it would probably be construed as violating the gag order (whether it actually did or not is irrelevant in this modern day of locking people up in prison and throwing away the key and not bothering to ask questions at all)
Maybe have the contract say something like "You will be charged $0.01/month if we are required to install monitoring gear" and have it show up on their bill.:)
better to say something like "You will be charged $500.00/month if we are required to install monitoring gear" and then when it happens it will be blatantly obvious to the customer what's going on and they will leave voluntarily... it doesn't really matter if the customer actually pays the $500 or not but that's not really the point of the clause
the NSA will look at all the traffic and wonder why everyone was on slashdot beforehand, and then slashdot will come under suspicion for soliciting weird pr0n like http://goatse.cx/
People who do longer-term investing don't much care about short-term volatility
people who really believe that have been favouring commodities and emerging markets since before 2000, and they avoid US stocks and bonds like the plagues that they are
why? because long-term investors study data that enables them to see asset bubbles long before they burst (peter schiff for example)
You complain that Linux doesn't have text config files, where are Windows config file?
i didn't complain about that, and i know the difference between linux and windows config. i personally think linux is easier to configure too, and when i develop programs i generally prefer text file config files even in windows.
Yes, I've used regedit. I see little to nothing readable in it.
it's kinda not really meant to be readable. i personally think regedit is a bitch, but regedit is also of little relevance to the usability of windows.
No software installation needed in Linux, just plug it in and it works.
i personally think linux hardware support and ease of use is much better in windows too. no driver installation cds required:)
Please tell me what about Windows is more useable than Linux?
for me, not much. probably the most tedious usability issues i've had in linux have been related to wifi and file permissions, but wifi support has improved greatly since i started with linux and i've learned how to deal with permissions and i appreciate the security benefits they provide.
you are mistaken in thinking that i'm some kind of "shill". if you read any of my past posts you will find that i'm probably more on the side of a linux fanboi. i love linux and use it as my main pc at home and i have a lamp server, i use linux nas drives and i've even set up a lamp server at work (in an otherwise all windows company).
but user-friendliness is a fairly subjective topic, and what you or i consider to be user-friendly doesn't necessarily mean the same to others. much of the world has grown up using windows (having it forced on them) so its ergonomics and UI elements are ingrained, so anything different is something that people need to get used to. if people spent as much time learning linux as they do windows there would be no doubt that linux would be easier, but that's generally not the reality.
don't worry, linux will take over the world... slowly but surely. microsoft has had its day, and they will settle into a minor market share position... also slowly but surely.
i use windows 7 and debian linux at home and work and have never had that much trouble.
on linux i use audacious for playing music (mainly mp3s and some flac, and i love the spectrum analyzer), i use vlc for playing dvds that are locked to a different region that i can't play on my av dvd
i have a couple of nas drives that i have set up with smb and nfs shares and can access them both easily via fstab and nautilus (just select location command from the go menu and type something like smb://192.168.0.168/ in the prompt, and then save a bookmark for easy access in future).
i prefer gnome fallback. there's a few things i don't like (the taskbar buttons have colors opposite to what is intuitive to me and i occasionally click the wrong button) and for some reason i have to safely remove usb sticks twice, but these are more inconveniences and if they really bothered me i could hop onto linuxquestions etc to find an answer, and giyf.
i use nvidia twinview and i have icons on my desktop... just install gnome-tweak-tool from repos (sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool in debian and derivatives) and under desktop page turn on the "have file manager handle the desktop" switch, or you can prolly use gconf editor.
one thing i found easier in linux than windows is that because device manufacturers don't usually supply drivers, the kernel devs have really done themselves proud by implementing built-in support for a huge swathe of hardware, and except for the absolute latest and greatest you can often plug in a device and it will work without any fucking around at all. i had a usb-rs232 converter cable that required installation of drivers in windows but in linux i just plugged it in and opened a term connection straight away. i also have a samsung galaxy s2 and have never had trouble accessing it. i think sometimes it depends on what mode you connect in because you can connect as a camera or mass storage device, but most modern file managers (in linux and windows) will open up a dialog where you can select what mode you want to connect and what program you want to open with.
App X is 80% complete, lets replace it with App Y which is 40% complete!
to be fair, in linux App X is still available even if it isn't installed by default, or you can always uninstall App Y and replace it with Apps A, B or C etc. as much as the myriad of options for linux can be confusing/overwhelming, at least you aren't tied down. think of how consumers looking for a new windows laptop are feeling lately... they are stuck with a 40% finished App Y (Windows 8) and they have little other choice.
no need to apologize. the op was more thought-provoking than many other comments on/.
i've read plenty about microsoft's anti-competitive business practices, with linux advocates claiming that windows would be wiped out if linux and windows were on the same level of competition, and mostly i agree with those sentiments, but it is also interesting to tip that on its head and imagine how well linux would compete if it had to compete with a free and open source version of windows. i know its just an armchair exercise because it will never happen, but if linux wasn't licensed under the GPL and was sold at a similar price as windows, would it have any hope at all?
