You seem to be reading a lot into these things. I live in london and have seen no gay bashing at all. I mean, have you been to soho? If there were people out there who didn't like gay people, that place wouldn't exist.
If you can't stop a program starting up when you turn your windows box on, you don't deserve a computer (and how you've managed to type on slashdot without braining yourself on your keyboard or choking on your mouse is incredible).
start -> run -> msconfig, or start -> run -> services.msc
I know it hurts, but please try and use your brain.
Yes, the rights are reserved by the owner of the record, however mercora has sought the rights to broadcast from the very same owner. The "all rights reserved" thing doesn't mean broadcasting is always prohibited, but that you don't intrinsically get the right to broadcast just by buying the tracks.
People use microsoft products because microsoft products are better. If someone really could offer everyone a free office suite that's better than microsoft office, you wouldn't be able to move for people trying to get it installed in every company worldwide. Want to dislodge microsoft? Make better software then they do. It's that simple.
No, people like that are in the absolute minority. That's why there aren't many drivers out for linux. Bigger share of the market = more drivers for your OS.
I'm not having a go, but lets not ignore the real problem here:) The lack of drivers for linux isn't part of a smear campaign, or the latest round of MS-backed dirty tricks:-P
We're talking about something with aestetical output, not something easily quantifiable. You can't tell jack about a GPUs output from its specs. Even two boards with similar specs can have incredibly different output.
It's like trying to figure out how good an artist Da Vinci was by looking at the chemical make-up of his paint, rather than looking at his art.
The very fact it has been "discovered" again means this new "discovery" should be taken with a pinch of salt. That's what they meant (and indeed implied rather obviously) - the question mark is unneccesary.
A hovercraft?? Do you know how bad hovercrafts are on uneven surfaces, especially rocky deserts? They have 0in ground-clearances, so that might give you some clues. It would be the perfect vehicle for soft, flat sahara-esque sand, but on the terrain they're talking about it wouldn't get far at all.
Users don't have to edit the registry to change anything. It's all reflected in a graphical interface. The registry also has an automated way for people to make changes, which isn't the case with flat text.conf files.
Your attitude is the one keeping Linux back, not Microsoft. If the linux community can't swallow its pride enough to admit when Windows does something people actually respond positively to, linux can't possibly go anywhere near the desktop.
Nice dodging of every other point I made, though. well done.
About 30 minutes ago, I just downloaded the latest knoppix live CD. I also am using RH9 on our production servers at work. I'm not exactly using RH3 now, am I?
"Windows still requires a lengthy and buggy third-party driver installation process" and compiling drivers some guy from arkansas wrote for his printer is not a lengthy and buggy third-part driver installation process? Comparing that to windows is ridiculous. With windows, you get the driver on the CD with the device. You put the CD in, it copies files. 3 minutes later, your hardware is ready for use. No rebooting, no command prompts, no newsgroups, no make, no nothing. How you can seriously say Linux has better driver support than windows is beyond me. A true fanboy, you must be.
Saying it's about marketing is silly. To adopt linux, people have to start using an OS they're unfamiliar with. An OS with lots of quirks and less-than-easy ways of doing things (.conf files? try explaining those to a CEO or your gran). It simply costs too much to change to linux. I'm not talking monetarily, but through productivity. Open Office is a great attempt at taking business from microsoft, but microsofts product is simply better. It loads in seconds, sets the standards (so isn't permanently playing catch-up), looks good and interoperates with the OS. Open office can't boast any of those things, so if people move to it, they automatically lose functionality and productivity.
The second an average windows user can move from Windows to Linux without having to learn anything is the day linux will do well. As the shell is still an integral part of Linux, that's not going to happen any time soon.
If Linux is going to surpass windows on the desktop, compiling stuff is not an option. It takes time, can break, and is something the end user absolutely positively doesn't need to know anything about. You can't harbour both attitudes - compiling is either a great thing (and linux will never "win" on the desktop"), or it's something linux needs to desperately overcome if it's going to gain any sort of respectable foothold in the desktop market.
Your choice.
Oh, and it's not just hardware that millions of people haven't used before, but simple stuff like modems. Don't make it out to be an exception, when it clearly isn't:)
Hahahaha! Grow up, dude - seriously. THAT's what killed it? Hahahaha!!! Whatever. You linux fanatics are playing the same, old-ass record. Get a real excuse as to why people keep on using Windows over other operating systems. It's not what Microsoft does, but what the other OSs don't do. Drivers are one GREAT example. Try to get some exotic hardware working on linux, and you better hope you know how to compile stuff, as you're going to need it.
