So what are you saying? That anything developed that is expensive should be given away to all the poor people who can't afford one? Or that nothing should be made unless everyone can afford it? Or is this just another case of class envy?
Meanwhile, every version of Debian is suitable for all purposes. You don't have to get financially raped up the arse every time you want your computer to do something else.
And that's still 150MHz faster than my 200. Unless I overclock it to 300, whereupon it crashes frequenly. Maybe I should get a new fan. The current one hasn't worked at all since I cut the wires on it to stop the ball bearings being so loud. There was a spark and the whole computer lost its power. Luckily it worked again afterwards. That was nearly as stupid as when I switched the switch on the back from "240" to "110", knackering the fuse when I switched it on. Ah well. Maybe if I can find some employment I might be able to by a new one.
Why not? There are things on the radio and the telly that you could never experience without them. Unless of course you can't afford one. I coudl sympathise with that. Over a hundred quid a year, even if you don't watch the BBC. What a fucking rip off. They should just go commercial like all the others. It's not like the quality of programming is any better.
That explains why England, with its Draconian laws against gun ownership is a peaceful, crime-free haven, and why Switzerland, with every household owning a gun, is a violent, crime-ridden hellhole.
No it is NOT clearly impinging on their trademark. Do Adobe have a trademark on the COMMON WORD "Illustrator"? Do they bollocks.
You say authors should think or original names. "Illustrator" doesn't sound very original. In fact, it's a COMMON WORD. If they don't want competitors using names that are similar to your own, then they can come up with their own words, instead of just using COMMON WORDS.
Exactly. B would be even more organised, and thus even EASIER to compress, so you should get an even HIGHER compression rate on B. Unless of course this magical 100:1 ratio only works on 'random' data containing many patterns etc.
So you've found some fucking "dwarf" or something. Woo-fucking-hoo. Come back when you've found aliens or something that anyone will give a fuck about. Jesus Christ, I can't believe I wasted my bandwidth downloading this worthless story.
And who's going to fund all the sites? Advertising is probably the only way most sites can afford to run. You'll end up with an Internet consisting of around 6 sites. And as people will lose interest in the Internet, ISPs will close down, and there'll be no way onto the Internet apart fro at libraries/colleges etc. Then the only people able to get on the Internet will be nerds and students. Hardly an Internet I'd like to see.
So what? It's not like they know you from Adam. They're not going to publish your habits in the newspaper or anything. All the info they have on you will just be put in some database for marketing purposes. Hardly anything to get all wound up about.
Shut your fucking whining. They Indians can do it for 10 times less, so they get the job. Tough shit. Try charging 10 times less next time. $45 dollars an hour? Fucking hell, are your fingers lined with gold or something? They're charging $4.50, and you're surprised you can't get away with charging such an extortionate amount? What a fucking joke.
They drone on about the benefits of capitalism/globalism/free-trade, and how restrictions on this free trade is evil and communist, but when it's not working in their favour, they whine and cry like little girls, and want restrictions put in to give them back their advantage. What fucking hypocrites. You've made your bed, now fucking lie in it.
That would be a terrible feature. There is moderation here, and look how terrible it is. A killfile where you could just make a single click to killfile the author of the post you're reading would be a good feature.
Excellent? The only "excellent" browser there is is Opera. IE doesn't even have tabbed sub-windows, let alone a preferences box that makes it quick and easy to enable/disable java/javascript/images etc. And it doesn't even give you a nice sub-window to see all your downloads in. You get a stupid pop-up box for each and every download, and when a download is stopped, you're fucked. IE really is one of the worst browsers I've ever used.
In the browsing world, you get what you pay for, and you pay for Opera.
If it's that difficult, then fuck off back to Windows. Leave Linux to people who know what they're doing. If you need "big large red buttons" to do everything, then go and pay your annual subscription to be shafted up the arse by Microsoft and STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM LINUX. Why do so many people whine about how user-unfriendly Linux is? If you don't like it, either make yourself useful and change it, or fuck off. Your presence in the Linux-usership will NOT be missed.
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So what are you saying? That anything developed that is expensive should be given away to all the poor people who can't afford one? Or that nothing should be made unless everyone can afford it? Or is this just another case of class envy?
Meanwhile, every version of Debian is suitable for all purposes. You don't have to get financially raped up the arse every time you want your computer to do something else.
