Try to argue without using expletives and sarcasm.
Well, I'll try.
Shit, that was sarcasm.
But seriously, I'm not discounting what he says just because his font size is too small. I'm discounting what he says about technology since he abuses CSS. That seems perfectly rational to me.
Do you have to be a design expert to realize that going out of your way to make your text extra small might not be a wonderful idea? I must be a fucking genius!
True, Governments tend to abuse authority as much as anyone else, but at least you can vote them out of office.
I admire you for thinking, but I think you came to the wrong conclusion.
History illustrates that it is very difficult to shake off an entrenched government.
The bigger difference between a private business and government is that only government is allowed to confiscate your money by force. You can starve out a business, but not a government.
That doesn't make sense to me. I did a little vector diagram in my head. Each kite has a certain upward force acting on it, its lift. If we neglect whatever movement the kite has it's lift must be canceled by its weight plus the downward force on the cable.
You have to sum that force down the cable unless the kite above is flying away, don't you?
Part of the fear is rational and part is irrational.
I basically agree with your post. But you seem to have left out both error-multiplying nature of machines and their general inablilty to detect errors.
i've had Win XP Pro on my system for 2.5 years and counting so far, without a single reinstall.
Do you, like grandma, click on every link in sight and then call me about the porn popups?
Speak for yourself. Including all the configuration and after-the-fact tweaking to get everything working right and updated, it took probably twice as long when I tried it about 6 months ago.
It seems like you are comparing installing Windows to installing a complete GNU/Linux system. Are you including installing office. Oh, and WinZip, and photoshop and an image viewer (so either grandma or you can browse your collection of kitty pictures) and flash and acrobat and getting the god damned webcam to work and etc, etc, etc?
One would think you'd at least tout something like Mandrake
I'm not really touting anything. I use Fedora. If you like Madrake better, god bless you. If you like windows better, god help you. I don't really care what your preference is, but I will do my best to deflate any FUD.
[An office suite included in the OS install is a] very insignificant advantage for a lot of mainstream users, considering that Office is included by default or choice with a huge number of new computers these days.
I'll grant you that it's easiest to eat whatever's in the trough. That didn't seem to be at issue, though.
The fact that you fuck up your windows box every six months like fucking clockwork is of no concern to those of us who know what we're doing.
We aren't talking about me (I don't run windows) and we aren't talking about you. We're talking about grandma. Grandma like clicking on shit and then calling you about the porn pop-ups.
Anyway, if you're so fucking clever, why can't you figure out how to log on to slashdot?
Linux won't be mainstream until I can set up a Linux box for my grandmother and leave it knowing she'll be fine with it for an indefinite period of time.
Right, just like windows.
You seem to live in a magical land where pixies frolic and windows doesn't have to be reinstalled every six months like fucking clockwork.
Grandma can't figure out how to print?
Hrm. I installed Fedora on my system (no harder than installing windows), launched OO Writer (just like launching Word, except it was included in the OS install). Hit the print button. The document comes out on my USB connected LJ1200.
Welcome to the 21st century. We've been waiting for you.
Here's my rendition of the mental dialoge of this hypotheical stoner:
Man, my mouth is D-R-Y. I could really go for some food. Somthing salty. Woah, that guy's got a pizza. I should just, like, take it. . .. Yeah. Take it. . .. I guess I'll have to stand up first. Man, my mouth is dry. Pizza. Woah! That guy's got a pizza made of computer! I'm still sitting. That guy's walking away. I should catch him and get is computerzza. Heh, computerzza. I'm still sitting. Pizza. The guy's gone. Man, my mouth is D-R-Y.
From context you seemed to mean "long" in duration.
If he is too long try asking for consideration.
You can also try modifying the missionary position by putting your legs on the inside. Or if you are on top you can have greater control over depth of penetration. Try crossing your feet/ankles over his legs for added control.
You can also get the sense of him being "behind" by facing his feet, with you on top, standing on the balls of your feet and holding his ankles for balance. Everyone, especially your cervix, wins with this one.
Try Kegel exercise. It'll be better for both of you, and quicker too.
-Peter
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I can't find a reliable source for this, but I have always heard that number of children is inversely proportional to both wealth and level of education.
If we assume that to be true, then "a good start" for multitaskers will cause them to dwindle out of existance.
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Well, I'll try.
Shit, that was sarcasm.
But seriously, I'm not discounting what he says just because his font size is too small. I'm discounting what he says about technology since he abuses CSS. That seems perfectly rational to me.
