Tried them both briefly, but can't say that either had any games that hooked me.. and money was even tighter for me back then, than today.. and you had to watch your usage like a hawk.. I dropped them, and my Apple IIC, and built my first PC and about a year and a half after that I was on the net with Windows 3.1 , Trumpet Winsock, and Netscape.. But once again back to watching minutes like a hawk.. Thank god for Earthlink, and "all you can eat Internet".. I seriously think that the Internet would have been about as successful as the Source if not for Earthlink.. To those of you that had the cash to enjoy Compuserve, the Source, Prodigy, Genie, and the old AOL.. well I salute you.. I just couldn't enjoy (afford to enjoy) their content at the time.
I agree with you.. although I probably should run Stable instead of Testing, at least I have the Experimental level as a buffer to find bad things before they make it to me.. I think it is a legitimate worry, that perhaps there is not the levels of vetting that the apps in the distro have gone through.., but I suspect to be successful these paid apps would avoid shenanigans, as it absolutely would not be tolerated in the Linux world.
You say that as if using the software = making money, and therefore MS deserves a cut.. Autodesk is perhaps one of the worst offenders of this frame of mind.. People use pens and phones and other tools to conduct business. They are just tools.. The tools don't make you money.. the people who use the tools make you money.
It's strange how these stories of of fear and doom pop up, and when you try and talk sense,, your a "fanboi".. No problem, been through that with Linux for years.. Continue you dance of glee and finger pointing, I could care less.. you don't dance very well by the way.
Glad that I did read the PDF.. The post says "half were sharing GPS and phone number".. when in fact it was 2 that were sharing phone number with a lot more apps sharing GPS.. First.. I am unconcerned about the GPS.. Those 2 phone number sharing apps, well I would like to know what those are to determine whether or not it makes sense for them to do that. (who knows it might).. The thing is, I have to say.. I guess I am not part of the "poplar" apps crowd.. I only have 1 app of the 30 (Weather Channel).. which make me wonder if some of these 30 were cherry picked to make things come out the way they wanted.. The PDF is nice and all, but if your going to call someone bad.. then name the names, and what is wrong.. otherwise I am more skeptical of these people than the apps.
Every country that makes movies.. imagines that theirs is the country that the aliens will land at, and that these aliens for some reason want to talk to the "leaders".. maybe the concept of leaders doesn't exist for them.. or maybe they have a different idea on what a leader is.. more likely is that we are just not interesting enough to talk to.
There is no script needed.. Most banks send you a monthly email telling you when the current statement is available,. especially if you have gone "paperless". That the poster who asked the original question, can't be bothered once a month to follow the email he received from the bank and spend a minute or two to download his statement (If it's so important to have it, which I doubt) well.. that's just lazy. And I can guarantee that he probably visits his bank site at least several times a month anyway... But sure, he has the right to consider changing banks that might cater more to his procrastination lifestyle.. it's just not going to matter a hill-a-beans or change a damn thing for him.
Personally, I would rather hire someone like you. I would imagine that you would have a greater appreciation for the classes you took when you went back. Having some work experience also gives you an idea on how things taught, did and did not apply in real life.
So all laptops then.. not that your point isn't valid.. As a counterpoint, I have yet to try installing Ubuntu on a desktop that did not work.. Not that to me Ubuntu is the bee knees.. I dual boot Ubuntu and Xubuntu and spend the majority of my time with Xubuntu.. but, what you might find relevant is this.. my motherboard recently died on me, and the new on had a different chipset and onboard video, so I was prepared to have to reinstall them both.. guess what ?.. they just worked !. sound, video, network card.. not a problem at all.. it just adjusted and fixed everything. It has been a long time since I used Mandrake (never tried Mandriva).. Mandrake was my last RPM based distro.. I liked it, but I tried Debian after it.. and thereafter I stuck with Debian based distros.. It took awhile to jump aboard the Ubuntu train, and I probably would have not done it if it were not for the whole Iceweasel vs Firefox thing.. a minor annoyance, but I just did not like the problems I was having with Iceweasel, so I switched. I guess it's all about what works for you.. If you have good luck with Mandriva on laptops, then if it was me I be doing the same thing.
I think we started with Linux close to the same time frame.. My first install was Slackware with the root and boot floppies, if that tells you anything.. I went through the phases.. learning to compile from source, trying different distros with different package managers,. trying all the different window managers.. Etc.. But gradually, I developed a preference for all these things, and then found the distro that most matched it.. Where I have stuck.. I don't have to reinvent my system anymore.. been there done that.. Now I just keep my system upgraded as needed. Minor learning curve if any. I'm not bleeding edge or experimental or testing anymore.. I don't feel the need to be, and I just don't have the problems you got fed up with. I work support for the other 2 guys (Windows/Mac), and although I probably wouldn't have most of the problems that most of my customers have with their systems, it still makes me satisfied with what I am doing with my own system.. But to each their own.. I don't regret the things I have gone through and what I learned in "the old days" of Linux, anymore than what I learned with Windows when it had DOS. I don't feel that Linux has lost it's way at all.. If I get left behind with all the new fangled whiz bang "improvements" Than MS and Apple bring,, so be it.. I'll just continue to be the oddball nerd in the family running Linux.
