Socialism is an ideal - a concept. What many
Americans fail to understand is that so is Capitalism. Both have very good pros, and obvious drawbacks, and both are incredibly susceptable to corruption.
Americans don't have a true, beneficial capitalism. It is but an idea, and fully impractical as it will always be warped and twisted for private gain.
Remember, you don't buy anything anymore -- you license it.
In other news, the populace of the world collectively threw up their hands as Corporations began the patenting and licensing of water to the human race.
Russia commented this afternoon, stating that they didnt' give a flying fuck.
Hong Kong stated that they had been pirating that for years, and would continue to whether we liked it or not.
China closed all relations, stating that, "We may be brutal, but you guys are just plain insane."
Canada dropped all pretense and joined the US.
...before any canuks nail me, I am Canadian.:op But we're getting there.
5 I'm hoping might be worth something. It seems the second generation of odd-numbered pentiums are pretty good. (I liked the P3 coppermine, and my P1 was damned nice for the time)
On the other hand, the Athlon and its offspring seem to be better no matter which way you cut it. You'd think they'd keep intel on its toes...
the installation process for most of the latest distributions hardly asks any questions that Joe Sixpack couldn't answer. Unless that timezone question is too tough for Joe.:-)
You fail to understand one simple fact: Joe Sixpack couldn't answer those questions that we take for granted as obvious. He is too afraid of fucking up, and so he doesn't use his noggin. He'd rather ask the tech support.
Even the timezones... he'd be afraid of something wrong. I know... I did tech support... it frightened me.
to the hands of the geeks who install them on their own PCs.
Linux is still far from being mainstream capable. Installing that, for the common folk, is NOT easy.
Consider that these are the people who avoid DOS, which is the child's intro to that sort of interface. (and I'm sorry, but some bash is very necessary in Linux)
Dell has no reason to think it'll make them any money to provide it, especially when you can just download, burn and install:op
And I didn't mean only Sun. Other companies have much to gain from forcing their own method though, making Microsoft adjust instead; it'll keep them in the running.
This provides good information for how to manipulate Linux; it hasn't changed so much that it would be useless. As you said, a lot of the concepts are still current.
I also think that it's important for people to understand how procedures evolve. A better understanding results in a better application results in better sys-admins.:o)
I dunno about you, but if I could get one to vacuum my apartment I'd be a happy dude.
You're in luck. I thought of R2D2 right on the spot. AI, work-friendly... a droid of all the right qualities. Plus, he LOOKS like a vaccuum cleaner. Let's stop before we start making bitchy C3POs tho, ok?
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a new benchmark for all the new video cards coming out!
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Most politicians aren't thinking of the greater good first. Number one.
Then, the rest of your taxdollars are spent covering it up.
Let's look at Bill's receipts after this is all said and done and find out.
Yes, you too can avoid any and all law... simply BUY IT OUT.
I will move to Europe or Asia as soon as our borders fall.
Socialism is an ideal - a concept. What many Americans fail to understand is that so is Capitalism. Both have very good pros, and obvious drawbacks, and both are incredibly susceptable to corruption.
Americans don't have a true, beneficial capitalism. It is but an idea, and fully impractical as it will always be warped and twisted for private gain.
In other news, the populace of the world collectively threw up their hands as Corporations began the patenting and licensing of water to the human race.
Russia commented this afternoon, stating that they didnt' give a flying fuck.
Hong Kong stated that they had been pirating that for years, and would continue to whether we liked it or not.
China closed all relations, stating that, "We may be brutal, but you guys are just plain insane."
Canada dropped all pretense and joined the US.
Oh yeah, and no more Anakin goin 'YIPPIE'!!!
Orgasmic.
On the other hand, the Athlon and its offspring seem to be better no matter which way you cut it. You'd think they'd keep intel on its toes...
You posted it on Slashdot. You were asking for it to be /.ed. Jeez....
Next time, send it to the metamoderators or somethin ;o)
You fail to understand one simple fact: Joe Sixpack couldn't answer those questions that we take for granted as obvious. He is too afraid of fucking up, and so he doesn't use his noggin. He'd rather ask the tech support.
Even the timezones... he'd be afraid of something wrong. I know... I did tech support... it frightened me.
Screw 3...
Linux is still far from being mainstream capable. Installing that, for the common folk, is NOT easy.
Consider that these are the people who avoid DOS, which is the child's intro to that sort of interface. (and I'm sorry, but some bash is very necessary in Linux)
Dell has no reason to think it'll make them any money to provide it, especially when you can just download, burn and install :op
Screw 3...
And I didn't mean only Sun. Other companies have much to gain from forcing their own method though, making Microsoft adjust instead; it'll keep them in the running.
It would be really nice to see other companies such as Sun invest in Mono and push it far beyond what .NET plans to do.
For once, open source can publicly set the standard and let Microsoft catch up.
Can't stop em but for a while... and they're absolutely abnoxious about it. (well... script kiddies are. No offence to you bright and ethical)
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Giving my e-mail to pr0n pic-mailers, of course.
That was easy.
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We're talking about breast implants, right?
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Won't somebody please think of the children!
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This provides good information for how to manipulate Linux; it hasn't changed so much that it would be useless. As you said, a lot of the concepts are still current.
I also think that it's important for people to understand how procedures evolve. A better understanding results in a better application results in better sys-admins. :o)
Screw 3...
my RAM won't cost as much as my damned CPU/Motherboard combo.
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ICQ is a good client... MSN better, imho... but both are just such memory hogs supporting crappy organizations. *cough*evil*cough*
Clients like Odigo already communicate on all the current IM servers, and it's nice to see they'll stay.
Icq... 30 MB memory... bitch...
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many virus writers are dumb enough to put their e-mail in the stupid code.
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if they could make concrete conduct :op Shiet.
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You're in luck. I thought of R2D2 right on the spot. AI, work-friendly... a droid of all the right qualities. Plus, he LOOKS like a vaccuum cleaner. Let's stop before we start making bitchy C3POs tho, ok?
Screw 3...
I'll be good goddamned if I'll ever use Outlook again, simply because it is so easily picked and well susceptable to Vbasic script viruses etc.
Screw 3...
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