The OS did not stop Photoshop from running. PhotoShop stopped itself from running when the moron who wrote this article (?) replaced a DLL (that belongs to PhotoShop) to circumvent the program's own security features.
Well of course it's slower! Haven't you heard? GNU+Linux gives your computer freedom and rights. You think these extra benefits don't give your computer more to deal with? Use a proprietary Microsoft OS if you want to run without these glorious things. It's going to be faster, but only because Microsoft LIMITS what your computer can do.
Stallman helped you become Free, now you're complaining about the extra cost of Freedom? Shame on you.
Not sure who modded you insightful, but I'm betting it wasn't cat owners. Regardless, you are quite wrong. Cats have natural hunting instincts which are evident when watching cats play with toys or chasing a thrown object.
A friend of mine who breeds gerbils gave me one of her pets for my cat to enjoy. I released it in the house and watched as my cat stalked and killed it within minutes. He acted no different than any other cat you might observe in the wild. Mind you, this is a house cat that has NEVER been outside or exposed to other cats. While dogs have lost much of their ability to hunt, cats have not lost these abilities even after being domesticated.
Windows users, in general, have never demanded a secure OS, so Microsoft's never really had any reason to give them one.
Demanded or not, just like Linux, this was a security problem that was found and a patch was released to the public. Users either refused to install the patch or had Windows Update disabled for a variety of stupid reasons.
When the ax falls, who are people going to blame? Certainly not themselves.
I had far less problems with ME than either 98 or 95, though to my credit I removed System Restore and several other added features that may have given others problems.
I didn't miss ME when I switched to XP because the advantages of NT were pretty clear even before I made the move. I suspect many other people don't miss ME for the same reasons.
You yourself are a well known troll, but I'll bite.
He is indeed off topic, but he's right. That prompted you to mention that Linux wasn't at fault. Problem is, the post you replied to made no claim that Linux was insecure. At all. The insecurity lies in you, which is why make the absurd claim that Linux is ready for mainstream use.
You should not have been modded troll, but a zealot must have stung you. I would agree with how you feel about the fonts, but more so that Linux works and looks like something you'd grab from the software bin at the Salvation Army or Goodwill Store.
I kid you not, but I am responsible for three people switching to Linux this week alone, running XP in virtualbox
Well, good for you! I've converted 4 Linux users to Windows since the start of the month. They didn't like the lack of software support. The amateurish design. The sluggishness of the interface.
Your fuzzy math aside, it's funny how when Novell pulls a number out of it's ass, you gladly take it. But numbers that make Linux look bad? Well..... those just aren't right!
Didn't anyone watch the video closely? Look at 0:38. This is your typical Linux desktop. The picture not only opens slow, but first appears scrambled, then finally looks like it's supposed to. This is very sloppy. The overall speed of the KDE desktop is very sluggish and slow. Moving windows, maximizing or minimizing, opened or closed, it all appears very labored. I've yet to see a single Linux setup that was fast and responsive, no matter if a high end 3d card was used with the default drivers or proprietary ones. This video lives up to my expectations. Linux is very weak in the graphics department.
Any why am I not surprised this particular piece of journalistic fluff comes from Australia? I know it's bad to stereotype, but most of the Australians I've met seem to harbor a large amount of contempt for anything related to the United States. All the better for Linux, since it gives them a way to distance themselves from a large American company (i.e. Microsoft).
The Ritual is getting rid of crapware. In the past, I've done this by reinstalling the OS and drivers.
You didn't have to go through this ritual. Rather than spend a little time with the righttools, you decide to scrap it all and start from scratch, only to dump all that and move to Linux? Something about this story doesn't add up, and I'm quite sure you omitted any problems you've ever had with Linux, both in terms of it's configuration and problem solving, but that's a whole other fish.
Like it or not, if your solution to any windows problem is "Format and Reinstall", you really don't know what you're doing. Given that your move to Linux was so easy, you were quite capable of learning, you just wanted to blame the OS rather than make the effort.
Oh! Please continue. Tell us in what way you find the NT kernel to be buggy. Naturally you can't be expected to expose all the problems with NT because you haven't seen the source code yourself, unless you've requested to do so from Microsoft for academic purposes. Still, we need more guys like you that are willing to stand up and be heard.
Only if you have some free time though. I understand you spend a lot of time looking through the source code for each new Linux kernel release and software program you install on your machine. I imagine that must take some time out of your day. It's a lot of work, but this is your safely we're talking about. Can't trust those evil Microsoft employees.
