Judging by the responses of people who've had a chance to download it - it's big, slow, and only works properly on windows XP, despite MS's claims of cross-platformness
I know there are problems in theory, but has anyone had any in practice? I've been using PHP with apache2 for quite a while, and not noticed anything weird - it would seem to be the same case for everyone else I've talked to...
Really, I'm quite surprised there's been no "cancer gives you cancer" research; after all, there's a clear relationship between the two!
Re:Oh noes, the interface is different!
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I know, but that's what most people mean it as:P If you mean it in the sense that you can use it without learning, I have yet to see *any* such UI.
Oh noes, the interface is different!
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The "unintuitive interface" argument seems to apply in reverse as well, for me at least - I've been using the GIMP for several years, and recently ended up using photoshop because that's all our art dept had. I found the UI to be quite horrid; nothing was where I expected it to be, getting anything done was slow and painful, overall it just felt wrong - having seen things from the other side, I find it hard to take PS user's complaints about the GIMP seriously; I'd think it change that they (and I) don't like, not the new UI itself.
If the same apps are available for both OSes, then the only difference is in the OSes themselves, which makes the competition about things like speed, stability, pagackage management, drivers & compatability, vendor support, etc
As a general rule, laws regulating explosives and the like are in place to stop people coming to harm; however, this means that most kids who want to blow stuff up end up googling and finding things like the terrorist's handbook - as any chemist who's read it'll realise, the recipes within are pretty much suicidal and / or things that don't work in practice. As such I'd think it great fun to have a properly guided tutorial on blowing stuff up without putting yourself at risk, DIY potato cannons, simple rockets, examples of just how stupid the TH recipes are, etc; generally things that it's illegal to do without a permit, but great fun with:)
Neither do I, and neither do most people who know how good the alternatives are, but unfortunately:
If you've used Windows' "Start" button, you'll feel right at home with Xandros' "Launch" button. It's pretty much the same thing. We can't help but wonder why everybody who creates operating systems doesn't just call that button "Start." Can Microsoft have trademarked the word start? We somehow doubt it.
If everyone had a 99% accurate spam-blocker (ie installed at the ISP level), spam would become an inifficient way of making money, so the spammers would have to go elsewhere; bandwidth use then drops off from that.
Great. Now that you've let word get out, I'd make it about a week until I can't see the genuine signals amongst all the "z0mg 3nl4rge ur p3n1s 4 fr£e!!!" ones >:(
Not many people are going to even comment except rabid $ZEALOT_TYPE_1, rabid $ZEALOT_TYPE_2, and rabid $ZEALOT_TYPE_3. And they are going to argue and argue and argue to try to turn the other to their side (which is impossible).
Of course, there will be some jokes, but those will drown in a poll of foaming at the mouth arguments when this story hits about 2k comments.
Pattern to slashdot discussion found! News at 11.
Re:Why I think Kerry is a worse choice than Bush
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Saddam had the burden of proof to prove that he had gotten rid of the WMD's
I'd agree with most of your points, but this argument keeps annoying me - how do you prove that you don't have something? Also you say saddam kicked out the weapons inspectors; from what I heard, the weapons inspectors wanted more time, but they were pulled out by the government because they weren't getting the results that the govt wanted...
The gullible Europeans simply swallow it hook line and sinker everytime the BBC or its equivalent repeats something from CNN or another American news outlet
Are you sure you meant to say this? Either you made a typo somewhere which reversed the meaning, or you have no idea what you're on about - CNN (and most american media) are famous for being fiction, and I have yet to meet anyone who sees otherwise
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe slashdot reported a fact and didn't spin it either way?
... nah, I'm sure we're just missing something ...
Judging by the responses of people who've had a chance to download it - it's big, slow, and only works properly on windows XP, despite MS's claims of cross-platformness
I know there are problems in theory, but has anyone had any in practice? I've been using PHP with apache2 for quite a while, and not noticed anything weird - it would seem to be the same case for everyone else I've talked to...
DNA damage?
Really, I'm quite surprised there's been no "cancer gives you cancer" research; after all, there's a clear relationship between the two!
I know, but that's what most people mean it as :P If you mean it in the sense that you can use it without learning, I have yet to see *any* such UI.
The "unintuitive interface" argument seems to apply in reverse as well, for me at least - I've been using the GIMP for several years, and recently ended up using photoshop because that's all our art dept had. I found the UI to be quite horrid; nothing was where I expected it to be, getting anything done was slow and painful, overall it just felt wrong - having seen things from the other side, I find it hard to take PS user's complaints about the GIMP seriously; I'd think it change that they (and I) don't like, not the new UI itself.
On an unrelated note, Moodle is a quite nice bit of lesson management software; we've started testing it in our school, and it seems fine so far :)
If the same apps are available for both OSes, then the only difference is in the OSes themselves, which makes the competition about things like speed, stability, pagackage management, drivers & compatability, vendor support, etc
As a general rule, laws regulating explosives and the like are in place to stop people coming to harm; however, this means that most kids who want to blow stuff up end up googling and finding things like the terrorist's handbook - as any chemist who's read it'll realise, the recipes within are pretty much suicidal and / or things that don't work in practice. As such I'd think it great fun to have a properly guided tutorial on blowing stuff up without putting yourself at risk, DIY potato cannons, simple rockets, examples of just how stupid the TH recipes are, etc; generally things that it's illegal to do without a permit, but great fun with :)
It'd be much easier to count the bug reports that apply to a given version of each OS, and divide by the published line count...
Neither do I, and neither do most people who know how good the alternatives are, but unfortunately:
If you've used Windows' "Start" button, you'll feel right at home with Xandros' "Launch" button. It's pretty much the same thing. We can't help but wonder why everybody who creates operating systems doesn't just call that button "Start." Can Microsoft have trademarked the word start? We somehow doubt it.
If everyone had a 99% accurate spam-blocker (ie installed at the ISP level), spam would become an inifficient way of making money, so the spammers would have to go elsewhere; bandwidth use then drops off from that.
If they're family, yes. Why would they not?
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pornography
Perhaps you mean child pornography?
KDE has a firewall script generator?
What happens when you want to run linux and poke your hardware at the same time?
You DO know that your home connection means nothing when it's the SERVERS that are overladed, right?
Great. Now that you've let word get out, I'd make it about a week until I can't see the genuine signals amongst all the "z0mg 3nl4rge ur p3n1s 4 fr£e!!!" ones >:(
I've always wondered - I can conciously tell that my thoughts are in english; but what are the thoughts of someone who doesn't know a language like?
Oh wait, you can. :P
Of course, there will be some jokes, but those will drown in a poll of foaming at the mouth arguments when this story hits about 2k comments.
Pattern to slashdot discussion found! News at 11.
I'd agree with most of your points, but this argument keeps annoying me - how do you prove that you don't have something? Also you say saddam kicked out the weapons inspectors; from what I heard, the weapons inspectors wanted more time, but they were pulled out by the government because they weren't getting the results that the govt wanted...
Why be run by a guy who makes you complain, when you could be run by someone who gets things right in the first place?
Are you sure you meant to say this? Either you made a typo somewhere which reversed the meaning, or you have no idea what you're on about - CNN (and most american media) are famous for being fiction, and I have yet to meet anyone who sees otherwise
-- A European
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