I'd say all of the above. Windows in incredibly insecure. You won't find any deathly viruses for Linux.
Windows is/very/ expensive to upgrade. I don't want to spend $150+ ever few years to upgrade my OS! Linux is freeeeeeeeeee.
Windows is very expensive to develop applications for. Free development tools are almost non-existent, and those that are there are very primitive and lack much needed functionality. The tools that do have the features and performance I need cost hundreds of dollars.
Windows is not open source, and neither are most of the applications that run on it. This means I can't quickly fix a bug or apply patch, instead I must wait for the company providing the software to send me a fix.
Windows has never been as stable as a Un*x operating system. IMO, my Windows XP Pro machine still has yet to be as stable as my SuSE Linux machine.
I also dislike Microsoft's business practices. They pay-off, buy out, or shut-out the competition, and if that doesn't work, they badmouth them. For example the paid off Corel to stop developing their software for Linux. Recently they have been releasing (or rather funding) research showing Linux as being a bad alternative. Also, Bill Gates has bad mouthed the open-source community as a whole, in statements such as... oh forget just go read this article. (register.co.uk)
Ok so Ya, I hate Windows. The only reason I have a Windows XP machine is so I can more easily troubleshoot my grandparents' tech problems. If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be a single MS product in this house.
We're waiting until they release the version edited so all 3 movies are run together into one big 10 hour epic:-D
I actually think they're doing it... I hope they'er doing it... THEY'D BETTER BE DOING IT! *raises fist*
We have watched the 3rd movie, however. We just couldn't wait to see it again.
Hmmm, but the more solar energy the cells recieve, the higher the output. You may get the same output from 1-m cell as you would from a 1-cm cell under a fresnel lens, but then again it is the same. Meaning you get the same energy in a 1/100 the area.
True... this is probably the first time its been outright said.
But certainly not the first time a pre-alpha has been called "industrial-strength"... Think ALL Microshaft products, MacOS 10.0, most versions of AOL, etc etc etc...
Just find yourself an old broken laptop nobody wants and use its screen. That's what I used in a similar project, a Compaq Presario 1655 13.3" LCD screen:-D
Better: Only allow access to certain SMTP servers
Even Better: Block incoming connection on the virus's port, duh!
Best: Don't let Windows users on your network
Personally SCO is really starting to irritate me. Either they think they can get someone to buy them out, or they are juts plain stupid. Linux one of the biggest and best server platforms available, because of its stability, scalability, and low price. SCO could never get their UNIX distributions to work correctly, so I wonder if they're just getting jealous.
Also, a couple days ago, krill-labs.com recieved a "notice" from SCO saying they were going to sue. I'm guessing it was a hoax email, but either way I just deleted it.
All it does is make things confusing by spreading man hours across a myriad of projects instead of improving what's already there. Proprietary companies have the reasons and resources to fix up their one product and make it the best it can be that can do all. Open Source companies do one thing, then shrug it off and "let someone else take care of it," so that we get the mess of conflicting window libraries, extensions, and code forks that we have now.
True. However, there are always the most popular projects that get the most attention. There are tons of different toolkits, such as GTK, QT, TK, motif, etc, but only a few of them are very popular or are widely used. And because Linux and most of the software for it are GPL, most distributions of Linux include these toolkits so that all applications can run properly. Same goes for window managers like KDE, Gnome, XFCE, and CDE. Really only KDE and Gnome are paid much attention to. They get the most development effort. Each has their own advantages. Because KDE and Gnome are opensource, efforts like these are possible and will make a much more integrated desktop than anything else, while beingg much more customizable than anything on Windows or on MacOS 9 or X (without X11). You wouldn't see that kind of thing going on between QT and Windows, and so any QT app on windows will look much different from the native Windows look.
Also, alot of times the "let someone else take care of it" is a good thing. A company starts a project, but then new people can come in and improve upon it and build it up to be stronger than it would have been if just that company developed it.
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does this mean if I broadcast on my network, I can sue anyone who recieves it for copyright infringement?
I'd say all of the above. Windows in incredibly insecure. You won't find any deathly viruses for Linux.
/very/ expensive to upgrade. I don't want to spend $150+ ever few years to upgrade my OS! Linux is freeeeeeeeeee.
