I was feigning arrogance and ignorance - unlike the GP who proposes that one of the world's oldest civilizations, and home of a quarter of the world's human population "be brought out of the stone age".
They are an extremely old civilization. I just wonder if maybe they've gotten a bit senile.
If what you are doing with it is something that requires Unix well then the usbility would be in question but if you are using it for something it is designed for they it works fine. I mean you wouldn't use a sports car to pull a travel trailer, if so then the usability of the sports car in that instance would be horrible and for performance yes Linux runs very good on hardware that would not even load Windows Vista, but if you want to run virtually any software that is sold today you need Windows and the lack of support for Linux by the mainstream software companies is one reason that Linux will never become a driving force on the desktop.
You know...this linux isn't ready for the desktop thing puzzles me. I used an Amiga 3000D...seriously modded mind you...until 1999 when I finally gave up on new hardware and looked at linux. I never looked back. I've never used windoze as a desktop. I've used it to play games on occasionally at work. Mostly I use windzoze to enter things in a database at work. We have bunches of these really expensive workstations and at any one time a third of them are awaiting tech support. I just really don't see what people think they'd be missing with windoze. But hey! I'm happy and if they are too that's great.
I believe the media and the government are both controlled by the moneyed interests that really run this country. We got to choose between two extreme left and right choices so as to fully polarize the public and manipulate them into failing to see the real problems.
I think only the purest of libertarians believes in a fully free market. There should exist some room for compromise but the ongoing socialism is getting out of hand.
The thing about libertarians is that Ron Paul sucks.
From reading Slashdot, I have deduced that Libertarians are like Republicans, only without the empathy and concern for their fellow man.
Really? I'm concerned with my fellow man's liberty and freedom. I think Democrats and Republicans are concerned about their fellow man's money and property.
Hell...the founding fathers knew this. They had problems with corruption right at the start. That's why the constitution has so many limits on the power of government. Limits that are just blatantly ignored today. The constitution has been under non-stop assault for decades now as the jackals in DC chip away at the protections in it.
I noticed the saying "that government governs best which governs least" was not in my childrens history books. I guess it's not PC nowadays.
How right you are! As much as I may dislike what some people may have to say I love that they have the right to speak it. It means that I have that right as well. You can't shut the mouths of those you disagree with without shutting your own mouth as well.
This is exactly why we have limits on Government. I personally think the trend to bald beavers rather repulsive but so what? Who really cares? Why do government official feels they have to get involved in the most trivial details of peoples lives?
bah!
When I first read the title I felt the same outrage you express. After reading the entire thing I can see how it happened. It was a mistake. One the school explained, owned up to and apologized for. It was not done maliciously but through typical bureaucratic red tape. What's rare about this is the apology. I don't know how many times I've seen a screw up like this where when the backlash hits the bureaucrats circle the wagons and start to get defensive, never wanting to admit the mistake.
I agree with the Dems....when they say the Republicans are evil and crooked. I also agree with the Repubs.....when they say the Democrats are evil and crooked. They're both right about that much. A plague on both your houses.
When will the sheep in this country wise up and stop playing the two party shuffle? The only change I ever see in Washington is from one set of crooks with a false ideology they don't believe in....to another set with a different false ideology they don't believe in.
The only good thing I can see so far about Obama is he's a very effective speaker. I know he's full of shit and I still want to believe in him.
You are right. It IS glorification. That is the glory of war. The Soldiers who give their all and fight, sacrifice and die for their comrades and the greater good. It is glorious. War is Hell and Glory. That is the attraction of these kinds of Novels.
This debris obviously isn't from the satellite collision. The trajectory is all wrong. Maybe it's from another satellite? What's going on up there? I believe WWIII will start in space. Whoever owns Earth Orbit owns the planet.
Oh yeah...multiple screens at different resolutions. I can't believe nobody at redhat ever used an Amiga. I remember when I switched from the Amiga to Linux in 1999 how limited I thought the GUI was in Linux.
The States can change the constitution. If enough...two thirds I believe, agree on an amendment it becomes law. The Federal government only has as much power as the States give it. The problem is that the two party mafia system means that the State Legislatures have more interest in supporting their party than the interest of their people. And then there's the corporate interests.....
Hell yeah...it's W's fault! We know he's the reason none of these poor Democrats can pay their taxes. I mean...Daschle was only making a paltry 2 million or so a year!!! How's a poor working class stiff supposed to pay those high taxes on such a measly salary?
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Yeah, I was quite aware of that.
I was feigning arrogance and ignorance - unlike the GP who proposes that one of the world's oldest civilizations, and home of a quarter of the world's human population "be brought out of the stone age".
They are an extremely old civilization. I just wonder if maybe they've gotten a bit senile.
