Dev-C++ and all sorts of other GCC thingamabobbers are free...and Free.
Not to mention that Mac OS X has GCC in the terminal, and all civilized Linux distros come with GCC and Lord knows what else.
The advantage of Red Hat, though, is that you can get the OS for free. (Enterprise Linux, who needs stinkin' enterprise Linux? It's a financial waste compared to standard and even pro!)
MacOS is a better operating system than Windows -- the main things Windows has going for it are market share, which leads to more proprietary software being available, and tradition -- many users have never used anything besides Windows 95 and up, even.
Of course, the above comparison is largely subjective. I have however noticed in my experience with Windows, Linux, and Macintosh (I use Windows every day, Macintosh most days, and Linux less than I'd like but still a good deal) that Macs tend to be the most reliable desktop computers, and the only ones that run Riven without the need to very carefully geek Quicktime.
if program-specific optimizations could be individually disabled by end users.
If quality is being force-reduced for certain software then in many cases I would like to undo the reduction.
I recently got one for just this purpose. I happen to be cursed with dysgraphia due to motor incoordination and thus any handwritten notes are apt to be illegible a week later.
Be sure to get the 256 MB RAM though.
Small, long battery life, and dirt cheap, especially on educational discount. I didn't go for the 802.11b because I think I can save my battery by just using Ethernet (The thing comes with gigabit so you can use those at full speed if you run into them). And besides, I have 802.11a at home and would have to use Ethernet anyway.
How about you try IceWM, WindowMaker, and even TWM, among other window managers that in all reality are almost as good as GNOME or KDE?
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Blue smoke, however, will almost certainly ensue if you accidentally use the wrong CAT5 when hooking up computers and other bona fide network devices. Could start a fire, even.
I have never seen a license agreement on any DVD; all I have seen is the FBI warning about illegal display and duplication. Nothing about not decrypting them for Linux. If I own a disc and no license is presented --even after sale-- then I have all rights not prohibited under copyright law. I see nothing in copyright law to prevent me from using decryption, if necessary, to use whatever means necessary to access the content for which I have paid.
Though, of course, I have always used Windows 98 or XP for DVD purposes, unreliable as they are, and more importantly given the nature of this post, I am not a lawyer and there may be one mor more legal errors in this post.
Until swift, affordable cellphone-based data transit is available to the masses, how about a laptop and the Internet? Yes, then you have to carry a laptop, but if you're doing much serious digital photography, or are taking a business trip, it's highly possible that you do anyway.
Your idea is good, but as you said, its time has not yet come.
You're going to end up with reduced quality of both components.
You'll have a substandard PDA that eats your cellphone battery.
If you throw in a digital camera as well, it'll probably be 640x480 at best, eat your battery, and...y'know, decent lenses and flashmemory have mass and volume.
Me, I'd rather have a light, easily-accessible cellphone that I actually will bother to carry on walks and stuff. And if it's stolen, I haven't lost my organizer too. If I ever have the inclination, the need, and the money at the same time, I'll look into a PDA. And as for digital cameras, often the second or third device in a Frankenstein handheld, I like to have at least 2.2 megapixels. So I can have my pictures printed without lines through them.
A wee bit off topic, yes, but...
Dell's support isn't as good as you crack it up to be.
My Dell, on which I am typing this message, came with a misrepresented sound card and is apt to make clicking noises. When I filed a support complaint on the clicking, they told me to get out the screwdriver and poke around inside my case. Excuse me, but if I wanted to monkey with hardware, I would have done a DIY, not ordered from En--er, Dell--in the first place. Just imagine if a newbie were having problems and got an autoresponse like that. Though admittedly the Dell drop-and-spil warranty is a pretty good thing.
Dell laid off their support people and went down the tubes. Apple's support leaves a lot to be wanted, but Dell is alas no longer as good as you claim. Gateway support is pretty good, as I recall, though.
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Then explain, please, why every worthwhile operating system except one, Microsoft Windows, is some form or clone of Unix?
Dev-C++ and all sorts of other GCC thingamabobbers are free...and Free. Not to mention that Mac OS X has GCC in the terminal, and all civilized Linux distros come with GCC and Lord knows what else.
The advantage of Red Hat, though, is that you can get the OS for free. (Enterprise Linux, who needs stinkin' enterprise Linux? It's a financial waste compared to standard and even pro!)
is an excuse for imbeciles to persecute truly dysgraphic geeks and nerds.
