You are able to run a lot more applications on Windows over Linux, but over the months, we shall see more programs ported and versions created for Linux.
It just depends on why they send it really and what the soldiers do with it.
You're a soldier in the army. When you get done and are ready to pursue a career or maybe even become an entrepreneur, what software are you going to be using? Microsoft Office, right? And why is that? Because Microsoft has been so lenient to allow you to use their software as much as you can for a fair price.
On the other hand though, there could be a money issue involved... as Microsoft could just be waiting for someone to mess up and make some sort of copyright infringement. Highly unlikely I know, but possible. Also, it's just another way for them to make the company a larger monopoly than it already is.
For soldiers that use other products though, more power to you! Open-Office, j00!
Sure, it makes a lot of sense, but who is going to explain that to thousands of Americans whose computers just stop working?
I'm pretty sure a good 90% of them do not know the attack is coming from their computer...
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Amen.
I believe we are humans after all and we deserve rights. If someone came busting into my house, I'll just shove that USB harddrive of mine right up my ass and run! GO FIND MY STASH, OFFICER!
There is no deeper side to the web. The only thing they can do to make their search give more topics is to just go after something else in the website code, instead of metatags. Maybe even offer some kind of free promotion method, such as AddMe, for the users of their Instant Messenging and E-Mail services.
Google is like the US to other countries. We may have not been the first in space, but we sure as hell have been the farthest.
I agree with you. I don't think CA truly understands what is going on, so they decide to just buy a license to make sure they will not get sued.
I guess they figure that they won't get sued for buying the license either way, so they are in a good standing. It's things like this though that makes your company a target for young hackers and script kiddies though, so CA may need to watch their actions.
Haha. Well, if someone can actually get a good enough picture on their PDA, with a refresh rate that actually allows for clean viewing, then more power to them. I tried porting Office Space to my PDA once though... and well, it didn't work like I hoped.
I think this is more of a matter of Microsoft just gradually slowing down other than sleeping though. And maybe, just maybe, the tortoise has a rocket pack!
What? So these guys can tell the future now? Bullshit.
Sony's Playstation 2 launched a year and a half before both the Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox. Maybe that's not the only reason that it is in first place, but it sure as hell is the main reason for how many sales it has over the other two.
With Nintendo and Microsoft releasing their next-gen consoles around the same time as Sony, I think it's safe to say this is going to be a pretty clean race.
I think $45 is actually cheap for the Operating System. That is coming from a huge Linux fan/user.
Who cares how many holes it has in it; it's user-friendly and universal. Everything works on it, and without it today, we would not be in as good of a shape as we are.
I'm a huge nerd... but I'm pretty popular at my school. Everyone knows my true personality also. I'm not trying to show off, but if I can do it, anyone else can. My hair is curly, thick... and out of whack, yet I have a beautiful girlfriend and a job with a lot of my friends.
Personally, I would tell him to make friends individually with certain people that share the same interests as him. If he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to go overboard and talk about Science and Computers ALL of the time, but maybe pick up on something that a lot of people may define as "cool." Never pretend to be something that you're not though. Also, if you have a sense of humor, no matter how big of a geek/nerd you are, everyone will love you. My biggest thing is that everyone knows me for my hacker personality. I'm not a media-whore wannabe, because they don't know what I really do, but everyone knows me as a hacker and respects that.
If you soaked up none of that information, my main tip to gain a great social life is to have an awesome sense of humor. Make a lot of violent jokes to people you know would enjoy it. It helped me.
Personally, I like Windows Media Player, but I don't use it -- as I use iTunes and DivX/Quicktime. I use it sometimes though, but for what it's worth, I say we bundle Windows with a few of the lower media players on the list. Give them all a chance. Maybe even prompt to install them while setting up Windows, because I know a lot of people won't care enough to select anything but Windows Media Player. It's just user-friendly like that.
Haha. My bet is that Microsoft might actually make and bundle RAM with the OS.
The layout seems to be really slick, but with proper use of StyleXP, you can make Windows XP look the same in a matter of seconds. Also, even though I actually like the layout of Longhorn so far, I hope they have a large selection of more to choose from -- because that will get old really fast.
With the addition of the WinFP, maybe it won't be as bad as the rest. Windows XP was actually a pretty good OS... exclude the bugs and holes. (Okay, so maybe I lied.) Maybe Microsoft can put a stop to that before Longhorn's release? Probably not; but good luck to them anyway.
Handcrank your girlfriend. I know she needs it after a few winding down techniques I give to her...
I'm not really sure what kind of idea this is... I don't see how I could "handcrank" something that is dead... maybe if I stopped before hand or if an early warning sign came up. If you started again, would you still have all of the memory? I guess it's like the PDA; after a short time without a battery, the memory dies. Poor grandma.
Yeah, and get ten times the critical updates. Plus, Microsoft seems to always wait half of a year to a year to fix them, but with Linux, it's done really quickly. (Hints this bug)
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MS Windows is full of holes. Linux is not.
Windows crashes a lot. Linux does not.
You are able to run a lot more applications on Windows over Linux, but over the months, we shall see more programs ported and versions created for Linux.
Linux rules.
It just depends on why they send it really and what the soldiers do with it.
You're a soldier in the army. When you get done and are ready to pursue a career or maybe even become an entrepreneur, what software are you going to be using? Microsoft Office, right? And why is that? Because Microsoft has been so lenient to allow you to use their software as much as you can for a fair price.
On the other hand though, there could be a money issue involved... as Microsoft could just be waiting for someone to mess up and make some sort of copyright infringement. Highly unlikely I know, but possible. Also, it's just another way for them to make the company a larger monopoly than it already is.
For soldiers that use other products though, more power to you! Open-Office, j00!
