Since I listen to music and watch tv/movies, I want a cut of the profits too--after all, without (people like) me, they wouldn't have a business at all.
Or maybe I'll just send The Pirate Bay a donation and download this season's "The Office"
I think I read on wikipedia somewhere that he sublets a place there for extended visits. But he probably doesn't live there enough to qualify as a resident for legal and tax purposes.
I'm sympathetic to what you say here--it is likely what I would have done--but depending on the laptop the process could be a pain. For example, my Compaq laptop's "rescue disk" is 3 dvds; then I'd have to go back and reinstall my old system once the computer was repaired. That is a lot of down time to solve what shouldn't be a problem in the first place.
I've not used OS X in years, really, but when I did I used TeXShop as my LaTeX front end and i-installer (which seems to be no more) for installing LaTeX itself. The i-installer page is still there, and there's some TeX info there:
I can't emphasize enough how much better it is to use a system like (La)Tex or troff or docbook for writing papers than it is to use a word processor. (Though I've only really used the first two.) Separation of content and formatting (however imperfect the implementation is in LaTeX or troff) in a plain text file really is the way to go.
Like the Windows software you mention, it works as ext2, which means no journaling; it read and wrote to my ext3 partitions just fine when I used several years ago (IIRC).
This is absurd to concern oneself with anyway since the death rate for commercial air travel is around 0.14 per billion miles. The death rate for automobile travel is 11,350% higher. Well, duh, that's why I drive sitting in the back seat of my car.
Look, if you AGREE that there are people who hold such views, then it isn't a straw man argument---by your own admission!
Now, you may be right---it may not be charitable, it might not be an argument that takes on all the fairy tales that people have made, but holy crap, he is clearly responding to people who hold views that you yourself describe. This isn't a straw man, and your constantly asserting that it is shows that, alas, you have no clue what you're talking about. A straw man argument involves attributing easy to knock down views to people that DON'T hold them. Run along and read this before you go on asserting that you know what the fuck you're talking about:
Maybe the poster doesn't address your views, but then he's not straw manning you. And since there are plenty of people who, by YOUR OWN GODDAMN ADMISSION, do damn well hold the position, then he isn't straw manning them.
You can't say this is a "typical argument in Abrahamic religious traditions" and then claim that it is a STRAW MAN! Dude, your FIRST sentence shows that your bellicose outburst in the second sentence is high-handed balderdash (because the first shows that the poster WAS engaging the actual claims and beliefs of an actual adversary).
Maybe if you've got some view that god is "effable" or that one can prove the existence of god (good luck with that) or can show that one need not be committed to a dualism of faith/reason, offer that. But *please* don't lecture people about logical fallacies that you are capable of defining but poor at identifying in action.
Given your description of what happens when you use your computer, on what grounds exactly can you say that they "work fine"? What evidence do you have?
It seems to me that the best you can say is that, since other people are having the same OS problems (with different hardware?), it doesn't seem to be the hardware; nevertheless, you don't seem to have any independent evidence that the hardware is fine.
In fairness, your last sentence is substantially true about Windows (and perhaps any OS or UI) as well. I'm willing to bet that a substantial proportion of slashdot readers are also the go-to tech support for friends and family. There is the occasional "Ask Slashdot" about how to minimize demand or charge for this sort of service---or how to suggest a gnu/linux migration to friends and family so as to minimize the problem. Further, both Circuit City and Best Buy have "hired geeks" to do tech support for people who do not have such sources of free labor (Firedog and Geek Squad, respectively).
(And, of course, this leaves out the fact that most people get Windows installed by an OEM that has its geeks configuring the system to be installed.)
The thing that has made the biggest difference for me was switching to a burr grinder from a blade grinder. I didn't believe that it would make that big of a difference, but even a cheap (for a burr grinder) $50 cuisinart grinder makes a huge difference in terms of the flavor and mouth feel of the brew.
As for the brewing, I've become quite enamored with my vacuum coffee machine; I use the Bodum Santos Electric:
It is geek-a-rific to watch, and it brews a fabulous cup o' joe. (And it is programmable---so the process can be over before I wake up.) Purists complain that the electronic versions aren't as good as the manual ones, but I'm not a purist---and mornings aren't the time for me to be messing with the burners.
Actually, unlike Falwell, I'm not an anti-semite, I was never pro-apartheid, and, while I adore the use of profanity to celebrate the passing of immoral bigots like Falwell, I've *never* said things like:
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" (This was in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11/01 attacks, in which he blames these people for the attacks.)
"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals."
"He didn't agree with the homosexual lifestyle. but I am pretty sure that he cared for these individuals as lost sheep just as he did anyone who he felt were not walking according to Scripture"
This is, by itself, arrogant and condescending enough to warrant thinking Falwell was an asshole and the world is a better place for his passing.
P.S. I really care for you as a lost sheep who is irrational enough to believe in the truth of the Scripture.
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I think the problem is that there just aren't enough people getting Zune tattoos:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/what-kind-of-man-gets-three-zune-tattoos/
(As an aside: he's also changing his name to "Microsoft Zune"
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/zune-guy-changing-name-to-microsoft-zune/)
Since I listen to music and watch tv/movies, I want a cut of the profits too--after all, without (people like) me, they wouldn't have a business at all.
Or maybe I'll just send The Pirate Bay a donation and download this season's "The Office"
Yeah, it is a whole new paradigm that they're shifting to!
I think I read on wikipedia somewhere that he sublets a place there for extended visits. But he probably doesn't live there enough to qualify as a resident for legal and tax purposes.
I guess this says that you probably should start wearing a condom as well.
"It sucked, swallowed and asked for seconds."
That sounds like a commendation and not a criticism to me. . . .
