of either Linux or Windows, but really, how is one more secure than the other? If there's an equally exploitable hole in each, is it the one that gets fixed faster more secure? If it is, then the only thing making one more secure than the other is the administrator. He/She's the only one who can patch their systems by actually downloading the patch and applying it.
No matter how fast a patch is issued, you still have to install it for it to work.
How do you expect bands to tour without any income? The first time you tour, no one knows you--you just jump on shows with local known bands and try to impress the people there. You need to sell CDs at these shows so people will remember you the next time around. You also need money to fill up your 1989 GMC Vandura that gets 1.4 miles to the gallon and fill your stomachs with Extra Value Meals.
Way to compare Prince and Metallica with local bands who need to work as Sandwich Artists for eight years to afford a decent guitar.
You know what the problem with all these online music stores is? The fact that you need a credit card to buy anything. Most music is purchased by kids, and guess what? Kids can't get credit cards.
Look at it this way - no executive or manager is going to tell their staff to care *less* about customers, are they?
No, not in any documents that may become public, anyway. The whole thing just seems Dilbert-esque--Synergize! We need to maintain a focus based on multinational analyzation in the form of interceptable efficiency, people!
Just more pretending to be customer-service driven because being customer-service driven makes more money.
It reads like something customers are supposed to see, talking about "customer focus" and other such nonsense. He even mentions on the blog that he expected it to go public, so how exactly is this "Straight Talk From Executives"?
Around Toronto, the 401 highway (8 lanes each way) is totally jammed around rush hour, so they ran a new toll highway around the city. On the onramps as well as the offramps, there are a systems of cameras that take a picture of the license plate, then send a bill to the owner of the car based on the mileage used. It's pretty cool, you don't even have to stop, and it's hardly busy at all.
They don't get a cut at all. Rental houses pay a premium for movies that are to be rented out. Some of the newest, most popular releases go for upwards of $400.
I'm not suggesting he move to France. I'm stating that it's absolutely ridiculous that someone cannot take a picture of a publicly viewable object in a country that calls itself free.
Some other countries are just a bit more ridiculous.
We've gone to space, whoopty-doo. The only thing that's left to do up there is to bring regular old people up there as tourists, and make Mars habitable for when we ruin this planet. And that, we all know, is something that NASA will not be getting into anytime soon.
Seeing how they're a business, which is trying (and are apprently very successfully) to make money, I highly doubt any free versions of Windows will become available. The only reason IE is free is because it only runs on their $250 OS.
I think there is a company called Apple whose products you might want to look into. Neither Linux nor Microsoft will satisfy your criteria.
I realize I may have come across as someone who doesn't know a whole lot about computers. The fact that I'm currently in the process of buying a Mac may reinforce that.
The fact that I'm a network admin may just plain scare you.
I'm not an idiot. I'm saying that desktop Linux is not ready. It's fine for web servers, email servers, RADIUS, NIC, etc., etc. It's just the fact that a mouse and video card that I can simply plop into a Windows system and click the Make Work button, will take several hours of "Oh My, Now Why Did That Happen?"ing to get going. I got real sick of it, real quick.
I haven't read The Effing Articles you mentioned, but I'm sure your joke would be excellent if I care enough to try to understand it.
You're right about the transmission thing in Europe. I'm right about it in North America. There's a lot of people in both areas. I guess this means us North Americans (I'm Canadian) are lazier. I'm not going to argue that. Maybe one day I'll install Linux again, but that will only happen the day it's prettier than it is functional and it costs more than my rent. How North American of me.
I have experienced the same type of problems as the author, albeit about a year and a half ago. I spent a couple of weeks trying to get everything just plain working. I did eventually get it all working, but after using it for a couple more weeks, I got tired of searching Google for solutions to things that should be self explanitory. I told myself that I'd try Linux again in a couple of years, when there'd been more time to get the bugs out.
I did the exact same thing 2 years before that.
Now, I'm not bothering with Linux anymore. It doesn't do a lot of what I want it to, and the things that do work are entirely too time-consuming. I remember the first time I installed Linux on my machine, it didn't recognize my mouse during install. It was a ps/2, two wheel mouse with no scroll button. They don't get much more common than that.
Perhaps your next project should be getting GNU HURD/L4 on a Mac Mini working with a firewire video capture device...
I have no clue what that means. I'm sure IT departments everywhere are howling at that one, though.
Why are most cars sold nowadays equipped with automatic transmission? Because it's easy. I know more than a couple of younger people who didn't even know manual transmissions existed. Linux is for experts who like to tinker. I don't. I like using my computer, not fixing it.
Oh come on. We all know Friday is official "Go Out and Have Fun" night, and let's face it, it's Star Trek. They more than likely haven't left their La-Z-Boys in a decade. Friday should be a boon for them.
There should definately be a Star Trek section on here. Not becuase of the volume of stories, but because Star Trek nerds are in a whole different class than us regular nerds.
How can you patent software? The same way you patent a novel. Both of them contain thousands of lines, both contain language. You can have two novels, say, condemning the vietnam war, both in English, but more than likely they'll be written with a different style and present an idea in a different way.