Outlook.. pretty much all versions including the Expresses, all have issues.. some that have not been fixed.. Do a Google search for "Outlook will not save my password".. Don't know about "quality" but as far as least number of support calls, actually that would be Windows Mail, or Windows Live mail.. I absolutely hate Outlook calls.., because although it should be a simple matter of filling in the boxes, and checking the right check boxes, it rarely turns out that simple.
Pirating aside.. arrrgh.. I actually run Linux because I prefer the user experience I get. I tried the free trial of Windows 7.. and it was ok, I think it's acceptable.. but for the year I had it, I still spent well over 98 percent of my computer time in Linux.. So free trial, and name my own price, I still would not purchase it.. and truth be known, being "forced" to pay for either the MS product or Linux I would pay for Linux.. thank god I'm not forced.
Ok.. I have received an email with an executable file.. please list the steps necessary for me to run it.. I'll wait... ok.. Oh really ? it's that simple ?.. I can't imagine why these tricks don't work on Linux users.. sheesh, I'm scared now.
Although I am sure people will buy it for smartphones, I personally will not.. Tablets may be acceptable though. For me the phone as a gaming platform has different needs.. Even though it can be done, I don't want a game like this on my phone.. because I don't want to spend days immersed in such a tiny slice of the experience this type of game is supposed to provide.. For my phone, I do want good looking and slightly challenging time wasters that I can spend varying amounts of time on.. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 2 hours etc.. But that's me. I am sure there are people who would love it on the phone, but for something like this game I'll stick to a bigger screen.
It could be, because.. first, you can probably buy 10 Humvees for the price of a helicopter.. and second, because you can easily find 10 people who can drive those 10 Humvees.. If they would set a parameter for defense contractors to build helicopters that cost the price of 2 to 3 Humvees (sounds reasonable), and ramp up a training program.. then it would be doable, and save some on casualties. especially when you consider that helicopters don't have to travel on fixed (and known) routes.. Still there are some things that can only be done with ground vehicle I suppose.. But the transformer thing ?.. doesn't make much sense.
You are confused.. I can tell by your statements.. We'll start at the beginning.. Whether or not the Iranian government recognizes an American court decision doesn't matter, because they are not being sued for anything in this... An American embargo doesn't matter either, because nothing was sold by an American company.. If you want to get to brass tacks, there isn't a major economic power in the world, that isn't guilty as hell for selling equipment causing suppression, misery, and death.. And they sell it to whoever has money.. and sell ?., heck they even give it away and charge the taxpayers for it to keep the corporations churning out more.. As the fine article states.. This is someone suing the wrong people in the wrong court.. However, as they used to say on The Peoples Court "Anybody can sue anybody for anything."
Although you may not be a troll, your information comes from bad movies, or old ones maybe.. Don't know.. If you could get past a little paranoia, and sense of superiority, and actually travel to Europe.. I think you would be shocked at how wrong your view of the world is.
Yes a lot of people do some very stupid things, like use the same password for multiple accounts. Using the same username and password for your email, bank, and every other place you visit may be easy.. but it's also easy for the bad guys too.. Banking in particular is one account that should not have a username or password used on any other accounts..
Yes because it is so hard for alternative forums to be created, and there are so few places to post whatever it is your trying to say.. hell it's probably really difficult, like establishing a user account.. but then who wants to keep a record of gems like your post, or the replies to it.
I have belonged to moderated forums.. I see nothing wrong with it.. For the most part removing posts, and censoring and banning people who don't comply with the TOS is done to provide a product to the standard that the owner and administrator of the site determines. I am not bound to these sites, and I have alternative avenues available to express my views.. To give an alternative example.. If I were to join depression and suicide prevention forums, and continued to post comments on the joys and best ways to commit suicide, and to attack various users on why they haven't killed themselves yet.. It would be negligent and wrong for the owners and administrators of the forum to leave my posts there just for "public record".. The different forums I have visited have a wide range of participation, and the users and the moderators play a part in the final product and whether or not I continue to participate.. But I do so with full knowledge that the owners and administrators of these forums have the right to perform quality control. It's a fine line. Too much reigning in is bad, and not enough or none can be bad as well.
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I doubt there will be a "data only" plan.. for a looong time. Will probably take some lawsuits to make it happen.
And they have been arming militias around the world for a long time.. just not state militias.
