Leave it to a mac-in-trash user to invent "facts" to support the "Switch" campaign. (There are only two GOOD things a mac can be used for...an expensive doorstop, and running linux.)
Then you should be sure to impart that information to the Ubuntu team. I'm sure they'd be more than happy to do that if you just told them.
I've used Debian for a number of years, and I've been very happy with *some* of the features, but as many people have mentioned, the release cycle is much too slow and as such I've moved on to bigger and better things.
That you would say Ubuntu should've contacted you guys restores some of my faith that Debian won't die on the desktop anytime soon.
Debian is a great base for a distribution. Many distros have been based on it, and it's an extremely robust and functional Linux distro. That being said, it really does need a peppier update cycle, and hopefully the two of you can make that happen.
or rather they can be shot with a bullet and not violently explode.
Even the paintball tanks that do rupture don't explode, (generally speaking). Although I know of one guy who's tank ruptured and it knocked him over and dislocated his shoulder.
Saftey is still an issue regardless. Just that the production techniques used today help minimize the risk.
...that dumb broad doesn't even know what linux is, let alone a computer.
(Besides, do we really want a stupid spoiled whore to promote "the Movement"?) I mean if they want to get more people to use Linux, Paris Hilton is not the one to do it.
Coffee is hot. It's always been hot. (Iced Coffee drinks, not withstanding).
If you're too stupid to know that coffee is hot, and you dump it in your lap, you deserve to get burned.
Honestly, what kind of Special Olypmic participant do you have to be to realize that if you have something hot, you need to be careful.
Your reply does nothing but vindicate what I said previously. People are always looking to place the blame on someone other than themselves. 'nuff said.
We now live in a world where self-responsibility is no longer an issue. Blame everyone but yourself.
Let's face it:
The tabacco companies forced you to take that first cigarette so you could look cool in high school to all your friends.
The alcohol companies made everyone drink beer because everyone loves wagons pulled by a team of clydesdales.
The casinos held a gun to everyone's head and said, "You're going to bet Stupid Consumer to place, Liberal Pussy to show, and Right-wing Nutjob for the win."
Give me a freakin' break. Personal responsibility is a foreign concept, (even to foreigners). Everyone has to blame someone else.
Example: The douchebag that sued McDonald's because he poor hot coffee in his lap and claimed, "Well I didn't know it was going to hot?!?".....IT'S COFFEE YOU MORON....IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HOT. Now we have more warning labels that nobody reads. Next time someone does that, they're going to sue the company to make the warning label BIGGER!....how much of a water-head do you have to be to figure out when you should and shouldn't do something. "I think I'll stick my weenier in a meat-grinder, that sounds like fun, and there's no warning label, so it MUST be okay"
When Sony refuses to release a title in the US, and those who're in the US demand to be able to play said title, then their only other option is to A. Buy a new console for that country. B. Buy a modchip.
What Sony DOESN'T understand is that they're making extra revenue from selling those imported titles.
They're more concerned that someone else is getting your money (the modchip makers). They'd rather have you buy a new system for that particular region. If they make it so that those are universally illegal, Sony will be shooting themselves in the foot. A. their customers will not buy a system to play the imported title. b. they won't generate revenue from the sales of thsoe imported titles, and C. They'll make their customer base bitter.
Maybe we need to put the little girl up against the chick in the smackdown video and see who wins.
(I mean if she can beat a robot, surely she can take on "Sistah Grrl"..)...what we're looking at here is the next SooooperSoldier. "Sure I can take out Iran...but can I bring my barbies?"
...has the first episode.
I saw it.:-D I liked it:-D
I've gotta say, it hasn't lost that "campy" ad-hoc props department feel, but now we have the magic of digital film editing, so it looks much much better. So for all you old fans, you'll see some refreshing memories of the old, and the yet-to-be fans, it's not so 'cheap' that you won't want to watch it. (The sonic screwdriver finally has more than silly little sound, it has pretty light effects now too..hehe).
9th Dr. I like him. He's no Tom Baker....but he's right up there with him, (and this is just the first episode). I think the fans are really gonna like the new Doc....(I do, and I've seen every episode made, even the hokey Hollywood Peter Cushing Dr.Who movies) This new Dr. is very loveable, but he's got a sharper edge that I like, (if I were writing and casting for Dr. Who, Christopher Eccelston is very close to what I would've cast for.) He's new, he's hip, he's funny, and like all the Dr's (except Mr. Grumpy-pants Doc #1..)...he rushes from thought to thought like he can't spew them out fast enough.
