Apple has an edge in the desktop market due to three primary advantages ove Linux.
1) It is standardized
2) It is very asthetically pleasing to the lamen
3) Super user friendly
Linux can dominate only if a standard can be met for a GUI that low end users can relate too over a series of computers. (i.e. a friends, neighbors or family members desktop) You can go from one OSX to the next and not get lost. Where as with Linux One person can run KDE, another Gnome and another Blackbox and the lamen will be like wha-da-fuh?
By asthetically pleasing I mean damn it is purty. If you have dealt with it you know the anti-aliased fonts aren't always bugged. They work. You know the task bar won't fall under some weird glitch and fail to work now and again. You know what it will do at any given moment if you perform the same command or function to it you always do and it does it in such a way that it is gorgeous to watch over and over.
I shouldn't have to comment on the user-friendly portion here. Lamen shouldn't have to know how to configure any files to make it boot X properly or how to blaze through a driver file to activate the proper driver that has been commented out. You should install it, it should work with out effort. This is for the lamen of course. For those who are technically inclined, (who enjoy the how and the why) that is cool yo. But for that individual who doesn't know what an email filter is, they should have to be hasseled by trivial little things they will never comprehend.
It is like electricity. The lamen plugs it in and it works. They should have to know that the device is operating at 60hz. Or that the plug is alternating current. All they should have to know is that they can do something over and over and it will work everytime.
If the linux community can achieve this then they can take Apple. But seriously... if it doesn't look pretty then the lamen isn't gonna be impressed. Just like EQ. I don't care if your leather armor has 45ac. I have a damn fine looking plate setup here with only 20ac. I may take more damage but damn I look good doing it.
I think people are capable of holding their own opinions about the universe and creation. They can [begin the slow process of self asphixiation] see a 'fictional' movie and differintiate between reality and the matrix... not too hard.
With that said... the scene with the architect is very easy to understand.
The Matrix is what it is. Control plus Energy. Neo and the rest of Zion happened to be awakened from the Matrix and are in a bttle to free all of humanity and destroy the machines.
What no one knows and the Architect makes clear to Neo is that Zion has been created a number of times. Since Neo was int he positions to have the Matrix recreated for a 6th time, he had to realize the his 4 predicessors were 'the one' who would return. (This is the basis of their religion. Basically the Matrix couldn't simulate the human world perfectly, there was a small bug that would allow 'one' individual to remake the Matrix as he saw fit. (i.e. Fly, pull bullets out of peoples chests... whatever) It is a continuous cycle. The Architect just shows Neo that the keep a balance he must agree to choose the 20 or so peeps to release so they can recreate another Zion and proclaim the relgion. Neo chose the other door which would undo the balance. NOt hard to figure out. duh.
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Apple has an edge in the desktop market due to three primary advantages ove Linux.
1) It is standardized 2) It is very asthetically pleasing to the lamen 3) Super user friendly
Linux can dominate only if a standard can be met for a GUI that low end users can relate too over a series of computers. (i.e. a friends, neighbors or family members desktop) You can go from one OSX to the next and not get lost. Where as with Linux One person can run KDE, another Gnome and another Blackbox and the lamen will be like wha-da-fuh?
By asthetically pleasing I mean damn it is purty. If you have dealt with it you know the anti-aliased fonts aren't always bugged. They work. You know the task bar won't fall under some weird glitch and fail to work now and again. You know what it will do at any given moment if you perform the same command or function to it you always do and it does it in such a way that it is gorgeous to watch over and over.
I shouldn't have to comment on the user-friendly portion here. Lamen shouldn't have to know how to configure any files to make it boot X properly or how to blaze through a driver file to activate the proper driver that has been commented out. You should install it, it should work with out effort. This is for the lamen of course. For those who are technically inclined, (who enjoy the how and the why) that is cool yo. But for that individual who doesn't know what an email filter is, they should have to be hasseled by trivial little things they will never comprehend.
It is like electricity. The lamen plugs it in and it works. They should have to know that the device is operating at 60hz. Or that the plug is alternating current. All they should have to know is that they can do something over and over and it will work everytime.
If the linux community can achieve this then they can take Apple. But seriously... if it doesn't look pretty then the lamen isn't gonna be impressed. Just like EQ. I don't care if your leather armor has 45ac. I have a damn fine looking plate setup here with only 20ac. I may take more damage but damn I look good doing it.
I think people are capable of holding their own opinions about the universe and creation. They can [begin the slow process of self asphixiation] see a 'fictional' movie and differintiate between reality and the matrix... not too hard.
With that said... the scene with the architect is very easy to understand.
The Matrix is what it is. Control plus Energy. Neo and the rest of Zion happened to be awakened from the Matrix and are in a bttle to free all of humanity and destroy the machines.
What no one knows and the Architect makes clear to Neo is that Zion has been created a number of times. Since Neo was int he positions to have the Matrix recreated for a 6th time, he had to realize the his 4 predicessors were 'the one' who would return. (This is the basis of their religion. Basically the Matrix couldn't simulate the human world perfectly, there was a small bug that would allow 'one' individual to remake the Matrix as he saw fit. (i.e. Fly, pull bullets out of peoples chests... whatever) It is a continuous cycle. The Architect just shows Neo that the keep a balance he must agree to choose the 20 or so peeps to release so they can recreate another Zion and proclaim the relgion. Neo chose the other door which would undo the balance. NOt hard to figure out. duh.