Has he actually used any of their stuff? Apparently not. Also, according to my friend who works in a Flash coding shop, they can real pricks occassionally.
Maybe he has no remorse for the download. I think that misses the point. He was evicted because of the download. That seems extremely draconian.
This is what I took from the article, as well. It's not a matter of it being illegal, or a civil rights protest, or whatever anyone else cares to dress it up as. It's a response out of all proportion to what was actually done. Now, if they had given multiple warnings, or the agreement for staying there is "absolutely no downloading of X materials," then yes, fine, it's a valid response, though I'd question the fact that a dorm is forcing a student out during finals time, as that seems even worse, since they're supposed to be caring about the student's academic performance.
The posters only option is in Linux with multiple GPUs. MPX will allow it on a single screen, otherwise it's separate X servers.
To quote your first line "This is just wrong." He wants to *game.* What's more, specific games. City of Heroes doesn't have a *nix client, and running two instances in WINE is going to kill pretty much any system.
Yeah, it'd be nice if there was a slider, rather than a toggle. Full up would be normal, full down, none, but some actual degrees in the middle. I don't want to play with none, but some games, it just gets distracting from the game itself, which is a problem.
Yeah, but I imagine it'd be cheaper and less difficult to get Nitrous, since no dentist is going to let a young kid book their own appointment (probably no one under 18, even).
1. I really can't see having to wear that being much more comforting than just having a parent in to reassure the kid. Make it so they don't need to go in alone. Whether this is just for medical facilities to use or not, it doesn't strike me as a wonderful idea.
2. In the picture, is that a boy or a girl, or some mix? Because gyuh.
Are kids really going to fall for that? They're not stupid. They know the gameboy or CD player works without that helmet. They're not going to suddenly be fooled by someone going "Jimmy! Your CD player needs this large, indimidating helmet, and a tube stuck down your throat to work!"
You'd have more luck taking House's approach, and take a hit of nitrous yourself before strapping it to the kid.
Vista Home Premium OEM copy from the actual computer store - $75
Student Discount copy of MS Office 2007 - $65
Photoshop CS 4 - $200
There's free partition tools for windows. Vista has a built-in partition manager, for chrissakes. And it worked a fuck-ton faster than Ubuntu's built-in on the Live CD.
Total: $400, all features, continued support and updates. Canadian funds, to boot.
For those who are going "Student pricing! That's hardly fair!" I got news for you: Most universities aren't checking for a student ID card when the bookstore makes a software sale, and you probably know a college student anyways.
Then you're doing it wrong. Takes about 1 minute a week to keep my OS secure (windows defender updates), and stable, it's been stable since I installed it. Keeping programs up to date is fairly easy too, since what doesn't have self-updating on launch or updates through windows update, I just keep the sites bookmarked in a folder in my browser, check once a month or so, and most don't update more than a couple times a year.
This is the ultimate non-answer. "Why should I spend many hours doing something I'm not interested in? What are my benefits going to be, when I could spend that time doing something I want to?" "I dunno, go do it and find out."
Ultimately, most of the reasons people give for switching to *nix fall along the lines of "more secure" or "more control over what your OS does/looks like." And as I continually point out, security is dependant on the user, not the OS. Further more, customizability is based on interest, not on OS. If you wanna see some amazing desktop setups, go search Lifehacker. They've got a good assortment across all OSs.
The other big argument is "It's free." Well, my time's technically free, but it's valuable to me. Is it worth my time to relearn skills, manage potential conflicts, and so on, just to save on software? Depends on exactly what software I'm using. For most users, you can set them up with FireFox, GMail, and Windows Live IM, and that will handle the majority of what they're doing (surfing, chatting, emailing), and the OS comes with a media player for DVDs. Not a penny spent beyond the OS, and trading ease of set-up on odd hardware vs. free but possibly finiky might be a trade not everyone wants.
The store-brand soup sucks. I donated 3 out of the 4 cans I purchased, and I felt horrible for inflicting it on the needy. So I buy the Campbell's soup. Because I know it tastes good, not like it's been run through a pair of heavily used undies. Yeah, it's cheaper, but when I can't stomach it, that's not exactly useful.
Sounds like an excellent analogy for open-source vs. brand-name software.
Windows hasn't become any more useful in about a decade as far as I can tell.
Because Win XP has been out for the vast majority of that decade, and building additional functionality in to an OS when you can't force an upgrade from all users is really difficult?
That's a great part of it but I also need a reason to switch.
Unlike the hordes of Slashdotters who've claimed to have a system pwned on a broadband connection in less than 30 seconds, I've never had a virus. My machines do not blue screen every 15 minutes. In fact, none of my current Windows boxes have ever blue screened. I've never had a hard time finding and/or installing the right driver. I've never had a malware issue. I've never had an install run amok.
AMEN! Preach on, brother!
My laptop ran Vista for over a year before I had a BSOD. And that was because of a bad Flash update. My desktop only BSOD'd while I was using beta video card drivers, or when this one really poorly coded game *coughCryostasiscough* beat the crap out of it. Setting up a fresh install took me about an hour, including the OS install. And the only virus I ever had came from my roommate's computer on the network. He was running WinME. You figure it out.
