..for other networks to try to copy the format. FireFly looks like an upcoming cheap clone that will probably bring recycled cliches and bad acting to the table. The biggest similarity being a strong lead male role with a wild west attitude.
I'm inclined to believe that an impatient viewer got pissed off because they didn't want to wait til January to see new episodes, and cooked this up. I'm inclined to think that the reason the last season has been so "patchy" has been because the aussie actors have gotten much attention from their work and are doing tons of side projects. Other than the show getting a little "ra ra ben browder", it's been pretty good. I didn't like the fact they waited until the last episode to close up the plot hole with Moya getting sucked away by a wormhole, but I still love and watch the show for the acting and creativity. My guess is this isn't a deliberate thing done by SciFi, or the truth, but a desparate fan trying to light a fire under SciFi's ass.
This is obviously part of the groundwork to get the public behind palladium. Microsoft has consistently proven itself to be the masters at porting govermental public opinion swaying tactics for their needs. It's almost admirable. Following tradition, they'll produce stats and figures and submit them as "proof", and the majority of America will say "wow, we need to do this". Or, as demonstrated recently, they'll hint at the existence of proof for their "cause" and that alone will swing a majority of people to their side and give them time to fabricate it, or draw attention away from producing it. Microsoft will get palladium, and Dubya will get the war he wants that nobody a few weeks ago wanted, but now seem too want since they keep waving the flag hard enough and hinting at "new evidence" that probably doesn't exist as of yet.
Step 1: Convince everyone that your selfish agenda is in their best interests in any way you can.
Step 2: Pursue your selfish interests.
Being manipulated this way is part of being an American. Microsoft is the most American company I know of.
That's a weak point. It still doesn't explain why BSD dominates this "table" and some other OS doesn't. Why isn't it dominated with Linux or some other OS that isn't being what you perceive as "rapidly developed". So Linux can't handle the stress of a non developed environment? You can FUD around with your philosophies on the psychology of sysadmins all you want, but this table shows something very clear. As much as your love your pet OS, BSD is the clear stability king.
You'll notice that 45 of those top 50 are BSD machines. Of those 45, 19 are FreeBSD boxes. You'll notice 1 Linux box. It's nice to see that leading industry sites like bongload.com and twobigirls.com have benefited so much from the stability of BSD.
What if you got a CF card with your new entertainment system. You get a weird hum from your speakers after setting everything up. You plug your cf card into your "handheld coupler engine" and start answering questions. Within 5 minutes you have a short list of possible fixes. You can download an updated image for the CF card, or you put in place a system that automates updates seemlessly. Or, you check your "handheld coupler engine" to see if the manufacturer, school, govt agency, restaurant, has included a coupler for their product, curriculum, policy, or bacon cheeseburger. Wait til the coupler can be accessed by thought. It's going to be an interesting future.
In corporate america, your definition of a psychopath is pretty much held up as the example to follow. They used to use war euphemisms in business, until that became unpopular. Now it's sports euphemisms. I think the idea being that games of sport are tactical and emotionless like war is supposed to be. To give you an idea where I'm coming from, I find it truly amazing that we've been wasting time on this system of chasing little green pieces of paper around the planet (blatant douglas plagerism) instead of working together to expand our understanding of that whole universe out there. It's sad that we have a system of reward based on material possession and creature comfort. The goal of which is have so many pieces of paper, you don't have to do anything, and you can control others. Surprisingly, more often than not it's those people that make decisions for all of us. Survive at all costs. It's a model mirrored in nature by lesser lifeforms. We should be better than that. Considering we are our own worst natural preditor, I'd rather have someone making decisions that is intelligent and sympathetic, rather than someone that is an expert survivalist and game fixer. I don't hate the player mind you, I hate the game. We should take these people out of power, and get them the help they need. And yes, I AM dreaming. But everyone that has bought into the system in place might be dreaming someone else's dream.
