I completely agree with James. I love what Linux has to offer and I hate Windows, but in the last 5 years I've tried about twice a year to move to Linux and its just rediculous. I think one of the scariest experiences has to be just trying to install new software and once its installed, figuring out where the hell it put itself, how I can use it, and how I can get rid of it when I realize I didn't really want it. I found a lot of nice tools like RedCarpet but found too many packages that claimed stability and just ended up making my system weaker. Especially troublesome was package dependencies. I would want to install something that was in a stable release but it required package(s) that were no where close to a stable release.
When it all comes down to it.. Linux just isn't usable to the desktop users who are NOT Linux server admins for good reasons. That, and support is extremely difficult because trying to ask help from the Linux community on any problem is like trying to face someone with a terrible ego.
How come blackhats never seem to figure out that they are destroying the very thing (Internet) that they are using for personal gain?
What does it take to instill a little cause-and-effect knowledge?
I too once had a dark side on the Internet and it didn't take me very long to realize "Hey, I like this huge source of information and facility of communication... I think I'll quit polluting it."
Those who destroy the very thing they are causing the destruction with are kicking their own ass.
Wake up and respect yourself and the things you find so useful.
Sweet... Now we have a logo we can add to our screen savers to make them official h4x0r screen savers that we can play on our laptops as we hack into the gibson... before now we've just been un-officially retarded.
Wow. From the look I see on Nokia's site, they expect this to play movies and Nokia seems to be playing "the whole 10 yards" on their website which is a sequal to "the whole 9 yards" that isn't even rated yet.
MPAA be advised: the devil consumers are about to have yet another tool to steal food directly from the mouths of set painters, grips, make-up artists and stuntmen of the world. Quick - sue the Internet for providing the infrastructure for pircay.
Shit yeah... more like "don't value material things so you can spend money on our $14.95 book" Sounds too close to a "spend money on my book and learn how to not spend money" infomercial that runs on tv in the middle of the night while I am "taking back my time".
Taking back time is a worthless cause. If you really want to do something useful, try taking back your country from the oil pirates that are supposed to be representing us in the white house.
I just get out of my chair, go down the stairs outside and feel the 97 degree Texas heat burn the fat on my body. Then I work on my pack-a-day cigarette habit wondering if the tech economy will pick back up before the cancer kicks in.
Personally I'm hoping the lack of exercise in the tech workplace is just a feature of evolution in the job market.
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Verisign is doing Script Kiddie jobs in-house?
Next thing you know businesses will be out-sourcing these valuable Script Kiddie jobs to India too.
America, protect our last remains of the Child Workforce!
(seriously though, who can imagine anything called a "sweatshop" running off of scripts?)
I completely agree with James. I love what Linux has to offer and I hate Windows, but in the last 5 years I've tried about twice a year to move to Linux and its just rediculous. I think one of the scariest experiences has to be just trying to install new software and once its installed, figuring out where the hell it put itself, how I can use it, and how I can get rid of it when I realize I didn't really want it. I found a lot of nice tools like RedCarpet but found too many packages that claimed stability and just ended up making my system weaker. Especially troublesome was package dependencies. I would want to install something that was in a stable release but it required package(s) that were no where close to a stable release.
When it all comes down to it.. Linux just isn't usable to the desktop users who are NOT Linux server admins for good reasons. That, and support is extremely difficult because trying to ask help from the Linux community on any problem is like trying to face someone with a terrible ego.
How come blackhats never seem to figure out that they are destroying the very thing (Internet) that they are using for personal gain?
What does it take to instill a little cause-and-effect knowledge?
I too once had a dark side on the Internet and it didn't take me very long to realize "Hey, I like this huge source of information and facility of communication... I think I'll quit polluting it."
Those who destroy the very thing they are causing the destruction with are kicking their own ass.
Wake up and respect yourself and the things you find so useful.
Where the hell are the politicians on this list?
Scew the ex's on lecture circuits. Where are the idiots getting paid to ruin America?
Don't know what I'm talking about? Check out Al Gore's recent speech on Freedom and Secutity (http://www.moveon.org/gore/speech.html).
Sweet... Now we have a logo we can add to our screen savers to make them official h4x0r screen savers that we can play on our laptops as we hack into the gibson... before now we've just been un-officially retarded.
Laugh.. its a joke
Wow. From the look I see on Nokia's site, they expect this to play movies and Nokia seems to be playing "the whole 10 yards" on their website which is a sequal to "the whole 9 yards" that isn't even rated yet.
MPAA be advised: the devil consumers are about to have yet another tool to steal food directly from the mouths of set painters, grips, make-up artists and stuntmen of the world. Quick - sue the Internet for providing the infrastructure for pircay.
(...sarcasm...)
Shit yeah... more like "don't value material things so you can spend money on our $14.95 book" Sounds too close to a "spend money on my book and learn how to not spend money" infomercial that runs on tv in the middle of the night while I am "taking back my time".
Taking back time is a worthless cause. If you really want to do something useful, try taking back your country from the oil pirates that are supposed to be representing us in the white house.
Sometime next year I can't wait to see this:
"RIAA sues RIAA for defamation of character"
I bet the RIAA would somehow manage to make money from that.
I just get out of my chair, go down the stairs outside and feel the 97 degree Texas heat burn the fat on my body. Then I work on my pack-a-day cigarette habit wondering if the tech economy will pick back up before the cancer kicks in.
Personally I'm hoping the lack of exercise in the tech workplace is just a feature of evolution in the job market.