Clipboard use and mime types are two of the most terrible things about Linux, and are something you definitely don't want to show prospective converts.
That sounds awfully familiar like, say, cult leaders just showing the good sides and not mentioning the Kool-Aid...
However, you forgot one very important point: Gimp is a piece of shit. I don't want to hear that "Gimp is almost as good as Photoshop!"... blah, blah, blah --- it's not, it's shit, end of story. Most professional people that use Photoshop use it for its sheer power, and because they know Photoshop. There are things that Photoshop can do that Gimp will never amount to. For example, try editing a 700 MB TIFF file in Photoshop with it's graphic tools. Try the same in Gimp. Hah!
Lindows has alot of money, Michael Robertson is a billionare
If I think I know Michael Robertson like I think I do, he will get his crack-squad team of lawyers to phenegel their way out of GPL requirements. Something like that.
Word of mouth, the fact that while Lindows isnt free, by using it you get access to thousands of free programs which costs money to use under Windows.
Umm, so you're saying open source programs for Linux are free, and open source programs for Windows cost cash money? Uh-huh. There are some great open source programs for Windows, like VirtualDub (adobe premiere for the cheap/penniless), cEdit (chock full of features programmers' editor written in VB), and WebCam2000 (webcam snapshot/http server) to name a few.
Lindows won't win. The one and only 'cool' and terribly useful thing about Linux is not stability or whatnot, but it being free. Lindows isn't free, it's $99. Now on the other hand, when people buy a computer, they think they get Windows "free." It's actually something like $15-$50, but that's still cheaper than Lindows. Who in their right mind (talking consumer, not geek here) would throw out a perfectly good copy and replace it with a pay Linux? No one. Linux will always appeal exclusively to geeks, no matter if anyone on/. hopes to think otherwise. Geeks use slack or RedHat or Debian or Mandrake or enter-your-fav-distro-here. They can install it and get it for free. Your point is moot.
If you haven't noticed by now, they are making quality, useable, innovative software for both the general consumer and corporate worlds. Oh, yeah, and they are making money from it. That should tell you something.
I mean, for Christ's sakes, Google logs my search terms when I search, along with my IP address! That's how pagerank works! How can you not expect them to log your search terms?!?
If you freaks (in general) aren't happy with this, I suggest you stop using search engines.
Some people (like game testers) have a "job" that pretty much anyone can do, and is fun in the process. You don't need an education either, and it's good pay. I guess a game tester is analogous to being, say, "a vagina tester" for porn movies... just want to make sure we're only releasing "quality" stuff out there...
Shouldn't there be more stringent requirements for this? Like, shouldn't you need a degree to basically have fun, or are we leaving all the moderately-paying fun jobs to the lose dropouts (excluding those that become *nix sysadmins, of course).
Is such an implementation of ICs reliable, when compared to the trusted-and-true silicon ICs of today? I mean, I understand the huge quest for faster and faster chips, but I hardly see this making an impact into the IC industry. Maybe 10-20 years down the road, but not now. Plus, the manufacturing has to be a lot more expensive.
Actually, the Gnucleus Gnutella client let's you configure it so that it only searches the local network for nodes. I guess we should go after... umm... "any university not actively snooping for P2P packets."
And why do I need IE and Media Player on a server that's only running a database?
First of all, why are you using Windows XP Home/Pro as a server box?
Second of all, you don't install all the goodies in Windows 2000 server/advanced server. Why do you need IE? Well, it's handy as hell. You can locally install updates while at the box in the server room, run windows update, download hotfixes, etc. Plus, it's also useful for visiting tech documents / howtos to diagnose problems that the Novell and Linux servers in the same server room are having (yes, this has happened to me before;P)
Windows XP SP1 will include some changes that will allow component removal for things such as Windows Messenger, IE, and Windows Media Player. Now, why someone would want to remove IE and Windows Media Player is beyond me. Also, don't forget all those programs that rely on the Web control and need IE to function.
Once again, flawed thinking. If they told you beforehand that you can eat all you want, up to two plate fulls, and each additional plate cost $1 extra, that would better represent the situation.
I paid for the service - essentially you're telling me if I go to McDonalds and eat all of the food I ordered, I have bad manners.
