I've only REALLY started resenting MS since XP came out, and they started infringing on my freeness. My experience with Mac freaks is this:
[I'm using my Win95 PC, which I built for cheap]
MacFrk: NOW what are you doing?
Me: I'm...
MacFrk: This isn't intuitive AT ALL!
Me: Dude, you're a Mac user. *I'M* not having any trouble with the Windows OS.
MacFrk: On my Mac this would be so much faster.
Me: OK
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Now, it's not that I don't like Macs. I like them. I live in a part of the world where NOBODY has them, software and hardware is hard to find, and I'm not about to strand myself in an already limited landscape.
And stop trying to frickin' convince me. I know. I want a Mac. Please give one to me, for I have no money.
This is sort of a crappy post, but now I've spent all this time and effort, I might as well send it.
Damn
In Hinduism, as is my understanding, the highest form of life you can acheive is COW. So if you're good, and you tip the karma balance in the right direction, and are lucky, you might end up COW. I personally am shooting for some sort of ape or eagle.
I don't know if this qualifies as worship, but it goes beyond respect.
I heard an anecdote in which Da Free John ordered soup in a restaurant, ate half of it, and said, "This is very good. What is in it?"
"Beef," the waiter replied.
Da Free John immediately vomited, waited a moment, and said, "Bring me more soup. I must get over this silly notion that cows are holy"
So you see why normal everyday people, not just jackasses, may be confused about the status of cows in India?
He said: "[Microsoft will] just take over another small 3rd world country"
That wasn't necessarily a comparison to India, but all the other 3rd world countries that MS has taken over.
Like Mexico. I administrate an internet cafe in San Jose del Cabo, and I soon want to setup a distro of Linux, but the masses aren't ready. And I have no PC at home on which to run through pitfalls:(.... I also think it's "Vive la resistance" I'm no French scholar, though.
Sony is an evil company, and to compare THEIR install of one of hte hardest win installs to one of the EASIEST linux installs is kind of stupid.
No, wait. It's REALLY stupid.
I'd like to say that I'm definitely not trying to put Linux down, but we're talking about mother-friendliness. The mandrake partitioning thing is more confusing than the windows one. Way more confusing.
If you're going to count internet time as install time, why not compare amount of bits to download instead of time? Or download times in different parts of the US?
Or what if you install Win2k and you threw out the 2k modem driver because you thought you wouldn't need it, and you need to drive to the library to download it, only you live on the other side of town, and have to drive 36 miles? And you drive a big SUV that only gets 14 miles to the gallon, and gas costs 2.59 9/10ths a gallon, so you ACTUALLY spent $206.63 on Windows, instead of $199.95 AS MICROSOFT ADVERTISED.
PLUS regional sales tax, which, because you live in Hawaii, is something absurd like 11 cents on the dollar.
DAMMIT!
I also, by the way, know not how much 2k costs.
They could actually build in (and I'm sure they are some) sensors that won't allow things to stay on unattended. But it would be nice to be able to set some rice to cook, and have it turn off the stove when the time is up, or tell you if it spills.
Or if your house starts burning down.
Also, remote manual override for microwaves so you could give people tumors would be cool. OK, maybe cool isn't the best word...
I think Jurrasic Park 2, where the trailer falls AROUND everybody who's hangin from the rope. That was kind of stupid.
And really disappointing. I think the plot would've been much improved if the trailer had broken everyone's neck like it should've.
I can't really think of anything else right now. I just saw JP2 a couple days ago.
I DO think the Superman movies were fairly absurd, however....flying people... HA!
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I've only REALLY started resenting MS since XP came out, and they started infringing on my freeness. My experience with Mac freaks is this: [I'm using my Win95 PC, which I built for cheap] MacFrk: NOW what are you doing? Me: I'm... MacFrk: This isn't intuitive AT ALL! Me: Dude, you're a Mac user. *I'M* not having any trouble with the Windows OS. MacFrk: On my Mac this would be so much faster. Me: OK ------------- Now, it's not that I don't like Macs. I like them. I live in a part of the world where NOBODY has them, software and hardware is hard to find, and I'm not about to strand myself in an already limited landscape. And stop trying to frickin' convince me. I know. I want a Mac. Please give one to me, for I have no money. This is sort of a crappy post, but now I've spent all this time and effort, I might as well send it. Damn
...is Total Commander? Swear to God I didn't scroll up the page.
I also don't know if it's actually called that, and you're absolutely right.
You right bastard!
..and I'm still working on #2. If somebody REALLY figures it out, let me know.
Cheap booze? Easy Women?
In Hinduism, as is my understanding, the highest form of life you can acheive is COW. So if you're good, and you tip the karma balance in the right direction, and are lucky, you might end up COW. I personally am shooting for some sort of ape or eagle. I don't know if this qualifies as worship, but it goes beyond respect. I heard an anecdote in which Da Free John ordered soup in a restaurant, ate half of it, and said, "This is very good. What is in it?" "Beef," the waiter replied. Da Free John immediately vomited, waited a moment, and said, "Bring me more soup. I must get over this silly notion that cows are holy" So you see why normal everyday people, not just jackasses, may be confused about the status of cows in India?
He said: "[Microsoft will] just take over another small 3rd world country"
:(....
That wasn't necessarily a comparison to India, but all the other 3rd world countries that MS has taken over.
Like Mexico. I administrate an internet cafe in San Jose del Cabo, and I soon want to setup a distro of Linux, but the masses aren't ready. And I have no PC at home on which to run through pitfalls
I also think it's "Vive la resistance"
I'm no French scholar, though.
Sony is an evil company, and to compare THEIR install of one of hte hardest win installs to one of the EASIEST linux installs is kind of stupid. No, wait. It's REALLY stupid. I'd like to say that I'm definitely not trying to put Linux down, but we're talking about mother-friendliness. The mandrake partitioning thing is more confusing than the windows one. Way more confusing. If you're going to count internet time as install time, why not compare amount of bits to download instead of time? Or download times in different parts of the US? Or what if you install Win2k and you threw out the 2k modem driver because you thought you wouldn't need it, and you need to drive to the library to download it, only you live on the other side of town, and have to drive 36 miles? And you drive a big SUV that only gets 14 miles to the gallon, and gas costs 2.59 9/10ths a gallon, so you ACTUALLY spent $206.63 on Windows, instead of $199.95 AS MICROSOFT ADVERTISED. PLUS regional sales tax, which, because you live in Hawaii, is something absurd like 11 cents on the dollar. DAMMIT! I also, by the way, know not how much 2k costs.
They could actually build in (and I'm sure they are some) sensors that won't allow things to stay on unattended. But it would be nice to be able to set some rice to cook, and have it turn off the stove when the time is up, or tell you if it spills.
Or if your house starts burning down.
Also, remote manual override for microwaves so you could give people tumors would be cool. OK, maybe cool isn't the best word...
I think Jurrasic Park 2, where the trailer falls AROUND everybody who's hangin from the rope. That was kind of stupid. And really disappointing. I think the plot would've been much improved if the trailer had broken everyone's neck like it should've. I can't really think of anything else right now. I just saw JP2 a couple days ago. I DO think the Superman movies were fairly absurd, however. ...flying people... HA!