everything costs money. or nearly etc.
however, using tax money for providing public services is a good thing. it needs a lot of thinking, balancing, discussing about what is good - but a good government (municipial, state, country) does a good job, not when keeping taxes low but when spreading the collected money in a good way, and with as smalla bureaucratic overhead as possible (always too much, but...).
that is one of the reasons why european cities generally look and feel much more comfortable than u.s. ones, where public spending = a bad thing.
- see horror, consider long (too long) in an open discussion, if to intervene, ask americans for help and let them bomb, clean up and pay for many years
the current u.s. way is:
- oligarchy decides about protecting their interests (politically and financially), president becomes "commander in chief", everybody starts to "support our troups", war is won, dying starts, at some point europeans/uno have to step in to clean up and pay for many years, even if not supporting the war...
considering the current situation(s), i rather prefer the EU model... but then, i am an http://www.oldeuropean.net/.
the current u.s. policy is inept, inefficient, complicated, but with some simple world view: god and money. at least the current government, supported by ca. 51% of the actively voing population.
... familiar with the ms procedures. maybe just a bit disillusioned; but aren't we all at some point in our lifes? cheer up, and don't let your bosses find out about these slashdot posts!
... and it was this "iPhoto was crashing when sorting only 18GB/15000 pictures and making thumbnails of them" experience, which shook the author to the bone;-) Otherwise, he absolutely seems to love his Mac (have you RTFA?).
even symantec agrees that there are no known os x viruses (and trojans). sure, there may be one day etc.; and also, it is possible to construct malware (see apple's comments to their keynote security patch from yesterday - hello moderators?). with ms office and visual basic installed, one may get ms macro viruses, but hey should do not more than modifying ms office documents (i am actually not sure, if this is possible; it was in pre os x days...).
however, even mac users may distribute windows viruses - usually through an exchange server account;-)
and only for the ones coming from windows; naturally, linux experience enables you to run the ibook from, say, the heat generated from your dual-athlon (still your main machine) while compiling some private kernel modifications. did i call you switcher? sorry, you dual-boot the ibook.
No problem without screen, keyboard etc., at least under OS X. That's the way I run a server (o.k., for most things you would not even need VNC...).
Also, I have done it on a mini Mac after disconnecting the 23in LCD; makes you scroll a lot on the client side... booting without screen leads to XGA resolution.
safari - do i have to say more? and konqueror!
in contrast, the friendly omniweb does not have classic tabs (well, a different form, but they tell you more about the content).
so, your theory is not as silly as it may look!
everything true. and the design! they should fire this european guy, and hire the design team from dell, or better from e-machines. also, put some neon lights in their boxes - they have all those unused holes.
and, you forgot to mention the file transfer times. 2 hours for an email attachement. and no floppy for years, and no known viruses => no geek challenge!
... specifically windows, right? haven't gotten too many.exe running on my mac, and installing malicious code on my c drive...
the only relevant cross platform exploits still depend on ms office, afaik;-)
because this is the u.s.? well, with the current government 8-(
however, in europe (not the brits, though, yet), you have them. don't feel bad about it; in the u.s., you have instead to provide constantly a large number uf personal data to "identify" yourself; in europe, your id makes you trustworthy enough (well, at least one trusts to get the wrongdoers;-) ).
here (u.s.), i have to distribute a lot of information (like SSID etc.), which also can easily be collected by others for the infamous "identity theft". and it is done.
so, please, some plastic and a registered address, and not more of this SSID and "maiden name of your dog's mother" stuff.
i just started to type that the order status (ordered 2 weeks ago) switched to may 3rd - and in that moment our delivery lady brings the package in! so i won't do real work today;-)
strange jokers at apple; i had complained to our apple rep already.
unfortunately, i don't live in palo alto any more, so no "night of the tiger" for me (not that anything special happened last time, apart from 2000 people winding through downtown...).
well, you just want to start up a computer on your high speed internet connection, and never have to worry about anything. anything means, the way you behave as pedestrian: though many of you are killed each day, it is highly improbable with the usual precautions (strange emails with attachements etc.). no reason to buy any anti virus crap (unless one of those rare accidents happens, and you need a doctor), or have hardware firewalls etc (they will help, but should not be necessary in the first place).
i never did it any other way.
i never used windows (on a personal machine, may it be at work or home).
it is absolutely stupid to slam the author for not being smart ass enough to "protect" his so's (whatever that means) machine. he, too, does not have to be a computer security expert (on the level of the average slashdot windows user).
