No argument here. I keep a Windows system here myself for playing games and running certain Windows apps that I like or need. I stick with Ubuntu for the daily use stuff though.
You have a point. I do keep a Windows laptop around for those certain apps I need. For example, I design circuitry, so one app I love is Altium DXP suite. Nothing comparable on Linux. What I was referring to though is the irritation that comes from daily use, doing everyday things like, say, moving files. There are quite a few REAL annoyances in Windows that you can't really appreciate until you use another, more sane system for a while.
Hmm, sounds like a weird Fedora problem. Try Ubuntu. I use nothing but Nvidia cards (including one similar to yours) and have never had such a problem installing/using Ubuntu.
At least they do have really good health care and education for EVERYONE, not just the people rich enough to pay for it like the U.S.
What nonsense. Good health care and education are NOT difficult to come by in the U.S. For education, there are countless grants, interest-free loans, and other incentives (like part-time military service) to help anyone go to school who wants to. Health and dental insurance is available to practically anyone who has a full time job, where the plan is paid for by the employer, and there are many other ways to get health insurance.
But I have to admit, I've had little to no trouble with MY Windows machine.
Go use anything else for a month or two, then come back to Windows. You will soon see exactly what the GP was talking about. It's a fucking irritating piece of shit, and you don't really understand just how stupid it is until you use something else for a while.
That's quite possible. A long period without an accident doesn't mean that you are a safe driver. Accidents result from a combination of circumstances that may occur very rarely.
That's probably true. So the question is, what are the chances of having an accident when keeping both hands on the wheel, paying very close attention to the road, and driving defensively? Now, how much do the chances increase when talking on a cell phone? Texting? Talking to a passenger? Eating? Fiddling with the radio? Reaching for something on the floorboard or back seat? Etc. Just a guess, but I would imagine that all of the above activities increase the risk of an accident in average circumstances, and I would also guess that cell phone usage is by far not the riskiest and most distracting thing that people do when behind the wheel.
It seems that cell phones are just a scapegoat for the real problem of idiot drivers. We already have laws in place to solve this problem-- the offense is called driving while distracted. Yet how many of these tickets are written compared to more common bullshit tickets like seat belt violations, speeding (5-10 over), etc? Very few, because speeding/seat belt tickets are easier and more profitable. Now you see the root cause of the problem: tickets are, for the most part, a means of revenue generation masquerading under the guise of improving safety. Solve that problem, and you'll simultaneously solve a LOT of other problems, including idiot drivers.
You can be a poor driver and yet go through life unscathed because you have the luck not to encounter the situations in which your poor driving will cause an accident. You can also be a good driver and have a lot of accidents because you are unlucky and encounter a lot of situations in which even a good driver will have an accident.
My gut tells me that while this may be true over a short term, over the long term it's just the opposite. A "bad" driver may go a long time between accidents but will (should) have more accidents over his driving career than a "good" driver.
Although probably not so relevant to things like texting, another interfering factor is that some kinds of poor driving are more likely to cause OTHER drivers to have accidents than the poor driver himself. This is true, for example, of very aggressive drivers, who are more likely to panic other drivers and cause them to have accidents than to have one themselves.
I'd agree with this. I don't have any statistics, but anecdotally, many times when I see somebody driving like a complete idiot on the road, they have a handicapped tag. By driving like an idiot, I mean doing stupid shit like coming to a COMPLETE STOP at the beginning of a merge lane, driving 45 when everybody else is doing 75, pulling right out in front of speeding traffic and then driving slow as hell, etc. I don't mean to imply it's because the person is handicapped, but the vast majority of handicapped tags are owned by elderly drivers. They are a serious safety problem and I've seen a lot of accidents almost happen because of them.
You may think you are some kind of amazing driver who can do both at once, but like everyone else who says the same thing, you're not.
Oh really? So I'm absolutely not able to do both at once, then. If that's the case, then how can you explain that I have been doing it for years with no accidents? Blind luck? What about the many hundreds of thousands of other people who do the same thing, many of which have also had not any accidents?
They take your attention away from the road, reduce your reaction times, and usually tie up one hand
So do about a billion other activities enjoyed by 99.9% of the drivers in America while behind the wheel. Should the cops pull over and ticket EVERYBODY in America? Hell, I find that just having passengers in the car is a lot more distracting to my driving than texting on a cell phone. Should passengers in vehicles be banned? Where do you draw the line?
If cell phone use were banned when driving, then the cop could pull the person over and ticket them.
