It took me FOUR HOURS to fix the mess you made me cause. I was like, "Ok cool I don't gotta pay his money." Then I played around and it TOTALLY WORKED. I'm thinking, cool great I win. Then I went to find some pics of Bea Arthur in a g-string and I COULDN'T SEARCH. I was like, no worries cause I remember changing something, I'll just search and find out what I changed and I COULDN'T BASTARD. So I had to go to EVERY PAGE ON THE INTERNET to find this page again ( I had gone to it last so it was on the bottom of my list of all the pages on the internet) before I finally found it. Thanks alot, your childish games are better off somewhere else.
I think they call them treadmills. In seriousness though, why don't they attach VR helmets to treadmills for running? Isn't there something like that for cycling?
Iraq had nothing to do with oil. Iraq had nothing to do with oil. Iraq had nothing to do with oil. Iraq had nothing to do with oil. Iraq had nothing to do with oil. Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Everyone got that into your thick skull now?
You're right. Cell phones cost much less than $50. It's contracts, R&D, and other mark ups that get added to the price that make them cost so much more. At an independent dealer you have to add in more markups as well as the additional cost from not having the market volume.
Windows still has no trouble demanding you dig out disks and install them and having few people complain. My particular device worked great on BOTH.
With mine, a Sony DSC-S75, WinXP had a clear advantage: I plug it in and turn it on and up pops a "Whatcha wanna do". Perfect.
On the flip side, Mandrake 10.0 and I don't even know what version of various usb modules I'm running because they were installed for me: I plug it in, turn it on, and it automatically mounts to/mnt/camera. No dialog boxes or anything, but it would "just work" if I knew it was there. A little advance user knowledge and I put a symbolic link to/mnt/camera in my home directory. Now my wife easy plugs it in, turns it on, and the files are just there. It's not perfect, but it's not bad.
Not really, you are both talking passed one another.
The point you are missing that he's trying to make is that Linx is "ready for the desktop" in terms of ease of use for a working install.
The point he's missing that you are trying to make is that you include GETTING to a working install and MAINTAINING a working install to be critical to your view of "ready for the desktop".
It's an important distinction, because I really feel like Linux is in a very odd position where it works GREAT for "Aunt Millies" and PHB level users and GREAT for expert users, but the true middle class of users has trouble. If you don't know anything, the kind of person who uses a Dell with little or no additional software, Linux is free and great. If someone else properly configures it, like Dell would do for that Windows box, Linux runs like a champ and is very easy to use.
It depends on your definition of "average user" and "ready for the desktop".
A point the article was making was that the "average user" doesn't have to install WinXP, it comes ready. If you give the same peron a Linux box ready to use they have no more problems, possibly less.
If they want to use: Office A browser Email
Most of them would have absolutely no problem using Linux instead of Windows. In fact, I bet if you put an IE skin on Firefox and set up Crossover Office, and stuck a Windows bootimage over top of the start up stuff, you could convince a large number of them they WERE using Windows.
No, as Microsoft isn't in the gay porn business, or even the movie business in general it wouldn't dilute their trademark. You can have the same name in different fields.
All this is true and valid, but it still doesn't fix the problem that it's only marginally usefull, while people would pay big money for a good way to repeat passed walls more cheaply than sticking another AP wired to the LAN on the other side of it.
Yes, of course they WIN. They win because people BEAT the Bengals. If we don't cover the costs of Bengals' tickets, the Steelers wouldn't have anyone to beat in December, which would cause poverty and crime in the inner cities of those towns! Washington, Oakland, Detriot! Think how much crime these cities could have if they didn't have the major teams they have today!
I've always blamed the writers for the performance. What can you do when (thinking of Governor Schwarzenegger) they think, "Hey, he's famous for one liners, lets not develop the character at ALL, even though he's supposed to be a brilliant scientist".
Generally through the online service of your respective bank. I believe it's a service they aren't required to offer, but most do under various names. For example, Citibank calls them "Virtual Account Numbers", while MNBNA calls them "Shop Safe" numbers.
Typically, they issue you a number that is good for between 1 and X transactions (or by dates) between your account and one merchant only; you may reuse the number with that merchant if you reauthorize it for the transaction. You may also set the transaction price limit. Go to your creditor's website and look around for the feature.
Visa/MC could put them out of business if they would issue one-time credit card numbers, associated with specific dollar amounts, thet could be sent via email or whatever and then redeemed at a Visa/MC web site.
Visa does half this already. The only part they don't do is letting someone without a merchant account redeem it. If they'd do that, handle the PAYOUT part, they'd be set.
Yes, there are three forms, as I've said on other posts, as outlined in Point #7. There is the settlement form, for people who have no real grievance but are part of the class, and then there are two types of forms for those who wish to claim a grievance; those are the short and long forms that have been mentioned. People keep forgetting the first form.
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Which part of the word "default" do you have trouble understanding?
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It took me FOUR HOURS to fix the mess you made me cause. I was like, "Ok cool I don't gotta pay his money." Then I played around and it TOTALLY WORKED. I'm thinking, cool great I win. Then I went to find some pics of Bea Arthur in a g-string and I COULDN'T SEARCH. I was like, no worries cause I remember changing something, I'll just search and find out what I changed and I COULDN'T BASTARD. So I had to go to EVERY PAGE ON THE INTERNET to find this page again ( I had gone to it last so it was on the bottom of my list of all the pages on the internet) before I finally found it. Thanks alot, your childish games are better off somewhere else.
