Yeah! Let's take the Internet back to it's Golden Age, back in 1993. When men were men, browsers were Mosaic, and HTML was v1.0!
The problem with not installing flash is that there are a ton of great games out there using flash, and a bunch of nice content sites like Youtube that use flash. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater is not the solution.
The problem with your post is your assumption that the design of Windows makes sense, versus being organically tacked-on after the initial mistakes. Don't worry, it's a common misconception.
See, in most distros you don't have to download a file and click on it to install it any more. That's how you do things in Windows, where each app has it's own updater to make sure it keeps current, or you have to manually go download each new version, and so on.
In every un-tweaked current default Linux desktop install I've seen (mostly in Ubuntu), you just start up the Package Manager, find software to install, and click "install". It finds everything, adds the software to your menu, and... that's it. All that software stays updated.
I never really did understand why you people keep saying this stuff... "Linux sucks because I can't do things like I do in Windows!" Guess what? Linux is NOT Windows. And that's a good thing.
Depends on the carrier... T-Mobile is the smallest of the big carriers, but they'll unlock your phone after you've been with them for a couple months if you got a subsidized phone, and have no issue whatsoever about you putting your SIM in another phone. I use an unlocked Motorola SLVR or whatever the hell it is that I got off of eBay instead of my Blackberry 8800 in many cases when I don't want to be carrying an expensive phone with me because it might be damaged/lost/whatever.
No, it doesn't take any value away from the core product. Are you any less able to use AutoCAD because someone else is using it?
The language you're using... is it less valuable because everyone you communicate with knows it? Or would it be better to charge everyone who wants to learn it a fee, to keep the language creators happy? How about this post? I put work into it, damnit! I deserve some compensation!
Information is infinite. Period. You may not like that, you may think that you can control what other people think, see, hear and do, but you can't. Copyright is a completely artificial construct that only came about in the last couple hundred years, and it will eventually again be relegated to the dustbin of history. Or at least much more marginalized than it currently is.
Right on! AIDS and other venereal diseases are completely absent from the professional prostitution world because everyone is so careful. It's the weekend swingers that are doing everyone in.
And illegal car modifications are always more aware of the dangers of their modifications, too. People are stupid, whether they do illegal or legal things. They just want to get their fix of adrenaline/Internet porn/whatever, they don't know, understand or care about the side effects of such until it kicks them square in the balls.
I dunno... I've worked with some IBM "consultants" (I use that term loosely). Our small 20 person company took over a project, threw out their solution and solved the problem above and beyond the client's expectations for about 1/10th the cost and time of the IBM project.
And no, it's not the company in my sig. That's my friend's company;)
You forget that PETA is an extremist group. They're no different than, say, Iran, who have no direct terrorist ties, but they have some pretty damn questionable connections.
Because the code itself is not how we make a living. We make a living solving problems, not with copyright on stagnant works. A carpenter makes his living as much with his hammer as I do with code. It won't do anything without someone skilled operating it.
Documentation? Or is that just for wusses any more? It's not THAT hard to print out a CNAME->Actual name map for your servers, and then gives you more flexibility like the GP suggested, and lets your network admin play chicken with all the buses he wants to.
You're taking the exact same storage size areas that are on a disk now and effectively doubling the amount of information they can hold. How does that not sound amazing?
I certainly hope you were trying for funny, because if not, yes, you are missing something.
They're not talking a physical platter (besides, your 750GB drive probably has 3 or 4 of those). They're talking about the actual magnetic area that holds each bit currently.
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Yeah! Let's take the Internet back to it's Golden Age, back in 1993. When men were men, browsers were Mosaic, and HTML was v1.0!
The problem with not installing flash is that there are a ton of great games out there using flash, and a bunch of nice content sites like Youtube that use flash. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater is not the solution.
I'm sure it's cheaper to leave trash lying around rather than picking it up and taking it to the dump, too. It'll save money!
In theory, it works. In practice, users blame Microsoft and stick with XP.
People are stupid, and worse yet, don't want to learn. How's it go... you can lead a horse to water?
Only if you get enough people to start with. You'll fail in business if you don't get the user base before you start that lock-in process.
