However, if the Coke has 0 calories, as current Coke Zero has, and it jacks you up on caffeine, making your body go into overdrive, doesn't that make your body use up calories?
Oh, so to install it, I need the Live CD, and if I want the live CD, then I use the Universal CD. Sorry, but no thanks. I'll stick with a distro that uses good terminology. If getting it installed is that bad, I'd hate to see how hard it is to use it on a daily basis.
I have an iPod, because it's a really good music player, but I don't buy anything on iTunes. I buy all my music on CD, rip it to mp3, and load it on my iPod in mp3. DRM doesn't come into the picture. I don't know how you listen to the radio. The commercials really grate at my nerves, as does the fact that they repeat the same songs over and over again. Plus very seldom do bands that I like even get radio time.
However, I'd rather pay $12 (average for my CDs, some are cheaper than iTunes) for a CD than $10.99, and have a physical copy that isn't tied to a specific device, and is higher quality.
How come the installation instructions don't point to those CDs? If you're trying to attract new users, presenting them with the documentation given is not a good idea. I understand putting it in a section for advanced users, but when I looked, I couldn't find an easier way to install. Please explain to me where the graphical install ISOs are on the Get Gentoo page. I tried the universal CD, it booted up like a Live CD, and I couldn't figure out how to start the installation.
I wasn't talking about people with diabetes being fat or anything. I have friends with diabetes, and I feel their plight. I wouldn't want to have to stick myself with needles every. I was talking about the general population as a whole being so out of shape. In a society where it seems that people only ever talk about how little money they have, and how things cost so much, and how little money they make, you'd think that people would be trying to live a cheaper lifestyle. You'd think they wouldn't spend $50 a month on cable, or spend $13 on night at the movies, when they could just go out ice skating for $2.
My only problem with Gentoo is getting it installed. You call that the quick install? Even Mandrake 7 (released in 2001) was easier to install than that.
I think this is true. Had I only gone to highschool, I probably would have thought I was one of the smartest people in the world. However, when I got to university, I saw that there were many people who were even much smarter than I was. I didn't have a problem with that. I think that a lot of people need to learn that they aren't the best person in the world at whatever is is they are good at (unless of course, they are). Some people have it so ingrained in their brain that they are better than everyone else, that they can never see anyone else's point of view. I think it's important for people to be aware that sometimes they can be wrong, and that some things in life are hard, and that you may have to work at it.
What's the standard deviation on the IQ tests. If let's say that 90% of people fall between 90 and 110, then being at 100 isn't that bad. However, if it's evenly distributed between 50 and 150, then being at 100 means there are a lot of people who are smarted than you. What if it's not evenly distributed like a bell curve. What if 48% of the population is between 90 and 100, with 2% below, but there's 10% of the population with 150, and then the remaining 40% stuck at 102 (or whatever would make the average 100)?
I find it funny that you found people who said chemistry isn't for girls. In university, we used to refer to chemical engineering as FemEng, because there was so many women in that programme. Probably about 50/50, which is amazing for an engineering program.
Yes, but you also have to have a lot of other 32 bit libraries installed just for the browser to run. I think that one of them is glibc. I'm running mandrake 2007 rc1 (haven't downloaded final yet, but i've installed all the updates), and when I tried using 64-bit, even isntalling a 32-bit browser didn't work. Firefox would crash every time flash tried to start. So, we could either install only the 64 bit libraries, or install 64 and 32 bit libraries, and the 32 bit browser and hope it works. However, I'm still running full 32 bit linux on my AMD64. I tried 64 bit for a while, but I found that a lot of stuff still isn't stable enough for me on 64 bit. For one thing, the 3D desktop on Mandriva 2007 wouldn't work on my Radeon X550 when I had 64 bit. With 32 bit, no problems at all. I guess i'm going to have to wait until Mandriva 2008, when hopefully 64 bit linux will be ready. I also tried out other 64 bit distros (Fedora, Suse) and found that they weren't any better.
But the lasoo the bull game is sooooo much fun!!!. Seriously, I don't use adblock, but i'm a big fan of flashblock. Has anybody noticed the FMV commercials with sound which sites have started using? That's the most annoying thing i've ever seen. Way worse than pop-ups, pop-unders, hovering divs that move across the screen, and every other ad I've ever seen, put together.
I know a kid in grade 7 who got stabbed in the eye with a compass. The kind you use to draw circles, not the kind you use to tell which way is north. Anyway, it was due to him and another kid messing around. Nobody had the thought that kids shouldn't be allowed to have compasses, and nobody sued the school. The kid was lucky that he didn't lose his vision.
You may choose to have compassion or not, it's a feeling, go ahead and feel compassion towards the smoke if you want, I do no though. The "stricken by misfortune" is espcially important in my viewpoint, because I think "fortune" brings in some degree of luck, or something the person can't control. It's not unfortunate if you fail a test because you didn't study, even though you knew you needed to. In the same way it's not unfortunate that the smoker got lung cancer, because he knew it would happen. It's like playing russian roulette, and then saying it's unfortunate that the guy got killed when he knew very well that was a likely outcome.
