They won't really understand why 64 bit is useful but they'll buy it anyway because of the salesmen and adverts telling them that 'Wally's Computers! Now with 64 bit POOOWWWEERRRRRRRR!!'.
I don't like to see a troll go unfed at Christmas.
I've been a linux user for 12 years now since slackware 0.91, and I've finally managed to get everything the way I like on a linux desktop. (server side has been great for years).
But in June I bought a Powerbook G4 12". it looks great and the hardware is great, but the OS stink! Even windows is better. Linux is now way ahead. latest kde or gnome have all the features I need, maybe not all the fancy bells and whizzles in OsX, but it is configurable and productive.
If it took 12 years to get the Linux desktop working, shouldn't you give OS X the same amount time. Post a reply sometime around 2016 to let us know how it worked out.
I hate iTunes (a properitary mp3 player tied to a online service for ripping money out of you.)
Damn that whole idea of exchanging money for goods and services.
You do know that you're not actually required to use the Music Store? I think most people don't care if their software is proprietry as long as it works. iTunes can support ogg though via a plug-in.
The enclosed PDF viewing-program called preview is fast, but I've never got search working. this work fine in ggv and xpdf in linux.
Sounds like problem is located between the keyboard and chair. RTFM.
Hey, kooks do think! The problem is their tendency to think they are God or that sinister government agencies are actually interested in monitoring them.
I used to work in a call centre. I remember trying to get two particular native English speakers to use captal letters in names and addresses. For some reason, they just didn't see why you had to use capital letters, correct spelling or the correct format for post codes (that's zip code to you buddy).
If the addresses were bad enough, you should have seen their documented records of the calls. They may as well have been writing in mobile phone text language. In case anyone asks. No, they weren't dyslexic. They just did not care. of course this made us look like arses when we sent letters out to
jhon smith 33 big street london se151qy
Arrrghhh, rant over.
By the way. For those who've not had the pleasure of a call centre job, this site will give you an idea. The Chronicles of George
I don't believe security through obscurity works to any great extent. It's the design philosphy that decides whether product is more secure.
Security through diversity though is a very real and effective solution. Even if Mac OS X has the same number of security security flaws as Windows (or BeOS for that matter), the flaws will be different and so a single attack will not bring your entire computer ecosystem down.
Just out of curiosity, where did the whole security through obscurity thing come in to the conversation? Was that an assumption or perhaps something that's been bothering you for a while?
There is an underground Mac movement lobbying companies and individuals to port more spyware and viruses to the Mac platform but to be honest, we've not had much success.
Shipping is a pain but the worst thing is when you get caught for import duty.
I bought a camera from a pretty good US company (Cameta I think), and it was about 250 euro cheaper than buying it here in Ireland.
Unfortunately when I went to collect from the mail-room, I found out that they wouldn't let me have it unless I paid then around 100 euro import duty or something like that (it was a while ago).
It's definitely possible that there is a god. I just think it's improbable as there's no physical evidence for it, or at least nothing I'd see as compelling. If I'm proven wrong one day then fair enough, as long as it's the truth. That's the difference between science and faith. Science can be proven to be wrong and a new theory proposed. Faith can't. Faith doesn't require proof.
Fair enough. I'll admit my reading of the bible was not easy (too much begatting) and I don't personally recall where the 4000BC thing comes in to it. Also, I imagine different translations may or may not show this figure.
There is no reason why someone can't believe in evolution and creation. I've heard some argue that a 'creator' could have created evolution and perhaps installed souls once we became human.
Yep, mostly stuff that I've read or discussed with others.
The Bible is an interesting historical record but many of its stories and events are simply as believably as Zeus turning in to a swan. Here are some examples.
People rising from the grave and asccending in to heaven (Not something normally seen. Particularly since no-one has seen heaven)
Walking on water (Most people believe this impossible)
The world being created within the last 6000 years or so. (Geology and the fossil record contradict this.)
The devil, angels and God. (supernatural beings. No evidence of their existence)
People turning in to salt (I've not read the Bible for about 6 months so I'm hazy on this. Perhaps this is meant to be symbolic or perhaps it's like that episode of Star Trek when the crew of a a ship are drained of water).
