linux just isnt as user friendly as some other OS's....
Sure you can do all of these things (flash etc) under linux but is sure isnt as simple...Compare the flash plugin installation process of ie with any linux browser...
Windows hits the os for the masses target reasonably well, Linux hits the os for tech's reasonably well
It is moving towards being more friendly but at the moment it is just not intutative enough...When I first started using windows (95 after finally discarding my Amiga) I could install apps so much easier than I could when I started using Mandrake 7....
I hope linux carries on its path and I hope that it will become easier to use but its been my experience that is simply not there yet...
if you want to keep using it it will work fine for you and the software you have been using will continue to work. There might be some questions about new software but hey thats evolution of computers (no body complains quake 3 doesnt run on thier DX33)
and of course you never have to buy an os there are plenty of free alternatives.
Which is precisely why I question the quality of the upgrade. Why would it hurt MicroSoft to release Win95 for free if 98, ME and XP are so wonderful? 98 was 95 with USB, ME was 98 with new icons, which leaves XP as the first major upgrade to the home user's version of Windows since 1995.
you realise that even though the os's werent marketed as similar to the previous (for obvisous marketing reasons) that they are infact similar to be detriment to sales....
We have a perfectly good freely downloadable os anyway - we dont want to confuse things with a free ms os...
A pc sits on/under a desk plugs into your monitor and is usually at a 1 person desk.
A Console however is small plugs into a tv and can be operated while sitting on the couch with a couple of mates.
Think of it as comparing a dvd player with a dvd drive - both devices are similar in function but have very obvious differences....
I guess to sum it up a console is more sociable than a computer....
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I am sure if a plan was to be hidden in the contents of a photo that inconspicuos items would be used and something on the wall behind or parhaps hand positions etc....
but a western 'icon' would most likely be avoided because of the extra attention such a photo would receive...
NZ (where I live) had a similar issue with our census a couple of months ago and I know many people who wrote Jedi Knight - but I do not know one who considers that they truly are a Jedi Knight.
So does this perhaps indicate people who are decietful and liars?
What would you like to do if, firstly it is Bin Laden (and there still is no proof and all the anti-Aribic sentiment I am hearing scares me) and secondly he is discovered hiding in an American city?
Would destructing of the city still be called for?
His group is a small faction...I am sure he has supporters in American cities and I am equally sure not all of them are Arabs...
I'm in a similar position...
I knew when I took the position the objective was to get the site out as fast as possible to maximise the profit. The better I do this the more favourable my pay review.
It would be nice to spend longer and develop more elegant methods of doing things and allow for future expansion of the site and clients business. But I knew not to expect that when I came on board...
If you do not like your job, and you think you can find another, better position (there have been a lot of posts on/. about the unemployed latly) take the high road, but do it tactfully, it pays not to burn your bridges...
just my 2 cents anyway....
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Sure you can do all of these things (flash etc) under linux but is sure isnt as simple...Compare the flash plugin installation process of ie with any linux browser...
Windows hits the os for the masses target reasonably well, Linux hits the os for tech's reasonably well
It is moving towards being more friendly but at the moment it is just not intutative enough...When I first started using windows (95 after finally discarding my Amiga) I could install apps so much easier than I could when I started using Mandrake 7....
I hope linux carries on its path and I hope that it will become easier to use but its been my experience that is simply not there yet...
ummmm maybe direct x, ie, windows media etc updates...
if you want to keep using it it will work fine for you and the software you have been using will continue to work. There might be some questions about new software but hey thats evolution of computers (no body complains quake 3 doesnt run on thier DX33)
and of course you never have to buy an os there are plenty of free alternatives.
Which is precisely why I question the quality of the upgrade. Why would it hurt MicroSoft to release Win95 for free if 98, ME and XP are so wonderful? 98 was 95 with USB, ME was 98 with new icons, which leaves XP as the first major upgrade to the home user's version of Windows since 1995.
you realise that even though the os's werent marketed as similar to the previous (for obvisous marketing reasons) that they are infact similar to be detriment to sales....
We have a perfectly good freely downloadable os anyway - we dont want to confuse things with a free ms os...
How much did a '95 windows cost?
not a very intellegent comparison really....
Microsoft dont have a monopoly on intel based hardware, so giving older OS's away for free wouldnt be good business sense...
Most (bar modern games) apps install and run fine on 95...in fact it might even be one of the 'faster' os's released by ms....
And I have a still shrink-wrapped 6.22 upgrade...I wonder if it'll ever be collectable....
I knows its not javascript and has its own unique quirks but it is there none the less
very true...
A pc sits on/under a desk plugs into your monitor and is usually at a 1 person desk.
A Console however is small plugs into a tv and can be operated while sitting on the couch with a couple of mates.
Think of it as comparing a dvd player with a dvd drive - both devices are similar in function but have very obvious differences....
I guess to sum it up a console is more sociable than a computer....
but a western 'icon' would most likely be avoided because of the extra attention such a photo would receive...
So does this perhaps indicate people who are decietful and liars?
thanks for the laugh....
Would destructing of the city still be called for?
His group is a small faction...I am sure he has supporters in American cities and I am equally sure not all of them are Arabs...
I'm in a similar position... I knew when I took the position the objective was to get the site out as fast as possible to maximise the profit. The better I do this the more favourable my pay review. It would be nice to spend longer and develop more elegant methods of doing things and allow for future expansion of the site and clients business. But I knew not to expect that when I came on board... If you do not like your job, and you think you can find another, better position (there have been a lot of posts on /. about the unemployed latly) take the high road, but do it tactfully, it pays not to burn your bridges...
just my 2 cents anyway....