Before the earthlink "merger of equals", Mindspring had Harry. Harry absolutely rocked the abuse department. He worked together with the other admins (helped he was a Senior Admin in skill level) and they'd think up all kinds of interesting ways to "abuse" spammers. We'd catch them pretty fast if they were spamming from our network. One of my favorites was sending +++ATH0 in a formatted ping packet to their modem to disconnect them, sending thousands of spam messages back to their email client depending on what they used. Their port would be disconnected quickly. I think we had a 3 strikes and you are an ex-customer rule. Jan also rocked the news servers. I'm not sure how earthlink is handling things now post merger. I didn't hang around.:) At the time, were were number 2 in the world, and fighting spam very well. The "SPAMINATOR" product was very much loved by customers. I heard through the grapevine that it's basically a joke now, and doesn't work.
When I used to work at the better half of that company a long time ago before the lame name change *cough* we spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out who the traitor was inside selling lists of email addresses. We knew it was going on, but never caught the guy.
If idiotic pricks didn't try to fill email boxen up with ads for stupid crap. If morons didn't pay companies to do mass mailing for them. If total assholes didn't market and sell spamming software USING SPAM to complete idiots that don't know any better. If businesses in general actually adopted some written or unwritten rules of etiquette and and practice and focused more on making quality products people actually want, and less on marketing the living hell out of their poorly made crap, we would never have had to nickname unsolicited email after a grody methodone for steak. We'd also probably not have had our enrons, adelphias, worldcoms, etc. I'm dreaming of course.
Why not do 5 minutes of research and find out who Bill Gates dad is.:) Nothing happens by accident. There are no true cinderella stories my friend. Sorry to burst your bubble.
We are nowhere near the top ten in education in the world. Ignorant people are easier to deceive. We have a President that tried very hard to bring back trickle down economics. We have a political system that is a charade comprised of two very powerful political parties that wow us with WWF style antics in the media. We have a media devoted to getting every last dollar from us. We have special interest groups spending insane amounts of money trying to get their opinions heard. We have justice that you have to pay for. Your freedom hinges on how good a lawyer you can afford. We have a populace that for the most part has been dulled into complacency by big macs, mustangs, girls gone wild, and mtv. We have 3 major media outlets. How hard is it to control 3 major media outlets? We have intelligence agencies spying on the populace. We have unfavorable political figures publicly executed on national television. We have a space program going nowhere. We have a whole universe we are ignoring so we can concentrate on the lifestyle we are fed by the 1 percent of the population with all the money and power. Those 1 percent of the population are ensured they'll keep both their money and power because of the laws that have been put in place to protect them. This, to me, is the definition of a virtual reality.
However......... We also have nowhere else to go. We also have the best deal going on this dirtball. I can't blame anyone for ignoring all of this and watching friends reruns. It's all too depressing to actually think about.:)
was one of those people laid off. I can remember chuckling a little when I learned that my severance package was "tied up in court" but that I'd see it down the road. Good thing I've heard that one before and knew I'd have a better chance of seeing a stable microsoft OS in my lifetime. The worst part about this one is how things were handled. The long time employees were still talking about how the Rigas's would save the day even when word of their 3.6 billion dollar theft from company coffers hit the news. Most of them were completely convinced that everything would be alright. Given the scope of this disaster, ABS knew full well it was going to happen when they hired me, and outright lied to me about how stable the company was and where it was headed. They lied to at least 5 new people in the department I joined also. For those of you that don't know, Adelphia Corporate is located in Coudersport, PA. It's a quaint little northern Pennsylvania town about 30 miles from the NY border. Population 2500. About 400 houses, homes and small businesses. A McDonalds, A Subway, oh and a 9 billion dollar telecommunications company. It's also 45 miles from NOTHING AT ALL. The makings for a great Stephen King novel. Tons of people displaced by the tech decline risked everything to move to the middle of nowhere for half the pay. When the layoffs came, they got rid of all the new people. The idea being to try to save some face in the community by keeping the people that were born and raised in Coudersport. Some of the new folk that were laid off had bought houses there. I feel for those people the most. As someone that's used to getting company's shot out from under me, I rented. My bad habit of eavesdropping on upper management let me know two weeks ahead of time that I'd be gone. I was