Now all of these events may have happened but since they are all miraculous, thge burden of proof rests with those who claim that they are true. Simple rules of science tell me that it's highly improbable that any of these events occured.
Of course, it is possible that these are all metaphors or something like that.
Perception of ability and age is relative to your current age. Believe me, being half-way to becoming a couch-potato isn't half as worrying to me now at 30 as it would have been when I was 18.
I think it depends as well on your lifestyle. If you are an active outdoors type, you might be upset about being unable to run as fast as you did. If you're more of a couch-potato, it's not really an issue.
In the short-term yes but in the long term, it should make the business model very costly.
Imagine if you are paying someone to bring traffic to your site. Now originally, you would get maybe 2000 sessions, of these, 200 would buy your penis extending tablets. Fair enough, you pay the spammer and are happy.
Now, if you get 600000 bogus hits on top of this, you don't want to pay the spammer for these visits. In fact, the extra hosting costs you will pay to handle this traffic (and the lost business while your site is down) will surely make the business model make less sense.
1) There's a difference between using 'drugs' like caffeine/alchohol and abusing them. I know plenty of people who would not be considered abusers by the standard definition of the word.
2) You must work in sales or hang around with violent people. Again, I know plenty of people fitting this category.
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They won't really understand why 64 bit is useful but they'll buy it anyway because of the salesmen and adverts telling them that 'Wally's Computers! Now with 64 bit POOOWWWEERRRRRRRR!!'.
I don't like to see a troll go unfed at Christmas.
I've been a linux user for 12 years now since slackware 0.91, and I've finally managed to get everything the way I like on a linux desktop. (server side has been great for years).
But in June I bought a Powerbook G4 12". it looks great and the hardware is great, but the OS stink! Even windows is better. Linux is now way ahead. latest kde or gnome have all the features I need, maybe not all the fancy bells and whizzles in OsX, but it is configurable and productive.
If it took 12 years to get the Linux desktop working, shouldn't you give OS X the same amount time. Post a reply sometime around 2016 to let us know how it worked out.
I hate iTunes (a properitary mp3 player tied to a online service for ripping money out of you.)
Damn that whole idea of exchanging money for goods and services.
You do know that you're not actually required to use the Music Store? I think most people don't care if their software is proprietry as long as it works. iTunes can support ogg though via a plug-in.
The enclosed PDF viewing-program called preview is fast, but I've never got search working. this work fine in ggv and xpdf in linux.
Sounds like problem is located between the keyboard and chair. RTFM.
Hey, kooks do think! The problem is their tendency to think they are God or that sinister government agencies are actually interested in monitoring them.
I used to work in a call centre. I remember trying to get two particular native English speakers to use captal letters in names and addresses. For some reason, they just didn't see why you had to use capital letters, correct spelling or the correct format for post codes (that's zip code to you buddy).
If the addresses were bad enough, you should have seen their documented records of the calls. They may as well have been writing in mobile phone text language. In case anyone asks. No, they weren't dyslexic. They just did not care. of course this made us look like arses when we sent letters out to
jhon smith
33 big street
london
se151qy
Arrrghhh, rant over.
By the way. For those who've not had the pleasure of a call centre job, this site will give you an idea.
The Chronicles of George
Trolling, definitely not. Bad joke, probably yes.
I don't believe security through obscurity works to any great extent. It's the design philosphy that decides whether product is more secure.
Security through diversity though is a very real and effective solution. Even if Mac OS X has the same number of security security flaws as Windows (or BeOS for that matter), the flaws will be different and so a single attack will not bring your entire computer ecosystem down.
Just out of curiosity, where did the whole security through obscurity thing come in to the conversation? Was that an assumption or perhaps something that's been bothering you for a while?
There is an underground Mac movement lobbying companies and individuals to port more spyware and viruses to the Mac platform but to be honest, we've not had much success.
Probably best to stick with Windows.
I'm not sure how this works elsewhere but in the UK, I think there is a tax difference.
Children's shoes aren't subject to tax so once you go above a certain size, the price jumps. I could be wrong about this though.
It's not easier trying to drink a beer when you're laughing out loud yet being strangely aroused after reading that post.
I think this is where the true value of Internet shopping is found.
I buy most of my games online since the 5 or 6 shops here in town seem to all sell the same console and PC titles.
Shipping is a pain but the worst thing is when you get caught for import duty.
