These all sound like things a mature adult would take responsibility for. You know you can go to the courthouse and get an extension on your tickets. Don't throw your fucking trash on the roads that my taxes help pay for, regardless of what politicians say most insurance AGENCIES (not companies) are more than willing to help you out if you're having trouble paying your insurance.
Insurance companies don't sell policies, their agents do and most of them are small business owners who understand hard times. They don't want to lose you because they'll lose their commission. Most of them will eat a month or two of your premium until you get back on your feet.
Saying that, I wouldn't help you. You sound like a punk kid with entitlement issues.
I don't like first person shooters, I don't play sports games (though SimGolf and Baseball Mogul are the shit) and I don't own a console and I don't play MMO's.
While going through some boxes the other day I found all of my old Sierra and LucasFilm games. Monkey Island, Full Throttle, The Dig...those were fun. They're fun because there's an actual story with good characters, interesting locations and good puzzles.
Civilization, SimCity, etc are fun because there's no limit to what you can do. There's no pre-determined path to follow. If I want to build a majestic, economically sound city then giggle while I destroy it with a flying eyeball that spits lasers I can.
I recently bought X-Plane because of the deal they were running due to Flight Simulator getting cancelled. Its not nearly as polished as Flight Sim but its got freaking Mars and its possible to actually get out of Earth's orbit. I dutifully purchased the Inside Passage and some other planes. I did this because its fun and again there's no linear path to follow.
Bring back "FUN" and people (especially old farts like me that have plenty of disposable income) will buy it.
The article is nothing but FUD. They base the relationship of Microsoft and Intel cooling on a comment an Intel employee made at a trade show that some Microsoft employees in the next booth overheard and said "Hey, we're listening."
This is just another crappy article that is spread over a bazillion pages when one when would do so they can push their advertisers.
"What if Microsoft switched to ARM?"
"What if Count Chocula and the Cookie Monster teamed up kidnapped the Keibler Elves? What if monkey's flew out of Cowboy Neil's butt? What is Megan Fox showed up naked at my front door with Natalie Portman covered in grits?"
Wow...I mean wow. You just compared the imaginary Microsoft vs. Linux bullshit to the Nazi's vs. the Jews.
I can't wait until you retards have to go out into the real world.
HR: So what qualities will you bring to our company, why should I hire you?
FT: I WILL SHOUT AND SPOUT A LOT ABOUT LINUX AND HOW MUCH BETTER IT IS THAN MICROSOFT BECAUSE MICROSOFT IS TRYING TO ERADICATE ME BECAUSE THEY'RE A WELL FUNDED ORGANIZATION THAT HIRES HIT SQUADS. WAIT, YOU DON'T USE LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE NAZIS!!!!!!!!!!!
HR: Okay, I'm just going to repeatedly hit the security button now.
One of these days I need to make a short film about all of you that think that free software is so fucking important in your lives.
That's funny, I've been running the RC for two months now and I haven't seen a single ribbon on any WINDOWS windows. Don't blame the OS for a choice the app maker takes.
Um, corporate IT doesn't only consist of managing Exchange. There are enterprise virus/malware scanners that will isolate a machine from the network when something is detected which usually never happens cause there are also enterprise solutions that catch that stuff at the entry point to the network. All this stuff is run by, you know IT PROFESSIONALS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
So a guy with 20 computers is supposed to take the time to:
1. Write the scripts, assuming he knows Perl well
2. Manually check the logs to make sure that:
a. The software is installed
b. It is up to date
c. If it has a virus or not
3. Figure out to explain to his boss why the boss paid him more trying to figure this all out than it would cost to install a solution that would do all of the above for him and notify him via email/IM/text when something is wrong.
I bet you had some serious orgasms when X10 was released. "I can Perl my lights, Perl my microwave, Perl my plugin King Dong.
I agree, I drop off our outgoing packages at the regional FedEx office. There's usually quite a bit of them and my Explorer is perfect for this. Its also cheaper for them to reimburse me for mileage than to pay the pickup fee that FedEx charges.
