If you swapped out the Python that came with the system with a new, incompatible Python, chances are good that it break so hard it wouldn't even be able to boot up.
I had an arrogant developer who did just that on a RHEL6 system. He stomped* on the system python (/usr) with python 3.X. This effectively broke most of the package management ( yum was completely screwed) along with a ton of system tools.
* he installed from source over top of the system RPM files rather than just put his version of python somewhere out of the way like/opt or/usr/local. He did not uninstall the rpms ( he realistically couldn't ) so he grabbed a bigger hammer. Dumb ass.
I don't disagree with anything you say, but keep in mind what PETAs real goal is. It has almost nothing to do with the treatment of animals. It is almost entirely about pushing a vegan agenda.
Obama has been the single largest enemy of the Constitution since taking office. Being a "Constitutional Lawyer" only provided him with the tools to make end-runs around the document that defines this country.
This being the man that campaigned on "Change" and "Transparency" in govt.
"How can you tell Obama is lying? His lips are moving."
In the situation you describe, I agree 100% the neighbor shares the blame. Honestly I don't know how people sleep at night. And this being said by a person who eats wild game, fishes regularly and even enjoys rabbit on occasion.
Switch out "rabbit" for "child". See if that clears it up for you. I am not saying a rabbit's life is equal to that of a child. Hell, I eat rabbits; but they were not tortured before I ate them.
She let a rabbit *starve* to death. Think about that for a minute. You don't "accidentally forget" to feed an animal in your care for days on end. That is animal abuse plain and simple and would also fall into the category of torture. Both of these are (low-level) felonies in all states to the best of my knowledge.
To be honest, both of these people sound like the dregs of society and not anyone I would want to admit associating with.
The purpose of every single DLL in the windows system is known, and documented.
This may or may not be true, I leave that argument to others mor knowledgable than I. However, the *documented purpose* of a DLL may have very little to do with what it is actually doing and what hidden payload it may have.
I am not arguing one way or the other about what is or is not MS responsibility here. I don't condone piracy, but then again I don't use MS software either.
I was only arguing that GP's comment insinuating Windows 7 will run ( presumably as well ) on the same hardware as XP when the GGP stated the hardware was already pushed to its limits with XP is not realistic.
Lastly, if the machine is stressed running XP I would guess that puts it in the early P4 era of machines. You aren't going to find 2GB ( 2x1GB ) of 133 laptop memory anywhere for $30; if you can find that at all any more.
....then continue to have XP running under Wine for those specific programs...
I think you are a bit confused about what Wine is and how it is used. You can run many XP applications under Wine, but not all of them. You certainly do not run XP under Wine.
Having said that, there are many virtualization options that will let you run XP in all its glory. For the desktop, I prefer VirtualBox, but YMMV. For Linux there are several others as well (qemu, kvm, xen etc...) though none are as well suited to desktop use as VirtualBox, again IMHO.
If the friends machine is barely capable of running XP, what makes you think windows 7 is going to be an enjoyable experience?
And I call bullshit that W7 is as fast as XP. This only works with 2GB+ RAM which I am guessing the aforementioned machine does not have. Try to run W7 on 1GB -- it is a swap/page fest that will burn up the hard-drive before drawing the desktop.
Buying an additional license is a waste of money. You can legally download official MS isos and use the OEM key with it ( unless you are trying to use a different version of course).
Honestly, I was in the States last week and was kind of amazed that the military commercials are all about how you're "protecting the world's interests".
I call bullshit & citation needed.
To which military commercials are you referring? Granted, I don't watch much television, but I have have never seen a military commercial using that argument/wording.
....was essentially given away to Universities for free.
Actually it was licensed with the source code to Universities. This was still a proprietary license and the Univerities could not re-distribute except under certain conditions. This licensing was what lead to the lawsuit between Unix System Laboratories (USL) and the Univerity of California, Berkeley when the USL attempted to claim all the changes that UCB made to the source belonged to USL. There was a settlement behind closed doors, however as part of the SCO lawsuits I believe the terms of this agreement were made public.
I should have mentioned the site you linked to is that of the author of the "netflix-desktop" for Linux. This group of packages uses a Windows Firefox running under wine.
The advantage of pipelight is that you no longer have to run a 32-bit windows version of Firefox under wine. Pipelight is a two part program that utilizes a native Firefox plugin ( ie. FF on Linux ) to pipe required Silverlight bits to a service running under wine. This is much more efficient and much closer to a native solution.
I guess my main issue is that MS released their first YouTube app with features that were a direct violation Google/YT terms of service. There is no way on this planet that MS did not realize they needed to display Googles ads and that MS could not offer downloading of YouTubes videos. MS spends more on lawyers every year than many companies will make in their respective lifetimes.
This was a shit move by MS to stir up a hornets nest; plain and simple. There was nothing accidental about this and the fact that Google was willing to give MS a 2nd chance is a testimony to Googles willingness to work with their competition; unlike MS has been historically.
Lastly, somehow RIM can abide by Googles requisites without getting their key pulled.. just food for thought.
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If you swapped out the Python that came with the system with a new, incompatible Python, chances are good that it break so hard it wouldn't even be able to boot up.
/opt or /usr/local. He did not uninstall the rpms ( he realistically couldn't ) so he grabbed a bigger hammer. Dumb ass.
I had an arrogant developer who did just that on a RHEL6 system. He stomped* on the system python (/usr) with python 3.X.
