> It's like listening to a zen buddhist go on > about the joys of Wal-Mart.
Hey, why not. I could dig on that.
What is the sound of white trash shopping?
Has a shopper the Buddha Nature? Mu, Linens.
The Initiate asked the Greeter "What is Buddha?" The Greeter struck the Initiate with a Register, and said "Always low prices. Always." With these words the Initiate was enlightened.
I hope this is a troll, but if not, I think it's illustrative of something I find pretty amusing. Namely, that the ones who carp and bitch about Linux zealotry the most so often seem to be equally as zealous in opposing it.
Absolutely it can. Typically, when the term "developing nation" is employed, it refers to a country's economic status. Just because a particular nation has advanced military capabilities and a stable system of government is no reason to assume that such conditions apply across the board for the population at large. This is especially true for countries like China, where an essentially totalitiarian regime holds the reins and can mandate that something like military development is to receive the highest priority. See Republics, Union of Soviet Socialist for more information.
Capitalism comes in many flavors, just as socialism and communism do. Please leave off the tired "love it or leave it" rhetoric. It's a simplistic and silly way to look at something as complex as human social behavior.
I can say quite honestly that I would have killed myself by this time if it weren't for SSRIs (i.e. Paxil, Prozac). Since you have never taken them, you should be aware that they do not cause one to live life in a haze. They don't even make you happy per se. They just make you not depressed most of the time. And believe me when I say that severe, chronic depression is not a state that gifts you with crystal clear perception. If anything clouds one's mind, depreesion is certainly it. Personally, I'll take being dominated by Paxil (which domination involves swallowing a pill before bed and the occasional trip to the pharmacy every couple months or so) over lying in bed and staring at the walls for eight hours because anything else would just be too hard and futile besides. Oh, wait, you're right, I'm being duped! I'll stop right now. Catatonia here I come, right back where I started from.....
Well speaking as someone who is nuts (OCD and depression), I don't find it offensive at all. Then again, I'm medicated and thus less likely to take something like that seriously
Sure, this isn't new tech, but it is an application of touch sensing that hasn't seen widespread adoption in the computing world. Regardless of how new the technology is, it still provides a new and potentially quite useful capability to the GUI.
What I love most about these pieces is that they always manage to imply that the actual users of a particular piece of sofware or technology are the ones running around heralding the doom of Microsoft. I mean, I don't remember anyone other than PR flacks and journalists claiming that Java was the end all be all (yes, and I include Sun in the PR flack category). Same with Linux. I use it, and some of my friends use it, but none of have any realistic expectation that it is going to dethrone Microsoft in the short term.
You know, I recently gave up Redhat, mainly because I found RPM to more trouble than it was worth, and have since happily switched to Debian. But Redhat, when I first used it ages ago, provided a perfect intro to Linux. It gave me simple ways to accomplish common tasks so that I could get going, which gave me time to get used to things and ease into the more complex but more powerful ways of doing things. And this is to me the value that distros like Redhat have. Also, this company actively employ people to write code that they contribute back to the community. So they also sell a lot of CDs. Good for them.
Yeah, but they are in beta right now, and they do scheduled crawls, so give 'em some time to build up a database. It still gives better results than anything else out there.
Why don't more people here belive this?
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> It's like listening to a zen buddhist go on
> about the joys of Wal-Mart.
Hey, why not. I could dig on that.
What is the sound of white trash shopping?
Has a shopper the Buddha Nature? Mu, Linens.
The Initiate asked the Greeter "What is Buddha?"
The Greeter struck the Initiate with a Register,
and said "Always low prices. Always."
With these words the Initiate was enlightened.
Thomas S. Howard
I hope this is a troll, but if not, I think it's
illustrative of something I find pretty amusing.
Namely, that the ones who carp and bitch about
Linux zealotry the most so often seem to be
equally as zealous in opposing it.
Thomas S. Howard
Absolutely it can. Typically, when the term
"developing nation" is employed, it refers to
a country's economic status. Just because a
particular nation has advanced military capabilities and a stable system of government is
no reason to assume that such conditions apply
across the board for the population at large.
This is especially true for countries like China,
where an essentially totalitiarian regime holds
the reins and can mandate that something like
military development is to receive the highest
priority. See Republics, Union of Soviet Socialist for more information.
All this ignores the fact that there are other
materials than wood when it comes to making
paper.
Thomas S. Howard
Doesn't anyone recognize satire any more?
Thomas S. Howard
Capitalism comes in many flavors, just as
socialism and communism do. Please leave off
the tired "love it or leave it" rhetoric. It's
a simplistic and silly way to look at something
as complex as human social behavior.
I can say quite honestly that I would have killed
myself by this time if it weren't for SSRIs (i.e.
Paxil, Prozac). Since you have never taken them,
you should be aware that they do not cause one
to live life in a haze. They don't even make
you happy per se. They just make you not depressed most of the time. And believe me when
I say that severe, chronic depression is not
a state that gifts you with crystal clear
perception. If anything clouds one's mind,
depreesion is certainly it. Personally, I'll
take being dominated by Paxil (which domination
involves swallowing a pill before bed and the
occasional trip to the pharmacy every couple
months or so) over lying in bed and staring at the
walls for eight hours because anything else would
just be too hard and futile besides. Oh, wait,
you're right, I'm being duped! I'll stop right
now. Catatonia here I come, right back where I
started from.....
Thomas S. Howard
Well speaking as someone who is nuts (OCD and
depression), I don't find it offensive at all.
Then again, I'm medicated and thus less likely to
take something like that seriously
Thomas S. Howard
>I am intentionally skipping old classics like
My friend, this novel IS an "old classic", and
is considered by many SF writers to be one of
the best SF novels written thus far.
Thomas S. Howard
Try searching for the phrase infoseek. I.e.,
enter "infoseek" with the quotes. Works like
a charm.
Thomas S. Howard
Sure, this isn't new tech, but it is an application of touch sensing that hasn't seen
widespread adoption in the computing world.
Regardless of how new the technology is, it still
provides a new and potentially quite useful
capability to the GUI.
Thomas S. Howard
What I love most about these pieces is that they
always manage to imply that the actual users of
a particular piece of sofware or technology are
the ones running around heralding the doom of
Microsoft. I mean, I don't remember anyone other
than PR flacks and journalists claiming that Java
was the end all be all (yes, and I include Sun in
the PR flack category). Same with Linux. I use
it, and some of my friends use it, but none of
have any realistic expectation that it is going
to dethrone Microsoft in the short term.
Thomas S. Howard
Hey, wearing underwear on your head is
ceremonial man.
Thomas S. Howard
You know, I recently gave up Redhat, mainly
because I found RPM to more trouble than it
was worth, and have since happily switched to
Debian. But Redhat, when I first used it ages
ago, provided a perfect intro to Linux. It gave
me simple ways to accomplish common tasks so
that I could get going, which gave me time
to get used to things and ease into the more
complex but more powerful ways of doing things.
And this is to me the value that distros like
Redhat have. Also, this company actively employ people to write code that they contribute back to the community. So they also sell a lot of CDs. Good for them.
Why do they keep doing this godammit? It's not
like all I do is play with my computer all
day. I don't have time for this...oh wait, nevermind.
Yeah, but they are in beta right now, and they
do scheduled crawls, so give 'em some time to
build up a database. It still gives better
results than anything else out there.
What is so hard about installing Gnome? I
downloaded it last night, su'd to root,
and typed rpm -Uvh *.rpm. A few minutes later,
I was in X, with a perfectly functioning
Gnome session.