i think it has something to do with the fact that MSN has a 'better looking UI', like those nice lookin smileys. seriously, ICQ has a simple look and people just didn't like it.
You can turn if off but you can never uninstall it.
Not true. if you have access to the installation program you can take it off. IIRC, it is called 'office assistant', if you do this you don't need to worry about it all.
im suprised the mods didn't see this! the cameras do NOT, i repeat, do NOT go in the landfills, they are resold back to the public from the store after use.
most configuration takes place in config files, in/etc , etc... sometimes you can never find the right tool for configuration, so i just stick to editing them manually
i like using 'mc' as a good editor and file manager, helps me setup and configure my system very quickly
i wonder what the BSD numbers would be like. anyone know where to get those stats? would be nice to see if all those 'bsd is dead/dying' arguments are right or wrong.
this is one of the most stupid arguments that gates is saying.
this is like saying "volunteer work is causing unemployment for people who wish to do the same work for pay"
open source doesn't create jobs but the ultimate end result will benefit mankind as a whole. gates either knows nothing about economics or is really trying to push some BS onto us.
your argument lacks logic. you don't need to scour through various sources of documentation to change diapers, or what commercials. once you know how, it's easy and no problem.
in linux, everytime you want to do something new, you have to read through documentation.
those SOME who you are talking about would have switched long ago, another article like this containing nothing new will not persuade any more users to switch over.
No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS.
i agree, linux/macosx is more stable/secure than windows.
having said that, i think this whole article is irrelevant. i don't care if linux is completely rock-solid with absolutely no security flaws, this alone will not persuade windows users to switch to linux for desktop usage.
we've been through these discussions over and over again. linux is NOT a suitable desktop operating system for the majority of users. most users do NOT want to spend a whole lot of time reading documentation on how to setup/configure their system, and most find it fustrating.
many of his inventions seem to be cheaper versions of what we know to exist.
So I thought of a heater, which would turn off automatically when the water was boiled and when the water gets cold, it would turn on again. And then I made it
basically an alternative to a thermostat, but effective and cheaper.
His system involved surrounding a house with concealed wires that were attached to a battery, an audio cassette player and a camera. When the intruder stepped on the wire, it triggered the cassette player, which played a tape shouting, "There's a thief!". It also activated the camera, which would take a picture of the burglar.
again, simplified version of the modern alarm system.
i find his original ideas more interesting, the crying-baby-activated rocking cradle (does this already exist?), solar-powered well-lift, etc.
bingo! mod parent up. everyone should be using PNG now. IE supports png binary transparency just fine. so you can do a straight conversion of all your gif->png and you will have no problem.
also, png's will almost always be smaller if optipng is used to optimize the compression
Don't drivel on and on about how much better Ogg is and how mp3 suxx0rs because it's owned by an evil capitalist corporate villain. That won't work.
you're right. it won't work. but i never said anything about who owns what. i don't like vorbis because it's open source, free from patents, etc etc. i like it because it is superior in quality.
And you thought that the CN Tower was a long elevator ride. I wonder how long it would take to go that far into space in an elevator? Would there be in-elevator movies and food service?
There would need to be. At any reasonable speed, you're looking at a 24 to 48 hour trip.
you can live without food or a movie for 24 hours? damn man, what's your secret.
there would need to be basic food, bathroom, and entertainment (to prevent people from going crazy) services.
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steam IS free, you don't need even your cd, only your cd key. you can even download opposing force expansion for free (which was once a retail item)
problem is you need to connect (at least on the first time) to play/update it.
I'd be happy to switch to FreeBSD 5.3 as soon as my Conceptronic 54g Wireless PCI Card is supported :)
freebsd has support for windows driver via ndis (aka project evil) if native ones are unavailable
just read up on 'ndis' and 'ndiscvt' man pages
didn't read the article did ya?
A @reboot entry in root's crontab file ensures that rebooting your machine will put the original root password back in place.
something interesting i noticed, the group_id on sf is 2, (is this the first sourceforge project ever?!?!)
true that, also in ext3 there is no such thing as fast fsck after bad shutdown, i have tested myself and the improvement is little to none over ext2.
