Nobody can tell me that Linux sucks if they haven't given Ubuntu a serious chance. The problem we have is that people try some random distribution for 5 minutes and it's either too hard to install (Gentoo/Debian) or it sucks (Fedora,Mandriva). Then they make a sweeping judgement of all Linux.
The reason people who know about comptuers hate MS and like Linux is because they are smart enough to realize this. They are also so nerdy that they use their computer differently from normal folk. And for those nerdy uses Windows often fails miserably and Linux exceeds.
Anyone out there who is a Linux hater because you tried Red Hat a few years ago and it didn't work with your hardware, try an Ubuntu LiveCD today and see if you change your mind.
Also, I'm beginnign to think that/. is purposefully posting these flamebait articles on purpose to get lots of posts to make up for when the moderation system was broken. Anyone else think that?
You're analogy is busted, as most are. Posting a negative review on newegg in the review section is like going into Best Buy and making a complaint at the customer service desk. When you put a negative rewview on an e-commerce site you aren't going into the store with a megaphone. You are posting a notice in a forum which the company made explicity for you to do so. As long as you are intelligent you realize that forum is moderated with bias and should be taken with heavy salt.
Well, you get your side scrolling metroids on the GBA and the DS. And have no doubt you will be able to download some on the revolution. They aren't gone.
And while Metroid:Prime is first person and has shooting it is nothing like what is usually considered an FPS (quake, half-life). It's more an exmploration and puzzle solving game than a shooter. Especially in Prime 2 where there is a lot less morph ball action.
I could disagree with the order, but I didn't really notice too many games that didn't belong. Nor did I notice too many games that were missing. But the order was totally out of whack. ICO at #18? Give me a break.
I've used these and Aerocomm at a previous job. They rule, I really wonder why it's not more popular. If you're doing any sort of electronics project with a remote control or a serial cable or anything like that, just use Zigbee instead. It's easy and worth it.
Everyone knows it. Windwaker was great. It's hard for a Zelda game not to be. However, there were not enough dungeons at all. And the triforce hunt was indeed boring.
I hope Twilight Princess has lots of big dungeons. The dungeons are the best part of Zelda games.
I've had a lot of cases and computers in my day. And the best thing for getting a quieter computer is bigger fans. Bigger fans have to spin at less rpms to push the same amount of air as a smaller fan. Less rpms means less noise.
The real key here is not to go crazy with the cooling/overclocking. Giant heat sinks with crazy fast fans are loud as all hell. And often the default fan that comes with the CPU is sufficient.
If you want more cooling than you need for overclocking the only real way to stay quiet is water cooling.
But my recommendation is always to just run hardware at speed, default cpu fan, big intake and big exhaust fan running at lowest speed. You wont even know it's there.
Is it just me or does it seem like all MS is doing these days is just copy catting google? Google made a better search, MS tries to make a better search. Google makes a map, MS makes a map.
I think it's rather obvious that the creative type who comes up with the ideas usually prevails over those trying to play catch up. When MS makes something new and Google has to copy it, that's when you know the tables have turned.
It's true. And it's sad, because that fact is causing a lot of harm in this country. If stock prices went up just for being profitable then companies would be a lot less inclined to do corrupt, unethical and shady things to get ahead. Things like outsourcing, false accounting, etc. would happen a lot less. It's easy to be profitable without doing things people wont like. It's hard to be insanely profitable.
I used to care about this, but now not so much. I just got rid of the landline phone. Actually I moved and did not get a landline phone in my new abode. It's illegal for marketing types to call my cellular phone. I win. If you really don't want anyone calling you throw out your busted old landline.
Web surfing doesn't really destroy my productivity. I write software for a living. I work from 9-5 every day. I can't really write code straight from 9-5 with a lunch break. It can't be done. I get most of my work done early in the day, then my rate of work slows down. Every once in awhile while I'm thinking I'll hit the news and other sites. I don't do a lot of e-mail, but I do a lot of IM.
Basically, I do as much work as I can in a day. If there wasn't the web and such to occupy time I would be twiddling thumbs or reading a book in that other time.
If I had a job that was just 9-1 every day I would get the same amount of work done since that time would be solid full productivity work. I would also be much happier with that kind of schedule. But nobody is willing to pay me the same amount to work 9-1 even though the result of my work would be nearly identical to me working 9-5. Four hours every day wasted. Hurts me more than it hurts the company.
