"2 years ago it equaled windows 2.0 and the browser resembled IE 1.0. 2 years later kde equals WindowsME and the browser is somewhere between IE 4.0 and 5.0 in terms of supported features"
No shit. Taking ideas from existing Windows products and implementing it on Linux will get them there pretty fast.
It is anything but innovating.
"Hiring more people can create more code but not innovation. "
So you are saying that free market is a bullshit and having bunch of people doing this for the love of it is just as good.
Please, stop fooling yourself.
"it authentically worked for the well-being of its people"
I just don't buy that.
They might have done some things that were in line of what we call modern society but they were communists after all.
No different that current regime, different cover-up ideology, underneath it was all about power anyway.
Unfortunately you know that whatever IE supports is the standard regardless of any "officially" declared standards.
Frankly, it is not even something that MS invented but our lovely friends from now defunct Netscape.
"Remember people, this is not propietary software! Mozilla is getting more stable and faster as each day and milestone goes by. "
One has nothing to with the other.
You know, proprietary software gets better as well, the difference being that users are spared inconvenience of installing new version every other week.
This is precisely what GTK and QT do.
These are emulating toolkits which means they do use abstracted low level GUI native functions to create their own set widgets from scratch.
Just like swing.
Well, you are right there - most likely PDPA would be better for some segments of Afghani population.
On the other hand, don't forget that PDPA was pretty much equivalent of regime in Vietnam, Cuba or North Korean.
Do you consider this type of tyranny much better than what they have now in Afghanistan?
Nope.
If they are stupid enough to stop people just for looking like shoplifters then they deserve to go down.
But I see no harm done to you if they will watch you because you resemble known shoplifter.
As long as you don't steal anything they won't touch you.
Yeah but you have to understand that people love being paranoic and/. is prime place for such paranoic freaks to meet and scare the hell out of each other.
Well there are dangers but ultimately private companies should have a right to protect their property and this is one way of doing this.
Bottom line:
Don't steal stuff and you are very unlikely to get in trouble.
Is it that hard to follow?
Do we have to harm everyone just to protect some imaginary rights of few criminals ?
Bottom line.
I do enjoy using Linux for development which I do 90% of using that platform but for casual stuff like browsing, games and just about anything other than programming I do prefer Windows.
Destruction of statues, banned Internet and high suicide rates among women are not even CLOSE to completely annihilated villages, locals shot on the spot, bombing and strafing of civilians, millions of bobby traps killing kids etc...
You have no idea what are you talking about.
Current regime is nothing to be proud of but they surely are not as bloody as Russians and their henchmen were.
Soviet Union.
BTW.
Afghanistan was divided with minority actively helping Russians in extermination of majority which was trying to get rid of Russian.
You are truly uniformed if you think that civil war was better than what they have now.
Hell, I might define it to be completely different or even dangerously opposite thing than you.
Everything will be based on some sort of prejudice anyway ( even anti-racism is form of prejudice against racists.)
Moral relativism.
Old story...
Nazis ( just to give an example) had set of their own morals and they definitely did not share my values. Does that make me slanderous condemning set of their values ?
Clinical trials show that ABC do reduce number of MS attacks..
It is far from perfect but certainly better than nothing.
As far as MS cure , well, I am yet to see precise explanation what it is let alone what causes it.
BTW.
You do realize that these guidelines apply only to federal money.
There is nothing to stop private companies from doing pretty much whatever they wish to do.
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"2 years ago it equaled windows 2.0 and the browser resembled IE 1.0. 2 years later kde equals WindowsME and the browser is somewhere between IE 4.0 and 5.0 in terms of supported features"
No shit. Taking ideas from existing Windows products and implementing it on Linux will get them there pretty fast.
It is anything but innovating.
"Hiring more people can create more code but not innovation. "
So you are saying that free market is a bullshit and having bunch of people doing this for the love of it is just as good.
Please, stop fooling yourself.
