In what way is an old version of RedHat superior to FC2? I've been using FC2 on a server, workstation, and a laptop for quite a while, and it does everything RedHat 7-9 did for me, and more. It works quite well, with bugs of course, but expected... just as they are in any other distro. Personally, I love it.
I am curious as to your claims though...
You obviously aren't fit for this game's audience.
If you think torture sequences ever get old, well, shame on you! Personally, I believe no end exists to their use and glory... but then again, I am evil.
P.S. I am so evil that I understand to the full extremity how evil this game is, but I think I could have done it better. They wrote it for Windows only, I'd write it for Linux only, that way I could play it, but the majority of society would be left crying. <evil laugh/grin sequence>HA-HAHAHAHAaaaaa!</evil>
I'd be careful where you use that word. I'm an advocate of OOffice, but it does have its downfalls.
Open Office does not read word documents flawlessly. That I can attest to, for sure. Where I work, we discussed the possibility of switching over to open office, but the reasoning behind getting skrewed out of even more money from MS (alot more), was because ooffice did not convert doc and xls files correctly.
This wonderful suite is very unfortunately, not compatible enough to be used in a corporate situation:(.
You know, alot of these follow ups say how sad you are for being addicted to games... but let me tell you, I agree.
I have been known to smoke, drink, and have a steady ingest of coffee. Not ONE of these affected me 1/1000'th of how much gaming has. I have done many addicting things, and can tell you, gaming is literally the worst.
Gaming is the only addiction I've ever had, and I know it because I felt the symptoms described in the parent post. I just want to say that it is more serious than alot of people believe/want to believe.
I now have quit, slowly, over the past 2 years. I now play the occasional game (when I have time for it.. This is a HUGE difference). I am getting MUCH better grades, and feel alot better because of it. I suggest to any college student: If you are suffering in grades, get rid of the games. You don't realize it now, but it helps. Maybe not as much as it did me, but it sure does do alot.
How did I stop massive gaming? Simple. I installed linux;) (no joke...)
I will agree with you, money isn't everything. Neither is it the best motivator. But if MS decided to write code for a new OS which the management suddenly stopped skrewing over, and everyone on the team could have free constructive reign on their coding, there would be alot more motivated, harder motivated, programmers on that project. Alot of people that aren't completely struck against MS by principle (those with open minds?), and those people would have a hayday if you ask me.
You make it sound like Microsoft has the edge in number of programmers here whereas it is in fact outnumbered by at least 1000 to 1 developer-wise.
No, MS doesn't have the edge in number of programmers. I was not saying that at all. However, I was saying that there is always a limit that may be surpassed in the future. If what I stated above became true, I bet alot more people would work with MS.
Programmers may not be soley motivated by money, but it sure helps when you talk about the difference between free labor and 100k/yr. Me, I'd take the latter.
P.S. It seems there is an evil moral background for MS. Could someone please define this versus any other large corporation?
Recognizing that free alternatives to Microsoft have a lower pain of ownership does not make a person "radical". Remembering that Microsoft has sued public school systems, paid people to lie and disrupt "competitor's" discussions, PR firms to forge letters to public officials, and routinely breaks other people's software and blames the victim takes nothing more than a brain with a memory. You might not like what I say, but I don't see much reasonable refutation.
First of all, I wasn't deeming you 'radical' because you think linux is better than windows. I'm calling you 'radical' because of the statements you made, such as: When I go to the local airport and see a kiosk displaying a Windoze 2000 screen saver instead of information, something is wrong with the software running the kiosk.
Which is unfounded and is likely false. The general population, incl. mgmt, is unfamiliar with the term 'reading.' Most people also are not as computer literate as the avg./.'er. This means that the owner of the kiosk most probably doesn't know how to work the darn thing. If he did, as soon as he saw it running a screensaver, he would turn it off. I'm also not arguing about morality here. That has nothing to do with whether something works or not.
