I've been unemployed from the IT biz for 4 years now. I got hit extremely hard. I am now back in school and intend to get an english degree and brush up on my German. My plan is to write for a living, perhaps teach and maybe do some translation work. If worse comes to worse I'll split and move to Germany. I spent 7 years in IT, built 3 ISP's ground up and nationwide only to be cast aside as trash bye an extremely corrupt corporate structure in this country. I have no intentions of rejoining it. Independance is where it is at. Even if I'm poor for the next decade, I'll still have some control over my own future and happiness.
I see no improvement in software quality today than from yesteryear. I'm sorry but hasn't adware/spyware gotten worse? Hasn't there been more bugs in windows? In the apps on windows? What drastic improvements have been made since the bubble burst? I see none at all.
I'm one of those IT people that was laid off due not because I suck but because not one or two but THREE companies in a row that I worked for went out of business.
Get off your high horse. Stop insulting people who have real, genuine problems and start being part of the solution. You aren't impressing anyone with your insults and propganda. You are no better than any of those people who are unemployeed, despite your best attempts at convincing us otherwise.
Ford and toyota have a great working relationship and even share some of the same plants together i.e. their autos are often built side by side by many of the same people. This has been changing over the last few years as toyota has gotten bigger and able to work here in the states on it's own more efficiently but you would be surprised at how close they are.
Define common person please. Otherwise you just sound like a communist. There is no such thing as a common person. No one is rooting for you, or for me. It's your job in a free society to root for yourself, to do for yourself and to be an independant free thinking individual. Failing to do that means failure in life. I don't want to live in your nanny state where uncle Sam and big brother make all the "safe" decisions for me. I don't trust government or corporation and nowhere in the constitution does it say I should.
Isn't tax payer money going to support our USA teams? If so I think we have a basic right to see them perform.
I'm a little upset that the olympics is now becoming a pay per view type event with exclusive deals to big companies to distribute. This was once an event that unified the world in healthy competition, all in good fun. Now it's gone corporate and is gouging people.
I'll admit I could care less about a lot of the events, but that's possibly just because I never get to see them and appreciate them. As it is, I never know what events are going on or when. The athletes I don't know by name etc etc.
The olympics IMHO has a PR problem. They are failing to reach younger folks who would normally be the ones to care about this and are therefore losing ground to the X Games and similar events. I don't even know anyone these days that gives a shit about the olympics. Most people I talk to about it just shrug and forget it.
There aren't civil laws so how can Congress pass them? Civil cases aren't like criminal ones, you don't break laws, just file grievances and complaints. Case/counter case etc etc etc.
Congress has within their power to do a lot of things, but it's the courts that ultimately slap these down or send them to trial.
So, who's the dumbass? Funny how you pathetic little fucking babies cry and cry about the first amendment yet haven't a fucking clue what it actually is. The constiution protects you from the govenment, not from other people, that's the courts job. Get a clue yourself.
It's a civil case, what part of that isn't clear? It's not a criminal case which is what Congress oversees. Get a clue and retake 6th grade social studies.
Wrong, this is a civil case, not a criminal one. He can sue if he doesn't like the color of their shirts, whether he wins or not is another question. As stated in my last post, this is not a first amendment case in any way shape or form.
The first amendment protects you from CONGRESS not from private citizens. "Congress shall pass no law" is how the amendment starts. As far as I can tell, this guy isn't a member of congress. The first amendment doesn't apply here.
Oh and "Now get off your Microsoft high horse" was especially comical as I'm posting this in OSX.
If I didn't feel truly sorry for you and your obvious stability problems I would flame away, as it is I'll just say good bye and good luck with your "issues".
"And guess what is the main motor of progress in computer industry?"
Productivity apps. Most people could give a rats ass about games. Sorry to let you down, for most people multi-thousand dollar investments (computers) are not used as just toys.
"Which Windows? Windows ME? Windows 2000? Windows XP Home? Windows XP Professional?"
