While you may have a valid point, I think this article is referring to the people who ask for FREE support.
Off-the-clock stuff, like the girl in your class who wouldn't give you the time of day before her Dell stopped working. Or the guy whose Pentium 4 takes three minutes to boot. I think that's what most geeks complain about.
This reminds me of that scene in "Cheats" where the girls vowed to stop giving away notes to the boys for free, chanting "we are not whores!"
What happens when I need to switch between PhotoshopOS and InternetExploderOS? Do I have to wait an extra 30 seconds for it to boot? Not to mention the fact that the clipboard would be useless.
IIRC, the reason (multitasking) OSes were created was so that people could switch between applications quickly as easily. Another reason is that programmers are too lazy to program a whole new OS for each and every new program.
If you're willing to mutilate your systems and a spare pc tower, you can always buildthis to save a lot more space than a game station will. I saw it on TechTV one day, and iirc, the guy stuffed a few consoles, including all of the current ones.
Granted, I'd never do this because I love my gamecube too much and dont feel like toasting another motherboard...:|
Wow, you're complaining about this? I don't think you wanna stick around for this April 1st... Does anyone remember the crap "jokes" last year (who hasn't slit their wrists?)
...for being the self-sacrificial, benevolent, unbiased and wholeheartedly concerned neighbor who clearly stands to gain nothing significant from this deal... After US leaves Iraq, I'm sure the goodness of their hearts will compell them to step in and aid in "political restoration." Turkey, the Iraqi's friend...
Kinda OT from the above, but does anyone else notice how a large number of Americans think it's ok to set sovereign countries on fire from the air, yet as soon as a soldier overseas gets so much as athlete's foot, we all freak? And for no apparent reason, save for the "will of the Almighty" (Dubya-2003).
(snip) Read an AP or Reuters report and get on with your life...
Your subject says ignore the news, but your post says otherwise. Are you suggesting AP/Reuters, or just being sarcastic?
Not a troll; I'd really like to know.
Give 'em something that interests them, get them addicted (they DO know how to do that), make them think they need it to live, then suddenly announce that you're going to discontinue support. In order to access your information again, you have to log in from Windows.
They are slicker and they don't have top fold into anything - they might actually make it works and why should they have to give into a bigger distro, what are Mandrake and Red Hat supposed to suddenly be like MS and buy up any competition ?
Shouldn't you take it one step at a time? Flooding them with reading material before they're even on the desktop might be a little bit intimidating. Hell, I was scared enough when I was (re)installing _WINDOWS_ for the first time, let alone a notorious for-geeks-only OS like linux.
But I do agree that at least some links to documentation (regarding linux, GNU, what have you) should be put on their desktops to educate them on the glories of OSS.:)
Wait a minute... Wouldn't _FBI_-monitored irc servers revolve somewhere around international espionage? Congress/XYZ conglomerate needs a reality check as to what FBI can and cannot do.
But I can still run Mozilla on Windows. Just because IE is there doesn't mean I can't run an alternative browser. I don't have to remove IE in order to run Netscape/Opera/MyFavoriteBrowser.
Sure, you can leave a window in your house wide open at all times as long as you personally use the front door. But what happens when a burglar comes along and climbs in through the window (no pun intended.:O)?
My main desire to remove IE is to close any potential security holes that may arise in the future.
A significant number of *nix-related screenshot images are.png. I agree that most websites dont use.png as inline graphics, but there are a lot of people who do; it's just that the ratio of people who do to people who don't is too great.
As a matter of fact, that guy with the GBA Web Server had a.png screenshot of his desktop with the test PPP connection.
(was this post redundant?:o)
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Bah, that was a cheap shot...
Craploads of very useful inventions were built on the guys who stayed up late, ignoring their supple (??) wives/mates, wanting to tinker with their toys a little bit more.
But if you're looking to get someone laid, how about tossing me a bone?:D
I browse/. at 2, so I dont get to see the AC's (sniff...), even if I did, I doubt I'd miss them.
A semi-funny/. AFD joke? Slashdot abolishing user system; all users post as AnonymousCoward. Given the quality of the stories today, I wouldnt be surprised if it popped up somewhere.:|
"We're going to have to redo the Windows shell; we're going to have to redo Office, and Outlook in particular..."
All this coming from the same man who claimed that "the only viable solution to the disputing states' proposal is to take the Windows product off the market"
I doubt that's the result of an intentional block. It's probably because the search engine assumes that you wont want anything anti- to what you're looking for.
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While you may have a valid point, I think this article is referring to the people who ask for FREE support.
Off-the-clock stuff, like the girl in your class who wouldn't give you the time of day before her Dell stopped working. Or the guy whose Pentium 4 takes three minutes to boot. I think that's what most geeks complain about.