Yeah, and if wearing a seat belt while driving were banned, then the cops could pull over seat belt users over and ticket them, too. Seriously, what point were you trying to make? There are plenty of people who use cell phones safely while driving, myself included. I recognize and respect the power of an automobile to kill, so you can bet I am always cautious and drive defensively at all times. Just because there are RETARDS out there (most of them teenage chicks and soccer moms) using cell phones does not mean that cell phone use while driving should be banned. Hell, why not ban automobiles in general since some people use them to do stupid things?
Because when a dumb shit like you fucks up while texting âoecul8er!!:D:D" and crashes into someone, some innocent bystander gets wrecked for no reason.
Hey, if you're such a shitty driver that you can't handle doing two things at once, then maybe texting while driving is not for you. I don't have a problem with it, and I take precautions to ensure that I'm not distracted from what's going on around me. And here I am, accident free, after many years of driving while "distracted."
Nobody gives a shit about you, you can go drive off a cliff for all we care.
And nobody really gives a shit about your opinion either, least of all me, but hey that didn't stop you from posting it did it?
What you seem to not understand is that the same group of people that feels entitled to speed is a huge subset of the people that don't drive safely.
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Just because bad drivers are statistically more likely to speed doesn't mean that speeding means a person is a bad driver. From my experience, some of the shittiest and stupidest drivers on the road are also some of the slowest.
What's more faster speeds making things like reaction time, tire grip and general skills that much more important.
And what's your point? So if I have good reaction, good tires (and good suspension/brakes) and good skills, then it's OK if I speed along with everybody else? Sounds about right to me.
You're probably a hazard just waiting to cause an accident.
I guess I've been "a hazard just waiting to cause an accident" for 8 years then, since that's how long I've been driving while texting, talking, fiddling with the radio, etc without having an accident.
It's just that most people who I actually see talking on their cellphones in traffic aren't that bright, and continue to natter on forever while they're swerving and stomping on their brakes.
So in other words, it's not even about cell phones at all, it's about idiot drivers. Idiot drivers are idiots regardless if they are using a cell phone or not. Instead of ranting and raving about cell phones, why don't you (and other anti-cell phone nazis) attack the root of the problem instead? How about demanding tougher, more stringent and more frequent driving exams? How about demanding the police quit writing bullshit speeding tickets and instead concentrate on ticketing people for tailgating, putting along in the passing lane, swerving through traffic, and other things that idiots do?
Why is it important to text that you'll be there in 5 minutes anyway? You can also wait 5 minutes.
Well gee, let's see: maybe you are meeting some people who have been waiting on you and may leave you if you don't let them know you'll be there in a couple minutes? I am sure I can think of hundreds of reasons why you would want to send such a text message. What a stupid criticism.
Driving and calling (even hands free), texting, or doing anything else (tuning the radio, setting up your nav system) for that matter is just dangerous.
Oh please. Driving is a dangerous activity, period. Yet somehow people manage to arrive safely at their destinations in most cases. I guess if you're a retard or clumsy geek who's totally incapable of doing two things at once you might want to refrain from tuning the radio, etc. while driving through rush hour traffic. The rest of us get along just fine texting, calling, etc while driving, especially out on the open highway with little traffic. Hell, I've been known to send text messages while riding a fucking motorcycle, and here I am, still alive and breathing.
I wish people like you would quit trying to be everybody else's mommy.
When was the last time you washed your hands? When was the last time you washed your hands even though they didn't look like they had anything on them? When was the last time you washed your keyboard?
Rarely, and I'd argue this is the one of the prime reasons why my immune system is so incredibly strong. I am in perfect health and always have been. Rarely do I ever get sick, and when I do it's very mild. I have been to restaurants where everyone in my party was puking up guts sick the next day, and I felt perfectly fine. In my opinion, washing hands and such is fine and helpful in moderation, but disastrous when it's taken too far.
Wait eight years. Add a mortgage and a couple of kids....or you could just remain a bachelor, start your own business, and spend your entire life doing whatever you feel like. I run my own business in the automotive aftermarket. I live in a warehouse. The main office is my living room, the side office is my bedroom, and the 3000 sq. ft. warehouse area is my playground, filled with hot rods, motors, car parts, projects, etc. I wake up whenever I please, put in a few hours of work whenever needed and convenient, then spend the rest of the time doing whatever sounds fun. I'm 24 years old. In today's world of divorces, unhappy marriages, and bitches attempting to control men's lives, why should I ever want to get married and have a bunch of liabilities (i.e. kids?)