Christopher Eccelston, did a little research on him. Not only has he been in a few feature films, but he's done a lot of theatre. I expect good things to come from him.
Billie Piper...*drOOOooooOOOL*...first thing that comes to mind, "Come to Butt-head". She's a hawtie. Not a dingy broad like some of the other Doc side-kicks. She's somewhere between her "supermodel look" days and her "superchuck look" days in body type. The hot girl next door look who looks like she might actually be a real live person and doesn't sit over the toilet with her finger down her throat..."*BARRRRF*.....am I pretty yet?"...
I'm no Fanboi, but this is a show worth grabbing in the States, so start writing letters to your local PBS stations, Sci-Fi channel, anyone else think of, I think it'll be worth your time.
encoding divx of my own personal library for backup purposes? Windows, hands down. Because I know exactly what I'm doing. I'd have to re-learn how to do it in Linux, and I'm not sure I'd have to time.
Word processing, it'd be a close tie. There are some things I like about Word that I can't get with StarOffice, or OpenOffice, but I can do just about as much.
Server admin. Linux I love and I feel I'm way more productive. I might have to take a little extra time to get things going, but once it's done, it's done. I never have to touch it again, unless I need to change something. Windows on the other hand, it's finicky, flakey, and 99 flavors of wrong.
Gaming, windows. I hate to say it, but Linux just isn't there for me. I can play on Windows with half the horsepower that I can on Linux. (Bearing in mind that I'd have to use Cedega to play most of the games I play in order to use them in Linux, and I'd require almost twice the processing power and memory bandwidth). That being said, if it's written for NATIVE linux, I can do the same thing as I can do on a window box with less horsepower. (linux is just that much more effecient IMHO.)
compiling software. I think Linux has windows beat, hands down. Nothing says love like a self-configuring makefile.
Multi-tasking. Linux, by far. I love being able to switch from the gui and go into the console and run commandline apps apart from the gui and that are independant of the gui. SO even in the rare event the gui DOES crash, (albeit less often than windows), I can kill the gui without disrupting my other things.
It really depends. I have 2 linux machhines, and 1 dedicated windows box. However I look forward to the day when I'm completely free of the microsoft monkey.
...because now, most IT managers are in their early 30's. They've squandered their lives on MSCE tests, CCNA exams, late night D&D sessions with their co-workers, and all that it geekdom.
They've simply missed the boat on dating, partying, sleeping with random and unknown strangers. They'll never know the touch of a young and svelt female. What a tragedy.
However, if they can convince some younger girls to work in the field, then they can influence and manipulate them, and work their jedi-mind trick on them at office parties, and cook-outs to maybe one day get them to go out with them so they can relive the parts of their lives they missed, (because that b*tch Janet in marketing sure as hell won't go out with them, they know, they've asked....)
hehe anyway, just thought I'd make an attempt at humor here, and I'm sure I failed miserably.
was that really necessary?
I'll have you know, I *am* a jew, and this jew will shove that white sheet of yours up your arse, soaked in gasoline. Then I'll charge the neighbor kids $1 to throw lit matches at you to see who "wins"...(after all we jews have to make a buck where we can, right?...if you're going to buy into stereotypes, might as well buy into all of them)
That's why cable ISP's started limiting bandwidth and making it an async connection (downstream bigger than the upstream)...
Some jackass many moons ago, took his cable connection, had several phone lines coming into his house, and ran his own little mini-ISP. This was back when cable ISPs first launched back in the 90's. Before he got caught, cable was pretty much wide open. You could get as much bandwidth as the node would pump out. (so downloads as high as 700kps weren't unheard of.)....you could also browse your node segment as if it were a local network, including all the workgroups in the area, AND you could access file shares across segments, if you knew the IP of the machine and the share name.
So we all have that idiot to than for our limited bandwidth on our cable connections.
(*sigh*...those were the good ol' days)
I'm not flaming you here, and you may very well be new to MMORPG's, but here's a little tip.
Accounts have always been, and will always be keyed to one user account. once a CD key is used, that's it, that key is locked the that account.
This remains constant from UO, EQ, SWG, WOW, City of Heroes, Planetside etc. etc. ad infinitum.
The ONLY way you're going to get any satisfaction out of this is to either, contact the original owner and get his login and password. Then change it and the billing information. OR Buy a new copy.