This would explain teh failure of the switch campaign-- people think Apples are just another form of PC like Dell, and why would you care? They just buy what the salesman at the local store tells them to buy.
I could see why you would think that, but I've never seen an example. Every "mainstream" person I've ever met recognizes that the Mac is something different. And that is the reason they don't switch. It's the number one reason that a lot of things just suck. People resist change. People take the path of least resistance and resist change fiercely. Often they will resist change with more effort than it would have taken to change in the first place. Also often they will resist change, no matter how obviously beneficial it will be to themselves and others. If people thought Apple was "just another form of PC" you would see big sales from mainstream people because it's way sexier than a Dell. The reason sales aren't huge is because they recognize it is different and they resist change.
Hm, that is true. However, compared to IE the number and severity of concerns is a drop in the bucket. If firefox really has 10% then for ever 1 firefox there are 9 IEs about. there are more than 9 IE holes for every firefox hole.
But more importantly than that, firefox holes have always been fixed within days, if not the day of. With MS you have to wait for the second tuesday to get your windows update. What will you do when an exploit is discovered the day after that?
Oh, you trust word of mouth more eh? Well I've got some hot news for you. There's this vitamin called Vitamin B17 and it cures cancer! How do I know? My friends friends told me and they found it on the Internet! They beleive it's a huge conspiracy that the pharmaceuticals are keeping secret.
You know, we shouldn't trust those companies and doctors who did research on this. Never mind that the vitamin turns into cyanide in your body if you eat it. You know, that's why it cures cancer by the way, cyanide kills cancer right quick. it also kills you.
But you know, you trust word of mouth more. So go eat some vitamin B17! It cures cancer, and people agree!
Nope, sorry. The reason for that price is because when Last Exile was released Geneon(Pioneer) had not yet changed its prices to be in line with new exchange rates due to the weaker dollar. They have since corrected that, but they were the last of the North American anime distributors to do so. So I guess you can say they are out of touch, but only with economics.
You know what's really crazy? If you do a fresh install of the original Windows XP pro it is fast as lightning. Like, crazily fast. Only after patching it up with all the service packs does it slow down to molasses on a cold day. Like they say, security, stability, performance. One can't go up without the others going down.
One thing that really bothers me about RSS, no matter how much I like it, is how every site uses it differently. I was writing a simple aggregation program and using php/magpierss. Every single site puts the date and time of the items in a different tag. Some use datetime, some use pubdate, some use dc->date and some don't put the date! Seriously, no matter the standard it wont help if not everyone uses it fully and properly.
However, since your new company is just one guy with not so much money, then that $100+ for windows is also a tremendous waste of money. And even if you know nothing about linux, just knowing it exists and being competent with a computer is enough. Seriously, have you tried an Ubuntu cd lately? My parents freaking figured it out. If your one man business needs openoffice, firefox, evolution, etc. on just one computer then you're all set.
There is a great initial cost of switching. This cost is pretty much the only thing that keeps companies away. Except for companies that don't have some application that is windows only and wont run in citrix/wine/other.
If you make the assumption that your company wont ever go out of business, then the initial cost of switching to a free OS is immediately defeated. Infinite free upgrades and such for life saves more money than it can possibly cost.
But we live in a world where the short term is more important. People want stuff now. Pro-active you say? Bah, only reactive is good for me.
The real question I want to know is why brand new companies don't use something other than windows? I mean, you have nothing to port over. No existing applications that need to run on a different platform. And if you're a new company that means you probably have a pool of startup money you want to be very frugal with. Forget about existing companies, they are hopeless. The new companies are where it's at.
I hold the opinion that I'm fairly certain most people on slashdot also hold. That violence in media does not cause real violence. However, Rockstar is in deep crap, and I kind of think they deserve it.
Imagine this. Let's say I made an R rated movie and it goes to theatres and then to DVD. But on the DVD if you enter some secret codes on your remote control you unlock an XXX scene. No censor or ratings board or anything knew about the existence of this scene. Basically that amounts to false advertising (The R rating on the DVD), deception and so forth.
Sure sure, violence is worse than sex. Parents should be better parents. The difference between an M rated game and an Ao is 1 year. et cetera. But that doesn't change that the developers of GTA are in deep crap.
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Nobody can tell me that Linux sucks if they haven't given Ubuntu a serious chance. The problem we have is that people try some random distribution for 5 minutes and it's either too hard to install (Gentoo/Debian) or it sucks (Fedora,Mandriva). Then they make a sweeping judgement of all Linux.
