But you can't copy between for example OpenOffice and mozilla composer and keep the font and layout settings. Nor can you (most of the time) copy images or sounds or other multimedia between different programs. Closing applications typically means loosing what is copied, and it is easy to exidentally replace the buffer by highlighting something inadvertly.
I guess then maybe I am an exception because I hate the fact that windows tries to keep the font and layout settings when I copy text between applications. I hope that X does not include this, or if it ever does, makes it so it can be turned off. And I didnt really think about the image/media aspect since I don't use these features in Windows.
And besides, most "average users" don't have a good concept of copy/paste on any OS.
I am using Suse 8.2 with KDE and I haven't noticed and copy/past issues. I can easily copy and paste between Opera, blufish, kwrite, openoffice, etc...
Also, I am dual booting with Windows 2k pro, and it seems to me Linux/X is faster.
The main part I agree with you is that linux needs better driver support for sound and display
Well my scanner cost me $60 three years ago and with no tweaking at all, works fine with Linux. I don't even have to install propriety software that wants to take over all my image editing like I do in windows.
I am constantly helping friends and family with Windows. And hardware installation can be just as much a pain in Windows as in Linux. When I build computers for friends, I throw Windows on just because I am still too new to Linux to be able to trouble shoot problems over the phone.
So I guess Windows isn't ready for the desktop yet. Windows 98 definitly wasn't. It got a bit better with 2000 pro. When i was setting my friends DVD burner up, it literally took 3 visits to get it working correctly under Windows 2000. I wonder if it would have been easier with Linux?
Right now its just as easy to do in Linux what you used to do in Windows. The only stumbling block is specific hardware support.
In my recent experience installing linux on my new PC, the only thing now lacking from the linux desktop environment is the hardware/driver support. Once Linux has more support from hardware, Linux will be the obvious choice for the desktop. In my experience, its faster, more secure, more stable, and costs considerably less.
I build PC's for my friends and it astounds me the amount that Windows allows an average user to ruin the system. Mostly by installing tons of Spyware/Adware. I am constantly over at my friends house repairing their stupid mistakes.
With my recent install of SUSE 8.2 with Yast2, everything was just as easy to setup as it would be in Windows. And with Yast2 and the RPM's, installing new programs is so easy. The only part a little more difficult was connecting to my home network, but average Windows users can't figure that out anyway.
Most the complaints from people who say Linux is not ready for the desktop seem to focus around hardware issues. It seems this is the last hurdle. But I am also a new Desktop Linux user.
I agree with you, just want to put my 2 cents in... Unlocking my door isn't very user friendly, but because everyone understands the security risks involved in leaving my door wide open. And if i had a store downtown I would use a chain over the window.
Maybe attacks likes these recent worms are good to scare the average user into taking security seriously. I really understand why car stereo's have removable face-plates after you get your's stolen. I know it awakened my room mate. He then proceeded to get a Mac. hehe
Hell, even the commercial Linux distros earn money on upgrades. Service and support is basicly about that. If there was a security errata once every three leap years, who'd pay for support?
Support isn't just about security, nor is that even what support personel spend most of their time on.
I can also drive around town with my computer on the roof of my car, but I know the inherent risk of doing so. Obviously, you should be careful if you are using rm.
This has nothing to do with Outlook automatically loading a virus. If 'rm *' could be executed from a malicious email, then that would be something!
I agree. Providing quality, secure, reliable hosting is NOT easy! If you can develop a good relationship with a Host that provides you with a reselling account and feel confident about putting your neck on the line when it comes to uptime, not only site design, then go for it. But Hosting is not simply an add-on, its a whole seperate business. One of the problems with the hosting business is that anyone thinks they can just start up a Host. That is why there are many disgruntled customers of hosting companies.
I am not the most knowledgeable person about incorporating, my partner handles that part, but from what he explained to me, the above poster is exactly right. You can buy everything through the corporation and get tax right-offs, while showing that you personally make almost nothing. Many accountants we talked with said not to incorporate, but after much research (again, mainly by my partner) we decided incorporating would be the best, not just for tax savings, but to protect our personal assets also. It is a lot of extra work, but we feel it was worth it. And we went with a C corp, not S, which is harder at first, but pays off further down the road.
