Yes, except for some very new games, you can. There are many office suites, development suites, and many many games run under Wine. And for professional tools, there is always the Mac. With all Adobe products, most music creation software, all DTP software, etc, working even better on it.
I keep windows under "K -> Games -> Windows" as a VM, and can also boot it normally, like I would start a game console.
Also, developers say that they won't make their games for Linux, because nobody uses it, and users say that they won't use Linux because nobody is programming for it. Doesn't this strike you as circular reasoning?
It always needs someone, who does do it anyway. And, with running Linux nearly exclusively, I am that one.:)
I know there were better engines out there. I personally had to admin Hotbot at the end of its life. And it was way better than Google. Especially the query features. It was just, that to use Google, you additionally did not need half a brain to search for something.
I actually hate the search interface of Google. One line? Can't search for non-alphanumeric stuff? Even quotes are nothing more than a rule that this word has to loosely follow that one? Ambiguity and missing boolean functions/operators? It's even worse than the PHP interpreter.
I can understand that someone who has no idea what he's doing, will like Google's interface, because Google will figure it out for him. But if you know how to input complex queries, then this thing is a nightmare.
Additionally, nowadays, even a better search engine had no chance. Not because of anticompetitive behavior. But because of inertia, aka. "being used to it". Changing what you are used to, always is painful. So as long as the thing you are doing does not create more pain that the change, you will stay with it, no matter what.
I did not know that guy until now. I had to look him up at Wikipedia. And I must say, that you must have a sad excuse of a life, to even know that guy. I mean who intentionally watches TV commercials? Especially ones that long? And who then also actually remembers that guy's name?
Just as here, where the size, compared to the space to occupy, is the point. And in some areas, Google is the Internet equivalent of Photoshop's flood-fill tool.
I saw it only once in my life. With Vista nonetheless.
I explained the consequences to him, he did not get it... Needless to say, I had to end that friendship. I do not befriend child rapists, military supporters, and Vista buyers.
I would not call that tiny group of people that actually bought Vista, the entire rest of the world. In most countries in the world, most people would not have a computer, much less one that actually can run Vista, and even then, they could not afford the price.
Well, it's the same thing as with the government. Most people just are cattle, that say that they do not like it, but quietly accept everything that you do to them. Interstingly, this was also the fact in the "3rd Reich", and nothing at all has changed since then.
For all Iranians, I must say: Stop your fucking hatespeech, asshole!
If you had watched The Daily Show, you would have some insight into Iran.
If I would use your arguments, I could say that the Americans support the murdering and killing of an many people as on 9/11 every week, in foreign countries. And that they are all the bible-centric rednecks that we laugh about.
But I do not. I know that most Americans are good and kind people. Just as most Iranians. Or most people of any country. It always is a small group of loud people (either good[=on your side] or assholes[=not on your side]), dominating the country, because for the rest it is just not worth the effort. (Laziness is a concept that does ignore the basic human nature of inertia end efficiency.) It is exactly the same thing that keeps people with the IE, or other things they do not like.
That it why it (only) needs two things to change a country: 1. a small group of very loud people, 2. a change in mind of the large mass.
By the way: Democracy is not the all-solving wonderful thing you paint it as. Look at how it fails in the US, and many European countries right now (keyword: censorship). It is a good start. But just as communism, it again ignores basic human nature: We primarily work for ourselves. Which makes leadership a conflict of interest. Always. We could not solve this problem until now. But now we can use computers and all people themselves to replace government. Which is what metagovernmnet.org tries to do.
I thought pilots were trained to fly that way, in case of emergency. Are they not? I mean there were planes without anything else than a airspeed indicator (which you can live without), and they flew them without problems. Of course a big jet is different. But as long as you can see the horizon and maybe the sun, you know how to steer to get it in a normal position. And then you land, in very slow descend, on the next airport. I think you would even be able to do it, after you flew the machine in a flight simulator, for some time.
If you are talking about the looks, and the top layer of the UI, I agree.
