I'm not an MS troll... I use Linux/FreeBSD on my workstation and server at home, but I also use Windows 2000 client/server at work.
If what you need is something you can customise, or use cheaply, or have specialist requirements, then Open Source is great.
If all you need is file sharing, e-mail, and some office apps, and you have the money to burn, then 2k is fine.
We run a publicy available online centre which supports employment courses, and IT training. And you know what? If you're doing IT training, running MS is the only way really. Some of these folks can't use a mouse - if you train them on Open Office, and then they use MS Office in the real world, they'll be terrified.
You won't need support for Linux if the admin knows what he's doing or chooses a beginners distro like Mandrake.
Ummm... have you thought that possibly to let a sysadmin loose with a "beginner's distro" because they don't know anything else is a bad idea.
If your admin doesn't know how to use Linux - they should learn before rolling it out on servers that are used to make money. And I don't think you need to worry about Sun or MS going out of business just yet - you've got plenty of time to get the admins on training courses.
and at the same time, it may do whatever ugly things to the crowd without anyone seeing them.
What? You really believe that the BBC, ITN, Sky, CNN, and a million other news agencies won't turn out to watch on the off chance they can film just that happening and show the world.
You think the government don't know that?
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That almost made sense until you started ranting about Gnome being obsolete.
I don't use KDE or Gnome, but I do think that the choice is a good thing.
Except linking to a site is completely legal: see the w3c's article on that very subject. (Which I now can't find).
It basically comes down to the fact that no one can have you arrested/sued/whatever for mentioning their company unless it was in a way that misrepresents them.
Having seen all the ranting about how bad the game is, I thought I should tell how I've found it:P
It's amazing... sure during the beta there have been some bugs... *that's what a beta is for*! But despite the fact it throws up errors at me all the time, and parts of the game randomly die, it's still one of my favourite games, because it's what everyone has been waiting for since Elite.
Multiplay Elite.
In a huge universe (try turning on the full universe option in your map. Everyone of those dots is another system.) which feels like space... empty! But not in a way that you get bored.
You know those 535 idiots in congress you mentioned?
Their full time job is to discuss issues, and vote on your behalf... if you switch to a true democratic system, where everyone can vote on everything, one of two things are gonna happen.
1. The entire country grinds to a halt, as every single issue that can be voted on causes large numbers of people to go and vote when they could be working, and people are then needed to count votes.
2. People become even more apathetic about voting, since they don't have the time/motivation/whatever to go out and vote on all these issues, and eventually just stop listening to what they should be voting for.
However you can vote for a different "idiot" to represent you in congress... hell, you can even try to get other people to let *you* be that idiot.
As much as you may think that congress are load of idiots, they seem to be doing a pretty good job at keeping your country (I'm in the UK, but people say the same things about our government) running. Sure they make some bad decisions, but that's why laws can be ammended or revoked in the future... someone must have noticed that even politicians are human.
Yes... but what does she need an DVD/VCR/TV/PS2/XBox for at 2?
She's a kid! Save the over the top entertainment systems for when she hits the teenage years. For now all she needs is the packaging that came with the hardware:P
Obviously you've never taken a look at their support page (can't remember the address) which features such gems as their network diagram (it crosses the Atlantic to include their New York data centers) and the shift rota (full 24 hour on site support).
They charge through the nose for everything... I was using them for a couple of years, first to host my website, and then when I moved to a static IP, to do DNS for me for a while until I was comfortable I could do it from here.
Hmmm, anyone else find it kind of ironic that the "Linux Platform Company" shows their software demo being run on IE under Windows XP?/me thinks they need to do a little work on their desktops:P
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Do you use MS software in the real world?
I'm not an MS troll... I use Linux/FreeBSD on my workstation and server at home, but I also use Windows 2000 client/server at work.
If what you need is something you can customise, or use cheaply, or have specialist requirements, then Open Source is great.
If all you need is file sharing, e-mail, and some office apps, and you have the money to burn, then 2k is fine.
We run a publicy available online centre which supports employment courses, and IT training. And you know what? If you're doing IT training, running MS is the only way really. Some of these folks can't use a mouse - if you train them on Open Office, and then they use MS Office in the real world, they'll be terrified.
