I wanted to like Mandriva (or Mandrake as it was then called) but the configuration interfaces were just too confusing. But the real kicker was the lack of documentation and community support online.
These are two things Ubuntu has done right. I think it's easy to see why Ubuntu stole Mandriva's thunder.
People have meaningless, petty opinions that drive their review? Wow, this would be news except that Yelp has been demonstrating this for years.
"The soup was great, but the waiter gave me a dirty look the third time I sent it back. 1 star." "There was gum on the sidewalk outside the bookstore and it stuck to my shoe. 1 star." "OMG I like totally ran into Tom Cruise at the Wendy's on Third St, 5 stars!"
Sure, but you're sort of missing my point, I think. That a circuit board was "made" in let's say Canada doesn't mean that ever single part on it was made in Canada. I think you'd be hard-pressed to pinpoint the origin of every part and every material that was used.
Whether or not this matters (or was the intent of the original poster) is another discussion, and perhaps an interesting one.
Dude, you're not getting a Dell. Many of the internal parts WILL be made in China -- chips, circuit boards, etc. There's simply nowhere else that makes these things but China.
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This isn't really related to the argument -- knowing how to program probably doesn't help you vote, most of the time.
College isn't a trade school, you're supposed to get a well-rounded education.
I strongly disagree with his point, but in all fairness most people graduate from public universities which are heavily subsidized by the government.
This guy is forgetting that we live in a (sort of) democracy. How would a democracy where the people aren't educated work?
Perhaps this explains the appearance of a giant pair of scissors in the sky when performing the iron pyramid experiment.
I wanted to like Mandriva (or Mandrake as it was then called) but the configuration interfaces were just too confusing. But the real kicker was the lack of documentation and community support online.
These are two things Ubuntu has done right. I think it's easy to see why Ubuntu stole Mandriva's thunder.
Is there some time-line of future events that I don't know about?
If so, please show me. I'd like to use it for gambling purposes.
But are these "serious games" fun to play? That seems to be the most overlooked part of educational games.
BumpTop doesn't appeal to serial killers the way Microsoft Bob did -- there's no talking dog telling you what to do.
There's always GOAT or even SOY.
So does this mean we're getting 6 more weeks of winter or not?
Here's the problem: if you're on a social network that few have heard of, what's the point?
Isn't the purpose of say, Facebook, the fact that nearly everyone uses it? How would a "social network" without other people even work?
Maybe the termites got to his teeth.
It's spelled "Gordon Ramsay" you **** ****ing ***hole piece of ****.
Maggie Simpson is going to have a terrible case of Tourette's after being scanned every week for the past ~20 years.
Well isn't that special!
OS/2 is still running ATMs, train systems, all kinds of important things. It never went away.
People have meaningless, petty opinions that drive their review? Wow, this would be news except that Yelp has been demonstrating this for years.
"The soup was great, but the waiter gave me a dirty look the third time I sent it back. 1 star."
"There was gum on the sidewalk outside the bookstore and it stuck to my shoe. 1 star."
"OMG I like totally ran into Tom Cruise at the Wendy's on Third St, 5 stars!"
XKCD's CLI a lot easier to use than the Elsewhere Public Works BBS:
http://elsewherepublicworks.com/
(Yes, it's part of an ARG. And yes, if you live anywhere near San Francisco you should be playing it already.)
This being Slashdot, let me ask: is this even possible?
Toyota's engineers needed a challenger.
Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round. The jar is round. They should call it Roundtine.
You and your fancy technology... I'm sticking with Windows 98 and IE 2.
Sure, but you're sort of missing my point, I think. That a circuit board was "made" in let's say Canada doesn't mean that ever single part on it was made in Canada. I think you'd be hard-pressed to pinpoint the origin of every part and every material that was used.
Whether or not this matters (or was the intent of the original poster) is another discussion, and perhaps an interesting one.
Dude, you're not getting a Dell. Many of the internal parts WILL be made in China -- chips, circuit boards, etc. There's simply nowhere else that makes these things but China.
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