It seems to be their bet-the-farm strategy. Betcha that it ships with a Linux driver, if everything's squared away on the USB end (I wouldn't know - not a Linux user).
And if everything isn't squared away, expect some IBM assistance in that area...
While it's certainly true that this person is a thief, that's hardly true of the entire Linux community. Some of the rhetoric spouted by the more vocal members of the community may encourage this sort of conduct, but the vast majority of computer users, regardless of whether or not they run Linux or Windows, has no problem supporting those sites they frequent.
Because that would delay Doom3 by another year while they built an OS and all the drivers for all our hardware from scratch.
It took Microsoft eight years to get Windows right. Do you really think one man, even a man whose work I highly respect, could finish such an undertaking in time for the release of Doom3 and still develop a renderer and net code?
Um... Linux is built as a server OS. It makes sense to run the servers on that.
That said, I have no problems running the server on my NT machine either... but the client runs much slower than on, say, 98. Why? Because NT wasn't built with those standard libraries for sound, some graphics (yeah, GL is there, but other than that), networking, or any of that.
Leave Linux to run the server and either get those standards in place or find a client OS that does.
We've all seen this before. And we're not affected if we see it again. I, for one, am completely desensitized to goatsex. (God, that sounds bad when I read it.)
Really, I mean it. By now, the hardened veterans of the internet are used to this. After all, it's just an asshole - much like yourself.
I've always said that the problem with Linux is going to be its users. While most of them are mature and reasonable people, willing to work as a community towards common goals, for some reason the people who get all the attention are the petty children who do things like this. It's as if they find the loudest idiot in the crowd and give him a microphone.
To whoever did this - way to set things back a good six months.
To whoever is contemplating emulating this behavior - think again about its impact upon the community.
To the rest of you, the mature Linux user - thank you.
Linux isn't going to make it in the home market. Think about it... did Unix make it? Raise your hands if you know how to use Unix. Good; now keep them up if your mother knows how. Hey, where'd you all go?
There's a reason why Windows sells so well - all the easy apps are written for it. Yeah, Office is a gross oversimplification, and don't even get me started on AOL, but at least you don't have to compile them before using them. And if you don't? Go without needed updates or be at the mercy of others to do it for you.
If Linux is to make it to desktops, it'll be in the scientific community, with a support staff to handle this stuff for the researchers. There, its extensibility and ease of modification will blow Windows out of the water. But for Joe Schmo who just wants to e-mail his kids at college? Linux is cracking an egg with a drill press. Wrong tool, too much power - same mess.
I enjoy homecoming a lot more now that I'm in college than I did in high school, but if I felt then as I do now, I'd be happy it was there.
A "true" homecoming is rather entertaining, actually, where all the old alumni come back and we get to find out what the house and the campus used to be like.
Agreed. This sort of thing happened a lot during high school.
I, a classical "nerd", hung out with nearly everyone in high school. I was well liked (except by a few hard-core "jocks", the rest of the athletes actually rather liked me), ate my lunch in the "nerd" clique, then spent my nights at the pool hall with the stoners. When, of course, I wasn't hanging out with the band or theater groups. It was all pretty open-ended, and people who could get along with others easily were pretty much welcome everywhere.
Point is, social circles aren't nearly as ironclad as they seem in high school. This sort of "us against them" mentality serves no one.
An impassioned speaker who truly has a moment to connect with his audience (and if they voted him in, he had that) could easily have made a powerful statement for the social underdogs.
If you care, you can make others do the same, if only for a moment. That might be all it takes sometimes.
Or I might be wrong. I've never been to his high school.
Don't run if you don't plan to accept. I would have accepted and given a speech rather than ungratefully ignoring the attention of the student body.
This kid was just plain selfish. He could have given everyone a voice who couldn't speak for themself, and instead he wanted to show off that he could walk away.
A suspension, however, is totally out of line for this sort of thing. He should have been escorted out and a new king chosen on the spot. But a suspension is uncalled for.
Forget it. They're putting a lot of effort into the encryption, since it's pivotal to their business model.
This isn't going to be like CSS where you're dealing with an industry that until recently ignored us and doesn't understand the issues involved. You're going up against a much larger target this time.
Besides, suppose you do get the games running. They get the license fees. They get the money. What do they care? You're playing the games and they get the money, plus they don't have to take a loss on the console. Sounds like you're just making it easier on ol' Billy Boy. And God forbid a Linux user do that... heavens no.
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It seems to be their bet-the-farm strategy. Betcha that it ships with a Linux driver, if everything's squared away on the USB end (I wouldn't know - not a Linux user).
And if everything isn't squared away, expect some IBM assistance in that area...
They're still around, and they're a "software company".
My freshman year, a friend in CS had the project of writing a program to convert C++ code to Java (or maybe it was the other way around).
He pulled it off (I can't remember if the code had to compile and execute, or just look right)... and C# is patterned on Java is patterned on C++.
Where are we now?
Playing our Dreamcasts. Meanwhile, you wait for your PS2 to come in.
Enjoy.
To all the people who don't know why this was modded up...
It was FUNNY!
Get a sense of humor, already. Jeez.