I was talking about print formats in general. And yes, I do believe there are enough people to sustain a business model but there aren't enough advertisers anymore.
The main problem is that there is a whole generation of people who are used to having things handed to them. They don't understand economics, they want everything for free and they whine and bitch a lot if they don't get it. Or mommy and daddy sue somebody.
Whatever, re-read my post. Think about all the things you use paper/print for. You really want to wipe your ass with a cloth and then throw that in the laundry basket and say, "Hey babe, laundry's ready."
I paid for a EGM subscription and I'll pay for it again. I like not having to squint at someone's ridiculous font. I like turning pages. I like not having to "Next Page" through fifteen pages of website ad bullshit to read an article that wouldn't even take up one print page. If I'm sitting somewhere for less than 10 minutes I'd rather pull out a magazine than get my laptop out and mess with it.
I like large pictures, not the ones on websites that you can't see "What is that? Oh great, I can't enlarge the photo". I have disposable income. When I'm done with it I can roll it up and use it to start a fire in my nice brick fireplace, can you start a fire in your nice brick fireplace with a website?
I don't have to read comments, OH GOD I DON'T HAVE TO SORT THROUGH "FIRST!!!!, YOU SUCK, LINUX RULES, WINDOWS 7 IS THE BESTEST" or any other horseshit.
I can roll it up and swat my dog on the butt when he's bad. If I'm ever in a knife fight with some highly skilled assassin in Germany I can use it to defeat him. When I'm hot (like with this fucking laptop on my lap) I can use it to fan myself. When I'm cold, I can tear the pages out and stuff them in my clothes. Magazines make great temporary coasters, dustpans, non-sticking thing to breakup pot on, and in going with the above themes...toilet paper.
Excellent point but most people under the age of 25 won't understand it because they're handed anything they want.
I've been in IT for 18 year (as of June 1) and I make a good living at it but I have to say that Shop was probably my favorite class. My dad always had a workshop wherever we lived and he taught me a lot. Pinewood Derby? He'd suggest things but we always made the car ourselves. They may not have been pretty or fast but it was MY car.
My dad and Shop are the reason I know how to weld, fix just about anything mechanical, and more importantly, helped me appreciate and respect those who do that type of job for a living.
Always be nice to your HVAC/Mechanic/Lawn & Garden/etc person. They're smarter than you think. A buddy of mine was a professor at the age of 24, smart fucker. He worked HVAC during the summers and now does it full time. I asked him why and he said, "Its fun, I get to be outside, the people appreciate what I do and I actually get to see the results of my work."
Like I said, he's a smart fucker.
This was discussed the other day and I have to smile at the fact that this is the best the Linux community can come up with.
You are seriously going to run City of Heroes on top of Wine on top of this other thing just to get a post on Slashdot?
1. Calling bullshit on the fiance
2. If she's real, she's sleeping with someone else
3. Linux!
I just helped two people buy new laptops for their wives. They ended up with HP Pavillion DV- something or other. I took them back to the office and set them all up and thought to myself "Damn, these are fast."
It wasn't until my dad wanted to get my step-mom a laptop (got her the same one)and I took more time setting it up that I discovered they were running 64-bit Vista.
Everything worked fine and they only paid $699 for the laptops.
A good Sys Admin or someone who likes to argue computers can't do it based on information from 2001. 64 bit Windows works fine.
I take the tapes to a safety deposit box in a bank that is next door to the Fire Department.
The safety deposit box costs us $72 a year for one their biggest one.
Thank you for reinforcing the point about why Linux and "FOSS" will never succeed.
Its people like you that make business oriented people start pushing the security button when you start spewing your manifesto. Its also why business oriented people will never touch "FOSS" because they're afraid they have to deal with people like you.
And your line about the free fruits and berries, classic.
Who are these people you speak of?
I've worked in a real job (read not my parent's basement or academia) for a long time and only now starting to see Office 2007 (three in one year) files. I have never seen anything come in that was OO.