Blizzard isn't doing anything wrong here, this is fairly common practice throughout all MMORPG's. WOW is a great game, and their Customer Service Dept, has been fairly helpful anytime I've had to deal with them. Blizzard has done a great job on the title and it just keeps getting better. However, don't go bashing Blizzard just because you didn't like the answer you received. I sympathize with your plight, but you're boned on this one.
personally I don't think anything that involves tampering with nature should be patentable. Don't misunderstand, I'm not a purist, I'm not against bio-tech and genetic engineering.
However, I *do* think that there should be some laws in place that would protect the creators of such technology, perhaps some sort of royalty system for X amount of years,to compensate them for their work, IF and only if the practice is used for commercial applications.
For example:
If Merek bio-engineered some corn to produce anti-aging corn products for sale the public, then they would be subjeted to the royalty scheme.
If Farmer Bob genetically engineered a cow to make chocolate milk, but the milk was only used for personal consumption, then he would not be subject to royalties.
Think "Open Source" science, in a manner of speaking.
Scientific break-thrus should not be for the gain of one person or corporation, but should be made available to all. (with some small exceptions).
Laws forbidding the practice, not withstanding; this basically means that anyone can make their own critters and not have to worry about legal ramifications, provided they have the capital, means, and ability.
Now the only thing one needs worry about is that people will get the bright idea to patent the process...(which I don't *think* is possible under current copyright law...but you never know.)
...if microsoft is so much safer than linux. Why did I spend 5 hours tracking down and eliminating a virus (actually 5 viri) that I aquired by visiting a site with malicious code in their scripting 2 days ago?
It was rather nasty too. Made my taskmanager so I couldn't kill processes unless I was tricky about it. Hijacked my desktop and displayed adverts from crap I didn't want. Installed 3 bits of adware that were pesky buggers to eliminate. Nothing that really killed my system, but it definatly made browsing an system usage not as it was intended.
go to the same site with my linux box, it doesn't miss a beat.
Oh yeah, Microsoft is much safer than Linux. (/sarcasm off)
Slashdot Mirror
Immune to viri?
HA
Immune to spyware?
HA HA
Leave it to a mac-in-trash user to invent "facts" to support the "Switch" campaign. (There are only two GOOD things a mac can be used for...an expensive doorstop, and running linux.)
Then you should be sure to impart that information to the Ubuntu team. I'm sure they'd be more than happy to do that if you just told them.
I've used Debian for a number of years, and I've been very happy with *some* of the features, but as many people have mentioned, the release cycle is much too slow and as such I've moved on to bigger and better things.
That you would say Ubuntu should've contacted you guys restores some of my faith that Debian won't die on the desktop anytime soon.
Debian is a great base for a distribution. Many distros have been based on it, and it's an extremely robust and functional Linux distro. That being said, it really does need a peppier update cycle, and hopefully the two of you can make that happen.
couldn't we just put a bag over her head? I mean after all she's ribbed for our pleasure 3:)
or rather they can be shot with a bullet and not violently explode.
Even the paintball tanks that do rupture don't explode, (generally speaking). Although I know of one guy who's tank ruptured and it knocked him over and dislocated his shoulder.
Saftey is still an issue regardless. Just that the production techniques used today help minimize the risk.
...that dumb broad doesn't even know what linux is, let alone a computer. (Besides, do we really want a stupid spoiled whore to promote "the Movement"?) I mean if they want to get more people to use Linux, Paris Hilton is not the one to do it.
....we'll be finding people's cell phones in crashed escape pods with messages on the project like, "Help me Obi Wan Konobi....you're my only hope."
Now that's comedy. :-)
(Who is "General Protection"....and why is it his fault?)
..I think you missed the point entirely.
Coffee is hot. It's always been hot. (Iced Coffee drinks, not withstanding).
If you're too stupid to know that coffee is hot, and you dump it in your lap, you deserve to get burned.
Honestly, what kind of Special Olypmic participant do you have to be to realize that if you have something hot, you need to be careful.
Your reply does nothing but vindicate what I said previously. People are always looking to place the blame on someone other than themselves. 'nuff said.
"...we even had to bring our own vaseline."
(at least you had vaseline thanks to free-trade.)
ROTFLMAO...that's great...
We now live in a world where self-responsibility is no longer an issue. Blame everyone but yourself.
Let's face it:
The tabacco companies forced you to take that first cigarette so you could look cool in high school to all your friends.
The alcohol companies made everyone drink beer because everyone loves wagons pulled by a team of clydesdales.
The casinos held a gun to everyone's head and said, "You're going to bet Stupid Consumer to place, Liberal Pussy to show, and Right-wing Nutjob for the win."
