Java is a massive success. Right now, a lot of people have it on their PCs, if only for LimeWire. And new mobile phones will, 99% of the time, have a Java runtime environment on them. I know mine does. Might just be used by bored commuters to play sudoku or whatever on the bus, but it's still used, and useful.
Look, I'm all for standing up for your beliefs and all, but surely this is a perfect way to compromise? They're giving the OSS community just about everything they want...cross platform support, the ability to download copies of music if you lose them...or do you want a pony as well?
If you want things to be better, I'd support this. It's fairer than what we have now, and if it fails then all that will happen is media giants will conclude that harsh DRM is accepted by people.
Yes, and it's fairly obvious that Iran wants weapons. Not that I support an invasion, just that there's an obvious reason which is going to be given for one.
France, Germany and the US aren't very likely to want any more nuclear power than they've already got. If you're talking about weapons, the US and France are hardly in a position to quibble.
YMMV, but my Archos GMini is fantastic for the price ($200 for a 20GB thing), tiny in size and just works as a normal USB mass storage thing. And quality with LAME or even WMA is great. I wouldn't dream of getting an iPod.
Sorry, I'm just bitter. I installed Gentoo this morning (or at least started to) but gave up when I realised that both Debian and Windows install in a fraction of the time.
Making up that crappy joke about being bought by MS. Also waiting for OO.o to build (to compare, several hundred Gentoo installs have been completed in the same time.
Maybe that's because there's no demand? If everyone wanted Linux/Mac, then that is what stores will sell. As it is, if you describe Linux to most people, they'd go nuts:
You: "Linux is faster, more stable and more secure, but you won't be able to run any games." Them: "Christ no. Windows please."
As it is now, Linux/BSD and Macs lag behind on games, and Linux on desktop speed. Both have some form of compatibility problems, and Macs are expensive. As it is, Windows is the only choice a lot of people have.
The worst bit is that Gabe Newell has said it took him 7 hours to finish. Not because that's a bad time, but because the fucker already played it and is waving it in our faces.
I'm hooked on HL2, and it's like shooting up in front of a recovering smackhead when he says that. Damn him and damn Valve (but I'll buy it anyway).
I downloaded FC5 a few days ago, installed it and tested for a bit. It took about two hours before I yelled "fuck it" and went back to Windows.
First, the installation is very slow. Needlessly so. I could understand if it was installing lots of packages, but Fedora comes with less packages than Ubuntu and takes more time. On the positive side, it was easy, but for some reason insisted on having all of my partitions in LVM.
On rebooting, GNOME started very quickly (in 3 seconds) but then the whole desktop just tended to feel...sluggish. Moving windows took ages to repaint, switching windows took a few seconds, for a lot of things you had to wait for the PC to catch up before you could do anything. While Fedora were boasting about OpenOffice.org being "optimised" in this release, it was just as slow as any other distro's installation of it.
Like I say, I went straight back to Windows, for the simple reason that it was too damn slow to be usable. 2000 or XP aren't anywhere near as sluggish as Fedora was, even Ubuntu was faster despite running roughly the same software. I couldn't see much evidence of the much-vaunted speed improvements, sadly.
Yeah, but there's a fine line between a troll on Slashdot and someone who just happens to hold a contrary opinion to the majority. By now, I'd probably have been banhammered to shit for my views on DRM and P2P if such a thing was in action (and it's a bit of a stupid idea on forums anyway).
I think this screenie shows how much I kick the ass of my little brother at Half Life 2: Deathmatch. Ahh, tis fun pwning close relatives with the crossbow after a hard day:D
A supermarket's margins are notoriously cut-throat.
If only because it's the supplier's whose throats are being cut. They get kicked around like you'd never believe in the name of low prices, and I personally try and avoid that by shopping at places with a more rigorous code of conduct.
The problem is that the Liberal Democrats, thanks to recent controversies, have rendered themselves practically unelectable, and the Conservatives still have that nasty spectre of Thatcher hanging over them. Labour is, under these conditions, sadly the only tolerable choice for many people (and I won't even go into the number of people who wouldn't touch the LDs with a barge pole).
As for the Lords, I'm kind of thankful for them. They do keep the government from passing some of their more loony ideas; much like the Supreme Court in the US, they tend to err on the side of common sense. They are some of the closest things we have to checks and balances in this country/godforsaken hellhole (delete as applicable) and for that they need to be kept.
It IS misguided and unethical to, say, republish someone's book on the Internet for free under the pretense that books should be free for everyone, or to believe in that stance. It has nothing to do with scientific papers and everything to do with the moral rights of an author.
This is why so many people ignore RMS; because he wants to force his views on everyone whether they like it or not, and completely ignores the right of the author of a work to do whatever he/she friggin' well wants to do with it, be it keep it under lock and key, spread it to the masses or whatever. It's akin to saying that it's not unethical to steal TVs from shop windows, because TVs should be free.
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Java is a massive success. Right now, a lot of people have it on their PCs, if only for LimeWire. And new mobile phones will, 99% of the time, have a Java runtime environment on them. I know mine does. Might just be used by bored commuters to play sudoku or whatever on the bus, but it's still used, and useful.
Look, I'm all for standing up for your beliefs and all, but surely this is a perfect way to compromise? They're giving the OSS community just about everything they want...cross platform support, the ability to download copies of music if you lose them...or do you want a pony as well?
