I think it still can. In things like development work and maybe the arts like graphical design, I think it's becoming almost expected. In general Corporate America, yes you see it more but I think you limit yourself with body pearcings and visible tattoos. That's not to say I don't like them, find them interesting and cool, all of that. I'm saying realistically speaking, they are a hinderance.
I've used Linux for years. Believe me, I really like Linux. But OSX not only makes Linux look sub-par, it makes Windows look like KDE. I'm with you on the notion that KDE and Gnome are adding functions and such, but they are not half as polished as OSX. KDE's menu editting is buggy as hell (old rant). Gnome is fat. I really don't see either as cutting edge so much as "we can do it too." That's my whole point. I use Mac at home now almost exclusively. There are aspects of Linux I like better but GUI is not one of them. I can't wait for Linux to have a great GUI. Not so much because I need it but because more people will come to it.
I think one problem Linux suffers from is too many chiefs. I don't mean at the kernel level or any such true structure like that. I mean too many people putting together too many distro's. Don't get me wrong, that's also what's cool about Linux. Everyone is able to taylor-make a distro to their liking. Ultimately, however, we all piece together parts that are already there, though some may truly have a new app. So you have ThisOS distro but it still runs KDE or Gnome, this X or that. There seems to be no new paradigm in Linux to kick it up to another level. SymphonyOS may be taking a stab with Mezzo and I applaud that. I think this is where Linux needs to go desktop-wise. polish the desktop. Yet people are content to look to someone else to do it. So we're here.
A study was once done to measure bias among scientists. They were measured against other professionals including a group of clergy. The scientists were 2-5 times more likely to hold onto a conclusion they were inclined to believe was true. They were, in effect less likely to abandon the conclusion and start the problem over again.
Okay, if I've downloaded an iTunes song in Apple format, it would seem obvious that I have an iPod. Why would I want to have it in another format? Pretty-much my only motivation would be to share it, no? Yet, DRM and all the nice PSA's we see from the RIAA tells us NOT to share it. Now they are probably hoping they will have people move to the format and abandon the Apple format. So far, Apple format is superiour to mp3, from what I understand. M$ will need to improve upon the quality in order to steal people away. Not only that, if I have a large number of files purchased from iTunes how will this help me? Is M$ saying they will let me have the same songs for free? If this is the case, they only get revenue on new song purchases. Not sayin they can't make money that way, I'm just saying I'm not sure you're going to have a mass exodus from iTunes with just this set of features. I think M$ has a history of spreading themselves thin. They have this mentality that they must do everything in technology. "Oh! There's a search engine! We need one!" Enter MSN which just isn't attractive. "Oh! There's a chat client! We need one!" Enter Messenger! (crickets chirping) "Oh! Media services!" Blah blah!
And you would find drivers for the chipset where? A custom chipset, custom CMOS and BIOS, all of this would make porting Windows to it problematic. The really bigger question is why would you want to? To say you can? Sure, some hackers will do this. "Hey guys! I just paid more money for proprietary hardware and loaded Windows on it!"
Uh...no. How about all of the purchases of RH? How about those who PAID for BOXED COPIES of RH WITH support who were summarily DROPPED!? Even RH admitted they didn't drop RHDL because they were losing money. YES, they are free to make a business decision. However, many customers lost support as a result of it and frankly RH made a business decision they didn't want that market. It wasn't because they didn't actually have revenue from it, they just wanted to focus elsewhere.
Idiot: "You were all bilking RH and downloading their free distro and now you're upset."
Users: "Ummm...we paid for RDL, moron. Furthermore, there were those who paid for it mere weeks before it was dropped and therefore LOST paid support!"
I would hardly consider Fedora such a lofty distro. I refuse to use it. I'm one of those who was shafted by RH when they dumped their desktop Linux, this despite actually making money on it. OTOH, I wouldn't consider Ubuntu a leading distro and certainly not one making the likes of RH, SuSE/Novell, or even Gentoo quake in their shoes. I use CentOS currently, because I get RHEL and don't have to give those a$$holes my money. See I offered RH my money and they basically said without an Inc. after my name I could piss-off.
