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-iMac ...is Apple any better? I sometimes flinch when I talk about Oggs or the GIMP, but Apple's names sound pretty cheesy too. I think any name for software is going to strike the wrong nerve with someone, because everyone has their own personal tastes. Even the GNOME apps with names like 'Web Browser', and 'Text Editor' (not their real names, but what the environment - and by extension, the user - refers to them as) are boring and ordinary. Your name can be the stupidest thing in the world, but at least people will remember it, which is all that counts.
That's very true, and that is how science should be done. However, sometimes scientists are unwilling to give up their 'pet theories' and persist in chasing rainbows. I've also heard it said that "The point [of a scientific experiment] is not to discover new things; it is to make yourself look good." Or something along those lines.
I had this great quote in my head, and I'm reading through the ~100 comments on the page thinking "YES! No one's said that yet!"... then I found yours at the very bottom.
You've gotta love the mindset of "We didn't validate our hypothesis, our tests must be flawed."
No worries, due to the nature of Ubuntu, I just download and burn another CD at virtually no cost. All my documents are already backed up on a USB stick, so I don't lose anything. I don't even have to dig for program CD's, its just a simple apt-get install . I hardly even blink.
I of course would never do that to my friend, though (but leaving a LiveCD in their drive so they think I installed it...)
If you're concerned about a friend running Windows, does that mean you break into their house at night, steal all their install CDs, and perform a clean install of Ubuntu on all their computers?
the network being down already makes them nearly useless for probably 70% or more of the population.
I must be in the other 30% then. I'm a student, and my teacher would kill me if I said I couldn't write a report because my word processor was internet-based. I can research out of textbooks, but I'll be danged if I have to write reports out by hand because some group of 'experts' told me I wasn't good enough to have my own software!
That's a surprise. No "I'm going to bleeping kill Oracle" or "Larry Ellison is a bleeping bleep"?
He just quietly threw his chair and went back to work.
"The probability of these events may be very low"
Isn't there some collary to Murphy's Law that says that if a series of events can go wrong, they will do so in the worst possible order? (Also, at the worst possible time)
The ACLU knows nothing about the Constitution anyway. They always try to silence anyone who dares to believe in a God, regardless of the Constitutional right to speak freely about your religion (First Ammendment, 'no law prohibiting the expression thereof'). Also, John Adams himself said the Constitution only applies to 'a moral and religious people,' something the ACLU doesn't understand. They're always trying to mess with our freedoms and our rights, and I think its time we stood up to them. Is it not written that 'whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness'?
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Or that search company...what's it called? Gloople? Gorgon? Giggle?
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...is Apple any better? I sometimes flinch when I talk about Oggs or the GIMP, but Apple's names sound pretty cheesy too. I think any name for software is going to strike the wrong nerve with someone, because everyone has their own personal tastes. Even the GNOME apps with names like 'Web Browser', and 'Text Editor' (not their real names, but what the environment - and by extension, the user - refers to them as) are boring and ordinary. Your name can be the stupidest thing in the world, but at least people will remember it, which is all that counts.
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Great...extraterrestrial beach resorts...
That's very true, and that is how science should be done. However, sometimes scientists are unwilling to give up their 'pet theories' and persist in chasing rainbows. I've also heard it said that "The point [of a scientific experiment] is not to discover new things; it is to make yourself look good." Or something along those lines.
Macs are over priced, but people pay that premium because they want an Apple product.
Or, they just want to use OS X and have barely any other legal option.
I had this great quote in my head, and I'm reading through the ~100 comments on the page thinking "YES! No one's said that yet!"... then I found yours at the very bottom.
You've gotta love the mindset of "We didn't validate our hypothesis, our tests must be flawed."
Does she have a younger sister?
Mine would have taken less time, but I was too busy figuring out exactly how long one hours was.
The grammar troll strikes again!
Byzantium. Byzantine is an adjective.
No worries, due to the nature of Ubuntu, I just download and burn another CD at virtually no cost. All my documents are already backed up on a USB stick, so I don't lose anything. I don't even have to dig for program CD's, its just a simple apt-get install . I hardly even blink.
I of course would never do that to my friend, though (but leaving a LiveCD in their drive so they think I installed it...)
You mean they're gonna start supporting XBMC?
If you're concerned about a friend running Windows, does that mean you break into their house at night, steal all their install CDs, and perform a clean install of Ubuntu on all their computers?
You say that like it's a bad thing...
the network being down already makes them nearly useless for probably 70% or more of the population.
I must be in the other 30% then. I'm a student, and my teacher would kill me if I said I couldn't write a report because my word processor was internet-based. I can research out of textbooks, but I'll be danged if I have to write reports out by hand because some group of 'experts' told me I wasn't good enough to have my own software!
They're planning to make an offer to buy Canonical. From what I've seen, they're arrogant enough to try.
Ballmer was at a loss for words.
That's a surprise. No "I'm going to bleeping kill Oracle" or "Larry Ellison is a bleeping bleep"? He just quietly threw his chair and went back to work.
"The probability of these events may be very low"
Isn't there some collary to Murphy's Law that says that if a series of events can go wrong, they will do so in the worst possible order? (Also, at the worst possible time)
The ACLU knows nothing about the Constitution anyway. They always try to silence anyone who dares to believe in a God, regardless of the Constitutional right to speak freely about your religion (First Ammendment, 'no law prohibiting the expression thereof'). Also, John Adams himself said the Constitution only applies to 'a moral and religious people,' something the ACLU doesn't understand. They're always trying to mess with our freedoms and our rights, and I think its time we stood up to them. Is it not written that 'whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness'?