There's not exactly any comparison between cancer and a video card going on in that comment, it's more a comment on the announcement of a new product versus its market availability - nothing more.
No, I reckon they just think your argument doesn't hold water.
And since when did simply "looking out of the window" give you an idea of what might happen in 24 hours time? Not to mention that if it's night when you take a peek beyond the curtains, you probably aren't gonna see a whole lot.
No it's not really *better* as such, but in Waking Life's case I don't think the point was to have some way-cool animation using cutting-edge technology. It was more of a device to promote a more dream-like-consciousness-type mood, which I think perfectly suited the movie.
I really liked Waking Life, so I recommended it to a few friends. The response was generally "It was a bit weird". And this is a *bad* thing in movies? I mean, a movie doesn't HAVE to have tits, guns and one liners, does it?
Oh yeah, tits, guns and one-liners sell. Sorry, my bad.:^)
I dunno if overkill can be done in this respect, it was one of the most depressingly dark novels I have read from Mr Dick... especially the dedications at the end of the book (to those casualties of the acid culture of the early to mid sixties).
3rd post??? You're lucky. Back in my day we were lucky to get last post, since we all we had were donkeys to carry our messages, being without modems and all.
Well, it all depends on what you want that box of yours to do. Of course a snazzy GUI with fading gradients and a bajillion OpenGL screensavers is not going to fit on a floppy disk... but that doesn't mean "Linux" itself is bloated, just the distro.
If you want less features, then choose less features. That's always been a choice for a Linux install. You can always tweak more or less to get your desired level of functionality.
Anyhow, what's the usual specs for new PC's nowadays? 2.8Ghz P4 512Mb RAM, 120Gb HDD? More than enough to cope with today's OS's.
I agree, it's just plain hard to read SQL in all caps, although I don't have a problem with the names of database entities all in caps... maybe because they're (usually) made up of only a word or three.
The guy who sits behind me has found a use for the caps-lock key though, he's got it set up so it beeps whenever he hits the caps-lock, supposedly to remind him he's accidentally hit it.
All day - beep, beep friggin' beep!
Initially on reading this I though "Are you kidding??!! My Mom and Assembly??!!!", but I guess it makes some sense. Why not learn the fundamentals, and learn to appreciate the eventual tedium of low-level programming. Then, having an appreciation of the nuts and bolts, the more abstract higher-level language representations will become self-explanatory and MAYBE one will come to appreciate the simplicity and usefulness of a FOR loop.
Although, I doubt my Mom will get into it. HTML is enough for her, and think what you will of Frontpage, it's been useful insofar as to come to make her to think of a program structure as a series of instructions that affect some sort of out tangible output.
But for what it's worth, "Hello World" is just as gratifying in ANY language, if it's your first time.
I was once looking for such a keyboard, and it seems the Airboard (sry no link) seemed to fit the bill (wireless, built-in pointing device, small form factor).
However, I couldn't find any in my part of the world easily, and being impatient, I bought a Labtec RF mouse/keyboard combo. It's not the best setup by far unfortunately (the mouse seems to eat batteries at the rate of 2 AA's per month, even when unsed).
Since I don't plan on web browsing using the HTPC, I'm currently getting familiar with Girder (for Windows only) to control the HTPC via a remote. I picked up a One For All universal remote (2nd hand, dirt cheap) which seems to have just the right amount & type of buttons to control a HTPC.
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Poor guys, fighting increasing CPU temperatures AND global warming too...
Look at it this way, there's two options:
1.It's a bug (ie you're either a prude, or a homosexual)
2.It's an undocumented feature (ie you're a straight guy)
Since MS do not field any of my family's IT support calls (ie I'm the primary helpdesk) I doubt this is going to mean much to my relatives (nor MS for that matter). If anything, things ain't gonna change for them too soon.
Typical scenario:
*ring ring*
Me: Hello?
Grandparent: My Microsoft's gone funny again.
Me: (Grits teeth, wondering, what the hell...) OK, what exactly is the problem?
Grandparent: I've tried every option / checkbox / dropdown / thingumy I could find, still not fixed.
Me: (I suppose I *could* tell them to call MS support, but even if they are monopolistic scum, I couldn't possibly subject them to my grandparents...;) Ok, drag the window with your mouse...
Well, I don't know what has made you so touchy about the parent comment, but seems you're basing your argument on pure arse-pullery ("99.9% chance of bad CD", where'd you get this stat from?) and intimidation ("Idiot" x 2)... and anyway how is an END USER the cause of computer crashes? I know I'm prolly eating troll bait, but sheesh, can you imagine a world full of people like YOU? Ick.
