Actually, a previous poster pointed out that he once spent $40 on a pair of sunglasses. He regrets it because he then sat on them.
I spent $80 on a pair of oakleys back in 1990 and sat on them 10 times. each time a lense popped out and an arm popped off. I just popped them back on an all was well. (if you do the math it's like having 10 pairs of $8 glasses over the course of 2 years.)
Also, at work, a high velocity bolt hit me in the "glasses", the oakleys came away with a small scratch.
And how is this pro MS rant (+5,insightful)? That $79 included:
A feature rich MS compatible office suite
Access to Loads of free mind, 2D and 3D games
Business ready Databases, webserver, dns server...
IDE for developing GUI applications
This list goes on. WinXP comes with what??? two bells and one whistle.
You would have to shell out well over $1000.00 to get all the windows solutions to your problems. why would you do that to yourself? Should I bother to mention the windows compatible adware, spyware, virus and holes that keep my coworkers talking about ad-aware and zone-alarm all day at work. I just sit back and laugh at them. They are finally getting curious about my "hard to install" linux. so I gave them a CD that did not require install to run. (knoppix and Suse Live CDs)
Of course, they guy who resists linux the most fixs windows PCs. He makes a fortune from reinstalling windows for his shade tree clients.
He asked me "how would I make any money if the PCs never break down?"
Yes, As others had commented on SuSE being the "global" #1 distro (RH is Americas #1?) the things that set it apart are YaST which is a "MS control panel" or "Mandrake Control Center" type of tool which is far greater and more mature then the two previously mentioned tools. Hardware recognition is steller and SuSE is known as a very security hardened distro. Perhaps it is the out of box iptables script, permissions and the ease at which your install can configure a hard disk with no swap file and a TWOFISH encrypted/home.
Now if your looking at home use go with Mandrake for its multimedia support. Running Knoppix is cool for a few days but you'll soon go back to your regular hard drive install from three CD's.
Sounds right to me. In fact, I've been using nothing but linux on the desktop for years. It's not a matter of linux being ready for the desktop, It's about YOU being ready for linux.:)
Hell my mom uses it. RHE might be the big name in the corp. world but distrowatch shows that Mandrake is the big dog at home. It's easy to install AND has the best 3D games and stuff RPM'ed. Microsoft want's to take your mind off linux on the desktop by saying it's only a competitor in the server room. Microsoft also took linux off their enemy #1 list about the same time they funded the SCO v IBM case. MS thought they took care of the linux problem. Chances are bill gates is crapping his pants about now.
I'm not pooing or anything but your site sounds like one that would only get visited from someones work PC. This shows that the health care sector is slow on the up take. Perhaps someone with a "geared towards home users" site could average or compair their findings with yours. Google is used by "employees" all day long so they are not a good representation of home users. (unless we could get google to do an hourly breakdown of browser usage.)
I use IE all day long and Mozilla all night long. You can interpret this as "I'm forced to use IE all day long". At home, I tried Firefox a few times and it always leaves me wanting more control over animated gifs. The extra couple of MBs for a Mozilla download is well worth it. Of course I just use a distro that includes Mozilla, most do.
Obviously you are confusing scientist's with all religions. Scientist's and Athiest's are the only ones will to admit that thay can't ALWAYS explain EVERYTHING. And we are not willing to make up stories to explain the unexplainable. We don't admit defeat and say "oh well, must be gods way".
(those grapes were probably sour anyway)
Make sure you tell everyone else first. If you tell your boss first, he will ask you to leave 'now' and tell your co-workers he asked you to leave due to your being a dificult person. Do you want everyone getting your story or his?
Have you EVER submitted a research paper that was derived from a single source? Every time an assignment requires research, your teacher tells you to find articles and sources. Not just ONE source. The whole point of which is to teach you that errors abound and you should summarize and form your own opinion once you've found enough sources to satisfy YOUR couriousity.
They allow you to be intelligent, but the choice is yours.
RTFParent!
My comment was not to the Article. I fully understand the article. My comment was to the parent post. Go find proper context for your chalk and cheese. Wash it down with a pee warm glass of STFU.
thanks for playing.
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We can dream. :)
Exactly. It's not about piracy, It's about collecting un-deserved cash from OEMs.
Actually, a previous poster pointed out that he once spent $40 on a pair of sunglasses. He regrets it because he then sat on them.
I spent $80 on a pair of oakleys back in 1990 and sat on them 10 times. each time a lense popped out and an arm popped off. I just popped them back on an all was well. (if you do the math it's like having 10 pairs of $8 glasses over the course of 2 years.)
Also, at work, a high velocity bolt hit me in the "glasses", the oakleys came away with a small scratch.
So, you can truly get you moneys worth sometimes.
