that's why fortune 500 companies install it on thousands of data center blades, and fuck knows how many routers, firewalls, set top boxes, smartphones, etc rely on it, not to mention a decent chunk of the web is served from it.
linux started out as a hobby OS, and has matured like a fine wine to become part of critical corporate IT infrastructure
windows started out as a corporate OS and has become rotten and stale and now companies don't trust it for datacenter use and put up with it on workstations because they have been duped into dependence on the Microsoft application ecosystem (outlook, access, autodesk, adobe, etc).
I'm from Australia, and as much as I'm taxed fairly highly, I'm actually glad that high incomes get slugged 50%... it means our national debt isn't a national joke
people on over $250,000 don't complian or even pay as much tax as you might think, because on high income the benefits of any tax deductions are better... for example if i buy a new suit "for work" (and for weddings etc) and i pay $1000 for it, when it comes to tax time i get $500 back for that suit because for a $250k salary you're paying 50% tax on most of it, so people in high incomes buy investment properties, etc to reduce their taxable income (which means even though they pay heaps of tax to begin with, they get 50% of their deductions back at tax time).
if you make much less (say $25k) deductions are less important because the tax percentage is less, so instead of getting 50% of your deductions back, you might only get 15% back).
anyone who buys something and says they will get all of its price back at tax time is ignorant because nobody gets taxed 100% of their income
poverty in the US is having a decent education, a paying job and a family, and then being made redundant by machines and having your home foreclosed, not being able to afford healthcare or education and living in shelters.
They call it demineralized water at the power stations. Distillation is most likely part of the process, but there are all sorts of chemicals involved too (acids and whatnot).
They're using sterilized water so as not to pollute the lake itself with organisms or minerals.
You don't seem to know much about how a power station works (not surprising by the rest of your rant).
There are two types of water used in a power station; for cooling and for steam, and the two are physically isolated.
Cooling water comes from lakes or rivers, is used in heat exchangers to turn low pressure steam (isolated in pipes) back into water.
Most of the water used for steam is recirculated, so it doesn't end up in any lakes anyway.
The plumes of steam that you see coming out of cooling towers is evaporated cooling water (not used to drive the turbines).
...and the reason why they use purified (as opposed to distilled, which isn't purified) has nothing to do with the environment; it's to increase the life of the pipes and turbine components, because if normal water (or even distilled water) was used, the insides of the pipes and turbines would corrode faster. When you have a base load power station that is expected to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at as close to full load as possible (with short scheduled outages for maintenance), things like this play a big part in design of power stations, and huge expense goes into making the water as pure as possible.
Your "old man" sounds like a retard, and it would appear you're following in his footsteps.
funny the person who told me that purified (i never mentioned distilled) water can kill you works in a power station chem lab... i guess you must be the usual armchair expert though... so if you never seen a power station you wouldn't beleive they exist either? what about electrons? bet you never seen those.... pffft what a fuckass
while i tend to agree that 386 support is no longer required for the current kernel, I think assuming there is no need for 386's altogether is a bit harsh. maybe in countries like the USA and Australia the humble 386 is now a relic, but in 3rd world countries in Africa that are just getting into computers, a 386 may be all they can get their hands on, and being able to surf the internet with current security patches is no longer an option for them as they are limited to an out of date kernel.
not that i would recommend they install any version of windows on their 386's instead
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don't they make printers?
ignorance is bliss... most restaurant customers have no idea what goes on in the kitchen (or what goes into their food)
dell is pretty much a division of microsoft
you forgot the (in)famous "year of the linux desktop" :)
"nice".... what planet are you from?
that's why fortune 500 companies install it on thousands of data center blades, and fuck knows how many routers, firewalls, set top boxes, smartphones, etc rely on it, not to mention a decent chunk of the web is served from it.
linux started out as a hobby OS, and has matured like a fine wine to become part of critical corporate IT infrastructure
windows started out as a corporate OS and has become rotten and stale and now companies don't trust it for datacenter use and put up with it on workstations because they have been duped into dependence on the Microsoft application ecosystem (outlook, access, autodesk, adobe, etc).
