If this is true, then they must be seriously fucked up. Don't get me wrong, anyone who would willingly kill children are immediately labled as fucked up in my mind, but they aren't just fucked up, they're idiots as well. People were starting to empathise with them, starting to move forward from Sept 11 and requesting removing troops from the middle east. Now they go around killing people all over again.
it didn't sue Microsoft for the name Windows. I don't know where you got that idea. Lindows did however, (successfully I'm pretty sure, they won the case anyway) tried to invalidate the trademark Windows as a defense in the suit.
or perhaps it's amazing how quick the price goes from $200 a computer to $0 a computer. (I would have chosen euros but I don't have the key on my keyboard...)
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You're the one full of shit there. I hate the design of the I-Pod and love my iRiver. It's subjective, all opinions are.
The reason why people say "apt-get install package" is because it's a lot harder to say "click the icon named "Package Manager", click Search, type in "package", click "package" then click install.
The command line is a very useful thing for writing how to fix a problem.
But c'mon, "make sure you have at least 10MB free"? Oh my god, you mean you need to have space on your hard drive to install Quake 3? And get this, you need graphics drivers! This operating system is from the stone ages. Here's the directions for installing UT2004 (assuming you have the space on your hard drive and graphics drivers installed if needed by your distro, which for systems like Ubuntu it actually is handled for you): Insert the CD, click CD drive, click linuxsetup.sh. Actually even studying it I can't find any differences between the Windows and Linux installers, except different identifications.
only if you get out a screwdriver (or a big knife), open your hard drive, tear out the piece of magnetic strip it's written on and give that to your friends.
It'll take them another couple of months to change but Debian will change to X.Org eventually! There's still a couple of issues eg the C++ conversion that are apparently more important at the moment. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.
What the hell are you talking about? Sorry for blasting out but I have a uni test tomorrow so I'm a bit pissed off.
Firstly, TuxRacer doesn't prove that decent graphics and speed are possible natively on Linux. TuxRacer's graphics aren't anything special.
Doom 3 proves that decent graphics and speed are possible natively on Linux.
Secondly, you're saying that *Microsoft* are the innovative ones? Show me some point of innovation they have made over the past ten years that equals stuff like the LiveCDs, Dcop, slaves, etc. Have you seen Enlightenment, Luminosity, or the Looking Glass? There's eye candy there that Microsoft and even OS-X aren't even *close* to achieving. And don't say some piece of shit like "OMG, KDE HAS A TASKBAR" when Microsoft stole that idea from Macintosh ages ago.
You don't sit down and write a car now do you? We're talking about creation here, not use. You could easily say that you "use" a manual, a set of instructions, i.e. exactly what software is. You don't want people to patent learning material now do you?
The "right" way being defined as the way Microsoft does it? Or do you have a real argument for why it's more "right"?
It is a standard. It is carried through pretty much every operating system. I agree with the grandparent in this one. Not doing something simply because it is the same as what Microsoft does is just petty and silly, like saying we shouldn't have a network or a browser in Linux cause Windows has them.
even if there are websites showing them in a visible way what's to stop people using popups, popunders or just malicious links to incriminate someone? (How many times do you middle click to open a tab in the background? What if that page had child pornography in it? It'd be fully loaded by the time you get to looking at it.)
The justice system is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, and using the cache is one of the flimsiest proofs of intent to view or possess child pornography you can get.
I think a better 'real world' analogy, by the way, would be someone throwing a bag of paper at you and if it happens to contain child pornography you'd go to jail.
My argument is that you have no control over what goes in the cache. *Everything* a web page sends to you goes in the cache, even if you don't actually view it. You could easily put a 1x1 picture of child porn in a legit looking web page and it'll be downloaded to the cache.
I'm not saying this guy's not guilty as sin, but you have to think before you lay down blanket laws.
Interestingly enough, I stopped pirating games when I converted to Linux. I now have full versions of Doom 3, UT, and a few other linux friendly games on my shelf.
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If this is true, then they must be seriously fucked up. Don't get me wrong, anyone who would willingly kill children are immediately labled as fucked up in my mind, but they aren't just fucked up, they're idiots as well. People were starting to empathise with them, starting to move forward from Sept 11 and requesting removing troops from the middle east. Now they go around killing people all over again.
I say kill the stupid fuckers.
You don't speak for me.
it didn't sue Microsoft for the name Windows. I don't know where you got that idea. Lindows did however, (successfully I'm pretty sure, they won the case anyway) tried to invalidate the trademark Windows as a defense in the suit.
"A joke is like a frog. If you're going to disect it you'll have to kill it first."
or perhaps it's amazing how quick the price goes from $200 a computer to $0 a computer. (I would have chosen euros but I don't have the key on my keyboard...)
