.."I'm Rick James, bitch!" I would also like to include that reviews of 'beginners' type books on slashdot can really be helpful to those of us who haven't been able to geek out in particular areas of tech.
I'll pick it up.
For the most part, it's because the more computers become necessary, the more i know people are stealing software (or wanting to "borrow" others') in order so that the computer does what they want.
With open source stealing isn't necessary. Want to burn a CD? You don't have to spend $30 on Nero or Roxio in order to do so. Want to superimpose your Dad's face into a scene from the Godfather? You're not going to have to go to P2P networks to get copies of Photoshop (possibly infected) to do it on.
I was tired of being so limited in what I was able to do with my computer without spending ungodly amounts of money on some software that I would only use once in a blue moon.
In comes free beer, and the party is on. So now i can point friends and relatives to The Gimp or whatever else may fit their needs, and I know I'm ultimately doing them a favor.
At least, until they fire up whatever bittorrent client to download a movie they don't feel like paying for.:)
I'm not sure if you Windows users noticed (It may be in linux as well, i'm not on that box right now), but in the upper right side of your browser there will be an orange circle.
Click that and it's the same as using the wizard mentioned, without the clicks:)
I love firefox.
Reminds me of the big lebowski scene at the end of the movie with the 'nihilists'..
"Without a hostage there's no ransom! Those are the rules!"
"Our girlfriend cut off her toe!"
"We thought we would get a million dollars! It's not fair!"
(...No Donny, there's nothing to worry about, these men are cowards.)
anyway. those people deserve to get smashed in the stomach with bowling balls and their ears bit off by John Goodman.
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What would happen if he looked at his own feed with his bionic eye?
An infinite loop of images kind of like two mirrors next to each other.
Would his brain explode?
.."I'm Rick James, bitch!" I would also like to include that reviews of 'beginners' type books on slashdot can really be helpful to those of us who haven't been able to geek out in particular areas of tech. I'll pick it up.
For the most part, it's because the more computers become necessary, the more i know people are stealing software (or wanting to "borrow" others') in order so that the computer does what they want.
:)
With open source stealing isn't necessary. Want to burn a CD? You don't have to spend $30 on Nero or Roxio in order to do so. Want to superimpose your Dad's face into a scene from the Godfather? You're not going to have to go to P2P networks to get copies of Photoshop (possibly infected) to do it on.
I was tired of being so limited in what I was able to do with my computer without spending ungodly amounts of money on some software that I would only use once in a blue moon.
In comes free beer, and the party is on. So now i can point friends and relatives to The Gimp or whatever else may fit their needs, and I know I'm ultimately doing them a favor.
At least, until they fire up whatever bittorrent client to download a movie they don't feel like paying for.
I'm not sure if you Windows users noticed (It may be in linux as well, i'm not on that box right now), but in the upper right side of your browser there will be an orange circle. Click that and it's the same as using the wizard mentioned, without the clicks :)
I love firefox.
Reminds me of the big lebowski scene at the end of the movie with the 'nihilists'.. "Without a hostage there's no ransom! Those are the rules!" "Our girlfriend cut off her toe!" "We thought we would get a million dollars! It's not fair!" (...No Donny, there's nothing to worry about, these men are cowards.) anyway. those people deserve to get smashed in the stomach with bowling balls and their ears bit off by John Goodman.