The problem with your post is your assumption that the design of Windows makes sense, versus being organically tacked-on after the initial mistakes. Don't worry, it's a common misconception.
That would only have been if the legislature had exploded while in session.
See, in most distros you don't have to download a file and click on it to install it any more. That's how you do things in Windows, where each app has it's own updater to make sure it keeps current, or you have to manually go download each new version, and so on.
In every un-tweaked current default Linux desktop install I've seen (mostly in Ubuntu), you just start up the Package Manager, find software to install, and click "install". It finds everything, adds the software to your menu, and... that's it. All that software stays updated.
I never really did understand why you people keep saying this stuff... "Linux sucks because I can't do things like I do in Windows!" Guess what? Linux is NOT Windows. And that's a good thing.
Looks like all the east-coast 12 year olds got out of school and just got online. Seems the trolls get thickest this time of day...
Depends on the carrier... T-Mobile is the smallest of the big carriers, but they'll unlock your phone after you've been with them for a couple months if you got a subsidized phone, and have no issue whatsoever about you putting your SIM in another phone. I use an unlocked Motorola SLVR or whatever the hell it is that I got off of eBay instead of my Blackberry 8800 in many cases when I don't want to be carrying an expensive phone with me because it might be damaged/lost/whatever.
I'm thinking he "made" it by selling off some of his mom's jewelry he stole or something
It doesn't just happen to have a k in front of its name. The k is just for "kernel" instead of "KDE"
No, it doesn't take any value away from the core product. Are you any less able to use AutoCAD because someone else is using it?
The language you're using... is it less valuable because everyone you communicate with knows it? Or would it be better to charge everyone who wants to learn it a fee, to keep the language creators happy? How about this post? I put work into it, damnit! I deserve some compensation!
Information is infinite. Period. You may not like that, you may think that you can control what other people think, see, hear and do, but you can't. Copyright is a completely artificial construct that only came about in the last couple hundred years, and it will eventually again be relegated to the dustbin of history. Or at least much more marginalized than it currently is.
Right on! AIDS and other venereal diseases are completely absent from the professional prostitution world because everyone is so careful. It's the weekend swingers that are doing everyone in.
And illegal car modifications are always more aware of the dangers of their modifications, too. People are stupid, whether they do illegal or legal things. They just want to get their fix of adrenaline/Internet porn/whatever, they don't know, understand or care about the side effects of such until it kicks them square in the balls.
At least you recognize you're a jerk ;) That's the first step to fixing it. If you want to. Until the next asshole installs Bonzi Buddy.
I dunno... I've worked with some IBM "consultants" (I use that term loosely). Our small 20 person company took over a project, threw out their solution and solved the problem above and beyond the client's expectations for about 1/10th the cost and time of the IBM project.
;)
And no, it's not the company in my sig. That's my friend's company
The beatings will continue until morale improves!
Isn't that what the LSB is about? Linus only cares about the kernel, which really has nothing to do with the filesystem layout.
I'll put my SAT knowledge to use!
Mathematics is to Engineering like
a) Moo is to Cow
b) vi is to emacs
c) Architecture is to Construction
d) Rick Astley is to Youtube
You forget that PETA is an extremist group. They're no different than, say, Iran, who have no direct terrorist ties, but they have some pretty damn questionable connections.
Because the code itself is not how we make a living. We make a living solving problems, not with copyright on stagnant works. A carpenter makes his living as much with his hammer as I do with code. It won't do anything without someone skilled operating it.
Documentation? Or is that just for wusses any more? It's not THAT hard to print out a CNAME->Actual name map for your servers, and then gives you more flexibility like the GP suggested, and lets your network admin play chicken with all the buses he wants to.
You're taking the exact same storage size areas that are on a disk now and effectively doubling the amount of information they can hold. How does that not sound amazing?
...that's because it's a design concept, not an actual device. It's not even prototyped from what I can tell.
I certainly hope you were trying for funny, because if not, yes, you are missing something.
They're not talking a physical platter (besides, your 750GB drive probably has 3 or 4 of those). They're talking about the actual magnetic area that holds each bit currently.
I prefer "quart"