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Sure, it makes a lot of sense, but who is going to explain that to thousands of Americans whose computers just stop working?
I'm pretty sure a good 90% of them do not know the attack is coming from their computer...
Amen.
I believe we are humans after all and we deserve rights. If someone came busting into my house, I'll just shove that USB harddrive of mine right up my ass and run! GO FIND MY STASH, OFFICER!
And video games. Lots and lots of that also.
There is no deeper side to the web. The only thing they can do to make their search give more topics is to just go after something else in the website code, instead of metatags. Maybe even offer some kind of free promotion method, such as AddMe, for the users of their Instant Messenging and E-Mail services.
Google is like the US to other countries. We may have not been the first in space, but we sure as hell have been the farthest.
For real, someone shut them the fuck up.
I agree with you. I don't think CA truly understands what is going on, so they decide to just buy a license to make sure they will not get sued.
I guess they figure that they won't get sued for buying the license either way, so they are in a good standing. It's things like this though that makes your company a target for young hackers and script kiddies though, so CA may need to watch their actions.
I could have told you that.
When we watch television, what do we see? Short shows and long commercials? Yep.
With video games... who is in control? We are. We do what we want when we want.
In a movie, sometimes we just want the hero to kill the bad guy instead of being a pussy and arresting him, but does he? Nope.
In a video game, we can kill and arrest him.
Haha. Well, if someone can actually get a good enough picture on their PDA, with a refresh rate that actually allows for clean viewing, then more power to them. I tried porting Office Space to my PDA once though... and well, it didn't work like I hoped.
Nice point indeed.
I think this is more of a matter of Microsoft just gradually slowing down other than sleeping though. And maybe, just maybe, the tortoise has a rocket pack!
It might look the same, but it can never impersonate Apple's iPod. Besides, just showing it off like that is only asking for a subpoena.
You know how Apple hates it when people use their Aqua interfaces. I don't think StarBrite will last much longer.
What? So these guys can tell the future now? Bullshit.
Sony's Playstation 2 launched a year and a half before both the Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox. Maybe that's not the only reason that it is in first place, but it sure as hell is the main reason for how many sales it has over the other two.
With Nintendo and Microsoft releasing their next-gen consoles around the same time as Sony, I think it's safe to say this is going to be a pretty clean race.
Amen.
I think $45 is actually cheap for the Operating System. That is coming from a huge Linux fan/user.
Who cares how many holes it has in it; it's user-friendly and universal. Everything works on it, and without it today, we would not be in as good of a shape as we are.
I'm a huge nerd... but I'm pretty popular at my school. Everyone knows my true personality also. I'm not trying to show off, but if I can do it, anyone else can. My hair is curly, thick... and out of whack, yet I have a beautiful girlfriend and a job with a lot of my friends.
Personally, I would tell him to make friends individually with certain people that share the same interests as him. If he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to go overboard and talk about Science and Computers ALL of the time, but maybe pick up on something that a lot of people may define as "cool." Never pretend to be something that you're not though. Also, if you have a sense of humor, no matter how big of a geek/nerd you are, everyone will love you. My biggest thing is that everyone knows me for my hacker personality. I'm not a media-whore wannabe, because they don't know what I really do, but everyone knows me as a hacker and respects that.
If you soaked up none of that information, my main tip to gain a great social life is to have an awesome sense of humor. Make a lot of violent jokes to people you know would enjoy it. It helped me.
I'm happy with Comcast Cable. I keep all of my channels.
If SCO goes down, Bubba's going to have a lot of bitches.
It's like alcohol -- it cleans out your liver, but the more you drink, the worse off you are. I don't care about Coffee though.
If it lets me continue my programming, hacking, and gaming skills, I'm cool with it.
You're correct. That's the way of the monopoly.
Personally, I like Windows Media Player, but I don't use it -- as I use iTunes and DivX/Quicktime. I use it sometimes though, but for what it's worth, I say we bundle Windows with a few of the lower media players on the list. Give them all a chance. Maybe even prompt to install them while setting up Windows, because I know a lot of people won't care enough to select anything but Windows Media Player. It's just user-friendly like that.
Maybe we can impliment a computer that can do ALL of our work for us -- take for example... we want to nuke Iraq, we type "print 'Nuke Iraq"'
Haha. My bet is that Microsoft might actually make and bundle RAM with the OS.
The layout seems to be really slick, but with proper use of StyleXP, you can make Windows XP look the same in a matter of seconds. Also, even though I actually like the layout of Longhorn so far, I hope they have a large selection of more to choose from -- because that will get old really fast.
With the addition of the WinFP, maybe it won't be as bad as the rest. Windows XP was actually a pretty good OS... exclude the bugs and holes. (Okay, so maybe I lied.) Maybe Microsoft can put a stop to that before Longhorn's release? Probably not; but good luck to them anyway.
*Boots up Debian 3.0 box*
Why in the hell did you ask me that....?
Hahaha.
Handcrank your girlfriend. I know she needs it after a few winding down techniques I give to her...
I'm not really sure what kind of idea this is... I don't see how I could "handcrank" something that is dead... maybe if I stopped before hand or if an early warning sign came up. If you started again, would you still have all of the memory? I guess it's like the PDA; after a short time without a battery, the memory dies. Poor grandma.
My point exactly. And besides, the social engineer can obtain that information easier than maybe even some of the employees...
Yeah, and get ten times the critical updates. Plus, Microsoft seems to always wait half of a year to a year to fix them, but with Linux, it's done really quickly. (Hints this bug)
Exactly. Whatever Novell does with Linux will be a good thing. Look at SuSE for instance.
I think once the SCO vs. Novell lawsuit finally finishes, Novell can get back to doing more for the world.