Who are you people? The problem with both Vista and win7 is that they are steaming piles of horse manure. Slower by far than xp. The reason people like win7 is because vista is so lousy it makes win7 look good. Which is genius marketing, I guess.
But for that matter, haven't it been established for long already that Win7 is basically Vista with the quirks removed and improved features. Vista was more like a transition, while actually still being a good OS.
For very broad values of good, I suppose... On reading some more of the thread. Wow. Really? Both vista and win7 are dogcrap slow, will not allow you to play media it decides it doesn't want you to play, complex where it was functionally simple, and ugly. Completely useless. Oh, and difficult to install. I have absolutely nothing good to say about Microsoft or its products. Oh, and expensive!
...and work, actually. People need to feel productive, even if they are not. a RPG like WoW could fulfill this need, but a product of some sort would be better.
The interplanetary vessel might include a foundry and machine shop. The astronauts could be tasked with constructing orbital vehicles and ground habitat. The lesbian porn angle, while perhaps morally repugnant to some, would also fulfill The desire to be productive. I imagine producing pornography involves some work, no?
tl:dr Keep leisure time short and precious, to avoid boredom.
We are showered by particles with energies far above that which can be produced in the LHC.
I have a theory. It's called the "Bureaucratic Inverse Competence" theory. BIC states that the quality of work done in any organization is quantity whose direct inverse is the number of sycophantic bureaucrats. As the ratio of actual working operators and engineers to parasites increases, so too does the production and quality increase.
tldr; It ain't the universe, it's too many parasites, and too much money. Heck no I don't have a solution. I'd be a very rich man if I did.
Perhaps folks are comparing windows 7 to vista, rather than to xp. Vista, due to added "features" like DRM, was and is unusable to me. I have tried windows 7. Windows7 is also useless to me. The services and their dependencies are a complete cluster-fuck. For instance, if you turn off network services, you may no longer configure your network card. If you turn off cryptographic services, windows7 cannot phone home anymore, and tells you that it will be shutting down in ten minutes. Windows7 is vista sp2, and both are dogshit.
What used to be accessible in one or two clicks now takes three or four clicks to get to. This is improvement? This is smaller? Microsoft oughta buy up Damn Small Linux, roll up the directx API as a binary kernal module like nividia's driver, and start selling a usable OS again. Hell, I'd even give them money for that.
None of the books I've read have thrown out Newtonian physics, and are fairly accurate in representing eastern philosophy. If nothing else, I am sure we can agree that physicists are people who meditate on the nature of reality (whatever that means.) Maybe I've just been lucky in the books I have selected, but I find no mention of free energy. Just direct comparisons... between the things Terence Gray and Neil Bohrs have to say about what is real, for instance.
To me, being a conservative means that I want my government to adhere to the Constitution, not change it as they see fit. The people calling themselves conservatives these days are the same ones who gutted the fourth amendment, held without due process and tortured people, gave the executive branch the authority to declare martial law in case of economic emergency, and let's not get into war for oil or economic bailouts.
I wish these people would stop calling themselves conservative. I have a better name for them.
Criminals.
you can check buddhism : since the world only exists as part of the mind of people, it is not possible for people to cause accidents due to "not knowing" something, since they know about the entire world.
There is suffering.
It has a beginning.
It has an end.
There is nirvana. http://www.serve.com/cmtan/Dhammapada/
Pretty easy to check indeed. Well, except for the "end of suffering bit"... I'll get back to you on that. = )
The parallels betwixt eastern philosophy and subatomic particle physics are legion. Check out "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra, for a primer.
Acceptable proof would be observing God, of course. I find flowers to be acceptable proof. They don't have to be pretty to humans to serve their function as plant sex organs...
Flowers are something extra.
No, we are seeing consumer backlash to digital rights management. Why is this so difficult to understand? If I can't play what I want, how I want, then your operating system is broken. Products that are not broken do exist. I choose to use those instead.
This discussion would be remiss without mention of the ai in gnugo, and the ai found in go computer software in general. I have a very difficult time beating gnugo. It is my understanding that skilled go players are not even challenged by go software.
The simplicity of the rules, and complexity of game play, make go a worthwhile study for those interested in computer ai, imvho.
