I completely agree. Every linux office suite I have installed on Windows runs horribly slow and I've even had OpenOffice completely crash my linux box on numerous occasions by simply trying to save a document in MS Word format. On the other hand, MS Office hasn't crashed my Windows machine once.
Hilary Clinton is a stupid bitch that deserves to die a slow and painful death. Anyone with the mentality that "everyone in society should participate in raising my child and should share the blame and responsibility for his actions when I allow him to play ADULT themed video games" should immediately be shot in the face at least 15 times and have glass shards forced down their throat while having an incredibly old and splintery piece of wood shoved up their ass.
Accountability Responsibility
These words have been lost in time, their meanings forgotten over years of "it takes a village to raise a child" bullshit. Guess what hippies, we don't live in a village, we live in a country with almost 300 million fucking people and the United States is not a fucking daycare. Parents used to be forced to take responsibility for their children. Now everyone seems to think its ok for bad parents to just point their fingers back at society with bullshit explanations like "my child is a murderer because while I was out on the street turning tricks to pay for my crack addiction he was playing a video game where you murder people that I bought him to keep his mouth shut while mommy freebased herself a snack".
When a kid goes and finds his dad's gun and uses it to shoot a cop, don't blame GTA, blame the stupid fuck parents who didn't teach the kid right from wrong, the value of life, the difference between reality and fantasy, gun control and safety, and that ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
On another note, I don't understand how they can revoke a rating for San Andreas "due to unauthorized third party "Hot Coffee" modification". There are a handful of guns that can easily be modified into fully automatic weapons, yet those manufacturers aren't held responsible. But some 8 year old playing a game with a Mature rating goes onto the INTERNET and finds a patch for nudity? Nudity on the internet, what is the world coming to...
Also, I didn't hear a big stink about all those nudity patches that came out for the various releases of The Sims.
I would have to disagree with you about the quality of Giant's software. I used to run Giant Antispy before Microsoft bought them and Spybot would always find things that Giant had left behind. There are also a number of other free tools that offer much more than Giant ever did.
Until someone reprograms them into a deadly weapon and "a tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the middle of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the explosion."
I always thought Linux's solution of recompiling and/or reloading/rebooting the kernel/modules when new ones are needed is an elegant solution that all but the most dimwitted users would have no trouble with.
Are you being sarcastic? I fail to see how having to recompile the kernel to update a video driver is elegant. I also disagree that "all but the most dimwitted of users" have no trouble with this process. I see this as being one of the largest problems with Linux users: assuming that Linux is simple and easy to use for everyone.
The vast majority of computer users throughout the world would not know how to recompile the kernel of their operating system. Even those who do know how might prefer the word tedius instead of elegant.
That is strange. I have had to call to reactivate before, and it also told me that my key was invalid, and then automatically directed me to what sounded like a Russian CSR. I read the long string of numbers to him once, told him I had recently upgraded my computer, then he read the code back to me.
I think Microsoft is obviously doing something right if so many people are pirating their software, and if changing their activation processes pisses off so many people. If no one liked/used Microsoft software, then this would be a non-issue.
From TFA: Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Hoffstadt confirmed the arrest was the first criminal case brought against an individual sending spam over IM.
That doesn't mention extortion. Also, according to the
LA Times: Greco agreed to fly to Los Angeles to sign a contract and was arrested when he arrived Wednesday. He was charged with violating a federal anti-spam law, harming MySpace computers and attempting extortion.
Now, if I buy a lock that is known to be defective, I don't have a case - I should have known better.
That's the problem with Microsoft, they have so much of the market that many people are stuck using their locks, even when they know they're garbage.
These two statements contradict each other. You're saying even though there are already many free alternatives, everyone is stuck using Microsoft. Also by your logic, people using Windows and have a problem with it should have known better. I agree, people who don't like Microsoft shouldn't use their products, they should use an alternative, but if they choose to continue to use Microsoft products, then they should have known better, and they should shut the fuck up about it. There are many reasons why Microsoft has so much of the market share and linux does not. It isn't entirely about the fact that linux is too complicated for basic PC users, people who just read email, listen to music, or play games, although that is important. The real factor is that most people don't care. They don't care enough to put for the effort to convert to a new OS and put for the time to learn it. People have a hard enough time remembering to wash their hands or look before changing lanes on the freeway, so why the hell should we expect them to care enough about their computer to make a change like that. That is what it boils down to.