What are you, a fucking internet psychologist? I knew there was some shit seriously wrong with me for years and it was not until I was diagnosed with psychopathy that I finally knew what it was. There goes all your grand and varied theories right out the window. Funny that you call me the coward when you are such a pussy that you won't even post under your real user account. Go find someone else's posts to troll, troll.
This "shiftless" user#410350 needs to be flagged and traced to the individual in question and have the police made aware of its potential for conscienceless murder, rape, and general evil. This is not a joke.
Really? I thought it was pretty funny. You got some things right, but you are so far off base in other areas it's not even funny. Here's your first mistake. Just because a person is a psychopath does not mean he is a rapist, murderer, or even evil. A lot of murderers/rapists/etc are psychopaths, yes, in the same way that a lot of criminals are gun owners. Does that make every gun owner a criminal? Of course not.
The desire to give a free and fair chance to psychopaths, to give them the benefit of the doubt, is what gives them power over us;
Actually, what gives us power over you is our willingness to go to any length, bear any burden, etc to win and prevail at any cost.
The only answer is to remove them from positions of power and either incarcerate them for life or destroy them.
He's not talented, he's a sociopath. He should be expelled from school and they should staple a copy of the police report to any transcript they send to a college.
Exactly. Let's send him to prison for years and destroy his life because we don't like certain aspects of his personality (sociopathy.) Then when he has spent years in prison hanging out with rapists, murderers, etc, and becomes indoctrinated into that culture, we'll all be much better off, right? I hope the kid gets out of prison and murders ever single one of the cocksuckers who sent him there.
If the longest penalty for any given charge is 5 years, then his 38 year sentencing could be over completely in 5 years.
Do you have any idea how destructive 5 years in prison would be to this young man? His life will basically be ruined. All because he made some stupid teenage decisions.
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...doesn't surprise me at all
No argument here. I keep a Windows system here myself for playing games and running certain Windows apps that I like or need. I stick with Ubuntu for the daily use stuff though.
You have a point. I do keep a Windows laptop around for those certain apps I need. For example, I design circuitry, so one app I love is Altium DXP suite. Nothing comparable on Linux. What I was referring to though is the irritation that comes from daily use, doing everyday things like, say, moving files. There are quite a few REAL annoyances in Windows that you can't really appreciate until you use another, more sane system for a while.
Hmm, sounds like a weird Fedora problem. Try Ubuntu. I use nothing but Nvidia cards (including one similar to yours) and have never had such a problem installing/using Ubuntu.
I've never recompiled anything in Ubuntu. Where are you getting your facts from, 1999?
At least they do have really good health care and education for EVERYONE, not just the people rich enough to pay for it like the U.S.
What nonsense. Good health care and education are NOT difficult to come by in the U.S. For education, there are countless grants, interest-free loans, and other incentives (like part-time military service) to help anyone go to school who wants to. Health and dental insurance is available to practically anyone who has a full time job, where the plan is paid for by the employer, and there are many other ways to get health insurance.
But I have to admit, I've had little to no trouble with MY Windows machine.
Go use anything else for a month or two, then come back to Windows. You will soon see exactly what the GP was talking about. It's a fucking irritating piece of shit, and you don't really understand just how stupid it is until you use something else for a while.
If so, throw it away. It's probably warped, or will become warped during the removal process, and will thus be practically unusable.
That's quite possible. A long period without an accident doesn't mean that you are a safe driver. Accidents result from a combination of circumstances that may occur very rarely.
That's probably true. So the question is, what are the chances of having an accident when keeping both hands on the wheel, paying very close attention to the road, and driving defensively? Now, how much do the chances increase when talking on a cell phone? Texting? Talking to a passenger? Eating? Fiddling with the radio? Reaching for something on the floorboard or back seat? Etc. Just a guess, but I would imagine that all of the above activities increase the risk of an accident in average circumstances, and I would also guess that cell phone usage is by far not the riskiest and most distracting thing that people do when behind the wheel.
It seems that cell phones are just a scapegoat for the real problem of idiot drivers. We already have laws in place to solve this problem-- the offense is called driving while distracted. Yet how many of these tickets are written compared to more common bullshit tickets like seat belt violations, speeding (5-10 over), etc? Very few, because speeding/seat belt tickets are easier and more profitable. Now you see the root cause of the problem: tickets are, for the most part, a means of revenue generation masquerading under the guise of improving safety. Solve that problem, and you'll simultaneously solve a LOT of other problems, including idiot drivers.
