Don't be a moron. There's nothing wrong with listening to someone else's point-of-view, whether they be Moonies, Scientologists, or Skinheads. If you're so sure that your views are the right ones, then it doesn't matter what anyone else says, does it?
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
How is this even a defense against Van Eck phreaking? The pixels are encrypted on their way *to* your monitor, but they're still displayed in the same manner as before, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see what was on your screen. Of course, that doesn't apply to flatscreens, but we're not quite at the point where everyone is buying those yet.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Shhhh!! Geez, if they find out about my Proprietary Open Source Patented Naked & Petrified statue of Natalie Portman, the moderators will take away my special voodoo powers.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Hey, that's not fair. These guys are doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. You can't blame them if they're no editorially accurate... Oh wait, nevermind.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Why the "If you're reading this" -- not everyone who reads Slashdot is part of the tech industry.
Having said that, I am. I'm also a full-time student. I'm at school 16 hours a week, and working 24 hours a week. But I do draw a fine line between my workday and the rest of my day and I rarely do anything work-related when I'm not on the clock.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
I don't want to be a dickhole, but WINE will never be a good bridge for everyday users. Why? Because programs under WINE don't work the same as they do under Windows. Maybe they will someday down the road, but it's a long way off. And even then, WINE will still be playing catch-up to the latest-and-not-so-greatest version of Windows.
I find it more agreeable that certain Windows-based "killer-apps" need to be re-created or ported to Linux. Word/Access/Excel is certainly one of them. Star Division took us part of the way, but they're still a little off -- I look forward to seeing what Sun will do with the Office Suite. AOL, on the other hand, should definitley be ported to Linux. Case and co. have *got* to be thinking about this -- it's just a matter of time until they go for it. And I say, more power if they do. 25 million people are on AOL, right? That's 25 Million people who previously were locked into one of two operating systems.
As for your other point: I don't think 2.4 will make much of a difference in the desktop arena. Why? Because hardware isn't really our weak-point right now. It would be nice to have better USB support, granted, but I would hardly place it at the top of the "wish-list". What I would like to see is software like KDE and Gnome working together to build a better desktop. XFree86 4.0 looks nice, and that should help out with gaming, but I think the desktop environment is more pressing right now. We need a consistent (themeable for sure) interface that users can depend on for ALL their applications. People say how diversity is one of the great strengths of Linux, but it's not necessarily true. Consistency is much more important in getting people to accept a new OS for their desktop system.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
IIRC, the Visual C++ jump wasn't to match it with Visual Basic, it was to synchronize Visual C++ with their current release of the MFC libraries (which was 4.0).
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
If I'm not mistaken, he's also the guy in all those new M&M commercials, isn't he? The one who says "That's just disturbing" about the M&M cannibalism.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
I'm not talking about war -- it would be ridiculous for any country to wage war against US & UK. But suing them? There are levels in between war and lawsuit that seem a lot more appropriate.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Am I missing something here? Doesn't it seem strange that, after finding out two of their closest allies have been spying on them, France decides to sue over civil matters? Sounds like they're taking it pretty damned well.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
You're probably right. I mean, it's not as if Ford is giving out computers to people who aren't employees, right? We can only assume, then, that they're trying to enhance their business model by doing so.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Seriously though, people can just use Cygwin if they want a free compiler. The VC++ IDE is exceptional though, and I have yet to see a free IDE as good as it (although KDevelop could very well get there soon).
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
You know what that reminds me of? Paul Newman. Seriously, here is an actor who uses his fame to sell popcorn and salad dressing, and he donates all of the profits to charity. That's a really good idea, I think. But the best part is that he doesn't make a big stink about it. There's just a little, unobtrusive note on the back of his products explaining the situation. Very commendable.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Oh, I forgot that Henry Ford was still running the place. Yeah, they're going to have thugs come beat you up -- don't be an ass. Hey, maybe Ford would try something like that (taking the computers, not beating people up), but if they do then so be it. Some company is going to try it at some point, so we might as well set a precedent for it one way or the other, right?
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
I tend to agree with that statement (in a serious sense), but it seems to me that most people here think of Linux as in competition with Windows. If we stipulate that Linux can have competition (which is a statement that I'm sure companies like RedHat would stand behind) then it follows that Microsoft is Linux's competitor. Conversely, Linux is Microsoft's competitor and by that reasoning
Competition == Good;
M$ == Competition;
M$ == Good;
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Agreed. But doesn't that strike you as a funny comment to make on a forum where most everyone would love to everyone running Linux on their desktop and have MS drop off the face of the Earth?
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Slashdot Mirror
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Having said that, I am. I'm also a full-time student. I'm at school 16 hours a week, and working 24 hours a week. But I do draw a fine line between my workday and the rest of my day and I rarely do anything work-related when I'm not on the clock.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
I find it more agreeable that certain Windows-based "killer-apps" need to be re-created or ported to Linux. Word/Access/Excel is certainly one of them. Star Division took us part of the way, but they're still a little off -- I look forward to seeing what Sun will do with the Office Suite. AOL, on the other hand, should definitley be ported to Linux. Case and co. have *got* to be thinking about this -- it's just a matter of time until they go for it. And I say, more power if they do. 25 million people are on AOL, right? That's 25 Million people who previously were locked into one of two operating systems.
As for your other point: I don't think 2.4 will make much of a difference in the desktop arena. Why? Because hardware isn't really our weak-point right now. It would be nice to have better USB support, granted, but I would hardly place it at the top of the "wish-list". What I would like to see is software like KDE and Gnome working together to build a better desktop. XFree86 4.0 looks nice, and that should help out with gaming, but I think the desktop environment is more pressing right now. We need a consistent (themeable for sure) interface that users can depend on for ALL their applications. People say how diversity is one of the great strengths of Linux, but it's not necessarily true. Consistency is much more important in getting people to accept a new OS for their desktop system.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Seriously though, people can just use Cygwin if they want a free compiler. The VC++ IDE is exceptional though, and I have yet to see a free IDE as good as it (although KDevelop could very well get there soon).
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
A big round of applause for everyone over at Texas Instruments for keeping me (and countless others) entertained during high-school classes.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Competition == Good;
M$ == Competition;
M$ == Good;
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."