If this was true, you would already have it. All that is needed is a crane and several incredibly huge blocks of material. I'm thinking a machine to make a block of particle board that big would have to be made too. Regardless, 'any' sum of money pays for this.
By coincidence, I did recently switch to mandrake 10. You could probably say I'm about neutral towards linux/microsoft, which allows you to see problems much easier. And these are some of them.
Firstly, every distro needs a bundled windows emulator. And they need to be better too.You see, my ISP requires a windows program to go on the internet.This is Australia's Telstra, which is the DOMINANT ISP. Yes that's right, if you want broadband, you need windows. I had to completely reinstall windows so that I could download Wine. Burned wine onto cd, booted up linux and ran the setup for this internet connection program. Now wine can't run the install wizard for this program. I repeat, an install wizard. Linux needs to be able to run install wizards.
Secondly, it needs easy interaction with NTFS and FAT partitions (also bundled). This would have saved me several CD-Rs and Reboots. Luckily, after I copied the program directory this internet connection program actually worked and I could use the world wide web.
Thirdly, I hear this is just a mandrake thing, but why can't I use the browser to do things as root. I can't interact with an NTFS drive in browser, because it requires root access which you can only get command line. Now I know it feels cool when people see you using a command line to do stuff, but it is incredibly slow, especially when files are named stuff like Wine1.3.4.0.i386.tar.gz.Also installing programs in the browser is a must. (Yes I know this is supposed to stop employees/grandmothers installing stuff, but then that's what the root password is for)
Finally, (not so important) was speed, or lack thereof. Although you might say it's a sacrifice for stability, it was still taking over ten seconds to load simple programs eg. Kwrite/ konqueror. Also just a mandrake thing but all the libraries should be on the first cd, and be installed by default. Otherwise it's dependency hell. I would say these are the only things holding linux back from being far superior, even for new users. Once developers of soft/hardware start supporting linux the win emulator can be dropped of course.
Being slashdot you might have to elaborate on what a pcb is. I was assuming that the Hudson got dumped with printed circuit boards. I presume in America there was a bunch of journalists predicting the end of the world because the Hudson river was dumped with these, and thus everybody knows what the other pcb is.
Is it not that Sourceforge is hosted by many many servers around the world? There is no single person paying for bandwidth, and I imagine very few files are on only one server. Conclusion:open source rules
"I voted on one of the new Deibold machines here in San Diego, and it didn't instill much confidence in me"
I know why. Here is an actual snippet of code from the voting machines. I worked hard to get this.
printf("Enter a number to vote");
listoptions(); //Gives the user a list of options
scanf("%d",&fakevote); //Store their choice in this variable actualvote=rand()%(10)+1; //Tell them to bend over
In this context the arms dealers are the compromised machines right? How in the hell could they be winners? They run windows with no updates and get their cpu cyles and bandwidth stolen by everyone.
I still don't 'get' insurance. In the end the insurance companies end up making money, that is-you give them money. I'd rather set up a bank balance where I deposit exactly what would have gone to insurance. Riskier-but stingier.
Your argument is flawed. You say people shouldn't have a right to bear arms, and NZ is not RIDDLED with guns. Well New Zealanders can buy guns, so the reason it is not RIDDLED with guns is because people don't want them, not because the law doesn't let them. And if you ban guns there are still many things to use as deadly weapons. Why not go ahead and ban hands, 'cause you know, they have the possibility to kill people.
Does that mean if I leave my bicycle unchained, and a person takes advantage of the situation it's my fault? I say anyone who creates a virus solely for the destruction of private property should not only be partially responsible but fully, for all setbacks caused. The worst thing that could happen to microsoft is a case of false advertising, if they specifically said it is more secure than this. Otherwise, no one forced you to buy windows.
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If this was true, you would already have it. All that is needed is a crane and several incredibly huge blocks of material. I'm thinking a machine to make a block of particle board that big would have to be made too. Regardless, 'any' sum of money pays for this.
IIRC Bipedal walking is rather inefficient compared to most other locomotion.
We could go to 'the beach' like leonardo dicaprio.
Wait that island was run by drug dealers. So it was less corrupt than any current government.
By coincidence, I did recently switch to mandrake 10. You could probably say I'm about neutral towards linux/microsoft, which allows you to see problems much easier. And these are some of them.
