I can watch whats going in and out of my ethernet and wireless card, but even so opera could be using some undocumented "feature" of a closed-source operating system to make sure I don't see it.
That's possibly the most insane statement I've ever read by someone who claims to be savvy enough to fork a development project on his own. If you really think it's possible for an OS to pass information over a network in such a manner as to make it undetectable, then I have a very special invisible firewall to sell you. Don't worry, it's open source.. I only charge for the distribution costs.
It's common knowledge that the best chance of having supported hardware in Linux is to use, at least, not brand new hardware (by which I am referencing age relative to release, not necessarily relative to purchase), especially printers, scanners, BT devices, webcams, and any mp3 player, other than an iPod, which doesn't act as a USB storage device (in which case, it was probably a bad purchase, but that's another matter). Just because *you* had no problems doesn't mean problems don't exist.
As for software support, I was thinking about any software you might be running in Wine.
GIMP is not Photoshop, nor does it try to be -- the developers are very clear on that point. And just because it's available for Windows doesn't mean most people wouldn't be learning new software.
OpenOffice is a poor substitute for Office. It may have a low learning curve, but it also gets low marks for functionality and compatibility, and stability. Yes, the incompatibility is MS's fault for using a closed format, but that doesn't make it any less of a problem.
But if, say, it costs $1000 of your time to switch to Linux, it will pay for itself in 25 years.
I'm glad you're not my financial advisor. 25 years!?! That's a horrible rate of return. But even if the return were 2 years, it's not worth the hassle.
Frankly, $550 amortized over, let's say only TWO years -- $225 per year -- is well worth having the support, compatibility, and features for most people. Linux users are masochists. They generally ENJOY the pain of using Linux, and the satisfaction they get from finding their own solutions. But work is done, and that time is worth something to most people. If you enjoy it, great. I also enjoy it. But don't expect everyone to.
Either give up on the idea that you will ever use anything but Windows (and stop bitching about Vista; this is your doing), or make a list of every complaint you have about Linux that you actually can't live with, and make them as specific as you can
First of all, I wasn't bitching about Vista. In fact, I'm one of the (apparently) 2 or 3 people who actually bought a copy, because there's no point in delaying learning the new version. Second, I have Ubuntu in a VM where it belongs (for my purposes). Honestly, if I thought Linux was worth it, I'd write/fix the software/bugs myself. Linux is great for some things, just not as a desktop for most people. I don't want to see it go anywhere -- I'm not anti-Linux -- but I'm not certainly not a Linux evangelist either.
At any rate, you've already admitted to having an XP install, so until you're ready to drop Windows, you shouldn't be advocating it for anyone else either. And no, dual booting is not a reasonable solution for most people. Clearly we are still dependant on the OS from Redmond, and will be for the forseeable future, unless maybe Apple decides to release OSX for generic PCs, AND can wrestle the market share from MS.. but that's a long shot in both respects.
Sounds good, but Ubuntu isn't going to run my new games or recognize my new hardware. Meanwhile I'll have to learn new office software, new photo editing software, new burning/ripping software, there's no iTunes, and, oh yeah, when I call tech support for my software/hardware/ISP, they're going to tell me they don't support Linux.
But I'm sure that's worth saving $200 in five years.
Tons of break-in attempts everyday, and my Slackware just resists all of them.
I'm glad you think so; I take that as a compliment!;)
Unix is a far more secure platform than Windows; and it has been proved since it's more exposed to heavy attacks all the time.
No, all you've established, if we can call "stating something" to be establishing it, is that servers with "well known open ports" are more secure than desktops with users installing software, visiting potentially malicious sites, etc. And frankly it doesn't matter what ports are open; what matters is that you know what ports are open, and why. It should go without saying that this knowledge is much more common in serverland than in userland (and it could be argued that it's more common among Unix administrators than Windows, at least historically).
I don't really care (nor am I qualified) enough to do my own proper research, but I compared search results for Linux and Windows privilege escalation. A search on SecurityFocus returned results in similar proportions: Linux and Windows.
Of course this is not evidence of anything other than more discovered bugs returning those particular keywords, and I'm not going to argue that one OS is more secure than another -- I only assert that your comparison is inadequate.
Wouldn't a patent law which does NOT promote science and arts be unconstitutional?
Would gun ownership which does not facilitate a well regulated militia be unconstitutional? It comes down to letter of the law vs. spirit of the law, and there are no clear guidelines as to which carries more weight. It's basically up to the SCOTUS, and they're more or less free to change their position at any opportunity, or in different instances (when a relevant case comes before them) to suit the political or social climate.
But even if you could demonstrate that the rate of progress has been decreasing (unlikely), and could further demonstrate (to the arbitrary standard of the court) a link between such a decrease and patent/copyright law, in the face of counter arguments (very difficult), you'd still have to convince the court that the stated justification for copyright & patents is more important than their allowance; that the existance of said IP law is solely contingent upon promotion of arts and science. That's not an easy argument, and they'd probably say (as they did with the "limited term" copyright challenge) that when the Constitution is vague, that Congress has discretion. I'm not saying it's impossible to win, but a grass-roots effort to convince Congress to reform the law would probably stand a better chance of success.
