Yeah I am equally worried about my Rolls Royce. I find it ridiculous how they have no qualms in charging me a fortune for both my Rolls Royces (one is for Judy and the children) but when I ask a simple thing like adding a better adaptor for my iPods I simply get a "We will work on that one". I mean what sort of reply is this? Its friggin Rolls Royce ffs!! Not VolksWagen. That is it! I am sure I kept all my receipts safe somewhere and WILL demand my money back. There is a limit to mediocrity you know - there is a limit.
It is extremely unfair and barbaric if such law becomes true. I mean I might as well patent "a system whereby a software gets installed from a physical medium (CD, Flash, tape, etc)" - it's that stupid.
Such law would only push good programmers to become illegal hackers - for sheer survival or sheer frustration. I am ashamed of living in a country that voted yes for the law. The Irish are the worse, real soul-prostitutes.
English politicians have been pricks anyway for the last 20 years or so. First they destroyed our once excellent medical reputation; then our education; then scientific research - and if that wasn't enough; something that the English were pretty good at (computing) has been slaughtered by that Bush-Arse-Licker named Blair. From fast-track-Visas to IR35 they stiffled innovation/motivation and now this. I can't wait to get out of this shit-hole, England is dead. We have a moronic Queen that knighted Bill Gates ffs. My father fought the war for this? My uncle gave up his life for this? I should have moved to Australia when I had the chance.
Usually you will find anti-Mac trolls coming from Anonymous post. So don't get pushed into thinking all Linux-zealots are Mac-haters. I for one am not; any other OS but for MS; I am neutrally supportive - if that makes sense:)
I am a programmer, web-designer and graphic designer.
So if I had money (lots of it) - undoubtedly I would have a second machine as a Mac - just for graphics.
Anything so I don't have to work with Windows. Often, I have to open and correct client's files in photoshop or corel draw format. For that I use Windows emulators - that pisses me off no end. That is where a desire for something not as crap and stinking as Windows comes to mind. And Mac is the graphic/designer's computer. I am extremely averse to Windows - allergic almost. I got a downright personal motive for this. Now, if only Adobe or Corel ported their apps to Linux - I wouldn't have to deal with the freaky OS.
Where as for anyone being a Mac fan, gosh I wouldn't troll their choice (lucky for them) - it's like: FreeBSD, QNX, Mac OS - I don't care - am even supportive. But Windows? Fuck off from here. Just my source of headaches:
A client of mine won't change his Outlook - whenever he send me attachments it comes all messed up/truncated. I told him the problem is in his machine; something corrupted his DLLs. But now his attitude is *not* to do business with me, because I *cant* open his viral documents. That is the sort of ignorant Window arses I have to deal with daily. You can't even argue about why it is bad having a site that runs only on IE.
Quick google search, didn't care inspecting it.
Found out only sometime after pressing enter. But if you yourself want to be a pedantic bitch about the alleged bitching, search google yourself (Mac+petition+expensive). Should I make this now into a link?.. Nah
When I wanted to learn programming (ages ago) I had a choice - either Java or Visual Basic.
I settled for VB - I regret ever since.
Dunno if the above count for an accident but here are a few...
I had a friend living with me, and I was complaining how I was getting pretty addicted to "chat". He hinted I should "strong" and "resolved" and needed to take some strong action. Fine. I got a club and whacked my PC in many pieces (this story is true). When he came back home he couldn't believe his eyes. He never told me he was writing a 500 page novel using my PC! - I don't think he has forgiven me till this day.
Another.. I was a temp helping out this system administrator. I rarely knew a thing but bluffed my way. Anyway he had an important meeting and left me in the server room. With so many terminals about and one unlocked - I logged into chat what else?.. Anyway, I don't know if it was some exploit, but after arguing with some punk-kid in a IRC channel, the machine froze. fine... well not really - seconds after that I could hear a crescendo orchestra of people screaming around the entire building as if it was being attacked by zombie. Happens that everyone was freaking out - they all got cut off from the lan and many had lost their entire work that afternoon.
Although undoubtedly good machines.
Macs are very expensive.
Only the middle-upper class can afford those. Whereas with some old PC, you still can get a perfect Linux OS to run - so that poor granny can do her emailing, listen to pirated mp3s or surf for porn.
Applications for Macs do *not* come cheap; hardware do *not* come cheap.
I don't think you can set up a computer school for the poor in Brazil, running some 10 or 20 Macs.
You can with Linux though.
And as for open source - Does Mac have a repository of free software? (it's a genuine question - not a rant). Being an open source advocate OS should mean at least I can type "apt-get" software (or similar) and get a Photoshop/Corel Draw or Maya alternative installed with no worries.
Writer blindness - yes - but many would envy you:)
I love my Linux, if I had a Mac I would still put Yellow Dog on it.
OOOooh ArchLinux aaaah aaaaah....
Debian Wooody.. yes yeS...
Mmmmm Gentoo 2004 mmmm.. ... ... uh ?? .. Who put that box of Windows XP there??
Darling I told you to through that thing away!
