" I have an iBook that lasts about 4-5 hours on a full charge and to power it all I have to use are those little holes in the walls you may have seen."
Ever been on a plane ride where those holes in the walls don't seem to be anywhere near your seat?
"How about you REJECT all stories which require registration? "
What's the matter? Don't know how to register? Is that simple little form too hard for you to fill out? Why obviously your reasons for not wanting to register indicate that you are a fucking idiot! It couldn't be that you have legitimate reasons for them, afterall they aren't readily obvious to me because I haven't put any thought into them. Yes, you're a fucking idiot A big old fucking idiot. I wish I had more brain power so I could think of other names besides that Oh wait, I know, you're a fucking idiot top grade! yeah yeah!
If I sound like a fucking idiot, it's because I'm imitating you. Normally I'd let you figure out my satire, but I'm not sure you're capable of doing so, as a result you'd not get my implication and just call me a fucking idiot.
"So this whole thing is about you being too much of a fucking idiot to look up words/phrases you dont know the meaning of?"
Psst. That's what you are guilty of. You're the one who didn't get the anonymous posting, the you mama, or the 'your mother didn't teach you' comments.
"SuSE isn't going to mine that information so that they can send the BSA to check up on your license compiance, M$ does."
Exactly when has MS ever done that? I'm genuinely curious. I've never looked it up, but have never heard of it happening either. (In other words, I'm seeking education, not arguing.)
"The real solution to stop piracy is to drop the prices on software, music, and movies to a reasonable amount."
You'd think that the massive effort by consumers to develop channels to supply the demands that the RIAA refuses to fulfill would be responded with by lowering of prices and increases in value. I guess that when you're an oligopoly, you don't pay much attention to supply and demand.
"hat alone says a lot about consumer trust of Linux over MS."
It says a lot about Linux zealousy. Any feature can have a good side and a down side. For example, a single mouse button is good because it's simpler and more intuitive to use. Good job Apple for figuring that out! 3 mouse buttons are better than one measly mouse button because you can be more productive with it. Good job Microsoft! Apple, you suck!
The same thing's happening here between Windows and Linux. Lotsa growing up needs to be done.
Incidentally, the Automatic Update that Microsoft does is the answer to the call to make IE less exploit prone. There are lots of 'dumb people' as it's been put before who don't install service packs. Well this feature takes care of the updates as they come along. That's bad?
While we're on this topic, it also explains some of the EULA terms you all were getting your panties in a twist about. The same term that made a lot of people here say "That means they can snoop on my hard drive!" really means "MS can detect the apps that they have updates for and correct them."
Sorry for the rant, It just bugs me how MS hate fogs the mind.
I'm amazed that he doesn't realize what a dumbfuck he's being. He needs to take a communications course or something. Anger management too, probably. Or maybe if he just had a girlfriend or something... well that wouldn't be fair to her though.
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"Do that on a regular basis and find your marriage and family life strained. I am learning the hard way. Don't repeat my mistake. Live for your family, not for your job."
I make it a point to pay extra attention to people who say "learn from my mistakes".
Just letting you know I read what you said and promise to keep it in mind.:)
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"BZZZT. Wrong answer. I have a job for one reason: to pay the bills. If I'm looking for something I want to do, I'll spend time at home (or maybe at Lake Powell) with my wife and kids."
Said the unaspiring individual.
I enjoy doing 3D art. It's a strong interest of mine. My company supports my 3D talents, but doesn't need me to be a full time artist so I end up doing other stuff. When I'm doing that other stuff, I'm watching the clock waiting for quitting time. But, when I'm doing 3D stuff, the extra hours suddenly appear. I'm going home around 9 instead of 6. It's not because I'm overworked, it's because I'm enoying it. The funny thing is, I'm not talking about glamourous work being done here. I worked 10 hours on a Saturday once building a 3D model of a rackmount server. Pretty boring really, but I couldn't tear myself away from it.
Lots of people out there (artists in particular) are out there doing jobs that they love. Not everybody considers the work experience to be 'Pay the bills'.
Ask John Walsh from America's Most Wanted about that.