/. is purposefully posting these flamebait articles on purpose to get lots of posts to make up for when the moderation system was broken. Anyone else think that?
The reason people who know about comptuers hate MS and like Linux is because they are smart enough to realize this. They are also so nerdy that they use their computer differently from normal folk. And for those nerdy uses Windows often fails miserably and Linux exceeds.
Anyone out there who is a Linux hater because you tried Red Hat a few years ago and it didn't work with your hardware, try an Ubuntu LiveCD today and see if you change your mind.
Also, I'm beginnign to think that
You're analogy is busted, as most are. Posting a negative review on newegg in the review section is like going into Best Buy and making a complaint at the customer service desk. When you put a negative rewview on an e-commerce site you aren't going into the store with a megaphone. You are posting a notice in a forum which the company made explicity for you to do so. As long as you are intelligent you realize that forum is moderated with bias and should be taken with heavy salt.
Well, you get your side scrolling metroids on the GBA and the DS. And have no doubt you will be able to download some on the revolution. They aren't gone.
And while Metroid:Prime is first person and has shooting it is nothing like what is usually considered an FPS (quake, half-life). It's more an exmploration and puzzle solving game than a shooter. Especially in Prime 2 where there is a lot less morph ball action.
I could disagree with the order, but I didn't really notice too many games that didn't belong. Nor did I notice too many games that were missing. But the order was totally out of whack. ICO at #18? Give me a break.
I've used these and Aerocomm at a previous job. They rule, I really wonder why it's not more popular. If you're doing any sort of electronics project with a remote control or a serial cable or anything like that, just use Zigbee instead. It's easy and worth it.
The XboX killed PC gaming. MS did it to themselves.
Everyone knows it. Windwaker was great. It's hard for a Zelda game not to be. However, there were not enough dungeons at all. And the triforce hunt was indeed boring.
I hope Twilight Princess has lots of big dungeons. The dungeons are the best part of Zelda games.
Korea, Korea...
Isn't that the place that gamers go after they die?
Oh wait, that's the place where only the old people use e-mail.
It would be useful in having a web browser and other internet applications for the DS that will work at any normal wireless hotspot.
gaim with the stylus, here I come.
I've had a lot of cases and computers in my day. And the best thing for getting a quieter computer is bigger fans. Bigger fans have to spin at less rpms to push the same amount of air as a smaller fan. Less rpms means less noise.
The real key here is not to go crazy with the cooling/overclocking. Giant heat sinks with crazy fast fans are loud as all hell. And often the default fan that comes with the CPU is sufficient.
If you want more cooling than you need for overclocking the only real way to stay quiet is water cooling.
But my recommendation is always to just run hardware at speed, default cpu fan, big intake and big exhaust fan running at lowest speed. You wont even know it's there.
Is it just me or does it seem like all MS is doing these days is just copy catting google? Google made a better search, MS tries to make a better search. Google makes a map, MS makes a map.
I think it's rather obvious that the creative type who comes up with the ideas usually prevails over those trying to play catch up. When MS makes something new and Google has to copy it, that's when you know the tables have turned.
It's true. And it's sad, because that fact is causing a lot of harm in this country. If stock prices went up just for being profitable then companies would be a lot less inclined to do corrupt, unethical and shady things to get ahead. Things like outsourcing, false accounting, etc. would happen a lot less. It's easy to be profitable without doing things people wont like. It's hard to be insanely profitable.
Like the chevy nova.
In spanish "no va" means "doesn't go".
He's dead on about Mega Man. Mega Man 2 is probably my favorite game ever. But it had the most terrifying box art you ever saw. It's just wrong.
I used to care about this, but now not so much. I just got rid of the landline phone. Actually I moved and did not get a landline phone in my new abode. It's illegal for marketing types to call my cellular phone. I win. If you really don't want anyone calling you throw out your busted old landline.
Web surfing doesn't really destroy my productivity. I write software for a living. I work from 9-5 every day. I can't really write code straight from 9-5 with a lunch break. It can't be done. I get most of my work done early in the day, then my rate of work slows down. Every once in awhile while I'm thinking I'll hit the news and other sites. I don't do a lot of e-mail, but I do a lot of IM.
Basically, I do as much work as I can in a day. If there wasn't the web and such to occupy time I would be twiddling thumbs or reading a book in that other time.
