"What is Linux?". I doubt that this question could be asked as the questions are from "Microsoft's Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005."
The beta version had the following:
"What is Linux:
All penguins should die and go back to the Antartic circle where they can be eaten by whales and then have the whales molested by Steve Erwin, giving the whales intergestion. From Bill"
But it was removed due to protests from the ASPCA and the WWF
"...use IM and chat room clients that check the grammar and spelling..."
And which country's grammar and spelling would be determined the correct one? Take english for example. We have American english, Brittish english, Australian english and slashdot english.
A joke perhaps: And American, English, and Australian connect to a spelling correcting chat room and nothing is said.
Actually $35,000 AU is not that cheep. I brand new 4 bedroom single story traditional home is only about $60,000 AU. The real cost is in the land. A block 30metres * 15meters (100ft * 50ft) in Sydney's West is about $350,000 AU.
I agree 100%. Once I couldn't be bother to turn up to work and I couldn't be bothered to call. The next day I went to work and got the usual abuse you get. Within 10 minutes I had my boss remembering a conversation I had with him the week before about how I was going to have that day off. He ended up admitting that he was at fault for not remembering the conversation.
The key here is to associate the lie with an insignificant past event. For example, the conversation was like this:
boss: blah, blah, blah, and why didn't you turn up to work. You could be fired for not attending work.
me: *fake suprise* What do you mean? We spoke of this last week at the meeting we had at the coffee shop (the meeting at the coffee shop actually happened).
boss will then remember the insignificant event, and because it was not significant, it will not be clear in his mind. His mind will then begin to fill in the blanks and if you are good, you will be able to insert the lie.
This is the tricky part as you have to remember exactly what happened at the meeting, as you are recollecting what happened like "We ordered the coffees, then you asked me how my weekend was. Then after that I asked you if I could have the day off, you agreed. You said that you were going to write it down when we got back to the office"
At this point, something will click and he will suddenly remember.
In other news, Fireman_sam says his company has achieved perpetual motion through technology that enables motion to be perpetual. Nobel prize, thankyou.
Well actually phonograph is simply a sound recording. Phono = sound, graph = record.
See also:
Photograph - a recording of light
Pornograph - a recording of the body
Re:Combat it or deny responsibility you mean...
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OT: You also forgot the carge for talking to the ATM, or talking to someone on the phone, or a machine on the phone. Or the charge to get a statement, letter, bank cheque. Soon banks will have turn styles(sp?) at their front door that you have to enter a $2 coin.
I'd love to own a bank, any and all expenses are simply passed onto the customer, you can charge them anything you want for whatever you want, and with the way society is set up now days it is imposible to go without a bank. Ever tried to buy a new car with cash? It is much easier with a bank cheque.
Let's remove the clutch and double the width of the brake.
Now, put a person who has always driven a manual (US: stick) into an automatic and unless they are concentrating all the time, they will still check to see if the car is in neutral by trying to move the shifter left and right. Another one (my favourite) is when they go to press the clutch to change gears and press the brake.
For those who only drive automatics: Pressing the clutch is a natural action and that action is to press it quickly and to the floor. What happens when you press the brake quickly and to the floor when you are doing about 30 to 40 Km (~19 to ~15 mph)?
Well, it appears that this is the attitude that they are trying to please:
"fuck the environment, I can now drive my SUV for the same yearly cost as those tree-hugging hippies in their solar power buzz boxes that take up room on my highway. Ha Ha Ha Fuck the world, we own Iraq and the oil now!!!! Drop the bomb!!!"
They would have a EULA. So just because they didn't say the program will delete all the files on your computer, doesn't mean it will not delete them all.
I have recently discovered a beta of their program and here is an extract from the EULA:
Section 57 subsection 77-A1 paragraph 45: "ii) in no event shall MPAA or its suppliers be liable for any direct, special incidental, indirect, punitive, consequential or other damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for: loss of profits, loss of confidential or other information, business interruption, personal injury, loss of privacy, failure to meet any duty (including of good faith or of reasonable care), negligence, and any other pecuniary or other loss whatsoever) arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the software or support services...
So, to use their software, you have to give them the right to "deltree c:\" or "format c:" and then say "oops"
Most computer users can be compared to motorists that ore of the level "I put the key in and turn it, then it goes". The only difference is that with respect to computers, there is a much higher percentage of these users.
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Just thought of a better question:
"What is a General protection fault 0x4700AF2D in KERNEL32.DLL:MessageBoxExA+046 EAX 0x00000000 EIP 0x00000000 EDX 0x000010FA"
"What is Linux?". I doubt that this question could be asked as the questions are from "Microsoft's Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005."
The beta version had the following:
"What is Linux:
All penguins should die and go back to the Antartic circle where they can be eaten by whales and then have the whales molested by Steve Erwin, giving the whales intergestion. From Bill"
But it was removed due to protests from the ASPCA and the WWF
"...use IM and chat room clients that check the grammar and spelling..."
And which country's grammar and spelling would be determined the correct one? Take english for example. We have American english, Brittish english, Australian english and slashdot english.
A joke perhaps: And American, English, and Australian connect to a spelling correcting chat room and nothing is said.
