>If you think about pregnancy more clinically, the >fetus is a parasite, living off of the woman, who >is its host. She provides everything for it, and >it gives nothing back in return.
My God, how callous and hollow can one be.
The fetus is a parasite? How selfish can one be?
You forced/created this "parasite" to come live in you? It didn't just randomly appear in the womb. And then you justify killing it because it is only taking and not receiving.
I am not sure whether to cry or get angry at your indifference to life.
I can see why you posted AC, because you truly seem like a coward to me sir.
I would agree that DVD's many times add stuff on that would be worth the extra cost. But looking at my experience with CD's I don't think that is that case.
Just a side note, I don't own a DVD player my vcr was given to me and rarely buy CD's. And don't pirate movies or music. But I hate the music and movie industry and the above is one big reason why.
Yes it is cheaper for them to product the CD and DVD. And don't throw me a line about start-up costs and crap like that. They have been charging more for CD than tape since they came out with no justification. IF anything tapes should be more expensive than CD's.
I understand they took WINE and added some stuff so that it would run MS Office better. Was the stuff they added specific to MS Office or generic enhancements?
Does someone know where a list of apps is that will run better on their software than on WINE?
I want to put Linux on a 166 32MB. It will be an X terminal running fvwm2 or twm. Not KDE or GNOME.
Hard drive is relatively small so I want little bloat. What is the best linux dist for this type. I normally use freebsd but need linux on this box? Opinion.
Mods: I posted with no bonus no need to mod me down:-)
He should be thrilled about all the important offers, coupons, and money make making schemes he is seeing.
I know I thank spammers everyday, how else could I enlarge/shrink various body parts, protect my home, speed up my computer. I would have never heard of these products if it wasn't for the wonderful service I receive from guys/gals like him.
Ok ok i'll fess up i have very little experience with w2k but alot with 98 and NT 4.0, so my quote may be a bit outdated. At least it was true a few years ago...
I find it interesting the way arguments are going around here.
"Well sure any retard can run Windows so of course it is cheaper TCO"
And that is exactly how MS will market their products. Wanna web server? No problem, sure linux/freebsd is free, but the staff to support it will end up costing you more in the long run.
You folks act like being easy to use is a _bad_ thing. While the rest of the world thinks it's a good thing.
You call people who install a win2k server for their small business idiots and they're idiots for not mastering unix. But maybe they don't time to learn all that is needed, because they have a business to run, and it is simply cheaper(in the long run) to run a Win2k server than a linux one.
Think about it.
Sometimes it seems like slashdot folks sits in their geek tower and spews insults at all the morons for using MS. Without ever knowing what's really going on in the real world.
BTW, I use linux/freebsd and love them. But i also love computers in general.
Talking with some of my friends who run their own business they are really nervous about going to linux yet they are interested.
I can't give them support and they are afraid that supports costs will be too high, and Jim down the hall is pretty good with Windows so we will just let him do the administration.
Sorry for the rant I know everyone on slashdot is not this way.
Yeah that would great, I love throwing X windows over my connection at work from home, the guys are always so happy to open the ports. And my firewall never has a problem with X-Windows. Maybe they don't want it to be graphical. Thought of that? There are lots of GUI's out there use one of them.
People keep saying the article is fake. Maybe it is maybe it isn't. It seems to state what most objective users of Unix and Windows have been saying all along, there are advantages/disadvantages to both Microsoft and Unix.
I don't believe it is fake but it could be a pretty smart troll, either way it is an interesting read.
I went to 10 grade in technical magnet West Virginia. Where deer hunting was more popular than computers. This was back in '86 we had dual disk drives IBM pc's. First year was BASIC second year was pascal. Third year was advanced PASCAL. There were probably 15-20 people in programming class.
My parents moved to New York I went to a elite public HS where the CS classes sucked(CS was a vocation class???) while the engineering classes (yes, pneumatics,etc) and JK Flip-flops were considered the best in the nation(at least the state of New York).