I love this paragraph and the last sentence in the one before it:
For a while, they deployed OpenOffice as the word processing and spreadsheet application, but ran into problems. The wide range of multimedia documents and complex spreadsheets, often produced by Microsoft Office, that the company received were not reliably imported into OpenOffice. In the worst cases, some spreadsheets would crash OpenOffice Calc. As many of the documents were related to authenticating customers, pragmatism has meant that the company has switched to Microsoft Office, at least for the foreseeable future.
The foreseeable future...considering I heard almost that exact quote 10 years ago I don't think they'll be switching anytime in the next century.
And the guy that said
But the whole point of the post was that Linux reached something so archaic -- not something at the forefront.
I hope you're being sarcastic because if not you're very sad and very, very dumb.
How many companies do you know (not counting Fortune 500) that actually follow Microsoft's upgrade path? We just adopted Server 2003 last year along with Exchange 2007.
Wanna know why? Because we don't have the resources or pull with Microsoft to have been testing the betas years ago. We have to test once its released. Microsoft knows this, and they know that the majority of companies won't upgrade for a while because they know they'll get the software cheaper because Server 20XX and Exchange 20XX will be available.
Fortune 500 companies upgrade to this new cutting edge software because they have to keep up the appearance of being ahead of the competitor. We've received a grand total of 57 email attachments that were of the Office 2007 format since it came out.
I seriously think most of the posters on here are Linux Fanboys and/or level 1 helpdesk techs who have no clue what goes on above them.
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These all sound like things a mature adult would take responsibility for. You know you can go to the courthouse and get an extension on your tickets. Don't throw your fucking trash on the roads that my taxes help pay for, regardless of what politicians say most insurance AGENCIES (not companies) are more than willing to help you out if you're having trouble paying your insurance.
Insurance companies don't sell policies, their agents do and most of them are small business owners who understand hard times. They don't want to lose you because they'll lose their commission. Most of them will eat a month or two of your premium until you get back on your feet.
Saying that, I wouldn't help you. You sound like a punk kid with entitlement issues.
I don't like first person shooters, I don't play sports games (though SimGolf and Baseball Mogul are the shit) and I don't own a console and I don't play MMO's.
While going through some boxes the other day I found all of my old Sierra and LucasFilm games. Monkey Island, Full Throttle, The Dig...those were fun. They're fun because there's an actual story with good characters, interesting locations and good puzzles.
Civilization, SimCity, etc are fun because there's no limit to what you can do. There's no pre-determined path to follow. If I want to build a majestic, economically sound city then giggle while I destroy it with a flying eyeball that spits lasers I can.
I recently bought X-Plane because of the deal they were running due to Flight Simulator getting cancelled. Its not nearly as polished as Flight Sim but its got freaking Mars and its possible to actually get out of Earth's orbit. I dutifully purchased the Inside Passage and some other planes. I did this because its fun and again there's no linear path to follow.
Bring back "FUN" and people (especially old farts like me that have plenty of disposable income) will buy it.
The article is nothing but FUD. They base the relationship of Microsoft and Intel cooling on a comment an Intel employee made at a trade show that some Microsoft employees in the next booth overheard and said "Hey, we're listening."
This is just another crappy article that is spread over a bazillion pages when one when would do so they can push their advertisers.
"What if Microsoft switched to ARM?"
"What if Count Chocula and the Cookie Monster teamed up kidnapped the Keibler Elves? What if monkey's flew out of Cowboy Neil's butt? What is Megan Fox showed up naked at my front door with Natalie Portman covered in grits?"
Its about the same comparison.
Here:
Out of the Inner Circle
And here:
The Hacker's Handbook
I have both of these and they are excellent. The Bill Landreth book is the better one though.
Wow...I mean wow. You just compared the imaginary Microsoft vs. Linux bullshit to the Nazi's vs. the Jews.
I can't wait until you retards have to go out into the real world.
HR: So what qualities will you bring to our company, why should I hire you?