The real bottleneck for all that Background Unintelligent Transfer Task crap isn't the Processing Unit Scheduling System Yield, it's the the Disk Interface and Controller Kludge.
Cable providers have little incentive to provide downloads than to continue charging exorbitant prices for movie channels and PPV. Maybe DSL, but the big DSL players like Verizon are looking for the triple/quad play, which includes TV and the aforementioned movie and PPV channels, so don't expect them to head in that direction anytime soon either.
that'd be a whole lot of hassle, and would still have input devices that are less ideal to use from the couch.
I disagree.. I've got an HTPC with a wireless keyboard/mouse, and I find it vastly preferrable to the Wiimote. For starters, there's a touchpad on the keyboard, which sucks, but is still far easier to manipulate than the Wiimote. Even leaning forward to use the mouse on the coffee table is less effort. Additionally, I don't have to spend 10-30 seconds with the wiimote to input text instead of typing it.
I'm sure the Wii browser is better than nothing, and I'm sure some people appreciate it and it fits their needs, but it's certainly not my first choice.
Let's say you just make an Access database, and for some reason it takes you more than 5 business days.. If this is the case, you should either look for a new line of work, or congratulate yourself on convincing the boss you're competent.
The rule of thumb is that employees typically cost twice their salary when you factor in benefits and overhead. I don't know whether he was implying that or not.. $40/hr is well above average for a typical mid-level programmer, let alone admins.
Actually, the degree of seperation between units Fahrenheit allows for greater precision, which is nice. Of course, you could just add a decimal to the celsius temp, but nobody ever does, especially the digital thermostat manufacturers.
Anyway, I don't know what your teacher told you, but Fahrenheit and celsius are both based on -D8.
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Only if you believe that intelligence and taste follow a normal distribution.
I can watch whats going in and out of my ethernet and wireless card, but even so opera could be using some undocumented "feature" of a closed-source operating system to make sure I don't see it.
That's possibly the most insane statement I've ever read by someone who claims to be savvy enough to fork a development project on his own. If you really think it's possible for an OS to pass information over a network in such a manner as to make it undetectable, then I have a very special invisible firewall to sell you. Don't worry, it's open source.. I only charge for the distribution costs.
It's common knowledge that the best chance of having supported hardware in Linux is to use, at least, not brand new hardware (by which I am referencing age relative to release, not necessarily relative to purchase), especially printers, scanners, BT devices, webcams, and any mp3 player, other than an iPod, which doesn't act as a USB storage device (in which case, it was probably a bad purchase, but that's another matter). Just because *you* had no problems doesn't mean problems don't exist.
As for software support, I was thinking about any software you might be running in Wine.
GIMP is not Photoshop, nor does it try to be -- the developers are very clear on that point. And just because it's available for Windows doesn't mean most people wouldn't be learning new software.
OpenOffice is a poor substitute for Office. It may have a low learning curve, but it also gets low marks for functionality and compatibility, and stability. Yes, the incompatibility is MS's fault for using a closed format, but that doesn't make it any less of a problem.
But if, say, it costs $1000 of your time to switch to Linux, it will pay for itself in 25 years.
I'm glad you're not my financial advisor. 25 years!?! That's a horrible rate of return. But even if the return were 2 years, it's not worth the hassle.
Frankly, $550 amortized over, let's say only TWO years -- $225 per year -- is well worth having the support, compatibility, and features for most people. Linux users are masochists. They generally ENJOY the pain of using Linux, and the satisfaction they get from finding their own solutions. But work is done, and that time is worth something to most people. If you enjoy it, great. I also enjoy it. But don't expect everyone to.
Either give up on the idea that you will ever use anything but Windows (and stop bitching about Vista; this is your doing), or make a list of every complaint you have about Linux that you actually can't live with, and make them as specific as you can
First of all, I wasn't bitching about Vista. In fact, I'm one of the (apparently) 2 or 3 people who actually bought a copy, because there's no point in delaying learning the new version. Second, I have Ubuntu in a VM where it belongs (for my purposes). Honestly, if I thought Linux was worth it, I'd write/fix the software/bugs myself. Linux is great for some things, just not as a desktop for most people. I don't want to see it go anywhere -- I'm not anti-Linux -- but I'm not certainly not a Linux evangelist either.
At any rate, you've already admitted to having an XP install, so until you're ready to drop Windows, you shouldn't be advocating it for anyone else either. And no, dual booting is not a reasonable solution for most people. Clearly we are still dependant on the OS from Redmond, and will be for the forseeable future, unless maybe Apple decides to release OSX for generic PCs, AND can wrestle the market share from MS.. but that's a long shot in both respects.
My kids are pointers, you insensitive clod!
Sounds good, but Ubuntu isn't going to run my new games or recognize my new hardware. Meanwhile I'll have to learn new office software, new photo editing software, new burning/ripping software, there's no iTunes, and, oh yeah, when I call tech support for my software/hardware/ISP, they're going to tell me they don't support Linux.
