Good analogy, but you stopped too soon. A Linux/Windows comparison is like a comparison between a blow-up doll and a badly groomed transvestite.
You need to go elsewhere to find anything comparable to the sexiness of an actual woman.
To quote Dave Zingg: "The Mac is my friend. If I were gay, it'd be my boyfriend."
Now look at all the things that Windows 2000 doesn't have that Linux has [...] 3-D effects
Now that's something I don't care for. Those 3D effects are quite pointless, as far as I could tell. I prefer the way OSX does Exposé/Spaces/Coverflow/Dashboard... enough eye-candy to impress, but always serving a purpose and not going too over-the-top.
Also, you forgot to mention this feature: pretty much every Linux distro out there has virtual desktops, while even Vista needs some add-on for that.
But what they are really doing is trying to stop 2% of their customers from using 98% of the bandwidth, bandwidth they have to pay for. Remember, though they are selling "unlimited" internet access at some level *all* bandwidth is measured. Theirs is certainly measured by their upstream provider. There is really no "unlimited" bandwidth.
Their own damn fault for selling something they don't have!
Don't get me wrong, teach your creation myth all you want, but do it in a religious studies class, not a science class.
I don't recall who said this (Clarke perhaps), but I agree: teaching religion to children should be forbidden. They must be protected from this abuse against their minds!
What part of "A well regulated militia" do you not understand?
Many people seem to get it wrong; "well regulated" does NOT mean "under government control" at all. It means: well-trained, in good order, prepared to strike as soon as the need comes.
Why do you think minimum wage laws and unions were formed in the first place?
"The last year in which the black unemployment rate was lower than the white unemployment rate in the United States was 1930. The next year, the first federal minimum wage law, the Davis-Bacon Act, was passed. One of its sponsors explicitly stated that the purpose was to keep blacks from taking jobs from whites. No one says things like that any more - which is a shame, because the effect of a minimum wage law does not depend on what anybody says. Blacks in general, and younger blacks in particular, are the biggest losers from such laws, just as younger and minority workers are in Europe." -- Thomas Sowell
I agree, it's absurd. They use only the upper range of the spectrum, except when a game is incredibly bad. Also, you can't be so precise with something so subjective; that's why I think magazines should use the old "star" rating. Some examples, in my opinion:
0 star = abysmal: Big Rigs, Action 52, ET, Extreme PaintBrawl. 1 star = crappy: First Samurai, Gods, Hook, James Bond Jr, Sword of Sodan. 2 stars = weak: Daikatana, Power Rangers, Outlander, 3 Ninjas Kick Back. 3 stars = good: Mickey Mania, Cool Spot, Final Fight, Prey, Elite Force. 4 stars = excellent: Castle of Illusion, Streets of Rage, Road Rash, Socket, Tempest 2000, Halo, Out Run 2006. 5 stars = the absolute best: Strider, Zelda LttP, Final Fantasy VI, NiGHTS, Half Life 2, Ikaruga, Shenmue, Super Metroid.
Not really, but it is really strange when you actually think about it.
I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure there's some law that says something like this: "You can not go around maiming people." Consider this now: if some nutjob decided to chop off his own child's fingers, earlobes, or nose... well, I don't think there are specific laws regarding nutjobs who chop off babies' fingers, or earlobes, or noses. But you don't really need those ultra-specific laws; there's already that one that says you can not go around maiming people. That same law should cover each of those cases, as well as any other case of body-part-chopping nutjob on the loose.
And here's the thing: a law banning circumcision should be redundant! After all, wasn't there that law that says you can not go around maiming people? And seriously, you'd have to be ignorant or insane to fail to see that chopping off the most erotically sensitive part of a man's body is a kind of maiming. Then WHY is that law not enforced in such cases?
Sometimes, when I see politicians writing bad laws like this one, I wonder... what if we found a perfect minarchist core set of laws, then said: this is the final version, no updates allowed.
I've been using Microsoft OSes since MS-DOS 3.2 (circa 1988), and I've never been nearly as frustrated, disappointed, and often outraged by an OS as I am with Vista.
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That is -- eliminate the malware, and WARN users that what the aforementioned companies were doing is not proper behavior.
Want something even worse? Try Jessica Simpson's version of "These Boots Were Made For Walking". Pure ear rape.
To quote Dave Zingg: "The Mac is my friend. If I were gay, it'd be my boyfriend."
Now that's something I don't care for. Those 3D effects are quite pointless, as far as I could tell. I prefer the way OSX does Exposé/Spaces/Coverflow/Dashboard... enough eye-candy to impress, but always serving a purpose and not going too over-the-top.
Also, you forgot to mention this feature: pretty much every Linux distro out there has virtual desktops, while even Vista needs some add-on for that.
I regard my computer as a Mac, but I doubt Steve Jobs would agree. :P
If you believe the feminazis, men are pigs already.
Microsoft : not a trap :: House : lupus
Their own damn fault for selling something they don't have!
Is it an analogy at all? "Wow, a food shop made their own computer. That's just like... another food shop making their own computer!"
Regulate: to adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning. - American Heritage Dictionary.
I don't recall who said this (Clarke perhaps), but I agree: teaching religion to children should be forbidden. They must be protected from this abuse against their minds!
Many people seem to get it wrong; "well regulated" does NOT mean "under government control" at all. It means: well-trained, in good order, prepared to strike as soon as the need comes.
Anyone who gives the shaft to the tax man gets RESPECT+9999 in my book.
You're forgetting the ultimate evil font... Comic Sans.
It's funny, it seems people here tend to mention Bill Nye rather than Beakman. I always thought Beakman was the "bigger" show!
One can dream...
From the ratings I saw, it seems to be very far from the original's quality.
I agree, it's absurd. They use only the upper range of the spectrum, except when a game is incredibly bad. Also, you can't be so precise with something so subjective; that's why I think magazines should use the old "star" rating. Some examples, in my opinion:
0 star = abysmal: Big Rigs, Action 52, ET, Extreme PaintBrawl.
1 star = crappy: First Samurai, Gods, Hook, James Bond Jr, Sword of Sodan.
2 stars = weak: Daikatana, Power Rangers, Outlander, 3 Ninjas Kick Back.
3 stars = good: Mickey Mania, Cool Spot, Final Fight, Prey, Elite Force.
4 stars = excellent: Castle of Illusion, Streets of Rage, Road Rash, Socket, Tempest 2000, Halo, Out Run 2006.
5 stars = the absolute best: Strider, Zelda LttP, Final Fantasy VI, NiGHTS, Half Life 2, Ikaruga, Shenmue, Super Metroid.
Not really, but it is really strange when you actually think about it.
I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure there's some law that says something like this: "You can not go around maiming people." Consider this now: if some nutjob decided to chop off his own child's fingers, earlobes, or nose... well, I don't think there are specific laws regarding nutjobs who chop off babies' fingers, or earlobes, or noses. But you don't really need those ultra-specific laws; there's already that one that says you can not go around maiming people. That same law should cover each of those cases, as well as any other case of body-part-chopping nutjob on the loose.
And here's the thing: a law banning circumcision should be redundant! After all, wasn't there that law that says you can not go around maiming people? And seriously, you'd have to be ignorant or insane to fail to see that chopping off the most erotically sensitive part of a man's body is a kind of maiming. Then WHY is that law not enforced in such cases?
Sometimes, when I see politicians writing bad laws like this one, I wonder... what if we found a perfect minarchist core set of laws, then said: this is the final version, no updates allowed.
Legit version has malware-ish features. Warezed version will certainly be clean. Do they WANT people to pirate or what?!
AFAIK, Apple paid Xerox in stock for access to PARC.