Give me a freakin' break. Personal responsibility is a foreign concept, (even to foreigners). Everyone has to blame someone else.
Example: The douchebag that sued McDonald's because he poor hot coffee in his lap and claimed, "Well I didn't know it was going to hot?!?".....IT'S COFFEE YOU MORON....IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HOT. Now we have more warning labels that nobody reads. Next time someone does that, they're going to sue the company to make the warning label BIGGER!....how much of a water-head do you have to be to figure out when you should and shouldn't do something. "I think I'll stick my weenier in a meat-grinder, that sounds like fun, and there's no warning label, so it MUST be okay"
When Sony refuses to release a title in the US, and those who're in the US demand to be able to play said title, then their only other option is to A. Buy a new console for that country. B. Buy a modchip.
What Sony DOESN'T understand is that they're making extra revenue from selling those imported titles.
They're more concerned that someone else is getting your money (the modchip makers). They'd rather have you buy a new system for that particular region. If they make it so that those are universally illegal, Sony will be shooting themselves in the foot. A. their customers will not buy a system to play the imported title. b. they won't generate revenue from the sales of thsoe imported titles, and C. They'll make their customer base bitter.
...I ignore it completely.
...(how long did it take for the 2 button mouse to catch on?)
Maybe we need to put the little girl up against the chick in the smackdown video and see who wins. (I mean if she can beat a robot, surely she can take on "Sistah Grrl"..) ...what we're looking at here is the next SooooperSoldier. "Sure I can take out Iran...but can I bring my barbies?"
...has the first episode. I saw it. :-D I liked it :-D
I've gotta say, it hasn't lost that "campy" ad-hoc props department feel, but now we have the magic of digital film editing, so it looks much much better. So for all you old fans, you'll see some refreshing memories of the old, and the yet-to-be fans, it's not so 'cheap' that you won't want to watch it. (The sonic screwdriver finally has more than silly little sound, it has pretty light effects now too..hehe).
9th Dr. I like him. He's no Tom Baker....but he's right up there with him, (and this is just the first episode). I think the fans are really gonna like the new Doc....(I do, and I've seen every episode made, even the hokey Hollywood Peter Cushing Dr.Who movies) This new Dr. is very loveable, but he's got a sharper edge that I like, (if I were writing and casting for Dr. Who, Christopher Eccelston is very close to what I would've cast for.) He's new, he's hip, he's funny, and like all the Dr's (except Mr. Grumpy-pants Doc #1..)...he rushes from thought to thought like he can't spew them out fast enough.
Christopher Eccelston, did a little research on him. Not only has he been in a few feature films, but he's done a lot of theatre. I expect good things to come from him.
Billie Piper...*drOOOooooOOOL*...first thing that comes to mind, "Come to Butt-head". She's a hawtie. Not a dingy broad like some of the other Doc side-kicks. She's somewhere between her "supermodel look" days and her "superchuck look" days in body type. The hot girl next door look who looks like she might actually be a real live person and doesn't sit over the toilet with her finger down her throat..."*BARRRRF*.....am I pretty yet?"...
I'm no Fanboi, but this is a show worth grabbing in the States, so start writing letters to your local PBS stations, Sci-Fi channel, anyone else think of, I think it'll be worth your time.
While not being charged with violating DCMA laws, he *can* be charged with conspiracy to violate as well as racketeering.
encoding divx of my own personal library for backup purposes? Windows, hands down. Because I know exactly what I'm doing. I'd have to re-learn how to do it in Linux, and I'm not sure I'd have to time.
Word processing, it'd be a close tie. There are some things I like about Word that I can't get with StarOffice, or OpenOffice, but I can do just about as much.
Server admin. Linux I love and I feel I'm way more productive. I might have to take a little extra time to get things going, but once it's done, it's done. I never have to touch it again, unless I need to change something. Windows on the other hand, it's finicky, flakey, and 99 flavors of wrong.
Gaming, windows. I hate to say it, but Linux just isn't there for me. I can play on Windows with half the horsepower that I can on Linux. (Bearing in mind that I'd have to use Cedega to play most of the games I play in order to use them in Linux, and I'd require almost twice the processing power and memory bandwidth). That being said, if it's written for NATIVE linux, I can do the same thing as I can do on a window box with less horsepower. (linux is just that much more effecient IMHO.)
compiling software. I think Linux has windows beat, hands down. Nothing says love like a self-configuring makefile.
