In other news, the mayor left for the weekend, and the average IQ of the city increased.
You know how it is - every vilage has its' idiot, and Pittsburgh wants to be able to say "We're #1" about something.
New slogan: Pittsburgh - it really IS the pits!
Or maybe they heard that the economy is changing, with more part-time, menial, mindless jobs, and they want to make sure their future workforce isn't over-qualified.
Or they want to make sure the supply of dumb voters increases.
Or they heard about "higher" education, and "don't want none of that people getting high on shit on school grounds - if they got money for weed, tax 'em".
Or the real explanation - they're broke, and figure that they can't tax the people who live there, because that means getting tossed out at the next election - so why not tax students who don't live there, can't vote, and are locked into a 4-year program?
where all students who bought a computer received accidental damage coverage
So let smokers pay extra for coverage of smoke damage, same as any insurance policy. Why should non-smokers subsidize smokers? Or smokers can simply quit smoking - there's an app for that.
Then you end up with this gross yellow residue running all over the place.
Seriously - go up to a smokers' computer and wipe it down, and see what comes off. Or open one up on a humid day and feel how all the parts inside are sticky with tar residue.
Your insurance policy calls it "smoke damage" for a reason - smoke is not beneficial.
Disgusting is not a legal reason to void a legal contract.
Maybe it falls under "abuse" or "smoke damage". If the machine is so disgusting that it's sticky to the touch on humid days, smells like the inside of an old tavern, and wheezes every time you turn it on, it's been abused by too much smoke.
Read your insurance policy - I'm sure it mentions "smoke damage" somewhere. And all warranties mention abuse.
Have you ever opened up a computer that a really heavy smoker has been sitting in front of for years? It's disgusting. Everything has a coating of tar on it, it stinks even before you power it up, and when you try to work on it, it's all gummy.
I'm just amazed that more hard drives and more fans don't fail because of smokers.
It's pretty bad when you wipe the screen and the paper towel turns ORANGE!
Is Apple being dumb? Now that smokers are the minority, I don't think so. Let them pay for supplemental coverage, same as health insurance. Besides, if you want to quit smoking, there's an app for that
The nightlies of Microsoft Bob basically killed all positive hype for the program.
I don't want to see Microsoft Bob in nighties! It was bad enough seeing Bill Gates wiggling his ass for the cameras.
Oh, nightlies...
I'll have to ask Clippy for linux and get back to you on that...
All the people who I know who bought Apple bought it AFTER owning other products. They're all happy with their iFruits, whether it's an iPid, iPhone, or iMac.
NONE of them were that happy, or more importantly, that ENTHUSED, with their previous products. They are normal consumers. That's the problem that Microsoft faces - for most people, once you go mac, you never go back.
Since Obama got one for not being George W. Bush, Linus should get one for not being Theo de Raadt.
And we could give one to Hans Reiser for not being O.J. Simpson. Oh, wait a sec...
How about giving it to both RMS and Linus?
Or for the lulz, Stallman and Palin. Can you imagine the two of them in the same room? The improbability is SO high that the universe might finally have to hork up a Higgs Bosun.
I come from 2051, in a timeline where Linux didn't exist. You don't want to hear about the Microsoft vs Apple netwar.
Yes, it was terrible, all those Windows machines loaded with malware, all trying and failing to attack anything non-Microsoft, until Apple ended it by buying what was left of Microsoft in 2018 in an all-stock deal of 100 Microsoft shares for 1 Apple share, plus the lint in Steve Jobs' bellybutton.
Now people's Windows machines work perfectly. Microsoft Windows - a product of Apple, Inc.
It's not just that, as I pointed out. RTFA. Taking away a standard tool (GIMP) is just another example of their stupidity. If I wanted a Windows-like computer, I can always boot my laptop into Windows. Defaulting to gnome is another major fail. Gnome is dead. Get over it.
No, I want the ABILITY to choose that everything I want be installed in one shot. This whole "drop the GIMP because it takes too much space on the CD" argument is BS. When was the last time you even used a CD? Everything's on DVD nowadays. A DVD is a nickel more than a CD.