one reason and one reason only... nobody ever got fired for buying microsoft products
you might accidentally sell linux with a commercial like that (esp. since powershell is basically a bash ripoff with some .NET bloat)
"LinSux"... please... that's almost as bad as APK's usual "open sores" drivel... almost
except "irresponsible black" people can't afford homes in the first place, so they weren't the subject of my previous post
I'm from Australia, and as much as I'm taxed fairly highly, I'm actually glad that high incomes get slugged 50%... it means our national debt isn't a national joke
ditto to you, his lordship's butt boy... if you don't like freedom go back to being fucked by oppressive dictators
people on over $250,000 don't complian or even pay as much tax as you might think, because on high income the benefits of any tax deductions are better... for example if i buy a new suit "for work" (and for weddings etc) and i pay $1000 for it, when it comes to tax time i get $500 back for that suit because for a $250k salary you're paying 50% tax on most of it, so people in high incomes buy investment properties, etc to reduce their taxable income (which means even though they pay heaps of tax to begin with, they get 50% of their deductions back at tax time).
if you make much less (say $25k) deductions are less important because the tax percentage is less, so instead of getting 50% of your deductions back, you might only get 15% back).
anyone who buys something and says they will get all of its price back at tax time is ignorant because nobody gets taxed 100% of their income
poverty in the US is having a decent education, a paying job and a family, and then being made redundant by machines and having your home foreclosed, not being able to afford healthcare or education and living in shelters.
fuck yeah... "you require more vespian gas"... doh!
...not to give the plans to a woman (with a cute little robot that beeps and looks a bit like a washing machine)
Say what you want about Microsoft's shoddy products, at least they're consistent.
yeah... consistently shoddy
you just can't demand it be changed
doesn't sound much like freedom to me you oppressive dictator
how about you feel free to go get fucked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_purification#Demineralized_water
They call it demineralized water at the power stations. Distillation is most likely part of the process, but there are all sorts of chemicals involved too (acids and whatnot).
They're using sterilized water so as not to pollute the lake itself with organisms or minerals.
You don't seem to know much about how a power station works (not surprising by the rest of your rant).
...and the reason why they use purified (as opposed to distilled, which isn't purified) has nothing to do with the environment; it's to increase the life of the pipes and turbine components, because if normal water (or even distilled water) was used, the insides of the pipes and turbines would corrode faster. When you have a base load power station that is expected to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at as close to full load as possible (with short scheduled outages for maintenance), things like this play a big part in design of power stations, and huge expense goes into making the water as pure as possible.
There are two types of water used in a power station; for cooling and for steam, and the two are physically isolated.
Cooling water comes from lakes or rivers, is used in heat exchangers to turn low pressure steam (isolated in pipes) back into water.
Most of the water used for steam is recirculated, so it doesn't end up in any lakes anyway.
The plumes of steam that you see coming out of cooling towers is evaporated cooling water (not used to drive the turbines).
Your "old man" sounds like a retard, and it would appear you're following in his footsteps.
funny the person who told me that purified (i never mentioned distilled) water can kill you works in a power station chem lab... i guess you must be the usual armchair expert though... so if you never seen a power station you wouldn't beleive they exist either? what about electrons? bet you never seen those.... pffft what a fuckass
i didn't say distilled water dipshit... i said purified water (almost 100% pure)
there is linux for the 8086 though... if someone really wanted to get a kernel on a 286 it would happen
while i tend to agree that 386 support is no longer required for the current kernel, I think assuming there is no need for 386's altogether is a bit harsh. maybe in countries like the USA and Australia the humble 386 is now a relic, but in 3rd world countries in Africa that are just getting into computers, a 386 may be all they can get their hands on, and being able to surf the internet with current security patches is no longer an option for them as they are limited to an out of date kernel.
not that i would recommend they install any version of windows on their 386's instead
so does whatever linux kernel was around at the time windows 98 was released...
your point?