On the other side of that argument, is that people are more likely to pirate a DVD than to pirate Medical Imaging software. Are these companies really worried that a hospital is going to pirate their software. While i realize that the company making the medical imaging software is losing out on a lot more with a single instance of piracy, I think the odds, that some who really needs the software, that isn't some third world hospital, would be very likely to pay for it.
a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
So, yes, I feel sympathy for people who contracted a fatal disease, even though they weren't doing anything wrong (or didn't think they were). I don't feel sympathetic towards people who smoke, and are aware they will likely get lung cancer, but continue to smoke anyway.
I have to argue about the cheaper thing. Try putting all the healthy food (fruit, vegetables, etc.) on one bill, and then put all the red meat, chips, pop, and other stuff on another bill. See which bill comes out to more. It's only 29 cents pound for bananas. You can't even get mock chicken that cheap, let alone quality meat. Also, it's way more expensive to be lazy. Sitting around watching TV or going out to a movie is expensive. $40+ for cable, $13 for a movie. You can go ice skating at your local arena for $2. Public swimming at your local pool is equally cheap. Going to the local park for a walk is free. I really don't understand why anybody thinks that being inactive and eating bad is actually more expensive. If they do, they clearly haven't done a good comparison.
So we can have compassion for the coal miner who got lung cancer, or people like Heather Crowe. They were just trying to make a living, didn't smoke, and still got the disease anyway. Yet you can have no compassion for the smoker, because it was their own doing, they know they should have quit.
I'm with you there. If you want to make money, get an MBA, become an accountant, become a lawyer, or a doctor or do something along those lines. Tech is not for people who just want to make money. If you aren't going to enjoy it, there's places where you can make much more money than in the tech industry. If you enjoy working in tech, well, stop worrying about how much money you make, because you are most likely making a pretty good living. You may not be making $100,000 a year, but neither are most other people.
I think it works like this. If nobody in the third world is using computers, then there is no demand. If you increase the number of people in Africa using computers, rather through outsourcing or otherwise, then you have increased the demand for computers, software, and other high tech devices that did not previously exist. By bringing the third world up the the level of the first world, we increase demand for a whole plethora of items which there was previously less demand for. My only fear is what will happen to the world if the average person starts using as much resources as the average american. Can the world sustain 6 billion people when they are all using that many resources?
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I have heard about a lot of problem with Apple machines as well as Dell. The only difference is Apple charges twice as much for the same crap.
Yes, but running the browser in 32 bit emulation mode is pretty slow in my experience.
However, if the Coke has 0 calories, as current Coke Zero has, and it jacks you up on caffeine, making your body go into overdrive, doesn't that make your body use up calories?
Oh, so to install it, I need the Live CD, and if I want the live CD, then I use the Universal CD. Sorry, but no thanks. I'll stick with a distro that uses good terminology. If getting it installed is that bad, I'd hate to see how hard it is to use it on a daily basis.
I have an iPod, because it's a really good music player, but I don't buy anything on iTunes. I buy all my music on CD, rip it to mp3, and load it on my iPod in mp3. DRM doesn't come into the picture. I don't know how you listen to the radio. The commercials really grate at my nerves, as does the fact that they repeat the same songs over and over again. Plus very seldom do bands that I like even get radio time.
However, I'd rather pay $12 (average for my CDs, some are cheaper than iTunes) for a CD than $10.99, and have a physical copy that isn't tied to a specific device, and is higher quality.
How come the installation instructions don't point to those CDs? If you're trying to attract new users, presenting them with the documentation given is not a good idea. I understand putting it in a section for advanced users, but when I looked, I couldn't find an easier way to install. Please explain to me where the graphical install ISOs are on the Get Gentoo page. I tried the universal CD, it booted up like a Live CD, and I couldn't figure out how to start the installation.
I wasn't talking about people with diabetes being fat or anything. I have friends with diabetes, and I feel their plight. I wouldn't want to have to stick myself with needles every. I was talking about the general population as a whole being so out of shape. In a society where it seems that people only ever talk about how little money they have, and how things cost so much, and how little money they make, you'd think that people would be trying to live a cheaper lifestyle. You'd think they wouldn't spend $50 a month on cable, or spend $13 on night at the movies, when they could just go out ice skating for $2.
My only problem with Gentoo is getting it installed. You call that the quick install? Even Mandrake 7 (released in 2001) was easier to install than that.
I think this is true. Had I only gone to highschool, I probably would have thought I was one of the smartest people in the world. However, when I got to university, I saw that there were many people who were even much smarter than I was. I didn't have a problem with that. I think that a lot of people need to learn that they aren't the best person in the world at whatever is is they are good at (unless of course, they are). Some people have it so ingrained in their brain that they are better than everyone else, that they can never see anyone else's point of view. I think it's important for people to be aware that sometimes they can be wrong, and that some things in life are hard, and that you may have to work at it.