Also, the word "pussy" is not obscene (no, the poster didn't use the "c" word). The general consensus is that Kurt Greenbaum is a pussy for over-reacting.
There's a difference between vulgar and obscene. As an editor with "27 years of experience", Greenbaum should know this. Then again, what do you expect from someone who is "director of social media" and but doesn't know how to set up a simple filter in Wordpress.
He hoaxed everyone by claiming that the word wos obscene - it's not - and arm-waving about "it's from a school! OMG Children!!!"
One point I forgot to bring up, but should be apparent: It's pretty obvious that none of the journalist writing about Second Life, and executives demanding online land be purchased, never actually downloaded and played the game.
American Apparel closed its shop just one year after opening. Reuters pulled its correspondent in October 2008. When asked about his virtual experience, Pasick says: "It isn't a subject we like to revisit."
I mean really, how hard would it be to just add a regex that modifies posts from this asian counterfeiter? You know he's doing it for the link juice, so a simple "s/coolforsale.com/goatse.fr/gi;" would do it...
It would keep them from continually creating new accounts. Just a thought;-)
Installing an Ubuntu OS and configuring it for building software might take 2 hours (in my experience).
,,, whereas under openSuse, I just select "development" during the initial install, and when it's done (in a LOT less than 2 hours) I log in, nothing special to configure except to use the runlevel editor to have apache and mysql start on startup.
It's very rare that I'll want to be root for only a command or two. And I won't add my usual login to the adm group, or any group except users, for obvious reasons. If I had to choose between ubuntu and slackware, I'd go back to slack. I don't need an OS that gets in the way when it tries to hold my hand when I want to do something. But that's just me - I'm definitely not their target user.
Congratulations, you've just discovered a piece of software that isn't designed for you. Yet you seem to have given a very emotional response for a piece of software that you don't even use. Why is that?
Because I've had to deal with people who heard that ubuntu is popular and opt for it - and then have problems. And I prefer su over sudo any day. but that's just me.
Ubuntu users are certainly welcome to continue using it - but I've regretted giving copies of it to people - "how come yours is so much better?"
That's not a real argument. Unlike Windows, when you install a distro, you have MUCH more flexibility as to what you install. And you don't get the crapware toolbars and other stuff that Windows pre-loaded laptops (hello, HP - I see what you did!) come with and that are a major pain to remove.
the artificial restrictions on root (hey - it's MY computer, not yours)
What the hell are you talking about. This isn't windows, you don't have to and shouldn't be using the root account for day to day activities, but when you need it "sudo -s" gets you a nice little root shell and off you go. And if you really really want to login as root, it takes seconds to turn that on. Not having root enabled by default encourages people to use standard accounts and that's a good thing. If you don't like it, stop whining and change it to work the way you want to.
Unlike you, I'm totally at ease working with root privileges. I'm not worried about accidentally removing a partition, etc. Sometimes, it's just darned convenient to have a root session going in a terminal, so I can tail the last few entries in a log file, ifconfig to see my external ip, and chown a few files from my own account to www|nobody (all of which I've done in the last 24 hours).
People should both be aware of the existence of root, and be able to use it when needed on their machines. Knowledge is not a bad thing.
Why should I install several hundreds of megabytes of build tools I may never use? It's not like it's hard to install them if you are a developer and do need them.
Your gripe appears to be "I am an OpenSuSE fanboy. Ubuntu is now more popular than OpenSuSE. Waa! Waa!". It's hardly convincing.
You don't have to with any of the other distros, but it's easy to choose package groups at install time. Ubuntu - not at all. And disk space is ultra-cheap nowadays. A couple of hundred megs? That's the deposit on a 6-pack of soft drinks. "OMG but my netbook SSD doesn't have teh space" - so what? On every other distro, just don't choose that package group.
Then again, I'd go back to slackware before I'd use ubuntu - it is so limited in comparison.
Even that doesn't give you the individual school, contrary to what the article claims. The full story isn't out yet. Plus, the forwarding of the information to the school is in direct violation of the site's privacy policy, which is why I wrote stlonline to ask that they investigate behaviour of their "director of social media". Ken Greenbaum is the one who should be asked to resign.
