A famous Communist said that we would sell him the rope he needed to hang us with. We outlasted him, but we're still selling rope to people who may hang us. Yes, the Chinese choose to censor their internet, but that doesn't excuse the greedy corporations who enable them for the sake of profit. As far as I'm concerned, they are as culpable in the censorship as the Chinese government is.
I wouldn't deceive anyone. If I got a non-tech user to switch, I'd just tell them that the Firefox icon was the new, improved way to get on the Internet, and the Blue E was old, clunky, and obsolete.
No, not for food. But if a lion catches a leopard trying to steal his lunch, he'll kill it. We probably killed any Neanderthal we encountered for the same reason, but I doubt that we purposely sought them out to kill them. We weren't that "civilized" yet.
I doubt that there was any organized genocide against Neanderthals. More likely, we killed them by beating them to the dinner table. Every buffalo we killed & ate, meant hungry Neanderthals. Of course, we probably killed a few Neanderthals directly as well, but it wasn't much different from the way one animal kills another.
Here's my story: On my previous box, Linux installed fairly easily. However, on my latest and greatest, RH & SuSe just choked! After weeks of asking questions and being told "RTFM n00b" I managed to get Slackware partially working (no printer, no sound). I later got Debian Sarge working except for the printer. Mandrake 10 worked, but borked on an upgrade. Ubuntu didn't recognize my monitor.
Also, during the time I used Windows, I got used to having a financial management program that could actually download my bank data, which gnucash couldn't do.
Last, but not least, I coughed up the money for an iBook last fall, and every PC peripheral that I've plugged into it JustWorked, including that problem printer that didn't work in XP!!
Tinkering with my computer was fun when I was 20. It's less fun now that I'm 40+ with a life beyond computers. I like Linux, but for now, I'll stick with OSX.
"What's that grandma? KLedger isn't working? Okay, fire up your favorite usenet reader and subscribe to the comp.sci.software.linux.kledger.support group and post your problem in there. With any luck, they should have you sorted out in a few days."
And, I've heard that's STILL faster and better than Intuit's tech non-support.:-P
As far as the language goes, there's no difference between legal & illegal Spanish speakers. One of my co-workers is a naturalized US citizen, and his accent is still hard to understand. But his English is a lot better than my Spanish.
It depends. I have a job where I only need English, and an English speaking GF. Though there are quite a few Spanish speakers in my area, 90% of them also speak adequate English. There's really no strong reason for me to learn Spanish. OTOH, if I had a school age kid, I would encourage him to learn Spanish, simply because most of the local businesses advertise "Hablamos Espanol", and someone who speaks it would probably get a job over someone who didn't.
Not neccesarily. Perhaps FreeBSD/Linux/NetBSD ARE too complicated! I've found installing Linux to be YMMV. Some distros on some machines have installed easier than Windows. On other machines, even the "easy" distros don't always install properly. As for the Mac, they still tend to cost more than WinTel boxes, and convincing people that they're more than worth the price difference isn't easy.
Just because I have other time-wasters *cough*Slashdot*cough* doesn't mean I don't watch TV. Sometimes, after a long day at work, I just want to sit in my chair and watch Bruce Willis blow something up. Other times, I might watch a show on African lions, or history. Still other times, I'll turn off the tube and "yell" at someone online. I want ALL of the above to be available.
There is nothing wrong with passive entertainment. The Internet is great for communication, and a far better news source than TV, but TV is good for plain old entertainment. It also gives you local news that goes under the radar of most news websites.
I do plenty useful with my time. And when I'm finished, I want to relax, kick off my shoes, turn on the tube, and watch 24/Star Trek/whatever dumb action/sci-fi show I'm in the mood for.
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I can work and goof-off at the same time. :-P
That is a capital offense! The punishment will be administered by that great big SUV coming up behind you at 90 MPH!
A famous Communist said that we would sell him the rope he needed to hang us with. We outlasted him, but we're still selling rope to people who may hang us. Yes, the Chinese choose to censor their internet, but that doesn't excuse the greedy corporations who enable them for the sake of profit. As far as I'm concerned, they are as culpable in the censorship as the Chinese government is.