Yes it did kill my mood! OK?
Sorry sweety - no more tonight - I got a headache. Night.
I take some interest in Mono as I am not proud to admit C# is my strongest language/skill.
For 6 months I've been trawling trying to find something that beats MS Visual Studio and C# in terms of RAD.
Now this is not a flamer but just a cry for help.
Can anyone recommend me a good RAD + IDE Development tool/environment for Linux?
Somehow I had troubles installing Eclipse - JVM in Mandrake 10.0 looks messed up - so it complains. I mean I still can run apps and stuff but can't run Java apps like say JMSN
Now if Python is that good, then please Python-lovers just tell me a good place to start + where to get a good IDE + FAQs + that.
Funny thing is I've asked IBM and Novell to help me, they called me on the phone, said they were gonna get technicians to indicate stuff and all - but never got back.
I know that when it comes to things like that (assisting,directing,helping out) MS is much better - I just can't stand Windows itself tho, that's all.
When it comes to programming I've been too spoiled with the Visual Studio series.. "spoiled" - in all aspects of the word.
..Many years ago, but with the advent of the Internet such habit stopped... or was let's say "redirected":P
I buy now Linux Format which I find very informative (and less embarrassing) - I try to buy it monthly now.
Also I get Code (MS Visual Studio mag) sometimes through my letterbox. Not a bad magazine - but I lost enthusiasm for MS technologies since about last year.
Man just email admin@site or ceo@site or director@site or better all of them.
Send an email to the highest people there (not at once but in intervals of 24 hours). Say how lousy the webdesigners are, and how 90% of other sites give users a choice - of using something other than IE.
Tell that there is a significant proportion of customers that run something else - including prominent figures and CEO of big companies.
I mean really embarrass them to the point they fire the mediocre MS-Frontpage-whores. And then whether they take action or not - just do yourself a favour and boycott the site.
I did that - it works wonders. DON'T email the webmaster - email the big guys! It's nice getting an apology from a Director and promise of immediate action:)
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Yeah I am equally worried about my Rolls Royce. I find it ridiculous how they have no qualms in charging me a fortune for both my Rolls Royces (one is for Judy and the children) but when I ask a simple thing like adding a better adaptor for my iPods I simply get a "We will work on that one". I mean what sort of reply is this? Its friggin Rolls Royce ffs!! Not VolksWagen. That is it! I am sure I kept all my receipts safe somewhere and WILL demand my money back. There is a limit to mediocrity you know - there is a limit.
It is extremely unfair and barbaric if such law becomes true.
I mean I might as well patent "a system whereby a software gets installed from a physical medium (CD, Flash, tape, etc)" - it's that stupid.
Such law would only push good programmers to become illegal hackers - for sheer survival or sheer frustration.
I am ashamed of living in a country that voted yes for the law. The Irish are the worse, real soul-prostitutes.
English politicians have been pricks anyway for the last 20 years or so. First they destroyed our once excellent medical reputation; then our education; then scientific research - and if that wasn't enough; something that the English were pretty good at (computing) has been slaughtered by that Bush-Arse-Licker named Blair.
From fast-track-Visas to IR35 they stiffled innovation/motivation and now this.
I can't wait to get out of this shit-hole, England is dead.
We have a moronic Queen that knighted Bill Gates ffs.
My father fought the war for this? My uncle gave up his life for this? I should have moved to Australia when I had the chance.
Usually you will find anti-Mac trolls coming from Anonymous post. :)
So don't get pushed into thinking all Linux-zealots are Mac-haters.
I for one am not; any other OS but for MS; I am neutrally supportive - if that makes sense
I am a programmer, web-designer and graphic designer.
So if I had money (lots of it) - undoubtedly I would have a second machine as a Mac - just for graphics.
Anything so I don't have to work with Windows. Often, I have to open and correct client's files in photoshop or corel draw format. For that I use Windows emulators - that pisses me off no end.
That is where a desire for something not as crap and stinking as Windows comes to mind. And Mac is the graphic/designer's computer.
I am extremely averse to Windows - allergic almost. I got a downright personal motive for this.
Now, if only Adobe or Corel ported their apps to Linux - I wouldn't have to deal with the freaky OS.
Where as for anyone being a Mac fan, gosh I wouldn't troll their choice (lucky for them) - it's like: FreeBSD, QNX, Mac OS - I don't care - am even supportive.
But Windows? Fuck off from here. Just my source of headaches:
A client of mine won't change his Outlook - whenever he send me attachments it comes all messed up/truncated. I told him the problem is in his machine; something corrupted his DLLs. But now his attitude is *not* to do business with me, because I *cant* open his viral documents. That is the sort of ignorant Window arses I have to deal with daily. You can't even argue about why it is bad having a site that runs only on IE.
Quick google search, didn't care inspecting it.
Found out only sometime after pressing enter.
But if you yourself want to be a pedantic bitch about the alleged bitching, search google yourself (Mac+petition+expensive).
Should I make this now into a link?.. Nah
When I wanted to learn programming (ages ago) I had a choice - either Java or Visual Basic.