2) because it actually teaches children about computers, rather than just about GUIs and what can be done on them. When all the low-level things are done in the background, its no wonder the average american doesn't know what formatting a hard drive does aside from kill all their data.
And in other news, drivers ed classes will now require that student rebuild an engine.
Oh I don't know because maybe it would cost millions to switch? Why do you think so many companies and colleges still use a system from the 80's. Because of all the retraining that would be neccessary. Because of the apps that wouldn't work. I could go on.
The real question is why don't new projects use linux, freebsd, etc
OK i thought of a way to stop spam. It is very simple. Charge people to send e-mail. Yep, let's say you charge.0001 per e-mail that is sent out. That would be 100 e-mails for a penny. Spamming would then be unprofitable, and people would gladly pay a few cents a month to stop spam.
Now this may be a situation like the mouse putting a bell on the cat, great idea impossible implementation, but I don't understand enough about e-mail to know.
You prick, what an arrogant and ignorant statement.
While I agree with your conclusion, it is easier to go from Unix to Windows than vice versa, why don't you show some insight and realize that all Windows NT are not idiots and all Unix guys are always SO intelligent.
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>If you think about pregnancy more clinically, the >fetus is a parasite, living off of the woman, who >is its host. She provides everything for it, and >it gives nothing back in return.
My God, how callous and hollow can one be.
The fetus is a parasite? How selfish can one be?
You forced/created this "parasite" to come live in you? It didn't just randomly appear in the womb. And then you justify killing it because it is only taking and not receiving.
I am not sure whether to cry or get angry at your indifference to life.
I can see why you posted AC, because you truly seem like a coward to me sir.
I would agree that DVD's many times add stuff on that would be worth the extra cost. But looking at my experience with CD's I don't think that is that case.
Just a side note, I don't own a DVD player my vcr was given to me and rarely buy CD's. And don't pirate movies or music. But I hate the music and movie industry and the above is one big reason why.
Idiot.
I don't buy CD's except from a select few artists(1 to 2 a year) and don't even own a DVD player.
It must suck to be you.
Add in paper:
Movie ABC XYZ
$18 DVD
$10 VHS Tape
Album ABC XYZ
$15 CD
$9 Tape
Yes it is cheaper for them to product the CD and DVD. And don't throw me a line about start-up costs and crap like that. They have been charging more for CD than tape since they came out with no justification. IF anything tapes should be more expensive than CD's.
I understand they took WINE and added some stuff so that it would run MS Office better. Was the stuff they added specific to MS Office or generic enhancements?
Does someone know where a list of apps is that will run better on their software than on WINE?
From a quick read this is what I understand.
You have a beefy linux server and various x-windows box in your office.
You install your _legal_ MS office on your Linux server using codeweavers software.
Then your x-windows boxes can connect to your linux server to get an office window.
So do you need a license of office for ever current user. Or would one license feed 10/100/1000 people?
Thanks.
I want to put Linux on a 166 32MB. It will be an X terminal running fvwm2 or twm. Not KDE or GNOME.
:-)
Hard drive is relatively small so I want little bloat.
What is the best linux dist for this type. I normally use freebsd but need linux on this box? Opinion.
Mods: I posted with no bonus no need to mod me down
I thought I read in another article that there were two experts along with the judge.
He should be thrilled about all the important offers, coupons, and money make making schemes he is seeing.
I know I thank spammers everyday, how else could I enlarge/shrink various body parts, protect my home, speed up my computer.
I would have never heard of these products if it wasn't for the wonderful service I receive from guys/gals like him.
Some people...
Quote from former HP employee I know:
"HP will be a printer company in two years"
Ok ok i'll fess up i have very little experience with w2k but alot with 98 and NT 4.0, so my quote may be a bit outdated. At least it was true a few years ago...
Good point but it is easy to fix windows, just re-install :-) (There much truth to this joke)
Remebember troubleshooting on Unix is a science on Windows it's an art.