I don't know, I have never met anyone like that. I have non-tech friends that will say a band sucks and then ask me to download one song for them, but never a whole album. Usually they just want the song they heard on the radio, but why not get a better copy then taping it off the radio. I used to tape a lot of music from the radio. Should I be fined for that? What if I record it from a 128k stream from the internet? buy, the lines sure get fuzzy...
Ok, this is a simple one... Am I more likely to take two minutes to download a band I have never heard before, but was recommended to me. OR... am i more likely to shell out $20 for a cd I have never heard before and could be crap. Now, if you are really into music, multiply this by hundreds or thousands.
You see, us peoples that don't usually like only what you can hear on the radio or MTV, have no other alternative if we want to simply sample the band before we buy. To me its like have millions of friends that make me mixed tapes, then I decide which bands are worth supporting with my dollars!
I gave my finacee (now my x-wife, hehe, but that doesn't invalidate my point) a ring I got for free from my mom. It had nothing to do with what it cost me, it was how it looked to her. I don't understand this, and never will. Someone has effectively brainwashed most women into thinking these things are the pinnacle of beauty.
I personally don't like marijuana, but I have friends that love it. I like Beer. I look forward to a cold beer when I get home at night. It has not of yet had any negative effect on my life or my work productivity. I still work 10-12 hour days. I have a friend who, instead of that nice cold beer waiting in the fridge, looks forward to smoking up when they get home. It also has no negative side effect on them. They are still in control, not controled. And it makes them feel better. Its completely ridiculous that its legal for me, but he is breaking the law.
Why does our government feel the need to regulate morality so thoroughly?
I saw this commercial the other day. A guy was on the subway and on the train dead people started to appear saying something to the fact that he helped get them killed by drug related violence, cause he smoked a joint. I was pissed off, because its not him, it the government that is perpetuating the violence. He just wants to party. And we got to fight, for our right....
If your bank was consistently robbed wouldn't you start blaming the bank for not increasing their security? Of course its the fault of the thieves, but given human nature, you expect your bank to take precautions. Eventually, if not right away, you would take your money somewhere else.
That is like saying that riddilin is speed so it only helps those who are depressed. Wrong! You give speed to hyperactive people and it calms them down.
Anyway, chemical reactions are much more complex then to lump them into two catagories. Drugs work on many levels and effect many chemical reactions in the body. One thing Alcohol does is lower inhibition and impair judgement. Which translates to " I don't think ". Thus, i can escape my mind for a bit. Marijauna on the other hand, makes me sit there like a rock, just thinking and thinking and thinking and... AHHH! I don't like it. It hurts to talk when I get high.
But this is just me. I have a unique chemical make-up. I also know I would be classified as introverted. You make the call...
I see this more with people who consider themselves geeks or think they know a lot about computers, but who really just know more then the average corporate cube dweller. They seem to get threatened by anyone who might know more about computers then them, and tend to spout out knowledge just to show they know it. When I run into these people I tend to act ignorant of computers until they leave. I never really understood why someone would act like this, I always appreciated more knowledgable people around.
Broken social skills? Thats a pretty rash opinion. So what if I only want to have conversations with people who will exchange what i consider intelligent ideas, thoughts and humor. Thats the type of conversation that energizes me. Small talk and conversations filled with endless jokes wear me out. But I dont think I have broken social skills. I can connect very well with certain types of people, where as I just couldnt develop a relationship with others. And I am sure they feel the same way. Its how the social world works. To say someone is wrong because they enjoy one type of interaction, IMHO, is to have broken social skills.
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But you can't copy between for example OpenOffice and mozilla composer and keep the font and layout settings. Nor can you (most of the time) copy images or sounds or other multimedia between different programs. Closing applications typically means loosing what is copied, and it is easy to exidentally replace the buffer by highlighting something inadvertly.