That's flawed thinking. It's like going to a $5.99 all you can eat buffet and eat all the food on the buffet. Now that's bad manners, not to mention the pissed people in the buffet restaurant that can't get all the food they want cause you're hogging it all. (Anyone remember the episode of The Simpsons where Homer goes to the all you can eat seafood restaurant? "I haven't had all I can eat yet!")
You may not like it, but I think some people are in for a reality check. This world is not like, say, RMS's ideal utopia -- share and share alike. The world thrives on commerce and, well, if you've got business practices that will get you the extra mile (whether you agree with them or not), that will be the company that will ultimately succeed. Can anyone say Microsoft?
This is 2002 and NASA has a space station in space, but their 'bright' solution is a train? Trains are so... Industrial Revolution. You'd think they'd at least have some sort of rocket-propelled spacecraft with small engines used to make fine adjustments to its path and keep it in the proper orbit. Or maybe the NASA folks got jealous of that guy with the monorail in his backyard.;-)
Don't underestimate the contribution the adult film industry has contributed to all sorts of video formats. According to Ron Jeremy, "People in porno have always been the leaders in new eras and new things--on tape, on CD. [...]...Adult films have always been leading the way when it comes to technology."
Just think. If it wasn't for porno, we might not have the DVD format today. Just like porn was the pioneering format for VHS when it was first introduced. Kinda the reverse of the article's direction when you think about it... porn has probably had more of an impact on video formats than video formats have had on the film industry.
...they're on track to reach the Big Diomedes islands, which lie across the date line, thereby proving it's possible to do this. This feat is not as easy as it sounds...
I think they are overanalyzing this. To cross the International Date Line regardless of weather, one would only need a time machine...
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Clipboard use and mime types are two of the most terrible things about Linux, and are something you definitely don't want to show prospective converts.
That sounds awfully familiar like, say, cult leaders just showing the good sides and not mentioning the Kool-Aid...
Let me know when they replace their mice and keyboards with software.
However, you forgot one very important point: Gimp is a piece of shit. I don't want to hear that "Gimp is almost as good as Photoshop!"... blah, blah, blah --- it's not, it's shit, end of story. Most professional people that use Photoshop use it for its sheer power, and because they know Photoshop. There are things that Photoshop can do that Gimp will never amount to. For example, try editing a 700 MB TIFF file in Photoshop with it's graphic tools. Try the same in Gimp. Hah!
Lindows has alot of money, Michael Robertson is a billionare
If I think I know Michael Robertson like I think I do, he will get his crack-squad team of lawyers to phenegel their way out of GPL requirements. Something like that.
Word of mouth, the fact that while Lindows isnt free, by using it you get access to thousands of free programs which costs money to use under Windows.
Umm, so you're saying open source programs for Linux are free, and open source programs for Windows cost cash money? Uh-huh. There are some great open source programs for Windows, like VirtualDub (adobe premiere for the cheap/penniless), cEdit (chock full of features programmers' editor written in VB), and WebCam2000 (webcam snapshot/http server) to name a few.
Yes, OSS is available for Windows.
Lindows won't win. The one and only 'cool' and terribly useful thing about Linux is not stability or whatnot, but it being free. Lindows isn't free, it's $99. Now on the other hand, when people buy a computer, they think they get Windows "free." It's actually something like $15-$50, but that's still cheaper than Lindows. Who in their right mind (talking consumer, not geek here) would throw out a perfectly good copy and replace it with a pay Linux? No one. Linux will always appeal exclusively to geeks, no matter if anyone on /. hopes to think otherwise. Geeks use slack or RedHat or Debian or Mandrake or enter-your-fav-distro-here. They can install it and get it for free. Your point is moot.
It has APIs for everything from speach to distributed computing.
;-)
Excluding spell checking APIs, that is
That's the biggest pile of Anti-MS horseshit I've ever read. MS invented the wheel mouse. Read.
If you haven't noticed by now, they are making quality, useable, innovative software for both the general consumer and corporate worlds. Oh, yeah, and they are making money from it. That should tell you something.
So, basically you're saying you entrust your data to a bunch of stool pigeons?
I mean, for Christ's sakes, Google logs my search terms when I search, along with my IP address! That's how pagerank works! How can you not expect them to log your search terms?!?