WinXP is the latest version of windows. If you have a hard time deciding between new and old versions of the SAME operating system, bye the SAME vendor then you have larger problems. The fact you even tried this argument tells me you are part of the linux desktop problem and not part of the solution. Making rediculous comparisons like this does more for your ego than any OSS movement. It's called being ignorant my friend.
"I was under the impression most newbie-friendly distros had a clear default."
Here is proof of my point. "newbie" is an elitist term, try calling them "users" instead. You'll go much farther without the elitism. Oh and just because it has a default doesn't mean the apps conform to that default.
"What's the problem? You can run GNOME apps under KDE and vice-versa."
Hence the problem, UI inconsistency. Or did you just skip that paragraph in my post?
"Wake me up when Windows gets multiple desktops"
Virtual desktops is a horrible way to manage windows which is why Apple created Expose and why MS is implimenting similar tech into Longhorn. Wake me up when the UNIX developers design something more intelligent than virtual desktops, which by the way was a long long time ago. I ask, what have they done since? Nothing. "What have you done for me lately" is playing in the background, can you hear it?
These aren't myths, they are facts. Linux is confusing as hell for most people. First of all, which Linux? Redhat, slack, debian, Mandrake or maybe SuSE? That alone is reason enough for a customer to just pass it by and pick up a copy of windows. Oh then you need to pick a desktop, KDE, gnome, Windowmaker, etc etc etc etc. Oh but the apps I want to use are for gnome and my Linux install is using KDE. Hmmm. 99.9% of people will just pass and go for the system that just does it for them.
I don't understand how people can call windows bloated with features etc and not see Linux is 4 times more bloated with multple EVERTHING. I can't even count anymore how many times the Linux community has reinvented the wheel.
Now I know someone will post with the "options are good" rhetoric and yes they are good but you know what? Unified interfaces are better, it's why windows and OSX are successful on the desktop and Linux is not. That's the reality of it. Until developers start giving a shit about usability Linux will remain a third rate hack of an already outdated windows interface. I see ZERO innovation in interface design from the Linux folks. Everything attempts to look like windows and the xservers today are no different from the ones from yesteryear. I see no forward movement, just clone and copy behavior from unimaginitive geeks who fail miserably to document and/or support their own work. It's just that simple.
My problem is that NONE of the themes other than the default work on OSX. What's the point in a cross platform browser if it's gonna be this screwy? Camino would be much better if it had adblocking. I'll just stick to Safari and PithHelmet I guess.
All fair points. I just don't have a real need for speed yet and don't see one in the near or even far future.
I do have to admit that my three finger typing method is a little uncomfortable at times and as I am a stickler for efficiency in the rest of my life it is a tad hypocritical for me to not learn.
And I still don't type. I use like 3 fingers and hunt and peck the keyboard still. Everyone is shocked at how fast I can do it. I'm no 60wpm guy but I can hunt and peck as fast as I can speak and/or think with very good accuracy. I spend a little to much time looking at the keys but find that even without looking at them I'm accurate maybe 99% of the time. I just never saw the point in learning to type. My dad started me on computers years ago and since he's missing a couple fingers due to a table saw accident I just sorta followed his lead. It hasn't crippled me in any major way, although I am now an english major and hopeful writer so someday I might actually regret it. So maybe I'll learn, maybe I wont. If someone has a good reason for me to learn I'm all ears.
Well, if asses like you wish to ASSume then you'll just have to settle for the "ass" title. I figured troll was just a little more polite, but if you prefer ass we can go that route also.
"I don't know why people would do blogging on other poeple's sites"
Oh yeah, I'll just tell my grandma and my 14 year old niece to code their own and host it on a linux box running slackware. That'll be a sure fire way of getting the idea adopted by the main stream. Jesus, do people like you ever stop to consider that 99.9% of the people on the net don't give a rats ass about the fucking source code and whether they have access to it?
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I've been unemployed from the IT biz for 4 years now. I got hit extremely hard. I am now back in school and intend to get an english degree and brush up on my German. My plan is to write for a living, perhaps teach and maybe do some translation work. If worse comes to worse I'll split and move to Germany. I spent 7 years in IT, built 3 ISP's ground up and nationwide only to be cast aside as trash bye an extremely corrupt corporate structure in this country. I have no intentions of rejoining it. Independance is where it is at. Even if I'm poor for the next decade, I'll still have some control over my own future and happiness.