I find it interesting the way arguments are going around here.
"Well sure any retard can run Windows so of course it is cheaper TCO"
And that is exactly how MS will market their products. Wanna web server? No problem, sure linux/freebsd is free, but the staff to support it will end up costing you more in the long run.
You folks act like being easy to use is a _bad_ thing. While the rest of the world thinks it's a good thing.
You call people who install a win2k server for their small business idiots and they're idiots for not mastering unix. But maybe they don't time to learn all that is needed, because they have a business to run, and it is simply cheaper(in the long run) to run a Win2k server than a linux one.
Think about it.
Sometimes it seems like slashdot folks sits in their geek tower and spews insults at all the morons for using MS. Without ever knowing what's really going on in the real world.
BTW, I use linux/freebsd and love them. But i also love computers in general.
Talking with some of my friends who run their own business they are really nervous about going to linux yet they are interested.
I can't give them support and they are afraid that supports costs will be too high, and Jim down the hall is pretty good with Windows so we will just let him do the administration.
Sorry for the rant I know everyone on slashdot is not this way.
Yeah that would great, I love throwing X windows over my connection at work from home, the guys are always so happy to open the ports. And my firewall never has a problem with X-Windows. Maybe they don't want it to be graphical. Thought of that? There are lots of GUI's out there use one of them.
People keep saying the article is fake. Maybe it is maybe it isn't. It seems to state what most objective users of Unix and Windows have been saying all along, there are advantages/disadvantages to both Microsoft and Unix.
I don't believe it is fake but it could be a pretty smart troll, either way it is an interesting read.
>There is intelligent live inside Microsoft! ...but not always on Slashdot.
It life not live
Alright I'll bite.
I went to 10 grade in technical magnet West Virginia. Where deer hunting was more popular than computers. This was back in '86 we had dual disk drives IBM pc's. First year was BASIC second year was pascal. Third year was advanced PASCAL. There were probably 15-20 people in programming class.
My parents moved to New York I went to a elite public HS where the CS classes sucked(CS was a vocation class???) while the engineering classes (yes, pneumatics,etc) and JK Flip-flops were considered the best in the nation(at least the state of New York).
May want to rethink your rant
2) because it actually teaches children about computers, rather than just about GUIs and what can be done on them. When all the low-level things are done in the background, its no wonder the average american doesn't know what formatting a hard drive does aside from kill all their data.
And in other news, drivers ed classes will now require that student rebuild an engine.
Oh I don't know because maybe it would cost millions to switch? Why do you think so many companies and colleges still use a system from the 80's.
Because of all the retraining that would be neccessary. Because of the apps that wouldn't work. I could go on.
The real question is why don't new projects use linux, freebsd, etc
This has to be the silliest article that I have seen on Slashdot yet.
I find this funny, because i switched to FreeBSD from RedHat because it was so much easier to install. Two floppies a cable modem and off I went.
OK i thought of a way to stop spam. It is very simple. Charge people to send e-mail. Yep, let's say you charge .0001 per e-mail that is sent out. That would be 100 e-mails for a penny. Spamming would then be unprofitable, and people would gladly pay a few cents a month to stop spam.
Now this may be a situation like the mouse putting a bell on the cat, great idea impossible implementation, but I don't understand enough about e-mail to know.
Comments as to why it wouldn't work?
Good gads, whatever you do stay away from the combo modem sound card that Packard Bell had in their computers. What a nightmare!
I used to goto windrivers.com(when they were free) maybe they would be willing to help you out since this seems to be charitable work but who knows.
hehe, point taken, but imagine how _much_ worse they would be.
>the Unix admins tend to have some intelligence,
You prick, what an arrogant and ignorant statement.
While I agree with your conclusion, it is easier to go from Unix to Windows than vice versa, why don't you show some insight and realize that all Windows NT are not idiots and all Unix guys are always SO intelligent.
Give me a break.