This reminds me of that scene in "Cheats" where the girls vowed to stop giving away notes to the boys for free, chanting "we are not whores!"
For a seemingly eternal period of 10 seconds of battery life provided by our cutting-edge alkaline power supplies... ;)
What happens when I need to switch between PhotoshopOS and InternetExploderOS? Do I have to wait an extra 30 seconds for it to boot? Not to mention the fact that the clipboard would be useless.
IIRC, the reason (multitasking) OSes were created was so that people could switch between applications quickly as easily. Another reason is that programmers are too lazy to program a whole new OS for each and every new program.
If you're willing to mutilate your systems and a spare pc tower, you can always build this to save a lot more space than a game station will. I saw it on TechTV one day, and iirc, the guy stuffed a few consoles, including all of the current ones.
:|
Granted, I'd never do this because I love my gamecube too much and dont feel like toasting another motherboard...
Wow, you're complaining about this? I don't think you wanna stick around for this April 1st... Does anyone remember the crap "jokes" last year (who hasn't slit their wrists?)
...for being the self-sacrificial, benevolent, unbiased and wholeheartedly concerned neighbor who clearly stands to gain nothing significant from this deal... After US leaves Iraq, I'm sure the goodness of their hearts will compell them to step in and aid in "political restoration." Turkey, the Iraqi's friend...
Kinda OT from the above, but does anyone else notice how a large number of Americans think it's ok to set sovereign countries on fire from the air, yet as soon as a soldier overseas gets so much as athlete's foot, we all freak? And for no apparent reason, save for the "will of the Almighty" (Dubya-2003).
Then how can so many (young) people install Windows 2000/XP?
:)
Clever analogy, but choose a better example than a stereotype next time.
Give 'em something that interests them, get them addicted (they DO know how to do that), make them think they need it to live, then suddenly announce that you're going to discontinue support. In order to access your information again, you have to log in from Windows.
The "patch" is XP-SP1 and it doesn't remove IE, WMP, JVM, or OEX. It simply hides the access to them.
Oh, and don't even bother trying to delete the directories, as the System File "Protection" directory's been moved to another (undisclosed) location.
To stop abusive advertising sites, just add them to your hosts file.
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
A proper analogy would be:
"I don't approve of my daughter's heroin addiction, but I give her clean needles so she doesnt get AIDs."
It's called FlashFXP. :)
Like I tell my friends, there's a relatively small learning curve, but in the end, you can't beat this program for FTP stuff.
They are slicker and they don't have top fold into anything - they might actually make it works and why should they have to give into a bigger distro, what are Mandrake and Red Hat supposed to suddenly be like MS and buy up any competition ?
:)
No, you're thinking of AOL.
Shouldn't you take it one step at a time? Flooding them with reading material before they're even on the desktop might be a little bit intimidating. Hell, I was scared enough when I was (re)installing _WINDOWS_ for the first time, let alone a notorious for-geeks-only OS like linux.
:)
But I do agree that at least some links to documentation (regarding linux, GNU, what have you) should be put on their desktops to educate them on the glories of OSS.
Hello, Mr. Western Union? May I purchase a money order?
Wait a minute... Wouldn't _FBI_-monitored irc servers revolve somewhere around international espionage? Congress/XYZ conglomerate needs a reality check as to what FBI can and cannot do.
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Sure, you can leave a window in your house wide open at all times as long as you personally use the front door. But what happens when a burglar comes along and climbs in through the window (no pun intended.
My main desire to remove IE is to close any potential security holes that may arise in the future.
A significant number of *nix-related screenshot images are .png. I agree that most websites dont use .png as inline graphics, but there are a lot of people who do; it's just that the ratio of people who do to people who don't is too great.
.png screenshot of his desktop with the test PPP connection.
:o)
As a matter of fact, that guy with the GBA Web Server had a
(was this post redundant?
Bah, that was a cheap shot...
:D
Craploads of very useful inventions were built on the guys who stayed up late, ignoring their supple (??) wives/mates, wanting to tinker with their toys a little bit more.
But if you're looking to get someone laid, how about tossing me a bone?
sheez
I browse /. at 2, so I dont get to see the AC's (sniff...), even if I did, I doubt I'd miss them.
/. AFD joke? Slashdot abolishing user system; all users post as AnonymousCoward. Given the quality of the stories today, I wouldnt be surprised if it popped up somewhere. :|
A semi-funny
"We're going to have to redo the Windows shell; we're going to have to redo Office, and Outlook in particular..."
All this coming from the same man who claimed that "the only viable solution to the disputing states' proposal is to take the Windows product off the market"
Can you say "empty threat"?
I doubt that's the result of an intentional block. It's probably because the search engine assumes that you wont want anything anti- to what you're looking for.