linux GAMING market. When the PC first game out, Commodore rules the roost in the game division. One of the main reasons Commodore went under..it was just a toy, merely a GAME machine
I don't play video games (all right, I DO play the sims on a spare winlaptop I own), but I use Linux 99.9% of the time for EVERYTHING. Gamers are a small percentage of the user base. I remember during the Commodore era (80's for those too young to remember). The commodore had every game known to man, The IBM pc's had ZERO. Thats why "real" pcs were taken seriously. The commodore was laughed at because it was nothing but a toy..a game machine. Why bring linux down to a mere game machine? It is WAY too powerful for GAMES! Let WIndows do what it's good at! GAMES! Let Linux do what it's get at...getting REAL work done!
Actually, I have no concrete data. However, my grandfather who was IN the German Army during WWII knew of many Jews who were in high positions either because they lied and got papers proving they were of German Descent , or sold out and decided to work for the man. When it comes down to self-preservation, our survival instincts kick in. True, I made a pretty bad comparison (Nazi Germany being life-threatening, AOL NOT), the point I was making about holding onto your priniciples stands. How many millions did NOT lie, or sell out to the Nazis? There were very few who did. The ones who chose to hold on to their principles and religion I commend