"In their continuing efforts to remove themselves from the "little people," Red Hat announced today they will distance themselves from the Fedora Project and spin it off. You may recall that Red Hat abandoned (read fscked!) their end user base by EOL'ing Red Hat Linux 9 and decided not to release another desktop version for the masses. Rather, they directed these users to their Fedora Project; assuring customers at the time that they stood solidly behind the project (this despite leaving many customers with PAID support high-and-dry). With this latest news, Red Hat can further distance itself from these pesky end users and concentrate on what it sees as its true revenue stream, corporations."
You are running AD, of sorts. It's NDS and it's been around longer than AD and frankly is superior. It's quite humorous when folks tout AD, "Look! You have this and this, OH! And this!" I'm like, "Uh, I had that almost 10 years ago in NDS! This isn't new."
WTF are you supposed to do?
Boss: "Did you get that email about the Johnson account?"
You: "No."
Boss: "Is there a problem with email today? I sent it this morning!"
You: "I dunno. I'm not checking email today. I feel I'm becoming addicted to email. So, I'm weaning myself off this dependence slowly."
Boss: "Why don't you run down to HR and they can help you wean yourself completely. As it turns out, we have a program that helps with this sort of thing. It's sort of a tough-love approach."
I'm ever amazed at how much so-called "intelligent" people on this forum swallow the human-induced climate change idea. This is more a socio-cultural cliques than a real science. It's no different than any other knitting group it just happens to be made up of people who stroke each other's academic egos. Sit up on your fence, scoff logic, and let the man at the gate conduct his litmus test before you accept an argument. The beauty of truth is, it doesn't change. Yeah, that's another ridiculous notion our Nuevo-scientist must come to grips with. Some things just are. Idiots.
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I think it still can. In things like development work and maybe the arts like graphical design, I think it's becoming almost expected. In general Corporate America, yes you see it more but I think you limit yourself with body pearcings and visible tattoos. That's not to say I don't like them, find them interesting and cool, all of that. I'm saying realistically speaking, they are a hinderance.
I've used Linux for years. Believe me, I really like Linux. But OSX not only makes Linux look sub-par, it makes Windows look like KDE. I'm with you on the notion that KDE and Gnome are adding functions and such, but they are not half as polished as OSX. KDE's menu editting is buggy as hell (old rant). Gnome is fat. I really don't see either as cutting edge so much as "we can do it too." That's my whole point. I use Mac at home now almost exclusively. There are aspects of Linux I like better but GUI is not one of them. I can't wait for Linux to have a great GUI. Not so much because I need it but because more people will come to it.
I think one problem Linux suffers from is too many chiefs. I don't mean at the kernel level or any such true structure like that. I mean too many people putting together too many distro's. Don't get me wrong, that's also what's cool about Linux. Everyone is able to taylor-make a distro to their liking. Ultimately, however, we all piece together parts that are already there, though some may truly have a new app. So you have ThisOS distro but it still runs KDE or Gnome, this X or that. There seems to be no new paradigm in Linux to kick it up to another level. SymphonyOS may be taking a stab with Mezzo and I applaud that. I think this is where Linux needs to go desktop-wise. polish the desktop. Yet people are content to look to someone else to do it. So we're here.
A study was once done to measure bias among scientists. They were measured against other professionals including a group of clergy. The scientists were 2-5 times more likely to hold onto a conclusion they were inclined to believe was true. They were, in effect less likely to abandon the conclusion and start the problem over again.
Environmentalists ARE religious extremists. Their religion? "Science."
Okay...good points...so I'm ignorant. Dude, this wasn't anything personal! (grin)
Okay, if I've downloaded an iTunes song in Apple format, it would seem obvious that I have an iPod. Why would I want to have it in another format? Pretty-much my only motivation would be to share it, no? Yet, DRM and all the nice PSA's we see from the RIAA tells us NOT to share it. Now they are probably hoping they will have people move to the format and abandon the Apple format. So far, Apple format is superiour to mp3, from what I understand. M$ will need to improve upon the quality in order to steal people away. Not only that, if I have a large number of files purchased from iTunes how will this help me? Is M$ saying they will let me have the same songs for free? If this is the case, they only get revenue on new song purchases. Not sayin they can't make money that way, I'm just saying I'm not sure you're going to have a mass exodus from iTunes with just this set of features. I think M$ has a history of spreading themselves thin. They have this mentality that they must do everything in technology. "Oh! There's a search engine! We need one!" Enter MSN which just isn't attractive. "Oh! There's a chat client! We need one!" Enter Messenger! (crickets chirping) "Oh! Media services!" Blah blah!
