I, for one, welcome our new lobster overlords.
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It's a long thread and I don't mean to post this if someone else has but how about just asking him what he would like. He can give you a good idea what to get and it can still be a surprise.
Just a thought.
Update: 09/24 15:19 GMT by T: Note, the magician crack is a joke;)
If i were to tell a joke this bad my karma would go so low that I wouldn't be allowed to read slashdot let alone post in it, oh wait, it's ALREADY that low... at least you can tell my shitty jokes are at least jokes... MODERATE THE MODERATORS!
i took a look at the link, skimmed through the little article and i must admit, the the suits of armor in the picture i saw looked VERY high tech... i'm sure any knight these days would love to replace his old rusty 20th century suit of armor with one of the high tech one's shown in the picture...
i don't get what the big problem is. fact of the matter is linux sucks if your a gamer and until someone changes that why doesn't everyone just stop whining. repartition, linux on one, windows 98se on the other, read slashdot on one, play games on the other... i don't see what the big problem is here... frankly, if it doesn't run linux and you're not willing to run windows too then stop the bitching.
and just to get this out of the way: i only say win98se because frankly i like to have that DOS support too. there are a lot of DOS games i loved and still like to play so why not just use the real thing.
it's just my opinion and it's very ON-topic. damn moderators have gone mad and it's affected me. just keepin' it real, yo...
I understand your perspective but I don't think your analogy was 100% on... The government has every right to produce an OS and apparently nothing can really stop them from this but as much as a government may act like a business in many ways it still is not a business. I'm not exactly pro-microsoft but I try to keep an open mind. I just feel with a government developing such a thing it can make many things better yes, but from a business perspective just seems kind of unfair. If Japan doesn't want microsoft to compete in their market they, being a government can arrange this. This in turn being completely fair, is not fair at all. To be honest I don't know much about it and maybe I'm in no place to make such a comment but I do think and have opinions nonetheless. Also, i never said anyone was forcing anyone else to use a particular OS but then again with the government in charge who knows what can happen. Hell, if i ran my own country i would definitely consider not allowing any microsoft products in. as wrong as that may be. A world without microsoft could just be a nicer place but that doesn't make it right. I'm just saying I would be just as weary of an OS produced by a government than that produced by a large corporation. It's sketchy if you ask me and I'm not saying you're wrong at all, just saying it's more complicated than that if you ask me...
"A part of me died that night that he died. It just died," said Rosemary Hamel, Aaron's mother. "You just don't know a mother's loss. We were so close, and now he's gone."
Not to sound insensitive or anything, I mean I am sorry innocent people die and all but this lady sounds like a moron. can you say "died" a few more times and make it sound any worse? As for them being "so close", well, apparently she wasn't as close to her children to know that they were fucked in the head and needed some help. Or maybe I'm wrong and they were very close in which case maybe SHE need's some fuckin' help. This is just another post pointing out how people can't take responsibility anymore but really the fact that it's REALLY like this is annoying in it's own. Guess it's just something we have to learn to live with. As for me, I own Grand Theft auto three, I like playing it very much and I'm a New York state certified EMT (meaning i help people, not hurt them). I've had my run ins with the law but I for one know the difference between right and wrong. BLAME THE PARENTS, NOT THE GAMES...
if you ask me i think articles like this just feed the anti-microsoft zealots. i think it's perfectly normal for microsoft to be concerned as a company. frankly i don't understand why most of the posts i've read about this see this as microsoft just wanting more control. microsoft is a large company and maybe a lot of what they do needs to be regulated but when a government has control over a product that will rival another many factors come into play. i think people see this as absurd on microsoft's part only because of their size and what they have done in the past. regardless, if these three government's produce an os they can say "no microsoft" or "our os only" which from an outside perspective is kinda unfair. if i had a company as large as microsoft i would hope i would have a better business record but hearing that the asian market will produce their own os, i would be weary myself. i don't think it's about control in microsoft's case but fair competition (not to say microsoft practices this), which a government can easily restrict.
another thing is that the governments want to get together and produce this os. people don't seem to think about the concerns this can raise. everyone has a problem with microsoft corporation being too powerful, yet we have three governments collaborating here to make their own os. microsoft has its flaws and many at that but would you rather trust your computers operating system to the government!? i don't know about everyone else but i think i'd choose microsoft before CIA-OS. food for thought...
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I, for one, welcome our new lobster overlords. "Mod me down and live with the shame in knowing that you've hurt a poor boys feelings. And for that I will eat your brains." Paul Lessard
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punk music is a virus.
Say anything the challenges peoples beliefs and you're "flamebait".
yeah, my score is PROOF of that...
why must I always be the statistic?
It's a long thread and I don't mean to post this if someone else has but how about just asking him what he would like. He can give you a good idea what to get and it can still be a surprise. Just a thought.
well sir let me add that you are no regular man and that your relevance is relevant to me! just playin, i like your point though.
