My choice would be QUITTING. Holy mother of god, there isn't enough money in the world to convince me that a "minimal tech staff" could possibly handle a school full of fragile laptops! Giving every sixth grader their own wireless laptop is bar none, the single worst idea I've ever come across in my entire life!
Ironically, for people who don't stay on the bleeding edge of security, Win95/98 is probably the best choice. Don't share your drives and you're immune to internet-borne viruses, don't use outlook, and you've killed the other ones. There's no stupid C$ crap, so once you kill off file sharing, it's actually disabled, which makes you suprisingly immune to the major viruses floating around which affect primarily NT based systems.
You're talking crazy talk. Why would you change your OS if your web browser stopped working? Why would you change your OS if your web browser simply wasn't going to be updated? Seeing as the software will continue to work for years to come(security issues aside, 99.9% of sites that work with IE6 will work just fine with IE4), I think you're just looking for an excuse to switch to linux. Being forced to change your web browser isn't a very good reason.
The jabberwocky climbs througout our dreams, with teeth that knash, and claws that catch, and vorpal blades which kick your ass. It jams your thoughts like false memories of a better tomorrow from which you hail the deadly masters of hope to whom you forgive all trespasses. This is the end of apocolypse. This is hell on earth. Dream, forevermore.
I was more referring to the idea that running Linux on G5, of all the superpowered supercomputer chips and Sledgehammers and Merceds of the world which Linux has been ported to, why is the G5, presumably running on Apple hardware, the ideal?
I'd say the fact that the last decade plus change has only harboured commercial, sterile, assembly-line style music renders the entire arguement moot. Back in the day they did foster fucked up unique music. These days, they aren't even on the ball enough to make that, so they churn out Britneys, Cristinas, and other blonde bimbos singing a certain brand of "alternative" pop. Might explain why their profits have been dropping so severely...
Also, there isn't really too much in terms of "they should surely be put to death" in the hate MS department. Religions, as a general rule, have to order the deaths of at least SOME innocent people Otherwise they aren't religions.
I have to admit though, since I started using Win2k, I haven't really been as angry about the MS monopoly. I mean, sure it sucks and should be stopped, but at least they aren't suing 12 year olds or running sweatshops or trying to become police by bribing politicians...
Besides, I remember reading about that test -- yes, an optimized version of a benchmark WILL work faster than a generic version. I'm shocked. SO shocked, in fact, that I'm not really shocked at all...
I'm more inclined to believe the "white rapper" complex has more to do with the natural human love of exploring alien cultures. Personally, I love studying other cultures, seeing the insight into humanity each gives in their stories, their language, and their culture in general. Rapper culture is alien. It's different than doing it "because you want to be black", as some inadvertently racist people have said, it's because you naturally want to assimilate this new and interesting culture.
Maybe I'm just giving humanity to much credit though...
It just occurred to me that exclusivity isn't the only way something can be considered cool. Everybody and their mom has a copy of Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament, but they're not exactly considered uncool. Hell, any given title by ID is a best seller, but it's still considered cool, probably because it IS cool.
Scientific, mathematical nerds(I hate that word, but it works here...) will have a huge problem trying to completely quantify 'cool'. If they didn't, they wouldn't be nerds, they'd be cool. ^ ^
Perhaps this analogy would work better if instead of nissan, you chose the Ford Pinto. You know, just because most versions of windows tend to burst into flames if you tap them wrong.;)
Dude, word processors don't count as enterprise technology. Neither to Typewriters. Neither do pens. All three have, or at some point have had, their main bulk of sales coming from businesses. That's not what makes them enterprise. Usually, the term enterprise tends to mean technologies which unite huge businesses, not just things which they happen to have. I mean, office chair manufacterers don't make enterprise chair solutions!
You're a collosal idiot. Did Microsoft using stolen code in Dos 6.2 make it so people couldn't use Dos 6.2? Did it ruin Microsoft?
You're going to have to explain to the world, using small words(not for our sake, but just because they're what you understand), why SGI isn't soley liable for this infringement, but Microsoft was. The latter case was a far more cut and dry case of "Yeah, stacker wouldn't license their technology, so we used it anyway" than anything in this silly linux/SGI/IBM/SCO case.
Excuse me sir, this is a conversation of adults. Please take your childish black and white view of the world somewhere else, because the law doesn't work like that here in reality.
Are you sure? I spent time, years back, back when I still was young and poor enough to justify downloading warez, and before companies smartly started selling abandonware cheap, and as a rule, the lawyers at the IDSA generally sent out a cease-and-desist letter, which is the legal equivilant to "please stop infringing before we're forced to take action".
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Still wrong. Many students have to take a pill every day, and it's the fabulous wonder-drug I like to call Ritalin.
Now...what could someone do if they were told how to get this often-abused drug? I'll leave that up to your imagination.
Not neccesarily even that. Many times you have to code for a specific version of IE, because every version parses differently.
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Personally, I just use tables images and be done with it.
I think I has the solution!!!
Let's all talk like retards! That way we don't have to worry about grammar!
My choice would be QUITTING. Holy mother of god, there isn't enough money in the world to convince me that a "minimal tech staff" could possibly handle a school full of fragile laptops! Giving every sixth grader their own wireless laptop is bar none, the single worst idea I've ever come across in my entire life!