OSX doesn't allow this either. You might be able to run it out of a dmg, but installation almost always involves an admin pw.
Not necessary. When you goto http://www.gmail.com/ it automatically redirects to https.
Judging by what Krystals do to my arse it's no WONDER this worked!
And you would find drivers for the chipset where? A custom chipset, custom CMOS and BIOS, all of this would make porting Windows to it problematic. The really bigger question is why would you want to? To say you can? Sure, some hackers will do this. "Hey guys! I just paid more money for proprietary hardware and loaded Windows on it!"
Maybe it's a functional thing. Today's Macs only have HARD drives, no floppies.
This is similar to what they did with NT4 SP7. Just before SP7 was to release, they went to a hotfix and nixed it.
Uh...no. How about all of the purchases of RH? How about those who PAID for BOXED COPIES of RH WITH support who were summarily DROPPED!? Even RH admitted they didn't drop RHDL because they were losing money. YES, they are free to make a business decision. However, many customers lost support as a result of it and frankly RH made a business decision they didn't want that market. It wasn't because they didn't actually have revenue from it, they just wanted to focus elsewhere.
I didn't realize that. I don't see how this could hold up given the GPL but who knows.
Idiot: "You were all bilking RH and downloading their free distro and now you're upset."
Users: "Ummm...we paid for RDL, moron. Furthermore, there were those who paid for it mere weeks before it was dropped and therefore LOST paid support!"
I would hardly consider Fedora such a lofty distro. I refuse to use it. I'm one of those who was shafted by RH when they dumped their desktop Linux, this despite actually making money on it. OTOH, I wouldn't consider Ubuntu a leading distro and certainly not one making the likes of RH, SuSE/Novell, or even Gentoo quake in their shoes. I use CentOS currently, because I get RHEL and don't have to give those a$$holes my money. See I offered RH my money and they basically said without an Inc. after my name I could piss-off.
"In their continuing efforts to remove themselves from the "little people," Red Hat announced today they will distance themselves from the Fedora Project and spin it off. You may recall that Red Hat abandoned (read fscked!) their end user base by EOL'ing Red Hat Linux 9 and decided not to release another desktop version for the masses. Rather, they directed these users to their Fedora Project; assuring customers at the time that they stood solidly behind the project (this despite leaving many customers with PAID support high-and-dry). With this latest news, Red Hat can further distance itself from these pesky end users and concentrate on what it sees as its true revenue stream, corporations."
You are running AD, of sorts. It's NDS and it's been around longer than AD and frankly is superior. It's quite humorous when folks tout AD, "Look! You have this and this, OH! And this!" I'm like, "Uh, I had that almost 10 years ago in NDS! This isn't new."
Oxycotin to replace Beer as leading bar goggle!!
If anyone thinks this is more than a tax they're an idiot. This is a revenue-generating scheme.
Say hello to my little friend! Tux!?
WTF are you supposed to do?
Boss: "Did you get that email about the Johnson account?"
You: "No."
Boss: "Is there a problem with email today? I sent it this morning!"
You: "I dunno. I'm not checking email today. I feel I'm becoming addicted to email. So, I'm weaning myself off this dependence slowly."
Boss: "Why don't you run down to HR and they can help you wean yourself completely. As it turns out, we have a program that helps with this sort of thing. It's sort of a tough-love approach."
I never said it hasn't been proven, just that it hasn't been proven to have been human-induced. Don't put words in my mouth.
I'm ever amazed at how much so-called "intelligent" people on this forum swallow the human-induced climate change idea. This is more a socio-cultural cliques than a real science. It's no different than any other knitting group it just happens to be made up of people who stroke each other's academic egos. Sit up on your fence, scoff logic, and let the man at the gate conduct his litmus test before you accept an argument. The beauty of truth is, it doesn't change. Yeah, that's another ridiculous notion our Nuevo-scientist must come to grips with. Some things just are.
Idiots.