-Peter
-Peter
Do you have to be a design expert to realize that going out of your way to make your text extra small might not be a wonderful idea? I must be a fucking genius!
-Peter
I use alt-scrolldown.
But that isn't the point.
-Peter
I would never listen to technical advice from someone who puts:
body {
font-size : x-small;
right at the beginning of his CSS. (Or uses a service that does so.)
-Peter
I believe in the goodness of man, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
-Peter
This was a, possibly failed, attempt at humor. It was definately not a troll.
I think this announcement is a bit overly optimistic. I thought the same thing about the prediction yesterday that Linux would be mainstream by '08.
You may not be aware that ATI's Radeon drivers have been incompatible with the current version of X for about a month and a half.
Just 'cause you don't get it doesn't make me a troll.
-Peter
Hi,
It's me, Peter. I'm writing from 2008.
I still don't have an OLED display on my desktop.
I'm still the only person I know that uses Linux as his primary desktop.
I do have ATI drivers for Fedora Core 3 though!
-Peter
I admire you for thinking, but I think you came to the wrong conclusion.
History illustrates that it is very difficult to shake off an entrenched government.
The bigger difference between a private business and government is that only government is allowed to confiscate your money by force. You can starve out a business, but not a government.
I'll take the private interest.
-Peter
The ones that install effortlessly are hardware PostScript printers. The ones that suck use one of HP's many versions of PCL.
A real PostScript printer is worth every penny.
-Peter
That doesn't make sense to me. I did a little vector diagram in my head. Each kite has a certain upward force acting on it, its lift. If we neglect whatever movement the kite has it's lift must be canceled by its weight plus the downward force on the cable.
You have to sum that force down the cable unless the kite above is flying away, don't you?
-Peter
Part of the fear is rational and part is irrational.
I basically agree with your post. But you seem to have left out both error-multiplying nature of machines and their general inablilty to detect errors.
-Peter
I don't know the answer.
But I do know that if the answer is "diction," you're doomed to fail.
-Peter
Do you, like grandma, click on every link in sight and then call me about the porn popups?
It seems like you are comparing installing Windows to installing a complete GNU/Linux system. Are you including installing office. Oh, and WinZip, and photoshop and an image viewer (so either grandma or you can browse your collection of kitty pictures) and flash and acrobat and getting the god damned webcam to work and etc, etc, etc?
I'm not really touting anything. I use Fedora. If you like Madrake better, god bless you. If you like windows better, god help you. I don't really care what your preference is, but I will do my best to deflate any FUD.
I'll grant you that it's easiest to eat whatever's in the trough. That didn't seem to be at issue, though.
-Peter
We aren't talking about me (I don't run windows) and we aren't talking about you. We're talking about grandma. Grandma like clicking on shit and then calling you about the porn pop-ups.
Anyway, if you're so fucking clever, why can't you figure out how to log on to slashdot?
-Peter
Right, just like windows.
You seem to live in a magical land where pixies frolic and windows doesn't have to be reinstalled every six months like fucking clockwork.
Hrm. I installed Fedora on my system (no harder than installing windows), launched OO Writer (just like launching Word, except it was included in the OS install). Hit the print button. The document comes out on my USB connected LJ1200.
Welcome to the 21st century. We've been waiting for you.
-Peter
-Peter
A stoned mugger?
Sorry, I just can't picture it.
-Peter
From context you seemed to mean "long" in duration.
If he is too long try asking for consideration.
You can also try modifying the missionary position by putting your legs on the inside. Or if you are on top you can have greater control over depth of penetration. Try crossing your feet/ankles over his legs for added control.
You can also get the sense of him being "behind" by facing his feet, with you on top, standing on the balls of your feet and holding his ankles for balance. Everyone, especially your cervix, wins with this one.
Somehow this has become Pete's Sex Column.
-Peter
Is this a riddle? Let's see . . . "Why can't Germany turn Norway into a tropical country?"
I've got it! Because they can't get past Holland!
-Peter
Try Kegel exercise. It'll be better for both of you, and quicker too.
-Peter
I can't find a reliable source for this, but I have always heard that number of children is inversely proportional to both wealth and level of education.
If we assume that to be true, then "a good start" for multitaskers will cause them to dwindle out of existance.
-Peter
I'm just working with what they give me, man.
-Peter
Don't you people realize that packets want to be free?
-Peter
No. It's "make shit up for the headline" day, here at slashdot.
In fact, every day is "make shit up for the headline" day, here at slashdot.
Welcome!
-Peter
I had the same reaction. Then I looked it up in what I consider the canon of the American dialect of the English language.
There goes the neighborhood.
-Peter