If I had a job that was just 9-1 every day I would get the same amount of work done since that time would be solid full productivity work. I would also be much happier with that kind of schedule. But nobody is willing to pay me the same amount to work 9-1 even though the result of my work would be nearly identical to me working 9-5. Four hours every day wasted. Hurts me more than it hurts the company.
This would explain teh failure of the switch campaign-- people think Apples are just another form of PC like Dell, and why would you care? They just buy what the salesman at the local store tells them to buy.
I could see why you would think that, but I've never seen an example. Every "mainstream" person I've ever met recognizes that the Mac is something different. And that is the reason they don't switch. It's the number one reason that a lot of things just suck. People resist change. People take the path of least resistance and resist change fiercely. Often they will resist change with more effort than it would have taken to change in the first place. Also often they will resist change, no matter how obviously beneficial it will be to themselves and others. If people thought Apple was "just another form of PC" you would see big sales from mainstream people because it's way sexier than a Dell. The reason sales aren't huge is because they recognize it is different and they resist change.
Hm, that is true. However, compared to IE the number and severity of concerns is a drop in the bucket. If firefox really has 10% then for ever 1 firefox there are 9 IEs about. there are more than 9 IE holes for every firefox hole.
But more importantly than that, firefox holes have always been fixed within days, if not the day of. With MS you have to wait for the second tuesday to get your windows update. What will you do when an exploit is discovered the day after that?
Oh, you trust word of mouth more eh? Well I've got some hot news for you. There's this vitamin called Vitamin B17 and it cures cancer! How do I know? My friends friends told me and they found it on the Internet! They beleive it's a huge conspiracy that the pharmaceuticals are keeping secret.
You know, we shouldn't trust those companies and doctors who did research on this. Never mind that the vitamin turns into cyanide in your body if you eat it. You know, that's why it cures cancer by the way, cyanide kills cancer right quick. it also kills you.
But you know, you trust word of mouth more. So go eat some vitamin B17! It cures cancer, and people agree!
Nope, sorry. The reason for that price is because when Last Exile was released Geneon(Pioneer) had not yet changed its prices to be in line with new exchange rates due to the weaker dollar. They have since corrected that, but they were the last of the North American anime distributors to do so. So I guess you can say they are out of touch, but only with economics.
You know what's really crazy? If you do a fresh install of the original Windows XP pro it is fast as lightning. Like, crazily fast. Only after patching it up with all the service packs does it slow down to molasses on a cold day. Like they say, security, stability, performance. One can't go up without the others going down.
One thing that really bothers me about RSS, no matter how much I like it, is how every site uses it differently. I was writing a simple aggregation program and using php/magpierss. Every single site puts the date and time of the items in a different tag. Some use datetime, some use pubdate, some use dc->date and some don't put the date! Seriously, no matter the standard it wont help if not everyone uses it fully and properly.
That's true.
However, since your new company is just one guy with not so much money, then that $100+ for windows is also a tremendous waste of money. And even if you know nothing about linux, just knowing it exists and being competent with a computer is enough. Seriously, have you tried an Ubuntu cd lately? My parents freaking figured it out. If your one man business needs openoffice, firefox, evolution, etc. on just one computer then you're all set.
There is a great initial cost of switching. This cost is pretty much the only thing that keeps companies away. Except for companies that don't have some application that is windows only and wont run in citrix/wine/other.
If you make the assumption that your company wont ever go out of business, then the initial cost of switching to a free OS is immediately defeated. Infinite free upgrades and such for life saves more money than it can possibly cost.
But we live in a world where the short term is more important. People want stuff now. Pro-active you say? Bah, only reactive is good for me.
The real question I want to know is why brand new companies don't use something other than windows? I mean, you have nothing to port over. No existing applications that need to run on a different platform. And if you're a new company that means you probably have a pool of startup money you want to be very frugal with. Forget about existing companies, they are hopeless. The new companies are where it's at.
I hold the opinion that I'm fairly certain most people on slashdot also hold. That violence in media does not cause real violence. However, Rockstar is in deep crap, and I kind of think they deserve it.
Imagine this. Let's say I made an R rated movie and it goes to theatres and then to DVD. But on the DVD if you enter some secret codes on your remote control you unlock an XXX scene. No censor or ratings board or anything knew about the existence of this scene. Basically that amounts to false advertising (The R rating on the DVD), deception and so forth.
Sure sure, violence is worse than sex. Parents should be better parents. The difference between an M rated game and an Ao is 1 year. et cetera. But that doesn't change that the developers of GTA are in deep crap.