OTOH, reiserfs is very fast in this department
there is rfstool for reiserfs (afaik not v4)
and many for ext2/3
if OTOH, you are looking for a fully featured driver that can be used for production use, then i wouldn't count on it
i think it has something to do with the fact that MSN has a 'better looking UI', like those nice lookin smileys. seriously, ICQ has a simple look and people just didn't like it.
this is my theory
You can turn if off but you can never uninstall it.
Not true. if you have access to the installation program you can take it off. IIRC, it is called 'office assistant', if you do this you don't need to worry about it all.
stop complaining about the fucking paperclip. it literally takes 10 seconds to turn the thing off and you never have to worry about it again.
i don't mind clippy jokes, but it's annoying when people continuosly complain about it.
I could use a few ex-dotcommers to pull my rickshaw around.
unlike chinese rickshaws, indian rickshaws are not pulled, they are driven
Like we need more things filling up landfills.
im suprised the mods didn't see this!
the cameras do NOT, i repeat, do NOT go in the landfills, they are resold back to the public from the store after use.
most configuration takes place in config files, in /etc , etc... sometimes you can never find the right tool for configuration, so i just stick to editing them manually
i like using 'mc' as a good editor and file manager, helps me setup and configure my system very quickly
i wonder what the BSD numbers would be like. anyone know where to get those stats? would be nice to see if all those 'bsd is dead/dying' arguments are right or wrong.
this is one of the most stupid arguments that gates is saying.
this is like saying "volunteer work is causing unemployment for people who wish to do the same work for pay"
open source doesn't create jobs but the ultimate end result will benefit mankind as a whole. gates either knows nothing about economics or is really trying to push some BS onto us.
your argument lacks logic. you don't need to scour through various sources of documentation to change diapers, or what commercials. once you know how, it's easy and no problem.
in linux, everytime you want to do something new, you have to read through documentation.
those SOME who you are talking about would have switched long ago, another article like this containing nothing new will not persuade any more users to switch over.
No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS.
i agree, linux/macosx is more stable/secure than windows.
having said that, i think this whole article is irrelevant. i don't care if linux is completely rock-solid with absolutely no security flaws, this alone will not persuade windows users to switch to linux for desktop usage.
we've been through these discussions over and over again. linux is NOT a suitable desktop operating system for the majority of users. most users do NOT want to spend a whole lot of time reading documentation on how to setup/configure their system, and most find it fustrating.
i think steve ballmer reached his mid-life crisis long ago.
many of his inventions seem to be cheaper versions of what we know to exist.
So I thought of a heater, which would turn off automatically when the water was boiled and when the water gets cold, it would turn on again. And then I made it
basically an alternative to a thermostat, but effective and cheaper.
His system involved surrounding a house with concealed wires that were attached to a battery, an audio cassette player and a camera. When the intruder stepped on the wire, it triggered the cassette player, which played a tape shouting, "There's a thief!". It also activated the camera, which would take a picture of the burglar.
again, simplified version of the modern alarm system.
i find his original ideas more interesting, the crying-baby-activated rocking cradle (does this already exist?), solar-powered well-lift, etc.
bingo! mod parent up. everyone should be using PNG now. IE supports png binary transparency just fine. so you can do a straight conversion of all your gif->png and you will have no problem.
also, png's will almost always be smaller if optipng is used to optimize the compression
Don't drivel on and on about how much better Ogg is and how mp3 suxx0rs because it's owned by an evil capitalist corporate villain. That won't work.
you're right. it won't work. but i never said anything about who owns what. i don't like vorbis because it's open source, free from patents, etc etc. i like it because it is superior in quality.
why can't these music stores use a more superior format. they can then give more bang for your bitrate. they still stick with the old mp3.
there are portable vorbis players out there, we need more online stores now.
well, if they don't want to, nothing we can do about it.
did you read the article, or even the summary? there is a keyboard, mouse, and monitor for each user. /. readers are getting more and more lazy
-Condi Rice is on camera saying "There is a definite connection between Iraq and 9/11." We now know that isn't true.
Bush, STILL to this day, believes there is, even though his own administration denied it.
And you thought that the CN Tower was a long elevator ride. I wonder how long it would take to go that far into space in an elevator? Would there be in-elevator movies and food service?
There would need to be. At any reasonable speed, you're looking at a 24 to 48 hour trip.
you can live without food or a movie for 24 hours? damn man, what's your secret.
there would need to be basic food, bathroom, and entertainment (to prevent people from going crazy) services.
would be similar to a plane flight.