Human beings live successfully in EVERY climate on the globe...
And by doing that they are consuming difficult to renew resources like forests, oil, carbon... That's NO SUCCESS. We are just selling the family jewels to afford our lifestyle. Unless some clean energy source comes to the rescue, something like a mini ice age would increase our energy requirements to unsustainable levels.
And this is what people notice when they first sit down in front of a linux machine.
Really? I never heard such comments from people experiencing linux desktops for the first time.
The most common reaction in front of X used to be: "It works, at last!" followed by half an hour of hysterical laughter.
Now comments are like "What do you know, it works. Now where are the p2p apps...."
Right, but think about upgrades. I switched to Debian on my tibook II exactly because it didn't feel right to pay for the full version of OSX 10.2. First because it was only some months after I bought that mac, second because 10.1 was not a very mature environment.
I toyed with a portable 45rpm record player built surely before 1975, the brand is "Pack Son" (here in Italy). It plays the record upon insertion. If any "inventor" out there retains the patent for a mechanical eject button, mind that those record players have one.
the simple fact of the matter is that the climate is changing and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it.
You underestimate the human impact on the environment. Emission of CO2 and other gases, deforestation, disrupting habitats. It may account only for a small percentage of climate change, but we are risking our future in the assumption that this percentage doesn't matter.
You assume that the number of worms affecting windows is proportional to their marketshare. But the sheer number of online mac and linux machines make them a good target for virus writers anyway, only they are just more difficult to compromise.
Being a little paranoid: you may be right if we take into account that the pc security market is big enough to actually need new viruses and exploits to be developed.
Sure, there's no reason to assume the post was already funny. I didn't mean to sound serious myself in the latest post. My first post was serious, instead, even if the parent was funny.
If somebody made a joke about, let's say, overclocking, and says that chips are made out of plastic instead of silicon you would point out the mistake anyway, wouldn't you?
Christians try to bind everyone to Christianity...
Unfortunately they - we - use utterly wrong methods.
Sorry for being slightly OT, but Jesus did never coerce anyone into belief. I think that Faith shouldn't be experience in a competitive fashion. A Christian should make his own choices according to his faith and set an Example for others to freely follow.
A famous example: "If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town, as a testimony against them." (Luke 9:5 NIV)
I agree that the unix concept of lean, interoperating software tools hasn't really gotten through the linux desktop (yet?). It's not entirely a minus because right now desktop linux needs credibility and for the average user that means having the equivalent of windows apps. With more stability and less unnecessary bloat.
Besides that, anyway, I find your comment somewhat surprising, given your relatively low slashdot ID.
Especially when you criticize linux permissions. They are dated but indispensable for a multi user machine, which can be your own laptop when your nephew comes by and want to surf a little. I don't trust myself to use my own windows box:)
Uhm what did Lindows do? Copy the look and feel of windows (while retaining their own logo) with a totally different underlying technology.
Same that Windows did when they ripped off the Mac, which ripped off the Xerox alto (with permission).
It would suffice to trademark a logo which would be added to the other generated random letters of the captcha. That would render ocr recognition harder, too.
When they published the specs of Word documents I marveled and thought that maybe they were beginning to understand what this open IT era is all about.
Instead, now they are going from embrace and extend to embrace and close up.
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... i found Caffeine FAQ which discusses some of the myths typical of any discussion about coffee.
>> Get windows CD >> Boot >> Install >So where does "Profit!!!" go? To Microsoft ;)
There's a cool association called MPAA (Moviez Pirate Association of America). You may want to google for it and try asking them.
>> Anybody else thought...what a nice place to hide a bomb" when he saw that huge flowerpot
/. is the best place to find accomplices... :-)
>Get help.
>Get help now.
Yeah,
Seriously: if you wanna hurt Microsoft, help develop Free software. While you're at it boycott those promoting fascist IP laws.
Now comments are like "What do you know, it works. Now where are the p2p apps...."
Right, but think about upgrades. I switched to Debian on my tibook II exactly because it didn't feel right to pay for the full version of OSX 10.2 .
First because it was only some months after I bought that mac, second because 10.1 was not a very mature environment.
I toyed with a portable 45rpm record player built surely before 1975, the brand is "Pack Son" (here in Italy). It plays the record upon insertion. If any "inventor" out there retains the patent for a mechanical eject button, mind that those record players have one.
Saying it all worked well for you doesn't mean it always work.
Always do backups before firmware updates!
...I really can't find this "Any" Web browser anywhere!
It may account only for a small percentage of climate change, but we are risking our future in the assumption that this percentage doesn't matter.
Good luck.
You assume that the number of worms affecting windows is proportional to their marketshare.
But the sheer number of online mac and linux machines make them a good target for virus writers anyway, only they are just more difficult to compromise.
Being a little paranoid: you may be right if we take into account that the pc security market is big enough to actually need new viruses and exploits to be developed.
Sure, there's no reason to assume the post was already funny. I didn't mean to sound serious myself in the latest post. My first post was serious, instead, even if the parent was funny. If somebody made a joke about, let's say, overclocking, and says that chips are made out of plastic instead of silicon you would point out the mistake anyway, wouldn't you?
You obviously lack the faith in my ability to understand what a +5 funny header means for the posts i reply to.
So, I shake the dust off my feet of the whole matter.
Christians try to bind everyone to Christianity...
Unfortunately they - we - use utterly wrong methods.
Sorry for being slightly OT, but Jesus did never coerce anyone into belief. I think that Faith shouldn't be experience in a competitive fashion. A Christian should make his own choices according to his faith and set an Example for others to freely follow.
A famous example: "If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town, as a testimony against them." (Luke 9:5 NIV)
Because i tried out Morphix, the rocking liveCD distro that Sun SEEMS to have ripped off, see "Morphix goes stellar" news item and later follow-ups.
I agree that the unix concept of lean, interoperating software tools hasn't really gotten through the linux desktop (yet?). It's not entirely a minus because right now desktop linux needs credibility and for the average user that means having the equivalent of windows apps. With more stability and less unnecessary bloat.
:)
Besides that, anyway, I find your comment somewhat surprising, given your relatively low slashdot ID.
Especially when you criticize linux permissions. They are dated but indispensable for a multi user machine, which can be your own laptop when your nephew comes by and want to surf a little. I don't trust myself to use my own windows box
In Soviet Russia code contributes YOU!
Uhm what did Lindows do? Copy the look and feel of windows (while retaining their own logo) with a totally different underlying technology. Same that Windows did when they ripped off the Mac, which ripped off the Xerox alto (with permission).
WARNING: conflict between the terms "sell" and "Italy" in a sentence about software products.
That's what I had in mind, too.
It would suffice to trademark a logo which would be added to the other generated random letters of the captcha. That would render ocr recognition harder, too.
I agree, a virus against SCO is irrelevant now and just harms the open source movement's karma.
:)
So if Darl accuses one of us he better have plenty or proof, else I might consider suing him
Exactly.
A double click for an install doesn't mean an easy install, if later one has to check for registry entries, conflicts, dependencies.
An easy install is one that doesn't break things.
When they published the specs of Word documents I marveled and thought that maybe they were beginning to understand what this open IT era is all about.
Instead, now they are going from embrace and extend to embrace and close up.