Tried them both briefly, but can't say that either had any games that hooked me.. and money was even tighter for me back then, than today.. and you had to watch your usage like a hawk.. I dropped them, and my Apple IIC, and built my first PC and about a year and a half after that I was on the net with Windows 3.1 , Trumpet Winsock, and Netscape.. But once again back to watching minutes like a hawk.. Thank god for Earthlink, and "all you can eat Internet".. I seriously think that the Internet would have been about as successful as the Source if not for Earthlink.. To those of you that had the cash to enjoy Compuserve, the Source, Prodigy, Genie, and the old AOL .. well I salute you.. I just couldn't enjoy (afford to enjoy) their content at the time.
I agree with you.. although I probably should run Stable instead of Testing, at least I have the Experimental level as a buffer to find bad things before they make it to me.. I think it is a legitimate worry, that perhaps there is not the levels of vetting that the apps in the distro have gone through.., but I suspect to be successful these paid apps would avoid shenanigans, as it absolutely would not be tolerated in the Linux world.
You say that as if using the software = making money, and therefore MS deserves a cut.. Autodesk is perhaps one of the worst offenders of this frame of mind.. People use pens and phones and other tools to conduct business. They are just tools.. The tools don't make you money.. the people who use the tools make you money.
It's strange how these stories of of fear and doom pop up, and when you try and talk sense,, your a "fanboi".. No problem, been through that with Linux for years.. Continue you dance of glee and finger pointing, I could care less.. you don't dance very well by the way.
Glad that I did read the PDF.. The post says "half were sharing GPS and phone number".. when in fact it was 2 that were sharing phone number with a lot more apps sharing GPS.. First.. I am unconcerned about the GPS.. Those 2 phone number sharing apps, well I would like to know what those are to determine whether or not it makes sense for them to do that. (who knows it might).. The thing is, I have to say.. I guess I am not part of the "poplar" apps crowd.. I only have 1 app of the 30 (Weather Channel).. which make me wonder if some of these 30 were cherry picked to make things come out the way they wanted.. The PDF is nice and all, but if your going to call someone bad.. then name the names, and what is wrong.. otherwise I am more skeptical of these people than the apps.
Every country that makes movies.. imagines that theirs is the country that the aliens will land at, and that these aliens for some reason want to talk to the "leaders".. maybe the concept of leaders doesn't exist for them.. or maybe they have a different idea on what a leader is.. more likely is that we are just not interesting enough to talk to.
There is no script needed.. Most banks send you a monthly email telling you when the current statement is available,. especially if you have gone "paperless". That the poster who asked the original question, can't be bothered once a month to follow the email he received from the bank and spend a minute or two to download his statement (If it's so important to have it, which I doubt) well.. that's just lazy. And I can guarantee that he probably visits his bank site at least several times a month anyway... But sure, he has the right to consider changing banks that might cater more to his procrastination lifestyle.. it's just not going to matter a hill-a-beans or change a damn thing for him.
Personally, I would rather hire someone like you. I would imagine that you would have a greater appreciation for the classes you took when you went back. Having some work experience also gives you an idea on how things taught, did and did not apply in real life.
I tried to reproduce your spell check error in replying to an HTML email.. everything worked just fine.
So all laptops then.. not that your point isn't valid.. As a counterpoint, I have yet to try installing Ubuntu on a desktop that did not work.. Not that to me Ubuntu is the bee knees.. I dual boot Ubuntu and Xubuntu and spend the majority of my time with Xubuntu.. but, what you might find relevant is this.. my motherboard recently died on me, and the new on had a different chipset and onboard video, so I was prepared to have to reinstall them both.. guess what ?.. they just worked !. sound, video, network card.. not a problem at all.. it just adjusted and fixed everything. It has been a long time since I used Mandrake (never tried Mandriva).. Mandrake was my last RPM based distro.. I liked it, but I tried Debian after it.. and thereafter I stuck with Debian based distros.. It took awhile to jump aboard the Ubuntu train, and I probably would have not done it if it were not for the whole Iceweasel vs Firefox thing.. a minor annoyance, but I just did not like the problems I was having with Iceweasel, so I switched. I guess it's all about what works for you.. If you have good luck with Mandriva on laptops, then if it was me I be doing the same thing.
I think we started with Linux close to the same time frame.. My first install was Slackware with the root and boot floppies, if that tells you anything.. I went through the phases.. learning to compile from source, trying different distros with different package managers,. trying all the different window managers.. Etc.. But gradually, I developed a preference for all these things, and then found the distro that most matched it.. Where I have stuck.. I don't have to reinvent my system anymore.. been there done that.. Now I just keep my system upgraded as needed. Minor learning curve if any. I'm not bleeding edge or experimental or testing anymore.. I don't feel the need to be, and I just don't have the problems you got fed up with. I work support for the other 2 guys (Windows/Mac), and although I probably wouldn't have most of the problems that most of my customers have with their systems, it still makes me satisfied with what I am doing with my own system.. But to each their own.. I don't regret the things I have gone through and what I learned in "the old days" of Linux, anymore than what I learned with Windows when it had DOS. I don't feel that Linux has lost it's way at all.. If I get left behind with all the new fangled whiz bang "improvements" Than MS and Apple bring,, so be it.. I'll just continue to be the oddball nerd in the family running Linux.