Developers who find actual numbers, instead of pulling them out of their ass.
It's actually your head that needs to be pulled out of your own ass. That's a harsh way of saying that you don't really have an accurate picture yourself. Why? Because those like yourself who are embedded in the subculture that is Linux do not have an accurate picture of the entire computer ecosystem.
Take Slashdot for instance, where anyone can say anything "Pro-Linux" or "Anti-Windows", truthful or not, and it will be given high praise and kudos. People such as yourself feed off this garbage and form a grossly distorted picture of just how many other people out there think the same way you do.
They are not going Mac or Linux. The apps are not there.
They are not going to Vista or Windows 7. The apps are not there, either.
Wrong. The original point was the lack of software, commercial software in particular, for both of these platforms.
Look at your own post. You claim Vista has a problem with compatibility, then complain that Windows is too big because of it's backward compatibility. Crying over the Win32 API will get you some mod points, but it really shows you are just way out of touch.
Any why does it still Blue Screen? Well, because even though 99% of Blue Screen errors today are caused by poorly written drivers or hardware failures, having more Windows machines out there than any other OS means that even those few problems will appear more often than problems on all other systems combined.
That is why these jokes, as popular as they are, are asinine and stupid. Because they completely throw out the LOGIC that a lot of you so called "nerds" are supposed to appreciate.
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The OS did not stop Photoshop from running. PhotoShop stopped itself from running when the moron who wrote this article (?) replaced a DLL (that belongs to PhotoShop) to circumvent the program's own security features.
I've got 70 something year old grandmothers using it, teens, and in-betweens.
Ha ha ha. That's hilarious. Even a little bit kinky. You nearly covered all the stereotypes.
it does amaze me how many times I try to run something across a self-described Windows geeks and they have no idea what I'm talking about.
That's because they don't live in your dreamworld where the Linux geeks have taken over.
Well of course it's slower! Haven't you heard? GNU+Linux gives your computer freedom and rights. You think these extra benefits don't give your computer more to deal with? Use a proprietary Microsoft OS if you want to run without these glorious things. It's going to be faster, but only because Microsoft LIMITS what your computer can do.
Stallman helped you become Free, now you're complaining about the extra cost of Freedom? Shame on you.
Not sure who modded you insightful, but I'm betting it wasn't cat owners. Regardless, you are quite wrong. Cats have natural hunting instincts which are evident when watching cats play with toys or chasing a thrown object.
A friend of mine who breeds gerbils gave me one of her pets for my cat to enjoy. I released it in the house and watched as my cat stalked and killed it within minutes. He acted no different than any other cat you might observe in the wild. Mind you, this is a house cat that has NEVER been outside or exposed to other cats. While dogs have lost much of their ability to hunt, cats have not lost these abilities even after being domesticated.
Windows users, in general, have never demanded a secure OS, so Microsoft's never really had any reason to give them one.
Demanded or not, just like Linux, this was a security problem that was found and a patch was released to the public. Users either refused to install the patch or had Windows Update disabled for a variety of stupid reasons.
When the ax falls, who are people going to blame? Certainly not themselves.
I had far less problems with ME than either 98 or 95, though to my credit I removed System Restore and several other added features that may have given others problems.
I didn't miss ME when I switched to XP because the advantages of NT were pretty clear even before I made the move. I suspect many other people don't miss ME for the same reasons.
Windows could never even attempt to run all these programs concurrently, smoothly, without crashes, and without delays in-between using any given app.
... and this is why you are a troll.
You yourself are a well known troll, but I'll bite.
He is indeed off topic, but he's right. That prompted you to mention that Linux wasn't at fault. Problem is, the post you replied to made no claim that Linux was insecure. At all. The insecurity lies in you, which is why make the absurd claim that Linux is ready for mainstream use.
I don't know. All good questions, but somehow we've got to find a way to blame Microsoft for this.
You should not have been modded troll, but a zealot must have stung you. I would agree with how you feel about the fonts, but more so that Linux works and looks like something you'd grab from the software bin at the Salvation Army or Goodwill Store.
I kid you not, but I am responsible for three people switching to Linux this week alone, running XP in virtualbox
Well, good for you! I've converted 4 Linux users to Windows since the start of the month. They didn't like the lack of software support. The amateurish design. The sluggishness of the interface.
Care to prove me wrong?