Try going to the forums area of www.CGTalk.com and ask over there. It's a website dedicated to computer generated art and animation. There are lots of professionals there who work at tv/movie/game studios. I imagine you'd be able to find people willing to donate what you need. (or at least put you in touch with somebody who might)
Hehehe you baited him out! Good one! He must be a fucking idiot. He's definitely ego-driven as his defense is pretty lame. No wonder he hasn't copied/pasted his 'evidence'.
"It's an AUCTION. By DEFINITION, the price is exactly what the (online auction) market will bear."
Nope. The price is exactly what the particular customer who desperately wants this item will bear. The market is a very big place, and demand is not a constant from individual to individual.
"The GUI is confusing and misleading, but 63,000 problems? Come on, how many icons and groupings can a default win2k have wrong?"
There's a lot more to the Windows UI than just drawing icons and and blitting text to the screen. There are refinements made to the Windows UI intended to help people. Sometimes, those go awry, though. It's not necessarily because the code is bad, but the original idea wasn't encompassing enough to all of the users out there. For example, one of things Windows 2000 will do is reopen the Explorer windows you had open before. Nothing wrong with that. For most people, that's great. However, I found an interesting circumstance where this will cause an error message.
There's a little command-line app called 'subst.exe' that takes a folder and maps it to a drive letter. So I can take the c:\temp folder and make it the x: drive. That's handy if you want to have a consistent drive letter on every machine you use. (Psst Lightwave users: this is a great trick to keep your content directory consistent!) However, the drive doesn't get mapped until after the booting process is done and the app is run. No big deal, if memory serves, this feature actually dates back to the DOS days. It's not a super-huge feature that everybody in the world uses. However, if you have one of these drive letters open in explorer and then reboot Windows, you'll get an error message when it boots back up that says "The folder no longer exists!" Ouch! Oh wait, it does exist, it's just not where Explorer expected to find it!
This techincally isn't a problem. Everything is working as expected. The defect in this case is that subst.exe could play nicer with Explorer by keeping track of temporarily established conditions. It's a complication arisen not out of poorly written code, but an unexpected interaction between two apps. I have a seriously hard time imaginging that the philosophies of the free-software writers that you're talking about wouldn't have encountered a similar problem at some point. I bet it happens all the time. Well, Windows has a ton of apps like these that all come with a basic install. All these permutations are bound to cause numbers in the 64k range of things that could be fixed.
I agree with AnonV, Linux will find itself in a similar situation. Though I'd agree with parent poster that Linux would potentially not have those problems for very long. In theory, the person who finds the problem could fix the bug. However, I wouldn't bet too much on that idea. The more people that use Linux, the lower the percentage of users who would even be capable of fixing the problem, let alone motivated to do so.
You know, you remind me of that Peck dude from Ghostbusters. Remember him? He was from the EPA. He didn't know anything about the Ghostbusters, so he made up wild accusations about them and tried to shut them down. He never provided a shred of evidence. He never even tried to understand their business. He was a hotheaded ignorant man who thought he knew more than everybody else.
"I really hope the idea of higher framerate movies doesn't get ditched without some experimentation though, I have such trouble watching panning in movies because it seems so jerky. "
Same. I'd love for movies to be faster. Just expect that even if the technology is around, that not every movie will use it necessarily. Afterall, 24fps is a lot cheaper than 60!
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" I have an iBook that lasts about 4-5 hours on a full charge and to power it all I have to use are those little holes in the walls you may have seen."
Ever been on a plane ride where those holes in the walls don't seem to be anywhere near your seat?
"You fucking idiot."
He ran out of things to say. Heh. Yep AnonV, I think we have an unwilling concession here.
"How about you REJECT all stories which require registration? "
What's the matter? Don't know how to register? Is that simple little form too hard for you to fill out? Why obviously your reasons for not wanting to register indicate that you are a fucking idiot! It couldn't be that you have legitimate reasons for them, afterall they aren't readily obvious to me because I haven't put any thought into them. Yes, you're a fucking idiot A big old fucking idiot. I wish I had more brain power so I could think of other names besides that Oh wait, I know, you're a fucking idiot top grade! yeah yeah!
