Equating not knowing what a tarball is with being a computer newbie is just being a jackass.
sorry, that's just the thing i remembered being the most frustrating... not having a clue how to install a new app, then looking it up on google, then attempting to use tar... then trying to find a manual page... of course i saw the info, but it's so hard (for me) to put it together without examples... then giving up and asking someone at church who uses freebsd at his work
My mom (who has been using computers for some time so she is more experienced that those we are talking about) still gets confused and wonders what happened to the Internet if she clicks on the IE icon and gets a page other than www.msn.com.
did you explain it to her? i hear many complaints of users' ignorance, but how will they know unless they are told? things in computing don't typically have simple parallels to everyday things (other than computers:) ).
yeah, good point but if they ever did want to go to something faster/more secure/less bug ridden/more free, and if they took the time to learn it, they could do it. i suppose motivation is the key.
the point was this: these people would do amazingly well if they simply wanted to learn linux. and some of them probably do but haven't heard about it or don't see its advantages.
but most people could learn it... and if it isn't easy to obtain that knowledge already (they have the internet or someone they know knows), it should be. all you have to teach them is how to learn to use it (practice, docs, and irc/forums)
heck, when i first booted mandrake, i didn't know what to do with a tarball or how to use the command line. less than a year later i was running my own webserver and programming in php.
yeah, if anything, they should polish the cd and add two bonus tracks for those who choose to pay for the music. gives people who would normally download more incentive to wait for the real thing (until someone rips it:) )
you got the point, just in the wrong spot. the ac you replied to said that the way to get it without breaking the law is to wait two weeks, and the cynical comment was to put a bad light on fans who think it's the right thing to download it early, because that's the only available copy.
homer: A grammy?! but i want an award that's worth winning!
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lets use our software/hardware genius, move to canada, and write something to help our fellow Americans
just like the openbsd people did:) from here: "OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian law it is legal to export crypto to the world."
I am really starting to get afraid that America could go into a form of communism
Canada is more socialist... don't worry, that's a good thing
I know you're out there...I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us, you're afraid of change...I don't know the future... I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how this is going to begin. Now, I'm going to hang up this phone, and I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you...a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world...where anything is possible. Where we go from there...is a choice I leave to you...
a neighbor of mine does this, and one time my brother & his friend went to my neighbors' and unplugged his mike. my neighbor didn't know this, and he played through an entire tfc match unaware:) then my brother & his friend started laughing at my neighbor... who finally relized that his mike was unplugged. suffice to say he was displeased
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all of which can be achieved through methods with meaningful ends... perhaps even the precise type of communication, teamwork, or coordination desired.
but yeah, sports are a good alternative if you want lee way for mistakes... i know i would:)
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Equating not knowing what a tarball is with being a computer newbie is just being a jackass.
:) ).
sorry, that's just the thing i remembered being the most frustrating... not having a clue how to install a new app, then looking it up on google, then attempting to use tar... then trying to find a manual page... of course i saw the info, but it's so hard (for me) to put it together without examples... then giving up and asking someone at church who uses freebsd at his work
My mom (who has been using computers for some time so she is more experienced that those we are talking about) still gets confused and wonders what happened to the Internet if she clicks on the IE icon and gets a page other than www.msn.com.
did you explain it to her?
i hear many complaints of users' ignorance, but how will they know unless they are told?
things in computing don't typically have simple parallels to everyday things (other than computers
a lot of the posts above mine were saying how u2 was going about this the wrong way... i simply flipped it
but thanks
yeah, good point
but if they ever did want to go to something faster/more secure/less bug ridden/more free, and if they took the time to learn it, they could do it. i suppose motivation is the key.
funny :), but you FAIL IT
the point was this: these people would do amazingly well if they simply wanted to learn linux. and some of them probably do but haven't heard about it or don't see its advantages.
why on earth do you people want to take over windows??
simply build the best os you can
anyway, the command line doesn't have to be way beyond the ordinary desktop user... i'm sure they'd have little trouble (if any) learning it
yeah, of sorts.
you don't have to reformat to go from 2.4 to 2.6
there are preschoolers that can't read... how ever are they going to pass second grade??
but most people could learn it...
and if it isn't easy to obtain that knowledge already (they have the internet or someone they know knows), it should be.
all you have to teach them is how to learn to use it (practice, docs, and irc/forums)
heck, when i first booted mandrake, i didn't know what to do with a tarball or how to use the command line. less than a year later i was running my own webserver and programming in php.
of course, motivation is key...
Sure, the less technically inclinded portion of the population will not be able to do that
:)
the majority of them are able to perhaps they don't hear about it or see no reason to install and learn a new os
although i like it much better... if only for windowmaker and konqueror
i'm that way now... but i started with an emachines 667ir (windows me preloaded)... then i learned a bit about computers and went to linux
:)
i just built a computer based of the athlon 64
some character in mash: oh "stole" is such a harsh word. i prefer "creatively acquired" :)
yeah, if anything, they should polish the cd and add two bonus tracks for those who choose to pay for the music. gives people who would normally download more incentive to wait for the real thing (until someone rips it :) )
you got the point, just in the wrong spot.
the ac you replied to said that the way to get it without breaking the law is to wait two weeks, and the cynical comment was to put a bad light on fans who think it's the right thing to download it early, because that's the only available copy.
homer: A grammy?! but i want an award that's worth winning!
scrolling text: Warning: homer simpson does not represent the views and opinions of the writers of the simpsons, who do not consider the grammy an award.
$1,000,000 if you can write at 2x speed
give the parent a break, they're probably a minority
/. would vote for him
besides, given orrin's record, i doubt anybody who reads
lets use our software/hardware genius, move to canada, and write something to help our fellow Americans
:)
just like the openbsd people did
from here:
"OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian law it is legal to export crypto to the world."
I am really starting to get afraid that America could go into a form of communism
Canada is more socialist... don't worry, that's a good thing
or at the very least be a communist.
i can dig that
If only there were some why to harness energy from arrogant pricks, slashdot could put OPEC out of business.
lol, so true... i just put it on my quotes page. thanks
I know you're out there...I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid.
You're afraid of us, you're afraid of change...I don't know the future...
I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end,
I came here to tell you how this is going to begin.
Now, I'm going to hang up this phone,
and I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see.
I'm going to show them a world without you...a world without rules and controls,
without borders or boundaries.
A world...where anything is possible.
Where we go from there...is a choice I leave to you...
a neighbor of mine does this, and one time my brother & his friend went to my neighbors' and unplugged his mike. my neighbor didn't know this, and he played through an entire tfc match unaware :)
then my brother & his friend started laughing at my neighbor... who finally relized that his mike was unplugged. suffice to say he was displeased
all of which can be achieved through methods with meaningful ends... perhaps even the precise type of communication, teamwork, or coordination desired.
:)
but yeah, sports are a good alternative if you want lee way for mistakes... i know i would
heh, i was the second vote :)
Engineers use math as the extremely capable and powerful tool that it is.
:)
and yes, some of them do wear special shoes
yes, you are spot on. the fact that math is both interesting and useful disqualifies it from being a sport :)