thats windows. The big kicker there is probably ram speed and ATA speed. I think it's your motherboard that made the difference. I've got a 300mhz that significantly outperforms another box someone gave me that runs at 400mhz. Why? the 400 has a crappy motherboard.
I quite agree. I have never participated in a malicious system entry except on my own home network to test my own security, nor have I any illegal MP3s on my disks. I have no modern filesharing utilities such as kazaa and such, but do have a server with NFS and Samba running behind my firewall. But if the RIAA chooses to break into my computer and delete anything there, I will of course be forced to retaliate. The EFF will surely assist me in doing so. (yes, in court)
well, i understand that, but such fuzzy semantics are ludicrous. Linux is a kernel, Mach is a kernel, HURD is a kernel, win32 is a kernel. ls is a tool, dir is a tool, excel is a tool, vi and emacs are tools (though emacs is also an OS), Excel is a tool, Photoshop is a tool. cutting it up like this is like the semantics between calling everything done in Perl a script and everything done in C++ a program. I have seen Perl programs that go far beyond what I would consider a script, and C++ things that would qualify as a small script. So without better defined categories, they're going to have to acknowledge that its pure opinion and not fact. Typical for a Michael post.
nope...he wrote them out in a word processor in a meeting with a dozen others also in the room. They just wrote them from the ground up and didn't need any fancy features to do so.
well, at Microsoft we didn't need timelines, we needed project milestone schedules which we did manually as it was more efficient than project for our needs. We did plan, we just didn't need any software made to do it to do so.
Your astounding ignorance is still standing, as people do not need Word and Excel. Tell me something Word does that I cannot do with an opensource equivalent, not including.doc files because the format is utter shite and hardly qualifies as a positive feature. I can admit that Excel is superior to OSS spreadsheet programs, but most business and user needs are met by the equivalents unless they are venturing out of the realm of what a spreadsheet is and doing something else's job and making it 10x as hard and time consuming by using a spreadsheet for it.
actually, no. They need a word processor (or more often a text editor, to be honest), spreadsheet, and I don't even know what the hell Project is but I have been on high profile projects within Microsoft itself that did not use any software called Project, but I am sure there is an alternative or at least a name for it other than by brand name.
Your ignorance is astounding. It's like needing a tissue but refusing anything but the brand "kleenex" that you asked for, or needing an adjustable wrench but refusing anything but a wrench made by Crescent since you asked for a "Crescent Wrench". Please think before you speak, and learn your terminology before you criticize.
what a stupid arguement. Criminals will carry guns they can hide, while if you aren't doing anything wrong and carry an AK-47 openly, you aren't going to have a guy with a glock as likely to go after you as a guy without a gun. Iraq may have hidden weapons, but we disarmed them by destroying their regime. Seems logical to me.
to rebut your ending paragraph, i have resigned myself to lack of safety and therefore I prepare.
this is true, i used RedHat for a year before switching to gentoo, and i did so because Red Hat's defaults didn't suit my needs. Unlike many other gentoo users around here, I don't disdain those who use other distros. I just find it amusing when people post about features gentoo has when speaking of imaginary distros. One thing I think would be good for some is a gui interface to emerge. I wouldn't probably use it since I don't like running root windows in X, but it would benefit people who find the command line version cryptic.
depends. you can learn a lot from installing gentoo, especially the newbs. How many newbs actually know what is in/etc or how to get around on the command line? even for someone who knows a bit and has been using a mainstream distro, it can be pretty enlightening to at least do an install of Gentoo. This is an opinion, ymmv, but LFS seems like a lot of work for not a great amount of return when a distro like Gentoo exists. Granted I am sure its great for some projects, but for most desktop users LFS is arduous where Gentoo automates without loss of the performance desktop users are probably seeking from either type of distro.
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hmm...that banner is where the link goes, provided they haven't deleted the file for that banner yet.
thats windows. The big kicker there is probably ram speed and ATA speed. I think it's your motherboard that made the difference. I've got a 300mhz that significantly outperforms another box someone gave me that runs at 400mhz. Why? the 400 has a crappy motherboard.
I agree entirely. As it stands, this story is nothing but a troll in a thinly veiled disguise. And I don't just mean RMS in a mask. Thanks, Michael!
this was posted by Michael. What do you expect, research?
but if you used a car key, it'd suck if you forgot when you get a new one...