And that's still 150MHz faster than my 200. Unless I overclock it to 300, whereupon it crashes frequenly. Maybe I should get a new fan. The current one hasn't worked at all since I cut the wires on it to stop the ball bearings being so loud. There was a spark and the whole computer lost its power. Luckily it worked again afterwards. That was nearly as stupid as when I switched the switch on the back from "240" to "110", knackering the fuse when I switched it on. Ah well. Maybe if I can find some employment I might be able to by a new one.
How is that in any way on-topic? How does that in any way address the issues raised? Why is this post not moderated down to "off-topic"?
Actually, it's illegal to tape things off the telly. Everyone still does it though.
Why not? There are things on the radio and the telly that you could never experience without them. Unless of course you can't afford one. I coudl sympathise with that. Over a hundred quid a year, even if you don't watch the BBC. What a fucking rip off. They should just go commercial like all the others. It's not like the quality of programming is any better.
That explains why England, with its Draconian laws against gun ownership is a peaceful, crime-free haven, and why Switzerland, with every household owning a gun, is a violent, crime-ridden hellhole.
And the nerds wonder why they never have any friends.
The site did all it could to avoid having to tell you how much it would cost, so I suspect it would be quite expensive.
No it is NOT clearly impinging on their trademark. Do Adobe have a trademark on the COMMON WORD "Illustrator"? Do they bollocks.
You say authors should think or original names. "Illustrator" doesn't sound very original. In fact, it's a COMMON WORD. If they don't want competitors using names that are similar to your own, then they can come up with their own words, instead of just using COMMON WORDS.
Exactly. B would be even more organised, and thus even EASIER to compress, so you should get an even HIGHER compression rate on B. Unless of course this magical 100:1 ratio only works on 'random' data containing many patterns etc.
Hahaha! Waste all your precious moderation points modding me down!
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So you've found some fucking "dwarf" or something. Woo-fucking-hoo. Come back when you've found aliens or something that anyone will give a fuck about. Jesus Christ, I can't believe I wasted my bandwidth downloading this worthless story.
Always post to Usenet with a fake name an e-mail address!
And to be sure to set the X-no-archive header!
And who's going to fund all the sites? Advertising is probably the only way most sites can afford to run. You'll end up with an Internet consisting of around 6 sites. And as people will lose interest in the Internet, ISPs will close down, and there'll be no way onto the Internet apart fro at libraries/colleges etc. Then the only people able to get on the Internet will be nerds and students. Hardly an Internet I'd like to see.
So what? It's not like they know you from Adam. They're not going to publish your habits in the newspaper or anything. All the info they have on you will just be put in some database for marketing purposes. Hardly anything to get all wound up about.
Shut your fucking whining. They Indians can do it for 10 times less, so they get the job. Tough shit. Try charging 10 times less next time. $45 dollars an hour? Fucking hell, are your fingers lined with gold or something? They're charging $4.50, and you're surprised you can't get away with charging such an extortionate amount? What a fucking joke.
They drone on about the benefits of capitalism/globalism/free-trade, and how restrictions on this free trade is evil and communist, but when it's not working in their favour, they whine and cry like little girls, and want restrictions put in to give them back their advantage. What fucking hypocrites. You've made your bed, now fucking lie in it.
You really are a miserable. twat.
That would be a terrible feature. There is moderation here, and look how terrible it is. A killfile where you could just make a single click to killfile the author of the post you're reading would be a good feature.
Sorry, people already have CD players. That scheme will be useless.
Excellent? The only "excellent" browser there is is Opera. IE doesn't even have tabbed sub-windows, let alone a preferences box that makes it quick and easy to enable/disable java/javascript/images etc. And it doesn't even give you a nice sub-window to see all your downloads in. You get a stupid pop-up box for each and every download, and when a download is stopped, you're fucked. IE really is one of the worst browsers I've ever used.
In the browsing world, you get what you pay for, and you pay for Opera.
If it's that difficult, then fuck off back to Windows. Leave Linux to people who know what they're doing. If you need "big large red buttons" to do everything, then go and pay your annual subscription to be shafted up the arse by Microsoft and STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM LINUX. Why do so many people whine about how user-unfriendly Linux is? If you don't like it, either make yourself useful and change it, or fuck off. Your presence in the Linux-usership will NOT be missed.
And the fact that GTK is faster, nicer-looking, easier to use, and doesn't take 10 minutes to open a simple program using it.