Well, with ubuntu, it's about... three[1] mouse clicks away. Oh, and you have to know where you are on the globe, or at least, what time zone you are in.
With knoppix, you have to be able to insert the cdrom into the drive, and set your bios so that it boots from cdrom first, if it is not already set that way.
Neither of the two examples require a great deal of thought, and present the user with gui-config choices.
I think windows is more difficult to install, what with punching f6 at *just* the right time to load up sata and raid drivers, and typing in those lengthy cdrom keys. No real disk partition management tools on the install cd. You can't even surf the net or edit text while you install windows!
Agreement. GUIs just get in the way. I find both kde and gnome to be a little... silly.
I do grant that gnome is a good choice for people who know very little about computers. I've done many installs for cs illiterate friends, and they've mostly been happy with gnome. Those that aren't move up into something else.
I guess I miss the point of kde entirely. Why do I need to learn how to configure everything? If I am going to tweak and configure everything to my liking anyway, shouldn't I be using a window manager, instead of a desktop environment? I don't get it.
As an aside, to eln: Have you tried blackbox? For me, it's the right balance betwixt pretty and function. Easy to edit menus, and easy to tart up, if ya like. It does have a toolbar by default, but that's simple enough to get rid of.
Dammit, i wanted to mod this thread too. That, sir, is fucking hilarious. = )
OT: I cannot believe a scientist would advocate censorship of opposing ideas, rather than refute them with logic. Unsound means without even a mitigating end. Your AMS card pulled if you express *doubt* about global warming or its cause? Come on fellows, we're smarter than this, aren't we? = (
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>Oh the humanity, your Christmas was ruined. Any other first world problems that plague you?
Actions have consequences. A malicious act will invoke measures to cease that act.
This is not a first world problem. This is a behavior problem.
Looks like somebody has been reading Greg Bear, ya?
On the one hand, the way it persists itself in autostart is really nasty, and that is not really a security hole that can be fixed.
This is pretty silly. Slow news day?
Who are you people? The problem with both Vista and win7 is that they are steaming piles of horse manure. Slower by far than xp. The reason people like win7 is because vista is so lousy it makes win7 look good. Which is genius marketing, I guess.
But for that matter, haven't it been established for long already that Win7 is basically Vista with the quirks removed and improved features. Vista was more like a transition, while actually still being a good OS.
For very broad values of good, I suppose... On reading some more of the thread. Wow. Really? Both vista and win7 are dogcrap slow, will not allow you to play media it decides it doesn't want you to play, complex where it was functionally simple, and ugly. Completely useless. Oh, and difficult to install. I have absolutely nothing good to say about Microsoft or its products. Oh, and expensive!
and quote on bottom of page.
Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh. -- Quentin Crisp
Odd bit of synchronicity.
...and work, actually. People need to feel productive, even if they are not. a RPG like WoW could fulfill this need, but a product of some sort would be better.
The interplanetary vessel might include a foundry and machine shop. The astronauts could be tasked with constructing orbital vehicles and ground habitat. The lesbian porn angle, while perhaps morally repugnant to some, would also fulfill The desire to be productive. I imagine producing pornography involves some work, no?
tl:dr Keep leisure time short and precious, to avoid boredom.
We could put it on a no-fly list.
Have you never dealt with people who enjoy negative consequences?
Thats just what the universe *wants* you to think!
We are showered by particles with energies far above that which can be produced in the LHC.
I have a theory. It's called the "Bureaucratic Inverse Competence" theory. BIC states that the quality of work done in any organization is quantity whose direct inverse is the number of sycophantic bureaucrats. As the ratio of actual working operators and engineers to parasites increases, so too does the production and quality increase.
tldr; It ain't the universe, it's too many parasites, and too much money. Heck no I don't have a solution. I'd be a very rich man if I did.
Invent a language. With all due respect, Mr. Tolkien.
Yes 671998030559713968361666935769 is prime.
I feel happy!