I see no improvement in software quality today than from yesteryear. I'm sorry but hasn't adware/spyware gotten worse? Hasn't there been more bugs in windows? In the apps on windows? What drastic improvements have been made since the bubble burst? I see none at all.
I'm one of those IT people that was laid off due not because I suck but because not one or two but THREE companies in a row that I worked for went out of business.
Get off your high horse. Stop insulting people who have real, genuine problems and start being part of the solution. You aren't impressing anyone with your insults and propganda. You are no better than any of those people who are unemployeed, despite your best attempts at convincing us otherwise.
Kills my wifi. My 2.4ghz phone does not however. Kinda strange.
It's called sarcasm, get a grip on yourself junior.
Release it on Friday night after all the tech support people have gone home. Nice one MS, bloody classic.
Ford and toyota have a great working relationship and even share some of the same plants together i.e. their autos are often built side by side by many of the same people. This has been changing over the last few years as toyota has gotten bigger and able to work here in the states on it's own more efficiently but you would be surprised at how close they are.
Define common person please. Otherwise you just sound like a communist. There is no such thing as a common person. No one is rooting for you, or for me. It's your job in a free society to root for yourself, to do for yourself and to be an independant free thinking individual. Failing to do that means failure in life. I don't want to live in your nanny state where uncle Sam and big brother make all the "safe" decisions for me. I don't trust government or corporation and nowhere in the constitution does it say I should.
Isn't tax payer money going to support our USA teams? If so I think we have a basic right to see them perform.
I'm a little upset that the olympics is now becoming a pay per view type event with exclusive deals to big companies to distribute. This was once an event that unified the world in healthy competition, all in good fun. Now it's gone corporate and is gouging people.
I'll admit I could care less about a lot of the events, but that's possibly just because I never get to see them and appreciate them. As it is, I never know what events are going on or when. The athletes I don't know by name etc etc.
The olympics IMHO has a PR problem. They are failing to reach younger folks who would normally be the ones to care about this and are therefore losing ground to the X Games and similar events. I don't even know anyone these days that gives a shit about the olympics. Most people I talk to about it just shrug and forget it.
Wow, thanks for that link. I've been wanting to watch it and their stream is very high quality.
There aren't civil laws so how can Congress pass them? Civil cases aren't like criminal ones, you don't break laws, just file grievances and complaints. Case/counter case etc etc etc.
Congress has within their power to do a lot of things, but it's the courts that ultimately slap these down or send them to trial.
So, who's the dumbass? Funny how you pathetic little fucking babies cry and cry about the first amendment yet haven't a fucking clue what it actually is. The constiution protects you from the govenment, not from other people, that's the courts job. Get a clue yourself.
"It would make one stand out amongst competition."
No it wouldn't because all the competition will also have to have paid $55. It does nothing but gouge people for $55.
Like I said, it's not a first amendment case. I don't understand why so many people here who claim to be intelligent can't see that.
It's a civil case, what part of that isn't clear? It's not a criminal case which is what Congress oversees. Get a clue and retake 6th grade social studies.
Wrong, this is a civil case, not a criminal one. He can sue if he doesn't like the color of their shirts, whether he wins or not is another question. As stated in my last post, this is not a first amendment case in any way shape or form.
The first amendment protects you from CONGRESS not from private citizens. "Congress shall pass no law" is how the amendment starts. As far as I can tell, this guy isn't a member of congress. The first amendment doesn't apply here.
You have severe emotional issues. Seek help.
Oh and "Now get off your Microsoft high horse" was especially comical as I'm posting this in OSX.
If I didn't feel truly sorry for you and your obvious stability problems I would flame away, as it is I'll just say good bye and good luck with your "issues".
"And guess what is the main motor of progress in computer industry?"
Productivity apps. Most people could give a rats ass about games. Sorry to let you down, for most people multi-thousand dollar investments (computers) are not used as just toys.