having used linux i personally think it is probably preferable to windows for servers, and many companies do pay for enterprise linux servers. if linux had an equal footing in applications from vendors like adobe and autodesk i think it might do ok on the desktop, but i don't think it would be a clear winner because desktop windows and linux (as operating systems, notwithstanding availability of applications) their user experiences really aren't that different nowadays. linux has security benefits in filesystem permissions that are actually used, but its sometimes at the expense of ease of use that windows has, although this video kind of pokes a few holes in that with respect to vista http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxOIebkmrqs
you're absolutely right... how could biology possibly help technology, especially those stupid genetic algorithms and neural networks, which are just plain useless?
assuming "we" were still alive in orbit, if you're going to make a statement like that i would have a problem with you not being an hot kick-ass alien-toasting bitch named ellen ripley
The logic is like when your car is pulling to the left because of a destroyed wheel, and you then destroy the other wheel too, and declare it a success because now you're "driving" in a straight line again.
if your aim is merely to solve the problem of pulling to the left without regard for anything else then the logic is sound
an (extreme) extension of the car analogy might be that if you're worried about obstacles or oncoming traffic, you destroy them too
their self-perceived usefulness would increase the size of their heads and therefore the amount of hot air they generate, resulting in an ever increasing cycle where hot air increases to infinity.
we would need to secure washington under a pressure rated dome with a funnel for the convected hot air at the top, channelling the hot air back down through pipes to the ground to elements that continuously cook politicians till they die to keep the cycle in check. when the heat level drops a little too much, we could just "upgrade" a state senator's situation by plonking them into the washington dome of usefulness.
the dome wouldn't violate the laws of thermodynamics because the system requires continual pumping of energetic treasuries into the system from the federal reserve, which is constantly converting mass into energy by a nuclear reaction, with transfer of mass from the millions of starved and overworked chinese and indian stomachs to the federal reserve nuclear treasury reactor.
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if you experience headache, upset stomach or heartburn, flushing, nasal congestion, dyspepsia, nasal congestion or impaired vision
nah that's just normal side effects of government corruption
So your smug little attempt at a joke doesn't really go too far
mate... you are a poof
The mistake most people make with vegemite is to use too much of the stuff
that's impossible... there's no such thing as too much vegemite, especially on crumpets
it would probably be construed as violating the gag order (whether it actually did or not is irrelevant in this modern day of locking people up in prison and throwing away the key and not bothering to ask questions at all)
Maybe have the contract say something like "You will be charged $0.01/month if we are required to install monitoring gear" and have it show up on their bill. :)
better to say something like "You will be charged $500.00/month if we are required to install monitoring gear" and then when it happens it will be blatantly obvious to the customer what's going on and they will leave voluntarily... it doesn't really matter if the customer actually pays the $500 or not but that's not really the point of the clause
it'll probably get slashdotted
poor xmission will think they're being ddos'ed
the NSA will look at all the traffic and wonder why everyone was on slashdot beforehand, and then slashdot will come under suspicion for soliciting weird pr0n like http://goatse.cx/
meant for people
honest, not wanting extra money, not being able to be blackmailed or social engineered
seems like kind of an oxymoron
what we really need are laws for corrupt, greedy, mindless... humans, and maybe non-humans to administer these laws
just remember to take the blue pill
if you happen to be talking about android with an aussie and you tell them they should "get rooted" you might end up with a fist sanga
typical Internet forum cynicism backed up by a pile of empty beer bottles
beer makes us budweiser
People who do longer-term investing don't much care about short-term volatility
people who really believe that have been favouring commodities and emerging markets since before 2000, and they avoid US stocks and bonds like the plagues that they are
why? because long-term investors study data that enables them to see asset bubbles long before they burst (peter schiff for example)
The stock market is not gambling
+1 funny
microsoft will just wind up its legal and marketing (FUD) departments to extort more money out of android vendors
peter schiff has a history of being right
a lot of morons criticize him because of gold price slump and the dollar not collapsing (yet), but peter will have the last laugh as always
i personally think linux hardware support and ease of use is much better than windows too
woops :)
You complain that Linux doesn't have text config files, where are Windows config file?
i didn't complain about that, and i know the difference between linux and windows config. i personally think linux is easier to configure too, and when i develop programs i generally prefer text file config files even in windows.
Yes, I've used regedit. I see little to nothing readable in it.
it's kinda not really meant to be readable. i personally think regedit is a bitch, but regedit is also of little relevance to the usability of windows.
