yeah, moving a person's frame of mind and/or mood using your fingers... hammer strokes on wires becoming unadulterated glory within those who listen... waste of time. trivial skill. = )
Out of the box video, sound, networking, and... PRINTING!
I'm actually kind of upset about printing. Getting a unix machine to print is a rite of passage, much like your first sendmail implementation. Some magic words, and arcane finger wagglings... more magic words, delivered a bit more emphatically, and BEHOLD! I have made this boxen printeth! I have the powah!
Well, the ubuntu guys scripted that all out, somehow. =\
To continue...
No drivers to install. No cd key. No DRM. No viruses. No spyware.
I'm free to change the hardware as often as I like, without having to phone ubuntu for permission.
I'm free to add software without rebooting.
Games just aren't worth it anymore. I'd rather have a functional computer.
Is it not odd, my friends, that Mr. Bin Laden should make a such a timely appearance at this juncture, lest we sheep forget why we are being watched and listened to so carefully.
Sony has some *serious* dick sucking to do before I will buy anything which displays the "sony" label.
Dollars are the only thing they understand. They will not get any more of mine until I see a disolution of the riaa and the mpaa, and an ethical treatment of consumers.
As I said, some serious cock gobbling.
Microsoft exists to make money for stock holders. To make money, you must resell your product every two years or so. If you produce a perfectly secure, robust operating system, will you not lose that recurring revenue?
I understand the open source motivation. I'm not selling my software, I'm giving it away in the hopes that it will be usefull. To that end, all my endevours are toward making the software perfect.
I do not understand why you would want to make your software perfect, as you will then lose your sales. "Why buy a new operating system, when this one is already exactly what I want?"
What is your motivation to make your software perfect?
How popular do you think the DMCA or the Patriot Act is? It's for Your Own Good.
Our government stopped being representative a long time ago... Didn't you notice?
WTF is wrong with you people. Line noise. At least eight characters of it.
#wG/+"s2
Memorize the damn thing. Seven repetitions moves data from short term to long term memory. If you have some sort of cognitive disability, then by all means, write them down. The majority of you, I suspect, simply need to step away from teh b0ng.
To plead for the demise of shockwave/flash. and java/javascript in web content.
text and pictures are ok. I can always tell my browser not to load images.
If I want an animation, video, audio, or a game, I will damn well ask for it.
"Linux is not ready for the desktop" is a meaningless statement.
What bothers you? Is it something you cannot fix for yourself? Can't talk anyone else into fixing it for you?
Here is an exmple.
I do not like to hunt through page after page of dialog sheets to change the dns my computer uses. For me, it is much more intuitive to edit/etc/resolv.conf.
Or heck, if I am too drunk to use vi, echo "nameserver 123.45.67.89" >/etc/resolv.conf.
Some folks have brains that remember which dialog sheet contains the command they want. Others have brains that remember strings of text. I happen to be the latter, you seem to be the former. Does that make me wrong?
If you've been using linux on the desktop for years and years, I'd say it's been ready for the desktop for years and years. Else you were sitting, staring at the monitor, thinking "Crap! I wish this damn thing were ready!", and waiting. = )
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yeah, moving a person's frame of mind and/or mood using your fingers ...
hammer strokes on wires becoming unadulterated glory within those who listen...
waste of time. trivial skill. = )
Ah, I wondered if anyone else had made that particular connection. How much does a coup cost these days?
....
TBH, I also think that line of reasoning is tenuous, at best, if not outright paranoid ravings
The very fact that it occured to both of us, at least, is kind of frighteni++++AT0***NO CARRIER***
no text.
Is money, of course.
Support musicians like http://terranaomi.com/ that exist outside the riaa.
Here's a list of the members in the association. http://www.riaa.com/about/members/default.asp
Don't buy music from them. Make sure they know why you are not buying music from them.
Do yourself a favor and go give Terra a listen, even if you must continue to support the likes of sony and others.
She's worth the time spent listening to her.
I wish I had mod points to mod you file system checking hysterical.
thanks for the guffaw = )
I just did my first ubuntu install. Holy cow.
...
... more magic words, delivered a bit more emphatically, and BEHOLD! I have made this boxen printeth! I have the powah!
Everything. Just. Worked.