I guess then maybe I am an exception because I hate the fact that windows tries to keep the font and layout settings when I copy text between applications. I hope that X does not include this, or if it ever does, makes it so it can be turned off. And I didnt really think about the image/media aspect since I don't use these features in Windows.
And besides, most "average users" don't have a good concept of copy/paste on any OS.
I am using Suse 8.2 with KDE and I haven't noticed and copy/past issues. I can easily copy and paste between Opera, blufish, kwrite, openoffice, etc...
Also, I am dual booting with Windows 2k pro, and it seems to me Linux/X is faster.
The main part I agree with you is that linux needs better driver support for sound and display
Well my scanner cost me $60 three years ago and with no tweaking at all, works fine with Linux. I don't even have to install propriety software that wants to take over all my image editing like I do in windows.
I am constantly helping friends and family with Windows. And hardware installation can be just as much a pain in Windows as in Linux. When I build computers for friends, I throw Windows on just because I am still too new to Linux to be able to trouble shoot problems over the phone.
So I guess Windows isn't ready for the desktop yet. Windows 98 definitly wasn't. It got a bit better with 2000 pro. When i was setting my friends DVD burner up, it literally took 3 visits to get it working correctly under Windows 2000. I wonder if it would have been easier with Linux?
Right now its just as easy to do in Linux what you used to do in Windows. The only stumbling block is specific hardware support.
In my recent experience installing linux on my new PC, the only thing now lacking from the linux desktop environment is the hardware/driver support. Once Linux has more support from hardware, Linux will be the obvious choice for the desktop. In my experience, its faster, more secure, more stable, and costs considerably less.
I build PC's for my friends and it astounds me the amount that Windows allows an average user to ruin the system. Mostly by installing tons of Spyware/Adware. I am constantly over at my friends house repairing their stupid mistakes.
With my recent install of SUSE 8.2 with Yast2, everything was just as easy to setup as it would be in Windows. And with Yast2 and the RPM's, installing new programs is so easy. The only part a little more difficult was connecting to my home network, but average Windows users can't figure that out anyway.
Most the complaints from people who say Linux is not ready for the desktop seem to focus around hardware issues. It seems this is the last hurdle. But I am also a new Desktop Linux user.
I agree with you, just want to put my 2 cents in...
Unlocking my door isn't very user friendly, but because everyone understands the security risks involved in leaving my door wide open. And if i had a store downtown I would use a chain over the window.
Maybe attacks likes these recent worms are good to scare the average user into taking security seriously. I really understand why car stereo's have removable face-plates after you get your's stolen. I know it awakened my room mate. He then proceeded to get a Mac. hehe
Hell, even the commercial Linux distros earn money on upgrades. Service and support is basicly about that. If there was a security errata once every three leap years, who'd pay for support?
Support isn't just about security, nor is that even what support personel spend most of their time on.
If i could mod.. that was funny!
Another thing,
You know the two driving industries in technological innovation: Military (power) and Pron (sex).
I can also drive around town with my computer on the roof of my car, but I know the inherent risk of doing so. Obviously, you should be careful if you are using rm.
This has nothing to do with Outlook automatically loading a virus. If 'rm *' could be executed from a malicious email, then that would be something!
I agree. Providing quality, secure, reliable hosting is NOT easy! If you can develop a good relationship with a Host that provides you with a reselling account and feel confident about putting your neck on the line when it comes to uptime, not only site design, then go for it. But Hosting is not simply an add-on, its a whole seperate business. One of the problems with the hosting business is that anyone thinks they can just start up a Host. That is why there are many disgruntled customers of hosting companies.
I am not the most knowledgeable person about incorporating, my partner handles that part, but from what he explained to me, the above poster is exactly right. You can buy everything through the corporation and get tax right-offs, while showing that you personally make almost nothing. Many accountants we talked with said not to incorporate, but after much research (again, mainly by my partner) we decided incorporating would be the best, not just for tax savings, but to protect our personal assets also. It is a lot of extra work, but we feel it was worth it. And we went with a C corp, not S, which is harder at first, but pays off further down the road.
