Hypothesis - "it might be like this" (an idea) Theory - "we had this idea and it seems to work so far. We haven't really found a problem with it yet, but that doesn't mean that there isn't one somewhere"
The theory of evolution vs intelligent design debate gets me. I'm one of those people who doesn't see why it couldn't be somewhere in the middle. I'm not talking *poof*, there's a dog and that's how it started, but more along the lines of nudging conditions to be more favorable.
I look at it as kind of like dealing with a boulder rolling down a hill - it takes more effort than it's worth to try and stop it outright (which is comprable to either ID or absolute evolution arguments) than it does to nudge it along its trip to try and get a favorable outcome.
This is also true in a lab because we do not really *make* things as create favorable conditions for the things to form themselves.
The problem is that so many people take these *theories* as gospel and set out purposely to make anything that might contradict them in the least fail, ignoring evidence or worse. Theories are ideas, not hard fact. A lot of people have lost sight of that and seem to be trying to turn science into the new religion.
You're taking quantum *theory* as gospel. At one point in time, people did the same thing when they *knew* the world was the center of the universe or that if you went too far from shore, you'd fall off.
It's a theory, to be discarded when it's proven to be false. A working idea. nothing more, nothing less.
This sounds like the work of a disgruntled CS student turned MBA. After all, how better to learn about screwing your former classmates than burning down their building (unless you made sure they were inside it at the time):P
Try to make your workspace more ergodynamic with an ergo keyboard, gel wrist pads, proper chair height, etc.
In addition, get a set of chinese exercise balls (the solid kind, not the hollow kind. I have several sets made of marble that I give as gifts to fellow geeks) and use them every day. After a while, you will notice a positive change in the way that your wrists feel.
Mario's first game was Donkey Kong, and in it he was a carpenter.
He didn't get his own game series until after people thought he was cool in DK. When they started making the other games, they made him a plumber.
He's also been a ref (Punch out), a golfer, a doctor, and about 30million other things as far as cameos go in games.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 was better:P
I liked Destiny of an Emperor too (still have both).
All I can say is that all of these people going "NES sucks" and that all of the modern games are the shit make me feel old. I fear the day when someone's fond childhood memory video game-wise is Doom3...
You do realize that running the processor cooling fan on high constantly will cause it to wear out fairly quickly if you use the laptop a lot.
Once the fan is toast, so's you machine.
Great cheap solution you have there. It's better to bite the bullet and drop $33 on a Vantec Lapcool pad (including shipping) at newegg. It's a bit less expensive than a new laptop and a hell of a lot more convinient than putting the bloody thing in the freezer.
"Holy crap... a post that's not involved in any form of prosyletising! Sir, I take my hat off to you: a worthwhile post!"
I look at it this way: you don't make any long term friends by glossing over the negative points of things that you advocate, especially in buisness. Pretending that negatives don't exist, that they aren't important (if they are), or that, worse yet, they are somehow the fault of the person who wants to buy/use the solution gives you a really bad reputation after a while.
There are problems with every operating system that you care to look at. Some of them are common to all of them; some of them are specific to that OS, but they all have problems. They also all have areas of use where, as they currently exist, they are more suited.
Let's face it, most users just want it to work. If they have someone to support their system or help them with it, great (and hats off to the ones who can and want to do it all for themselves). If not, they are going to go for what is easiest for them.
Believe it or not, it's fairly simple and buisness-like. Don't promise what you can't bring to the table and if your solution doesn't work for someone who might be interested in it, don't blame them. Just realize that you won't be a fit for everyone.
"You are a developer, you are not the average Windows user that thinks voodoo magic happens in the big black (or white) box next to their monitor."
Never said I was an average user. In fact, I stated plainly that I wasn't.
"Open your eyes and look at the other 90% of computer users out there. A 10% market share will not make any major company support linux."
I never said it would make a major company support linux. My post was in response to someone that wasn't sure how hard it was to install on his laptop.
As far as opening my eyes goes, I readily admit that linux isn't ready for massive home desktop use (though I do think that it's ready for more extensive buisness use, especially since it can help save quite a chunk of money if you do it right). In fact, in an article coming out in the issue of the magazine that we're currently working on, I take great pains to point this out.
He doesn't miss the point. In fact, he hits it on the head. You should not have to wonder wether all of the componants are going to play with your OS. I remember doing that with windows...back in the mid 90's.
I'm not placing blame for it, and, indeed it's getting a lot easier to throw it on just about everything now. I'm just saying that it shouldn't be an issue to run a modern operating system on modern comodity hardware and researching "computer stuff" is something that your average pc user is not going to do, and in many cases isn't really capable of doing especially since most people only use their computers for email and the web.
