"I would be HAPPY to pay extra for the comfort knowing that I would NOT end up having to sit next to one ever again"
If you're happy to pay then just by a second ticket next to you. Problem solved. Unless of course you just wanted to pay to insult "fatties". In that case, see them after the plane lands - they might be willing to let you insult them for a few benjamins.
Many of the Slashdotters mocking fat people are young men with bad eating habits. Give them a few years and they'll be laughing out of the other side of their jowls.
Impressive technology or not, it obviously isn't worth much to an individual if it doesn't work on their equipment.
On the other hand, these days technical issues are less likely to be the reason a particular technology won't work on a particular device. The only reason any kind of browser works on a mobile device is because the vendor decided to include it. There's nothing particularly more "native" about a browser than any other application.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think most people who talk around here about Linux not being ready for the desktop are pro-Linux.
I have difficulty with expressing an opinion on Linux because I never know if my audience will interpret what I say as if Linux is only a kernel or an entire distro.
It's rather hard for me to say if the Linux kernel is impressive technology because I haven't studied it and I'm not an OS expert.
In many cases the company/organization already knows about the bugs but they don't become a priority unless somebody complains (if even then).
In other cases, the bug is unknown because of poor testing on the part of the company.
Sure there are bugs that don't fit either of these situations, but using a blanket excuse of "nobody told us" just doesn't cut it for professional work.
Cause it's not a bug unless the user does some work to help fix it. People keep saying that most F/OSS developers are paid now. If that's true isn't it their problem, not the user's.
Wow, you mean if I create an open-source app for Linux and call it say ClosedSourceBadAssApp, a user can just type apt-get install $ClosedSourceBadAssApp and it will magically install?
"And by support I mean, if there is a bug in Word corrupting your mission critical documents, will they promise to fix it?"
What sort of bug do you imagine in such a scenario, the letter 'k' comes out as an 'l' or somesuch? It's hard to imagine "mission critical" documents or the inability to work around any word processor bugs. People do occasionally back-up important documents do they not?
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that most fat geeks haven't decided that being fat is a problem, so they aren't doing anything about it.
"I would be HAPPY to pay extra for the comfort knowing that I would NOT end up having to sit next to one ever again"
If you're happy to pay then just by a second ticket next to you. Problem solved. Unless of course you just wanted to pay to insult "fatties". In that case, see them after the plane lands - they might be willing to let you insult them for a few benjamins.
I think we need a term for an "Uncle Tom" for fat folks.
If you're fat never try to be nice and buy two tickets because the one time you don't you'll get screwed.
Many of the Slashdotters mocking fat people are young men with bad eating habits. Give them a few years and they'll be laughing out of the other side of their jowls.
Impressive technology or not, it obviously isn't worth much to an individual if it doesn't work on their equipment.
On the other hand, these days technical issues are less likely to be the reason a particular technology won't work on a particular device. The only reason any kind of browser works on a mobile device is because the vendor decided to include it. There's nothing particularly more "native" about a browser than any other application.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think most people who talk around here about Linux not being ready for the desktop are pro-Linux.
I have difficulty with expressing an opinion on Linux because I never know if my audience will interpret what I say as if Linux is only a kernel or an entire distro.
It's rather hard for me to say if the Linux kernel is impressive technology because I haven't studied it and I'm not an OS expert.
I think when people talk of a technology being impressive, they are talking about, well, technology.
The fact that you don't want to use Silverlight or can't run it on Linux has nothing to do with how impressive the technology is.
"I had the boys down at R&D
throw together this prototype..."
"There is nothing wrong with sending 30MB attachments in 2010."
But 2011? No way!
"And best of all, it's just plain text, so you can place it under revision control, compress it, whatever!"
That's great cause everyone knows you can't place binary files under revision control or compress them.
You're absolutely correct. The movie was anti-Asimov at its very core.
Couldn't we put the correct usage of "it's" in a FAQ or something and stop talking about it here?
I look forward to finally having a standard protocol IM that I can avoid. Until than I'm forced to avoid IM using proprietary protocols.
Besides, the last time the US was the only nuclear power over 100,000 people died, mostly civilians.
It's pretty tough to get a missile to arrive at the exact place and time that a weapon is firing at.
In many cases the company/organization already knows about the bugs but they don't become a priority unless somebody complains (if even then).
In other cases, the bug is unknown because of poor testing on the part of the company.
Sure there are bugs that don't fit either of these situations, but using a blanket excuse of "nobody told us" just doesn't cut it for professional work.
Cause it's not a bug unless the user does some work to help fix it. People keep saying that most F/OSS developers are paid now. If that's true isn't it their problem, not the user's.
Does it still label drawings with "Slide n" as if a drawing and a presentation were the same thing?
"(Westlake, Soppsa, shutdown -p now, etc.)"
You apparently are giving me too much credit if you think I have any idea what these words mean. I did recognize "etc.".
As for the swearing and insults, they only weaken your credibility. You'd be far more effective making your case without them. Just saying.
If you believe that swearing represents intelligent discourse, then I'm certainly a poor contributor.
"Installing an open-source application:
1) apt-get install $APPLICATION"
Wow, you mean if I create an open-source app for Linux and call it say ClosedSourceBadAssApp, a user can just type apt-get install $ClosedSourceBadAssApp and it will magically install?
"Support for open-source solutions is definetly cheaper because anyone can offer that support without any prior agreement with the originators."
That might be a great argument if just anyone could provide good support rather than just being able to offer it.
"And by support I mean, if there is a bug in Word corrupting your mission critical documents, will they promise to fix it?"
What sort of bug do you imagine in such a scenario, the letter 'k' comes out as an 'l' or somesuch? It's hard to imagine "mission critical" documents or the inability to work around any word processor bugs. People do occasionally back-up important documents do they not?
"Anyone blind to that is either a shill themeselves or just plain stupid"
Yes, I believe the emperor's tailor said something similar.