I quite agree. I have never participated in a malicious system entry except on my own home network to test my own security, nor have I any illegal MP3s on my disks. I have no modern filesharing utilities such as kazaa and such, but do have a server with NFS and Samba running behind my firewall. But if the RIAA chooses to break into my computer and delete anything there, I will of course be forced to retaliate. The EFF will surely assist me in doing so. (yes, in court)
this was posted by Michael...what do you expect? Grammar? hah!
of course not...Michael submitted it.
to protect Sarah Conner's garden from her enemies...
well, i understand that, but such fuzzy semantics are ludicrous. Linux is a kernel, Mach is a kernel, HURD is a kernel, win32 is a kernel. ls is a tool, dir is a tool, excel is a tool, vi and emacs are tools (though emacs is also an OS), Excel is a tool, Photoshop is a tool. cutting it up like this is like the semantics between calling everything done in Perl a script and everything done in C++ a program. I have seen Perl programs that go far beyond what I would consider a script, and C++ things that would qualify as a small script. So without better defined categories, they're going to have to acknowledge that its pure opinion and not fact. Typical for a Michael post.
unix? or DOS? ls and dir have been used for ages both on servers and desktops.
SCO is back at it, begging IBM to buy and assimilate them...
favorite part of your post: that it didnt include HURD in the list. Shows good discernment ^_^
nope...he wrote them out in a word processor in a meeting with a dozen others also in the room. They just wrote them from the ground up and didn't need any fancy features to do so.
And you could have googled for MS Project as easily as I did... so I think it's more likely you that are "ignoring" key facts.
I could have googled MS Project, but that would be putting far too much effort into learning about a program i could care less about.
well, at Microsoft we didn't need timelines, we needed project milestone schedules which we did manually as it was more efficient than project for our needs. We did plan, we just didn't need any software made to do it to do so.
.doc files because the format is utter shite and hardly qualifies as a positive feature. I can admit that Excel is superior to OSS spreadsheet programs, but most business and user needs are met by the equivalents unless they are venturing out of the realm of what a spreadsheet is and doing something else's job and making it 10x as hard and time consuming by using a spreadsheet for it.
Your astounding ignorance is still standing, as people do not need Word and Excel. Tell me something Word does that I cannot do with an opensource equivalent, not including
actually, no. They need a word processor (or more often a text editor, to be honest), spreadsheet, and I don't even know what the hell Project is but I have been on high profile projects within Microsoft itself that did not use any software called Project, but I am sure there is an alternative or at least a name for it other than by brand name.
Your ignorance is astounding. It's like needing a tissue but refusing anything but the brand "kleenex" that you asked for, or needing an adjustable wrench but refusing anything but a wrench made by Crescent since you asked for a "Crescent Wrench". Please think before you speak, and learn your terminology before you criticize.
"YOUR WRONG IM WRIGHT"
Mr. Wright? is that you? man...this is just a Who's on First waiting to happen.
what a stupid arguement. Criminals will carry guns they can hide, while if you aren't doing anything wrong and carry an AK-47 openly, you aren't going to have a guy with a glock as likely to go after you as a guy without a gun. Iraq may have hidden weapons, but we disarmed them by destroying their regime. Seems logical to me.
to rebut your ending paragraph, i have resigned myself to lack of safety and therefore I prepare.
or he could have just run
emerge mozilla
and been done with it. not only is it easier, but its also optimized! woo!
this is true, i used RedHat for a year before switching to gentoo, and i did so because Red Hat's defaults didn't suit my needs. Unlike many other gentoo users around here, I don't disdain those who use other distros. I just find it amusing when people post about features gentoo has when speaking of imaginary distros. One thing I think would be good for some is a gui interface to emerge. I wouldn't probably use it since I don't like running root windows in X, but it would benefit people who find the command line version cryptic.
depends. you can learn a lot from installing gentoo, especially the newbs. How many newbs actually know what is in /etc or how to get around on the command line? even for someone who knows a bit and has been using a mainstream distro, it can be pretty enlightening to at least do an install of Gentoo. This is an opinion, ymmv, but LFS seems like a lot of work for not a great amount of return when a distro like Gentoo exists. Granted I am sure its great for some projects, but for most desktop users LFS is arduous where Gentoo automates without loss of the performance desktop users are probably seeking from either type of distro.
but...they're hungry!
blah blah whatever. A little bit of cheesecake is what makes having a female protagonist worth it.