I happen to currently contract to a Fortune 500 company for my web development expertise. Guess which web browser comes first in my compatibility tests.
Actually, by "remotely usable" I mean that cmd.exe has little usability compared to bash (for example). But I guess the statement works with your interpretation too.:)
Having been forced to work with Windoze XP lately, (I run Linux 2.6.5 at home) I can say with authority that Windoze is inferior. (Warning: rant follows)
It doesn't have a remotely useable shell (which, despite what GUI fanatics may say, is still the most effecient interface available), it doesn't have useable virtual desktops (yes I know about the Powertoy virtual desktop POS that puts all tasks on the same desktop), application control is lacking (*how* many times must I kill Homesite before it acks the kill signal?!), and it can't copy and paste worth shit! (what, I have to touch the keyboard?!).
And for the record, this is not simply a troll, but my actual eXPerience. So be it! Long live Free software.
What are the first 10 programs you would install on a Windows machine? How about for a Unix machine?
If that's not trolling, I don't know what is. Most decent Unix/Linux distributions come with all the software you need for a useable system. So the question really becomes: What third-party apps do you need to make a closed source OS like Windoze remotely useable?
No doubt. There's not enough water on the planet to "cover the highest mountains", even if the polar ice caps were to melt. Accepting the great flood mythology at face value is to believe in magic.
Personally, I view the old testament as no more than the accumulated myths, genealogy, and records of an ancient nomadic mid-Eastern tribe. It is interesting from a historical perspective, but no more so than Beowulf, Homer's Odyssey, Nights of Arabia, etc.
In my opinion the "great flood" was perhaps a severe localized flood, something not uncommon to the Tigris and Euphrades river valley. Building a boat in anticipation of flooding certainly shows foresight, but is more suggestive to me of logic than divine intervention.
Hell yeah, cracking software which you bought to remove idiotic copy protection is fair use and not piracy.
Personally I care not at all about downloading full gamez, but I'm very grateful to the likes of Fairlight for providing cracks and no-cd fixes, so I don't have to juggle CDs to play my store-bought PC games. Unfortunately the public at large does not know the difference between warez and cracks, and looks upon both with a baleful gaze.
A decade ago, it seemed that the software industry had learned their lesson about copy protection, that it aggravated paying customers and failed to stop piracy. What happened? Why do software publishers believe that copyright laws will not protect their works, and thus resort to putting artifical barriers in their products?
Abso-friggin-lutely. 10 years ago, I moved from a small midwestern city to the suburbs of Chicago. I hated it. Most people were rude jerks, content to live in their own little world and not interact with others by choice.
Three years ago, I moved into the city proper, and immediately noticed a completely different and *good* attitude of the people living there. For example, I know most of my neighbors, and we actually greet each other on the street. What a concept, eh?
Well anakin876, you presume too much. I did not state my own desires, only that there is a human need for space. The trap so many people seem to make, is that the space in question need not be exclusively your own. Try taking a walk in the park, go to a zoo, socialize.
Isolation is unhealthy, whether you're in a tiny apartment in the city or a mansion in the country. This is actualy another thing I've noticed about suburbanites -- many of them are isolated. Case in point, many don't even know their neighbors. I visited some surburban friends some time ago, and forgot their apart number. So naturally, I started knocking on doors at the building, expecting that someone there would know my friends. After all, they'd lived there nearly three years. No one did.
The best way to avoid commuting is for people to move back into the cities
Hell yeah. People are going out of their way to live 50+ miles from work, so they can live the American dream and have their own little piece of urban sprawl. Then we build 8-lane superhighways so these lemmings can migrate to and from the city every day.
I suppose the desire to have more personal space is a natural instinct, and it's fueled by the relativly large amount of open space and the relativly inexpensive personal vehicles in this country. But, I wonder how long this trend can continue until we/run out of space/run out of oil/cars get too expensive/ and the benefits of living near work become greater than the benefits of commuting. Perhaps it has begun already..
I wonder why MS puts the word "read" in quotes like that. I mean, it's not like reading memory is a new or strange concept, like Dr. Evil's "giant laser" or something.
One aspect of what makes the Black Isle games "authentic" AD&D for me, is the alignment handling. If you have NPCs in your party with diametrically opposed alignments, they will argue and even fight each other.
Also, your party's reputation will have an effect, and not just with encounters. Get too popular and any neutral or evil NPCs in the party start to whine. Get too evil and your good aligned companions will desert you.:)
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What, this anacronism? (yes, that's an ethernet adaptor on top ;)
I happen to currently contract to a Fortune 500 company for my web development expertise. Guess which web browser comes first in my compatibility tests.
and see where they're standing today
With an incredible standards-compliant cross-platform software package that's competitive against a monopoly-backed behemoth against all odds?