I bought a camera from a pretty good US company (Cameta I think), and it was about 250 euro cheaper than buying it here in Ireland.
Unfortunately when I went to collect from the mail-room, I found out that they wouldn't let me have it unless I paid then around 100 euro import duty or something like that (it was a while ago).
it still worked out cheaper overall though.
Maybe the reason you've been getting inferior Chinese products is just because you're buying cheap and inferior products.
I've plenty of products (iPod, assorted computer nick-nacks) from China and they seem fine to me.
It's definitely possible that there is a god. I just think it's improbable as there's no physical evidence for it, or at least nothing I'd see as compelling. If I'm proven wrong one day then fair enough, as long as it's the truth. That's the difference between science and faith. Science can be proven to be wrong and a new theory proposed. Faith can't. Faith doesn't require proof.
Fair enough. I'll admit my reading of the bible was not easy (too much begatting) and I don't personally recall where the 4000BC thing comes in to it. Also, I imagine different translations may or may not show this figure.
There is no reason why someone can't believe in evolution and creation. I've heard some argue that a 'creator' could have created evolution and perhaps installed souls once we became human.
Yep, I read the Bible a while back purely for the historical interest rather than religious reasons.
I agree that if you remove some of the bizarre stories and the repetition, it's quite an interesting read.
I would still say though that there are a number of oddities that are contradicted by what we know now.
Yep, mostly stuff that I've read or discussed with others.
The Bible is an interesting historical record but many of its stories and events are simply as believably as Zeus turning in to a swan. Here are some examples.
People rising from the grave and asccending in to heaven
(Not something normally seen. Particularly since no-one has seen heaven)
Walking on water
(Most people believe this impossible)
The world being created within the last 6000 years or so. (Geology and the fossil record contradict this.)
The devil, angels and God.
(supernatural beings. No evidence of their existence)
People turning in to salt
(I've not read the Bible for about 6 months so I'm hazy on this. Perhaps this is meant to be symbolic or perhaps it's like that episode of Star Trek when the crew of a a ship are drained of water).
Now all of these events may have happened but since they are all miraculous, thge burden of proof rests with those who claim that they are true. Simple rules of science tell me that it's highly improbable that any of these events occured.
Of course, it is possible that these are all metaphors or something like that.
I'm sure in 3004 you'll still be getting email adverts for penis tablets.
Perception of ability and age is relative to your current age. Believe me, being half-way to becoming a couch-potato isn't half as worrying to me now at 30 as it would have been when I was 18.
I think it depends as well on your lifestyle. If you are an active outdoors type, you might be upset about being unable to run as fast as you did. If you're more of a couch-potato, it's not really an issue.
Not as far as I know.
For some reason, the Bible often seems at odds with the findings of archaeologists, historians, geologists and science in general.
In light of that definition, perhaps 'lynch mob' would be a better way to describe this.
In the short-term yes but in the long term, it should make the business model very costly.
Imagine if you are paying someone to bring traffic to your site. Now originally, you would get maybe 2000 sessions, of these, 200 would buy your penis extending tablets. Fair enough, you pay the spammer and are happy.
Now, if you get 600000 bogus hits on top of this, you don't want to pay the spammer for these visits. In fact, the extra hosting costs you will pay to handle this traffic (and the lost business while your site is down) will surely make the business model make less sense.
Spammers spelling is terrible. I figure there are 2 possible reasons for it.
1) They have the spelling abilities of an 8 year-old child.
2) They are trying to get past spam filters.
Personally, I favour the former.
Good point. Personally I tend to filter out email from certain domains like;
hotmail
yahoo
consultant.com
mail.com
This is purely because they seem to be the most common email addresses for spammers and scammers.
I know one but they are allergic to alcohol and cigarette smoke so I think I may be cheating a bit ;-)
1) There's a difference between using 'drugs' like caffeine/alchohol and abusing them. I know plenty of people who would not be considered abusers by the standard definition of the word.
2) You must work in sales or hang around with violent people. Again, I know plenty of people fitting this category.
LOL.
Reminds me of a sysadmin at a place where I used to work.
Me: My CD drive is broken.
admin: Why do you need a CD drive?
Me: My space bar doesn't work.
admin: Why do you need a spacebar?
And so on....