If I sound like a fucking idiot, it's because I'm imitating you. Normally I'd let you figure out my satire, but I'm not sure you're capable of doing so, as a result you'd not get my implication and just call me a fucking idiot.
"maybe I did miss the things I said in error, please point them out again so that I may call you a fucking idiot once more. "
:)
Yay we finally have a concession! It's accepted, thank you.
"So this whole thing is about you being too much of a fucking idiot to look up words/phrases you dont know the meaning of?"
Psst. That's what you are guilty of. You're the one who didn't get the anonymous posting, the you mama, or the 'your mother didn't teach you' comments.
Ha! You just insulted yourself! hehehe.
"SuSE isn't going to mine that information so that they can send the BSA to check up on your license compiance, M$ does."
Exactly when has MS ever done that? I'm genuinely curious. I've never looked it up, but have never heard of it happening either. (In other words, I'm seeking education, not arguing.)
"The real solution to stop piracy is to drop the prices on software, music, and movies to a reasonable amount."
You'd think that the massive effort by consumers to develop channels to supply the demands that the RIAA refuses to fulfill would be responded with by lowering of prices and increases in value. I guess that when you're an oligopoly, you don't pay much attention to supply and demand.
"Isn't it ironic that your analysis was discredited by your taste in music? "
Isn't it ironic that somebody that shares his taste in music will probably mod you down? =)
"If you were less of a fucking idiot, you could have communicated your idea a little more carefully. :)"
Ouch! Ha!
Thanks for pointing this out dude. He just walked right into that.
" And you assumed a lack of comprehension which was, if you had read through the posts as you had claimed, quite obviously not there."
It's only obvious if we believe your lies.
" But no, you don't, you're still.. a fucking idiot."
Is that the best education your mother gave you?
"hat alone says a lot about consumer trust of Linux over MS."
It says a lot about Linux zealousy. Any feature can have a good side and a down side. For example, a single mouse button is good because it's simpler and more intuitive to use. Good job Apple for figuring that out! 3 mouse buttons are better than one measly mouse button because you can be more productive with it. Good job Microsoft! Apple, you suck!
The same thing's happening here between Windows and Linux. Lotsa growing up needs to be done.
Incidentally, the Automatic Update that Microsoft does is the answer to the call to make IE less exploit prone. There are lots of 'dumb people' as it's been put before who don't install service packs. Well this feature takes care of the updates as they come along. That's bad?
While we're on this topic, it also explains some of the EULA terms you all were getting your panties in a twist about. The same term that made a lot of people here say "That means they can snoop on my hard drive!" really means "MS can detect the apps that they have updates for and correct them."
Sorry for the rant, It just bugs me how MS hate fogs the mind.
I'm amazed that he doesn't realize what a dumbfuck he's being. He needs to take a communications course or something. Anger management too, probably. Or maybe if he just had a girlfriend or something... well that wouldn't be fair to her though.
"Do that on a regular basis and find your marriage and family life strained. I am learning the hard way. Don't repeat my mistake. Live for your family, not for your job."
:)
I make it a point to pay extra attention to people who say "learn from my mistakes".
Just letting you know I read what you said and promise to keep it in mind.
"BZZZT. Wrong answer. I have a job for one reason: to pay the bills. If I'm looking for something I want to do, I'll spend time at home (or maybe at Lake Powell) with my wife and kids."
Said the unaspiring individual.
I enjoy doing 3D art. It's a strong interest of mine. My company supports my 3D talents, but doesn't need me to be a full time artist so I end up doing other stuff. When I'm doing that other stuff, I'm watching the clock waiting for quitting time. But, when I'm doing 3D stuff, the extra hours suddenly appear. I'm going home around 9 instead of 6. It's not because I'm overworked, it's because I'm enoying it. The funny thing is, I'm not talking about glamourous work being done here. I worked 10 hours on a Saturday once building a 3D model of a rackmount server. Pretty boring really, but I couldn't tear myself away from it.
Lots of people out there (artists in particular) are out there doing jobs that they love. Not everybody considers the work experience to be 'Pay the bills'.