FT: I WILL SHOUT AND SPOUT A LOT ABOUT LINUX AND HOW MUCH BETTER IT IS THAN MICROSOFT BECAUSE MICROSOFT IS TRYING TO ERADICATE ME BECAUSE THEY'RE A WELL FUNDED ORGANIZATION THAT HIRES HIT SQUADS. WAIT, YOU DON'T USE LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE NAZIS!!!!!!!!!!!
HR: Okay, I'm just going to repeatedly hit the security button now.
One of these days I need to make a short film about all of you that think that free software is so fucking important in your lives.
That's funny, I've been running the RC for two months now and I haven't seen a single ribbon on any WINDOWS windows. Don't blame the OS for a choice the app maker takes.
Um, corporate IT doesn't only consist of managing Exchange. There are enterprise virus/malware scanners that will isolate a machine from the network when something is detected which usually never happens cause there are also enterprise solutions that catch that stuff at the entry point to the network. All this stuff is run by, you know IT PROFESSIONALS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
So a guy with 20 computers is supposed to take the time to:
1. Write the scripts, assuming he knows Perl well
2. Manually check the logs to make sure that:
a. The software is installed
b. It is up to date
c. If it has a virus or not
3. Figure out to explain to his boss why the boss paid him more trying to figure this all out than it would cost to install a solution that would do all of the above for him and notify him via email/IM/text when something is wrong.
I bet you had some serious orgasms when X10 was released. "I can Perl my lights, Perl my microwave, Perl my plugin King Dong.
Linux has in the last couple of years
- Fucked up the sound sub-system even worse than it was 15 years ago
- Somehow turned into a religion of hate spouting zealots
- Released a confusing myriad of distributions and versions which absolutely make no sense
- Gotten Intel to release open source drivers yet still managed to fuck that up
- Forked GCC
- Claim its greatest accomplishment is Compiz - Wobbly windows, woohoo!
- Somehow manage to be WORSE off than it was in 1999
It's like the captain of the ship's drunk at the helm.
I agree, I drop off our outgoing packages at the regional FedEx office. There's usually quite a bit of them and my Explorer is perfect for this. Its also cheaper for them to reimburse me for mileage than to pay the pickup fee that FedEx charges.
Well that's discrimination! Quick, find me a lawyer.
I was talking about print formats in general. And yes, I do believe there are enough people to sustain a business model but there aren't enough advertisers anymore.
The main problem is that there is a whole generation of people who are used to having things handed to them. They don't understand economics, they want everything for free and they whine and bitch a lot if they don't get it. Or mommy and daddy sue somebody.
Whatever, re-read my post. Think about all the things you use paper/print for. You really want to wipe your ass with a cloth and then throw that in the laundry basket and say, "Hey babe, laundry's ready."
THIS IS ONE PARADIGM SHIFT I DO NOT WANT.
I paid for a EGM subscription and I'll pay for it again. I like not having to squint at someone's ridiculous font. I like turning pages. I like not having to "Next Page" through fifteen pages of website ad bullshit to read an article that wouldn't even take up one print page. If I'm sitting somewhere for less than 10 minutes I'd rather pull out a magazine than get my laptop out and mess with it.
I like large pictures, not the ones on websites that you can't see "What is that? Oh great, I can't enlarge the photo". I have disposable income. When I'm done with it I can roll it up and use it to start a fire in my nice brick fireplace, can you start a fire in your nice brick fireplace with a website?
I don't have to read comments, OH GOD I DON'T HAVE TO SORT THROUGH "FIRST!!!!, YOU SUCK, LINUX RULES, WINDOWS 7 IS THE BESTEST" or any other horseshit.
I can roll it up and swat my dog on the butt when he's bad. If I'm ever in a knife fight with some highly skilled assassin in Germany I can use it to defeat him. When I'm hot (like with this fucking laptop on my lap) I can use it to fan myself. When I'm cold, I can tear the pages out and stuff them in my clothes. Magazines make great temporary coasters, dustpans, non-sticking thing to breakup pot on, and in going with the above themes...toilet paper.
