Debian Woody won't even install on modern machines. Backports don't mean squat if you can't intall it in the first place! And, until recently, testing didn't have security updates.
Eventually, they would use the non-working lights as stop signs, but not before several people got injured or killed in crashes. That happens in regular malfunctions; it would be worse if every light in the city borked.
The reason it matters is, the more people use ABW (anything but Windoze), the harder it will be for Microsoft to lock us out of the market. If MS has 99%+ of the market, it can pressure hardware venders to make their stuff work only on Doze, and the other 1% can fcsk themselves. That would be a lot harder if other OS's have 10-20% of the market. Personally, I don't care if they use BSD, Slackware, SuSe, or even Linspire, as long as it increases the number of people using non-Windows OS's.
It's not an American thing. Most of the world thinks everyone else is scum! Including those in your country, whichever one it is.
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Okay, his ion shield explains how Santa doesn't get fried by air friction, and maybe it also protects him when he plops from the chimney in the furnice, which is going full blast on this cold night.
But, how the heck does he get out of the furnice, and once he gets out of the basement, why doesn't he set off my motion detectors?
Whenever I try to boycott a movie, they show an AD, that tells me I MUST see that movie. So, I have to go against my will to the theatre. Then, when the DVD comes out, they show another AD that says I MUST buy it, so I do, even though I already know the movie was crap!
Last time I looked, there was no law saying I had to buy their crap. And no matter how much money they throw at the politicians, such a law would never even be considered, since such a person would quickly be voted out of office.
Some people consider the Cold War to be WW3 (won through economics instead of guns). The War on Terror is WW4 (with Iraq either being a turning point in our favor, or the dumbest thing Bush could have done).
Also, I wouldn't chear for an American collapse if I were you. What do you think will happen to the rest of the world if we suddenly are too poor to buy YOUR goods?
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Tivo is the PVR for DirecTV systems. Dish has their own non-Tivo PVR.
Oddly, Ubuntu borked X-Window, and Sarge set it up correctly. WTF was that?
Debian Woody won't even install on modern machines. Backports don't mean squat if you can't intall it in the first place! And, until recently, testing didn't have security updates.
Oh no! Debian Sarge isn't 2038 compliant! And I don't think they can release a new version in time!
Yup! I found and fixed lots of date problems in 1998-1999. Some would have just printed 1900 on a report, but others would have been serious.
Eventually, they would use the non-working lights as stop signs, but not before several people got injured or killed in crashes. That happens in regular malfunctions; it would be worse if every light in the city borked.
I agree! If all the problems I fixed in late 1998 through 1999 had hit in 2000, it would have been nasty.
It's also possible for a burglar to get into my house, but I still lock the doors & set the alarm.
You can lose your data in a versioning system, but not as easily as you can in a non-versioning one.
The reason it matters is, the more people use ABW (anything but Windoze), the harder it will be for Microsoft to lock us out of the market. If MS has 99%+ of the market, it can pressure hardware venders to make their stuff work only on Doze, and the other 1% can fcsk themselves. That would be a lot harder if other OS's have 10-20% of the market. Personally, I don't care if they use BSD, Slackware, SuSe, or even Linspire, as long as it increases the number of people using non-Windows OS's.
And that attitude is why nobody will care when you get blown away by terrorists/earthquakes/tidal waves.
People like you are the cancer of the earth, regardless of which country you live in!
It's not an American thing. Most of the world thinks everyone else is scum! Including those in your country, whichever one it is.
Okay, his ion shield explains how Santa doesn't get fried by air friction, and maybe it also protects him when he plops from the chimney in the furnice, which is going full blast on this cold night.
But, how the heck does he get out of the furnice, and once he gets out of the basement, why doesn't he set off my motion detectors?
Freenet may offer promises, but last I heard, all it was good for was pr0n, and I can get that on the regular internet.
But those laws were passed under the guise of "public good". There's no way they could claim that for entertainment brokers.
Whenever I try to boycott a movie, they show an AD, that tells me I MUST see that movie. So, I have to go against my will to the theatre. Then, when the DVD comes out, they show another AD that says I MUST buy it, so I do, even though I already know the movie was crap!
Last time I looked, there was no law saying I had to buy their crap. And no matter how much money they throw at the politicians, such a law would never even be considered, since such a person would quickly be voted out of office.
Sure, go ahead. You can trust me.
Yeah, but when you hold the phone to your ear, the radiation has a clear path, through the ear to the brain.
I agree! I'd hate to get home at midnight when the sun is just starting to set.
Actually, I like having a Monday birthday. The fact that it's Labor Day is totally irrelevant.
How do we know that? Maybe some of the dinosaurs DID get off this planet, and they're zipping around the universe in king-sized flying saucers now.
Yeah, and I hate getting those dinosaur droppings on my clean car!
Some people consider the Cold War to be WW3 (won through economics instead of guns). The War on Terror is WW4 (with Iraq either being a turning point in our favor, or the dumbest thing Bush could have done).
Also, I wouldn't chear for an American collapse if I were you. What do you think will happen to the rest of the world if we suddenly are too poor to buy YOUR goods?
With GPS, they'll find the building they want to blow up. Without GPS, they'll end up in the middle of a cornfield in Kansas.
Considering that I don't even HAVE a GPS, I'd say not.