Linux isn't all that easy to use, even for a Westerner who grows up surrounded by electronic devices.
Yes, but Indians are so frightfilly clever. Much smarter than us Americans, which is why we have to import Indian software engineers. Last I checked, NASA was 80% Indian or Chinese.
I think it's those superior Communist math textbooks that do it.
I'm getting the feeling that the internet/OSS will be one of those historical watershed technologies: Those that embrace it will flourish, and those with much to gain by resisting (MPIAA, RIAA, USA) will be left behind.
I realise that the PRC has a way to go in liberalising itself, but they seem to be moving forward while we're moving... sideways at best.
Win2K is banned there for government use, Red Flag Linux is in development, and I'm one year from completing my Chinese degree. What a confluence of events! What a great time to be alive! I shall be a Chinese Linux Warrior Prince!
The whole point of these gyrations is to pick the part of Linux with the clunkiest interface and tow the reader face-first through it in an effort to scare him off using Linux in the first place.
None of what MS says it necessary to remove Linux and install windows. Since windows refuses to share a drive with any other OS, you're going to have to repartition anyway.
Boot with a DOS disk with MS FDISK.EXE on it, and run FDISK/MBR to get rid of LILO and the boot partition. Then run FDISK and remove anything that says NON-DOS.
OK, So I guess that little thing in Tibet and the Tianenman Square thing didn't mean anything?
1) Re: Tibet. The fact that this is even a problem is a testament to the fact that the Chinese left the majority of Tibetans alive and in Tibet. What I was attempting to illustrate here is that we here in the US were not nearly so kind to the peoples we conquered. (ie, the now quite defunct native americans)
2) Re: Tienanmen. In my post I presented two cases when US authorities massacred demonstrating citizens.
I guess what I'm saying is, we got plenty of our own problems here without sticking our nose in everyone elses business.
Lets see. In America we've had 500 Years of Slavery, presided over the utter genocide of native peoples, we've had Kent State and the Haymarket Affair, we're the only country to incinerate civilian populations with atomic weapons and thermite plasma.
I'd say that compared to us, the PRC has a squeaky clean record. Go peddle your sinophobia elsewhere.
Sorry if there's no godless commies for the religious ultraright to go after anymore.
Fact is, China has never instigated hostilities with anyone in the entire 6000 years of its history that was not Chinese, or thought of as Chinese by China (here I'm thinking of Vietnam and Tibet).
All of these attempts to make China out to be a threat to Our Way Of Life are not only paranoid, they are completely asinine. China only cares about China. It concerns itself with the rest of the world only when the rest of the world gets in its hair.
Maybe not so great for us 'Merican Linux users, but it's a very smart move for China. Informational and Fiscal freedom from the rest of the world for all eternity!
Also, There are about 1.2 billion people out there in need of some 5 million Linux Administrators!
Go to www.dowjones.com and observe what's been happening. MSFT has taken at least 3 major hits, which look to be MAJOR selloffs, but then they bounce back to nearly exactly where they were. I suspect that either MS is buying back its own stock (hey, they have the money to do it), or the stock market specialists are buying up the slack to keep the dow (of which MSFT is now a part) itself from sliding. It's been a VERY volatile day in any event.
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Yes, but Indians are so frightfilly clever. Much smarter than us Americans, which is why we have to import Indian software engineers. Last I checked, NASA was 80% Indian or Chinese.
I think it's those superior Communist math textbooks that do it.
PC's are cheaper than televisions.
you are correct. The binaries only need a path to the CD, or the .mul files copied locally. Note: The UO install program runs under Wine!
# Really die? (Y/N)
# Ok, so you don't die.
# You survived that attempt on your life.
Har! Let's see them club us and take us to jail for wearing forbidden clothing!
# Really die? (Y/N)
# Ok, so you don't die.
# You survived that attempt on your life.
But... on my "Axis & Allies" game board Norway was grey! THAT MAKES THAM NAZEES!!1!
I hear if you put it on a server in Thailand, no one from the USA can touch it.
I realise that the PRC has a way to go in liberalising itself, but they seem to be moving forward while we're moving... sideways at best.
Win2K is banned there for government use, Red Flag Linux is in development, and I'm one year from completing my Chinese degree. What a confluence of events! What a great time to be alive! I shall be a Chinese Linux Warrior Prince!
The Open Source Liberties Union!
The whole point of these gyrations is to pick the part of Linux with the clunkiest interface and tow the reader face-first through it in an effort to scare him off using Linux in the first place.
/MBR to get rid of LILO and the boot partition. Then run FDISK and remove anything that says NON-DOS.
None of what MS says it necessary to remove Linux and install windows. Since windows refuses to share a drive with any other OS, you're going to have to repartition anyway.
Boot with a DOS disk with MS FDISK.EXE on it, and run FDISK
Elapsed time: 45 seconds.
Oops! -- Joseph Smith
1) Re: Tibet. The fact that this is even a problem is a testament to the fact that the Chinese left the majority of Tibetans alive and in Tibet. What I was attempting to illustrate here is that we here in the US were not nearly so kind to the peoples we conquered. (ie, the now quite defunct native americans)
2) Re: Tienanmen. In my post I presented two cases when US authorities massacred demonstrating citizens.
I guess what I'm saying is, we got plenty of our own problems here without sticking our nose in everyone elses business.
I'd say that compared to us, the PRC has a squeaky clean record. Go peddle your sinophobia elsewhere.
Fact is, China has never instigated hostilities with anyone in the entire 6000 years of its history that was not Chinese, or thought of as Chinese by China (here I'm thinking of Vietnam and Tibet).
All of these attempts to make China out to be a threat to Our Way Of Life are not only paranoid, they are completely asinine. China only cares about China. It concerns itself with the rest of the world only when the rest of the world gets in its hair.
is at Intel. Hardware on occasion too.
Why wasn't I notified?
If the Windstone ROM can actually be used, then they've done a lot.
I'm confused...
I thought Relativity described gravity in terms of warped space, not particle/waves.
Also, There are about 1.2 billion people out there in need of some 5 million Linux Administrators!
I guess our way is more humane because we aren't opressing the now dead natives anymore, eh?
We all know this, anything that's digital can be duplicated perfectly, it's just a matter of time. Digital Signature Piracy (DSP) anyone?
My pen and wet ink signature is still far superior in this respect.
I thought I just needed Boardwalk and Park Place to have a monopoly, not the whole friggin' Monopoly Board
Go to www.dowjones.com and observe what's been happening. MSFT has taken at least 3 major hits, which look to be MAJOR selloffs, but then they bounce back to nearly exactly where they were. I suspect that either MS is buying back its own stock (hey, they have the money to do it), or the stock market specialists are buying up the slack to keep the dow (of which MSFT is now a part) itself from sliding. It's been a VERY volatile day in any event.
Uh-huh. Like where?
Where can I get a PC with anything but Windows installed unless I:
a) have access to the internet already, and
b) know *exactly* what I am looking for already.