I'm thinking it would have been during install. If you've no prior experience, and no help, it wouldn't be too difficult to nozz it up. I almost did it, and that was with an install guide sitting beside me.
On windows it cmae with this awful, slow, nasty proprietary software that took ages to load, lost the ability to change channel every so often and was a nasty, nasty resource hog. It also took over the entire screen for it's crappy, non-standard front end. And when I re-installed and couldn't find the cd it came with, well that was it done. No chance.
Which is why you use Window Media Centre instead. Works damned well, from all reports I've seen.
I used Ubuntu for a month. Went back with nary a regret or twitch of annoyance. Playing my DVDs was enough of an annoyance that I almost gave up after the second day, and that's ignoring the issues in getting my sound to work (turns out Ubuntu wanted to use my sound card, which had no working drivers, rather than my on-board audio, which had many drivers). And why the hell should I need to unmount a CD? It's not like it can be written to, so there's no danger of corruption. When I push the eject button on my drive, I expect the disc to come out.
Now, I'm not ruling out ever going back to a *nix distro, but they'll need to work on movie playback integration. I shouldn't need to add a repository, 2 codecs, a program, and several other things just to play a DVD, and as far as I know, there's still no option for Blu-ray playback, commercial or otherwise. Work those out, and I'd probably make it my primary laptop OS.
I fully expect this post to be downmodded to hell by the Windows fanboys, but, fortunately, I have some karma to burn!
Every time I read something like this, I think about the unmitigated arrogance of some posters. It's basically saying "I don't care what you think, and I expect to be persecuted by those opposed to my views, which means I'm better than you." Seriously, is there anything wrong with just saying your piece then shutting the fuck up, and *actually* having a high-ground against "the fanboys", rather than putting in an early insult?
Actually, they're getting kinda close to that. They'll let driver updates on. My NVidia and Saitek both were updated from Windows Update, rather than the server. The next step would be to allow entire programs, such as Firefox or Opera to be included, and then split it in to "updates" and "programs" menus, and then it's a functioning repository.
Have you installed Vista? Seriously? Because it's literally "Insert CD, boot computer, click next, enter ID information (name, location, etc), wait 20-30 minutes. Use Computer."
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Because you posted in the thread, thus removing any mod points you spent?
I dunno, people keep talking about Linux! *rimshot*
(Seriously, that was a joke, not a troll or flamebait)
"I like Adobe â" they're a nice company,"
Has he actually used any of their stuff? Apparently not. Also, according to my friend who works in a Flash coding shop, they can real pricks occassionally.
Maybe he has no remorse for the download. I think that misses the point. He was evicted because of the download. That seems extremely draconian.
This is what I took from the article, as well. It's not a matter of it being illegal, or a civil rights protest, or whatever anyone else cares to dress it up as. It's a response out of all proportion to what was actually done. Now, if they had given multiple warnings, or the agreement for staying there is "absolutely no downloading of X materials," then yes, fine, it's a valid response, though I'd question the fact that a dorm is forcing a student out during finals time, as that seems even worse, since they're supposed to be caring about the student's academic performance.
The posters only option is in Linux with multiple GPUs. MPX will allow it on a single screen, otherwise it's separate X servers.
To quote your first line "This is just wrong." He wants to *game.* What's more, specific games. City of Heroes doesn't have a *nix client, and running two instances in WINE is going to kill pretty much any system.
That's different. I think what he's saying is he'd still have bought Carmageddon if there wasn't a fount of blood when those old ladies were run over.
Yeah, it'd be nice if there was a slider, rather than a toggle. Full up would be normal, full down, none, but some actual degrees in the middle. I don't want to play with none, but some games, it just gets distracting from the game itself, which is a problem.
Yeah, but I imagine it'd be cheaper and less difficult to get Nitrous, since no dentist is going to let a young kid book their own appointment (probably no one under 18, even).
1. I really can't see having to wear that being much more comforting than just having a parent in to reassure the kid. Make it so they don't need to go in alone. Whether this is just for medical facilities to use or not, it doesn't strike me as a wonderful idea.
2. In the picture, is that a boy or a girl, or some mix? Because gyuh.
You and every other being on the face of the planet.
Are kids really going to fall for that? They're not stupid. They know the gameboy or CD player works without that helmet. They're not going to suddenly be fooled by someone going "Jimmy! Your CD player needs this large, indimidating helmet, and a tube stuck down your throat to work!"
You'd have more luck taking House's approach, and take a hit of nitrous yourself before strapping it to the kid.
It can still become a psychological addition, and those are often as or more powerful than a physical addition, in difficulty to break.
Vista Home Premium OEM copy from the actual computer store - $75
Student Discount copy of MS Office 2007 - $65
Photoshop CS 4 - $200
There's free partition tools for windows. Vista has a built-in partition manager, for chrissakes. And it worked a fuck-ton faster than Ubuntu's built-in on the Live CD.
Total: $400, all features, continued support and updates. Canadian funds, to boot.