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everything costs money. or nearly etc. however, using tax money for providing public services is a good thing. it needs a lot of thinking, balancing, discussing about what is good - but a good government (municipial, state, country) does a good job, not when keeping taxes low but when spreading the collected money in a good way, and with as smalla bureaucratic overhead as possible (always too much, but ...).
that is one of the reasons why european cities generally look and feel much more comfortable than u.s. ones, where public spending = a bad thing.
the (current) European way is:
- see horror, consider long (too long) in an open discussion, if to intervene, ask americans for help and let them bomb, clean up and pay for many years
the current u.s. way is:
- oligarchy decides about protecting their interests (politically and financially), president becomes "commander in chief", everybody starts to "support our troups", war is won, dying starts, at some point europeans/uno have to step in to clean up and pay for many years, even if not supporting the war...
considering the current situation(s), i rather prefer the EU model... but then, i am an http://www.oldeuropean.net/.
offtopic? i thought it was about evil empires. sorry, may have gotten the icon wrong.
now, about the perfect world... hello? why is it so dark hereIOfhpug yefnfwc ewAFGnnnnnnnnnn
I deeply apologize to everybody for everything.
the current u.s. policy is inept, inefficient, complicated, but with some simple world view: god and money. at least the current government, supported by ca. 51% of the actively voing population.
an inept pre-dictatorship? no, thanks.
... to the rest of the world? well, not that they have succeeded so far.
he is just eval.
you have some strong contenders to Windows XP Starter Edition:
maybe time for another /. poll?
... familiar with the ms procedures. maybe just a bit disillusioned; but aren't we all at some point in our lifes? cheer up, and don't let your bosses find out about these slashdot posts!
... and it was this "iPhoto was crashing when sorting only 18GB/15000 pictures and making thumbnails of them" experience, which shook the author to the bone ;-) Otherwise, he absolutely seems to love his Mac (have you RTFA?).
even symantec agrees that there are no known os x viruses (and trojans). sure, there may be one day etc.; and also, it is possible to construct malware (see apple's comments to their keynote security patch from yesterday - hello moderators?). with ms office and visual basic installed, one may get ms macro viruses, but hey should do not more than modifying ms office documents (i am actually not sure, if this is possible; it was in pre os x days...).
;-)
however, even mac users may distribute windows viruses - usually through an exchange server account
well, this is just for recent switchers ...
and only for the ones coming from windows; naturally, linux experience enables you to run the ibook from, say, the heat generated from your dual-athlon (still your main machine) while compiling some private kernel modifications. did i call you switcher? sorry, you dual-boot the ibook.
well, this is just for recent switchers ...
No problem without screen, keyboard etc., at least under OS X. That's the way I run a server (o.k., for most things you would not even need VNC...).
Also, I have done it on a mini Mac after disconnecting the 23in LCD; makes you scroll a lot on the client side... booting without screen leads to XGA resolution.
...but does it run linux? (actually this may not be such a dumb question in this case ...)
safari - do i have to say more? and konqueror! in contrast, the friendly omniweb does not have classic tabs (well, a different form, but they tell you more about the content). so, your theory is not as silly as it may look!
here (or google...): http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/IDE/hitachi_travelstar6 0GB_7200/travelstar60GB_7200rpm.html
everything true. and the design! they should fire this european guy, and hire the design team from dell, or better from e-machines. also, put some neon lights in their boxes - they have all those unused holes. and, you forgot to mention the file transfer times. 2 hours for an email attachement. and no floppy for years, and no known viruses => no geek challenge!
... specifically windows, right? haven't gotten too many .exe running on my mac, and installing malicious code on my c drive ...
the only relevant cross platform exploits still depend on ms office, afaik ;-)
because this is the u.s.? well, with the current government 8-(
;-) ).
however, in europe (not the brits, though, yet), you have them. don't feel bad about it; in the u.s., you have instead to provide constantly a large number uf personal data to "identify" yourself; in europe, your id makes you trustworthy enough (well, at least one trusts to get the wrongdoers
here (u.s.), i have to distribute a lot of information (like SSID etc.), which also can easily be collected by others for the infamous "identity theft". and it is done.
so, please, some plastic and a registered address, and not more of this SSID and "maiden name of your dog's mother" stuff.
... but is limited to the U.S.A. Especially the central parts.
Maybe there is some kind of accelerated regression of mental capabilities at work? I think, so GOD exists? But wouldn't this be proof of evolution?
Questions... Not really.
yes, me too, no no no, i mean!
;-)
i just started to type that the order status (ordered 2 weeks ago) switched to may 3rd - and in that moment our delivery lady brings the package in! so i won't do real work today
strange jokers at apple; i had complained to our apple rep already.
unfortunately, i don't live in palo alto any more, so no "night of the tiger" for me (not that anything special happened last time, apart from 2000 people winding through downtown...).
could you please remind yourself, that the internet is international? most non-US readers will not understand this combination of words. thanks.
yes, you are. there is the occasional slashdot poster who agrees with you; but maybe this is just you with another ID?
well, you just want to start up a computer on your high speed internet connection, and never have to worry about anything. anything means, the way you behave as pedestrian: though many of you are killed each day, it is highly improbable with the usual precautions (strange emails with attachements etc.). no reason to buy any anti virus crap (unless one of those rare accidents happens, and you need a doctor), or have hardware firewalls etc (they will help, but should not be necessary in the first place). i never did it any other way. i never used windows (on a personal machine, may it be at work or home). it is absolutely stupid to slam the author for not being smart ass enough to "protect" his so's (whatever that means) machine. he, too, does not have to be a computer security expert (on the level of the average slashdot windows user).
... bad, that it is only 1x1 pixel and kind of transparent.