I wish I still had mod points, this sort of trolling is laughable. +1 Funny. There's nothing second rate about what lindows is trying to emulate, the windows user interface, while not very innovative OR good looking, is a very effective way to get work done. Having your web-browser and local file browser in the same window is a great idea. (ok, so it's not mozilla friendly and it ties you into one web-browser, and I won't get into problems with IE, but for MOST users, it's perfectly fine)
Lindows isn't trying to emulate the bad things about windows, who in gods name would want to do that. Instead, they're trying to emulate the things that people LIKE about windows, while sneaking in some neat OSS/GNU/"beer" stuff in too.
Is Crypto getting secure to the point that we don't have to worry about anyone decrypting our communications? As open-source solutions become more and more viable, will networks like Freenet set the standard in the future for those of us who actually give a rip about privacy? Are we doomed, or is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
THis shouldn't have been modded funny, but informative. I work in retail, and this is true. we're told by corporate that if someone makes a big enough stink about taking something back, you just do it.
So don't let the AI tell you chess is the last stance. Go is.
I think you've got an unhealthy obsession with Go, sir. While you raise some interesting points, you're a fool to think that there is an upper limit to something like this. What if I invent a game like go, but with twice as many spaces?
This isn't a match between Garry Kasparov and the programmers of Deep Jr.
I'd be willing to wager that Garry could easily beat any of the programmers of Deep Jr.
Plus, comparing Kasparov and Deep Jr is like comparing apples and oranges. Kasparov doesn't win by calculating every possible move each turn. There's something else going on inside his head, something that the computer will never be able to emulate. Call it instinct, natural skill, or a gut feeling, but when you break it down, they play the game in two very different ways.
damn... i grew up on this game, i played it endlessly as a kid and i never got past the third level.. haha, maybe this explains why I am the way I am now...
i just glanced over the mailbag section, and while some of the reader letters are indeed pretty lame, do they really have to be that elitest in their replies? ugh...
yeah yeah, flamebait, i know- but it had to be said.
a lot more? 'eh, like what? hah, last time i checked, quicktime 6 on my powerbook bombed on almost every porno mpg that i threw at it. windows media player on my pc had no problems with them. the only thing that i've never had a problem with was.mov. ( this isn't a troll, hah, rather a cry for help. i miss jenna and brianna:| )
HAH. This past summer, my dad (50) and I were in the Apple store. He fired up his website on one of the Ti Powerbooks (www.kez.nu), and put a picture of himself with a dog's snout on the wallpaper. The salesperson that was working the front of the store glared at us, so we ran out. Hiding behind a poster on the front window, however, we got a great view of a stuffy old woman looking at the computer, only to scoff and walk off. Good times...
this seems odd... i wonder how many of those stores really want to take the time to configure and maintain a network like that. i'd think that having an on-site admin, or even off-site support, would cost them enough to negate any gain from the selling of wastesd cycles.
when i got my cable installed, the modem had to be 'activated' via a piece of windows software. (i run a mac, so we had to use my dad's computer) being the asshole that i am, i drilled the install guy about what he's to do if someone doesn't run windows. alas, he was a fool and had no answer. he ended up installing the software, and i wouldn't let him leave until i had removed it, rebooted the computer, and established that the modem would still work.
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maybe you're just too euro-centric?
I wish I still had mod points, this sort of trolling is laughable. +1 Funny. There's nothing second rate about what lindows is trying to emulate, the windows user interface, while not very innovative OR good looking, is a very effective way to get work done. Having your web-browser and local file browser in the same window is a great idea. (ok, so it's not mozilla friendly and it ties you into one web-browser, and I won't get into problems with IE, but for MOST users, it's perfectly fine)
Lindows isn't trying to emulate the bad things about windows, who in gods name would want to do that. Instead, they're trying to emulate the things that people LIKE about windows, while sneaking in some neat OSS/GNU/"beer" stuff in too.
no, your admin has nothing to do with how fast windows runs on a PII 333 (!!!), try an upgrade, or install windows 95 (it'll scream on that hardware)
Is Crypto getting secure to the point that we don't have to worry about anyone decrypting our communications? As open-source solutions become more and more viable, will networks like Freenet set the standard in the future for those of us who actually give a rip about privacy? Are we doomed, or is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
HEAD STICK YOU OUT. HULK SMASH.
