It won't become a mainstream OS until it's widely available in brick stores, and I mean like in every store. Consider this, Apple has their own branded stores worldwide, do TV ad campaigns and they only have a pathetic 5% on stat counter. The fact that Linux has 0.7% with absolutely no advertising is amazing in itself.
Linux does have advertising: word of mouth.
I've had people ask why my laptop looks so different and it's been a great opportunity to explain some of the features and benefits of running Linux. If the person is local I offer to help them install it and take it for a spin and if they're not I either give them a live CD or tell them where to download it.
My little attempt at changing the world probably isn't making much difference on a big scale but I'd like to believe it converts at least some people.
Even then, you're probably going to get stuck with some goth chick who sincerely believes that cutting herself shows she has depth.
You've never really hung out with goths, have you? Either that or all the ones I've met were fairly well-adjusted. Many, if not all, have at least some fascination with the macabre but I've never seen any who were prone to self-mutilation. Obivously there's a subset that is likely to harm themselves but that subset exists in any culture.
Zombies are the new vampires, and to date none of them sparkle in the sun.
Want to know why zombies are so cool? Because Hollywood will never be able to get 14 year old girls interested in crappy zombie romance/emo books and movies....
It's true. My lack of hygiene, tattered clothes and strange grunting noises prevent any 14 year old girls from taking an interest in me.
If your uberleet why do you need to run an alt OS on PS3? Why don't you have a beowulf cluster in your closet or some mutant linux box made of parts you scavenged for free from the local mega-corporations recycle bin?
To answer the question of why you need to run another OS on the PS3, you don't. To answer your second question, a system that can multitask is worth more to me than a unitasker as it keeps the space under my TV cleaner and it adds value.
I'd say the part of shooterNeo's comment you quoted is quite accurate. Removing the Other OS feature certainly added motivation but there were people trying to become "the one that successfully hacked the PS3" since day one. For some people, it's all about the challenge.
I heard once that many mental conditions, such as autism and aspergers, are effectively "normal" (average) personality traits taken to the extreme. Based on your comment I'm inclined to believe it.
In an employee, I define productivity as being able to make the lives of their superiors easier. Each level you go up in a company requires more delegation. If an employee can't do a job without a supervisor breathing down their neck they're not productive because they take time away from someone else.
If I hired a mechanic and told him to change the oil in someone's car I'd expect him to be able to do it without unnecessary questions (i.e. "how much oil do I put in?" when the manual is in front of him) and to ask for help if something is beyond his skill level or knowledge instead of just not doing it and letting me find out when the car is leaking oil half a mile down the road.
If I end up with an employee who wound up drunk and naked, tied to a tree in the park the night before, I really don't care as long as I can rely on him at work.
Bit-patterned media breaks up the recording surface into numerous magnetic bits, each consisting of a few magnetic grains. Under a microscope, the magnetic bits look like thousands of tiny spheres crammed next to each another. Data is stored on these magnetic bits: One magnetic bit can hold one bit of data.
Just like every other hard drive! Hooray for the future!
"Toshiba says its engineers have, for the first time, succeeded in producing a media sample in which the magnetic bits are organized into a pattern of rows."
I'll take the antisocial guy. Then again, I'm the IT manager for my company and I know how to spot the good geeks when I see them.
I'd rather have the guy who sits at home and does productive things in his spare time than the frat boy who loves to go out and party.
I'd rather have the guy I know can perform at work regardless of what happens in his personal life. If my best employee wants to go out drinking every night he can, as long as he can do what's expected of him in the morning.
My company hires many people with criminal records (read: almost unemployable) and our policy is simply that your personal life doesn't follow you to work. What I find interesting is that you get a good team dynamic because so many of them have that common experience to rely on and they're motivated to work because they want a good reference.
So you're saying that people who've been victims of sex crimes would be better off if they committed suicide?
I think AC is saying that it would be better for the sex offender if they killed their victims, not that the victims killed themselves. From the sex offender's perspective anyway.
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It won't become a mainstream OS until it's widely available in brick stores, and I mean like in every store. Consider this, Apple has their own branded stores worldwide, do TV ad campaigns and they only have a pathetic 5% on stat counter. The fact that Linux has 0.7% with absolutely no advertising is amazing in itself.
Linux does have advertising: word of mouth.
I've had people ask why my laptop looks so different and it's been a great opportunity to explain some of the features and benefits of running Linux. If the person is local I offer to help them install it and take it for a spin and if they're not I either give them a live CD or tell them where to download it.
My little attempt at changing the world probably isn't making much difference on a big scale but I'd like to believe it converts at least some people.
The Shear Sort is one of my favorite sorts out there. Although you will need an orchestra to play it.
And a wind tunnel.
Even then, you're probably going to get stuck with some goth chick who sincerely believes that cutting herself shows she has depth.
