Then the clouds close again as more hydrocarbons rain down onto the slowly undulating ocean waves. A slimy tentacle emerges from the sea onto the beach...
And to top it off, the black background on the image doesn't even match the black background on the page. And they're going to be combining multimedia formats?;o)
Color me cynical, but I'd bet just the opposite. Considering that it's going to be on the Fox News Channel, it'll more likely be put forth as something along the lines of "we were forced to change the name due to the terroristic tactics of online communities slandering us on sites like Amazon blah blah blah typical Fox News fodder blah blah..."
It's the same Joe Sixpack that's running stock IE6 on XP and stock IE5 on Win2k and stock IE3 on Win98. It's the same Joe Sixpack that I get calls from at least 3 times a week saying "my Norton isn't working right."
Joe Sixpack doesn't give a shit about patching his browser or installing a service pack, all he want's to do is check his email and the ESPN site and surf for porn. This is _fact_. I deal with Joe Sixpack every day for a living. Day after day I see machines that are running stock installs full of whatever has been "clicky-clicky'd" on. Want to clean off Joe Sixpack's virus/spyware laden laptop? All you have (legally) is a "system restore CD" or a hidden restore partition on the drive to do so - which takes it back to a stock install ready and waiting to be stricken again. That is... unless you also want to spend 2-3 more hours installing patch after patch and rebooting 37 times to get it up to snuff. Multiply that time exponentially if using a dial-up. I charge by the hour, and most folks aren't willing to spend the $$ for my extra time to do that, and they obviously have no intention of doing it themselves.
Microsoft COULD HAVE done the world a favor just by turning on their update tool by default - so people might actually know they need updates at all, and might actually install them then. What's the point of issuing all these patches if people don't know they need them? Jeez... even cars have idiot lights.
I honestly thank Microsoft for not doing it though - because that pays my bills.
Online advertisers don't care as much about reaching the widest audience possible as they are about reaching the segment of the audience most likely to result in sales.
If that's the case, then why the hell do they keep trying to thwart pop up blockers? I won't EVER buy anything from a company that produces a pop up ad that gets by Mozilla or any other popup blocking system I'm using, yet they contunue to attempt to get in my face.
I appreciate the followup. The worst thing I've seen so far was X crashing when trying to use Xine on my laptop due to a bug in the package that was fixed within a couple of days(or immediately by using an alternate video player). Nothing too dreadful - god forbid I don't see some porn clips for a couple days;o)
It's just not a "fine desktop" for people who just want to get work or play done without applications suddenly failing on them.
I have to ask - have you actually even used the current Unstable release? I'm not trying to insulting you, it's just that I've talked to many who've "heard that it's that way" without actually trying it. Can you provide some examples? I'm sure there are plenty, but as far as my own experience goes, I've used it for the last couple of years without hesitation. I'm not a developer, maintainer, nor a coder for that matter. I personally use Unstable on 3 machines for desktop systems, and install it for others, and have very rarely had anything break. I'm curious to hear some "real word" examples versus those who've "heard it's not for a dekstop".
You might be interested in reading this article on Debian's policies as well as the Debian Policy Manual itslef. They will answer a lot of your questions.
As always, those of you who whine about Debian being out of date have probably never looked at the packages available in unstable and testing. Debian is a very fine distro for even desktop use.
And to top off including 13,000+ packages, they've even beaten the release times between Microsoft's barebones desktop OSes Windows XP and Longhorn
Except that those of us who don't like invasive proceedures on our computers, like DRM, will not accept SP2.
I got news for you - its not just the tinfoil hat crowd that won't install it - it's Joe Sixpack that won't install it as well.
It's the same Joe Sixpack that's running stock IE6 on XP and stock IE5 on Win2k and stock IE3 on Win98. Joe Sixpack doesn't give a shit about patching his browser or installing a service pack, all he want's to do is check his email and the ESPN site and surf for porn. This is _fact_. I deal with Joe Sixpack every day for a living. Day after day I see machines that are running stock installs full of whatever has been "clicky-clicky'd" on. Want to clean of Joe Sixpack's virus/spyware laden laptop? All you have (legally) is a "system restore CD" or a hidden restore partition on the drive to do so - which takes it back to a stock install ready and waiting to be stricken again. That is... unless you also want to spend 2-3 more hours installing patch after patch and rebooting 37 times to get it up to snuff. Multiply that time exponentially if using a dial-up. I charge by the hour, and most folks aren't willing to spend the $$ for my extra time to do that, and they obviously have no intention of doing it themselves.
Microsoft COULD HAVE done the world a favor just by turning on their update tool by default - so people might actually know they need updates at all, and might actually install them then. What's the point of issuing all these patches if people don't know they need them? Jeez... even cars have idiot lights.