Grammar anyone? I mean, shit, if you're going to troll with a played out Soviet Russia joke, at least get it right.
that's because NASCAR is a hick sport, and hicks are white. sad, but true.
yes... i have karma to burn.
This is because windows NT is secretly Solaris 2.6, just rebranded. I bet you didn't know that! - Bill G
why don't you elaborate on this? or was that one of those "i could hack you if i wanted to, but... er... i don't feel like it" comments?
THis shouldn't have been modded funny, but informative. I work in retail, and this is true. we're told by corporate that if someone makes a big enough stink about taking something back, you just do it.
with a 95%+ market share, i HIGHLY doubt that they would miss the ad revenue
So don't let the AI tell you chess is the last stance. Go is.
I think you've got an unhealthy obsession with Go, sir. While you raise some interesting points, you're a fool to think that there is an upper limit to something like this. What if I invent a game like go, but with twice as many spaces?
This isn't a match between Garry Kasparov and the programmers of Deep Jr.
I'd be willing to wager that Garry could easily beat any of the programmers of Deep Jr.
Plus, comparing Kasparov and Deep Jr is like comparing apples and oranges. Kasparov doesn't win by calculating every possible move each turn. There's something else going on inside his head, something that the computer will never be able to emulate. Call it instinct, natural skill, or a gut feeling, but when you break it down, they play the game in two very different ways.
doesn't linus work for these guys, or at least he did when they were getting started? what does he have to say about all this jazz?
damn... i grew up on this game, i played it endlessly as a kid and i never got past the third level.. haha, maybe this explains why I am the way I am now...
What about Dune Nukem Fo.... Er... Nevermind.
i just glanced over the mailbag section, and while some of the reader letters are indeed pretty lame, do they really have to be that elitest in their replies? ugh... yeah yeah, flamebait, i know- but it had to be said.
a lot more? 'eh, like what? hah, last time i checked, quicktime 6 on my powerbook bombed on almost every porno mpg that i threw at it. windows media player on my pc had no problems with them. the only thing that i've never had a problem with was .mov. ( this isn't a troll, hah, rather a cry for help. i miss jenna and brianna :| )
Cars kill more people everyday than do guns. Google still advertises companies who sell car parts.
what kind of idiocy is this?
cars are designed with the intent to drive. guns are designed with the intent to kill. there is no 'safe' use for a gun. ALL they do is kill.
please rethink YOUR logic, as it's obviously flawed.
HAH. This past summer, my dad (50) and I were in the Apple store. He fired up his website on one of the Ti Powerbooks (www.kez.nu), and put a picture of himself with a dog's snout on the wallpaper. The salesperson that was working the front of the store glared at us, so we ran out. Hiding behind a poster on the front window, however, we got a great view of a stuffy old woman looking at the computer, only to scoff and walk off. Good times...
this seems odd... i wonder how many of those stores really want to take the time to configure and maintain a network like that. i'd think that having an on-site admin, or even off-site support, would cost them enough to negate any gain from the selling of wastesd cycles.
am I the only one that's surprised that it didn't have this before?
how do they measure the processing power of the human brain?
Riiiiiiight. Sue them for the 10 seconds it takes to click Uninstall in Add/Remove Programs. Don't kid yourself, geek time isn't worth THAT much.
when i got my cable installed, the modem had to be 'activated' via a piece of windows software. (i run a mac, so we had to use my dad's computer) being the asshole that i am, i drilled the install guy about what he's to do if someone doesn't run windows. alas, he was a fool and had no answer. he ended up installing the software, and i wouldn't let him leave until i had removed it, rebooted the computer, and established that the modem would still work.