Outlook.. pretty much all versions including the Expresses, all have issues.. some that have not been fixed.. Do a Google search for "Outlook will not save my password" .. Don't know about "quality" but as far as least number of support calls, actually that would be Windows Mail, or Windows Live mail.. I absolutely hate Outlook calls.., because although it should be a simple matter of filling in the boxes, and checking the right check boxes, it rarely turns out that simple.
I'm impressed with your ability to get an unknown error installing something that hundreds of thousands of people can install with no problem.
Pirating aside.. arrrgh .. I actually run Linux because I prefer the user experience I get. I tried the free trial of Windows 7.. and it was ok, I think it's acceptable.. but for the year I had it, I still spent well over 98 percent of my computer time in Linux.. So free trial, and name my own price, I still would not purchase it.. and truth be known, being "forced" to pay for either the MS product or Linux I would pay for Linux.. thank god I'm not forced.
You are right, the top drug lords make a lot of money... But then so do the top business executives and there are a LOT of those.
ok, so your comparing criminals to criminals..
Ok.. I have received an email with an executable file.. please list the steps necessary for me to run it.. I'll wait... ok.. Oh really ? it's that simple ?.. I can't imagine why these tricks don't work on Linux users.. sheesh, I'm scared now.
Although I am sure people will buy it for smartphones, I personally will not.. Tablets may be acceptable though. For me the phone as a gaming platform has different needs.. Even though it can be done, I don't want a game like this on my phone.. because I don't want to spend days immersed in such a tiny slice of the experience this type of game is supposed to provide.. For my phone, I do want good looking and slightly challenging time wasters that I can spend varying amounts of time on.. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 2 hours etc.. But that's me. I am sure there are people who would love it on the phone, but for something like this game I'll stick to a bigger screen.
Damn you, and your common sense !
It could be, because.. first, you can probably buy 10 Humvees for the price of a helicopter.. and second, because you can easily find 10 people who can drive those 10 Humvees.. If they would set a parameter for defense contractors to build helicopters that cost the price of 2 to 3 Humvees (sounds reasonable), and ramp up a training program.. then it would be doable, and save some on casualties. especially when you consider that helicopters don't have to travel on fixed (and known) routes.. Still there are some things that can only be done with ground vehicle I suppose.. But the transformer thing ?.. doesn't make much sense.
You are confused.. I can tell by your statements.. We'll start at the beginning.. Whether or not the Iranian government recognizes an American court decision doesn't matter, because they are not being sued for anything in this... An American embargo doesn't matter either, because nothing was sold by an American company.. If you want to get to brass tacks, there isn't a major economic power in the world, that isn't guilty as hell for selling equipment causing suppression, misery, and death.. And they sell it to whoever has money.. and sell ?., heck they even give it away and charge the taxpayers for it to keep the corporations churning out more.. As the fine article states.. This is someone suing the wrong people in the wrong court.. However, as they used to say on The Peoples Court "Anybody can sue anybody for anything."
Although you may not be a troll, your information comes from bad movies, or old ones maybe.. Don't know.. If you could get past a little paranoia, and sense of superiority, and actually travel to Europe.. I think you would be shocked at how wrong your view of the world is.
Yes a lot of people do some very stupid things, like use the same password for multiple accounts. Using the same username and password for your email, bank, and every other place you visit may be easy.. but it's also easy for the bad guys too.. Banking in particular is one account that should not have a username or password used on any other accounts..
Yes because it is so hard for alternative forums to be created, and there are so few places to post whatever it is your trying to say.. hell it's probably really difficult, like establishing a user account.. but then who wants to keep a record of gems like your post, or the replies to it.
I have belonged to moderated forums.. I see nothing wrong with it.. For the most part removing posts, and censoring and banning people who don't comply with the TOS is done to provide a product to the standard that the owner and administrator of the site determines. I am not bound to these sites, and I have alternative avenues available to express my views.. To give an alternative example.. If I were to join depression and suicide prevention forums, and continued to post comments on the joys and best ways to commit suicide, and to attack various users on why they haven't killed themselves yet.. It would be negligent and wrong for the owners and administrators of the forum to leave my posts there just for "public record".. The different forums I have visited have a wide range of participation, and the users and the moderators play a part in the final product and whether or not I continue to participate.. But I do so with full knowledge that the owners and administrators of these forums have the right to perform quality control. It's a fine line. Too much reigning in is bad, and not enough or none can be bad as well.