Oh, and I was getting laid http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Laid like crazy back then. (this was before I found slashdot)
I admit that I'll never spend $80 on a pair of sunglasses again but I'm proud to be more of an ignorant bastard now than I ever was. :)
The uhmteen or so habits of highly random asshats?
Does anyone know where asshats cams from? It's an incredibly funny descriptor but i don't know of its origin. Is it just a buttheadism?
Kick me.
>>Terms like hard drives and memory don't mean anything to them, and a browser is just a window to the internet.
:)
It's MUCH worse than that. They have an icon on the desktop which launches the internet.
My mom is a linux user but she is still only as tech savvy as a windows user. I'm not sure she even knows that she's a linux user.
(I believe you are looking for the "mod funny" button.)
Remind me not to go to any parties with you.
That $79 included:
A feature rich MS compatible office suite
Access to Loads of free mind, 2D and 3D games
Business ready Databases, webserver, dns server...
IDE for developing GUI applications
This list goes on. WinXP comes with what??? two bells and one whistle.
You would have to shell out well over $1000.00 to get all the windows solutions to your problems. why would you do that to yourself? Should I bother to mention the windows compatible adware, spyware, virus and holes that keep my coworkers talking about ad-aware and zone-alarm all day at work. I just sit back and laugh at them. They are finally getting curious about my "hard to install" linux. so I gave them a CD that did not require install to run. (knoppix and Suse Live CDs)
Of course, they guy who resists linux the most fixs windows PCs. He makes a fortune from reinstalling windows for his shade tree clients
He asked me "how would I make any money if the PCs never break down?"
So there you have it.
A) This brings a new and refreshing definition to having a bug up your arse.
B) I work for one of those 20,000 employee, 30 Billion a year companies that issues 512MB Pen drives to those who sometimes work from home.
C) Are we to be suprised that Microsoft found a way to make hardware not work as well as it should?
Now if your looking at home use go with Mandrake for its multimedia support. Running Knoppix is cool for a few days but you'll soon go back to your regular hard drive install from three CD's.
Sounds right to me. In fact, I've been using nothing but linux on the desktop for years. It's not a matter of linux being ready for the desktop, It's about YOU being ready for linux. :)
Hell my mom uses it. RHE might be the big name in the corp. world but distrowatch shows that Mandrake is the big dog at home. It's easy to install AND has the best 3D games and stuff RPM'ed. Microsoft want's to take your mind off linux on the desktop by saying it's only a competitor in the server room. Microsoft also took linux off their enemy #1 list about the same time they funded the SCO v IBM case. MS thought they took care of the linux problem. Chances are bill gates is crapping his pants about now.
If your running that brand of operating system that I haven't used in three years, it probably needed a reboot anyway. (...or was about to crash)
I'm not pooing or anything but your site sounds like one that would only get visited from someones work PC. This shows that the health care sector is slow on the up take. Perhaps someone with a "geared towards home users" site could average or compair their findings with yours. Google is used by "employees" all day long so they are not a good representation of home users. (unless we could get google to do an hourly breakdown of browser usage.) I use IE all day long and Mozilla all night long. You can interpret this as "I'm forced to use IE all day long". At home, I tried Firefox a few times and it always leaves me wanting more control over animated gifs. The extra couple of MBs for a Mozilla download is well worth it. Of course I just use a distro that includes Mozilla, most do.
Oh dear lord, where is the (-1, Unfunny) moderation at?
;)
Is (-1, Unfunny) eqaul to (+1, Funny)???
PS- I would have modded you (+1,funny, wears crash helmet on short bus).
....Hardened Woody set for release!
Wanna mount my hardened woody?
...When all you can do is attack spelling, grammer and punctuation, you might just as well admit to loosing the battle.
Obviously you are confusing scientist's with all religions. Scientist's and Athiest's are the only ones will to admit that thay can't ALWAYS explain EVERYTHING. And we are not willing to make up stories to explain the unexplainable. We don't admit defeat and say "oh well, must be gods way". (those grapes were probably sour anyway)
I was thinking the same thing. Just ban all the windows (late comer) clients and the internet is instantly fixed.
Make sure you tell everyone else first. If you tell your boss first, he will ask you to leave 'now' and tell your co-workers he asked you to leave due to your being a dificult person. Do you want everyone getting your story or his?
Have you EVER submitted a research paper that was derived from a single source? Every time an assignment requires research, your teacher tells you to find articles and sources. Not just ONE source. The whole point of which is to teach you that errors abound and you should summarize and form your own opinion once you've found enough sources to satisfy YOUR couriousity. They allow you to be intelligent, but the choice is yours.
RTFParent! My comment was not to the Article. I fully understand the article. My comment was to the parent post. Go find proper context for your chalk and cheese. Wash it down with a pee warm glass of STFU.
thanks for playing.
A duck egg seems to be what we call a goose egg in the US. A goose egg is a big round thing just like a zero.
and 60's and late 90's...