Secondly, windows is easier than linux. I know people hate to hear it, and I'll probably be flamed for it, but its true. For those who are end users, most of whom are already comfortable in the windows environment vs. linux, it is much faster to figure out how to do simple tasks such as installing things.
Free software works, M$ does not, the details are less important than the big picture. Here are my answers to your little quiz and a question of my own:
Windows has many many problems, yes. But it does work. I ran windows for years, and didn't have to restart every week, either.
1. Who most likely wrote the software? A) Ground-breaking AI B) People C) Monkeys
People. They write free software that works too.
- I hope you aren't saying proprietary software doesn't. I am a programmer, after all. I'd like to earn money on software that actually works.
2. A user always reads and follows instructions. A) True B) False
The software should work anyway, like Knoppix does.
- My favorite question. Going back to the screensaver, linux has a default screensaver too. The user has to figure out how to turn it off. This has nothing to do with the software working anyway, its the user's responsibility to be literate, and if not, the system better be set up for them first.
3. Windows' registry was designed for software protection. A) True B) False
I don't care. It breaks the system.
- Registry = evil. I agree, but it was not intended to skrew people over. Programmers (in or outside of MS) optionally use the registry, for bad or good. I've used it myself in programs. It does have its uses, although now that I program in *NIX primarily, I don't believe it was constructive, soley for reasons of information transfer/backup/etc. The inital idea was ok...
4. Which OS is the most compatible with today's hardware market? A) Windows B) Linux C) OSX D) Other...
Linux. Once free, a driver lasts forever. There are now more devices that run under Linux than any other kernel. Just look through any company closet for the pile of devices that made "obsolete" by an OS upgrade to know this is true. You can also look at the number of ports to different hardware. FreeBSD does that well, but it does not have the device support Linux does.
- You didn't read the question. I said "today's hardware market." This includes brand-new hardware from companies that don't care about non-MS users, and the OSS community hasn't had time to hack drivers for yet. This is suprisingly alot. - This excludes the period which the drivers/etc. are hard to install (ie. not built in. Noone likes building kernels just to get their remote control wor
Being an actively-voiced anti-MS radical (quite obviously) like you are, I must insist that you take the following quiz:
1. Who most likely wrote the software? A) Ground-breaking AI B) People C) Monkeys
2. A user always reads and follows instructions. A) True B) False
3. Windows' registry was designed for software protection. A) True B) False
4. Which OS is the most compatible with today's hardware market? A) Windows B) Linux C) OSX D) Other...
5. Name one piece of software that is perfect: ______________________
6. In windows, you can turn off a screen saver. A) True B) False
7. Microsoft _tries_ to make their code better. A) True B) False
Just curious as to a radical's answer sheet.
Please note that I chose linux over windows for my applications, but I still have an open mind, and am willing to use it for its purposes (yes, it does have its purposes). I am no radical either way as it is obvious that these operating systems each have their own niche. Even OSX, although I've never used it.
Sorry for getting off subject a bit here, but "/.'ers" are not obsessed with finding ways to fit their "ever increasing library of pr0n...," rather it is a sarchastic remark (a joke).
Anyway, no matter who you are, you have to admit there are several awesome uses of this storage capacity. Who knows, maybe the media some of us record digitally isn't illegal or perverted?
For example, my uncle happens to own an enormous amount of DVDs, CDs, records, etc.. He is a movie/song buff. He has an entire room dedicated to shelves of recordings, and he is having to use other rooms now because its full. He is starting to record these digitally (esp. the records) so that he can easily change songs without walking upstairs and browsing a HUGE room.
These days people are more willing to pin evil on others as its an easy moral-boost for oneself, wrongly accusing innocent people, and suppressing an entire society based on assumptions. Besides, maybe the law isn't perfect either (*shock*)...
The kind of people that buy laptops, such as me. The only company that I am personally aware of that sells a UNIX based OS as stock on their laptops are sun, and I'm not about to run Sparc on my laptop system, and pay out the @$$ doing it.