You're the one full of shit there. I hate the design of the I-Pod and love my iRiver. It's subjective, all opinions are.
I call bullshit.
The reason why people say "apt-get install package" is because it's a lot harder to say "click the icon named "Package Manager", click Search, type in "package", click "package" then click install.
The command line is a very useful thing for writing how to fix a problem.
But c'mon, "make sure you have at least 10MB free"? Oh my god, you mean you need to have space on your hard drive to install Quake 3? And get this, you need graphics drivers! This operating system is from the stone ages. Here's the directions for installing UT2004 (assuming you have the space on your hard drive and graphics drivers installed if needed by your distro, which for systems like Ubuntu it actually is handled for you): Insert the CD, click CD drive, click linuxsetup.sh. Actually even studying it I can't find any differences between the Windows and Linux installers, except different identifications.
selling X-Box modchips or modchipped X-Boxes is perfectly legal (still), however selling them with 80 games a piece on them is not.
since one of them is a girl and one of them is a bloke, surely eventually they're going to figure out what to stick in where...
I always get a chuckle when people who read slashdot try to bring out the geeks with no girlfriends stereotype.
only if you get out a screwdriver (or a big knife), open your hard drive, tear out the piece of magnetic strip it's written on and give that to your friends.
You do know that article is four, coming on five, years old don't you?
It'll take them another couple of months to change but Debian will change to X.Org eventually! There's still a couple of issues eg the C++ conversion that are apparently more important at the moment. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.
Actually there are plenty of anti-virus solutions for Linux desktops. Unfortunately they only filter out *Windows* viruses.
What the hell are you talking about? Sorry for blasting out but I have a uni test tomorrow so I'm a bit pissed off.
Firstly, TuxRacer doesn't prove that decent graphics and speed are possible natively on Linux. TuxRacer's graphics aren't anything special.
Doom 3 proves that decent graphics and speed are possible natively on Linux.
Secondly, you're saying that *Microsoft* are the innovative ones? Show me some point of innovation they have made over the past ten years that equals stuff like the LiveCDs, Dcop, slaves, etc. Have you seen Enlightenment, Luminosity, or the Looking Glass? There's eye candy there that Microsoft and even OS-X aren't even *close* to achieving. And don't say some piece of shit like "OMG, KDE HAS A TASKBAR" when Microsoft stole that idea from Macintosh ages ago.
You don't sit down and write a car now do you? We're talking about creation here, not use. You could easily say that you "use" a manual, a set of instructions, i.e. exactly what software is. You don't want people to patent learning material now do you?
The "right" way being defined as the way Microsoft does it? Or do you have a real argument for why it's more "right"?
It is a standard. It is carried through pretty much every operating system. I agree with the grandparent in this one. Not doing something simply because it is the same as what Microsoft does is just petty and silly, like saying we shouldn't have a network or a browser in Linux cause Windows has them.
KDevelop is a great example of this. That red cross next to a syntactical error makes my life a whole lot easier when typing quite quickly.
A janitor walks into a bishop's office and sees white liquid flowing all over the desk. "Oh shit, bishop," he calls out, "you blew a holy seal!"
I mean, a proprietary operating system is just what the Linux devs are looking for. Why haven't they converted already?
even if there are websites showing them in a visible way what's to stop people using popups, popunders or just malicious links to incriminate someone? (How many times do you middle click to open a tab in the background? What if that page had child pornography in it? It'd be fully loaded by the time you get to looking at it.)
The justice system is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, and using the cache is one of the flimsiest proofs of intent to view or possess child pornography you can get.
I think a better 'real world' analogy, by the way, would be someone throwing a bag of paper at you and if it happens to contain child pornography you'd go to jail.
I sort of disagree. (shoot me if you must).
My argument is that you have no control over what goes in the cache. *Everything* a web page sends to you goes in the cache, even if you don't actually view it. You could easily put a 1x1 picture of child porn in a legit looking web page and it'll be downloaded to the cache.
I'm not saying this guy's not guilty as sin, but you have to think before you lay down blanket laws.
so you're saying that Linux is only free as in beer that you actually have to take the time to drink?
Interestingly enough, I stopped pirating games when I converted to Linux. I now have full versions of Doom 3, UT, and a few other linux friendly games on my shelf.
But those decade old apps can easily be done by one core in its spare time. I'm not sure why this is an issue.
fucking hell.
What's so hard about clicking the damned icon that says "install packages"?
But if you want to install the bleeding edge version of gimp, why don't you just do it the windows way? By downloading it from the web site?