We used this when it was Paradigm: http://www.jmtconsulting.com/prod_fundraising_50.shtml It did the job.
Wow, I believe you completely ripped that off from Connections
Excellent point but most people under the age of 25 won't understand it because they're handed anything they want. I've been in IT for 18 year (as of June 1) and I make a good living at it but I have to say that Shop was probably my favorite class. My dad always had a workshop wherever we lived and he taught me a lot. Pinewood Derby? He'd suggest things but we always made the car ourselves. They may not have been pretty or fast but it was MY car. My dad and Shop are the reason I know how to weld, fix just about anything mechanical, and more importantly, helped me appreciate and respect those who do that type of job for a living. Always be nice to your HVAC/Mechanic/Lawn & Garden/etc person. They're smarter than you think. A buddy of mine was a professor at the age of 24, smart fucker. He worked HVAC during the summers and now does it full time. I asked him why and he said, "Its fun, I get to be outside, the people appreciate what I do and I actually get to see the results of my work." Like I said, he's a smart fucker.
This was discussed the other day and I have to smile at the fact that this is the best the Linux community can come up with. You are seriously going to run City of Heroes on top of Wine on top of this other thing just to get a post on Slashdot? 1. Calling bullshit on the fiance 2. If she's real, she's sleeping with someone else 3. Linux!
I just helped two people buy new laptops for their wives. They ended up with HP Pavillion DV- something or other. I took them back to the office and set them all up and thought to myself "Damn, these are fast." It wasn't until my dad wanted to get my step-mom a laptop (got her the same one)and I took more time setting it up that I discovered they were running 64-bit Vista. Everything worked fine and they only paid $699 for the laptops. A good Sys Admin or someone who likes to argue computers can't do it based on information from 2001. 64 bit Windows works fine.
Who would have guessed another "SURE THING GOOGLE KILLER" would fail on its launch. They probably got beard hair in the intakes.
SmallFurryCreature, you need to travel back in time and take over DigiShaman's basement and declare it for the FuhrryLand!
I take the tapes to a safety deposit box in a bank that is next door to the Fire Department. The safety deposit box costs us $72 a year for one their biggest one.
Thank you for reinforcing the point about why Linux and "FOSS" will never succeed.
Its people like you that make business oriented people start pushing the security button when you start spewing your manifesto. Its also why business oriented people will never touch "FOSS" because they're afraid they have to deal with people like you.
And your line about the free fruits and berries, classic.
Who are these people you speak of? I've worked in a real job (read not my parent's basement or academia) for a long time and only now starting to see Office 2007 (three in one year) files. I have never seen anything come in that was OO.
For a while, they deployed OpenOffice as the word processing and spreadsheet application, but ran into problems. The wide range of multimedia documents and complex spreadsheets, often produced by Microsoft Office, that the company received were not reliably imported into OpenOffice. In the worst cases, some spreadsheets would crash OpenOffice Calc. As many of the documents were related to authenticating customers, pragmatism has meant that the company has switched to Microsoft Office, at least for the foreseeable future.
The foreseeable future...considering I heard almost that exact quote 10 years ago I don't think they'll be switching anytime in the next century. And the guy that said
But the whole point of the post was that Linux reached something so archaic -- not something at the forefront.
I hope you're being sarcastic because if not you're very sad and very, very dumb.
How many companies do you know (not counting Fortune 500) that actually follow Microsoft's upgrade path? We just adopted Server 2003 last year along with Exchange 2007.
Wanna know why? Because we don't have the resources or pull with Microsoft to have been testing the betas years ago. We have to test once its released. Microsoft knows this, and they know that the majority of companies won't upgrade for a while because they know they'll get the software cheaper because Server 20XX and Exchange 20XX will be available.
Fortune 500 companies upgrade to this new cutting edge software because they have to keep up the appearance of being ahead of the competitor. We've received a grand total of 57 email attachments that were of the Office 2007 format since it came out.
I seriously think most of the posters on here are Linux Fanboys and/or level 1 helpdesk techs who have no clue what goes on above them.