Those games you love to play on Windows? GIve them up.
But also:
Those mp3s and DVDs? Don't expect them to play out-of-the-box. I'm serious.
Considering the hoops that I had to go through to make Mandrake do multimedia AND DVDs, your friend might as well be as skilled as 'Mr. decss' Johansen to get video or music playback.
Don't call them a boxed set of Linux CDs; call them a botched set of Linux. Period. The only ones singing Mandriva praises are those who've cut their teeth on previous editions, who've hung out in the forums, who know what a wiki is, and who have Linux as their middle name, not Joe Sixpack.
Here I was, thinking that scientists have found a way to make rivers bring water to parched land where irrigation could help make the land more productive for starving nations,
And the things, while not the greatest gaming systems (Internationa BUSINESS Machines anyone?)
One of the things I noticed with the Lenovos is that they have better graphics capabilities now (or was it towards the last days with IBM? somebody correct me if I'm wrong). Maybe not for turbocharged gaming, but at least for higher resolution displays, multihead, and widescreen DVD viewing. Xgl anyone?
I've noticed they are something to brag about now, instead of jsut reading 'integrated video' as one of the features. I'd like to hear from a Lenovo owner.
Be careful, you might break the fingers of the next programmer who will develop uber-realistic bouncing boobies in the holodeck-playable version of "Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball"
hard-coded, inviolable laws are a very, very bad thing, and taken to their ultimate end, could result in the human race basically being reduced to animals in a robot zoo!
No. I believe that when they are taken to the ultimate end, it could result in a very, very bad movie.
Please, please tell me that you even play the Quake "Denied!" for invalid logons, so that I can live vicariously through you.
And good karma I wish upon you, if you always have someone try out that unsuccessful logon whenever you open up your laptop, just to let them know Who's The Man.
And you are the sh*t if you play Rocket Arena's "Impressive!" when you've finished the job and you're stowing away the laptop. To which you reply to your Alienware, Now now stop it.
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If you look at how I've described it, it's almost like breaking-up
Didn't realize that It's not you, it's me applied to tech support as well. Man, that Seinfeld is a genius! Or was it George?
Not only should you warn your friends:
Those games you love to play on Windows? GIve them up.
But also:
Those mp3s and DVDs? Don't expect them to play out-of-the-box. I'm serious.
Considering the hoops that I had to go through to make Mandrake do multimedia AND DVDs, your friend might as well be as skilled as 'Mr. decss' Johansen to get video or music playback.
Don't call them a boxed set of Linux CDs; call them a botched set of Linux. Period. The only ones singing Mandriva praises are those who've cut their teeth on previous editions, who've hung out in the forums, who know what a wiki is, and who have Linux as their middle name, not Joe Sixpack.
and that's only the part that says '...not to be used while operating heavy machinery or during pregnancy'
or having a worrying chemical aftertaste
Dude, you're supposed to drink it from the top.
...the third box (supposedly containing Return of the Jedi), will be empty, and still retain the original title Revenge of the Jedi.
Here I was, thinking that scientists have found a way to make rivers bring water to parched land where irrigation could help make the land more productive for starving nations,
and all we have are some serious overclockers.
I'd hate to be at a LAN party with these guys.
Or did Slashdot use up all their !!!!! during the infamous OMG! Ponies!!! issue...
There has to be a happy medium that we can implement here.
Hear! Hear! I, for one, would like to have Beer fridays, like ze Germans (or was it Belgians?) in corporate offices.
Of course, after a couple pints, European, too! (repeat loudly)
What else did the peasants call us?
And the things, while not the greatest gaming systems (Internationa BUSINESS Machines anyone?)
One of the things I noticed with the Lenovos is that they have better graphics capabilities now (or was it towards the last days with IBM? somebody correct me if I'm wrong). Maybe not for turbocharged gaming, but at least for higher resolution displays, multihead, and widescreen DVD viewing. Xgl anyone?
I've noticed they are something to brag about now, instead of jsut reading 'integrated video' as one of the features. I'd like to hear from a Lenovo owner.
...but not one asking the most important question of all:
WIll the mirrors make the enemy look fat?
some club diva in a cage is singing some bull about climbing mountains and reaching for the sky
Don't forget:
Rivers and seas boiling, earthquakes, volcanoes, the dead rising from the grave, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!
That brass nameplate on the top of the desk? It says 'Bill Gates' on the front.
But if you moved around to where he's sitting, it says, 'World's Richest Man'.
Waitaminit, I thought being a Mac fanboi was counterculture! So booting to Linux must be countercounterculture!
/* ditches black (mock)turtleneck
Honey, where's my tie-dye shirt? And my birkenstocks? My stash? I mean, my cash!?
Lexus 6? Used Off-world as slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets. And parallel parking in the city.
but I think I've already dowloaded most of those
C'mon, you can admit you've downloaded all of them, even Brokeback Mountain.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
He actually carries an Ipod around whenever he has to sit in a meeting with Ballmer...
Be careful, you might break the fingers of the next programmer who will develop uber-realistic bouncing boobies in the holodeck-playable version of "Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball"
hard-coded, inviolable laws are a very, very bad thing, and taken to their ultimate end, could result in the human race basically being reduced to animals in a robot zoo!
No. I believe that when they are taken to the ultimate end, it could result in a very, very bad movie.
I mean, come on:
1. Hoax pulled off by Chinese bloggers
2. WinXP on a Mac
3. Novell's Linux Desktop to catch on
Are you fellas warming up for the Big Day, or something?
it'll probably slow down my compile times
Note to self: next sourceforge project: OpenGL blurscope for kernel compilations.
Initiate project after: Current sourceforge project for mplayer script to play Memento DVD in correct chronological sequence.
And somewhere out there, the SysAdmins at METArt are wondering about a curious spike that just took place mid-morning on the 8th of March 2006...
The dialogue commences:
'Guys, I think I've heard of an occurrence like this somewhere before. I believe it's called...I can't remember...the reindeer effect?'
The others look up from their terminals, checking to see if the guy was totally serious.
Please, please tell me that you even play the Quake "Denied!" for invalid logons, so that I can live vicariously through you.
And good karma I wish upon you, if you always have someone try out that unsuccessful logon whenever you open up your laptop, just to let them know Who's The Man.
And you are the sh*t if you play Rocket Arena's "Impressive!" when you've finished the job and you're stowing away the laptop. To which you reply to your Alienware, Now now stop it.
It exists purely to pander to the lowest common denominator
...and Simpsons fans.
You insensitive clod!
I believe it is time to officially retire the phrase 'apples to oranges'.
At least on Slashdot.