Except in Windows you run BY DEFAULT as a power user. I don't think I've ever personally seen a home user NOT run as Admin in a Windows environment.
I think they call them treadmills. In seriousness though, why don't they attach VR helmets to treadmills for running? Isn't there something like that for cycling?
Repeat after me:
Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Iraq had nothing to do with oil.
Everyone got that into your thick skull now?
Many DO. You have to RUN them though.
If your hat cooks your eggs you aren't wearing it right.
Thank you, I'll be here all week, try the veal.
You're right. Cell phones cost much less than $50. It's contracts, R&D, and other mark ups that get added to the price that make them cost so much more. At an independent dealer you have to add in more markups as well as the additional cost from not having the market volume.
This painting, Informally known as "Woman with Mayo, Dull Knife" clearly demonstrates prior art.
Windows still has no trouble demanding you dig out disks and install them and having few people complain. My particular device worked great on BOTH.
/mnt/camera. No dialog boxes or anything, but it would "just work" if I knew it was there. A little advance user knowledge and I put a symbolic link to /mnt/camera in my home directory. Now my wife easy plugs it in, turns it on, and the files are just there. It's not perfect, but it's not bad.
With mine, a Sony DSC-S75, WinXP had a clear advantage: I plug it in and turn it on and up pops a "Whatcha wanna do". Perfect.
On the flip side, Mandrake 10.0 and I don't even know what version of various usb modules I'm running because they were installed for me: I plug it in, turn it on, and it automatically mounts to
Not really, you are both talking passed one another.
The point you are missing that he's trying to make is that Linx is "ready for the desktop" in terms of ease of use for a working install.
The point he's missing that you are trying to make is that you include GETTING to a working install and MAINTAINING a working install to be critical to your view of "ready for the desktop".
It's an important distinction, because I really feel like Linux is in a very odd position where it works GREAT for "Aunt Millies" and PHB level users and GREAT for expert users, but the true middle class of users has trouble. If you don't know anything, the kind of person who uses a Dell with little or no additional software, Linux is free and great. If someone else properly configures it, like Dell would do for that Windows box, Linux runs like a champ and is very easy to use.
It depends on your definition of "average user" and "ready for the desktop".
A point the article was making was that the "average user" doesn't have to install WinXP, it comes ready. If you give the same peron a Linux box ready to use they have no more problems, possibly less.
If they want to use:
Office
A browser
Email
Most of them would have absolutely no problem using Linux instead of Windows. In fact, I bet if you put an IE skin on Firefox and set up Crossover Office, and stuck a Windows bootimage over top of the start up stuff, you could convince a large number of them they WERE using Windows.
Mandrake will ASSUME you want this and directly asks you. With a beginner install I believe the default is "yes", as well.
I'm very glad you didn't descend into the various gay porn references that can easily be made about Microsoft's business practices.
No, as Microsoft isn't in the gay porn business, or even the movie business in general it wouldn't dilute their trademark. You can have the same name in different fields.
"Shove", perhaps
All this is true and valid, but it still doesn't fix the problem that it's only marginally usefull, while people would pay big money for a good way to repeat passed walls more cheaply than sticking another AP wired to the LAN on the other side of it.
BSOL? Used in a sentence: If you wanted to fly USAIR you'll BSOL?
/ Corporate shill on
Yes, of course they WIN. They win because people BEAT the Bengals. If we don't cover the costs of Bengals' tickets, the Steelers wouldn't have anyone to beat in December, which would cause poverty and crime in the inner cities of those towns! Washington, Oakland, Detriot! Think how much crime these cities could have if they didn't have the major teams they have today!
/ Corporate shill off
Or, perhaps, doing his own job and ignoring his petty hostility over being 'a harder worker' than his boss?
Correctly formatted, the reference goes:
How about a nice game of chess?
I've always blamed the writers for the performance. What can you do when (thinking of Governor Schwarzenegger) they think, "Hey, he's famous for one liners, lets not develop the character at ALL, even though he's supposed to be a brilliant scientist".
Generally through the online service of your respective bank. I believe it's a service they aren't required to offer, but most do under various names. For example, Citibank calls them "Virtual Account Numbers", while MNBNA calls them "Shop Safe" numbers. Typically, they issue you a number that is good for between 1 and X transactions (or by dates) between your account and one merchant only; you may reuse the number with that merchant if you reauthorize it for the transaction. You may also set the transaction price limit. Go to your creditor's website and look around for the feature.
Visa/MC could put them out of business if they would issue one-time credit card numbers, associated with specific dollar amounts, thet could be sent via email or whatever and then redeemed at a Visa/MC web site.
Visa does half this already. The only part they don't do is letting someone without a merchant account redeem it. If they'd do that, handle the PAYOUT part, they'd be set.
Yes, there are three forms, as I've said on other posts, as outlined in Point #7. There is the settlement form, for people who have no real grievance but are part of the class, and then there are two types of forms for those who wish to claim a grievance; those are the short and long forms that have been mentioned. People keep forgetting the first form.