I can't repair my car. Doesn't mean I don't drive one.
Nope. But you can take your car to one of MANY mechanics who can all repair your car. Can you say the same about your non open-source software that breaks? Didn't think so. If it were open source you could hire a programmer to fix it for you, just like you hire a mechanic to fix your car because you're mechanically inept.
But you CAN buy mp3's from Amazon. And those don't have copy protection. And Amarok will work with more than just an iPod, it'll work with ANY media player. iTunes won't do either of those.
Way to set up a straw man. There are alternatives... it just seems some people are too stupid to use them.
My mom made us watch The Birds when we were about 12 or so. We giggled at the obvious wires and rubber birds... she had nightmares for a week when she watched the same thing when she was about the same age.
Temporarily? I'd bet that many kids have permanent ear damage, pumping up the volume to hear the music over the train or the car noise.
And it's like my wife... she heard the Opie Gone Bad cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" before she ever heard the original Stones version. She still likes the version she heard first better. I think it's utter crap (because it is), but the point is that preferences are set because of the context. Have you ever had an album you listened to a lot, then heard one of the songs out of that context (random on your player or on the radio or something)? It's a bit of a surprise when the next song on the album isn't the next one that's played.
You've never worked a support call, then. "My Computer" is VERY confusing to neophytes. Think about it... someone on the other end of the phone says "Now click on my computer". How can you click on their computer?
Ever been to Windows update? That's an ActiveX control. How does it get so much information about your computer? By it's deep connection to the OS. ActiveX CANNOT be sandboxed because it needs too many things to be accessible in the OS. Almost all ActiveX components make use of that integration.
You're talking from an advanced user perspective. We're talking about "normal" users, for whom it IS a logical disconnect, just like the funny names of Linux tools is a logical disconnect. It's quite logical that "rm" means "remove", but if you aren't used to it, it's impenetrable.
The problem is that you don't understand what "LTS" means. That should be better described on the Ubuntu home page, but it basically means that when it was finalized the versions of software will NOT be updated. Bugs will be fixed, but there will not be any version updates. That's by design, to keep the system stable. If you expected anything different, you were mistaken. Just because you're apprehensions were wrong does not mean the system was wrong. It just means it's not something you're used to or understand yet. Linux is not Windows. Stop trying to use it like it is Windows, and things get easier.
The point is that Linux is NOT Windows, and people going to Linux with the wrong expectations is the single largest problem that exists with migrating users.
"Why would I click on 'Start' to shut down?"
"My Computer? How can I click on your computer?"
The same kinds of terminology issues happen in Windows. The main problem is that Linux is not Windows, and people don't like that. They want Windows, but they want it for free. Which means they should just look at ReactOS. If they want to run Linux, they need to realize it will take some relearning of habits and some new tools. You don't learn to drive a motorcycle by driving a car.
Being lazy doesn't work for Windows, either. Why do people keep thinking it does? There's a reason that Geek Squad and countless local techs are in business... it's because computers are complex no matter what OS they're running.
People take lessons to learn how to ride a motorcycle after all they've known how to drive is a car. Why would software be any different? Hell, I'd think it would be MORE important with software, it's a much more complex system than just driving.
Thing is, how are they a creditor? They don't have any collateral to repossess. That's what this is all about... the value of what Microsoft sold just evaporated because it was a virtual product in the first place. Contractually, Microsoft is right. Realistically though, they have to know that their licenses are near worthless as it stands. Bending your "champions" over the barrel holding them to contracts for worthless commodities is a great way to piss them off.
And a Toyota isn't a drop-in replacement for a Honda. You can't use the same parts to fix it, the dashboard controls are in slightly different places, and in one you turn a knob instead of pushing a button to turn the air on.
Seriously... OpenOffice may not have all the features that MS Office does or do things the same way, but it is most definitely a viable replacement. Crying "It's not like Microsoft!" is stupid, and missing the point. You can't be better and identical at the same time.
It's definitely still buggy. I've played with the ffmpeg-mt branch a few times, but it throws up decoding errors while playing and so on. It's definitely not ready for prime-time, but it is promising.
The latest versions of mplayer will do H.264 much better than they used to.
I'm not sure if/how it would work on a Mac, but I do know that VDPAU is working very well on Linux, it'll accelerate H.264 decoding if you have an 8xxx or later nVidia chip.
Fire a few of them, and let people know why they were let go. Users learn pretty well when they have proper incentives. You're not asking for a lot, and if they can't perform the duties of their job, they need a new job.
Yeah! That Picasso guy totally stopped painting since other people could copy his paintings since he lived before copyright.
Your argument has no basis in fact. There are plenty of people who would still create art for the sake of it, and still many who would profit from it in spite of not having copyright. There's a significant value to having the "original". I'm not going to go see some knock-off band play all of Carlos Santana's music if I can go see him do it. And going to a show is something people will gladly pay money for. They don't see the value in the artificial scarcity that are CD's and DRM'd audio files.
ACPI isn't friendly. Since all mobo manufacturers make their own quirky implementations that they provide drivers for Windows for, so things tend to work better on XP. Linux is stuck reverse-engineering that stuff. Some machines work well, some don't. The worse your machine works, the further from ACPI specs you know it is.
Not entirely. With the fretlight, you have to look at the guitar. With this new setup, it'll be through your computer, so you won't have to watch your fingers while doing it, you can concentrate on reading the music and following what's going on and just get feedback if you do something wrong.
Just FYI, a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo is roughly 10% faster than a 2.5GHz Core Duo. Same clock speed. So a 15% bump in speed is not unheard of if you switched from one core architecture to another.
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Nope. But you can take your car to one of MANY mechanics who can all repair your car. Can you say the same about your non open-source software that breaks? Didn't think so. If it were open source you could hire a programmer to fix it for you, just like you hire a mechanic to fix your car because you're mechanically inept.