Easy. Their PDAs aren't $20 junk from the checkout aisle at CompUSA.
Nope. You can choke on their products, or be blinded by the newfangled Nerf projectiles.
Actually, he'll be far better off, because he will no longer be in Dutch with the RIAA.
I think P4's are still 686. So it'd be Hexium Lordknowswhat. I'm glad it's Pentium 4, myself.
MacOS is a better operating system than Windows -- the main things Windows has going for it are market share, which leads to more proprietary software being available, and tradition -- many users have never used anything besides Windows 95 and up, even. Of course, the above comparison is largely subjective. I have however noticed in my experience with Windows, Linux, and Macintosh (I use Windows every day, Macintosh most days, and Linux less than I'd like but still a good deal) that Macs tend to be the most reliable desktop computers, and the only ones that run Riven without the need to very carefully geek Quicktime.
Actually, the 686es should have been Hexia, not Sexia. But they ended up in the Pentium line due to name recognition, I guess.
if program-specific optimizations could be individually disabled by end users. If quality is being force-reduced for certain software then in many cases I would like to undo the reduction.
Try dysgraphia on for size and you'll understand why a pencil might be inefficient.
I recently got one for just this purpose. I happen to be cursed with dysgraphia due to motor incoordination and thus any handwritten notes are apt to be illegible a week later. Be sure to get the 256 MB RAM though. Small, long battery life, and dirt cheap, especially on educational discount. I didn't go for the 802.11b because I think I can save my battery by just using Ethernet (The thing comes with gigabit so you can use those at full speed if you run into them). And besides, I have 802.11a at home and would have to use Ethernet anyway.
How about you try IceWM, WindowMaker, and even TWM, among other window managers that in all reality are almost as good as GNOME or KDE?
Blue smoke, however, will almost certainly ensue if you accidentally use the wrong CAT5 when hooking up computers and other bona fide network devices. Could start a fire, even.
I have never seen a license agreement on any DVD; all I have seen is the FBI warning about illegal display and duplication. Nothing about not decrypting them for Linux. If I own a disc and no license is presented --even after sale-- then I have all rights not prohibited under copyright law. I see nothing in copyright law to prevent me from using decryption, if necessary, to use whatever means necessary to access the content for which I have paid. Though, of course, I have always used Windows 98 or XP for DVD purposes, unreliable as they are, and more importantly given the nature of this post, I am not a lawyer and there may be one mor more legal errors in this post.
Knoppix boots YOU! Well, actually, now it looks like Knoppix can boot you anywhere :)
If this weren't anonymous, I'd suggest it be modded up for being the best filk of "Deutschland Uber Alles" I've seen in weeks.
Until swift, affordable cellphone-based data transit is available to the masses, how about a laptop and the Internet? Yes, then you have to carry a laptop, but if you're doing much serious digital photography, or are taking a business trip, it's highly possible that you do anyway. Your idea is good, but as you said, its time has not yet come.
> More reductionism than anti-intellectualism, but anti-intellectualism as well.
You're going to end up with reduced quality of both components. You'll have a substandard PDA that eats your cellphone battery. If you throw in a digital camera as well, it'll probably be 640x480 at best, eat your battery, and...y'know, decent lenses and flashmemory have mass and volume. Me, I'd rather have a light, easily-accessible cellphone that I actually will bother to carry on walks and stuff. And if it's stolen, I haven't lost my organizer too. If I ever have the inclination, the need, and the money at the same time, I'll look into a PDA. And as for digital cameras, often the second or third device in a Frankenstein handheld, I like to have at least 2.2 megapixels. So I can have my pictures printed without lines through them.
A wee bit off topic, yes, but... Dell's support isn't as good as you crack it up to be. My Dell, on which I am typing this message, came with a misrepresented sound card and is apt to make clicking noises. When I filed a support complaint on the clicking, they told me to get out the screwdriver and poke around inside my case. Excuse me, but if I wanted to monkey with hardware, I would have done a DIY, not ordered from En--er, Dell--in the first place. Just imagine if a newbie were having problems and got an autoresponse like that. Though admittedly the Dell drop-and-spil warranty is a pretty good thing. Dell laid off their support people and went down the tubes. Apple's support leaves a lot to be wanted, but Dell is alas no longer as good as you claim. Gateway support is pretty good, as I recall, though.