I honestly thank Microsoft for not doing it though - because that pays my bills.
I would guess that there is a very strong correlation between how many times each song is requested to be played on the radio and how many CDs are sold.
What in the world makes you think that anyone is requesting this stuff on the radio? Other than the oddball local call-in show once in a while, 99.999999999999% of all comercial radio/mtv programming is done via marketers and machines based on who looks good enough to put a $XXX million dollar marketing campaign behind.
...make it illegal to read a book to your children? Sure, maybe my tinfoil hat's on a bit tight at the moment, but consider it... You'd be allowing unauthorized access by bypassing the encryption of the e-book media - simply by reading Rabbit Hill to your kid before he goes to bed! Adobe could, and if their previous actions(Skylarov) are any indication, WOULD have you arrested. And that doesn't even consider the arguement of losing a $100 reader if you fall asleep while reading in a bathtub. No thanks, I'll take dead trees.
Also, I wonder if this has anything to do with the human ability for learning language. Music is considered a language by many people, and a lot of studies show that languages are best learned when the subject is as young as possible. The (supposed?) increase in other senses' abilities when one is lost might also be a factor. By no means do I have scientiffic correlation for this, of course, but there might be something to it.
How the post got marked redudnant is a mystery;) However, have you ever tried white-noise therapy? It does give some sense of 'relief' to the constant ringing sound. Whenever I go to a live show that's especially loud, on the way back, I set the car radio between stations (the static is pretty close to white noise) and it 'counter-acts' the ringing a bit - so much so that it allows those in the car to have a conversation without having to yell. Ocean wave sounds have a simliar effect.
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What makes you think that would be any better?
That would also cover Cnet. Cnet==Zdnet: the same articles word for word.
Then the clouds close again as more hydrocarbons rain down onto the slowly undulating ocean waves. A slimy tentacle emerges from the sea onto the beach...
You have been eaten by a grue.
clicky clicky
And to top it off, the black background on the image doesn't even match the black background on the page. ;o)
And they're going to be combining multimedia formats?
Color me cynical, but I'd bet just the opposite.
Considering that it's going to be on the Fox News Channel, it'll more likely be put forth as something along the lines of "we were forced to change the name due to the terroristic tactics of online communities slandering us on sites like Amazon blah blah blah typical Fox News fodder blah blah..."
The problem with lawyers is that 99% of them give the rest a bad name.
I've said it befre and I'll say it again:
Joe Sixpack won't install it.
It's the same Joe Sixpack that's running stock IE6 on XP and stock IE5 on Win2k and stock IE3 on Win98.
It's the same Joe Sixpack that I get calls from at least 3 times a week saying "my Norton isn't working right."
Joe Sixpack doesn't give a shit about patching his browser or installing a service pack, all he want's to do is check his email and the ESPN site and surf for porn.
This is _fact_.
I deal with Joe Sixpack every day for a living. Day after day I see machines that are running stock installs full of whatever has been "clicky-clicky'd" on.
Want to clean off Joe Sixpack's virus/spyware laden laptop? All you have (legally) is a "system restore CD" or a hidden restore partition on the drive to do so - which takes it back to a stock install ready and waiting to be stricken again. That is... unless you also want to spend 2-3 more hours installing patch after patch and rebooting 37 times to get it up to snuff. Multiply that time exponentially if using a dial-up. I charge by the hour, and most folks aren't willing to spend the $$ for my extra time to do that, and they obviously have no intention of doing it themselves.
Microsoft COULD HAVE done the world a favor just by turning on their update tool by default - so people might actually know they need updates at all, and might actually install them then. What's the point of issuing all these patches if people don't know they need them? Jeez... even cars have idiot lights.
I honestly thank Microsoft for not doing it though - because that pays my bills.
Online advertisers don't care as much about reaching the widest audience possible as they are about reaching the segment of the audience most likely to result in sales.
If that's the case, then why the hell do they keep trying to thwart pop up blockers? I won't EVER buy anything from a company that produces a pop up ad that gets by Mozilla or any other popup blocking system I'm using, yet they contunue to attempt to get in my face.
I appreciate the followup. The worst thing I've seen so far was X crashing when trying to use Xine on my laptop due to a bug in the package that was fixed within a couple of days(or immediately by using an alternate video player). Nothing too dreadful - god forbid I don't see some porn clips for a couple days ;o)
They are still debating if XFree 4.2 should be default.
/etc/issue
huh?
$ cat
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 \n \l
$ dpkg -l xserver-xfree86 |grep ii
ii xserver-xfree8 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 the XFree86 X server
It's just not a "fine desktop" for people who just want to get work or play done without applications suddenly failing on them.