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Can someone tell Rev'd Bush about that church part? He seems to enjoy banging on about god every opportunity he gets.
ew.
Of course you know that. You just like hanging out on forums making yourself look like a dunce. I understand.
You seem to be reading a lot into these things. I live in london and have seen no gay bashing at all. I mean, have you been to soho? If there were people out there who didn't like gay people, that place wouldn't exist.
start -> run -> msconfig, or start -> run -> services.msc
I know it hurts, but please try and use your brain.
30KB/s is 240Kb/s, which is more than enough to stream a 128kbit MP3, still leaving you with enough upstream to use the internet...
Yes, the rights are reserved by the owner of the record, however mercora has sought the rights to broadcast from the very same owner. The "all rights reserved" thing doesn't mean broadcasting is always prohibited, but that you don't intrinsically get the right to broadcast just by buying the tracks.
Oh yeah, and reagan was a dick.
Hollywood != true
You celebrate a birth, and commemorate a death.
One word: bollocks.
Got proof?
I'd love to work on something with someone else. Being the only coder where I work is a bit lonely :-P
I'm not having a go, but lets not ignore the real problem here :) The lack of drivers for linux isn't part of a smear campaign, or the latest round of MS-backed dirty tricks :-P
It's like trying to figure out how good an artist Da Vinci was by looking at the chemical make-up of his paint, rather than looking at his art.
The very fact it has been "discovered" again means this new "discovery" should be taken with a pinch of salt. That's what they meant (and indeed implied rather obviously) - the question mark is unneccesary.
Because more developers would have to create that functionality, than users who would use it. Not enough people use OGG to make that feasible.
A hovercraft?? Do you know how bad hovercrafts are on uneven surfaces, especially rocky deserts? They have 0in ground-clearances, so that might give you some clues. It would be the perfect vehicle for soft, flat sahara-esque sand, but on the terrain they're talking about it wouldn't get far at all.
AAah the American solution. Can't beat it by ingenuity? DESTROY IT!
apart from that one, right? :-P
Your attitude is the one keeping Linux back, not Microsoft. If the linux community can't swallow its pride enough to admit when Windows does something people actually respond positively to, linux can't possibly go anywhere near the desktop.
Nice dodging of every other point I made, though. well done.
"Windows still requires a lengthy and buggy third-party driver installation process" and compiling drivers some guy from arkansas wrote for his printer is not a lengthy and buggy third-part driver installation process? Comparing that to windows is ridiculous. With windows, you get the driver on the CD with the device. You put the CD in, it copies files. 3 minutes later, your hardware is ready for use. No rebooting, no command prompts, no newsgroups, no make, no nothing. How you can seriously say Linux has better driver support than windows is beyond me. A true fanboy, you must be.
Saying it's about marketing is silly. To adopt linux, people have to start using an OS they're unfamiliar with. An OS with lots of quirks and less-than-easy ways of doing things (.conf files? try explaining those to a CEO or your gran). It simply costs too much to change to linux. I'm not talking monetarily, but through productivity. Open Office is a great attempt at taking business from microsoft, but microsofts product is simply better. It loads in seconds, sets the standards (so isn't permanently playing catch-up), looks good and interoperates with the OS. Open office can't boast any of those things, so if people move to it, they automatically lose functionality and productivity.
The second an average windows user can move from Windows to Linux without having to learn anything is the day linux will do well. As the shell is still an integral part of Linux, that's not going to happen any time soon.
Your choice.
Oh, and it's not just hardware that millions of people haven't used before, but simple stuff like modems. Don't make it out to be an exception, when it clearly isn't :)
Hardly - it just gives a BeOS front to the limited range of linux drivers, instead. Better, but not good. :-P
Hahahaha! Grow up, dude - seriously. THAT's what killed it? Hahahaha!!! Whatever. You linux fanatics are playing the same, old-ass record. Get a real excuse as to why people keep on using Windows over other operating systems. It's not what Microsoft does, but what the other OSs don't do. Drivers are one GREAT example. Try to get some exotic hardware working on linux, and you better hope you know how to compile stuff, as you're going to need it.
why do I have to compile something to watch a movie on my linux box?
why can't I play games on my linux PC?
why do I have to use a third-rate office suite?
"Judge not lest ye be judged", as some hippie once said :)