While it's certainly true that this person is a thief, that's hardly true of the entire Linux community. Some of the rhetoric spouted by the more vocal members of the community may encourage this sort of conduct, but the vast majority of computer users, regardless of whether or not they run Linux or Windows, has no problem supporting those sites they frequent.
I understand that part of the deal is they have to open AIM.
Finally, we'll get some standardization going on and I'll be able to talk to people regardless of client.
Of course, everything else about this deal seems to suck...
They already found and exploited the flaw in the current system of voting...
Sega's got one in the works. Use that. Or, if it's an atapi drive, use the interface.
Because that would delay Doom3 by another year while they built an OS and all the drivers for all our hardware from scratch.
It took Microsoft eight years to get Windows right. Do you really think one man, even a man whose work I highly respect, could finish such an undertaking in time for the release of Doom3 and still develop a renderer and net code?
Um... Linux is built as a server OS. It makes sense to run the servers on that.
That said, I have no problems running the server on my NT machine either... but the client runs much slower than on, say, 98. Why? Because NT wasn't built with those standard libraries for sound, some graphics (yeah, GL is there, but other than that), networking, or any of that.
Leave Linux to run the server and either get those standards in place or find a client OS that does.
OK, that might be shocking.
I'll just close my eyes and pretend it's all a bad Photoshop filter.
... not even goatse.cx.
We've all seen this before. And we're not affected if we see it again. I, for one, am completely desensitized to goatsex. (God, that sounds bad when I read it.)
Really, I mean it. By now, the hardened veterans of the internet are used to this. After all, it's just an asshole - much like yourself.
I've always said that the problem with Linux is going to be its users. While most of them are mature and reasonable people, willing to work as a community towards common goals, for some reason the people who get all the attention are the petty children who do things like this. It's as if they find the loudest idiot in the crowd and give him a microphone.
To whoever did this - way to set things back a good six months.
To whoever is contemplating emulating this behavior - think again about its impact upon the community.
To the rest of you, the mature Linux user - thank you.
Linux isn't going to make it in the home market. Think about it... did Unix make it? Raise your hands if you know how to use Unix. Good; now keep them up if your mother knows how. Hey, where'd you all go? There's a reason why Windows sells so well - all the easy apps are written for it. Yeah, Office is a gross oversimplification, and don't even get me started on AOL, but at least you don't have to compile them before using them. And if you don't? Go without needed updates or be at the mercy of others to do it for you. If Linux is to make it to desktops, it'll be in the scientific community, with a support staff to handle this stuff for the researchers. There, its extensibility and ease of modification will blow Windows out of the water. But for Joe Schmo who just wants to e-mail his kids at college? Linux is cracking an egg with a drill press. Wrong tool, too much power - same mess.
vi is the bastard child of Satan. 'nuff said.
Then again, I actually LIKE Visual Studio, so many of you will discredit my opinion right off the bat.
because some people enjoy it.
I enjoy homecoming a lot more now that I'm in college than I did in high school, but if I felt then as I do now, I'd be happy it was there.
A "true" homecoming is rather entertaining, actually, where all the old alumni come back and we get to find out what the house and the campus used to be like.
Agreed. This sort of thing happened a lot during high school.
I, a classical "nerd", hung out with nearly everyone in high school. I was well liked (except by a few hard-core "jocks", the rest of the athletes actually rather liked me), ate my lunch in the "nerd" clique, then spent my nights at the pool hall with the stoners. When, of course, I wasn't hanging out with the band or theater groups. It was all pretty open-ended, and people who could get along with others easily were pretty much welcome everywhere.
Point is, social circles aren't nearly as ironclad as they seem in high school. This sort of "us against them" mentality serves no one.
An impassioned speaker who truly has a moment to connect with his audience (and if they voted him in, he had that) could easily have made a powerful statement for the social underdogs.
If you care, you can make others do the same, if only for a moment. That might be all it takes sometimes.
Or I might be wrong. I've never been to his high school.
Don't run if you don't plan to accept. I would have accepted and given a speech rather than ungratefully ignoring the attention of the student body.
This kid was just plain selfish. He could have given everyone a voice who couldn't speak for themself, and instead he wanted to show off that he could walk away.
A suspension, however, is totally out of line for this sort of thing. He should have been escorted out and a new king chosen on the spot. But a suspension is uncalled for.
Sure.....
/me reminds self to quit feeding you fuckers...
I don't get it. He's talking about how much Guinness rocks. And it is good beer; in his opinion (and mine) the best of beers.
Uhhh... The militia's everyone, my friend.
Now my question is, where's my training and regulation? I think the government owes me a few weeks weapons training...
You're pretty fucking sick. That's all there is to it.
This guy finds something really bad and does the right thing, and you accuse him.
Forget it. They're putting a lot of effort into the encryption, since it's pivotal to their business model.
This isn't going to be like CSS where you're dealing with an industry that until recently ignored us and doesn't understand the issues involved. You're going up against a much larger target this time.
Besides, suppose you do get the games running. They get the license fees. They get the money. What do they care? You're playing the games and they get the money, plus they don't have to take a loss on the console. Sounds like you're just making it easier on ol' Billy Boy. And God forbid a Linux user do that... heavens no.