For those who are going "Student pricing! That's hardly fair!" I got news for you: Most universities aren't checking for a student ID card when the bookstore makes a software sale, and you probably know a college student anyways.
Then you're doing it wrong. Takes about 1 minute a week to keep my OS secure (windows defender updates), and stable, it's been stable since I installed it. Keeping programs up to date is fairly easy too, since what doesn't have self-updating on launch or updates through windows update, I just keep the sites bookmarked in a folder in my browser, check once a month or so, and most don't update more than a couple times a year.
This is the ultimate non-answer. "Why should I spend many hours doing something I'm not interested in? What are my benefits going to be, when I could spend that time doing something I want to?" "I dunno, go do it and find out."
Ultimately, most of the reasons people give for switching to *nix fall along the lines of "more secure" or "more control over what your OS does/looks like." And as I continually point out, security is dependant on the user, not the OS. Further more, customizability is based on interest, not on OS. If you wanna see some amazing desktop setups, go search Lifehacker. They've got a good assortment across all OSs.
The other big argument is "It's free." Well, my time's technically free, but it's valuable to me. Is it worth my time to relearn skills, manage potential conflicts, and so on, just to save on software? Depends on exactly what software I'm using. For most users, you can set them up with FireFox, GMail, and Windows Live IM, and that will handle the majority of what they're doing (surfing, chatting, emailing), and the OS comes with a media player for DVDs. Not a penny spent beyond the OS, and trading ease of set-up on odd hardware vs. free but possibly finiky might be a trade not everyone wants.
The store-brand soup sucks. I donated 3 out of the 4 cans I purchased, and I felt horrible for inflicting it on the needy. So I buy the Campbell's soup. Because I know it tastes good, not like it's been run through a pair of heavily used undies. Yeah, it's cheaper, but when I can't stomach it, that's not exactly useful.
Sounds like an excellent analogy for open-source vs. brand-name software.
Windows hasn't become any more useful in about a decade as far as I can tell.
Because Win XP has been out for the vast majority of that decade, and building additional functionality in to an OS when you can't force an upgrade from all users is really difficult?
That's a great part of it but I also need a reason to switch.
Unlike the hordes of Slashdotters who've claimed to have a system pwned on a broadband connection in less than 30 seconds, I've never had a virus. My machines do not blue screen every 15 minutes. In fact, none of my current Windows boxes have ever blue screened. I've never had a hard time finding and/or installing the right driver. I've never had a malware issue. I've never had an install run amok.
AMEN! Preach on, brother!
My laptop ran Vista for over a year before I had a BSOD. And that was because of a bad Flash update. My desktop only BSOD'd while I was using beta video card drivers, or when this one really poorly coded game *coughCryostasiscough* beat the crap out of it. Setting up a fresh install took me about an hour, including the OS install. And the only virus I ever had came from my roommate's computer on the network. He was running WinME. You figure it out.
I'm thinking it would have been during install. If you've no prior experience, and no help, it wouldn't be too difficult to nozz it up. I almost did it, and that was with an install guide sitting beside me.
On windows it cmae with this awful, slow, nasty proprietary software that took ages to load, lost the ability to change channel every so often and was a nasty, nasty resource hog. It also took over the entire screen for it's crappy, non-standard front end. And when I re-installed and couldn't find the cd it came with, well that was it done. No chance.
Which is why you use Window Media Centre instead. Works damned well, from all reports I've seen.
WoW does not count. Casual games do not count.
I used Ubuntu for a month. Went back with nary a regret or twitch of annoyance. Playing my DVDs was enough of an annoyance that I almost gave up after the second day, and that's ignoring the issues in getting my sound to work (turns out Ubuntu wanted to use my sound card, which had no working drivers, rather than my on-board audio, which had many drivers). And why the hell should I need to unmount a CD? It's not like it can be written to, so there's no danger of corruption. When I push the eject button on my drive, I expect the disc to come out.
Now, I'm not ruling out ever going back to a *nix distro, but they'll need to work on movie playback integration. I shouldn't need to add a repository, 2 codecs, a program, and several other things just to play a DVD, and as far as I know, there's still no option for Blu-ray playback, commercial or otherwise. Work those out, and I'd probably make it my primary laptop OS.
I fully expect this post to be downmodded to hell by the Windows fanboys, but, fortunately, I have some karma to burn!
Every time I read something like this, I think about the unmitigated arrogance of some posters. It's basically saying "I don't care what you think, and I expect to be persecuted by those opposed to my views, which means I'm better than you." Seriously, is there anything wrong with just saying your piece then shutting the fuck up, and *actually* having a high-ground against "the fanboys", rather than putting in an early insult?
Actually, they're getting kinda close to that. They'll let driver updates on. My NVidia and Saitek both were updated from Windows Update, rather than the server. The next step would be to allow entire programs, such as Firefox or Opera to be included, and then split it in to "updates" and "programs" menus, and then it's a functioning repository.
Have you installed Vista? Seriously? Because it's literally "Insert CD, boot computer, click next, enter ID information (name, location, etc), wait 20-30 minutes. Use Computer."