The story doesn't add up. And do you really believe that someone so clueless as to expose themselves, and their employer, and the school to a lawsuit is going to have a clue as to how to do a reverse dns? I don't buy it at all. Probable scenario: Someone at the school made the initial contact, not him. Someone at the school monitors their employee's net use. Someone at the school doesn't want employees to know that, for obvious reasons.
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In other news, the mayor left for the weekend, and the average IQ of the city increased.
You know how it is - every vilage has its' idiot, and Pittsburgh wants to be able to say "We're #1" about something.
New slogan: Pittsburgh - it really IS the pits!
Or maybe they heard that the economy is changing, with more part-time, menial, mindless jobs, and they want to make sure their future workforce isn't over-qualified.
Or they want to make sure the supply of dumb voters increases.
Or they heard about "higher" education, and "don't want none of that people getting high on shit on school grounds - if they got money for weed, tax 'em".
Or the real explanation - they're broke, and figure that they can't tax the people who live there, because that means getting tossed out at the next election - so why not tax students who don't live there, can't vote, and are locked into a 4-year program?
So let smokers pay extra for coverage of smoke damage, same as any insurance policy. Why should non-smokers subsidize smokers? Or smokers can simply quit smoking - there's an app for that.
Then you end up with this gross yellow residue running all over the place.
Seriously - go up to a smokers' computer and wipe it down, and see what comes off. Or open one up on a humid day and feel how all the parts inside are sticky with tar residue.
Your insurance policy calls it "smoke damage" for a reason - smoke is not beneficial.
Maybe it falls under "abuse" or "smoke damage". If the machine is so disgusting that it's sticky to the touch on humid days, smells like the inside of an old tavern, and wheezes every time you turn it on, it's been abused by too much smoke.
Read your insurance policy - I'm sure it mentions "smoke damage" somewhere. And all warranties mention abuse.
Have you ever opened up a computer that a really heavy smoker has been sitting in front of for years? It's disgusting. Everything has a coating of tar on it, it stinks even before you power it up, and when you try to work on it, it's all gummy.
I'm just amazed that more hard drives and more fans don't fail because of smokers.
It's pretty bad when you wipe the screen and the paper towel turns ORANGE!
Is Apple being dumb? Now that smokers are the minority, I don't think so. Let them pay for supplemental coverage, same as health insurance. Besides, if you want to quit smoking, there's an app for that
Can't we get someone who's first language is English to proof-read these things?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/definitively
http://www.answers.com/definitely
http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/06/16/the-most-misspelled-word-definitely/
The nightlies of Microsoft Bob basically killed all positive hype for the program. I don't want to see Microsoft Bob in nighties! It was bad enough seeing Bill Gates wiggling his ass for the cameras.
Oh, nightlies ...
I'll have to ask Clippy for linux and get back to you on that ...
TCO, baby, TCO.
In terms of TCO, both linux and mac-based computers beat out windows. Not just "day-to-day" - the machines stay in service twice as long, on average.
Disclaimer: I do not own a single Apple product
All the people who I know who bought Apple bought it AFTER owning other products. They're all happy with their iFruits, whether it's an iPid, iPhone, or iMac.
NONE of them were that happy, or more importantly, that ENTHUSED, with their previous products. They are normal consumers. That's the problem that Microsoft faces - for most people, once you go mac, you never go back.
1. It's not like the tax-payer-funded bailouts.
2. You're not a too-big-to-fail corporate dick-head.
And we could give one to Hans Reiser for not being O.J. Simpson. Oh, wait a sec ...
How about giving it to both RMS and Linus?
Or for the lulz, Stallman and Palin. Can you imagine the two of them in the same room? The improbability is SO high that the universe might finally have to hork up a Higgs Bosun.
Yes, it was terrible, all those Windows machines loaded with malware, all trying and failing to attack anything non-Microsoft, until Apple ended it by buying what was left of Microsoft in 2018 in an all-stock deal of 100 Microsoft shares for 1 Apple share, plus the lint in Steve Jobs' bellybutton.