I believe Linux is ready for much more buisness use, but until my mother can deal with it easily, it won't be ready for mainstream home desktop use.
disclaimer: I am the editor of a technical and open source magazine, a software developer, and have been a network analyst. My views are my own and not necessarily those of my employers or clients (past or present). In all fairness, I use Linux and even help others switch, but I realize that there are currently some limitations for its widespread home use.
I dual booted my dell laptop (inspiron 1100) with xp pro and fedora so I could do dev work on both platforms without as much trouble. Both installs went pretty well once I upgraded the bios (the old version broke the video and was fixed in a later version).
The only problem I really had with either was sound and the wireless card. I was impressed. The only thing I wish it had was a bigger hard drive, but that's just a personal preference thing.
I know. The people who complain about MS support obviously weren't dealing with the same group in support that I was (since we were part of the university that I was attending). The problems that I came to them with were truly twisted, bizare things that I had already searched for several hours for the answers to (both on google and in the technet cds that we had).
At one point, I actually stumped the guy on the other end of the phone, but he called back the next morning after having talked to the specialists in that particular issue and the problem worked like a charm.
That was one heck of a long weekend (weekend before christmas, no less) but it would have been a lot longer if I didn't get good answers from them on the issues we were having.
Migrating a primary domain controller, secondary domain controller/file server, and exchange server/web server over the course of one weekend is not something that I advise (I wasn't the one who set the timeline). I think I slept for almost a solid day afterward.
I would be afraid to have a mod chip for my cat because, with my luck it would bring out his more feral qualities. This could be a problem, considering that he's part bobcat...
He's my evil fuzzy ball of claws and teeth as it is. I don't need him actually breaking out of the house to try and take down my neighbor's (rather large) dog. He already tries to charge at her through the deck door as it is.
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I said gospel; not *the* gospel.
gospel (definition 6 via dictionary.com) - Something, such as an idea or principle, accepted as unquestionably true: My parents' rules were gospel.
Hypothesis - "it might be like this" (an idea)
Theory - "we had this idea and it seems to work so far. We haven't really found a problem with it yet, but that doesn't mean that there isn't one somewhere"
Theory = working idea
The theory of evolution vs intelligent design debate gets me. I'm one of those people who doesn't see why it couldn't be somewhere in the middle. I'm not talking *poof*, there's a dog and that's how it started, but more along the lines of nudging conditions to be more favorable.
I look at it as kind of like dealing with a boulder rolling down a hill - it takes more effort than it's worth to try and stop it outright (which is comprable to either ID or absolute evolution arguments) than it does to nudge it along its trip to try and get a favorable outcome.
This is also true in a lab because we do not really *make* things as create favorable conditions for the things to form themselves.
The problem is that so many people take these *theories* as gospel and set out purposely to make anything that might contradict them in the least fail, ignoring evidence or worse. Theories are ideas, not hard fact. A lot of people have lost sight of that and seem to be trying to turn science into the new religion.
You're taking quantum *theory* as gospel. At one point in time, people did the same thing when they *knew* the world was the center of the universe or that if you went too far from shore, you'd fall off.
It's a theory, to be discarded when it's proven to be false. A working idea. nothing more, nothing less.
you all misunderstand. What they're really doing is making 20% of the guys that work there wear colorful, lacy underthings.
I'm going to go gouge out my eyes now...
Funny that. I remember this little scuff with a small island nation over taxation without representation.
Kind of reminds me of that...
The government has the interesting habit of selling the "public" airwaves in chunks.
Funny that...
This sounds like the work of a disgruntled CS student turned MBA. After all, how better to learn about screwing your former classmates than burning down their building (unless you made sure they were inside it at the time) :P
For anyone who gets a giggle out of making fun of the emo kids (and I know most of us probably do), www.emorangers.com is truly amusing.
They have the opening sequence to a "show" called Mighty Morphin Emo Rangers there. Just put down the soda first...
You forgot underrated :P
In the case of most people here?
Try to make your workspace more ergodynamic with an ergo keyboard, gel wrist pads, proper chair height, etc.
In addition, get a set of chinese exercise balls (the solid kind, not the hollow kind. I have several sets made of marble that I give as gifts to fellow geeks) and use them every day. After a while, you will notice a positive change in the way that your wrists feel.
Mario's first game was Donkey Kong, and in it he was a carpenter.
He didn't get his own game series until after people thought he was cool in DK. When they started making the other games, they made him a plumber.
He's also been a ref (Punch out), a golfer, a doctor, and about 30million other things as far as cameos go in games.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 was better :P
I liked Destiny of an Emperor too (still have both).
All I can say is that all of these people going "NES sucks" and that all of the modern games are the shit make me feel old. I fear the day when someone's fond childhood memory video game-wise is Doom3...