actually relieved to be getting off the sinking ship early. Now I'm enjoying a very large unemployment check that Adelphia has to pay for. I figure I'll suck about 25 grand out of them then get a job. For the time being I'm kicking back, sipping drinks, and watching cable. I have no bills, so I have no worries. It's good to be prepared. I feel the most for the town of Coudersport. It really is a nice place. Absolutely beautiful. It was nice driving a mile to work and worrying more about hitting a deer than traffic or having my stereo stolen. I really didn't feel the need to lock my door. Nobody there does. No crime, no drug problem, great school, perfect place to start a family. The American Dream. The local economy there is centered around Adelphia, and ABS. The Rigas's own at least 90 percent of the town. I saw massive evidence that they truly love their small northern mountian town. They invested a fortune (granted, it was probably stolen money) trying to save it from tumbleweeds. They built a multi-million dollar data center in the middle of nowhere. They built their corporate headquarters in that same middle of nowhere. They employed the whole town, and gave loans to many townspeople. It's sad to know that within a few years, Coudersport will be an empty zipcode. There will be nothing there to support the town. The Rigas's will no doubt move to Buffalo or Phili. The datacenter will stand empty. The people left in town will move to Wellsville or Bradford (where they make Zippo Lighters) and seek new employment. Imagine a small town where a military base has been closed, and multiply the effect by 3. That's what it's going to be like. Slow motion Hiroshima with no boom. The only positive I can think of is the demise of the corrupt local goverment there. Since dead towns don't have courts, the world will be slightly better once the coudy courthouse is empty. I'd like to give a shout out to those left behind in the UNIX dept. I hope yall are hanging in there, and finding better jobs (If you all haven't been laid off already). You were all really great people (ScottU sucks though =P ). Make sure you file for unemployment at:
http://www.dli.state.pa.us
immediately after you are laid off. I can't get the year of my life back that was stolen from me by Adelphia, but I can sure as hell get every last cent I can. Good Luck!
I find it interesting that MS users speak about things that they have no understanding of. It's a common trend. Try reading a book. When you have a thorough understanding of the hows and whys behind viruses and microsoft products, you'll understand why you come across so stupid.
That's ironic because when I read your complaint post what I got out of it was "whaaaa!!! whaaaa!!! 'sniff' 'sniff' quick picking on microsoft you big bully!!!. Windows isn't that bad!!! Quit making me feel bad by telling the truth!!!".
I think this will be flamebait and I might be called a troll, and somebody clueless will call it offtopic because they are a pussy and can't be bothered to read what I'm replying too, but I'm going to at least try to make it as honest as I can. I can't be the only person here that feels this way.
START RANT It might just be me, but I'm noticing this lame trend on here involving shooting down anybody speaking up and just outright saying that windows sucks. When did we decide as an online community to try to placate the ignorant by putting up with that crap? What the hell is wrong with telling the truth? At what point when my back was turned did it become fashionable on here to allow windows users to whine about silly things? Isn't it bad enough there are paid microsoft posters that attack every story posted here every time microsoft messes up (which is quite often) and gets caught? (which is also quite often) How much proof does someone need that things are terribly wrong with the way microsoft does it's thing? Who in their right mind could defend them, other than someone that's given up and decided they are too big to fight? What kind of brownie points do you think you are getting for your loyalty to them? Is it a thrill from siding with the bully? Do you feel like you belong? What the hell is wrong with you people? I admire the attempt at trying not to alienate the less clueful that wander here, but at what cost? I really miss the traditional eleetism of UNIX. The idea that it's ok to have a little attitude if you know more. This pandering to morons crap should have died with the idea of the 90's sensitive male that every woman claimed to want, but cheated on frequently. It does no good for anyone. Secretly all *NIX users think windows users are sad, and secretly all Windows users simply don't know any different, and can't be bothered to learn anything different. It's a lot easier to shoot something down and regurgitate the marketing propaganda you read in your zdnet publications than it is to actually know something. It's also a lot easier to whine about silly things like a child than it is to be a man and suck it up. We are a nation of whiners anymore with billions of pointless lawsuits. Nobody is responsible for anything they do anymore, and I for one am sick of it. END RANT
It's nice to see that they took a year, actually did a great deal of work making it better, and it's gone from 7.1 to 7.2. I always thought it was kinda lame when someone changes 3 characters in output and jumps from 1.3 to 3.0. Damn I need sleep.
