As a frustrated Windows user who would like to switch to Linux but can't get it to work, let me explain this to you:
1) in my experience a Windows.exe always works regardless of what Windows version I'm using, while a Linux package generally doesn't work on the Linux distro I'm trying.
What kind of Linux are you using? I would suggest getting yourself a copy of Ubuntu. You shouldn't have this problem unless you're using something like an old version of redhat/fedora.
2) if I'm given a link to a.exe that will fix my internet connection, it's rather obvious to me that I can download the.exe from another PC, put it on a USB key and run it on my own PC. however, if I get an apt-get line to help me fix my internet connection, I have absolutely no clue what to do with it.
I haven't seen this scenario recently. Maybe years ago your distro might not have drivers for your NIC, you would have to download and install them manually. You might download the driver tarball then follow the instructions in the INSTALL document included. Otherwise, it's probably just a configuration problem that can easily be fixed. Who the hell downloads.exe files to fix connection problems anyway? It this kind of mentality that leads to having a system full of spyware and other crap.
Yeah, but what about those times the the package is not in th repo, and the.deb needs some obscure libraries who are also not included, and you have to compile everything?
The vast majority of stuff you need is already packaged and in the debian repos. There's rarely any need to build anything yourself, save when you need a newer version of package foo.
The other problems with.exes are that you may get a new copy of libraries with each program you install, leading to bloat. The alternative is that the installer asks you to replace foo.dll with an older version, or whether or not to remove foo.dll when you uninstall. How the hell should I know what else is using libfoo.dll and what the effect of using an older version or removing it will be? There should be some kind of package management doing this stuff automagically (a-la apt/dpkg), but there's no such thing on windows. Absolute crap. Then you have to spend ages clicking through pages of a silly installer.
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
The irony of the situation is that a company/organisation that has previously been busy suing lots of random people is now being sued for their actions. What do you think irony means?
Spamming is effectively robbing people of little bits of time and other resources, so it's kind of like stealing but spread over millions of people instead of a single victim.
I suggest you take my previous post on its own merits rather than trying to extrapolate ideas from it that aren't there, in a patronising tone.
But I don't try to claim that the process of the demise is morally just in order to feel good about stealing.
This isn't about feeling morally just, it's about hating the RIAA, who are completely unjust in bullying people into submission whilst trying to justify their existence as the owners and righteous beneficiaries of music. I don't condone stealing but it's the lesser of two evils in my book. If you don't agree with that, it's fine by me.
Yes, just keep repeating to yourself that all the artists that get downloaded fully support your selfless holy war against the injustice of the industry they voluntarily joined.
I couldn't give a flying fuck what the artists think, even less what you think I think (which is completely wrong, BTW).
How is Jeff Bezos a scumbag? AFAIK, he's earning honest money. You can't even say it's unethical just because people were careless enough to allow 1-Click to go unpatented. It's their responsibility. He's just making a profit off of other people's carelessness, which basically happens right across the board in the corporate culture.
You're right, the corporate world is full of scumbags.
So you can buy the music legally and support the "music industry" (i.e. the RIAA and other leeches taking all the money whilst occasionally throwing the artists a crust) or you can get it for free.
The more people that don't pay, the sooner the leeches go out of business and and the artists find other ways of making money, hopefully that involve getting a larger slice of the pie. You don't really think that the 20th century model of the music industry is going to stick around, do you?
No it isn't because the comparison is completely apt and relevant.
I'm afraid you're wrong.
Godwin's Law does not dispute whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued,[3] that overuse of the Nazi/Hitler comparison should be avoided, as it robs the valid comparisons of their impact.
And you are a dumbass.
And your mother dresses you funny.
It's not just sodas that have HFCS. I bought some jam in the US, it tasted like shit. When I looked at the label HFCS was the first ingredient. Co-incidence?
What are these benefits of caffeine you speak of? As far as I know you're better off having never touched caffeine than having a good slug of it very morning.
It seems to be thought we have to swear allegience in some way that is legally binding or that by virtue of merely being British we are all her servents.
Yeap, I've lost count of how many times I have read on/. that us British should stop "behaving like subjects" or other such nonsense. It seems better advice would be "poeple should get a f**king clue beyond what they learnt in high school". Another recent funny comment was "Scotland is owned by England".
If you think you have some moral or ethical right to slack off, etc, as quoted above, you're no better than the company you work for. Personally, I'd fire you on the spot, and when they called around asking about a reference for you, I'd tell them exactly what you did.
You fucking sadsack, I bet you're still living in your parent's basement at 40.
Target audience asshat. Seriously, if you can't see the value of your site being read from phones, gaming systems, and a gamut of other weird little web browsers then you really don't understand the blah blah blah...
See the big flashy graphic here. Notice "devices" with the picture of the cell phone and "home entertainment" with the STB looking thing. It also mentions phones in TFA, did you read it?
I forgot to add... when you're copying someone else's work, you can learn from their mistakes and add features that you couldn't easily do if you had a huge legacy of work to support with all the issues that go with it, backwards compatibility, different steering groups, etc.
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There's an option in flash to embed font outlines. It's been there since at least v5.
Spamming is effectively robbing people of little bits of time and other resources, so it's kind of like stealing but spread over millions of people instead of a single victim.
If you lived in a place where everyone was responsible, honest and considerate there would be no need for police.
So you can buy the music legally and support the "music industry" (i.e. the RIAA and other leeches taking all the money whilst occasionally throwing the artists a crust) or you can get it for free.
The more people that don't pay, the sooner the leeches go out of business and and the artists find other ways of making money, hopefully that involve getting a larger slice of the pie. You don't really think that the 20th century model of the music industry is going to stick around, do you?
...is duly invoked.
But you end up paying whenever someone calls you if you ran out of whatever minutes per month you're allowed free? Even spam calls and other crap?
It's not just sodas that have HFCS. I bought some jam in the US, it tasted like shit. When I looked at the label HFCS was the first ingredient. Co-incidence?
What are these benefits of caffeine you speak of? As far as I know you're better off having never touched caffeine than having a good slug of it very morning.
That's great, unless you need ADSL, or simply don't like mobiles because they are annoying.
I didn't realise 2001 camera phones could do 3008 x 2000 resolution.
Does anyone really care? It seems the only people interested in the royal family are tabloid readers.
I forgot to add... when you're copying someone else's work, you can learn from their mistakes and add features that you couldn't easily do if you had a huge legacy of work to support with all the issues that go with it, backwards compatibility, different steering groups, etc.
JVM -> CLR
Java bytecode -> MSIL
Java language -> C#
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, M$ paid Sun a huge compliment.