No, excuse you.
Your fuzzy math aside, it's funny how when Novell pulls a number out of it's ass, you gladly take it. But numbers that make Linux look bad? Well..... those just aren't right!
Oh, you made a typo. Let me get that for you
"It's how business is done."
It's posts like these that really show why Slashdot needs a "-1 bologna" option. But let me pick on this one part:
we don't have to dance on MS's string for product activation, put up with their DRM
So, you had to activate the product when it was installed. That's really hard. But tell us, how was the DRM an issue? Or were you just trolling?
Didn't anyone watch the video closely? Look at 0:38. This is your typical Linux desktop. The picture not only opens slow, but first appears scrambled, then finally looks like it's supposed to. This is very sloppy. The overall speed of the KDE desktop is very sluggish and slow. Moving windows, maximizing or minimizing, opened or closed, it all appears very labored. I've yet to see a single Linux setup that was fast and responsive, no matter if a high end 3d card was used with the default drivers or proprietary ones. This video lives up to my expectations. Linux is very weak in the graphics department.
Any why am I not surprised this particular piece of journalistic fluff comes from Australia? I know it's bad to stereotype, but most of the Australians I've met seem to harbor a large amount of contempt for anything related to the United States. All the better for Linux, since it gives them a way to distance themselves from a large American company (i.e. Microsoft).
The Passport Card comes with a protective sleeve lined with foil on the inside designed to prevent such an intrusion.
Per usual, security usually fails because of the user.
The Ritual is getting rid of crapware. In the past, I've done this by reinstalling the OS and drivers.
You didn't have to go through this ritual. Rather than spend a little time with the right tools, you decide to scrap it all and start from scratch, only to dump all that and move to Linux? Something about this story doesn't add up, and I'm quite sure you omitted any problems you've ever had with Linux, both in terms of it's configuration and problem solving, but that's a whole other fish.
Like it or not, if your solution to any windows problem is "Format and Reinstall", you really don't know what you're doing. Given that your move to Linux was so easy, you were quite capable of learning, you just wanted to blame the OS rather than make the effort.
Oh! Please continue. Tell us in what way you find the NT kernel to be buggy. Naturally you can't be expected to expose all the problems with NT because you haven't seen the source code yourself, unless you've requested to do so from Microsoft for academic purposes. Still, we need more guys like you that are willing to stand up and be heard.
Only if you have some free time though. I understand you spend a lot of time looking through the source code for each new Linux kernel release and software program you install on your machine. I imagine that must take some time out of your day. It's a lot of work, but this is your safely we're talking about. Can't trust those evil Microsoft employees.
Hell yeah! Join me in a game of Day of Defeat: Source. It should be pretty easy for me to chase you, since you'll be getting about only about 17 FPS.
Developers who find actual numbers, instead of pulling them out of their ass.
It's actually your head that needs to be pulled out of your own ass. That's a harsh way of saying that you don't really have an accurate picture yourself. Why? Because those like yourself who are embedded in the subculture that is Linux do not have an accurate picture of the entire computer ecosystem.
Take Slashdot for instance, where anyone can say anything "Pro-Linux" or "Anti-Windows", truthful or not, and it will be given high praise and kudos. People such as yourself feed off this garbage and form a grossly distorted picture of just how many other people out there think the same way you do.
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I could say more, but I think this quote speaks louder by itself.
For Vista it's "some of my apps will not work". The majority still does.
I've found that, in practice, the experience is often similar migrating to Linux, or to a greater extent, OS X.
Well, you need to keep practicing until you get it right.
They are not going Mac or Linux. The apps are not there.
They are not going to Vista or Windows 7. The apps are not there, either.
Wrong. The original point was the lack of software, commercial software in particular, for both of these platforms.
Look at your own post. You claim Vista has a problem with compatibility, then complain that Windows is too big because of it's backward compatibility. Crying over the Win32 API will get you some mod points, but it really shows you are just way out of touch.
Any why does it still Blue Screen? Well, because even though 99% of Blue Screen errors today are caused by poorly written drivers or hardware failures, having more Windows machines out there than any other OS means that even those few problems will appear more often than problems on all other systems combined.
That is why these jokes, as popular as they are, are asinine and stupid. Because they completely throw out the LOGIC that a lot of you so called "nerds" are supposed to appreciate.
Talk about irony. It's an article about schools written by a guy that looks like a lunch lady. Where are the eyebrows?