But I'm sure that's worth saving $200 in five years.
STP.. it's not just a fuel additive.
Because he has supported the administration's political agenda. Not that he can remember doing it, but he's sure that he did.
Only if others have had successful results using your methods.
(size = 17 miles, cost = 8 billion, energy consumption = 14 trillon electron volts)
For the old school among us, that's 59,840 cubits, 370 metric tons of gold, and 1.18170471 x 10^-19 foot pounds, respectively.
Or about 3 Libraries of Congress accelerating at about 1.72 x 10^-183 m/s/s.
Tons of break-in attempts everyday, and my Slackware just resists all of them.
;)
I'm glad you think so; I take that as a compliment!
Unix is a far more secure platform than Windows; and it has been proved since it's more exposed to heavy attacks all the time.
No, all you've established, if we can call "stating something" to be establishing it, is that servers with "well known open ports" are more secure than desktops with users installing software, visiting potentially malicious sites, etc. And frankly it doesn't matter what ports are open; what matters is that you know what ports are open, and why. It should go without saying that this knowledge is much more common in serverland than in userland (and it could be argued that it's more common among Unix administrators than Windows, at least historically).
I don't really care (nor am I qualified) enough to do my own proper research, but I compared search results for Linux and Windows privilege escalation. A search on SecurityFocus returned results in similar proportions: Linux and Windows.
Of course this is not evidence of anything other than more discovered bugs returning those particular keywords, and I'm not going to argue that one OS is more secure than another -- I only assert that your comparison is inadequate.
Wouldn't a patent law which does NOT promote science and arts be unconstitutional?
Would gun ownership which does not facilitate a well regulated militia be unconstitutional? It comes down to letter of the law vs. spirit of the law, and there are no clear guidelines as to which carries more weight. It's basically up to the SCOTUS, and they're more or less free to change their position at any opportunity, or in different instances (when a relevant case comes before them) to suit the political or social climate.
But even if you could demonstrate that the rate of progress has been decreasing (unlikely), and could further demonstrate (to the arbitrary standard of the court) a link between such a decrease and patent/copyright law, in the face of counter arguments (very difficult), you'd still have to convince the court that the stated justification for copyright & patents is more important than their allowance; that the existance of said IP law is solely contingent upon promotion of arts and science. That's not an easy argument, and they'd probably say (as they did with the "limited term" copyright challenge) that when the Constitution is vague, that Congress has discretion. I'm not saying it's impossible to win, but a grass-roots effort to convince Congress to reform the law would probably stand a better chance of success.
The real bottleneck for all that Background Unintelligent Transfer Task crap isn't the Processing Unit Scheduling System Yield, it's the the Disk Interface and Controller Kludge.
However, I have learned to never assume that someone is doing something clever on slashdot. Usually one is disappointed.
That's because when you make a clever joke on Slashdot...
Of course we'll never get modded up, because it's not hip to point out reality when it interferes with some good MS/US/PS3 bashing.
Cable providers have little incentive to provide downloads than to continue charging exorbitant prices for movie channels and PPV. Maybe DSL, but the big DSL players like Verizon are looking for the triple/quad play, which includes TV and the aforementioned movie and PPV channels, so don't expect them to head in that direction anytime soon either.
Actually BSG was ahead on Sky for the first season (series), but behind for the second. Not sure about SG:A.
that'd be a whole lot of hassle, and would still have input devices that are less ideal to use from the couch.
I disagree.. I've got an HTPC with a wireless keyboard/mouse, and I find it vastly preferrable to the Wiimote. For starters, there's a touchpad on the keyboard, which sucks, but is still far easier to manipulate than the Wiimote. Even leaning forward to use the mouse on the coffee table is less effort. Additionally, I don't have to spend 10-30 seconds with the wiimote to input text instead of typing it.
I'm sure the Wii browser is better than nothing, and I'm sure some people appreciate it and it fits their needs, but it's certainly not my first choice.
Let's say you just make an Access database, and for some reason it takes you more than 5 business days.. If this is the case, you should either look for a new line of work, or congratulate yourself on convincing the boss you're competent.
The rule of thumb is that employees typically cost twice their salary when you factor in benefits and overhead. I don't know whether he was implying that or not.. $40/hr is well above average for a typical mid-level programmer, let alone admins.
Ho many games?
the day they lock me out of my one boxes is the day that I cancel my subscriptions
Hope you don't have the lifetime subscriptions.. Only one way to cancel those, and you may feel a little pinch.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
Either half of them are more stupid than average, or somebody's too stupid to understand the difference between median and average.
blah blah war, the rest of the world was forged by ponies using the pressure of rainbows.
But not why they're round...
the Fahrenheit scale is less useful.
Actually, the degree of seperation between units Fahrenheit allows for greater precision, which is nice. Of course, you could just add a decimal to the celsius temp, but nobody ever does, especially the digital thermostat manufacturers.
Anyway, I don't know what your teacher told you, but Fahrenheit and celsius are both based on -D8.