I agree to this in so many ways it hurts. I occasionally go back to HL Deathmatch just for nostalgic reasons, but contrary to modern belief, I think its a great game. Down with reality RPGs! Go back to shooting pixels as-big-as-your-head:)
I think Sierra really messed up not creating a successor. Thats why I ask, who will be the first to mod Counter-Strike: Source to play Half-Life Deathmatch?:)
I'll play it, for sure. Let me know when it happens, I'll go buy those products then.
Just remember, as with all emergant technologies, there are ups and downs, depending at who's disposal the technology is used. This could be, and sounds like it is, helpful towards medical purposes, and as others have mentioned, sure it could have problems with making a person desensitized.
I say, give it time, take it slowly, and just hope for the best.
Speaking of downsides, I can't imagine what the government is thinking about doing with this sort of stuff:P
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Best free software out there, if you ask me. Just make sure you set it up to never die (windows service options: on fail, reset..)
No more running home to fix anything... even printer diagnostics can usually be fixed via phone (unless its some weird HW anomaly..)
I won't set up a dependant (on me) user without it.
Oh, and don't forget cygwin & sshd... helpful for when you don't have crazy bandwidth, and its a simple fix, checkup, whatever..
In what way is an old version of RedHat superior to FC2? I've been using FC2 on a server, workstation, and a laptop for quite a while, and it does everything RedHat 7-9 did for me, and more. It works quite well, with bugs of course, but expected... just as they are in any other distro. Personally, I love it.
I am curious as to your claims though...
You obviously aren't fit for this game's audience.
If you think torture sequences ever get old, well, shame on you! Personally, I believe no end exists to their use and glory... but then again, I am evil.
P.S. I am so evil that I understand to the full extremity how evil this game is, but I think I could have done it better. They wrote it for Windows only, I'd write it for Linux only, that way I could play it, but the majority of society would be left crying. <evil laugh/grin sequence>HA-HAHAHAHAaaaaa!</evil>
So when I die in the AR, does my physical body die as well? That would make Pompeii kinda scary, don't you think?
:)
Heck, it happened in The Matrix, why not reality?
I'd be careful where you use that word. I'm an advocate of OOffice, but it does have its downfalls.
:(.
Open Office does not read word documents flawlessly. That I can attest to, for sure. Where I work, we discussed the possibility of switching over to open office, but the reasoning behind getting skrewed out of even more money from MS (alot more), was because ooffice did not convert doc and xls files correctly.
This wonderful suite is very unfortunately, not compatible enough to be used in a corporate situation
I have a dent in my forehead to verify that.
You know, alot of these follow ups say how sad you are for being addicted to games... but let me tell you, I agree.
;) (no joke...)
I have been known to smoke, drink, and have a steady ingest of coffee. Not ONE of these affected me 1/1000'th of how much gaming has. I have done many addicting things, and can tell you, gaming is literally the worst.
Gaming is the only addiction I've ever had, and I know it because I felt the symptoms described in the parent post. I just want to say that it is more serious than alot of people believe/want to believe.
I now have quit, slowly, over the past 2 years. I now play the occasional game (when I have time for it.. This is a HUGE difference). I am getting MUCH better grades, and feel alot better because of it. I suggest to any college student: If you are suffering in grades, get rid of the games. You don't realize it now, but it helps. Maybe not as much as it did me, but it sure does do alot.
How did I stop massive gaming? Simple. I installed linux
Thank you for the intelligent arguments.
I will agree with you, money isn't everything. Neither is it the best motivator. But if MS decided to write code for a new OS which the management suddenly stopped skrewing over, and everyone on the team could have free constructive reign on their coding, there would be alot more motivated, harder motivated, programmers on that project. Alot of people that aren't completely struck against MS by principle (those with open minds?), and those people would have a hayday if you ask me.