But, but, goatees are cool, man! ;)
Actually, by "remotely usable" I mean that cmd.exe has little usability compared to bash (for example). But I guess the statement works with your interpretation too. :)
It doesn't have a remotely useable shell (which, despite what GUI fanatics may say, is still the most effecient interface available), it doesn't have useable virtual desktops (yes I know about the Powertoy virtual desktop POS that puts all tasks on the same desktop), application control is lacking (*how* many times must I kill Homesite before it acks the kill signal?!), and it can't copy and paste worth shit! (what, I have to touch the keyboard?!).
And for the record, this is not simply a troll, but my actual eXPerience. So be it! Long live Free software.
If it's any consolation, it's not so much their clothing as the dorky mustaches.. ^_^
Not bad, I had to read that twice before I got it. The troll mod is undeserved imo.
I think the parent meant Free (libre) not free (gratis).
Happy birthday, BASIC. Now hurry up and die, already.
If you don't like Slashdot's bias, go somewhere else that fits your bias. Nobody's holding a gun to you head or anything.
Where was this Linux Desktop Summit? Is this a regular event? How may one attend?
What are the first 10 programs you would install on a Windows machine? How about for a Unix machine?
If that's not trolling, I don't know what is. Most decent Unix/Linux distributions come with all the software you need for a useable system. So the question really becomes: What third-party apps do you need to make a closed source OS like Windoze remotely useable?
As I said before, magic.
What's wrong with DeVry? They are now a fully accredited university, no longer simply a 'trade school'.
No doubt. There's not enough water on the planet to "cover the highest mountains", even if the polar ice caps were to melt. Accepting the great flood mythology at face value is to believe in magic.
Personally, I view the old testament as no more than the accumulated myths, genealogy, and records of an ancient nomadic mid-Eastern tribe. It is interesting from a historical perspective, but no more so than Beowulf, Homer's Odyssey, Nights of Arabia, etc.
In my opinion the "great flood" was perhaps a severe localized flood, something not uncommon to the Tigris and Euphrades river valley. Building a boat in anticipation of flooding certainly shows foresight, but is more suggestive to me of logic than divine intervention.
Personally I care not at all about downloading full gamez, but I'm very grateful to the likes of Fairlight for providing cracks and no-cd fixes, so I don't have to juggle CDs to play my store-bought PC games. Unfortunately the public at large does not know the difference between warez and cracks, and looks upon both with a baleful gaze.
A decade ago, it seemed that the software industry had learned their lesson about copy protection, that it aggravated paying customers and failed to stop piracy. What happened? Why do software publishers believe that copyright laws will not protect their works, and thus resort to putting artifical barriers in their products?Three years ago, I moved into the city proper, and immediately noticed a completely different and *good* attitude of the people living there. For example, I know most of my neighbors, and we actually greet each other on the street. What a concept, eh?
Isolation is unhealthy, whether you're in a tiny apartment in the city or a mansion in the country. This is actualy another thing I've noticed about suburbanites -- many of them are isolated. Case in point, many don't even know their neighbors. I visited some surburban friends some time ago, and forgot their apart number. So naturally, I started knocking on doors at the building, expecting that someone there would know my friends. After all, they'd lived there nearly three years. No one did.
The best way to avoid commuting is for people to move back into the cities
Hell yeah. People are going out of their way to live 50+ miles from work, so they can live the American dream and have their own little piece of urban sprawl. Then we build 8-lane superhighways so these lemmings can migrate to and from the city every day.
I suppose the desire to have more personal space is a natural instinct, and it's fueled by the relativly large amount of open space and the relativly inexpensive personal vehicles in this country. But, I wonder how long this trend can continue until we /run out of space/run out of oil/cars get too expensive/ and the benefits of living near work become greater than the benefits of commuting. Perhaps it has begun already..
My Amiga 500 makes a wonderful space-filler in the closet. Much more effecient than a C64, the box is at least twice as big..
I wonder why MS puts the word "read" in quotes like that. I mean, it's not like reading memory is a new or strange concept, like Dr. Evil's "giant laser" or something.
My favorite Stewie-ism: That's what I love about God, he's so deliciously evil!
One aspect of what makes the Black Isle games "authentic" AD&D for me, is the alignment handling. If you have NPCs in your party with diametrically opposed alignments, they will argue and even fight each other.
Also, your party's reputation will have an effect, and not just with encounters. Get too popular and any neutral or evil NPCs in the party start to whine. Get too evil and your good aligned companions will desert you. :)