Apple and their morals. Saying that a brominated flame retarded ant is a harmful toxin! They're just special, no need to drag their name through the mud.
I wish I had mod-points right now! Although the Occupy Wall Street protests took place in the U.S. the U.S. people don't seem to have the courage to give the government and big firms the finger and if I was a U.S. citizen that would scare me alot!
Whale is delicious! Whale-sashimi, thin slices fried on a pan, grilled whale and sour whale.
People all over the world are up in arms because a small nation allows the killing of a tiny portion of the overall whale population around Iceland. In 2009 and 2010 combined Iceland killed 273 'fin whales'! The fin whale population around Iceland was, in 2006, 25.800 and is only growing in numbers.
In 2009 we killed 81 'common minke whale'. The population just around Iceland was, in 2006, 43.600 and is only growing in numbers.
The hunting quota has been 200 'fin whales' and 200 'common minke whale' per year which is a tiny portion of the overall population around Iceland!
The funny thing is though that 99% of those people who are actually opposed to whale-hunting in the world have that opinion because they think whales are cute, they listen to the lies of Green Peace (people not the whales) and really think that by killing a few whales we are making them go extinct! I can see why hunting, for example fin whales, in the Southern-hemisphere is banned but it's ridiculous to ban it in the North-Atlantic!
You just don't get the idea behind open-source software so all your arguments are quite silly!
For me the power is the multiple choices:
- I don't like the de/wm I switch
- I don't like the OS I switch
- I would like to add a feature to some program, I do my best to actually add it myself
For the average user Ubuntu, Mint and Fedora are the OS'es I would recommend and I really don't get the whole compatability argument because the average user doesn't need to deal with the underlying "mechanics" of the system and if for example some workplace would be Linux-only with different distros they would most definetely have a Linux-admin of some sorts and for a Linux guy it's not a problem that the workplace has multiple OS'es. I've actually managed a small computer-lab (15 computers with Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian, Arch and a CentOS server) for the past year and I've never had any problems and I wouldn't consider myself an intermediate Linux-user in comparison to a few guys I know.
Of course for the business-side of things there is RHEL whom I consider to be a business distro and many companies use that because of the "vendor-support".
My parents have been using Ubuntu for two years now without any hiccups and although they were a bit unsure at the time it's paid off.
A similar story of my grandpa which uses Ubuntu and my in laws that use Mint.
So if you want OS'es for the average user you pick Ubuntu or Mint (haven't tested Fedora on relatives or friends). If you want a business distro you use and pay for RHEL. If employees want different distros chances are that one of them really knows his stuff, if not you hire a Linux-admin like you would hire a Windows-admin for day to day tasks or to solve problems the average user can't.
I have to, switched distros and DE/WM frequently when Gnome 2 disappeared. After few months of searching I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome 2) and when Mint 13 is released I will try that out. The DE in Mint (called cinnamon) is a gnome shell fork which looks and behaves like Gnome 2.
Come on people! We may not all agree with the man and like "his" closed systems or his company, but if it wouldn't have been for him (and Woz) the (tech)world would be a different place today! He was a man with a vision with which he stuck to until the end. Rest in peace Steve Jobs, you will always be rememberd as an entrepreneur and one of the most important person in the tech industry!
Iceland is such a small country and public birth records are 100% so this is not an issue. You can go online and trace your family history hundreds of years back so this is not an issue.
Also I don't really see the problem with someone going online and giving the "constitutional-commity" ideas that they can then discuss and maybe have a nationwide election about...
etta er bara nokkuð rétt hjá ér!
*Hjörleifur said that the warningsystem had been activated. We are treating this as an eruption. We have sent out warnings to England so flight operators can change flights. (This would be a good translation)*
But why on earth is that information kept? They could easily just dump old information, I'm thinking maybe 24hours.
And phone owners should be able to turn this feature on or off as they please!
To pretend that if information exists, it should all be in the open is a little stupid. If you think otherwise, post your address and banking information to prove it. Let's not trip over the obvious to make a point that doesn't exist.
I never said ALL information should be made public! But in a country where democracy exists and the government is democratically elected all information regarding the governments affairs and affairs of the governments, oh let's call them, agencies should be open!
How are the voters able to make up their mind about who should run the White House when they don't know all their dark secrets???
As I'm writing this I realize that this is not an issue as 96%(not an accurate number) of people in America, and in fact Iceland, vote for the same political party no matter what they have done!
Well allright I didn't think about that, but the term "Fight agains terrorism" is also used when you invade other countries and kill foreign civilians (collateral damage as some would call it).
Those are of course valid topics but I can't help but wonder if the US could have avoided terrorism if they wouldn't think so much about the gas/oil prices.
Never the less, I hope for the sakes of the US public that a republican won't be sitting in the White House after the next elections.
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Apple and their morals. Saying that a brominated flame retarded ant is a harmful toxin! They're just special, no need to drag their name through the mud.
I wish I had mod-points right now! Although the Occupy Wall Street protests took place in the U.S. the U.S. people don't seem to have the courage to give the government and big firms the finger and if I was a U.S. citizen that would scare me alot!
