Build me a Knoppix-style WindowsXP Live CD and then I'll believe in fairies.
Check the newsgroups... I think it's called a "Walk-Away". Not truly "Knoppix-style", but at least you won't have to worry about Users freestyling on the options during Install...
To paraphrase, most "normal" people aren't all hung up on the "Hacker" mythos. Most "Normal" people (like someone's mother or that guy down the street who watches NASCAR) would feel stupid using a word like "Hacker".
I think you're a little too sure of events that haven't even had a chance to happen yet... I also know that you don't care what I think...
I had no problems with KOTOR. I thought the graphics were just fine on my PC (never saw it on Xbox).
To the contrary, I've never had ANY luck with a GTA title ported to PC. The controls were always screwy or it wouldn't work with any of the various gamepads I had handy (some even brand-name!)
I gave up on ever playing a GTA game, but now it seems Prince of Persia and others don't like the PC/gamepad connection. Thank God NHL and NFL games work well...
I agreed with you until the "teach them" part. Most people I support have little interest in learning. They want YOU to make it work and they don't care how/why. Attempting to force them to learn or be self-sufficient is usually met with a mental-brick-wall, defensiveness and matching surly attitude (spurred by feelings of shame for their dependence and ignorance???)
Your thoughts sound very familiar. I wanted to get away from WinXP for my MMC PC and thought "MythTV sounds cool. I'll try that!"
I'm smart enough to build my own Win boxes from left-over parts (or brand-new when I'm rich) and troubleshoot for my entire family, so I should be able to handle it. Right???
It was like doing your fucking taxes. Looks simple, but it's a trap (heehee... Fark cross-over represent!) I was able to obtain and load Redhat9 and began to think "Linux is easy! Everyone is stupid but ME..."
Then I needed to install programs. As I continually search forums for definitions to all the buzz-words (Distro, Tarball, Root, etc...), I find more programs that I don't have (but need before I can install the original package).
So being a good little geek, I research and study and ask for help (only to be blasted for being stupid and told to "Go back to M$ if you want quick and easy, n00b!!!"). After finally getting through 107 installs so I can install the 1 thing I wanted, I find out that my hardware won't work with MythTV. Not now, not ever...
FF to an hour later... I've deleted all Linux partitions and have WinXP MCE 2004 installed and downloading the first of several updates. Now I wonder how the "N00b" OS of Linux kicked my ass (even though I was willing and able to do the research 98% of the world will not and cannot do) and have a hard time seeing how I'll have the time/energy/hardware/balls to try again in the future...
Too bad... I kinda liked the feeling of being out from under Bill's thumb...
Then stand on your left foot while rubbing your tummy and simultaneously patting your head. This all assumes it is an evenly-numbered date in the first half of the Fiscal year. If it is an ODD date or in the latter half of the Fiscal year, it is imperative that the RIGHT foot be used and the patting/rubbing be reversed (unless it is already after 2pm EST, in which case you can ignore every 3rd command).
I have no sympathy for the "What about my $500k mortgage and 3x SUV payments?!?" crowd. I went to public schools, community college, I work hard, and rent a house. It's called "Living Within My Means" and I have no tolerance for this petty whining.
Some points to counter your weak arguement: * Sell the house you cannot afford and get a reasonable vehicle * Teach your kid to have a sack and send him to public school to learn to deal with real life.
It's not "OK", but that's not the point (nor will it stop anyone who wants to do it. For your indignation, you have earned exactly 1 swift size 13 to the nuts. Enjoy!
I'm sure that will work very well in Pakistan or Iran. `Merrikin girls aren't the type that understand and accept a pre-nup (especially when YOU'RE broke)
You don't do it ALL the time! Just hit the release button twice when you disconnect that last call. It's imperceivable to someone monitoring and appears to be an anamoly if they track Total Talk Time for each call.
I worked in C/S for a major Mortgage Company and moved over into Training/Mngt. A staff with any brains knows how you did it, but they may not have cared. I was on top of all the little scams because I had a hand in developing most of them.
Our software told us total number of calls, av length of calls, total time online vs. breaks vs. ACW, etc etc... If Mngt at that company hadn't figured all that out, they probably won't ever...
You still have not figured out why an error box keeps popping up every time you try to open your word processor. But you know if you hit "Cancel", it goes away and you can work normally.
Read the error message instead of just clicking "Cancel"
Your DSL line goes down every now and then. You reset the modem and usually things come back up. Sometimes you have to restart the computer, though.
Crappy modem? Crappy ISP?
You cannot figure out any rhyme or reason to when things work and when they do not. As far as you can tell, there is no rhyme or reason - the computer just does not work on occasion. You have to jump through some hoops to get some things done.