I'm not so sure that this is a good thing.
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Maybe I'm weird but,
I like the idea of life not being so convenient that I get tired of breathing for myself and die. I think as we progress, we are really setting ourselves up for hell when we finally get out there and start colonizing this galaxy. Either that or we'll get so collectively complacent and tamed thanks to the built in electronic convenience, that we'll never bother leaving the planet. Then we'll die slow painful deaths when the solar flare of the Gods or other unplanned disaster renders our technology dead. I think more people need to spend more time walking around trails. Knowing the names of the trees you are looking at. Maybe even (please don't flame me) shooting a firearm of some kind. I try to do these types of things every once in a while so I have at least a passing familiarity with nature.
Being in the middle of nowhere (Upstate Pennsylvania), with the closest mall being about an hour away, almost all my shopping for "special" and "hard to find" things takes place online. I easily spend 80 percent of my alloted "mad money" online. If only FedEx and UPS would commit to getting packages here on time. See, if you are in some areas that they deem "remote", they don't honor any type of delivery guarantee.
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..for other networks to try to copy the format.
FireFly looks like an upcoming cheap clone that
will probably bring recycled cliches and bad
acting to the table. The biggest similarity being
a strong lead male role with a wild west attitude.
I'm inclined to believe that an impatient viewer
got pissed off because they didn't want to wait
til January to see new episodes, and cooked this
up. I'm inclined to think that the reason the
last season has been so "patchy" has been because
the aussie actors have gotten much attention from
their work and are doing tons of side projects.
Other than the show getting a little "ra ra ben
browder", it's been pretty good. I didn't like the
fact they waited until the last episode to close
up the plot hole with Moya getting sucked away
by a wormhole, but I still love and watch the
show for the acting and creativity. My guess is
this isn't a deliberate thing done by SciFi, or
the truth, but a desparate fan trying to light
a fire under SciFi's ass.
Turn an AOL cd into loaves and fishes?
This is obviously part of the groundwork to get
the public behind palladium. Microsoft has
consistently proven itself to be the masters at
porting govermental public opinion swaying tactics
for their needs. It's almost admirable. Following
tradition, they'll produce stats and figures and
submit them as "proof", and the majority of
America will say "wow, we need to do this". Or,
as demonstrated recently, they'll hint at the
existence of proof for their "cause" and that
alone will swing a majority of people to their
side and give them time to fabricate it, or
draw attention away from producing it. Microsoft
will get palladium, and Dubya will get the war
he wants that nobody a few weeks ago wanted, but
now seem too want since they keep waving the flag
hard enough and hinting at "new evidence" that
probably doesn't exist as of yet.
Step 1: Convince everyone that your selfish
agenda is in their best interests in any way
you can.
Step 2: Pursue your selfish interests.
Being manipulated this way is part of being an
American. Microsoft is the most American company
I know of.
I have an old toothbrush you can do a story on. I might have a pair of transistorized crotchless panties also, but don't hold me to that.
That's a weak point. It still doesn't explain
why BSD dominates this "table" and some other OS
doesn't. Why isn't it dominated with Linux or
some other OS that isn't being what you perceive as
"rapidly developed". So Linux can't handle the stress
of a non developed environment? You can FUD
around with your philosophies on the psychology
of sysadmins all you want, but this table shows
something very clear. As much as your love your
pet OS, BSD is the clear stability king.