If you freaks (in general) aren't happy with this, I suggest you stop using search engines.
Hold back the excitment, people, it's another episode of story recycling.
This site is pretty handy, now that I'm on the topic. Also make sure to check out RobotCop. Out for Apache now, coming soon for IIS and Zeus!
Some people (like game testers) have a "job" that pretty much anyone can do, and is fun in the process. You don't need an education either, and it's good pay. I guess a game tester is analogous to being, say, "a vagina tester" for porn movies... just want to make sure we're only releasing "quality" stuff out there...
Shouldn't there be more stringent requirements for this? Like, shouldn't you need a degree to basically have fun, or are we leaving all the moderately-paying fun jobs to the lose dropouts (excluding those that become *nix sysadmins, of course).
I wouldn't trust that set up as far as I could throw it; and yes, that includes having the monitor attached to it when it's thrown! ;0
Is such an implementation of ICs reliable, when compared to the trusted-and-true silicon ICs of today? I mean, I understand the huge quest for faster and faster chips, but I hardly see this making an impact into the IC industry. Maybe 10-20 years down the road, but not now. Plus, the manufacturing has to be a lot more expensive.
Actually, the Gnucleus Gnutella client let's you configure it so that it only searches the local network for nodes. I guess we should go after... umm... "any university not actively snooping for P2P packets."
The MPAA is getting ready to sue people for having video of their kids on their house computer/server.
And why do I need IE and Media Player on a server that's only running a database?
;P)
First of all, why are you using Windows XP Home/Pro as a server box?
Second of all, you don't install all the goodies in Windows 2000 server/advanced server. Why do you need IE? Well, it's handy as hell. You can locally install updates while at the box in the server room, run windows update, download hotfixes, etc. Plus, it's also useful for visiting tech documents / howtos to diagnose problems that the Novell and Linux servers in the same server room are having (yes, this has happened to me before
Windows XP SP1 will include some changes that will allow component removal for things such as Windows Messenger, IE, and Windows Media Player. Now, why someone would want to remove IE and Windows Media Player is beyond me. Also, don't forget all those programs that rely on the Web control and need IE to function.
Once again, flawed thinking. If they told you beforehand that you can eat all you want, up to two plate fulls, and each additional plate cost $1 extra, that would better represent the situation.
I paid for the service - essentially you're telling me if I go to McDonalds and eat all of the food I ordered, I have bad manners.
That's flawed thinking. It's like going to a $5.99 all you can eat buffet and eat all the food on the buffet. Now that's bad manners, not to mention the pissed people in the buffet restaurant that can't get all the food they want cause you're hogging it all. (Anyone remember the episode of The Simpsons where Homer goes to the all you can eat seafood restaurant? "I haven't had all I can eat yet!")
You may not like it, but I think some people are in for a reality check. This world is not like, say, RMS's ideal utopia -- share and share alike. The world thrives on commerce and, well, if you've got business practices that will get you the extra mile (whether you agree with them or not), that will be the company that will ultimately succeed. Can anyone say Microsoft?
This is 2002 and NASA has a space station in space, but their 'bright' solution is a train? Trains are so... Industrial Revolution. You'd think they'd at least have some sort of rocket-propelled spacecraft with small engines used to make fine adjustments to its path and keep it in the proper orbit. Or maybe the NASA folks got jealous of that guy with the monorail in his backyard. ;-)
"You just better have a damn good conductor."
Don't underestimate the contribution the adult film industry has contributed to all sorts of video formats. According to Ron Jeremy, "People in porno have always been the leaders in new eras and new things--on tape, on CD. [...] ...Adult films have always been leading the way when it comes to technology."
Just think. If it wasn't for porno, we might not have the DVD format today. Just like porn was the pioneering format for VHS when it was first introduced. Kinda the reverse of the article's direction when you think about it... porn has probably had more of an impact on video formats than video formats have had on the film industry.
The words "time machine" were supposed to link to here. Sue me for not clicking Preview :)
...they're on track to reach the Big Diomedes islands, which lie across the date line, thereby proving it's possible to do this. This feat is not as easy as it sounds...
I think they are overanalyzing this. To cross the International Date Line regardless of weather, one would only need a time machine...