You make it sound like Microsoft has the edge in number of programmers here whereas it is in fact outnumbered by at least 1000 to 1 developer-wise.
No, MS doesn't have the edge in number of programmers. I was not saying that at all. However, I was saying that there is always a limit that may be surpassed in the future. If what I stated above became true, I bet alot more people would work with MS.
Programmers may not be soley motivated by money, but it sure helps when you talk about the difference between free labor and 100k/yr. Me, I'd take the latter.
P.S. It seems there is an evil moral background for MS. Could someone please define this versus any other large corporation?
Ok now i'm getting offtopic... but i have to know. You're proud of this? And... do us a favor and heed the post's content.
First of all, I wasn't deeming you 'radical' because you think linux is better than windows. I'm calling you 'radical' because of the statements you made, such as:
When I go to the local airport and see a kiosk displaying a Windoze 2000 screen saver instead of information, something is wrong with the software running the kiosk.
Which is unfounded and is likely false. The general population, incl. mgmt, is unfamiliar with the term 'reading.' Most people also are not as computer literate as the avg.
Secondly, windows is easier than linux. I know people hate to hear it, and I'll probably be flamed for it, but its true. For those who are end users, most of whom are already comfortable in the windows environment vs. linux, it is much faster to figure out how to do simple tasks such as installing things.
Free software works, M$ does not, the details are less important than the big picture. Here are my answers to your little quiz and a question of my own:
Windows has many many problems, yes. But it does work. I ran windows for years, and didn't have to restart every week, either.
Just curious as to a radical's answer sheet.
Please note that I chose linux over windows for my applications, but I still have an open mind, and am willing to use it for its purposes (yes, it does have its purposes). I am no radical either way as it is obvious that these operating systems each have their own niche. Even OSX, although I've never used it.
Sorry for getting off subject a bit here, but "/.'ers" are not obsessed with finding ways to fit their "ever increasing library of pr0n...," rather it is a sarchastic remark (a joke).
Anyway, no matter who you are, you have to admit there are several awesome uses of this storage capacity. Who knows, maybe the media some of us record digitally isn't illegal or perverted?
For example, my uncle happens to own an enormous amount of DVDs, CDs, records, etc.. He is a movie/song buff. He has an entire room dedicated to shelves of recordings, and he is having to use other rooms now because its full. He is starting to record these digitally (esp. the records) so that he can easily change songs without walking upstairs and browsing a HUGE room.
These days people are more willing to pin evil on others as its an easy moral-boost for oneself, wrongly accusing innocent people, and suppressing an entire society based on assumptions. Besides, maybe the law isn't perfect either (*shock*)...
All users who discovered linux *after* buying a complete computer.
If you discovered linux after buying a complete computer, what would you have run on that computer until then? Just curious.
The kind of people that buy laptops, such as me. The only company that I am personally aware of that sells a UNIX based OS as stock on their laptops are sun, and I'm not about to run Sparc on my laptop system, and pay out the @$$ doing it.
I agree to this in so many ways it hurts. I occasionally go back to HL Deathmatch just for nostalgic reasons, but contrary to modern belief, I think its a great game. Down with reality RPGs! Go back to shooting pixels as-big-as-your-head :)
I think Sierra really messed up not creating a successor. Thats why I ask, who will be the first to mod Counter-Strike: Source to play Half-Life Deathmatch? :)
I'll play it, for sure. Let me know when it happens, I'll go buy those products then.
Its about time someone interviewed an important source about terrorism. Maybe now we can figure out what effect old-skool games had on the al-Qaida.
Just remember, as with all emergant technologies, there are ups and downs, depending at who's disposal the technology is used. This could be, and sounds like it is, helpful towards medical purposes, and as others have mentioned, sure it could have problems with making a person desensitized.
I say, give it time, take it slowly, and just hope for the best.
Speaking of downsides, I can't imagine what the government is thinking about doing with this sort of stuff :P