No software installation needed in Linux, just plug it in and it works.
i personally think linux hardware support and ease of use is much better in windows too. no driver installation cds required :)
Please tell me what about Windows is more useable than Linux?
for me, not much. probably the most tedious usability issues i've had in linux have been related to wifi and file permissions, but wifi support has improved greatly since i started with linux and i've learned how to deal with permissions and i appreciate the security benefits they provide.
you are mistaken in thinking that i'm some kind of "shill". if you read any of my past posts you will find that i'm probably more on the side of a linux fanboi. i love linux and use it as my main pc at home and i have a lamp server, i use linux nas drives and i've even set up a lamp server at work (in an otherwise all windows company).
but user-friendliness is a fairly subjective topic, and what you or i consider to be user-friendly doesn't necessarily mean the same to others. much of the world has grown up using windows (having it forced on them) so its ergonomics and UI elements are ingrained, so anything different is something that people need to get used to. if people spent as much time learning linux as they do windows there would be no doubt that linux would be easier, but that's generally not the reality.
don't worry, linux will take over the world... slowly but surely. microsoft has had its day, and they will settle into a minor market share position... also slowly but surely.
i use windows 7 and debian linux at home and work and have never had that much trouble.
on linux i use audacious for playing music (mainly mp3s and some flac, and i love the spectrum analyzer), i use vlc for playing dvds that are locked to a different region that i can't play on my av dvd
i have a couple of nas drives that i have set up with smb and nfs shares and can access them both easily via fstab and nautilus (just select location command from the go menu and type something like smb://192.168.0.168/ in the prompt, and then save a bookmark for easy access in future).
i prefer gnome fallback. there's a few things i don't like (the taskbar buttons have colors opposite to what is intuitive to me and i occasionally click the wrong button) and for some reason i have to safely remove usb sticks twice, but these are more inconveniences and if they really bothered me i could hop onto linuxquestions etc to find an answer, and giyf.
i use nvidia twinview and i have icons on my desktop... just install gnome-tweak-tool from repos (sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool in debian and derivatives) and under desktop page turn on the "have file manager handle the desktop" switch, or you can prolly use gconf editor.
one thing i found easier in linux than windows is that because device manufacturers don't usually supply drivers, the kernel devs have really done themselves proud by implementing built-in support for a huge swathe of hardware, and except for the absolute latest and greatest you can often plug in a device and it will work without any fucking around at all. i had a usb-rs232 converter cable that required installation of drivers in windows but in linux i just plugged it in and opened a term connection straight away. i also have a samsung galaxy s2 and have never had trouble accessing it. i think sometimes it depends on what mode you connect in because you can connect as a camera or mass storage device, but most modern file managers (in linux and windows) will open up a dialog where you can select what mode you want to connect and what program you want to open with.
App X is 80% complete, lets replace it with App Y which is 40% complete!
to be fair, in linux App X is still available even if it isn't installed by default, or you can always uninstall App Y and replace it with Apps A, B or C etc. as much as the myriad of options for linux can be confusing/overwhelming, at least you aren't tied down. think of how consumers looking for a new windows laptop are feeling lately... they are stuck with a 40% finished App Y (Windows 8) and they have little other choice.
no need to apologize. the op was more thought-provoking than many other comments on /.
i've read plenty about microsoft's anti-competitive business practices, with linux advocates claiming that windows would be wiped out if linux and windows were on the same level of competition, and mostly i agree with those sentiments, but it is also interesting to tip that on its head and imagine how well linux would compete if it had to compete with a free and open source version of windows. i know its just an armchair exercise because it will never happen, but if linux wasn't licensed under the GPL and was sold at a similar price as windows, would it have any hope at all?
having used linux i personally think it is probably preferable to windows for servers, and many companies do pay for enterprise linux servers. if linux had an equal footing in applications from vendors like adobe and autodesk i think it might do ok on the desktop, but i don't think it would be a clear winner because desktop windows and linux (as operating systems, notwithstanding availability of applications) their user experiences really aren't that different nowadays. linux has security benefits in filesystem permissions that are actually used, but its sometimes at the expense of ease of use that windows has, although this video kind of pokes a few holes in that with respect to vista http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxOIebkmrqs
you're absolutely right... how could biology possibly help technology, especially those stupid genetic algorithms and neural networks, which are just plain useless?
Don't break, isolate
kinda like STONITH in HA clusters
What makes you think this is Windows's fault?
you definitely must be new here
nuke the whole planet from orbit
assuming "we" were still alive in orbit, if you're going to make a statement like that i would have a problem with you not being an hot kick-ass alien-toasting bitch named ellen ripley
or borrowing $85 billion a month to "fix" a nation that is going broke
The logic is like when your car is pulling to the left because of a destroyed wheel, and you then destroy the other wheel too, and declare it a success because now you're "driving" in a straight line again.
if your aim is merely to solve the problem of pulling to the left without regard for anything else then the logic is sound
an (extreme) extension of the car analogy might be that if you're worried about obstacles or oncoming traffic, you destroy them too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMWzjrRiBg
their self-perceived usefulness would increase the size of their heads and therefore the amount of hot air they generate, resulting in an ever increasing cycle where hot air increases to infinity.
we would need to secure washington under a pressure rated dome with a funnel for the convected hot air at the top, channelling the hot air back down through pipes to the ground to elements that continuously cook politicians till they die to keep the cycle in check. when the heat level drops a little too much, we could just "upgrade" a state senator's situation by plonking them into the washington dome of usefulness.
the dome wouldn't violate the laws of thermodynamics because the system requires continual pumping of energetic treasuries into the system from the federal reserve, which is constantly converting mass into energy by a nuclear reaction, with transfer of mass from the millions of starved and overworked chinese and indian stomachs to the federal reserve nuclear treasury reactor.