But if you are talking about quality hardware and artful programming: Are you freaking kidding? Maybe you have used too much Dell trash, to know what really nice quality is. But Apple? Their mice are a joke. Their screens are poor in color, sometimes even only 18 bit, their inner electronics are just off-the-shelf stuff. And the iPod is (repeat this after me) just another MP3 player, just as the iPhone is just another phone (and a pretty crappy one, when compared to what Nokia or some Japanese/Korean company offers) with one innovation, you guessed it, in the UI area.
And I really give credit here, for their ability to brush things up, so that people like it, and even form a cult around it. But at the end of the day, when the shine is gone, and daily life kicks in, this is pretty irrelevant. Of course, then you are already caught, and now defend your action, so you don't have to think what an idiot you were. Aka the Steve Jobs reality distortion field.
Wait for the Apple fanbois to partially read this, and mod it to hell. And have mercy for their poor twisted minds, for tomorrow, you could be one of them.
I was a child in the 80s, and I actually never listened to music, until the 90s came. I can only remember one Depeche Mode song. They were the early Electro-Pop. And coincidentally, I just downloaded a song of that genre.
Well, and where does all that energy come from? Hm? By the way: Economy will not die. It will just not grow anymore. Which in a environment where the resources are missing, is the whole point!
If you want to grow, go get some resources you can afford! That ideally are free! Simple as that.
But if you prefer, you can also continue using stuff that you don't have, going with the great American tradition of huge debts, thereby enslaving yourself, and handing the control of the country over to the banks.
I will make sure that I control those banks (remember, I'm Luxemburgish), so I will control you. ^^
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but how does that make it good?
It's like saying, Saddam is a nice man, because he was not as bad as Hitler. ^^
Wouldn't that be a good thing? I hope some patent troll with no real products go the patent. ^^
Nope. We will just block comments like yours, that complain without adding anything to the story. ^^
Yes, except for some very new games, you can. There are many office suites, development suites, and many many games run under Wine.
And for professional tools, there is always the Mac. With all Adobe products, most music creation software, all DTP software, etc, working even better on it.
I keep windows under "K -> Games -> Windows" as a VM, and can also boot it normally, like I would start a game console.
Also, developers say that they won't make their games for Linux, because nobody uses it, and users say that they won't use Linux because nobody is programming for it.
Doesn't this strike you as circular reasoning?
It always needs someone, who does do it anyway. And, with running Linux nearly exclusively, I am that one. :)
I know there were better engines out there. I personally had to admin Hotbot at the end of its life. And it was way better than Google. Especially the query features.
It was just, that to use Google, you additionally did not need half a brain to search for something.
I actually hate the search interface of Google. One line? Can't search for non-alphanumeric stuff? Even quotes are nothing more than a rule that this word has to loosely follow that one? Ambiguity and missing boolean functions/operators? It's even worse than the PHP interpreter.
I can understand that someone who has no idea what he's doing, will like Google's interface, because Google will figure it out for him. But if you know how to input complex queries, then this thing is a nightmare.
Additionally, nowadays, even a better search engine had no chance. Not because of anticompetitive behavior. But because of inertia, aka. "being used to it". Changing what you are used to, always is painful. So as long as the thing you are doing does not create more pain that the change, you will stay with it, no matter what.
This also is, what keeps Windows on the desktop.
I did not know that guy until now. I had to look him up at Wikipedia. And I must say, that you must have a sad excuse of a life, to even know that guy. I mean who intentionally watches TV commercials? Especially ones that long? And who then also actually remembers that guy's name?
That's just perverse!
What has this to do with stealing shit on the high seas?
Or did the RIAA indoctrination work that well on you?
I already own the Department of Justice, and it just made me fatter, you insensitive clod. *bursts in tears, and runs away*
Just as here, where the size, compared to the space to occupy, is the point. And in some areas, Google is the Internet equivalent of Photoshop's flood-fill tool.
I saw it only once in my life. With Vista nonetheless.
I explained the consequences to him, he did not get it...
Needless to say, I had to end that friendship. I do not befriend child rapists, military supporters, and Vista buyers.
I would not call that tiny group of people that actually bought Vista, the entire rest of the world.