...
.. I was a temp helping out this system administrator. I rarely knew a thing but bluffed my way. Anyway he had an important meeting and left me in the server room. With so many terminals about and one unlocked - I logged into chat what else? .. Anyway, I don't know if it was some exploit, but after arguing with some punk-kid in a IRC channel, the machine froze. fine ... well not really - seconds after that I could hear a crescendo orchestra of people screaming around the entire building as if it was being attacked by zombie. Happens that everyone was freaking out - they all got cut off from the lan and many had lost their entire work that afternoon.
I settled for VB - I regret ever since.
Dunno if the above count for an accident but here are a few
I had a friend living with me, and I was complaining how I was getting pretty addicted to "chat". He hinted I should "strong" and "resolved" and needed to take some strong action. Fine. I got a club and whacked my PC in many pieces (this story is true). When he came back home he couldn't believe his eyes. He never told me he was writing a 500 page novel using my PC! - I don't think he has forgiven me till this day.
Another
Although undoubtedly good machines.
:)
Macs are very expensive.
Only the middle-upper class can afford those.
Whereas with some old PC, you still can get a perfect Linux OS to run - so that poor granny can do her emailing, listen to pirated mp3s or surf for porn.
Applications for Macs do *not* come cheap; hardware do *not* come cheap.
I don't think you can set up a computer school for the poor in Brazil, running some 10 or 20 Macs.
You can with Linux though.
And as for open source - Does Mac have a repository of free software? (it's a genuine question - not a rant). Being an open source advocate OS should mean at least I can type "apt-get" software (or similar) and get a Photoshop/Corel Draw or Maya alternative installed with no worries.
Writer blindness - yes - but many would envy you
I love my Linux, if I had a Mac I would still put Yellow Dog on it.
OOOooh ArchLinux aaaah aaaaah .... .. yes yeS ... ..
...
... uh ??
.. Who put that box of Windows XP there??
Debian Wooody
Mmmmm Gentoo 2004 mmmm
Darling I told you to through that thing away!
Yes it did kill my mood! OK?
Sorry sweety - no more tonight - I got a headache. Night.
By me just writing some excelling software I can get sued?
Is that it?
Man, stop impersonating I_am_Bambi.
brilliant thanks.
Which begs my question. ..
Now i know i686 is way superior than Z80!
Why is x86 so crap? I mean the only processors I've ever used was Z80 and i686
of course you either haven't used Linux for long
or you are thick
or both.
If your 13 year old daughter run away with a 46 year old man - its YOUR FAULT !!!
Enough said.
It's ok everyone I fixed my Java and hence my Eclipse (dont laugh ok?) - you just set the path doh!
Still would be interested to know of a good Python environment
Damn it - it's always like this - everytime i post a question i find the answer before anyone replies
I take some interest in Mono as I am not proud to admit C# is my strongest language/skill.
.. "spoiled" - in all aspects of the word.
For 6 months I've been trawling trying to find something that beats MS Visual Studio and C# in terms of RAD.
Now this is not a flamer but just a cry for help.
Can anyone recommend me a good RAD + IDE Development tool/environment for Linux?
Somehow I had troubles installing Eclipse - JVM in Mandrake 10.0 looks messed up - so it complains.
I mean I still can run apps and stuff but can't run Java apps like say JMSN
Now if Python is that good, then please Python-lovers just tell me a good place to start + where to get a good IDE + FAQs + that.
Funny thing is I've asked IBM and Novell to help me, they called me on the phone, said they were gonna get technicians to indicate stuff and all - but never got back.
I know that when it comes to things like that (assisting,directing,helping out) MS is much better - I just can't stand Windows itself tho, that's all.
When it comes to programming I've been too spoiled with the Visual Studio series
..Many years ago, but with the advent of the Internet such habit stopped ... or was let's say "redirected" :P
I buy now Linux Format which I find very informative (and less embarrassing) - I try to buy it monthly now.
Also I get Code (MS Visual Studio mag) sometimes through my letterbox. Not a bad magazine - but I lost enthusiasm for MS technologies since about last year.
a cute lil penguin named Tux
Sure .. pass me a club.
I think they are saying HP laptops are crap - there is a difference there.
Man just email admin@site or ceo@site or director@site or better all of them.
:)
Send an email to the highest people there (not at once but in intervals of 24 hours).
Say how lousy the webdesigners are, and how 90% of other sites give users a choice - of using something other than IE.
Tell that there is a significant proportion of customers that run something else - including prominent figures and CEO of big companies.
I mean really embarrass them to the point they fire the mediocre MS-Frontpage-whores. And then whether they take action or not - just do yourself a favour and boycott the site.
I did that - it works wonders.
DON'T email the webmaster - email the big guys!
It's nice getting an apology from a Director and promise of immediate action
HahaHaHAhahAHAha !!!!!!!!
Today I was thinking of buying a music CD.
Just changed my mind.
Yeah but what if all he wants to do is play Halo?
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Strange I get no dialling tone.