Wget is totally worthless to me and I have 3rd party tools that accomplish what Grep does except they use a GUI and make complex searches a breeze. You can cut down a tree with a pocket knife but a smarter man picks up a saw.
Accessibility falls into a different category. You *could* say, sorry you weren't born with sight, try again next life. But that wouldn't be a very nice thing to say.
Except it's the very people with disabilities who often work toward finding the solutions they need. Just ask Louis Braille.
Are people with disabilities supposed to just lie down and take it? I would hope we've evolved past that.
No, but they also don't need you to tell them what to take or not take. People with disabilities are just as capable as anyone else to solve their own problems without your concern, interference, or instructions.
Linux users prefer FOSS over non-FOSS, and at the very least, open standards unencumbered by patents (and associated fees) to closed ones.
Yes, but that's part that makes Linux users such stupid little pussies. Fact is, for the user it really doesn't matter. I can use Vorbis, MP3, XVID or H.264 to encode what I like. I'll use what I want, how I want, because there is no real legal force keeping me from doing so. I encoded 50 DVDs to H.264 in preparation for an overseas trip. Will I ever have to pay royalties? Nope. Not one dime. You can't get watter from a stone, simple as that.
As an aside, I was asked to download comment.pl the first time I clicked reply. Then I got a reset connection. Finally, I got a reply form. Coincidence?:)
I too, defend Microsoft products. Why? Simply because I hate the god damn Linux using cock suckers who frequent this and other tech related websites. Linux zealots are so repulsive that I'm willing to use my free time in defense of a company that I'm not a fan of for absolutely free. You say the evidence is clear? You know, some might think the world is dark and smells like shit. Are they mislabeling the world? No, they simply have their head up their ass.
I beg your pardon? You think what Google is doing is called "standing up to China"? That's a slap in the face to the few Chinese citizens who have stood up to China and been met with torture, imprisonment, and worse.
I am able to work much faster under Linux than I can do under Windows and I find doing almost anything under Windows an exercise in frustration.
Good for you, but you are only one person and hardly represent a typical computer user. Hell, you don't even represent all of Slashdot. I find Linux slow, cumbersome, and aggravating to use. It literally feels like I'm using an OS that was produced by a joint venture between Fred Sanford and Fisher Price. I can't see why anyone would use it for anything except servers or embedded devices where user friendliness, software selection, and charm take a back seat to cost and customization. Unless of course they had an irrational hatred for Microsoft or proprietary software in general.
Tablizer's point, which you missed, was that for a majority of people Windows represents how things should be. It's the status quo for the desktop. By no means do I wish to imply that Linux will ever reach widespread use for everyday computer users, but your attitude certainly doesn't help the situation.
Ha ha ha. You played right into that one. Part of me wishes you'd grow up, but then what fun would you be? The truth is, faggots like you are useless pussies unless given some artificial bullshit to worried about. You care about people? No, in fact, people probably don't like you very much. Perhaps do them a favor and go fuck yourself.
You ignorant fool.... don't you understand that when you purchase a machine with Windows installed you are giving your money to a bloodthirsty, criminal organization bent on enslaving the entire world via proprietary software? Maybe you don't care about true freedom the way Richard Stallman does, but this machine is designed to provide just that. Proprietary software is like pedophilia, sodomy, card counting, or dog fighting. It's sick, immoral, and it harms society as a whole. If you want to enjoy using a computer with a clean conscience, this "Open PC" is the only way to go.
What a moment... Let me get this straight. You believed a company motto word for word? Sir, you didn't just miss the clue bus, the damn thing ran you over and left you for dead.
Microsoft, via the Gates Foundation, killed legislation...
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Using scrambled logic like that could be used to make the following statement correct:
The Gates Foundation, via Microsoft, released their newest OS called Windows 7.
No, sorry. The Gates Foundation is a privately funded organization. As much as you may hate Microsoft and Bill gates personally, the connection you have made is false. Furthermore, murder is the act of actually killing another human being. If I go to a doctor and he refuses to treat me, is he guilty of attempted murder? No, he is not. You might think the doctor really is guilty, but such is the irrationality of those driven by contempt such as yourself.