Perhaps folks are comparing windows 7 to vista, rather than to xp. Vista, due to added "features" like DRM, was and is unusable to me. I have tried windows 7. Windows7 is also useless to me. The services and their dependencies are a complete cluster-fuck. For instance, if you turn off network services, you may no longer configure your network card. If you turn off cryptographic services, windows7 cannot phone home anymore, and tells you that it will be shutting down in ten minutes. Windows7 is vista sp2, and both are dogshit.
What used to be accessible in one or two clicks now takes three or four clicks to get to. This is improvement? This is smaller? Microsoft oughta buy up Damn Small Linux, roll up the directx API as a binary kernal module like nividia's driver, and start selling a usable OS again. Hell, I'd even give them money for that.
None of the books I've read have thrown out Newtonian physics, and are fairly accurate in representing eastern philosophy. If nothing else, I am sure we can agree that physicists are people who meditate on the nature of reality (whatever that means.) Maybe I've just been lucky in the books I have selected, but I find no mention of free energy. Just direct comparisons ... between the things Terence Gray and Neil Bohrs have to say about what is real, for instance.
To me, being a conservative means that I want my government to adhere to the Constitution, not change it as they see fit. The people calling themselves conservatives these days are the same ones who gutted the fourth amendment, held without due process and tortured people, gave the executive branch the authority to declare martial law in case of economic emergency, and let's not get into war for oil or economic bailouts.
I wish these people would stop calling themselves conservative. I have a better name for them.
Criminals.
you can check buddhism : since the world only exists as part of the mind of people, it is not possible for people to cause accidents due to "not knowing" something, since they know about the entire world.
There is suffering. ... I'll get back to you on that. = )
The parallels betwixt eastern philosophy and subatomic particle physics are legion. Check out "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra, for a primer. ...
It has a beginning.
It has an end.
There is nirvana.
http://www.serve.com/cmtan/Dhammapada/
Pretty easy to check indeed. Well, except for the "end of suffering bit"
Acceptable proof would be observing God, of course. I find flowers to be acceptable proof. They don't have to be pretty to humans to serve their function as plant sex organs
Flowers are something extra.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_complexity
unless i am missing something, the game is *much* more complex than stated.
No, we are seeing consumer backlash to digital rights management. Why is this so difficult to understand? If I can't play what I want, how I want, then your operating system is broken. Products that are not broken do exist. I choose to use those instead.
This discussion would be remiss without mention of the ai in gnugo, and the ai found in go computer software in general. I have a very difficult time beating gnugo. It is my understanding that skilled go players are not even challenged by go software.
The simplicity of the rules, and complexity of game play, make go a worthwhile study for those interested in computer ai, imvho.
Well, with ubuntu, it's about ... three[1] mouse clicks away.
Oh, and you have to know where you are on the globe, or at least, what time zone you are in.
With knoppix, you have to be able to insert the cdrom into the drive, and set your bios so that it boots from cdrom first, if it is not already set that way.
Neither of the two examples require a great deal of thought, and present the user with gui-config choices.
I think windows is more difficult to install, what with punching f6 at *just* the right time to load up sata and raid drivers, and typing in those lengthy cdrom keys. No real disk partition management tools on the install cd. You can't even surf the net or edit text while you install windows!
[1] three might really be four or five.
Agreement. GUIs just get in the way. I find both kde and gnome to be a little ... silly.
I do grant that gnome is a good choice for people who know very little about computers. I've done many installs for cs illiterate friends, and they've mostly been happy with gnome. Those that aren't move up into something else.
I guess I miss the point of kde entirely. Why do I need to learn how to configure everything? If I am going to tweak and configure everything to my liking anyway, shouldn't I be using a window manager, instead of a desktop environment? I don't get it.
As an aside, to eln: Have you tried blackbox? For me, it's the right balance betwixt pretty and function. Easy to edit menus, and easy to tart up, if ya like. It does have a toolbar by default, but that's simple enough to get rid of.
Dammit, i wanted to mod this thread too. That, sir, is fucking hilarious. = )
OT: I cannot believe a scientist would advocate censorship of opposing ideas, rather than refute them with logic. Unsound means without even a mitigating end. Your AMS card pulled if you express *doubt* about global warming or its cause? Come on fellows, we're smarter than this, aren't we? = (
thank you.
- a sometimes lynx user.