GNU/Pimp
I'm sympathetic to what you say here--it is likely what I would have done--but depending on the laptop the process could be a pain. For example, my Compaq laptop's "rescue disk" is 3 dvds; then I'd have to go back and reinstall my old system once the computer was repaired. That is a lot of down time to solve what shouldn't be a problem in the first place.
There's a solid collection of Mac+LaTeX info (including software, getting started, etc.) at:
http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
I've not used OS X in years, really, but when I did I used TeXShop as my LaTeX front end and i-installer (which seems to be no more) for installing LaTeX itself. The i-installer page is still there, and there's some TeX info there:
http://ii2.sourceforge.net/tex-index.html
I can't emphasize enough how much better it is to use a system like (La)Tex or troff or docbook for writing papers than it is to use a word processor. (Though I've only really used the first two.) Separation of content and formatting (however imperfect the implementation is in LaTeX or troff) in a plain text file really is the way to go.
Ironically, it works the other way with my car:
As it gets older and slower, I get more audio equipment for it. . . .
Ah, the Troy McClure school of security metaphors!
(You might remember him from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma )
Actually, OS X can read and write ext2/3 with this bit of software:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/
Like the Windows software you mention, it works as ext2, which means no journaling; it read and wrote to my ext3 partitions just fine when I used several years ago (IIRC).
Look, if you AGREE that there are people who hold such views, then it isn't a straw man argument---by your own admission!
Now, you may be right---it may not be charitable, it might not be an argument that takes on all the fairy tales that people have made, but holy crap, he is clearly responding to people who hold views that you yourself describe. This isn't a straw man, and your constantly asserting that it is shows that, alas, you have no clue what you're talking about. A straw man argument involves attributing easy to knock down views to people that DON'T hold them. Run along and read this before you go on asserting that you know what the fuck you're talking about:
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacy.htm#Straw%20Man
Maybe the poster doesn't address your views, but then he's not straw manning you. And since there are plenty of people who, by YOUR OWN GODDAMN ADMISSION, do damn well hold the position, then he isn't straw manning them.
You can't say this is a "typical argument in Abrahamic religious traditions" and then claim that it is a STRAW MAN! Dude, your FIRST sentence shows that your bellicose outburst in the second sentence is high-handed balderdash (because the first shows that the poster WAS engaging the actual claims and beliefs of an actual adversary).
Maybe if you've got some view that god is "effable" or that one can prove the existence of god (good luck with that) or can show that one need not be committed to a dualism of faith/reason, offer that. But *please* don't lecture people about logical fallacies that you are capable of defining but poor at identifying in action.
Given your description of what happens when you use your computer, on what grounds exactly can you say that they "work fine"? What evidence do you have?
It seems to me that the best you can say is that, since other people are having the same OS problems (with different hardware?), it doesn't seem to be the hardware; nevertheless, you don't seem to have any independent evidence that the hardware is fine.
"If Adam & Eve (his very own parents and family) are the ONLY other people who exist, who is going to see Cain, not recognize him and kill him?"
Perhaps Yaweh is a "belt and suspenders" kind of deity---you know, either is sufficient, but you can never be too sure.
Great---*now* I will be able to get MS Office and Windows Media Player! And we can replace the standard *nix shells with cmd.exe.
.deb files for 'em. . . .
I hope they will release
Or, better yet: if you have a remote that happens to open someone else's garage door, that doesn't constitute permission to enter . . . .
In fairness, your last sentence is substantially true about Windows (and perhaps any OS or UI) as well. I'm willing to bet that a substantial proportion of slashdot readers are also the go-to tech support for friends and family. There is the occasional "Ask Slashdot" about how to minimize demand or charge for this sort of service---or how to suggest a gnu/linux migration to friends and family so as to minimize the problem. Further, both Circuit City and Best Buy have "hired geeks" to do tech support for people who do not have such sources of free labor (Firedog and Geek Squad, respectively).
(And, of course, this leaves out the fact that most people get Windows installed by an OEM that has its geeks configuring the system to be installed.)
The thing that has made the biggest difference for me was switching to a burr grinder from a blade grinder. I didn't believe that it would make that big of a difference, but even a cheap (for a burr grinder) $50 cuisinart grinder makes a huge difference in terms of the flavor and mouth feel of the brew.
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As for the brewing, I've become quite enamored with my vacuum coffee machine; I use the Bodum Santos Electric:
http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=3&GID=52
It is geek-a-rific to watch, and it brews a fabulous cup o' joe. (And it is programmable---so the process can be over before I wake up.) Purists complain that the electronic versions aren't as good as the manual ones, but I'm not a purist---and mornings aren't the time for me to be messing with the burners.
Actually, unlike Falwell, I'm not an anti-semite, I was never pro-apartheid, and, while I adore the use of profanity to celebrate the passing of immoral bigots like Falwell, I've *never* said things like:
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" (This was in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11/01 attacks, in which he blames these people for the attacks.)
"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals."
"God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew."
Nice hero you've got there.
"At least Jerry Falwell didn't fund suicide bombers to go and blow up innocent people who disagreed with his beliefs. "
Well, *THAT* sure is a high standard. . . .
"He didn't agree with the homosexual lifestyle. but I am pretty sure that he cared for these individuals as lost sheep just as he did anyone who he felt were not walking according to Scripture"
This is, by itself, arrogant and condescending enough to warrant thinking Falwell was an asshole and the world is a better place for his passing.
P.S. I really care for you as a lost sheep who is irrational enough to believe in the truth of the Scripture.
Yeah, it is about time those OpenBSD pikers got off their collective asses and followed the World Leader in Secure Operating Systems: Microsoft.