In case you couldn't figure it out, he was speaking of Slashdot as a whole, not just one part. Yes, Einstein, the Games section is pro-Microsoft. The rest of the website is not. When you look at all the sections together, it slants heavy anti-Microsoft. Maybe your bias prevents you from seeing inequality.
You are. Linux zealots want to revise history to make it seems as if they gained a boatload of ex-Amiga users. They got a few, but many of them went for higher ground after that ship sank.
Dead wrong. Your speculation is fueled by pure ignorance about Amiga users and biased toward Linux. My father and I were about as hardcore as you can get and neither of us had any interest in Linux or any other Unix clone. Five other Amiga users I know also didn't follow suit with Linux. Why? Several reasons. For one, software. At the time Linux didn't (and in many ways still doesn't) have a robust commercial software library. Most Amiga users longed for the day they could walk into any small to mid-size department store and purchase software for our computers. Next, there is the Unix philosophy and culture, which for many of us seemed like yet another group of people desperately holding onto the past. When the Amiga died, many of us wanted to move forward. Not find another underdog to cling to. For the record, I called it quits in 1997, so I hung on even longer than most others. My father even longer.
This isn't the first time I've had to defend Amiga from Linux zealots like you. We do not like Linux and don't wish to ever be associated with it, period. To us, the Amiga wasn't what Linux is to you. You can't even compare the two. It was a different time and a different animal. We also liked and supported commercial software. We wanted more of it available for the Amiga because we knew that's the key to a successful machine. About the only thing we had in common was a juvenile dislike for anything Microsoft simply because it was the competition. Well, guess what. Some of us grew up. The ones who didn't? Well, I bet you can figure out what happened to them.
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Nah, the real fun is watching the zealots distort the very same reality the rest of us live in. Eat your heart out, Mr. Jobs.
Who gives a shit about installing it? The real problems happen while using it.
Grep and wget./p>
Wget is totally worthless to me and I have 3rd party tools that accomplish what Grep does except they use a GUI and make complex searches a breeze. You can cut down a tree with a pocket knife but a smarter man picks up a saw.
Accessibility falls into a different category. You *could* say, sorry you weren't born with sight, try again next life. But that wouldn't be a very nice thing to say.
Except it's the very people with disabilities who often work toward finding the solutions they need. Just ask Louis Braille.
Are people with disabilities supposed to just lie down and take it? I would hope we've evolved past that.
No, but they also don't need you to tell them what to take or not take. People with disabilities are just as capable as anyone else to solve their own problems without your concern, interference, or instructions.
Yes, actually it does. Though to be more specific, you want the work done faster for nothing. Not going to happen.
Linux users prefer FOSS over non-FOSS, and at the very least, open standards unencumbered by patents (and associated fees) to closed ones.
Yes, but that's part that makes Linux users such stupid little pussies. Fact is, for the user it really doesn't matter. I can use Vorbis, MP3, XVID or H.264 to encode what I like. I'll use what I want, how I want, because there is no real legal force keeping me from doing so. I encoded 50 DVDs to H.264 in preparation for an overseas trip. Will I ever have to pay royalties? Nope. Not one dime. You can't get watter from a stone, simple as that.
A totally stupid fucking name that while repulsive to everyone else gives Freetards a raging chubby.
As an aside, I was asked to download comment.pl the first time I clicked reply. Then I got a reset connection. Finally, I got a reply form. Coincidence? :)
No, Linux.
entirely credible free alternatives.
Ha ha ha. "Free" and "entirely credible" don't mix. Nice try though.
I too, defend Microsoft products. Why? Simply because I hate the god damn Linux using cock suckers who frequent this and other tech related websites. Linux zealots are so repulsive that I'm willing to use my free time in defense of a company that I'm not a fan of for absolutely free. You say the evidence is clear? You know, some might think the world is dark and smells like shit. Are they mislabeling the world? No, they simply have their head up their ass.
Standing up to China takes stones.
I beg your pardon? You think what Google is doing is called "standing up to China"? That's a slap in the face to the few Chinese citizens who have stood up to China and been met with torture, imprisonment, and worse.
Crap like this happens because the only requirement for being a Slashdot editor is being able to handle Rob Malda's load.
I am able to work much faster under Linux than I can do under Windows and I find doing almost anything under Windows an exercise in frustration.