.Also installing programs in the browser is a must. (Yes I know this is supposed to stop employees/grandmothers installing stuff, but then that's what the root password is for)
Firstly, every distro needs a bundled windows emulator. And they need to be better too.You see, my ISP requires a windows program to go on the internet.This is Australia's Telstra, which is the DOMINANT ISP. Yes that's right, if you want broadband, you need windows. I had to completely reinstall windows so that I could download Wine. Burned wine onto cd, booted up linux and ran the setup for this internet connection program. Now wine can't run the install wizard for this program. I repeat, an install wizard. Linux needs to be able to run install wizards.
Secondly, it needs easy interaction with NTFS and FAT partitions (also bundled). This would have saved me several CD-Rs and Reboots. Luckily, after I copied the program directory this internet connection program actually worked and I could use the world wide web.
Thirdly, I hear this is just a mandrake thing, but why can't I use the browser to do things as root. I can't interact with an NTFS drive in browser, because it requires root access which you can only get command line. Now I know it feels cool when people see you using a command line to do stuff, but it is incredibly slow, especially when files are named stuff like Wine1.3.4.0.i386.tar.gz
Finally, (not so important) was speed, or lack thereof. Although you might say it's a sacrifice for stability, it was still taking over ten seconds to load simple programs eg. Kwrite/ konqueror. Also just a mandrake thing but all the libraries should be on the first cd, and be installed by default. Otherwise it's dependency hell.
I would say these are the only things holding linux back from being far superior, even for new users. Once developers of soft/hardware start supporting linux the win emulator can be dropped of course.
Being slashdot you might have to elaborate on what a pcb is. I was assuming that the Hudson got dumped with printed circuit boards. I presume in America there was a bunch of journalists predicting the end of the world because the Hudson river was dumped with these, and thus everybody knows what the other pcb is.
Ah! So thats what you get for receiving a darwin awards honorable mention.
There's this picture in my mind. Your multi-billion dollar ball (which in my imagination looks like the death star), trapped helplessly in a crater.
Arthur C Clarke must have a pretty bad idea of the alphabet if he denies that one. Did you mean, he denies making the name that way on purpose?
Is it not that Sourceforge is hosted by many many servers around the world? There is no single person paying for bandwidth, and I imagine very few files are on only one server. Conclusion:open source rules
You must be new here. I think you'll fit in nicely though.
As I remember the comic goes something like this-
"Hey I saw Gabe Newell up in first class!"
"Really? What was he doing?
"Not making Half life 2!"
"I voted on one of the new Deibold machines here in San Diego, and it didn't instill much confidence in me"
//Gives the user a list of options
I know why. Here is an actual snippet of code from the voting machines. I worked hard to get this.
printf("Enter a number to vote");
listoptions();
scanf("%d",&fakevote);
//Store their choice in this variable
actualvote=rand()%(10)+1;
//Tell them to bend over
I'm going to have to reboot my computer to windows to play this. Oh the humility.
Someone should do the horror movie shot, where each time you look at dino, it's closer than before.
In this context the arms dealers are the compromised machines right? How in the hell could they be winners? They run windows with no updates and get their cpu cyles and bandwidth stolen by everyone.
that would make sense if there a so many...
Think outside the box. Broadcast TV over internet.
I still don't 'get' insurance. In the end the insurance companies end up making money, that is-you give them money. I'd rather set up a bank balance where I deposit exactly what would have gone to insurance. Riskier-but stingier.
My lack of understanding of what you just said is only rivalled by shakespeare's prose (Hint, the acronyms, they burn the eyes!)
Your argument is flawed. You say people shouldn't have a right to bear arms, and NZ is not RIDDLED with guns. Well New Zealanders can buy guns, so the reason it is not RIDDLED with guns is because people don't want them, not because the law doesn't let them. And if you ban guns there are still many things to use as deadly weapons. Why not go ahead and ban hands, 'cause you know, they have the possibility to kill people.
I've never got an answer, I've googled and everything, but can you please tell me exactly how ^H^H^H^H came about?
"charismatic executive"
One word. Oxymoron.
Lol, I thought the managers wife was going to come in but anyways...
I don't get ur sig, (where's the post humously button-humously!=humorously)...
I thought that humously must be some little known word so I checked dictionary.com
No entry found for humously.
Did you mean humorously?
3 words:
It runs linux
Does that mean if I leave my bicycle unchained, and a person takes advantage of the situation it's my fault? I say anyone who creates a virus solely for the destruction of private property should not only be partially responsible but fully, for all setbacks caused. The worst thing that could happen to microsoft is a case of false advertising, if they specifically said it is more secure than this. Otherwise, no one forced you to buy windows.