Although I respect your opinion on the sub/dub, I felt that some of the voices in the dub significantly changed the personalities of the characters in the series. I'm not saying that the voice acting was bad (because I have heard some awful dubbing), I just think the voice actors tones are way off as compared to the original voices, which are more likely how the characters were meant to be portrayed.
I am very much so a linux newbie, but I have installed linux a few times. I may not have used as many distributions, but I have shopped around, and I don't see how it was so overwhelmingly difficult (even from a non-technical standpoint). Sure there are some more advanced options, but there was always an obvious "default" button or option when I didn't understand something, and it never blew anything up.
I've installed all flavors of windows more times than I could begin to count. The windows installer is far from perfect and I've had it fail on me a number of times, most times with unexplainable errors or some error code that Microsoft's website gives me a link, only to click on it and say "Whoops! dbase article not found..."
Someone made a great point earlier when they mentioned that the author is even installing linux, when Joe Computer User wants his OS and software working on delivery.
OS installation isn't perfect no matter who you are, and it eventually screws up on you if you do it enough times. Having a "newbie" installing an OS seems more like giving someone "enough power not to know what they're doing, but enough to screw it up." I don't want that to sound elitist, I just want to point out that I've working in technical support for years and dealt with said "Joe Computer User" and the thought of him installing an OS himself is asking for a tech support nightmare. It's great if they want to learn, but if not, they more than likely just want it to work and not turn it into a hobby.
Hmmm, I remember DVD techonology being touted as "cheaper to produce yet better then VHS". Is this why I'm paying $20-$50 for something which probably cost the manufacturer $1 to make?
How do we know that they won't just jack up the prices of OLEDs to just under LCDs and pocket the profit?
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Although I respect your opinion on the sub/dub, I felt that some of the voices in the dub significantly changed the personalities of the characters in the series. I'm not saying that the voice acting was bad (because I have heard some awful dubbing), I just think the voice actors tones are way off as compared to the original voices, which are more likely how the characters were meant to be portrayed.
"Anyway, have a good one. Hermitage, Tn, out."
Hey, I'm only a five minute drive from your house!
I am very much so a linux newbie, but I have installed linux a few times. I may not have used as many distributions, but I have shopped around, and I don't see how it was so overwhelmingly difficult (even from a non-technical standpoint). Sure there are some more advanced options, but there was always an obvious "default" button or option when I didn't understand something, and it never blew anything up.
I've installed all flavors of windows more times than I could begin to count. The windows installer is far from perfect and I've had it fail on me a number of times, most times with unexplainable errors or some error code that Microsoft's website gives me a link, only to click on it and say "Whoops! dbase article not found..."
Someone made a great point earlier when they mentioned that the author is even installing linux, when Joe Computer User wants his OS and software working on delivery.
OS installation isn't perfect no matter who you are, and it eventually screws up on you if you do it enough times. Having a "newbie" installing an OS seems more like giving someone "enough power not to know what they're doing, but enough to screw it up." I don't want that to sound elitist, I just want to point out that I've working in technical support for years and dealt with said "Joe Computer User" and the thought of him installing an OS himself is asking for a tech support nightmare. It's great if they want to learn, but if not, they more than likely just want it to work and not turn it into a hobby.
Hmmm, I remember DVD techonology being touted as "cheaper to produce yet better then VHS". Is this why I'm paying $20-$50 for something which probably cost the manufacturer $1 to make?
How do we know that they won't just jack up the prices of OLEDs to just under LCDs and pocket the profit?
Did anyone else notice that the man shoveling lava isn't wearing kevlar gloves?