You've never really hung out with goths, have you? Either that or all the ones I've met were fairly well-adjusted. Many, if not all, have at least some fascination with the macabre but I've never seen any who were prone to self-mutilation. Obivously there's a subset that is likely to harm themselves but that subset exists in any culture.
Why would you WANT to meet a girl at these places?
Because you know she likes wearing costumes. *wink wink nudge nudge*
Maybe he just has an addictive personality and came completely unhinged when he could no longer get his fix.
I say we resolve it with a deathmatch. Then Kurzweil can attempt to reverse-engineer his opponent's brain with his bare hands!
Or possibly TSA?
In America, TSA reads you.
How did it get in your pajamas?
One leg at a time.
Also, do you know what the current UIDs being handed out are? I doubt it.
The new crop of UIDS is around 1,800,000, I think 1,880,000 even. Well into seven digits basically.
Hopefully you can accept this information from someone whose UID is only 369,864 less than yours. ;)
Zombies are the new vampires, and to date none of them sparkle in the sun. Want to know why zombies are so cool? Because Hollywood will never be able to get 14 year old girls interested in crappy zombie romance/emo books and movies....
It's true. My lack of hygiene, tattered clothes and strange grunting noises prevent any 14 year old girls from taking an interest in me.
Until you use whale semen as thermal paste you're just wasting your money on ivory standoffs.
If your uberleet why do you need to run an alt OS on PS3? Why don't you have a beowulf cluster in your closet or some mutant linux box made of parts you scavenged for free from the local mega-corporations recycle bin?
To answer the question of why you need to run another OS on the PS3, you don't. To answer your second question, a system that can multitask is worth more to me than a unitasker as it keeps the space under my TV cleaner and it adds value.
I'd say the part of shooterNeo's comment you quoted is quite accurate. Removing the Other OS feature certainly added motivation but there were people trying to become "the one that successfully hacked the PS3" since day one. For some people, it's all about the challenge.
Sony will disable all USB ports on the PS3 in the next firmware update.
This is Sony we're talking about: they'll probably just go nuclear and brick the whole console.
It is generally accepted that most people have a circle of friends comprising about 150 people[...]
Either you are new here on ./, or you are confusing "friends" with "people you know".
It's a symptom of having a Facebook account; "friend" now means anyone you may have shared oxygen with at some point.
Not a hard release date, but they did originally say "this holiday season". So I count this is attempt #2 already.
<marketing guy>Ah, but they never specified which holiday! So as you can see, they're still on track!</marketing guy>
I heard once that many mental conditions, such as autism and aspergers, are effectively "normal" (average) personality traits taken to the extreme. Based on your comment I'm inclined to believe it.
Define productive.
In an employee, I define productivity as being able to make the lives of their superiors easier. Each level you go up in a company requires more delegation. If an employee can't do a job without a supervisor breathing down their neck they're not productive because they take time away from someone else.
If I hired a mechanic and told him to change the oil in someone's car I'd expect him to be able to do it without unnecessary questions (i.e. "how much oil do I put in?" when the manual is in front of him) and to ask for help if something is beyond his skill level or knowledge instead of just not doing it and letting me find out when the car is leaking oil half a mile down the road.
If I end up with an employee who wound up drunk and naked, tied to a tree in the park the night before, I really don't care as long as I can rely on him at work.
Bit-patterned media breaks up the recording surface into numerous magnetic bits, each consisting of a few magnetic grains. Under a microscope, the magnetic bits look like thousands of tiny spheres crammed next to each another. Data is stored on these magnetic bits: One magnetic bit can hold one bit of data.
Just like every other hard drive! Hooray for the future!
"Toshiba says its engineers have, for the first time, succeeded in producing a media sample in which the magnetic bits are organized into a pattern of rows."
Just like every other hard drive! Oh, wait...
I'll take the antisocial guy. Then again, I'm the IT manager for my company and I know how to spot the good geeks when I see them. I'd rather have the guy who sits at home and does productive things in his spare time than the frat boy who loves to go out and party.
I'd rather have the guy I know can perform at work regardless of what happens in his personal life. If my best employee wants to go out drinking every night he can, as long as he can do what's expected of him in the morning.
My company hires many people with criminal records (read: almost unemployable) and our policy is simply that your personal life doesn't follow you to work. What I find interesting is that you get a good team dynamic because so many of them have that common experience to rely on and they're motivated to work because they want a good reference.
So you're saying that people who've been victims of sex crimes would be better off if they committed suicide?
I think AC is saying that it would be better for the sex offender if they killed their victims, not that the victims killed themselves. From the sex offender's perspective anyway.
Came here to post the same!
Came here to post something completely different! (I just like the attention)
Chinese Occupation of American Labor?
This must be some scheme to flood the North American market with cheap crap that's not even produced domestically!
I can has new vernacular?
I'll wait for Apple to release the iPlug.
I swear I saw one of those at a sex shop once.