"Which Windows? Windows ME? Windows 2000? Windows XP Home? Windows XP Professional?"
WinXP is the latest version of windows. If you have a hard time deciding between new and old versions of the SAME operating system, bye the SAME vendor then you have larger problems. The fact you even tried this argument tells me you are part of the linux desktop problem and not part of the solution. Making rediculous comparisons like this does more for your ego than any OSS movement. It's called being ignorant my friend.
"I was under the impression most newbie-friendly distros had a clear default."
Here is proof of my point. "newbie" is an elitist term, try calling them "users" instead. You'll go much farther without the elitism. Oh and just because it has a default doesn't mean the apps conform to that default.
"What's the problem? You can run GNOME apps under KDE and vice-versa."
Hence the problem, UI inconsistency. Or did you just skip that paragraph in my post?
"Wake me up when Windows gets multiple desktops"
Virtual desktops is a horrible way to manage windows which is why Apple created Expose and why MS is implimenting similar tech into Longhorn. Wake me up when the UNIX developers design something more intelligent than virtual desktops, which by the way was a long long time ago. I ask, what have they done since? Nothing. "What have you done for me lately" is playing in the background, can you hear it?
These aren't myths, they are facts. Linux is confusing as hell for most people. First of all, which Linux? Redhat, slack, debian, Mandrake or maybe SuSE? That alone is reason enough for a customer to just pass it by and pick up a copy of windows. Oh then you need to pick a desktop, KDE, gnome, Windowmaker, etc etc etc etc. Oh but the apps I want to use are for gnome and my Linux install is using KDE. Hmmm. 99.9% of people will just pass and go for the system that just does it for them.
I don't understand how people can call windows bloated with features etc and not see Linux is 4 times more bloated with multple EVERTHING. I can't even count anymore how many times the Linux community has reinvented the wheel.
Now I know someone will post with the "options are good" rhetoric and yes they are good but you know what? Unified interfaces are better, it's why windows and OSX are successful on the desktop and Linux is not. That's the reality of it. Until developers start giving a shit about usability Linux will remain a third rate hack of an already outdated windows interface. I see ZERO innovation in interface design from the Linux folks. Everything attempts to look like windows and the xservers today are no different from the ones from yesteryear. I see no forward movement, just clone and copy behavior from unimaginitive geeks who fail miserably to document and/or support their own work. It's just that simple.
My problem is that NONE of the themes other than the default work on OSX. What's the point in a cross platform browser if it's gonna be this screwy? Camino would be much better if it had adblocking. I'll just stick to Safari and PithHelmet I guess.
All fair points. I just don't have a real need for speed yet and don't see one in the near or even far future.
I do have to admit that my three finger typing method is a little uncomfortable at times and as I am a stickler for efficiency in the rest of my life it is a tad hypocritical for me to not learn.
Damn it man, now I need a typing class. I'm already at 18 units so I have to get permission from the deans office. DAMN YOU.
And I still don't type. I use like 3 fingers and hunt and peck the keyboard still. Everyone is shocked at how fast I can do it. I'm no 60wpm guy but I can hunt and peck as fast as I can speak and/or think with very good accuracy. I spend a little to much time looking at the keys but find that even without looking at them I'm accurate maybe 99% of the time. I just never saw the point in learning to type. My dad started me on computers years ago and since he's missing a couple fingers due to a table saw accident I just sorta followed his lead. It hasn't crippled me in any major way, although I am now an english major and hopeful writer so someday I might actually regret it. So maybe I'll learn, maybe I wont. If someone has a good reason for me to learn I'm all ears.
Well, if asses like you wish to ASSume then you'll just have to settle for the "ass" title. I figured troll was just a little more polite, but if you prefer ass we can go that route also.
"I don't know why people would do blogging on other poeple's sites"
Oh yeah, I'll just tell my grandma and my 14 year old niece to code their own and host it on a linux box running slackware. That'll be a sure fire way of getting the idea adopted by the main stream. Jesus, do people like you ever stop to consider that 99.9% of the people on the net don't give a rats ass about the fucking source code and whether they have access to it?