I liked the Dragon Warrior series so much that I actually picked up the GameBoy versions for my GBA
Same with Final Fantasy 1.
You do realize that running the processor cooling fan on high constantly will cause it to wear out fairly quickly if you use the laptop a lot.
Once the fan is toast, so's you machine.
Great cheap solution you have there. It's better to bite the bullet and drop $33 on a Vantec Lapcool pad (including shipping) at newegg. It's a bit less expensive than a new laptop and a hell of a lot more convinient than putting the bloody thing in the freezer.
Eat all of the unbelievers (and anyone else close/slow/stupid enough to get caught by him)?
Contract out your use of evil. Use dogpile
:P
That way your hands remain clean
"Holy crap... a post that's not involved in any form of prosyletising! Sir, I take my hat off to you: a worthwhile post!"
I look at it this way: you don't make any long term friends by glossing over the negative points of things that you advocate, especially in buisness. Pretending that negatives don't exist, that they aren't important (if they are), or that, worse yet, they are somehow the fault of the person who wants to buy/use the solution gives you a really bad reputation after a while.
There are problems with every operating system that you care to look at. Some of them are common to all of them; some of them are specific to that OS, but they all have problems. They also all have areas of use where, as they currently exist, they are more suited.
Let's face it, most users just want it to work. If they have someone to support their system or help them with it, great (and hats off to the ones who can and want to do it all for themselves). If not, they are going to go for what is easiest for them.
Believe it or not, it's fairly simple and buisness-like. Don't promise what you can't bring to the table and if your solution doesn't work for someone who might be interested in it, don't blame them. Just realize that you won't be a fit for everyone.
"You are a developer, you are not the average Windows user that thinks voodoo magic happens in the big black (or white) box next to their monitor."
Never said I was an average user. In fact, I stated plainly that I wasn't.
"Open your eyes and look at the other 90% of computer users out there. A 10% market share will not make any major company support linux."
I never said it would make a major company support linux. My post was in response to someone that wasn't sure how hard it was to install on his laptop.
As far as opening my eyes goes, I readily admit that linux isn't ready for massive home desktop use (though I do think that it's ready for more extensive buisness use, especially since it can help save quite a chunk of money if you do it right). In fact, in an article coming out in the issue of the magazine that we're currently working on, I take great pains to point this out.
He doesn't miss the point. In fact, he hits it on the head. You should not have to wonder wether all of the componants are going to play with your OS. I remember doing that with windows...back in the mid 90's.
I'm not placing blame for it, and, indeed it's getting a lot easier to throw it on just about everything now. I'm just saying that it shouldn't be an issue to run a modern operating system on modern comodity hardware and researching "computer stuff" is something that your average pc user is not going to do, and in many cases isn't really capable of doing especially since most people only use their computers for email and the web.
I believe Linux is ready for much more buisness use, but until my mother can deal with it easily, it won't be ready for mainstream home desktop use.
disclaimer: I am the editor of a technical and open source magazine, a software developer, and have been a network analyst. My views are my own and not necessarily those of my employers or clients (past or present). In all fairness, I use Linux and even help others switch, but I realize that there are currently some limitations for its widespread home use.
I dual booted my dell laptop (inspiron 1100) with xp pro and fedora so I could do dev work on both platforms without as much trouble. Both installs went pretty well once I upgraded the bios (the old version broke the video and was fixed in a later version).
The only problem I really had with either was sound and the wireless card. I was impressed. The only thing I wish it had was a bigger hard drive, but that's just a personal preference thing.
I'd almost be willing to bet that "Jack" is a shortended version of an insult toward him. =]
The Jack Thompson eats your face.
You are dead.
I know. The people who complain about MS support obviously weren't dealing with the same group in support that I was (since we were part of the university that I was attending). The problems that I came to them with were truly twisted, bizare things that I had already searched for several hours for the answers to (both on google and in the technet cds that we had).
At one point, I actually stumped the guy on the other end of the phone, but he called back the next morning after having talked to the specialists in that particular issue and the problem worked like a charm.
That was one heck of a long weekend (weekend before christmas, no less) but it would have been a lot longer if I didn't get good answers from them on the issues we were having.
Migrating a primary domain controller, secondary domain controller/file server, and exchange server/web server over the course of one weekend is not something that I advise (I wasn't the one who set the timeline). I think I slept for almost a solid day afterward.
I would be afraid to have a mod chip for my cat because, with my luck it would bring out his more feral qualities. This could be a problem, considering that he's part bobcat...
He's my evil fuzzy ball of claws and teeth as it is. I don't need him actually breaking out of the house to try and take down my neighbor's (rather large) dog. He already tries to charge at her through the deck door as it is.