Ummm... have you thought that possibly to let a sysadmin loose with a "beginner's distro" because they don't know anything else is a bad idea.
If your admin doesn't know how to use Linux - they should learn before rolling it out on servers that are used to make money. And I don't think you need to worry about Sun or MS going out of business just yet - you've got plenty of time to get the admins on training courses.
... you insensitive clod.
I havn't had my morning coffee yet, and you throw *that* at me. I can't believe someone would be so cruel.
Hey... he only has a *month* to burn!
That game will eat your life.
If you're lucky.
What? You really believe that the BBC, ITN, Sky, CNN, and a million other news agencies won't turn out to watch on the off chance they can film just that happening and show the world.
You think the government don't know that?
That almost made sense until you started ranting about Gnome being obsolete.
I don't use KDE or Gnome, but I do think that the choice is a good thing.
Except linking to a site is completely legal: see the w3c's article on that very subject. (Which I now can't find).
It basically comes down to the fact that no one can have you arrested/sued/whatever for mentioning their company unless it was in a way that misrepresents them.
Combat is pseudo-realtime, in that you can change your options whenever you like, but it's still essentially turn based.
;)
It is made up for by some *really* huge ships though
Having seen all the ranting about how bad the game is, I thought I should tell how I've found it :P
It's amazing... sure during the beta there have been some bugs... *that's what a beta is for*! But despite the fact it throws up errors at me all the time, and parts of the game randomly die, it's still one of my favourite games, because it's what everyone has been waiting for since Elite.
Multiplay Elite.
In a huge universe (try turning on the full universe option in your map. Everyone of those dots is another system.) which feels like space... empty! But not in a way that you get bored.
Jon
You know those 535 idiots in congress you mentioned?
Their full time job is to discuss issues, and vote on your behalf... if you switch to a true democratic system, where everyone can vote on everything, one of two things are gonna happen.
1. The entire country grinds to a halt, as every single issue that can be voted on causes large numbers of people to go and vote when they could be working, and people are then needed to count votes.
2. People become even more apathetic about voting, since they don't have the time/motivation/whatever to go out and vote on all these issues, and eventually just stop listening to what they should be voting for.
However you can vote for a different "idiot" to represent you in congress... hell, you can even try to get other people to let *you* be that idiot.
As much as you may think that congress are load of idiots, they seem to be doing a pretty good job at keeping your country (I'm in the UK, but people say the same things about our government) running. Sure they make some bad decisions, but that's why laws can be ammended or revoked in the future... someone must have noticed that even politicians are human.
Yes... but what does she need an DVD/VCR/TV/PS2/XBox for at 2?
:P
She's a kid! Save the over the top entertainment systems for when she hits the teenage years. For now all she needs is the packaging that came with the hardware
Now what have you been searching for
Dude... I think it's the kid that's meant to breast feed. Maybe that's where I went wrong
Obviously you've never taken a look at their support page (can't remember the address) which features such gems as their network diagram (it crosses the Atlantic to include their New York data centers) and the shift rota (full 24 hour on site support).
I think they'll be ok.
told you so :P
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Someone mod this up!
I'd do it myself, but the mod points I got this morning were just in my mind.
I'm good now, I charge other people slightly less through the nose for the same sort of thing ;)
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It's added by /. ... or would you rather they didn't make any money to keep this site running?
They charge through the nose for everything... I was using them for a couple of years, first to host my website, and then when I moved to a static IP, to do DNS for me for a while until I was comfortable I could do it from here.
I give it a week before someone releases the super-duper OpenGL/5.1 surrond/Linux version.
At most.
That big blank space... I selected it just to make sure you hadn't included a whitespace virus ;)
Disturbingly there is actually a small ammount of logic in that statement.
Proof that given a sufficent lack of context, anything can be related to anything else.
Well... it is my first April 1st.
Oh well, I'll cut them some slack I guess, I'm just in a grouchy mood today.
Ok. This is getting silly now... I'd really rather not have to try and guess which articles are the real ones.
Hmmm, anyone else find it kind of ironic that the "Linux Platform Company" shows their software demo being run on IE under Windows XP? /me thinks they need to do a little work on their desktops :P