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From my experience, MSSQL installs just fine on a desktop (non-server) version of Windows.
Agreed. Sirens of Titan was alternately weird, despairing, inspiring, then again weird, despairing and finally poignant. Damn, what a story.
I agree with the intent in which this comment was made. Those who create the music do not necessarily get to make the rules.
There's not exactly any comparison between cancer and a video card going on in that comment, it's more a comment on the announcement of a new product versus its market availability - nothing more.
And since when did simply "looking out of the window" give you an idea of what might happen in 24 hours time? Not to mention that if it's night when you take a peek beyond the curtains, you probably aren't gonna see a whole lot.
Oh please, he probably doesn't have the time to dick around with this... :)
But that's just my opinion :^).
Oh yeah, tits, guns and one-liners sell. Sorry, my bad. :^)
I dunno if overkill can be done in this respect, it was one of the most depressingly dark novels I have read from Mr Dick... especially the dedications at the end of the book (to those casualties of the acid culture of the early to mid sixties).
3rd post??? You're lucky. Back in my day we were lucky to get last post, since we all we had were donkeys to carry our messages, being without modems and all.
If you want less features, then choose less features. That's always been a choice for a Linux install. You can always tweak more or less to get your desired level of functionality.
Anyhow, what's the usual specs for new PC's nowadays? 2.8Ghz P4 512Mb RAM, 120Gb HDD? More than enough to cope with today's OS's.
I agree, it's just plain hard to read SQL in all caps, although I don't have a problem with the names of database entities all in caps... maybe because they're (usually) made up of only a word or three. The guy who sits behind me has found a use for the caps-lock key though, he's got it set up so it beeps whenever he hits the caps-lock, supposedly to remind him he's accidentally hit it. All day - beep, beep friggin' beep!
Is this "Clit" a typo, or a rather overwhelming joyous discovery for a geek?
So no more hand-held lovin'? The vision of the world's population can only get better...
Although, I doubt my Mom will get into it. HTML is enough for her, and think what you will of Frontpage, it's been useful insofar as to come to make her to think of a program structure as a series of instructions that affect some sort of out tangible output.
But for what it's worth, "Hello World" is just as gratifying in ANY language, if it's your first time.
However, I couldn't find any in my part of the world easily, and being impatient, I bought a Labtec RF mouse/keyboard combo. It's not the best setup by far unfortunately (the mouse seems to eat batteries at the rate of 2 AA's per month, even when unsed).
Since I don't plan on web browsing using the HTPC, I'm currently getting familiar with Girder (for Windows only) to control the HTPC via a remote. I picked up a One For All universal remote (2nd hand, dirt cheap) which seems to have just the right amount & type of buttons to control a HTPC.
Poor guys, fighting increasing CPU temperatures AND global warming too...
Look at it this way, there's two options:
1.It's a bug (ie you're either a prude, or a homosexual)
2.It's an undocumented feature (ie you're a straight guy)
Typical scenario:
*ring ring*
Me: Hello?
Grandparent: My Microsoft's gone funny again.
Me: (Grits teeth, wondering, what the hell...) OK, what exactly is the problem?
Grandparent: I've tried every option / checkbox / dropdown / thingumy I could find, still not fixed.
Me: (I suppose I *could* tell them to call MS support, but even if they are monopolistic scum, I couldn't possibly subject them to my grandparents... ;) Ok, drag the window with your mouse...
Grandparent: Mouse?!
Me: (sigh)
Shudder... I just *had* to click the link in your sig, didn't I... (must be the "Wet Paint - Don't Touch" syndrome)
Ahhh, ok. RTF = Read the fscking... ? aaaaahh they never implemented it properly... dang.
I've got a strange sense of deja vu! Errr, hang on... I've got a strange sense of deja vu!
About as much as benzapp? i.e, It's his/her nick.
To me, it sounds like "I meant that [he] used it for the Win NT logon" (or something like that, going by memory).
Well, I don't know what has made you so touchy about the parent comment, but seems you're basing your argument on pure arse-pullery ("99.9% chance of bad CD", where'd you get this stat from?) and intimidation ("Idiot" x 2)... and anyway how is an END USER the cause of computer crashes? I know I'm prolly eating troll bait, but sheesh, can you imagine a world full of people like YOU? Ick.