That being said, just to stay on topic, the Gameboy remained popular for a different reason. It's competition came along too late to do anything. The GB had far too great a library of games to compete with it. The end result is: like Windows, the technically inferior product has all the good software. And without decent support, technical superiority don't mean jack.
In case you hadn't noticed, I was joking. It's called satire. I own a GB. MY GameBoy is a POS, but that's because it's been beaten to rat-crap. What I meant was that just like Windows, there's been no significant improvements in it over the years.
And I sure as hell hope nobody thought I seriously thought Nintendo should be sued for Antitrust. If they did, they should go ask someone what a smiley is.
And screw you, whichever moderator slapped down my last post just because I insulted the GB. Take a lesson from Foogle about how to disagree with someone without being an asshole.
In that respect, the GB really strongly resembles windows. It was crappy when it first came out, and all they've really done to it is make it prettier.
If the teacher had a far side with a kid with an F and thought it was funny then yeah you would have made a point.
You're missing the point. User friendly isn't making fun of people who just don't know what they're doing. They're making fun of people who ARE stupid. They don't make fun of people who call up and say, "I don't know what user name to put in", they're making fun of people who say, "I put MY name in the slot and it doesn't work!". The difference is that the former person acknowledges their lack of ability, whereas the latter makes no attempt to learn and thinks the system should revolve around him/her.
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Doesn't the fact that this is a Linux problem make it irrelevant for the masses? With one exception, everyone I know who uses Linux at all has at least some semblance of a brain, and doesn't fall into hype.
Besides, this bug will likely be fixed as a side effect of converting to a 64bit operating system before that happens. Any computer that isn't upgraded just falls under the 'it was too damned old to function' pile, and if they still really need that outdated POS, they can just change the damned date.
BTW, the Alpha version of Linux is 64bit, isn't it? Would it be affected by Y2.038K in the same way?
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I've seen problems with My Briefcase under Win98 which seem to be Y2K related, even though both computers in question seem to read the date just fine in both BIOS and OS. When you try to update a file, it says it doesn't need updating, then crashes.
This is getting a little off topic, but... I'm not an advocate of Gun Control (hell, I'm not even American), but it's not about having the government control YOUR life. It's about having the government control all the irresponsible assholes out there that you CAN'T trust.
And while on one hand, the NRA just wants to protect civil rights, on the other hand, they won't let the government pass a bill that says you have to put a trigger lock on your gun. There are two sides to every story.
Now, I'm not saying that the DVDCCA is morally justified in their position, but you have to understand that they're just trying to protect themselves from people that are basically trying to screw them over. Side with the DeCSS people if you want (I do), but don't villify the DVDCCA unconditionally. They're only covering their asses.
I can't believe that a respectable news organization like CNN would post this kind of crap. The DVD people brought this upon themselves by not writing Linux software. They must have had at least ONE engineer that knew of Linux, and they should have known that the kind of people who run Linux were going to figure out for themselves how to make their DVD-ROM drives something more than overpriced CD-ROM drives.
Besides which, it was a waste of time to bother encrypting them in the first place. They should have expected things like this to happen. This is just another example of the commercial media industry abusing their positions for the sake of pure bloody-minded capitalism.
Maybe I'm just ignorant, but I don't understand that comment. I take it the comment was intended to be negative in nature, and I don't understand that either. IMHO, only commercial software should be closed-source. If you're not going to sell it, GPL it!
I have to differ with you here. Nobody here is trying blindly to run everything on Linux. I, as well as any other reasonably competent computer person, realize that every OS has it's strengths and weaknesses.
No, Linux isn't suited to every application. However, as a somewhat non-mainstream OS, it does need pushing for what it CAN do. I would be interested in hearing your reasoning, though. Please enlighten us as to what you think is wrong with it. The ability to correct weaknesses is one of the strongest points of Open-source OSes.
Also, while I don't mean to criticize, you will probably find that more people take your opinions seriously if you make an effort to make your sentences gramatically correct and properly capitalized. After all, on the Internet, the only things people can judge you on are your opinions and your typing.
except that he IS crazy enough to actually change his name to something that nobody wants to say everytime they talk to him
This isn't anything new either. Last year one of the local radio stations here in Vancouver had a contestant legally change their name to Heywood Jablomie just for a CHANCE to win the contest. This is just another case of the media finding something they like the sound of and blowing it out of proportion.