If what you are doing with it is something that requires Unix well then the usbility would be in question but if you are using it for something it is designed for they it works fine. I mean you wouldn't use a sports car to pull a travel trailer, if so then the usability of the sports car in that instance would be horrible and for performance yes Linux runs very good on hardware that would not even load Windows Vista, but if you want to run virtually any software that is sold today you need Windows and the lack of support for Linux by the mainstream software companies is one reason that Linux will never become a driving force on the desktop.
You know...this linux isn't ready for the desktop thing puzzles me. I used an Amiga 3000D...seriously modded mind you...until 1999 when I finally gave up on new hardware and looked at linux. I never looked back. I've never used windoze as a desktop. I've used it to play games on occasionally at work. Mostly I use windzoze to enter things in a database at work. We have bunches of these really expensive workstations and at any one time a third of them are awaiting tech support. I just really don't see what people think they'd be missing with windoze. But hey! I'm happy and if they are too that's great.
I mean, serisouly, how stupid are these people?
Just your basic morons. But then it's a representational government. Greedy idiots elected by greedy idiots. That's the way it works.
I believe the media and the government are both controlled by the moneyed interests that really run this country. We got to choose between two extreme left and right choices so as to fully polarize the public and manipulate them into failing to see the real problems.
That's why if the founding fathers were alive today they'd all be in Gitmo.
I think only the purest of libertarians believes in a fully free market. There should exist some room for compromise but the ongoing socialism is getting out of hand.
The thing about libertarians is that Ron Paul sucks.
From reading Slashdot, I have deduced that Libertarians are like Republicans, only without the empathy and concern for their fellow man.
Really? I'm concerned with my fellow man's liberty and freedom. I think Democrats and Republicans are concerned about their fellow man's money and property.
oooooooh! Good one!
compared to some of the fine Democrats and Republicans like....mmmmmm....the Governor of Illinois?
Hell...the founding fathers knew this. They had problems with corruption right at the start. That's why the constitution has so many limits on the power of government. Limits that are just blatantly ignored today. The constitution has been under non-stop assault for decades now as the jackals in DC chip away at the protections in it. I noticed the saying "that government governs best which governs least" was not in my childrens history books. I guess it's not PC nowadays.
How right you are! As much as I may dislike what some people may have to say I love that they have the right to speak it. It means that I have that right as well. You can't shut the mouths of those you disagree with without shutting your own mouth as well.
Mmmmm....hasn't copyright been expanded?
This is exactly why we have limits on Government. I personally think the trend to bald beavers rather repulsive but so what? Who really cares? Why do government official feels they have to get involved in the most trivial details of peoples lives? bah!
When I first read the title I felt the same outrage you express. After reading the entire thing I can see how it happened. It was a mistake. One the school explained, owned up to and apologized for. It was not done maliciously but through typical bureaucratic red tape. What's rare about this is the apology. I don't know how many times I've seen a screw up like this where when the backlash hits the bureaucrats circle the wagons and start to get defensive, never wanting to admit the mistake.
This kind of puts the iPhone's market share in perspective doesn't it?
Ah...but it's not about the message. It's about the messenger.
I agree with the Dems....when they say the Republicans are evil and crooked. I also agree with the Repubs.....when they say the Democrats are evil and crooked. They're both right about that much. A plague on both your houses. When will the sheep in this country wise up and stop playing the two party shuffle? The only change I ever see in Washington is from one set of crooks with a false ideology they don't believe in....to another set with a different false ideology they don't believe in. The only good thing I can see so far about Obama is he's a very effective speaker. I know he's full of shit and I still want to believe in him.
If anyone other than fat, neck-bearded, Cheeto-stained, basement-dwelling gruntwaffles actually *used* Linux
Hey! I am not a gruntwaffle! Or....maybe I am...WTF is a "gruntwaffle?"
Man! I wish I had modpoints! You should be +5 insightful!
You are right. It IS glorification. That is the glory of war. The Soldiers who give their all and fight, sacrifice and die for their comrades and the greater good. It is glorious. War is Hell and Glory. That is the attraction of these kinds of Novels.
Musicians perform live? Heh...most of them just lip sync. Without a studio they couldn't reproduce their own "voice."
This debris obviously isn't from the satellite collision. The trajectory is all wrong. Maybe it's from another satellite? What's going on up there? I believe WWIII will start in space. Whoever owns Earth Orbit owns the planet.
Oh yeah...multiple screens at different resolutions. I can't believe nobody at redhat ever used an Amiga. I remember when I switched from the Amiga to Linux in 1999 how limited I thought the GUI was in Linux.
The States can change the constitution. If enough...two thirds I believe, agree on an amendment it becomes law. The Federal government only has as much power as the States give it. The problem is that the two party mafia system means that the State Legislatures have more interest in supporting their party than the interest of their people. And then there's the corporate interests.....
Hell yeah...it's W's fault! We know he's the reason none of these poor Democrats can pay their taxes. I mean...Daschle was only making a paltry 2 million or so a year!!! How's a poor working class stiff supposed to pay those high taxes on such a measly salary?