Multi-tasking. Linux, by far. I love being able to switch from the gui and go into the console and run commandline apps apart from the gui and that are independant of the gui. SO even in the rare event the gui DOES crash, (albeit less often than windows), I can kill the gui without disrupting my other things.
It really depends. I have 2 linux machhines, and 1 dedicated windows box. However I look forward to the day when I'm completely free of the microsoft monkey.
...because now, most IT managers are in their early 30's. They've squandered their lives on MSCE tests, CCNA exams, late night D&D sessions with their co-workers, and all that it geekdom.
They've simply missed the boat on dating, partying, sleeping with random and unknown strangers. They'll never know the touch of a young and svelt female. What a tragedy.
However, if they can convince some younger girls to work in the field, then they can influence and manipulate them, and work their jedi-mind trick on them at office parties, and cook-outs to maybe one day get them to go out with them so they can relive the parts of their lives they missed, (because that b*tch Janet in marketing sure as hell won't go out with them, they know, they've asked....)
hehe anyway, just thought I'd make an attempt at humor here, and I'm sure I failed miserably.
was that really necessary? I'll have you know, I *am* a jew, and this jew will shove that white sheet of yours up your arse, soaked in gasoline. Then I'll charge the neighbor kids $1 to throw lit matches at you to see who "wins"...(after all we jews have to make a buck where we can, right?...if you're going to buy into stereotypes, might as well buy into all of them)
That's why cable ISP's started limiting bandwidth and making it an async connection (downstream bigger than the upstream)... Some jackass many moons ago, took his cable connection, had several phone lines coming into his house, and ran his own little mini-ISP. This was back when cable ISPs first launched back in the 90's. Before he got caught, cable was pretty much wide open. You could get as much bandwidth as the node would pump out. (so downloads as high as 700kps weren't unheard of.)....you could also browse your node segment as if it were a local network, including all the workgroups in the area, AND you could access file shares across segments, if you knew the IP of the machine and the share name. So we all have that idiot to than for our limited bandwidth on our cable connections. (*sigh*...those were the good ol' days)
...you need to be slapped.
I'm not flaming you here, and you may very well be new to MMORPG's, but here's a little tip.
Accounts have always been, and will always be keyed to one user account. once a CD key is used, that's it, that key is locked the that account.
This remains constant from UO, EQ, SWG, WOW, City of Heroes, Planetside etc. etc. ad infinitum.
The ONLY way you're going to get any satisfaction out of this is to either, contact the original owner and get his login and password. Then change it and the billing information. OR Buy a new copy.
Blizzard isn't doing anything wrong here, this is fairly common practice throughout all MMORPG's. WOW is a great game, and their Customer Service Dept, has been fairly helpful anytime I've had to deal with them. Blizzard has done a great job on the title and it just keeps getting better. However, don't go bashing Blizzard just because you didn't like the answer you received. I sympathize with your plight, but you're boned on this one.
personally I don't think anything that involves tampering with nature should be patentable. Don't misunderstand, I'm not a purist, I'm not against bio-tech and genetic engineering.
,to compensate them for their work, IF and only if the practice is used for commercial applications.
However, I *do* think that there should be some laws in place that would protect the creators of such technology, perhaps some sort of royalty system for X amount of years
For example:
If Merek bio-engineered some corn to produce anti-aging corn products for sale the public, then they would be subjeted to the royalty scheme.
If Farmer Bob genetically engineered a cow to make chocolate milk, but the milk was only used for personal consumption, then he would not be subject to royalties.
Think "Open Source" science, in a manner of speaking.
Scientific break-thrus should not be for the gain of one person or corporation, but should be made available to all. (with some small exceptions).
Laws forbidding the practice, not withstanding; this basically means that anyone can make their own critters and not have to worry about legal ramifications, provided they have the capital, means, and ability.
Now the only thing one needs worry about is that people will get the bright idea to patent the process...(which I don't *think* is possible under current copyright law...but you never know.)
Thanks for the clarification. I think I just woke up when I wrote that.
...if microsoft is so much safer than linux. Why did I spend 5 hours tracking down and eliminating a virus (actually 5 viri) that I aquired by visiting a site with malicious code in their scripting 2 days ago?
It was rather nasty too. Made my taskmanager so I couldn't kill processes unless I was tricky about it. Hijacked my desktop and displayed adverts from crap I didn't want. Installed 3 bits of adware that were pesky buggers to eliminate. Nothing that really killed my system, but it definatly made browsing an system usage not as it was intended.
go to the same site with my linux box, it doesn't miss a beat.
Oh yeah, Microsoft is much safer than Linux. (/sarcasm off)