But you CAN buy mp3's from Amazon. And those don't have copy protection. And Amarok will work with more than just an iPod, it'll work with ANY media player. iTunes won't do either of those.
Way to set up a straw man. There are alternatives... it just seems some people are too stupid to use them.
My mom made us watch The Birds when we were about 12 or so. We giggled at the obvious wires and rubber birds... she had nightmares for a week when she watched the same thing when she was about the same age.
Temporarily? I'd bet that many kids have permanent ear damage, pumping up the volume to hear the music over the train or the car noise.
And it's like my wife... she heard the Opie Gone Bad cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" before she ever heard the original Stones version. She still likes the version she heard first better. I think it's utter crap (because it is), but the point is that preferences are set because of the context. Have you ever had an album you listened to a lot, then heard one of the songs out of that context (random on your player or on the radio or something)? It's a bit of a surprise when the next song on the album isn't the next one that's played.
That was the plan. Force something critical to be dependent on new tech for no good reason. That's how Microsoft does business.
You've never worked a support call, then. "My Computer" is VERY confusing to neophytes. Think about it... someone on the other end of the phone says "Now click on my computer". How can you click on their computer?
Ever been to Windows update? That's an ActiveX control. How does it get so much information about your computer? By it's deep connection to the OS. ActiveX CANNOT be sandboxed because it needs too many things to be accessible in the OS. Almost all ActiveX components make use of that integration.
You're talking from an advanced user perspective. We're talking about "normal" users, for whom it IS a logical disconnect, just like the funny names of Linux tools is a logical disconnect. It's quite logical that "rm" means "remove", but if you aren't used to it, it's impenetrable.
The problem is that you don't understand what "LTS" means. That should be better described on the Ubuntu home page, but it basically means that when it was finalized the versions of software will NOT be updated. Bugs will be fixed, but there will not be any version updates. That's by design, to keep the system stable. If you expected anything different, you were mistaken. Just because you're apprehensions were wrong does not mean the system was wrong. It just means it's not something you're used to or understand yet. Linux is not Windows. Stop trying to use it like it is Windows, and things get easier.
There's a great article that I point people to every time we discuss Linux and windows: http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
The point is that Linux is NOT Windows, and people going to Linux with the wrong expectations is the single largest problem that exists with migrating users.
"Why would I click on 'Start' to shut down?"
"My Computer? How can I click on your computer?"
The same kinds of terminology issues happen in Windows. The main problem is that Linux is not Windows, and people don't like that. They want Windows, but they want it for free. Which means they should just look at ReactOS. If they want to run Linux, they need to realize it will take some relearning of habits and some new tools. You don't learn to drive a motorcycle by driving a car.
Being lazy doesn't work for Windows, either. Why do people keep thinking it does? There's a reason that Geek Squad and countless local techs are in business... it's because computers are complex no matter what OS they're running.
People take lessons to learn how to ride a motorcycle after all they've known how to drive is a car. Why would software be any different? Hell, I'd think it would be MORE important with software, it's a much more complex system than just driving.
Thing is, how are they a creditor? They don't have any collateral to repossess. That's what this is all about... the value of what Microsoft sold just evaporated because it was a virtual product in the first place. Contractually, Microsoft is right. Realistically though, they have to know that their licenses are near worthless as it stands. Bending your "champions" over the barrel holding them to contracts for worthless commodities is a great way to piss them off.
And a Toyota isn't a drop-in replacement for a Honda. You can't use the same parts to fix it, the dashboard controls are in slightly different places, and in one you turn a knob instead of pushing a button to turn the air on.
Seriously... OpenOffice may not have all the features that MS Office does or do things the same way, but it is most definitely a viable replacement. Crying "It's not like Microsoft!" is stupid, and missing the point. You can't be better and identical at the same time.
It's definitely still buggy. I've played with the ffmpeg-mt branch a few times, but it throws up decoding errors while playing and so on. It's definitely not ready for prime-time, but it is promising.
The latest versions of mplayer will do H.264 much better than they used to.
I'm not sure if/how it would work on a Mac, but I do know that VDPAU is working very well on Linux, it'll accelerate H.264 decoding if you have an 8xxx or later nVidia chip.
Fire a few of them, and let people know why they were let go. Users learn pretty well when they have proper incentives. You're not asking for a lot, and if they can't perform the duties of their job, they need a new job.
Yeah! That Picasso guy totally stopped painting since other people could copy his paintings since he lived before copyright.
Your argument has no basis in fact. There are plenty of people who would still create art for the sake of it, and still many who would profit from it in spite of not having copyright. There's a significant value to having the "original". I'm not going to go see some knock-off band play all of Carlos Santana's music if I can go see him do it. And going to a show is something people will gladly pay money for. They don't see the value in the artificial scarcity that are CD's and DRM'd audio files.
ACPI isn't friendly. Since all mobo manufacturers make their own quirky implementations that they provide drivers for Windows for, so things tend to work better on XP. Linux is stuck reverse-engineering that stuff. Some machines work well, some don't. The worse your machine works, the further from ACPI specs you know it is.
Then you're definitely not comparing apples to apples. The Athlon X2 isn't nearly as fast per clock as the Core 2 is.
Not entirely. With the fretlight, you have to look at the guitar. With this new setup, it'll be through your computer, so you won't have to watch your fingers while doing it, you can concentrate on reading the music and following what's going on and just get feedback if you do something wrong.
Just FYI, a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo is roughly 10% faster than a 2.5GHz Core Duo. Same clock speed. So a 15% bump in speed is not unheard of if you switched from one core architecture to another.
Compile it remotely, run it locally.
Damn funny? Really? I think you need to get out more often...
He probably forgot to close the tag... I've done it before