Should I have mentioned that it was a lame joke.
This is exactly the type of answer that should be given to the question "I try to do this hardware related thing in Linux and it sux, so Linux sux"
We should say,
"How does the hardware work in Windows?"
"Are you getting a better result or the same?"
"If it is better, what software are you using in Linux and in Windows?" --> report to developers, test or improve the Linux software (if capable)
"If it is the same, then it could very well be a limitation of the hardware in question and not in fact the software."
Lumley?
Actually $35,000 AU is not that cheep. I brand new 4 bedroom single story traditional home is only about $60,000 AU. The real cost is in the land. A block 30metres * 15meters (100ft * 50ft) in Sydney's West is about $350,000 AU.
5hhhhh, and you spell it "93|\|700"
I agree 100%. Once I couldn't be bother to turn up to work and I couldn't be bothered to call. The next day I went to work and got the usual abuse you get. Within 10 minutes I had my boss remembering a conversation I had with him the week before about how I was going to have that day off. He ended up admitting that he was at fault for not remembering the conversation.
The key here is to associate the lie with an insignificant past event. For example, the conversation was like this:
boss: blah, blah, blah, and why didn't you turn up to work. You could be fired for not attending work.
me: *fake suprise* What do you mean? We spoke of this last week at the meeting we had at the coffee shop (the meeting at the coffee shop actually happened).
boss will then remember the insignificant event, and because it was not significant, it will not be clear in his mind. His mind will then begin to fill in the blanks and if you are good, you will be able to insert the lie.
This is the tricky part as you have to remember exactly what happened at the meeting, as you are recollecting what happened like "We ordered the coffees, then you asked me how my weekend was. Then after that I asked you if I could have the day off, you agreed. You said that you were going to write it down when we got back to the office"
At this point, something will click and he will suddenly remember.
That is why a liar needs a good memory.
In other news, Fireman_sam says his company has achieved perpetual motion through technology that enables motion to be perpetual. Nobel prize, thankyou.
my bad.
Well actually phonograph is simply a sound recording. Phono = sound, graph = record.
See also:
Photograph - a recording of light
Pornograph - a recording of the body
OT: You also forgot the carge for talking to the ATM, or talking to someone on the phone, or a machine on the phone. Or the charge to get a statement, letter, bank cheque. Soon banks will have turn styles(sp?) at their front door that you have to enter a $2 coin.
I'd love to own a bank, any and all expenses are simply passed onto the customer, you can charge them anything you want for whatever you want, and with the way society is set up now days it is imposible to go without a bank. Ever tried to buy a new car with cash? It is much easier with a bank cheque.
I hate banks, but I'd love to own one.
How about this:
Let's remove the clutch and double the width of the brake.
Now, put a person who has always driven a manual (US: stick) into an automatic and unless they are concentrating all the time, they will still check to see if the car is in neutral by trying to move the shifter left and right. Another one (my favourite) is when they go to press the clutch to change gears and press the brake.
For those who only drive automatics: Pressing the clutch is a natural action and that action is to press it quickly and to the floor. What happens when you press the brake quickly and to the floor when you are doing about 30 to 40 Km (~19 to ~15 mph)?
BTW, I have done both the above.
"if I have to think about them, even for a second, I'm going to kill someone."
I feel the same way about end users.
"They all exist solely to seperate your wallet from its contents."
To quote the average geek: "They ain't getting my condom. I got it in '88, and I am not getting rid of it 'till I use it!"
I think a better joke would be.
And that would be the only rooting this guy will ever do in his life
Well, it appears that this is the attitude that they are trying to please:
"fuck the environment, I can now drive my SUV for the same yearly cost as those tree-hugging hippies in their solar power buzz boxes that take up room on my highway. Ha Ha Ha Fuck the world, we own Iraq and the oil now!!!! Drop the bomb!!!"
I thought they stopped selling records when CD first came out.
And who says this industry is not corrupt.
"Stupidity is the root of all evil"
# host all.evil
all.evil has address 207.46.130.108
# ssh root@207.46.130.108
password: *enters stupidity*
[bill@all.evil root]#
So, stupidity is the password of the root of all evil
They would have a EULA. So just because they didn't say the program will delete all the files on your computer, doesn't mean it will not delete them all.
I have recently discovered a beta of their program and here is an extract from the EULA:
Section 57 subsection 77-A1 paragraph 45:
"ii) in no event shall MPAA or its suppliers be liable for any direct, special incidental, indirect, punitive, consequential or other damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for: loss of profits, loss of confidential or other information, business interruption, personal injury, loss of privacy, failure to meet any duty (including of good faith or of reasonable care), negligence, and any other pecuniary or other loss whatsoever) arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the software or support services...
So, to use their software, you have to give them the right to "deltree c:\" or "format c:" and then say "oops"
When you are talking about a Microsoft product. More specifically when it is suffixed with 'ent'
Most computer users can be compared to motorists that ore of the level "I put the key in and turn it, then it goes". The only difference is that with respect to computers, there is a much higher percentage of these users.
Call it the "New Internet"
I jumped when Microsoft said jump and it was the best day of my life.
They said jump to windows 95, I jumped to slackware 3.2. Mmmm fvwm