I have to ask - have you actually even used the current Unstable release?
I'm not trying to insulting you, it's just that I've talked to many who've "heard that it's that way" without actually trying it. Can you provide some examples? I'm sure there are plenty, but as far as my own experience goes, I've used it for the last couple of years without hesitation. I'm not a developer, maintainer, nor a coder for that matter. I personally use Unstable on 3 machines for desktop systems, and install it for others, and have very rarely had anything break. I'm curious to hear some "real word" examples versus those who've "heard it's not for a dekstop".
You might be interested in reading this article on Debian's policies as well as the Debian Policy Manual itslef. They will answer a lot of your questions.
As always, those of you who whine about Debian being out of date have probably never looked at the packages available in unstable and testing. Debian is a very fine distro for even desktop use.
And to top off including 13,000+ packages, they've even beaten the release times between Microsoft's barebones desktop OSes Windows XP and Longhorn
Seem to me that this is no more than just some "terra-fying marketing" campagin, no different than Symantec's Vincent Steckler saying "If 90 percent [of software] was open source there would be just as many attacks, only worse. Imagine smart hackers with [access to] source code". OSRM, like Symantec, is trying to use scare tactics to try and CREATE A DEMAND WHERE THERE IS NO MARKET for their products and services - only a "potential" market.
Except that those of us who don't like invasive proceedures on our computers, like DRM, will not accept SP2.
I got news for you - its not just the tinfoil hat crowd that won't install it - it's Joe Sixpack that won't install it as well.
It's the same Joe Sixpack that's running stock IE6 on XP and stock IE5 on Win2k and stock IE3 on Win98. Joe Sixpack doesn't give a shit about patching his browser or installing a service pack, all he want's to do is check his email and the ESPN site and surf for porn.
This is _fact_.
I deal with Joe Sixpack every day for a living. Day after day I see machines that are running stock installs full of whatever has been "clicky-clicky'd" on.
Want to clean of Joe Sixpack's virus/spyware laden laptop? All you have (legally) is a "system restore CD" or a hidden restore partition on the drive to do so - which takes it back to a stock install ready and waiting to be stricken again. That is... unless you also want to spend 2-3 more hours installing patch after patch and rebooting 37 times to get it up to snuff. Multiply that time exponentially if using a dial-up. I charge by the hour, and most folks aren't willing to spend the $$ for my extra time to do that, and they obviously have no intention of doing it themselves.
Microsoft COULD HAVE done the world a favor just by turning on their update tool by default - so people might actually know they need updates at all, and might actually install them then. What's the point of issuing all these patches if people don't know they need them? Jeez... even cars have idiot lights.
I honestly thank Microsoft for not doing it though - because that pays my bills.
I would guess that there is a very strong correlation between how many times each song is requested to be played on the radio and how many CDs are sold.
What in the world makes you think that anyone is requesting this stuff on the radio?
Other than the oddball local call-in show once in a while, 99.999999999999% of all comercial radio/mtv programming is done via marketers and machines based on who looks good enough to put a $XXX million dollar marketing campaign behind.
...make it illegal to read a book to your children?
Sure, maybe my tinfoil hat's on a bit tight at the moment, but consider it...
You'd be allowing unauthorized access by bypassing the encryption of the e-book media - simply by reading Rabbit Hill to your kid before he goes to bed! Adobe could, and if their previous actions(Skylarov) are any indication, WOULD have you arrested.
And that doesn't even consider the arguement of losing a $100 reader if you fall asleep while reading in a bathtub. No thanks, I'll take dead trees.
Or has Google gotten a lot of bad press lately....
It's even more interesting considering this was recently started...
--tinfoil hat size: 7 3/8
Three words:
free speech zone
...when will we have laws making it a mandatory requirement for companies like this to fully disclose events like this to the public...
Perhaps when "we the people" take back our government from its corporate masters.
Also, I wonder if this has anything to do with the human ability for learning language. Music is considered a language by many people, and a lot of studies show that languages are best learned when the subject is as young as possible. The (supposed?) increase in other senses' abilities when one is lost might also be a factor. By no means do I have scientiffic correlation for this, of course, but there might be something to it.
How the post got marked redudnant is a mystery ;)
However, have you ever tried white-noise therapy? It does give some sense of 'relief' to the constant ringing sound. Whenever I go to a live show that's especially loud, on the way back, I set the car radio between stations (the static is pretty close to white noise) and it 'counter-acts' the ringing a bit - so much so that it allows those in the car to have a conversation without having to yell. Ocean wave sounds have a simliar effect.
We believe in it.
The signal to noise ratio can get pretty bad at times, but there are always intersting discussions.
The Risks Digest is also pretty interesting.
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