Ask John Walsh from America's Most Wanted about that.
"What, Pogo the Monkey will storm the White House and get re-elected?"
LOL!
For the uninitiated, that's pretty funnny if you've ever played Grand Theft Auto 3. Hehehe.
Try going to the forums area of www.CGTalk.com and ask over there. It's a website dedicated to computer generated art and animation. There are lots of professionals there who work at tv/movie/game studios. I imagine you'd be able to find people willing to donate what you need. (or at least put you in touch with somebody who might)
;)
It's worth a shot.
There's an easter egg if you find the Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Hehehe you baited him out! Good one! He must be a fucking idiot. He's definitely ego-driven as his defense is pretty lame. No wonder he hasn't copied/pasted his 'evidence'.
"It's an AUCTION. By DEFINITION, the price is exactly what the (online auction) market will bear."
Nope. The price is exactly what the particular customer who desperately wants this item will bear. The market is a very big place, and demand is not a constant from individual to individual.
"The GUI is confusing and misleading, but 63,000 problems? Come on, how many icons and groupings can a default win2k have wrong?"
There's a lot more to the Windows UI than just drawing icons and and blitting text to the screen. There are refinements made to the Windows UI intended to help people. Sometimes, those go awry, though. It's not necessarily because the code is bad, but the original idea wasn't encompassing enough to all of the users out there.
For example, one of things Windows 2000 will do is reopen the Explorer windows you had open before. Nothing wrong with that. For most people, that's great. However, I found an interesting circumstance where this will cause an error message.
There's a little command-line app called 'subst.exe' that takes a folder and maps it to a drive letter. So I can take the c:\temp folder and make it the x: drive. That's handy if you want to have a consistent drive letter on every machine you use. (Psst Lightwave users: this is a great trick to keep your content directory consistent!) However, the drive doesn't get mapped until after the booting process is done and the app is run. No big deal, if memory serves, this feature actually dates back to the DOS days. It's not a super-huge feature that everybody in the world uses. However, if you have one of these drive letters open in explorer and then reboot Windows, you'll get an error message when it boots back up that says "The folder no longer exists!" Ouch! Oh wait, it does exist, it's just not where Explorer expected to find it!
This techincally isn't a problem. Everything is working as expected. The defect in this case is that subst.exe could play nicer with Explorer by keeping track of temporarily established conditions. It's a complication arisen not out of poorly written code, but an unexpected interaction between two apps. I have a seriously hard time imaginging that the philosophies of the free-software writers that you're talking about wouldn't have encountered a similar problem at some point. I bet it happens all the time. Well, Windows has a ton of apps like these that all come with a basic install. All these permutations are bound to cause numbers in the 64k range of things that could be fixed.
I agree with AnonV, Linux will find itself in a similar situation. Though I'd agree with parent poster that Linux would potentially not have those problems for very long. In theory, the person who finds the problem could fix the bug. However, I wouldn't bet too much on that idea. The more people that use Linux, the lower the percentage of users who would even be capable of fixing the problem, let alone motivated to do so.
Wow. Glad I've spent all these years improving my stamina.
" I've pointed at more evidence than is probably neccessary. I wonder why it is that you deny this. "
Because you haven't posted any evidence?
heheehehehehee
:)
You know, you remind me of that Peck dude from Ghostbusters. Remember him? He was from the EPA. He didn't know anything about the Ghostbusters, so he made up wild accusations about them and tried to shut them down. He never provided a shred of evidence. He never even tried to understand their business. He was a hotheaded ignorant man who thought he knew more than everybody else.
Yep, you remind me of him.
"GO FUCK YOURSELF, MORON
fuck you in your fucking fuck, you fuck-fucking fuck-fucker. "
Wow, you're amazing. You know that?
"I really hope the idea of higher framerate movies doesn't get ditched without some experimentation though, I have such trouble watching panning in movies because it seems so jerky. "
Same. I'd love for movies to be faster. Just expect that even if the technology is around, that not every movie will use it necessarily. Afterall, 24fps is a lot cheaper than 60!