In most countries in the world, most people would not have a computer, much less one that actually can run Vista, and even then, they could not afford the price.
What kind of inversion? In color space, in rotation, or in scaling?
I don't get what you're trying to say...
Well, it's the same thing as with the government. Most people just are cattle, that say that they do not like it, but quietly accept everything that you do to them. Interstingly, this was also the fact in the "3rd Reich", and nothing at all has changed since then.
Âustralia, of course!
For all Iranians, I must say: Stop your fucking hatespeech, asshole!
If you had watched The Daily Show, you would have some insight into Iran.
If I would use your arguments, I could say that the Americans support the murdering and killing of an many people as on 9/11 every week, in foreign countries. And that they are all the bible-centric rednecks that we laugh about.
But I do not. I know that most Americans are good and kind people. Just as most Iranians. Or most people of any country.
It always is a small group of loud people (either good[=on your side] or assholes[=not on your side]), dominating the country, because for the rest it is just not worth the effort. (Laziness is a concept that does ignore the basic human nature of inertia end efficiency.) It is exactly the same thing that keeps people with the IE, or other things they do not like.
That it why it (only) needs two things to change a country: 1. a small group of very loud people, 2. a change in mind of the large mass.
By the way: Democracy is not the all-solving wonderful thing you paint it as. Look at how it fails in the US, and many European countries right now (keyword: censorship).
It is a good start. But just as communism, it again ignores basic human nature: We primarily work for ourselves. Which makes leadership a conflict of interest. Always.
We could not solve this problem until now. But now we can use computers and all people themselves to replace government. Which is what metagovernmnet.org tries to do.
Well, let ReCaptcha do it. If it is German, this should pose no problem to German users.
Believe me. The EU would sue them to hell for this. They will pull a Microsoft punishment on them.
I thought pilots were trained to fly that way, in case of emergency. Are they not? I mean there were planes without anything else than a airspeed indicator (which you can live without), and they flew them without problems. Of course a big jet is different. But as long as you can see the horizon and maybe the sun, you know how to steer to get it in a normal position. And then you land, in very slow descend, on the next airport.
I think you would even be able to do it, after you flew the machine in a flight simulator, for some time.
If you are talking about the looks, and the top layer of the UI, I agree.
But if you are talking about quality hardware and artful programming: Are you freaking kidding?
Maybe you have used too much Dell trash, to know what really nice quality is. But Apple? Their mice are a joke. Their screens are poor in color, sometimes even only 18 bit, their inner electronics are just off-the-shelf stuff. And the iPod is (repeat this after me) just another MP3 player, just as the iPhone is just another phone (and a pretty crappy one, when compared to what Nokia or some Japanese/Korean company offers) with one innovation, you guessed it, in the UI area.
And I really give credit here, for their ability to brush things up, so that people like it, and even form a cult around it. But at the end of the day, when the shine is gone, and daily life kicks in, this is pretty irrelevant. Of course, then you are already caught, and now defend your action, so you don't have to think what an idiot you were. Aka the Steve Jobs reality distortion field.
Wait for the Apple fanbois to partially read this, and mod it to hell. And have mercy for their poor twisted minds, for tomorrow, you could be one of them.
No. Let's ask the smallest mainframe buyers. With the least power to make their own rules.
If anyone knows what he's talking about. ^^
Ironically, the motivation of Microsoft, to do so, is most likely, to stifle competition.
I was a child in the 80s, and I actually never listened to music, until the 90s came. I can only remember one Depeche Mode song. They were the early Electro-Pop. And coincidentally, I just downloaded a song of that genre.
Well, and where does all that energy come from? Hm? By the way: Economy will not die. It will just not grow anymore. Which in a environment where the resources are missing, is the whole point!
If you want to grow, go get some resources you can afford! That ideally are free! Simple as that.
But if you prefer, you can also continue using stuff that you don't have, going with the great American tradition of huge debts, thereby enslaving yourself, and handing the control of the country over to the banks.
I will make sure that I control those banks (remember, I'm Luxemburgish), so I will control you. ^^
Well, you have to start somewhere, don't you?
No idea is born perfect.