This is just like the news media's latching onto the idea of Y2K. All of us knew nothing major was going to happen, but the media just wanted a story to cover. Hell, even now that January 1st has passed, they're still trying to milk the story by saying that business computers won't be started up until monday.
'Airframe', by Michael Chrichton has a quote in the preface, I forget who by.
"The beauty of the information age is that it has given new value to uninformed opinion."
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That being said, just to stay on topic, the Gameboy remained popular for a different reason. It's competition came along too late to do anything. The GB had far too great a library of games to compete with it. The end result is: like Windows, the technically inferior product has all the good software. And without decent support, technical superiority don't mean jack.
MY GameBoy is a POS, but that's because it's been beaten to rat-crap. What I meant was that just like Windows, there's been no significant improvements in it over the years.
And I sure as hell hope nobody thought I seriously thought Nintendo should be sued for Antitrust. If they did, they should go ask someone what a smiley is.
And screw you, whichever moderator slapped down my last post just because I insulted the GB. Take a lesson from Foogle about how to disagree with someone without being an asshole.
Someone, quick, sue Nintendo for antitrust! :)
You're missing the point. User friendly isn't making fun of people who just don't know what they're doing. They're making fun of people who ARE stupid. They don't make fun of people who call up and say, "I don't know what user name to put in", they're making fun of people who say, "I put MY name in the slot and it doesn't work!". The difference is that the former person acknowledges their lack of ability, whereas the latter makes no attempt to learn and thinks the system should revolve around him/her.
Besides, this bug will likely be fixed as a side effect of converting to a 64bit operating system before that happens. Any computer that isn't upgraded just falls under the 'it was too damned old to function' pile, and if they still really need that outdated POS, they can just change the damned date.
BTW, the Alpha version of Linux is 64bit, isn't it? Would it be affected by Y2.038K in the same way?
I've seen problems with My Briefcase under Win98 which seem to be Y2K related, even though both computers in question seem to read the date just fine in both BIOS and OS. When you try to update a file, it says it doesn't need updating, then crashes.
I'm not an advocate of Gun Control (hell, I'm not even American), but it's not about having the government control YOUR life. It's about having the government control all the irresponsible assholes out there that you CAN'T trust.
And while on one hand, the NRA just wants to protect civil rights, on the other hand, they won't let the government pass a bill that says you have to put a trigger lock on your gun. There are two sides to every story.
Now, I'm not saying that the DVDCCA is morally justified in their position, but you have to understand that they're just trying to protect themselves from people that are basically trying to screw them over. Side with the DeCSS people if you want (I do), but don't villify the DVDCCA unconditionally. They're only covering their asses.
Besides which, it was a waste of time to bother encrypting them in the first place. They should have expected things like this to happen. This is just another example of the commercial media industry abusing their positions for the sake of pure bloody-minded capitalism.
Maybe I'm just ignorant, but I don't understand that comment.
I take it the comment was intended to be negative in nature, and I don't understand that either. IMHO, only commercial software should be closed-source. If you're not going to sell it, GPL it!
No, Linux isn't suited to every application. However, as a somewhat non-mainstream OS, it does need pushing for what it CAN do. I would be interested in hearing your reasoning, though. Please enlighten us as to what you think is wrong with it. The ability to correct weaknesses is one of the strongest points of Open-source OSes.
Also, while I don't mean to criticize, you will probably find that more people take your opinions seriously if you make an effort to make your sentences gramatically correct and properly capitalized. After all, on the Internet, the only things people can judge you on are your opinions and your typing.
This isn't anything new either. Last year one of the local radio stations here in Vancouver had a contestant legally change their name to Heywood Jablomie just for a CHANCE to win the contest. This is just another case of the media finding something they like the sound of and blowing it out of proportion.
'Airframe', by Michael Chrichton has a quote in the preface, I forget who by.
"The beauty of the information age is that it has given new value to uninformed opinion."
This excludes us, of course. :)