If you want things to be better, I'd support this. It's fairer than what we have now, and if it fails then all that will happen is media giants will conclude that harsh DRM is accepted by people.
Yes, and it's fairly obvious that Iran wants weapons. Not that I support an invasion, just that there's an obvious reason which is going to be given for one.
France, Germany and the US aren't very likely to want any more nuclear power than they've already got. If you're talking about weapons, the US and France are hardly in a position to quibble.
Yeah, I can really see those countries invading Switzerland. Probably some kind of war for chocolate and cuckoo clocks.
YMMV, but my Archos GMini is fantastic for the price ($200 for a 20GB thing), tiny in size and just works as a normal USB mass storage thing. And quality with LAME or even WMA is great. I wouldn't dream of getting an iPod.
Sorry, I'm just bitter. I installed Gentoo this morning (or at least started to) but gave up when I realised that both Debian and Windows install in a fraction of the time.
WTF have they been doing?
Making up that crappy joke about being bought by MS. Also waiting for OO.o to build (to compare, several hundred Gentoo installs have been completed in the same time.
Indeed :) Big 5 still cracks me up.
Maybe that's because there's no demand? If everyone wanted Linux/Mac, then that is what stores will sell. As it is, if you describe Linux to most people, they'd go nuts:
You: "Linux is faster, more stable and more secure, but you won't be able to run any games."
Them: "Christ no. Windows please."
Linux on the desktop blows away Windows and Mac in speed! Don't know where you go that idea from...
Experience. GNOME and KDE have always been pathetically slow for me.
Ask the Soviets how well it worked for them.
I would, but they haven't existed since the early 1990s.
As it is now, Linux/BSD and Macs lag behind on games, and Linux on desktop speed. Both have some form of compatibility problems, and Macs are expensive. As it is, Windows is the only choice a lot of people have.
Look, leave The Judge alone. he's dead now. Isn't that good enough?
The worst bit is that Gabe Newell has said it took him 7 hours to finish. Not because that's a bad time, but because the fucker already played it and is waving it in our faces.
I'm hooked on HL2, and it's like shooting up in front of a recovering smackhead when he says that. Damn him and damn Valve (but I'll buy it anyway).
I downloaded FC5 a few days ago, installed it and tested for a bit. It took about two hours before I yelled "fuck it" and went back to Windows.
First, the installation is very slow. Needlessly so. I could understand if it was installing lots of packages, but Fedora comes with less packages than Ubuntu and takes more time. On the positive side, it was easy, but for some reason insisted on having all of my partitions in LVM.
On rebooting, GNOME started very quickly (in 3 seconds) but then the whole desktop just tended to feel...sluggish. Moving windows took ages to repaint, switching windows took a few seconds, for a lot of things you had to wait for the PC to catch up before you could do anything. While Fedora were boasting about OpenOffice.org being "optimised" in this release, it was just as slow as any other distro's installation of it.
Like I say, I went straight back to Windows, for the simple reason that it was too damn slow to be usable. 2000 or XP aren't anywhere near as sluggish as Fedora was, even Ubuntu was faster despite running roughly the same software. I couldn't see much evidence of the much-vaunted speed improvements, sadly.
"Hi, you appear to be writing a Slashdot story! I'm not going to bother helping, because you're inevitably going to fuck up anyway. Bye!"
Yeah, but there's a fine line between a troll on Slashdot and someone who just happens to hold a contrary opinion to the majority. By now, I'd probably have been banhammered to shit for my views on DRM and P2P if such a thing was in action (and it's a bit of a stupid idea on forums anyway).
Sounds like he's gonna get smoked!
(or in other words "In Soviet Spamerica, Rizler threatens to smoke YOU!")
Now you can customize Clippy according to your facial preferences. Options include complexion, hair style, nose shape and size, and ear/nose jewelry.
It's Mr Potato Clip!
I think this screenie shows how much I kick the ass of my little brother at Half Life 2: Deathmatch. Ahh, tis fun pwning close relatives with the crossbow after a hard day :D
A supermarket's margins are notoriously cut-throat.
If only because it's the supplier's whose throats are being cut. They get kicked around like you'd never believe in the name of low prices, and I personally try and avoid that by shopping at places with a more rigorous code of conduct.
Funny enough, I'd agree. Sadly, Plaid only run candidates in Wales. :(
The problem is that the Liberal Democrats, thanks to recent controversies, have rendered themselves practically unelectable, and the Conservatives still have that nasty spectre of Thatcher hanging over them. Labour is, under these conditions, sadly the only tolerable choice for many people (and I won't even go into the number of people who wouldn't touch the LDs with a barge pole).
As for the Lords, I'm kind of thankful for them. They do keep the government from passing some of their more loony ideas; much like the Supreme Court in the US, they tend to err on the side of common sense. They are some of the closest things we have to checks and balances in this country/godforsaken hellhole (delete as applicable) and for that they need to be kept.
It IS misguided and unethical to, say, republish someone's book on the Internet for free under the pretense that books should be free for everyone, or to believe in that stance. It has nothing to do with scientific papers and everything to do with the moral rights of an author.
This is why so many people ignore RMS; because he wants to force his views on everyone whether they like it or not, and completely ignores the right of the author of a work to do whatever he/she friggin' well wants to do with it, be it keep it under lock and key, spread it to the masses or whatever. It's akin to saying that it's not unethical to steal TVs from shop windows, because TVs should be free.