1. It costs waaaay to much for the desktop.
2. It runs 32-bit desktop OS's like cold molasses.
I can name 2 genuine Microsoft innovations right off the top of my head:
1. Clippy
2. Microsoft Bob!
AFAIK, nobody ever did those before! Hopefully nobody will ever do them again.
I wouldn't deceive anyone. If I got a non-tech user to switch, I'd just tell them that the Firefox icon was the new, improved way to get on the Internet, and the Blue E was old, clunky, and obsolete.
No, not for food. But if a lion catches a leopard trying to steal his lunch, he'll kill it. We probably killed any Neanderthal we encountered for the same reason, but I doubt that we purposely sought them out to kill them. We weren't that "civilized" yet.
I doubt that there was any organized genocide against Neanderthals. More likely, we killed them by beating them to the dinner table. Every buffalo we killed & ate, meant hungry Neanderthals. Of course, we probably killed a few Neanderthals directly as well, but it wasn't much different from the way one animal kills another.
There's an article here? :O
Yeah, but look at it this way: it took BSD years to start dying. You're ahead of everyone by dying before you're born. :)
WoW, it's almost caught up to the speed of /. dupes!
Here's my story: On my previous box, Linux installed fairly easily. However, on my latest and greatest, RH & SuSe just choked! After weeks of asking questions and being told "RTFM n00b" I managed to get Slackware partially working (no printer, no sound). I later got Debian Sarge working except for the printer. Mandrake 10 worked, but borked on an upgrade. Ubuntu didn't recognize my monitor.
Also, during the time I used Windows, I got used to having a financial management program that could actually download my bank data, which gnucash couldn't do.
Last, but not least, I coughed up the money for an iBook last fall, and every PC peripheral that I've plugged into it JustWorked, including that problem printer that didn't work in XP!!
Tinkering with my computer was fun when I was 20. It's less fun now that I'm 40+ with a life beyond computers. I like Linux, but for now, I'll stick with OSX.
And, I've heard that's STILL faster and better than Intuit's tech non-support.
As far as the language goes, there's no difference between legal & illegal Spanish speakers. One of my co-workers is a naturalized US citizen, and his accent is still hard to understand. But his English is a lot better than my Spanish.
It depends. I have a job where I only need English, and an English speaking GF. Though there are quite a few Spanish speakers in my area, 90% of them also speak adequate English. There's really no strong reason for me to learn Spanish. OTOH, if I had a school age kid, I would encourage him to learn Spanish, simply because most of the local businesses advertise "Hablamos Espanol", and someone who speaks it would probably get a job over someone who didn't.
Lose vs loose is one of my pet peeves. Whenever someone says he's "loosing" his mind, I always tell him to tighten it up!
Drapery over the bed DID indicate wealth. Imagine what happened to the poor slobs who DIDN'T have those drapes! Ewww!
Not neccesarily. Perhaps FreeBSD/Linux/NetBSD ARE too complicated! I've found installing Linux to be YMMV. Some distros on some machines have installed easier than Windows. On other machines, even the "easy" distros don't always install properly. As for the Mac, they still tend to cost more than WinTel boxes, and convincing people that they're more than worth the price difference isn't easy.
Why? The people selling the converters will have us by the short hairs. If anything, they'll RAISE the prices so they can get stinkin rich off us!
Just because I have other time-wasters *cough*Slashdot*cough* doesn't mean I don't watch TV. Sometimes, after a long day at work, I just want to sit in my chair and watch Bruce Willis blow something up. Other times, I might watch a show on African lions, or history. Still other times, I'll turn off the tube and "yell" at someone online. I want ALL of the above to be available.
There is nothing wrong with passive entertainment. The Internet is great for communication, and a far better news source than TV, but TV is good for plain old entertainment. It also gives you local news that goes under the radar of most news websites.
"You'll have to find us first!"
I do plenty useful with my time. And when I'm finished, I want to relax, kick off my shoes, turn on the tube, and watch 24/Star Trek/whatever dumb action/sci-fi show I'm in the mood for.
Unless you include the planet of Alderan.
Libertarians don't have that mind-control mojo that the Jedi use. That would be a great asset in a political campain.