Now people's Windows machines work perfectly. Microsoft Windows - a product of Apple, Inc.
It's not just that, as I pointed out. RTFA. Taking away a standard tool (GIMP) is just another example of their stupidity. If I wanted a Windows-like computer, I can always boot my laptop into Windows. Defaulting to gnome is another major fail. Gnome is dead. Get over it.
No, I want the ABILITY to choose that everything I want be installed in one shot. This whole "drop the GIMP because it takes too much space on the CD" argument is BS. When was the last time you even used a CD? Everything's on DVD nowadays. A DVD is a nickel more than a CD.
You can find the reference to the employee handbook in the comments wrt his latest brain fart.
Also, the word "pussy" is not obscene (no, the poster didn't use the "c" word). The general consensus is that Kurt Greenbaum is a pussy for over-reacting.
There's a difference between vulgar and obscene. As an editor with "27 years of experience", Greenbaum should know this. Then again, what do you expect from someone who is "director of social media" and but doesn't know how to set up a simple filter in Wordpress.
He hoaxed everyone by claiming that the word wos obscene - it's not - and arm-waving about "it's from a school! OMG Children!!!"
And now the truth is out, the story is all over the place, and the net is striking back http://kurtgreenbaum.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kgreenbaum/2852790661/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kgreenbaum/4029911338/ - and of course the news media are also covering the story.
Actually, Reuters did, then abandoned it.
Second Life needs to get a life.
I mean really, how hard would it be to just add a regex that modifies posts from this asian counterfeiter? You know he's doing it for the link juice, so a simple "s/coolforsale.com/goatse.fr/gi;" would do it ...
It would keep them from continually creating new accounts. Just a thought ;-)
2 hours? Forget it.
It's very rare that I'll want to be root for only a command or two. And I won't add my usual login to the adm group, or any group except users, for obvious reasons. If I had to choose between ubuntu and slackware, I'd go back to slack. I don't need an OS that gets in the way when it tries to hold my hand when I want to do something. But that's just me - I'm definitely not their target user.
Because I've had to deal with people who heard that ubuntu is popular and opt for it - and then have problems. And I prefer su over sudo any day. but that's just me.
Ubuntu users are certainly welcome to continue using it - but I've regretted giving copies of it to people - "how come yours is so much better?"
That's not a real argument. Unlike Windows, when you install a distro, you have MUCH more flexibility as to what you install. And you don't get the crapware toolbars and other stuff that Windows pre-loaded laptops (hello, HP - I see what you did!) come with and that are a major pain to remove.
Unlike you, I'm totally at ease working with root privileges. I'm not worried about accidentally removing a partition, etc. Sometimes, it's just darned convenient to have a root session going in a terminal, so I can tail the last few entries in a log file, ifconfig to see my external ip, and chown a few files from my own account to www|nobody (all of which I've done in the last 24 hours).
People should both be aware of the existence of root, and be able to use it when needed on their machines. Knowledge is not a bad thing.
You don't have to with any of the other distros, but it's easy to choose package groups at install time. Ubuntu - not at all. And disk space is ultra-cheap nowadays. A couple of hundred megs? That's the deposit on a 6-pack of soft drinks. "OMG but my netbook SSD doesn't have teh space" - so what? On every other distro, just don't choose that package group.
Then again, I'd go back to slackware before I'd use ubuntu - it is so limited in comparison.
s/GIMP/Ubuntu/gi;
And that's not even getting into the name for each release, which is just embarrassing.
Even that doesn't give you the individual school, contrary to what the article claims. The full story isn't out yet. Plus, the forwarding of the information to the school is in direct violation of the site's privacy policy, which is why I wrote stlonline to ask that they investigate behaviour of their "director of social media". Ken Greenbaum is the one who should be asked to resign.
The story doesn't add up. And do you really believe that someone so clueless as to expose themselves, and their employer, and the school to a lawsuit is going to have a clue as to how to do a reverse dns? I don't buy it at all. Probable scenario: Someone at the school made the initial contact, not him. Someone at the school monitors their employee's net use. Someone at the school doesn't want employees to know that, for obvious reasons.