In conjunction with the MARS mission, the rover was also testing a beta of the new Windows Longhorn... Now we know some things NEVER change!
that little movie definitely sucks. what a waste of my life to sit and watch that.
"Will GM prohibit unauthorized repairs of its patented car components?"
and if it does and you don't like it, DON'T BUY GM! need i say more?
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.
Update: 09/24 15:19 GMT by T: Note, the magician crack is a joke ;)
If i were to tell a joke this bad my karma would go so low that I wouldn't be allowed to read slashdot let alone post in it, oh wait, it's ALREADY that low... at least you can tell my shitty jokes are at least jokes... MODERATE THE MODERATORS!
/paul
yeah, cool slashdot hacker geek talk... the L0TR fans just wanna show that they too can be down with the cool kids.
i took a look at the link, skimmed through the little article and i must admit, the the suits of armor in the picture i saw looked VERY high tech... i'm sure any knight these days would love to replace his old rusty 20th century suit of armor with one of the high tech one's shown in the picture...
i don't get what the big problem is. fact of the matter is linux sucks if your a gamer and until someone changes that why doesn't everyone just stop whining. repartition, linux on one, windows 98se on the other, read slashdot on one, play games on the other... i don't see what the big problem is here... frankly, if it doesn't run linux and you're not willing to run windows too then stop the bitching.
and just to get this out of the way: i only say win98se because frankly i like to have that DOS support too. there are a lot of DOS games i loved and still like to play so why not just use the real thing.
it's just my opinion and it's very ON-topic. damn moderators have gone mad and it's affected me. just keepin' it real, yo...
They should've waited until AFTER someone was sued due to the fact that that hasn't happend. might not hold well in court as a "could of".
1. Buy CD.
2. Copy CD to electronic medium.
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
"Actually, the artists own the songs."
;OP
And the RIAA owns the artists...
OUCH! Well she could still use a lesson in grammar! ;OP
MYYYYYY BAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD!
I understand your perspective but I don't think your analogy was 100% on... The government has every right to produce an OS and apparently nothing can really stop them from this but as much as a government may act like a business in many ways it still is not a business. I'm not exactly pro-microsoft but I try to keep an open mind. I just feel with a government developing such a thing it can make many things better yes, but from a business perspective just seems kind of unfair. If Japan doesn't want microsoft to compete in their market they, being a government can arrange this. This in turn being completely fair, is not fair at all. To be honest I don't know much about it and maybe I'm in no place to make such a comment but I do think and have opinions nonetheless. Also, i never said anyone was forcing anyone else to use a particular OS but then again with the government in charge who knows what can happen. Hell, if i ran my own country i would definitely consider not allowing any microsoft products in. as wrong as that may be. A world without microsoft could just be a nicer place but that doesn't make it right. I'm just saying I would be just as weary of an OS produced by a government than that produced by a large corporation. It's sketchy if you ask me and I'm not saying you're wrong at all, just saying it's more complicated than that if you ask me...
;OP
But what are we arguing about, we have Linux!
"A part of me died that night that he died. It just died," said Rosemary Hamel, Aaron's mother. "You just don't know a mother's loss. We were so close, and now he's gone."
Not to sound insensitive or anything, I mean I am sorry innocent people die and all but this lady sounds like a moron. can you say "died" a few more times and make it sound any worse? As for them being "so close", well, apparently she wasn't as close to her children to know that they were fucked in the head and needed some help. Or maybe I'm wrong and they were very close in which case maybe SHE need's some fuckin' help. This is just another post pointing out how people can't take responsibility anymore but really the fact that it's REALLY like this is annoying in it's own. Guess it's just something we have to learn to live with. As for me, I own Grand Theft auto three, I like playing it very much and I'm a New York state certified EMT (meaning i help people, not hurt them). I've had my run ins with the law but I for one know the difference between right and wrong. BLAME THE PARENTS, NOT THE GAMES...
if you ask me i think articles like this just feed the anti-microsoft zealots. i think it's perfectly normal for microsoft to be concerned as a company. frankly i don't understand why most of the posts i've read about this see this as microsoft just wanting more control. microsoft is a large company and maybe a lot of what they do needs to be regulated but when a government has control over a product that will rival another many factors come into play. i think people see this as absurd on microsoft's part only because of their size and what they have done in the past. regardless, if these three government's produce an os they can say "no microsoft" or "our os only" which from an outside perspective is kinda unfair. if i had a company as large as microsoft i would hope i would have a better business record but hearing that the asian market will produce their own os, i would be weary myself. i don't think it's about control in microsoft's case but fair competition (not to say microsoft practices this), which a government can easily restrict.
another thing is that the governments want to get together and produce this os. people don't seem to think about the concerns this can raise. everyone has a problem with microsoft corporation being too powerful, yet we have three governments collaborating here to make their own os. microsoft has its flaws and many at that but would you rather trust your computers operating system to the government!? i don't know about everyone else but i think i'd choose microsoft before CIA-OS.
food for thought...
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good point.
you forgot slashdot you insensitive clod!