The whole "fascist government gets trains running on time" notion is bullshit, btw. It's not based in fact, just something someone wrote which has assumed the status of fact because people like to say it.
There are a shitload of guns in the UK. They're just not all in private ownership. To own a gun in the UK, you have to show why you need one - the right is not automatic (no pun intended), but as long as you can demonstrate a good reason, and demonstrate your firearms will be stored in locked cabinets, you can have rifles/shotguns/etc. Just no handguns. The cops and armed forces have those.
Ever since it started to talk to Active Directory domain servers, it was perfect for the office. Before that it was great, but lacked the key feature to allow it to get accepted properly.
He did have a point about "Linux" as a word, though. It IS a kernel, obviously. However many people say "Linux" when they're referring to the various distros. When someone is comparing "Windows" to "Linux" in such a mind, obviously any features of any distro can be cited when comparing features, even when all those features are not present in any one distro (and so this "Linux" is not directly comparable). It's a minor point, and only affects zealots, but it's quite common, and I guess it only serves to muddy actual, real comparisons between the two that can help people adopt it.
Surveillance is not the problem. CCTV doesn't mean squat, as it does nothing a policeman on the corner can do. The big problem is when CCTV, your bank statements, travel records, phone records, shopping history, TV channel preference, online history, etc. are automatically linked together and assumptions made. THAT's dangerous, as that can NOT be performed by a single policeman, thereby terribly shifting power towards the authorities and anonymity away from the public.
This "surveillance society" tag is a bit reactionary. It's when all our data is in the same place that we should worry, not that our pictures are being taken. Funnily enough, people can look at you all they want in public. It's in private they can't, and that's not public.
I'd rather have the UK's camera fetish than the US's "get inside the heads of the population and make ridiculous guesses about their intentions". One is useful, one is bullshit.
Yup - I worked at company in London that provided images to the media (print & digital), and *everything* was TIFF. We used JPEGs for previews, but the actual production-quality images were massive TIFFs, sometimes over hundreds of megs big. RAW doesn't even get mentioned when discussing image formats for those purposes.
But what if that "bloat" is what you want to use? It's not as if there is an alternative that does everything windows does, so people won't switch. Just calling it bloat doesn't put people off;)
Yeah! It's so stupid! I even have to pay an internet tax to my ISP just to use the internet! And a phone tax to my mobile phone provider just to use the phone I bought! What the fuck is up with all these taxes everywhere?!?
Yeah - brilliant idea, but a slight problem. No hardware acceleration for most video cards, and god knows what else. People use windows to use their computer, not to make a statement. It's a great idea, and it'd be brilliant if we had all the drivers we have now, but open. It just isn't going to happen, as the binary nature of drivers is required to conceal the licensed software that millions of dollars were pumped into developing.
Journalists, contrary to popular belief, can't make things up. They aren't professors of Crazyshitology. They don't know what's going to happen, and their guesswork isn't good enough for their publication. Even if it is, in your opinion, obvious, without expertise and credentials backing that opinion up, it's not worthy of inclusion. If you want conjecture, guesswork, and ass-delving, go to Fox news or Keith Olbermann.
Or save your money and buy an even faster generic PC. Why do people think Macs are fast? Their hardware is always behind the rest of the field - it's even more noticeable now they're running Intel processors. If you want a fast computer, and it's been more than a month since the latest Mac line was released, don't get a mac.
Why OS X? If the work is being done remotely, just use an even smaller notebook than Apple's offerings. Or spend as much and get a faster notebook from another manufacturer.
Or maybe they figured out there would most likely be a warning, allowing evacuation, and are engaging in something akin to actual journalism and not sensationalism?:)
Off-topic? I'm talking about the efficiency benefits of Vista AND XP. How the fuck is that off-topic? I know I said some nice things about Microsoft, but surely whoever modded me down isn't that childish.
Seriously. That and this entire thread discussing the extra leg-work required to find hardware that is supported by Linux. I'm all for free software, but I can't let this slip by unnoticed. You can't ask consumers to cut corners to suit someone else's ideological desire. They'll tell you to fuck off, and quickly. When Linux has the same hardware support, software support, and ease of use as Windows, then maybe it'll get there. If it takes just 1 more step between wanting a computer and using it, people will go elsewhere, and that (unfortunately) is Windows.
You're right - some users DO want it. Those users, however, are in the minority, and their dollars simply don't offset the extra costs involved in making it happen. Dell are trying to sell the best hardware you can get your hands on. If they only sold hardware that had free drivers, their notebook line would be ridiculously shit, instead of some of the fastest notebooks out there. Free software serves a purpose, but limiting those who don't mind closed software to the hardware choices supported by free software is horrific, considering the free-software-advocates are in the minority. I don't know why Dell would consider spending lots and lots of money in reducing their hardware competitiveness for a slight percentage increase in users. It's not exactly good business sense.
... if you use a keyboard instead of the mouse, you can't beat windows, both XP and Vista. OS X isn't as keyboard friendly. It's nearly there, but its pitfalls limit productivity as you have to reach for the mouse to click a control, or use multiple shortcuts to change windows. I've used OS X extensively (being an IT contractor for mainly marketing firms - sorry), I get exposed to many offices using plenty of Macs, and having to use what hardware they do, I've used it for months. And the non-standard keyboard layout, but I guess I'm getting off-topic.
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The whole "fascist government gets trains running on time" notion is bullshit, btw. It's not based in fact, just something someone wrote which has assumed the status of fact because people like to say it.
There are a shitload of guns in the UK. They're just not all in private ownership. To own a gun in the UK, you have to show why you need one - the right is not automatic (no pun intended), but as long as you can demonstrate a good reason, and demonstrate your firearms will be stored in locked cabinets, you can have rifles/shotguns/etc. Just no handguns. The cops and armed forces have those.