Windows is
Windows is very expensive to develop applications for. Free development tools are almost non-existent, and those that are there are very primitive and lack much needed functionality. The tools that do have the features and performance I need cost hundreds of dollars.
Windows is not open source, and neither are most of the applications that run on it. This means I can't quickly fix a bug or apply patch, instead I must wait for the company providing the software to send me a fix.
Windows has never been as stable as a Un*x operating system. IMO, my Windows XP Pro machine still has yet to be as stable as my SuSE Linux machine.
I also dislike Microsoft's business practices. They pay-off, buy out, or shut-out the competition, and if that doesn't work, they badmouth them. For example the paid off Corel to stop developing their software for Linux. Recently they have been releasing (or rather funding) research showing Linux as being a bad alternative. Also, Bill Gates has bad mouthed the open-source community as a whole, in statements such as... oh forget just go read this article. (register.co.uk)
Ok so Ya, I hate Windows. The only reason I have a Windows XP machine is so I can more easily troubleshoot my grandparents' tech problems. If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be a single MS product in this house.
We're waiting until they release the version edited so all 3 movies are run together into one big 10 hour epic :-D
I actually think they're doing it... I hope they'er doing it... THEY'D BETTER BE DOING IT! *raises fist*
We have watched the 3rd movie, however. We just couldn't wait to see it again.
http://www.directron.com/rf250.html http://www.directron.com/rf25key.html These both use RF... not necessarily bluetooth but they would do the job.
But now the question is, if you transported inside of it, would you shrink?
Hmmm, but the more solar energy the cells recieve, the higher the output. You may get the same output from 1-m cell as you would from a 1-cm cell under a fresnel lens, but then again it is the same. Meaning you get the same energy in a 1/100 the area.
Shouldn't this situation be reversed? The defendant should sue the other guy for damaging his crops!
MS already does this! That's why they keep refusing to release "source code", there isn't any :-P
True... this is probably the first time its been outright said.
But certainly not the first time a pre-alpha has been called "industrial-strength"... Think ALL Microshaft products, MacOS 10.0, most versions of AOL, etc etc etc...
Just find yourself an old broken laptop nobody wants and use its screen. That's what I used in a similar project, a Compaq Presario 1655 13.3" LCD screen :-D
Better: Only allow access to certain SMTP servers Even Better: Block incoming connection on the virus's port, duh! Best: Don't let Windows users on your network
*Puts his underwear on his head and runs around screaming, "MOMMY, MOMMY! A TROLL JUST TRIED TO RAPE ME!"*
Personally SCO is really starting to irritate me. Either they think they can get someone to buy them out, or they are juts plain stupid. Linux one of the biggest and best server platforms available, because of its stability, scalability, and low price. SCO could never get their UNIX distributions to work correctly, so I wonder if they're just getting jealous. Also, a couple days ago, krill-labs.com recieved a "notice" from SCO saying they were going to sue. I'm guessing it was a hoax email, but either way I just deleted it.
Ugh whoops i forgot to put it extra lines... sorry! *hates HTML*
All it does is make things confusing by spreading man hours across a myriad of projects instead of improving what's already there. Proprietary companies have the reasons and resources to fix up their one product and make it the best it can be that can do all. Open Source companies do one thing, then shrug it off and "let someone else take care of it," so that we get the mess of conflicting window libraries, extensions, and code forks that we have now. True. However, there are always the most popular projects that get the most attention. There are tons of different toolkits, such as GTK, QT, TK, motif, etc, but only a few of them are very popular or are widely used. And because Linux and most of the software for it are GPL, most distributions of Linux include these toolkits so that all applications can run properly. Same goes for window managers like KDE, Gnome, XFCE, and CDE. Really only KDE and Gnome are paid much attention to. They get the most development effort. Each has their own advantages. Because KDE and Gnome are opensource, efforts like these are possible and will make a much more integrated desktop than anything else, while beingg much more customizable than anything on Windows or on MacOS 9 or X (without X11). You wouldn't see that kind of thing going on between QT and Windows, and so any QT app on windows will look much different from the native Windows look. Also, alot of times the "let someone else take care of it" is a good thing. A company starts a project, but then new people can come in and improve upon it and build it up to be stronger than it would have been if just that company developed it.
duuuuude if that worked imma die