I don't think these people are generally against patents, I think they're against prohibiting competition. If a person were to take someone else's novel and rewrite it in their own language, that would be called plagiarism. I don't see why we call the same thing involving software "theft". It takes a hell of a long time to write programs and novels, so why can't we protect them?
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No matter how fast a patch is issued, you still have to install it for it to work.
There's quite a bit of grey area between unknown and superstar. Go tour in a band for a few years, then come back and bless our minds with your logic.
Way to compare Prince and Metallica with local bands who need to work as Sandwich Artists for eight years to afford a decent guitar.
You know what the problem with all these online music stores is? The fact that you need a credit card to buy anything. Most music is purchased by kids, and guess what? Kids can't get credit cards.
Customer focus isn't nonsense, it's the overuse of the term that is.
No, not in any documents that may become public, anyway. The whole thing just seems Dilbert-esque--Synergize! We need to maintain a focus based on multinational analyzation in the form of interceptable efficiency, people!
Just more pretending to be customer-service driven because being customer-service driven makes more money.
It reads like something customers are supposed to see, talking about "customer focus" and other such nonsense. He even mentions on the blog that he expected it to go public, so how exactly is this "Straight Talk From Executives"?
Kid, if you want a Pepsi, you're gonna have to pay for it
Marty: Alright, gimme a tab then
If you want a tab, you're gonna have to order something first!
3. They're old and/or badly maintained.
Around Toronto, the 401 highway (8 lanes each way) is totally jammed around rush hour, so they ran a new toll highway around the city. On the onramps as well as the offramps, there are a systems of cameras that take a picture of the license plate, then send a bill to the owner of the car based on the mileage used. It's pretty cool, you don't even have to stop, and it's hardly busy at all.
They don't get a cut at all. Rental houses pay a premium for movies that are to be rented out. Some of the newest, most popular releases go for upwards of $400.
Some other countries are just a bit more ridiculous.
Maybe they need to change their name to Red Shat so people can start referring to them by "R$"
Yes, a landmine in your yard is better than a nuclear missile.
Yes, 100 grams of fat is better than 1000.
Yes, owing a thousand dollars is better than owing a million.
Yes, you're missing the point.
We've gone to space, whoopty-doo. The only thing that's left to do up there is to bring regular old people up there as tourists, and make Mars habitable for when we ruin this planet. And that, we all know, is something that NASA will not be getting into anytime soon.
The artists don't recieve one red cent from those sites. I know because my band's album is on there, and there's a serious lack of checks in my mail.
I still find it amazing that it costs $whatever billion dollars just to launch a shuttle into orbit, yet I can fly across the country for 99 bucks.
Seeing how they're a business, which is trying (and are apprently very successfully) to make money, I highly doubt any free versions of Windows will become available. The only reason IE is free is because it only runs on their $250 OS.
My mechanic actually won't even take cash. He's got a beer-only business.
I realize I may have come across as someone who doesn't know a whole lot about computers. The fact that I'm currently in the process of buying a Mac may reinforce that.
The fact that I'm a network admin may just plain scare you.
I'm not an idiot. I'm saying that desktop Linux is not ready. It's fine for web servers, email servers, RADIUS, NIC, etc., etc. It's just the fact that a mouse and video card that I can simply plop into a Windows system and click the Make Work button, will take several hours of "Oh My, Now Why Did That Happen?"ing to get going. I got real sick of it, real quick.
I haven't read The Effing Articles you mentioned, but I'm sure your joke would be excellent if I care enough to try to understand it.
You're right about the transmission thing in Europe. I'm right about it in North America. There's a lot of people in both areas. I guess this means us North Americans (I'm Canadian) are lazier. I'm not going to argue that. Maybe one day I'll install Linux again, but that will only happen the day it's prettier than it is functional and it costs more than my rent. How North American of me.
I did the exact same thing 2 years before that.
Now, I'm not bothering with Linux anymore. It doesn't do a lot of what I want it to, and the things that do work are entirely too time-consuming. I remember the first time I installed Linux on my machine, it didn't recognize my mouse during install. It was a ps/2, two wheel mouse with no scroll button. They don't get much more common than that.
Perhaps your next project should be getting GNU HURD/L4 on a Mac Mini working with a firewire video capture device...
I have no clue what that means. I'm sure IT departments everywhere are howling at that one, though.
Why are most cars sold nowadays equipped with automatic transmission? Because it's easy. I know more than a couple of younger people who didn't even know manual transmissions existed. Linux is for experts who like to tinker. I don't. I like using my computer, not fixing it.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think females are a whole other race.
Oh come on. We all know Friday is official "Go Out and Have Fun" night, and let's face it, it's Star Trek. They more than likely haven't left their La-Z-Boys in a decade. Friday should be a boon for them.
Those boys really know how to geek it up
I don't think these people are generally against patents, I think they're against prohibiting competition. If a person were to take someone else's novel and rewrite it in their own language, that would be called plagiarism. I don't see why we call the same thing involving software "theft". It takes a hell of a long time to write programs and novels, so why can't we protect them?