You can be a poor driver and yet go through life unscathed because you have the luck not to encounter the situations in which your poor driving will cause an accident. You can also be a good driver and have a lot of accidents because you are unlucky and encounter a lot of situations in which even a good driver will have an accident.
My gut tells me that while this may be true over a short term, over the long term it's just the opposite. A "bad" driver may go a long time between accidents but will (should) have more accidents over his driving career than a "good" driver.
Although probably not so relevant to things like texting, another interfering factor is that some kinds of poor driving are more likely to cause OTHER drivers to have accidents than the poor driver himself. This is true, for example, of very aggressive drivers, who are more likely to panic other drivers and cause them to have accidents than to have one themselves.
I'd agree with this. I don't have any statistics, but anecdotally, many times when I see somebody driving like a complete idiot on the road, they have a handicapped tag. By driving like an idiot, I mean doing stupid shit like coming to a COMPLETE STOP at the beginning of a merge lane, driving 45 when everybody else is doing 75, pulling right out in front of speeding traffic and then driving slow as hell, etc. I don't mean to imply it's because the person is handicapped, but the vast majority of handicapped tags are owned by elderly drivers. They are a serious safety problem and I've seen a lot of accidents almost happen because of them.
You may think you are some kind of amazing driver who can do both at once, but like everyone else who says the same thing, you're not.
Oh really? So I'm absolutely not able to do both at once, then. If that's the case, then how can you explain that I have been doing it for years with no accidents? Blind luck? What about the many hundreds of thousands of other people who do the same thing, many of which have also had not any accidents?
They take your attention away from the road, reduce your reaction times, and usually tie up one hand
So do about a billion other activities enjoyed by 99.9% of the drivers in America while behind the wheel. Should the cops pull over and ticket EVERYBODY in America? Hell, I find that just having passengers in the car is a lot more distracting to my driving than texting on a cell phone. Should passengers in vehicles be banned? Where do you draw the line?
If cell phone use were banned when driving, then the cop could pull the person over and ticket them.
Yeah, and if wearing a seat belt while driving were banned, then the cops could pull over seat belt users over and ticket them, too. Seriously, what point were you trying to make? There are plenty of people who use cell phones safely while driving, myself included. I recognize and respect the power of an automobile to kill, so you can bet I am always cautious and drive defensively at all times. Just because there are RETARDS out there (most of them teenage chicks and soccer moms) using cell phones does not mean that cell phone use while driving should be banned. Hell, why not ban automobiles in general since some people use them to do stupid things?
Because when a dumb shit like you fucks up while texting âoecul8er!! :D :D" and crashes into someone, some innocent bystander gets wrecked for no reason.
Hey, if you're such a shitty driver that you can't handle doing two things at once, then maybe texting while driving is not for you. I don't have a problem with it, and I take precautions to ensure that I'm not distracted from what's going on around me. And here I am, accident free, after many years of driving while "distracted."
Nobody gives a shit about you, you can go drive off a cliff for all we care.
And nobody really gives a shit about your opinion either, least of all me, but hey that didn't stop you from posting it did it?
but I don't want you to crash into me or for my "tax dollar" to pay for your rescue.
Just because YOU'RE frightened doesn't mean that I'M an unskilled driver who's likely to crash into you.
PS : I don't pay taxes in the states but will be driving there in a few month with my baby daughter. So stop texting while driving
LOL, no. Sorry, you don't come to MY country and tell ME what to do.
Nice trolling there.
That wasn't a troll.
What you seem to not understand is that the same group of people that feels entitled to speed is a huge subset of the people that don't drive safely.
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Just because bad drivers are statistically more likely to speed doesn't mean that speeding means a person is a bad driver. From my experience, some of the shittiest and stupidest drivers on the road are also some of the slowest.
What's more faster speeds making things like reaction time, tire grip and general skills that much more important.
And what's your point? So if I have good reaction, good tires (and good suspension/brakes) and good skills, then it's OK if I speed along with everybody else? Sounds about right to me.
You're probably a hazard just waiting to cause an accident.
I guess I've been "a hazard just waiting to cause an accident" for 8 years then, since that's how long I've been driving while texting, talking, fiddling with the radio, etc without having an accident.
It's just that most people who I actually see talking on their cellphones in traffic aren't that bright, and continue to natter on forever while they're swerving and stomping on their brakes.