You're not paying attention. There are common factors you haven't accounted for...
I look at your comments the same way I would someone telling people they need to know how an internal combustion engine works because they are having problems working the hand crank to get it started.
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Check the newsgroups... I think it's called a "Walk-Away". Not truly "Knoppix-style", but at least you won't have to worry about Users freestyling on the options during Install...
To paraphrase, most "normal" people aren't all hung up on the "Hacker" mythos. Most "Normal" people (like someone's mother or that guy down the street who watches NASCAR) would feel stupid using a word like "Hacker".
I think you're a little too sure of events that haven't even had a chance to happen yet... I also know that you don't care what I think...
To the contrary, I've never had ANY luck with a GTA title ported to PC. The controls were always screwy or it wouldn't work with any of the various gamepads I had handy (some even brand-name!)
I gave up on ever playing a GTA game, but now it seems Prince of Persia and others don't like the PC/gamepad connection. Thank God NHL and NFL games work well...
Not to argue on an older thread, but I was referring to my friends and family!
It works the other way for me... The repitition now makes the minor stupid details stand out like a sore thumb.
Nothing like yelling at your wife, top volume, for asking what a show is about when you just turned on the TV...
The people at work are even worse!
I mean... I've heard...
Don't forget that they are PROUD of tricking the morons. So proud that they are bragging about it to the Whole World...
Reminds me of the guys in high school that would beat up the retarded kid and then tell the story in gym class...
(nobody liked him much either...)
Yes, I see. Come to think of it, there aren't and "keys" on this input device, so it's not REALLY a keyboard... right???
I'm smart enough to build my own Win boxes from left-over parts (or brand-new when I'm rich) and troubleshoot for my entire family, so I should be able to handle it. Right???
It was like doing your fucking taxes. Looks simple, but it's a trap (heehee... Fark cross-over represent!) I was able to obtain and load Redhat9 and began to think "Linux is easy! Everyone is stupid but ME..."
Then I needed to install programs. As I continually search forums for definitions to all the buzz-words (Distro, Tarball, Root, etc...), I find more programs that I don't have (but need before I can install the original package).
So being a good little geek, I research and study and ask for help (only to be blasted for being stupid and told to "Go back to M$ if you want quick and easy, n00b!!!"). After finally getting through 107 installs so I can install the 1 thing I wanted, I find out that my hardware won't work with MythTV. Not now, not ever...
FF to an hour later... I've deleted all Linux partitions and have WinXP MCE 2004 installed and downloading the first of several updates. Now I wonder how the "N00b" OS of Linux kicked my ass (even though I was willing and able to do the research 98% of the world will not and cannot do) and have a hard time seeing how I'll have the time/energy/hardware/balls to try again in the future...
Too bad... I kinda liked the feeling of being out from under Bill's thumb...
Then stand on your left foot while rubbing your tummy and simultaneously patting your head. This all assumes it is an evenly-numbered date in the first half of the Fiscal year. If it is an ODD date or in the latter half of the Fiscal year, it is imperative that the RIGHT foot be used and the patting/rubbing be reversed (unless it is already after 2pm EST, in which case you can ignore every 3rd command).
No, you're entitled to 16 hours of free time a day, right?
"If quick and easy is what you want, go load M$, n00b!1!!!"
So I did...
Some points to counter your weak arguement:
* Sell the house you cannot afford and get a reasonable vehicle
* Teach your kid to have a sack and send him to public school to learn to deal with real life.
It's not "OK", but that's not the point (nor will it stop anyone who wants to do it. For your indignation, you have earned exactly 1 swift size 13 to the nuts. Enjoy!
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Good luck with all that...
DVDDecrypter --> ISO --> Daemon-Tools --> PowerDVD
Went back to Windows and grabbed the MCE instead.
You don't do it ALL the time! Just hit the release button twice when you disconnect that last call. It's imperceivable to someone monitoring and appears to be an anamoly if they track Total Talk Time for each call.
Our software told us total number of calls, av length of calls, total time online vs. breaks vs. ACW, etc etc... If Mngt at that company hadn't figured all that out, they probably won't ever...
Read the error message instead of just clicking "Cancel"
Your DSL line goes down every now and then. You reset the modem and usually things come back up. Sometimes you have to restart the computer, though.
Crappy modem? Crappy ISP?
You cannot figure out any rhyme or reason to when things work and when they do not. As far as you can tell, there is no rhyme or reason - the computer just does not work on occasion. You have to jump through some hoops to get some things done.
You're not paying attention. There are common factors you haven't accounted for...
I look at your comments the same way I would someone telling people they need to know how an internal combustion engine works because they are having problems working the hand crank to get it started.
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