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html
You'll notice that 45 of those top 50 are BSD
machines. Of those 45, 19 are FreeBSD boxes.
You'll notice 1 Linux box. It's nice to see that
leading industry sites like bongload.com and
twobigirls.com have benefited so much from the
stability of BSD.
What if you got a CF card with your new entertainment system. You get a weird hum from your speakers after setting everything up. You plug your cf card into your "handheld coupler engine" and start answering questions. Within 5 minutes you have a short list of possible fixes. You can download an updated image for the CF card, or you put in place a system that automates updates seemlessly. Or, you check your "handheld coupler engine" to see if the manufacturer, school, govt agency, restaurant, has included a coupler for their product, curriculum, policy, or bacon cheeseburger. Wait til the coupler can be accessed by thought. It's going to be an interesting future.
In corporate america, your definition of a psychopath is pretty much held up as the example to follow. They used to use war euphemisms in business, until that became unpopular. Now it's sports euphemisms. I think the idea being that games of sport are tactical and emotionless like war is supposed to be. To give you an idea where I'm coming from, I find it truly amazing that we've been wasting time on this system of chasing little green pieces of paper around the planet (blatant douglas plagerism) instead of working together to expand our understanding of that whole universe out there. It's sad that we have a system of reward based on material possession and creature comfort. The goal of which is have so many pieces of paper, you don't have to do anything, and you can control others. Surprisingly, more often than not it's those people that make decisions for all of us. Survive at all costs. It's a model mirrored in nature by lesser lifeforms. We should be better than that. Considering we are our own worst natural preditor, I'd rather have someone making decisions that is intelligent and sympathetic, rather than someone that is an expert survivalist and game fixer. I don't hate the player mind you, I hate the game. We should take these people out of power, and get them the help they need. And yes, I AM dreaming. But everyone that has bought into the system in place might be dreaming someone else's dream.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!
get a job hippy
Before the earthlink "merger of equals", Mindspring had Harry. Harry absolutely rocked the abuse department. He worked together with the other admins (helped he was a Senior Admin in skill level) and they'd think up all kinds of interesting ways to "abuse" spammers. We'd catch them pretty fast if they were spamming from our network. One of my favorites was sending +++ATH0 in a formatted ping packet to their modem to disconnect them, sending thousands of spam messages back to their email client depending on what they used. Their port would be disconnected quickly. I think we had a 3 strikes and you are an ex-customer rule. Jan also rocked the news servers. I'm not sure how earthlink is handling things now post merger. I didn't hang around. :) At the time, were were number 2 in the world, and fighting spam very well. The "SPAMINATOR" product was very much loved by customers. I heard through the grapevine that it's basically a joke now, and doesn't work.
That's pretty lofty coming from "I.T.R.A.R.K.". It's a term I've been using for over 20 years. Go hack a website or something.
When I used to work at the better half of that company a long time ago before the lame name change *cough* we spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out who the traitor was inside selling lists of email addresses. We knew it was going on, but never caught the guy.
If idiotic pricks didn't try to fill email boxen up with ads for stupid crap. If morons didn't pay companies to do mass mailing for them. If total assholes didn't market and sell spamming software USING SPAM to complete idiots that don't know any better. If businesses in general actually adopted some written or unwritten rules of etiquette and and practice and focused more on making quality products people actually want, and less on marketing the living hell out of their poorly made crap, we would never have had to nickname unsolicited email after a grody methodone for steak. We'd also probably not have had our enrons, adelphias, worldcoms, etc. I'm dreaming of course.
If this coincides with the latest microsoft windows release, there should be at least enough space left for britneyinvegas.jpg.
Why not do 5 minutes of research and find out who Bill Gates dad is. :) Nothing happens by accident. There are no true cinderella stories my friend. Sorry to burst your bubble.
A corporation turned out to be highly corrupt.
:)
Welcome to here (The US of A).