Out of the box video, sound, networking, and
PRINTING!
I'm actually kind of upset about printing. Getting a unix machine to print is a rite of passage, much like your first sendmail implementation. Some magic words, and arcane finger wagglings
Well, the ubuntu guys scripted that all out, somehow. =\
To continue...
No drivers to install. No cd key. No DRM. No viruses. No spyware.
I'm free to change the hardware as often as I like, without having to phone ubuntu for permission.
I'm free to add software without rebooting.
Games just aren't worth it anymore. I'd rather have a functional computer.
Why would anyone pay to be abused by microsoft?
Is it not odd, my friends, that Mr. Bin Laden should make a such a timely appearance at this juncture, lest we sheep forget why we are being watched and listened to so carefully.
Sony has some *serious* dick sucking to do before I will buy anything which displays the "sony" label. Dollars are the only thing they understand. They will not get any more of mine until I see a disolution of the riaa and the mpaa, and an ethical treatment of consumers. As I said, some serious cock gobbling.
Microsoft exists to make money for stock holders. To make money, you must resell your product every two years or so. If you produce a perfectly secure, robust operating system, will you not lose that recurring revenue?
I understand the open source motivation. I'm not selling my software, I'm giving it away in the hopes that it will be usefull. To that end, all my endevours are toward making the software perfect.
I do not understand why you would want to make your software perfect, as you will then lose your sales. "Why buy a new operating system, when this one is already exactly what I want?"
What is your motivation to make your software perfect?
Respectfully,
tomas
you've seen that taylor is working on a new game, i hope?
http://pc.ign.com/objects/755/755287.html
I can't wait. TA was one of the best games ever made. Still is. = )
Thanks a lot, paradizelost.
I may need to step away from the bong,
but ISTR cds being nine bucks or so back in the eighties.
Hey you kids! Get off my lawn!
*grumbles*
I start buying music again when three conditions are met.
1: *aa disbanded.
2: price returns to nine bucks a cd or so.
3: content returns to artistic expression.
Seems pretty basic, no?
Right, right. = )
P.S. 20 years ago I was 9.
And probably driving muscle cars at that age as well, you hoodlum!
You know, it starts off with the small stuff.
A tonka truck, a big wheel...
How popular do you think the DMCA or the Patriot Act is? It's for Your Own Good. Our government stopped being representative a long time ago... Didn't you notice?
For people like me with a week vocabulary:
That should be weak, my friend.
A week is seven days. This post, correcting your misuse of the word, "week," is weak.
= )
If you do not wish to be tracked by phone, leave the phone at home.
Have you listened to the Mecury Theatre broadcast of the show? It's pretty cool, I think. Not dumb at all.
High five = )
Figured somebody else would see the missed opertunity.
Peace be unto you, likemind.
WTF is wrong with you people.
Line noise. At least eight characters of it.
#wG/+"s2
Memorize the damn thing. Seven repetitions moves data from short term to long term memory. If you have some sort of cognitive disability, then by all means, write them down. The majority of you, I suspect, simply need to step away from teh b0ng.
thanks man = )
Hola, NDP.
/sarcasm tags around comments such as these, else the humor be lost on the mortals.
ltns. You need to place
= )
Some pretty silly text there, Dancin_Santa. = )
To plead for the demise of shockwave/flash. and java/javascript in web content. text and pictures are ok. I can always tell my browser not to load images. If I want an animation, video, audio, or a game, I will damn well ask for it.
"Linux is not ready for the desktop" is a meaningless statement.
/etc/resolv.conf.
/etc/resolv.conf.
What bothers you? Is it something you cannot fix for yourself? Can't talk anyone else into fixing it for you?
Here is an exmple.
I do not like to hunt through page after page of dialog sheets to change the dns my computer uses. For me, it is much more intuitive to edit
Or heck, if I am too drunk to use vi, echo "nameserver 123.45.67.89" >
Some folks have brains that remember which dialog sheet contains the command they want. Others have brains that remember strings of text. I happen to be the latter, you seem to be the former. Does that make me wrong?
If you've been using linux on the desktop for years and years, I'd say it's been ready for the desktop for years and years. Else you were sitting, staring at the monitor, thinking "Crap! I wish this damn thing were ready!", and waiting.
= )