So in other words, it's not even about cell phones at all, it's about idiot drivers. Idiot drivers are idiots regardless if they are using a cell phone or not. Instead of ranting and raving about cell phones, why don't you (and other anti-cell phone nazis) attack the root of the problem instead? How about demanding tougher, more stringent and more frequent driving exams? How about demanding the police quit writing bullshit speeding tickets and instead concentrate on ticketing people for tailgating, putting along in the passing lane, swerving through traffic, and other things that idiots do?
Why is it important to text that you'll be there in 5 minutes anyway? You can also wait 5 minutes.
Well gee, let's see: maybe you are meeting some people who have been waiting on you and may leave you if you don't let them know you'll be there in a couple minutes? I am sure I can think of hundreds of reasons why you would want to send such a text message. What a stupid criticism.
Driving and calling (even hands free), texting, or doing anything else (tuning the radio, setting up your nav system) for that matter is just dangerous.
Oh please. Driving is a dangerous activity, period. Yet somehow people manage to arrive safely at their destinations in most cases. I guess if you're a retard or clumsy geek who's totally incapable of doing two things at once you might want to refrain from tuning the radio, etc. while driving through rush hour traffic. The rest of us get along just fine texting, calling, etc while driving, especially out on the open highway with little traffic. Hell, I've been known to send text messages while riding a fucking motorcycle, and here I am, still alive and breathing.
I wish people like you would quit trying to be everybody else's mommy.
When was the last time you washed your hands? When was the last time you washed your hands even though they didn't look like they had anything on them? When was the last time you washed your keyboard?
Rarely, and I'd argue this is the one of the prime reasons why my immune system is so incredibly strong. I am in perfect health and always have been. Rarely do I ever get sick, and when I do it's very mild. I have been to restaurants where everyone in my party was puking up guts sick the next day, and I felt perfectly fine. In my opinion, washing hands and such is fine and helpful in moderation, but disastrous when it's taken too far.
Wait eight years. Add a mortgage and a couple of kids. ...or you could just remain a bachelor, start your own business, and spend your entire life doing whatever you feel like. I run my own business in the automotive aftermarket. I live in a warehouse. The main office is my living room, the side office is my bedroom, and the 3000 sq. ft. warehouse area is my playground, filled with hot rods, motors, car parts, projects, etc. I wake up whenever I please, put in a few hours of work whenever needed and convenient, then spend the rest of the time doing whatever sounds fun. I'm 24 years old. In today's world of divorces, unhappy marriages, and bitches attempting to control men's lives, why should I ever want to get married and have a bunch of liabilities (i.e. kids?)
We happen to like our Fahrenheit temperature units, thanks anyway though
What are you, a fucking internet psychologist? I knew there was some shit seriously wrong with me for years and it was not until I was diagnosed with psychopathy that I finally knew what it was. There goes all your grand and varied theories right out the window. Funny that you call me the coward when you are such a pussy that you won't even post under your real user account. Go find someone else's posts to troll, troll.
+5, funny!
This "shiftless" user#410350 needs to be flagged and traced to the individual in question and have the police made aware of its potential for conscienceless murder, rape, and general evil. This is not a joke.
Really? I thought it was pretty funny. You got some things right, but you are so far off base in other areas it's not even funny. Here's your first mistake. Just because a person is a psychopath does not mean he is a rapist, murderer, or even evil. A lot of murderers/rapists/etc are psychopaths, yes, in the same way that a lot of criminals are gun owners. Does that make every gun owner a criminal? Of course not.
The desire to give a free and fair chance to psychopaths, to give them the benefit of the doubt, is what gives them power over us;
Actually, what gives us power over you is our willingness to go to any length, bear any burden, etc to win and prevail at any cost.
The only answer is to remove them from positions of power and either incarcerate them for life or destroy them.
Yeah, good luck with that, LOL.
If he had put that much effort into studying and learned what he was supposed to, maybe he wouldn't have had to alter any records to get A's?
What fun is that?
He's not talented, he's a sociopath. He should be expelled from school and they should staple a copy of the police report to any transcript they send to a college.
Exactly. Let's send him to prison for years and destroy his life because we don't like certain aspects of his personality (sociopathy.) Then when he has spent years in prison hanging out with rapists, murderers, etc, and becomes indoctrinated into that culture, we'll all be much better off, right? I hope the kid gets out of prison and murders ever single one of the cocksuckers who sent him there.
If the longest penalty for any given charge is 5 years, then his 38 year sentencing could be over completely in 5 years.
Do you have any idea how destructive 5 years in prison would be to this young man? His life will basically be ruined. All because he made some stupid teenage decisions.