We are nowhere near the top ten in education in the world. Ignorant people are easier to deceive. We have a President that tried very hard to bring back trickle down economics. We have a political system that is a charade comprised of two very powerful political parties that wow us with WWF style antics in the media. We have a media devoted to getting every last dollar from us. We have special interest groups spending insane amounts of money trying to get their opinions heard. We have justice that you have to pay for. Your freedom hinges on how good a lawyer you can afford. We have a populace that for the most part has been dulled into complacency by big macs, mustangs, girls gone wild, and mtv. We have 3 major media outlets. How hard is it to control 3 major media outlets? We have intelligence agencies spying on the populace. We have unfavorable political figures publicly executed on national television. We have a space program going nowhere. We have a whole universe we are ignoring so we can concentrate on the lifestyle we are fed by the 1 percent of the population with all the money and power. Those 1 percent of the population are ensured they'll keep both their money and power because of the laws that have been put in place to protect them. This, to me, is the definition of a virtual reality.
However......... We also have nowhere else to go. We also have the best deal going on this dirtball. I can't blame anyone for ignoring all of this and watching friends reruns. It's all too depressing to actually think about.
My $0.02
was one of those people laid off. I can remember chuckling a little when I learned that my severance package was "tied up in court" but that I'd see it down the road. Good thing I've heard that one before and knew I'd have a better chance of seeing a stable microsoft OS in my lifetime. The worst part about this one is how things were handled. The long time employees were still talking about how the Rigas's would save the day even when word of their 3.6 billion dollar theft from company coffers hit the news. Most of them were completely convinced that everything would be alright. Given the scope of this disaster, ABS knew full well it was going to happen when they hired me, and outright lied to me about how stable the company was and where it was headed. They lied to at least 5 new people in the department I joined also. For those of you that don't know, Adelphia Corporate is located in Coudersport, PA. It's a quaint little northern Pennsylvania town about 30 miles from the NY border. Population 2500. About 400 houses, homes and small businesses. A McDonalds, A Subway, oh and a 9 billion dollar telecommunications company. It's also 45 miles from NOTHING AT ALL. The makings for a great Stephen King novel. Tons of people displaced by the tech decline risked everything to move to the middle of nowhere for half the pay. When the layoffs came, they got rid of all the new people. The idea being to try to save some face in the community by keeping the people that were born and raised in Coudersport. Some of the new folk that were laid off had bought houses there. I feel for those people the most. As someone that's used to getting company's shot out from under me, I rented. My bad habit of eavesdropping on upper management let me know two weeks ahead of time that I'd be gone. I was actually relieved to be getting off the sinking ship early. Now I'm enjoying a very large unemployment check that Adelphia has to pay for. I figure I'll suck about 25 grand out of them then get a job. For the time being I'm kicking back, sipping drinks, and watching cable. I have no bills, so I have no worries. It's good to be prepared. I feel the most for the town of Coudersport. It really is a nice place. Absolutely beautiful. It was nice driving a mile to work and worrying more about hitting a deer than traffic or having my stereo stolen. I really didn't feel the need to lock my door. Nobody there does. No crime, no drug problem, great school, perfect place to start a family. The American Dream. The local economy there is centered around Adelphia, and ABS. The Rigas's own at least 90 percent of the town. I saw massive evidence that they truly love their small northern mountian town. They invested a fortune (granted, it was probably stolen money) trying to save it from tumbleweeds. They built a multi-million dollar data center in the middle of nowhere. They built their corporate headquarters in that same middle of nowhere. They employed the whole town, and gave loans to many townspeople. It's sad to know that within a few years, Coudersport will be an empty zipcode. There will be nothing there to support the town. The Rigas's will no doubt move to Buffalo or Phili. The datacenter will stand empty. The people left in town will move to Wellsville or Bradford (where they make Zippo Lighters) and seek new employment. Imagine a small town where a military base has been closed, and multiply the effect by 3. That's what it's going to be like. Slow motion Hiroshima with no boom. The only positive I can think of is the demise of the corrupt local goverment there. Since dead towns don't have courts, the world will be slightly better once the coudy courthouse is empty. I'd like to give a shout out to those left behind in the UNIX dept. I hope yall are hanging in there, and finding better jobs (If you all haven't been laid off already). You were all really great people (ScottU sucks though =P ). Make sure you file for unemployment at:
http://www.dli.state.pa.us
immediately after you are laid off. I can't get the year of my life back that was stolen from me by Adelphia, but I can sure as hell get every last cent I can. Good Luck!