Good for you, but you are only one person and hardly represent a typical computer user. Hell, you don't even represent all of Slashdot. I find Linux slow, cumbersome, and aggravating to use. It literally feels like I'm using an OS that was produced by a joint venture between Fred Sanford and Fisher Price. I can't see why anyone would use it for anything except servers or embedded devices where user friendliness, software selection, and charm take a back seat to cost and customization. Unless of course they had an irrational hatred for Microsoft or proprietary software in general.
Tablizer's point, which you missed, was that for a majority of people Windows represents how things should be. It's the status quo for the desktop. By no means do I wish to imply that Linux will ever reach widespread use for everyday computer users, but your attitude certainly doesn't help the situation.
Ha ha ha. You played right into that one. Part of me wishes you'd grow up, but then what fun would you be? The truth is, faggots like you are useless pussies unless given some artificial bullshit to worried about. You care about people? No, in fact, people probably don't like you very much. Perhaps do them a favor and go fuck yourself.
Assholes don't need nerve. It makes indiscriminately shitting on others easier.
Wikipedia is not blocked in Beijing. It's slow and sometimes the pictures don't display, but pages do load.
You ignorant fool.... don't you understand that when you purchase a machine with Windows installed you are giving your money to a bloodthirsty, criminal organization bent on enslaving the entire world via proprietary software? Maybe you don't care about true freedom the way Richard Stallman does, but this machine is designed to provide just that. Proprietary software is like pedophilia, sodomy, card counting, or dog fighting. It's sick, immoral, and it harms society as a whole. If you want to enjoy using a computer with a clean conscience, this "Open PC" is the only way to go.
Well.... it's ugly, underpowered, and it runs Linux... but this will go perfect with my Openmoko phone!
No, I don't think I'm stupid, just a competent professional
Bah ha ha ha. You make it so easy that I feel guilty before making the insult.
What a moment... Let me get this straight. You believed a company motto word for word? Sir, you didn't just miss the clue bus, the damn thing ran you over and left you for dead.
Microsoft, via the Gates Foundation, killed legislation...
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Using scrambled logic like that could be used to make the following statement correct:
The Gates Foundation, via Microsoft, released their newest OS called Windows 7.
No, sorry. The Gates Foundation is a privately funded organization. As much as you may hate Microsoft and Bill gates personally, the connection you have made is false. Furthermore, murder is the act of actually killing another human being. If I go to a doctor and he refuses to treat me, is he guilty of attempted murder? No, he is not. You might think the doctor really is guilty, but such is the irrationality of those driven by contempt such as yourself.
In case you couldn't figure it out, he was speaking of Slashdot as a whole, not just one part. Yes, Einstein, the Games section is pro-Microsoft. The rest of the website is not. When you look at all the sections together, it slants heavy anti-Microsoft. Maybe your bias prevents you from seeing inequality.
Yes, because so few people use Linux as a desktop OS. Therefore why bother?
IAnd somehow I think I am in the majority.
You are. Linux zealots want to revise history to make it seems as if they gained a boatload of ex-Amiga users. They got a few, but many of them went for higher ground after that ship sank.
Dead wrong. Your speculation is fueled by pure ignorance about Amiga users and biased toward Linux. My father and I were about as hardcore as you can get and neither of us had any interest in Linux or any other Unix clone. Five other Amiga users I know also didn't follow suit with Linux. Why? Several reasons. For one, software. At the time Linux didn't (and in many ways still doesn't) have a robust commercial software library. Most Amiga users longed for the day they could walk into any small to mid-size department store and purchase software for our computers. Next, there is the Unix philosophy and culture, which for many of us seemed like yet another group of people desperately holding onto the past. When the Amiga died, many of us wanted to move forward. Not find another underdog to cling to. For the record, I called it quits in 1997, so I hung on even longer than most others. My father even longer.
This isn't the first time I've had to defend Amiga from Linux zealots like you. We do not like Linux and don't wish to ever be associated with it, period. To us, the Amiga wasn't what Linux is to you. You can't even compare the two. It was a different time and a different animal. We also liked and supported commercial software. We wanted more of it available for the Amiga because we knew that's the key to a successful machine. About the only thing we had in common was a juvenile dislike for anything Microsoft simply because it was the competition. Well, guess what. Some of us grew up. The ones who didn't? Well, I bet you can figure out what happened to them.