Perhaps you missed it, but this is slashdot, not the usual forum of bickering and bitching ms/apple users. Most of us (I'm hoping) use Linux, which is essentially proving that American's aren't as bad as you believe. It has become an international stereotype that Americans are easily influence, manipulate, and badly informed. Practical experienc on foreign policy? Thats more political bullshit there. Foreign policy is basically the bitching by a foreign country against something the US is trying to influence a control over (I do not argue that the US government itself is all screwed up). The fact is, with the general public of the world, its too easy to influence them to use M$ or Apple, because people in general (non/.ers of course:)) are sucked into the media wormhole of Apple, Microsoft, and hell, even IBM has its bad sides. Nobody is perfect, even if they support linux [ask rasterman for another one]. The media participates in the brain washing. Do not be so quick to tag Americans with it, its the whole world at this point. Look at the Germans, which were easily influenced into following the Nazi powers during WW2. Governments are usually what screw things up, and the use of media is their 'force' for keeping power. Getting people all pissed off about something somebody else is doing is what the governments of todays world thrive on. Oh and I used to be a Microsoft junkie, only because they had the OS that could run Wolfenstien 3d, Doom, and later Warcraft. The Macs just didnt have the game platform for me. Now, I'm a little beyond just gaming. I've educated myself. Sure I still slightly sneer at the use of a Mac, only because complete idiots can use them, not requiring any skill or brains at all.. (dont get me wrong, even smart people use them, I just find it demeaining to have to do everything away from a command prompt.. probably why i've gone from wintendo to linux (cept when I gotta play something I cant get working with WINE). Ok I dont know where the hell I just went with all this so I'm going to run away.
The benches are not worth of slashdotters eyes. First, they describe PEAK PERFORMANCE in EACH chart. What about sustained/average rates??? Second, why don't we all get together and sue (woohoo, another Class Action Suit) M$/Mindcraft for false advertising/slander against Linux (AFTER we find somebody willing to buy a copy of NT and Linux and test it openly and independently). Third, who the hell is that Wonko42 guy? his site, http://wonko.com, shows just how current he is. An attemp at/.ing that fails miserably (and turns my stomach, too).
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Perhaps you missed it, but this is slashdot, not the usual forum of bickering and bitching ms/apple users. Most of us (I'm hoping) use Linux, which is essentially proving that American's aren't as bad as you believe. It has become an international stereotype that Americans are easily influence, manipulate, and badly informed. Practical experienc on foreign policy? Thats more political bullshit there. Foreign policy is basically the bitching by a foreign country against something the US is trying to influence a control over (I do not argue that the US government itself is all screwed up). The fact is, with the general public of the world, its too easy to influence them to use M$ or Apple, because people in general (non /.ers of course :)) are sucked into the media wormhole of Apple, Microsoft, and hell, even IBM has its bad sides. Nobody is perfect, even if they support linux [ask rasterman for another one]. The media participates in the brain washing. Do not be so quick to tag Americans with it, its the whole world at this point. Look at the Germans, which were easily influenced into following the Nazi powers during WW2. Governments are usually what screw things up, and the use of media is their 'force' for keeping power. Getting people all pissed off about something somebody else is doing is what the governments of todays world thrive on. Oh and I used to be a Microsoft junkie, only because they had the OS that could run Wolfenstien 3d, Doom, and later Warcraft. The Macs just didnt have the game platform for me. Now, I'm a little beyond just gaming. I've educated myself. Sure I still slightly sneer at the use of a Mac, only because complete idiots can use them, not requiring any skill or brains at all.. (dont get me wrong, even smart people use them, I just find it demeaining to have to do everything away from a command prompt.. probably why i've gone from wintendo to linux (cept when I gotta play something I cant get working with WINE). Ok I dont know where the hell I just went with all this so I'm going to run away.
The benches are not worth of slashdotters eyes. First, they describe PEAK PERFORMANCE in EACH chart. What about sustained/average rates??? Second, why don't we all get together and sue (woohoo, another Class Action Suit) M$/Mindcraft for false advertising/slander against Linux (AFTER we find somebody willing to buy a copy of NT and Linux and test it openly and independently). Third, who the hell is that Wonko42 guy? his site, http://wonko.com, shows just how current he is. An attemp at /.ing that fails miserably (and turns my stomach, too).