I find it interesting that MS users speak about things that they have no understanding of. It's a common trend. Try reading a book. When you have a thorough understanding of the hows and whys behind viruses and microsoft products, you'll understand why you come across so stupid.
That's ironic because when I read your complaint post what I got out of it was "whaaaa!!! whaaaa!!! 'sniff' 'sniff' quick picking on microsoft you big bully!!!. Windows isn't that bad!!! Quit making me feel bad by telling the truth!!!".
I think this will be flamebait and I might be called a troll, and somebody clueless will call it offtopic because they are a pussy and can't be bothered to read what I'm replying too, but I'm going to at least try to make it as honest as I can. I can't be the only person here that feels this way.
START RANT
It might just be me, but I'm noticing this lame trend on here involving shooting down anybody speaking up and just outright saying that windows sucks. When did we decide as an online community to try to placate the ignorant by putting up with that crap? What the hell is wrong with telling the truth? At what point when my back was turned did it become fashionable on here to allow windows users to whine about silly things? Isn't it bad enough there are paid microsoft posters that attack every story posted here every time microsoft messes up (which is quite often) and gets caught? (which is also quite often) How much proof does someone need that things are terribly wrong with the way microsoft does it's thing? Who in their right mind could defend them, other than someone that's given up and decided they are too big to fight? What kind of brownie points do you think you are getting for your loyalty to them? Is it a thrill from siding with the bully? Do you feel like you belong? What the hell is wrong with you people? I admire the attempt at trying not to alienate the less clueful that wander here, but at what cost? I really miss the traditional eleetism of UNIX. The idea that it's ok to have a little attitude if you know more. This pandering to morons crap should have died with the idea of the 90's sensitive male that every woman claimed to want, but cheated on frequently. It does no good for anyone. Secretly all *NIX users think windows users are sad, and secretly all Windows users simply don't know any different, and can't be bothered to learn anything different. It's a lot easier to shoot something down and regurgitate the marketing propaganda you read in your zdnet publications than it is to actually know something. It's also a lot easier to whine about silly things like a child than it is to be a man and suck it up. We are a nation of whiners anymore with billions of pointless lawsuits. Nobody is responsible for anything they do anymore, and I for one am sick of it.
END RANT
My $0.02
It is ugly, but form follows function. I'm probably going to get one.
It's nice to see that they took a year, actually did a great deal of work making it better, and it's gone from 7.1 to 7.2. I always thought it was kinda lame when someone changes 3 characters in output and jumps from 1.3 to 3.0. Damn I need sleep.
Maybe I'm weird but,
I like the idea of life not being so convenient that I get tired of breathing for myself and die. I think as we progress, we are really setting ourselves up for hell when we finally get out there and start colonizing this galaxy. Either that or we'll get so collectively complacent and tamed thanks to the built in electronic convenience, that we'll never bother leaving the planet. Then we'll die slow painful deaths when the solar flare of the Gods or other unplanned disaster renders our technology dead. I think more people need to spend more time walking around trails. Knowing the names of the trees you are looking at. Maybe even (please don't flame me) shooting a firearm of some kind. I try to do these types of things every once in a while so I have at least a passing familiarity with nature.
Hello There,
Being in the middle of nowhere (Upstate Pennsylvania), with the closest mall being about an hour away, almost all my shopping for "special" and "hard to find" things takes place online. I easily spend 80 percent of my alloted "mad money" online. If only FedEx and UPS would commit to getting packages here on time. See, if you are in some areas that they deem "remote", they don't honor any type of delivery guarantee.