Ever since it started to talk to Active Directory domain servers, it was perfect for the office. Before that it was great, but lacked the key feature to allow it to get accepted properly.
He did have a point about "Linux" as a word, though. It IS a kernel, obviously. However many people say "Linux" when they're referring to the various distros. When someone is comparing "Windows" to "Linux" in such a mind, obviously any features of any distro can be cited when comparing features, even when all those features are not present in any one distro (and so this "Linux" is not directly comparable). It's a minor point, and only affects zealots, but it's quite common, and I guess it only serves to muddy actual, real comparisons between the two that can help people adopt it.
I guess I've been lucky with every single notebook I've owned that ran XP, then. great!
Surveillance is not the problem. CCTV doesn't mean squat, as it does nothing a policeman on the corner can do. The big problem is when CCTV, your bank statements, travel records, phone records, shopping history, TV channel preference, online history, etc. are automatically linked together and assumptions made. THAT's dangerous, as that can NOT be performed by a single policeman, thereby terribly shifting power towards the authorities and anonymity away from the public.
This "surveillance society" tag is a bit reactionary. It's when all our data is in the same place that we should worry, not that our pictures are being taken. Funnily enough, people can look at you all they want in public. It's in private they can't, and that's not public.
I'd rather have the UK's camera fetish than the US's "get inside the heads of the population and make ridiculous guesses about their intentions". One is useful, one is bullshit.
Yup - I worked at company in London that provided images to the media (print & digital), and *everything* was TIFF. We used JPEGs for previews, but the actual production-quality images were massive TIFFs, sometimes over hundreds of megs big. RAW doesn't even get mentioned when discussing image formats for those purposes.
And try getting that same person doing it in Linux/UNIX. Come on - try to stick with the argument at least :)
Check out the HTML. You'd think they could do better.
Is there an address we can send money to get /. editors a basic grammar textbook? I'm no pro, but that's just ridiculous.
I just spell it out. That way everyone knows what you're on about, regardless of what cool name they use instead.
But what if that "bloat" is what you want to use? It's not as if there is an alternative that does everything windows does, so people won't switch. Just calling it bloat doesn't put people off ;)
Yeah! It's so stupid! I even have to pay an internet tax to my ISP just to use the internet! And a phone tax to my mobile phone provider just to use the phone I bought! What the fuck is up with all these taxes everywhere?!?
Yeah - brilliant idea, but a slight problem. No hardware acceleration for most video cards, and god knows what else. People use windows to use their computer, not to make a statement. It's a great idea, and it'd be brilliant if we had all the drivers we have now, but open. It just isn't going to happen, as the binary nature of drivers is required to conceal the licensed software that millions of dollars were pumped into developing.
When Hitler, Megatron and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man will all be made honorary US citizens by Bush, when he's half-way out the door...
Journalists, contrary to popular belief, can't make things up. They aren't professors of Crazyshitology. They don't know what's going to happen, and their guesswork isn't good enough for their publication. Even if it is, in your opinion, obvious, without expertise and credentials backing that opinion up, it's not worthy of inclusion. If you want conjecture, guesswork, and ass-delving, go to Fox news or Keith Olbermann.
Or a PC notebook with 4 gigs of memory... Apple's hardware isn't as fast as the adverts would have you believe, you know ;)
Or save your money and buy an even faster generic PC. Why do people think Macs are fast? Their hardware is always behind the rest of the field - it's even more noticeable now they're running Intel processors. If you want a fast computer, and it's been more than a month since the latest Mac line was released, don't get a mac.
Why OS X? If the work is being done remotely, just use an even smaller notebook than Apple's offerings. Or spend as much and get a faster notebook from another manufacturer.
Or maybe they figured out there would most likely be a warning, allowing evacuation, and are engaging in something akin to actual journalism and not sensationalism? :)
Off-topic? I'm talking about the efficiency benefits of Vista AND XP. How the fuck is that off-topic? I know I said some nice things about Microsoft, but surely whoever modded me down isn't that childish.
Seriously. That and this entire thread discussing the extra leg-work required to find hardware that is supported by Linux. I'm all for free software, but I can't let this slip by unnoticed. You can't ask consumers to cut corners to suit someone else's ideological desire. They'll tell you to fuck off, and quickly. When Linux has the same hardware support, software support, and ease of use as Windows, then maybe it'll get there. If it takes just 1 more step between wanting a computer and using it, people will go elsewhere, and that (unfortunately) is Windows.
You're right - some users DO want it. Those users, however, are in the minority, and their dollars simply don't offset the extra costs involved in making it happen. Dell are trying to sell the best hardware you can get your hands on. If they only sold hardware that had free drivers, their notebook line would be ridiculously shit, instead of some of the fastest notebooks out there. Free software serves a purpose, but limiting those who don't mind closed software to the hardware choices supported by free software is horrific, considering the free-software-advocates are in the minority. I don't know why Dell would consider spending lots and lots of money in reducing their hardware competitiveness for a slight percentage increase in users. It's not exactly good business sense.
I don't get what the issue is - will all your MP3 players suddenly stop working?
... if you use a keyboard instead of the mouse, you can't beat windows, both XP and Vista. OS X isn't as keyboard friendly. It's nearly there, but its pitfalls limit productivity as you have to reach for the mouse to click a control, or use multiple shortcuts to change windows. I've used OS X extensively (being an IT contractor for mainly marketing firms - sorry), I get exposed to many offices using plenty of Macs, and having to use what hardware they do, I've used it for months. And the non-standard keyboard layout, but I guess I'm getting off-topic.