What's the standard deviation on the IQ tests. If let's say that 90% of people fall between 90 and 110, then being at 100 isn't that bad. However, if it's evenly distributed between 50 and 150, then being at 100 means there are a lot of people who are smarted than you. What if it's not evenly distributed like a bell curve. What if 48% of the population is between 90 and 100, with 2% below, but there's 10% of the population with 150, and then the remaining 40% stuck at 102 (or whatever would make the average 100)?
I find it funny that you found people who said chemistry isn't for girls. In university, we used to refer to chemical engineering as FemEng, because there was so many women in that programme. Probably about 50/50, which is amazing for an engineering program.
I don't go on YouTube a whole lot, but I've never noticed any audio problems on YouTube.
But he could run that on flash 7. What are some good sites that require flash8/flash9 that we previously couldn't run?
Yes, but you also have to have a lot of other 32 bit libraries installed just for the browser to run. I think that one of them is glibc. I'm running mandrake 2007 rc1 (haven't downloaded final yet, but i've installed all the updates), and when I tried using 64-bit, even isntalling a 32-bit browser didn't work. Firefox would crash every time flash tried to start. So, we could either install only the 64 bit libraries, or install 64 and 32 bit libraries, and the 32 bit browser and hope it works. However, I'm still running full 32 bit linux on my AMD64. I tried 64 bit for a while, but I found that a lot of stuff still isn't stable enough for me on 64 bit. For one thing, the 3D desktop on Mandriva 2007 wouldn't work on my Radeon X550 when I had 64 bit. With 32 bit, no problems at all. I guess i'm going to have to wait until Mandriva 2008, when hopefully 64 bit linux will be ready. I also tried out other 64 bit distros (Fedora, Suse) and found that they weren't any better.
But the lasoo the bull game is sooooo much fun!!!. Seriously, I don't use adblock, but i'm a big fan of flashblock. Has anybody noticed the FMV commercials with sound which sites have started using? That's the most annoying thing i've ever seen. Way worse than pop-ups, pop-unders, hovering divs that move across the screen, and every other ad I've ever seen, put together.
I know a kid in grade 7 who got stabbed in the eye with a compass. The kind you use to draw circles, not the kind you use to tell which way is north. Anyway, it was due to him and another kid messing around. Nobody had the thought that kids shouldn't be allowed to have compasses, and nobody sued the school. The kid was lucky that he didn't lose his vision.
I know people who used to play tag, or war, or whatever with pellet guns. One guy got hit in the eye. Kids are really stupid.
You may choose to have compassion or not, it's a feeling, go ahead and feel compassion towards the smoke if you want, I do no though. The "stricken by misfortune" is espcially important in my viewpoint, because I think "fortune" brings in some degree of luck, or something the person can't control. It's not unfortunate if you fail a test because you didn't study, even though you knew you needed to. In the same way it's not unfortunate that the smoker got lung cancer, because he knew it would happen. It's like playing russian roulette, and then saying it's unfortunate that the guy got killed when he knew very well that was a likely outcome.
On the other side of that argument, is that people are more likely to pirate a DVD than to pirate Medical Imaging software. Are these companies really worried that a hospital is going to pirate their software. While i realize that the company making the medical imaging software is losing out on a lot more with a single instance of piracy, I think the odds, that some who really needs the software, that isn't some third world hospital, would be very likely to pay for it.
I have to argue about the cheaper thing. Try putting all the healthy food (fruit, vegetables, etc.) on one bill, and then put all the red meat, chips, pop, and other stuff on another bill. See which bill comes out to more. It's only 29 cents pound for bananas. You can't even get mock chicken that cheap, let alone quality meat. Also, it's way more expensive to be lazy. Sitting around watching TV or going out to a movie is expensive. $40+ for cable, $13 for a movie. You can go ice skating at your local arena for $2. Public swimming at your local pool is equally cheap. Going to the local park for a walk is free. I really don't understand why anybody thinks that being inactive and eating bad is actually more expensive. If they do, they clearly haven't done a good comparison.
So we can have compassion for the coal miner who got lung cancer, or people like Heather Crowe. They were just trying to make a living, didn't smoke, and still got the disease anyway. Yet you can have no compassion for the smoker, because it was their own doing, they know they should have quit.
I'm with you there. If you want to make money, get an MBA, become an accountant, become a lawyer, or a doctor or do something along those lines. Tech is not for people who just want to make money. If you aren't going to enjoy it, there's places where you can make much more money than in the tech industry. If you enjoy working in tech, well, stop worrying about how much money you make, because you are most likely making a pretty good living. You may not be making $100,000 a year, but neither are most other people.
I think it works like this. If nobody in the third world is using computers, then there is no demand. If you increase the number of people in Africa using computers, rather through outsourcing or otherwise, then you have increased the demand for computers, software, and other high tech devices that did not previously exist. By bringing the third world up the the level of the first world, we increase demand for a whole plethora of items which there was previously less demand for. My only fear is what will happen to the world if the average person starts using as much resources as the average american. Can the world sustain 6 billion people when they are all using that many resources?