Great majority of deveopers use MFC which is C++.
It is only Linux were C is still used for developing GUI apps.
"No, BeOS was the only thing that could have foiled Linux on the desktop. "
That is simply wishful-thinking.
Linux is not even a factor as far as desktop is concerned.
"it authentically worked for the well-being of its people"
I just don't buy that.
They might have done some things that were in line of what we call modern society but they were communists after all.
No different that current regime, different cover-up ideology, underneath it was all about power anyway.
Hehehe.
Nice try.
Unfortunately you know that whatever IE supports is the standard regardless of any "officially" declared standards.
Frankly, it is not even something that MS invented but our lovely friends from now defunct Netscape.
Why Vodoo 5 ?
It is actually cheap and works good enough.
That is what I meant.
Definition of broken, if you will.
You just had to stick that bit of MS bashing there ...
"Remember people, this is not propietary software! Mozilla is getting more stable and faster as each day and milestone goes by. "
One has nothing to with the other.
You know, proprietary software gets better as well, the difference being that users are spared inconvenience of installing new version every other week.
This is precisely what GTK and QT do.
These are emulating toolkits which means they do use abstracted low level GUI native functions to create their own set widgets from scratch.
Just like swing.
Dude, IE is basically ActiveX control used and expected to be installed by tons of independent Windows apps ( eudora for example)
It is part of OS.
MozillaQuestQuest.com is broken ( on IE, Netscape 4.7 and Opera)
And how the hell you know all that ?
Are you on IE Mac team ?
Well, you are right there - most likely PDPA would be better for some segments of Afghani population.
On the other hand, don't forget that PDPA was pretty much equivalent of regime in Vietnam, Cuba or North Korean.
Do you consider this type of tyranny much better than what they have now in Afghanistan?
Nope.
If they are stupid enough to stop people just for looking like shoplifters then they deserve to go down.
But I see no harm done to you if they will watch you because you resemble known shoplifter.
As long as you don't steal anything they won't touch you.
Yeah but you have to understand that people love being paranoic and /. is prime place for such paranoic freaks to meet and scare the hell out of each other.
Well there are dangers but ultimately private companies should have a right to protect their property and this is one way of doing this.
Bottom line:
Don't steal stuff and you are very unlikely to get in trouble.
Is it that hard to follow?
Do we have to harm everyone just to protect some imaginary rights of few criminals ?
Bottom line.
I do enjoy using Linux for development which I do 90% of using that platform but for casual stuff like browsing, games and just about anything other than programming I do prefer Windows.
Destruction of statues, banned Internet and high suicide rates among women are not even CLOSE to completely annihilated villages, locals shot on the spot, bombing and strafing of civilians, millions of bobby traps killing kids etc ...
You have no idea what are you talking about.
Current regime is nothing to be proud of but they surely are not as bloody as Russians and their henchmen were.
Hehehehe.
What else would you expect.
BTW.
You were right on the money with this litle rant about Smith.
Soviet Union.
BTW.
Afghanistan was divided with minority actively helping Russians in extermination of majority which was trying to get rid of Russian.
You are truly uniformed if you think that civil war was better than what they have now.
What are moral interests?
Hell, I might define it to be completely different or even dangerously opposite thing than you.
Everything will be based on some sort of prejudice anyway ( even anti-racism is form of prejudice against racists.)
"happen to share YOUR values"
Moral relativism.
Old story...
Nazis ( just to give an example) had set of their own morals and they definitely did not share my values. Does that make me slanderous condemning set of their values ?
Japanese are not atheistic society.
They do not worship deity in the sense that Christians do but they are NOT atheists.
Clinical trials show that ABC do reduce number of MS attacks..
It is far from perfect but certainly better than nothing.
As far as MS cure , well, I am yet to see precise explanation what it is let alone what causes it.
BTW.
You do realize that these guidelines apply only to federal money.
There is nothing to stop private companies from doing pretty much whatever they wish to do.