Já ég er íslendingur ;)
That's the USA for you right there! It should say "Land of hypocrisy. Home of the wealthy."
Whale is delicious! Whale-sashimi, thin slices fried on a pan, grilled whale and sour whale.
People all over the world are up in arms because a small nation allows the killing of a tiny portion of the overall whale population around Iceland. In 2009 and 2010 combined Iceland killed 273 'fin whales'! The fin whale population around Iceland was, in 2006, 25.800 and is only growing in numbers.
In 2009 we killed 81 'common minke whale'. The population just around Iceland was, in 2006, 43.600 and is only growing in numbers.
The hunting quota has been 200 'fin whales' and 200 'common minke whale' per year which is a tiny portion of the overall population around Iceland!
The funny thing is though that 99% of those people who are actually opposed to whale-hunting in the world have that opinion because they think whales are cute, they listen to the lies of Green Peace (people not the whales) and really think that by killing a few whales we are making them go extinct! I can see why hunting, for example fin whales, in the Southern-hemisphere is banned but it's ridiculous to ban it in the North-Atlantic!
It's no coincidence that the new M$-UI is called Metro! Why didn't they just call it "InTheCloset"?
microsoft-shills.ca ?
You just don't get the idea behind open-source software so all your arguments are quite silly!
For me the power is the multiple choices:
- I don't like the de/wm I switch
- I don't like the OS I switch
- I would like to add a feature to some program, I do my best to actually add it myself
For the average user Ubuntu, Mint and Fedora are the OS'es I would recommend and I really don't get the whole compatability argument because the average user doesn't need to deal with the underlying "mechanics" of the system and if for example some workplace would be Linux-only with different distros they would most definetely have a Linux-admin of some sorts and for a Linux guy it's not a problem that the workplace has multiple OS'es. I've actually managed a small computer-lab (15 computers with Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian, Arch and a CentOS server) for the past year and I've never had any problems and I wouldn't consider myself an intermediate Linux-user in comparison to a few guys I know.
Of course for the business-side of things there is RHEL whom I consider to be a business distro and many companies use that because of the "vendor-support".
My parents have been using Ubuntu for two years now without any hiccups and although they were a bit unsure at the time it's paid off.
A similar story of my grandpa which uses Ubuntu and my in laws that use Mint.
So if you want OS'es for the average user you pick Ubuntu or Mint (haven't tested Fedora on relatives or friends). If you want a business distro you use and pay for RHEL. If employees want different distros chances are that one of them really knows his stuff, if not you hire a Linux-admin like you would hire a Windows-admin for day to day tasks or to solve problems the average user can't.
what makes that guy tic...
Oh herro!
I'll 5th that!
Books: Learn Python the hard way or Head first Python. I personally enjoy reading the Head first books and I think an 11 year old will too.
They must have taken that decision after a few pints of Guinness...
I have to, switched distros and DE/WM frequently when Gnome 2 disappeared. After few months of searching I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome 2) and when Mint 13 is released I will try that out. The DE in Mint (called cinnamon) is a gnome shell fork which looks and behaves like Gnome 2.
Why oh why did I finish my mod points a few minutes ago...this comment is golden!
I tip my hat to you sir.
IRC!
If I'm totally lost on some problem I open IRC (freenode-server) and usually it takes less than 15 minutes to get an answer and a solution.
Come on people! We may not all agree with the man and like "his" closed systems or his company, but if it wouldn't have been for him (and Woz) the (tech)world would be a different place today! He was a man with a vision with which he stuck to until the end. Rest in peace Steve Jobs, you will always be rememberd as an entrepreneur and one of the most important person in the tech industry!
Oh that is golden!
Iceland is such a small country and public birth records are 100% so this is not an issue. You can go online and trace your family history hundreds of years back so this is not an issue. Also I don't really see the problem with someone going online and giving the "constitutional-commity" ideas that they can then discuss and maybe have a nationwide election about...
etta er bara nokkuð rétt hjá ér! *Hjörleifur said that the warningsystem had been activated. We are treating this as an eruption. We have sent out warnings to England so flight operators can change flights. (This would be a good translation)*
I agree with most of the things you say but I just wanted to point out that you can easily crop profile pictures on facebook ;)
But why on earth is that information kept? They could easily just dump old information, I'm thinking maybe 24hours. And phone owners should be able to turn this feature on or off as they please!
Successful troll is successful!
I never said ALL information should be made public! But in a country where democracy exists and the government is democratically elected all information regarding the governments affairs and affairs of the governments, oh let's call them, agencies should be open!
How are the voters able to make up their mind about who should run the White House when they don't know all their dark secrets???
As I'm writing this I realize that this is not an issue as 96%(not an accurate number) of people in America, and in fact Iceland, vote for the same political party no matter what they have done!
Well allright I didn't think about that, but the term "Fight agains terrorism" is also used when you invade other countries and kill foreign civilians (collateral damage as some would call it).
Those are of course valid topics but I can't help but wonder if the US could have avoided terrorism if they wouldn't think so much about the gas/oil prices.
Never the less, I hope for the sakes of the US public that a republican won't be sitting in the White House after the next elections.