Ironically, for people who don't stay on the bleeding edge of security, Win95/98 is probably the best choice. Don't share your drives and you're immune to internet-borne viruses, don't use outlook, and you've killed the other ones. There's no stupid C$ crap, so once you kill off file sharing, it's actually disabled, which makes you suprisingly immune to the major viruses floating around which affect primarily NT based systems.
You're talking crazy talk. Why would you change your OS if your web browser stopped working? Why would you change your OS if your web browser simply wasn't going to be updated? Seeing as the software will continue to work for years to come(security issues aside, 99.9% of sites that work with IE6 will work just fine with IE4), I think you're just looking for an excuse to switch to linux. Being forced to change your web browser isn't a very good reason.
The jabberwocky climbs througout our dreams, with teeth that knash, and claws that catch, and vorpal blades which kick your ass. It jams your thoughts like false memories of a better tomorrow from which you hail the deadly masters of hope to whom you forgive all trespasses. This is the end of apocolypse. This is hell on earth. Dream, forevermore.
Awaken.
I was more referring to the idea that running Linux on G5, of all the superpowered supercomputer chips and Sledgehammers and Merceds of the world which Linux has been ported to, why is the G5, presumably running on Apple hardware, the ideal?
Why would a G5-linux machine be ideal?
I'd say the fact that the last decade plus change has only harboured commercial, sterile, assembly-line style music renders the entire arguement moot. Back in the day they did foster fucked up unique music. These days, they aren't even on the ball enough to make that, so they churn out Britneys, Cristinas, and other blonde bimbos singing a certain brand of "alternative" pop. Might explain why their profits have been dropping so severely...
Sobe has marketing? I've never seen a single ad anywhere...Where are they? What do they look like?
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I just started drinking Sobe one day because it was the first pina-colada type drink I found out there, and the obsession just grew from there.
Haven't been to a post-secondary institution lately, have you?
Naw...there's proof that we should hate MS.
Also, there isn't really too much in terms of "they should surely be put to death" in the hate MS department. Religions, as a general rule, have to order the deaths of at least SOME innocent people Otherwise they aren't religions.
I have to admit though, since I started using Win2k, I haven't really been as angry about the MS monopoly. I mean, sure it sucks and should be stopped, but at least they aren't suing 12 year olds or running sweatshops or trying to become police by bribing politicians...
How about dual Opterons?
Besides, I remember reading about that test -- yes, an optimized version of a benchmark WILL work faster than a generic version. I'm shocked. SO shocked, in fact, that I'm not really shocked at all...
I'm more inclined to believe the "white rapper" complex has more to do with the natural human love of exploring alien cultures. Personally, I love studying other cultures, seeing the insight into humanity each gives in their stories, their language, and their culture in general. Rapper culture is alien. It's different than doing it "because you want to be black", as some inadvertently racist people have said, it's because you naturally want to assimilate this new and interesting culture.
Maybe I'm just giving humanity to much credit though...
It just occurred to me that exclusivity isn't the only way something can be considered cool. Everybody and their mom has a copy of Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament, but they're not exactly considered uncool. Hell, any given title by ID is a best seller, but it's still considered cool, probably because it IS cool.
Scientific, mathematical nerds(I hate that word, but it works here...) will have a huge problem trying to completely quantify 'cool'. If they didn't, they wouldn't be nerds, they'd be cool. ^ ^
If you think the music industry today fosters fucked up, unique music, you must have missed the 80's...and 70's...and 60's...
Perhaps this analogy would work better if instead of nissan, you chose the Ford Pinto. You know, just because most versions of windows tend to burst into flames if you tap them wrong. ;)
Dude, word processors don't count as enterprise technology. Neither to Typewriters. Neither do pens. All three have, or at some point have had, their main bulk of sales coming from businesses. That's not what makes them enterprise. Usually, the term enterprise tends to mean technologies which unite huge businesses, not just things which they happen to have. I mean, office chair manufacterers don't make enterprise chair solutions!
Why not? I drink Sobe all the time, it's my favourite non-alcoholic drink, and I recommend it to anyone who will listen.
I drink PC cola because it's sometimes on sale for crazy cheap (24 for less than 5 bucks CDN after tax!).
The only marketing effort it has is placement in a bunch of sobeys stores, if I'm not mistaken.
You're a collosal idiot. Did Microsoft using stolen code in Dos 6.2 make it so people couldn't use Dos 6.2? Did it ruin Microsoft?
You're going to have to explain to the world, using small words(not for our sake, but just because they're what you understand), why SGI isn't soley liable for this infringement, but Microsoft was. The latter case was a far more cut and dry case of "Yeah, stacker wouldn't license their technology, so we used it anyway" than anything in this silly linux/SGI/IBM/SCO case.
Excuse me sir, this is a conversation of adults. Please take your childish black and white view of the world somewhere else, because the law doesn't work like that here in reality.
Are you sure? I spent time, years back, back when I still was young and poor enough to justify downloading warez, and before companies smartly started selling abandonware cheap, and as a rule, the lawyers at the IDSA generally sent out a cease-and-desist letter, which is the legal equivilant to "please stop infringing before we're forced to take action".
What happened Microsoft? I thought you were cool, but then you sold out.
Microsoft still cool, BSA audit later! LATER!