This effectively broke most of the package management ( yum was completely screwed) along with a ton of system tools.
* he installed from source over top of the system RPM files rather than just put his version of python somewhere out of the way like
I don't disagree with anything you say, but keep in mind what PETAs real goal is. It has almost nothing to do with the treatment of animals. It is almost entirely about pushing a vegan agenda.
Moreso than NAMBLA, I think PETA is most similar to the Westboro Baptist Church with their arguments and rhetoric.
Obama has been the single largest enemy of the Constitution since taking office. Being a "Constitutional Lawyer" only provided him with the tools to make end-runs around the document that defines this country.
This being the man that campaigned on "Change" and "Transparency" in govt.
"How can you tell Obama is lying? His lips are moving."
it's easy to forget such a thing, since they've only been around for a half century...
As far as you know.....
I believe this is all part of that new "no president left behind" rhetoric. Oh.. wait..
In the situation you describe, I agree 100% the neighbor shares the blame. Honestly I don't know how people sleep at night. And this being said by a person who eats wild game, fishes regularly and even enjoys rabbit on occasion.
Switch out "rabbit" for "child". See if that clears it up for you. I am not saying a rabbit's life is equal to that of a child. Hell, I eat rabbits; but they were not tortured before I ate them.
She let a rabbit *starve* to death. Think about that for a minute. You don't "accidentally forget" to feed an animal in your care for days on end. That is animal abuse plain and simple and would also fall into the category of torture. Both of these are (low-level) felonies in all states to the best of my knowledge.
To be honest, both of these people sound like the dregs of society and not anyone I would want to admit associating with.
Do the timeless isle "Treasure, Treasure Everywhere" achievement.
The purpose of every single DLL in the windows system is known, and documented.
This may or may not be true, I leave that argument to others mor knowledgable than I. However, the *documented purpose* of a DLL may have very little to do with what it is actually doing and what hidden payload it may have.
Everyday. Twice on Sunday.
I am not arguing one way or the other about what is or is not MS responsibility here. I don't condone piracy, but then again I don't use MS software either.
I was only arguing that GP's comment insinuating Windows 7 will run ( presumably as well ) on the same hardware as XP when the GGP stated the hardware was already pushed to its limits with XP is not realistic.
Lastly, if the machine is stressed running XP I would guess that puts it in the early P4 era of machines. You aren't going to find 2GB ( 2x1GB ) of 133 laptop memory anywhere for $30; if you can find that at all any more.
....then continue to have XP running under Wine for those specific programs...
I think you are a bit confused about what Wine is and how it is used. You can run many XP applications under Wine, but not all of them. You certainly do not run XP under Wine.
Having said that, there are many virtualization options that will let you run XP in all its glory. For the desktop, I prefer VirtualBox, but YMMV. For Linux there are several others as well (qemu, kvm, xen etc...) though none are as well suited to desktop use as VirtualBox, again IMHO.
If the friends machine is barely capable of running XP, what makes you think windows 7 is going to be an enjoyable experience? And I call bullshit that W7 is as fast as XP. This only works with 2GB+ RAM which I am guessing the aforementioned machine does not have. Try to run W7 on 1GB -- it is a swap/page fest that will burn up the hard-drive before drawing the desktop.
I applaud them for getting around the blocks. Teachers need to use that ingenuity.
Realistically, one kid should be applauded. The remaining students were just copycats.
You have a better way to determine a file is not corrupted? Please, do share.
/me hangs head in shame. Here is my membership card. May //DIETY// have mercy on my soul.
I have 3 characters for you. M.D.5.
Buying an additional license is a waste of money. You can legally download official MS isos and use the OEM key with it ( unless you are trying to use a different version of course).
Honestly, I was in the States last week and was kind of amazed that the military commercials are all about how you're "protecting the world's interests".
I call bullshit & citation needed.
To which military commercials are you referring? Granted, I don't watch much television, but I have have never seen a military commercial using that argument/wording.
....was essentially given away to Universities for free.
Actually it was licensed with the source code to Universities. This was still a proprietary license and the Univerities could not re-distribute except under certain conditions. This licensing was what lead to the lawsuit between Unix System Laboratories (USL) and the Univerity of California, Berkeley when the USL attempted to claim all the changes that UCB made to the source belonged to USL. There was a settlement behind closed doors, however as part of the SCO lawsuits I believe the terms of this agreement were made public.
Interesting read on this here.
I should have mentioned the site you linked to is that of the author of the "netflix-desktop" for Linux. This group of packages uses a Windows Firefox running under wine.
The advantage of pipelight is that you no longer have to run a 32-bit windows version of Firefox under wine. Pipelight is a two part program that utilizes a native Firefox plugin ( ie. FF on Linux ) to pipe required Silverlight bits to a service running under wine. This is much more efficient and much closer to a native solution.
I guess my main issue is that MS released their first YouTube app with features that were a direct violation Google/YT terms of service. There is no way on this planet that MS did not realize they needed to display Googles ads and that MS could not offer downloading of YouTubes videos. MS spends more on lawyers every year than many companies will make in their respective lifetimes.
This was a shit move by MS to stir up a hornets nest; plain and simple. There was nothing accidental about this and the fact that Google was willing to give MS a 2nd chance is a testimony to Googles willingness to work with their competition; unlike MS has been historically.
Lastly, somehow RIM can abide by Googles requisites without getting their key pulled.. just food for thought.