I don't know, I have never met anyone like that. I have non-tech friends that will say a band sucks and then ask me to download one song for them, but never a whole album. Usually they just want the song they heard on the radio, but why not get a better copy then taping it off the radio. I used to tape a lot of music from the radio. Should I be fined for that? What if I record it from a 128k stream from the internet? buy, the lines sure get fuzzy...
(I strayed a bit towards the end there)
Ok, this is a simple one...
Am I more likely to take two minutes to download a band I have never heard before, but was recommended to me. OR... am i more likely to shell out $20 for a cd I have never heard before and could be crap. Now, if you are really into music, multiply this by hundreds or thousands.
You see, us peoples that don't usually like only what you can hear on the radio or MTV, have no other alternative if we want to simply sample the band before we buy. To me its like have millions of friends that make me mixed tapes, then I decide which bands are worth supporting with my dollars!
I gave my finacee (now my x-wife, hehe, but that doesn't invalidate my point) a ring I got for free from my mom. It had nothing to do with what it cost me, it was how it looked to her. I don't understand this, and never will. Someone has effectively brainwashed most women into thinking these things are the pinnacle of beauty.
I am pretty sure you are wrong on this point. At lease I hope to god you are. Can you please back up your statment. How could I ever use ebay again?
I personally don't like marijuana, but I have friends that love it. I like Beer. I look forward to a cold beer when I get home at night. It has not of yet had any negative effect on my life or my work productivity. I still work 10-12 hour days. I have a friend who, instead of that nice cold beer waiting in the fridge, looks forward to smoking up when they get home. It also has no negative side effect on them. They are still in control, not controled. And it makes them feel better. Its completely ridiculous that its legal for me, but he is breaking the law.
Why does our government feel the need to regulate morality so thoroughly?
I saw this commercial the other day. A guy was on the subway and on the train dead people started to appear saying something to the fact that he helped get them killed by drug related violence, cause he smoked a joint. I was pissed off, because its not him, it the government that is perpetuating the violence. He just wants to party. And we got to fight, for our right....
I drive better then most people even when I am drunk, cross-eyed and have to cover one eye to stay in the correct lane.
They do. They're called MMORPG. You can even go on special missions with your chat partner.
If your bank was consistently robbed wouldn't you start blaming the bank for not increasing their security? Of course its the fault of the thieves, but given human nature, you expect your bank to take precautions. Eventually, if not right away, you would take your money somewhere else.
That is like saying that riddilin is speed so it only helps those who are depressed. Wrong! You give speed to hyperactive people and it calms them down.
Anyway, chemical reactions are much more complex then to lump them into two catagories. Drugs work on many levels and effect many chemical reactions in the body. One thing Alcohol does is lower inhibition and impair judgement. Which translates to " I don't think ". Thus, i can escape my mind for a bit. Marijauna on the other hand, makes me sit there like a rock, just thinking and thinking and thinking and... AHHH! I don't like it. It hurts to talk when I get high.
But this is just me. I have a unique chemical make-up. I also know I would be classified as introverted. You make the call...
curiously much more from computer geeks
I see this more with people who consider themselves geeks or think they know a lot about computers, but who really just know more then the average corporate cube dweller. They seem to get threatened by anyone who might know more about computers then them, and tend to spout out knowledge just to show they know it. When I run into these people I tend to act ignorant of computers until they leave. I never really understood why someone would act like this, I always appreciated more knowledgable people around.
Although, after enough shots of Vodka, I can connect pretty well with anyone...
Alcohol, the great extrovertizer! ( i just made that word up)
Broken social skills? Thats a pretty rash opinion. So what if I only want to have conversations with people who will exchange what i consider intelligent ideas, thoughts and humor. Thats the type of conversation that energizes me. Small talk and conversations filled with endless jokes wear me out. But I dont think I have broken social skills. I can connect very well with certain types of people, where as I just couldnt develop a relationship with others. And I am sure they feel the same way. Its how the social world works. To say someone is wrong because they enjoy one type of interaction, IMHO, is to have broken social skills.
Manager's and supervisor's usually dont have to be too smart or even understand what they are supervising. How can a robot replace those positions?