Kids don't fully understand the 1st ammendment mainly because its something they have a warped perspective of. I remember studying the Constitution in school, and I never really understood the First Ammendment because I never felt that it applied to me. At my public high school there were very strict restrictions on dress and speech, such as getting detention or suspension for cussing, etc, as well as male students being dragged out of class to the bathroom and being forced to shave with a disposable razor if they had any visible facial hair. I can guarantee that this played a large part in the mislead interpretation I had of the First Amendment for all those years.
That is because our military is designed and organized to fight other large militaries. Even this war shows that our army is not properly equipped to fight guerillas as well as larger, more technologically advance armies. What good is a laser-guided bomb when you don't know where you drop it?
I saw a computer with a LightScribe drive at CompUSA last week. I believe it was an HP something or other, but after the sales-person finally left me alone to go harass the people in the mac section of the store, I got to play around with it a little bit. Certainly looks a lot better than what those Disc Stompers produce.
He isn't giving much. I gave a 100 dollars to the tsunami relief fund, that's a higher percentage of my salary then Bill Gates. Last year I have thousands of dollars to charities, expressed as a percentage of my salary that makes me 100 times better then Gates. Gates can give away 99% of his salary and still live like a king on a couple of billion dollars.
"The foundation's grants have provided funds for underrepresented minority college scholarships, AIDS prevention, diseases that strike mainly in the third world, and other causes. The Foundation currently provides 90% of the world budget for the attempted eradication of poliomyelitis, the World Health Organization having 'moved on' to other diseases. In June 1999, Gates and his wife donated US$5 billion to their foundation, the largest single donation ever by living individuals. He has donated more than 100 million dollars to help children suffering from AIDS."
All from wikipedia
So because Gates doesn't give away 99% of his savings, he isn't giving much? I don't see you giving up every dime you have and living on the street. I mean, you can always give more, but belittling a man's attempts to help others because "he can always do more" is pathetic.
I am guessing that they want to stay as far away from PC integration as possible. The more they emphasize PC integration, the bigger the market for hacked cards will become.
I have been rear-ended in my truck, 4 different times, by 4 different women. I got rear-ended at two different stop signs while I wasn't moving, rear-ended at a red light that I was sitting at, and rear-ended by a woman who was tailgating me in the rain.
Now, you're going to sit there and justify a system, that had I reported these incidents, would have raised MY coverage rates, which I can gaurantee you are already higher than those of every single woman who has hit me, to an even higher price, even though I was not at fault in any of my ONLY 4 accidents?
Needless to say, I wouldn't trust the insurance industry as any sort of reliable source of information. Their "facts" are based on what makes them more money while helping you as little as possible.
"Sounds like this old jock is feeling a little bad about the fact the guys he picked on are now making 10x's as much as he is after their graduation..."
We all know this moron didn't graduate from anything except maybe Pampers.
Ok, then by your logic, a Ford Focus or Taurus is a crippled version of a Lexus or Mercedes or BMW simply because it doesn't come with laser assisted cruise control or a GPS system. I don't hear everyone screaming bloody murder because car companies design economy cars. How dare them!
There is a difference between luxury and necessity. People who have never used a computer before don't need 1600x1200 display options and they don't need the ability to switch users on the fly or any of that crap to make spreadsheets or keep inventory of food rations. If all of you could just get past the fact that the priorities of computer use for those in 3rd world countries are not, surprise surprise, the same as those of the slashdot community then maybe you would realize that this is a good move from Microsoft.
I suffer from the exact same problem. However, the plethora of radio waves going through my apartment also cause my old surround sound system to turn itself on to a random AM radio station. I've had to wrap the damn thing with aluminum foil so that I can watch a movie without the sound switching from gun shots and explosions to classical music.
Also, many apartment complexes don't let you paint, plus, painting is a pain in the ass, and it doesn't protect you from any wireless signals coming in through the floors, windows, or ceiling. I'd really appreciate it if someone did have a cheap and effective solution, then I could put away all the 25 and 50 foot cat5 cables that I have stapled to the walls and ceiling.
Slashdot Mirror
I completely agree. Every linux office suite I have installed on Windows runs horribly slow and I've even had OpenOffice completely crash my linux box on numerous occasions by simply trying to save a document in MS Word format. On the other hand, MS Office hasn't crashed my Windows machine once.
Hilary Clinton is a stupid bitch that deserves to die a slow and painful death. Anyone with the mentality that "everyone in society should participate in raising my child and should share the blame and responsibility for his actions when I allow him to play ADULT themed video games" should immediately be shot in the face at least 15 times and have glass shards forced down their throat while having an incredibly old and splintery piece of wood shoved up their ass.
Accountability
Responsibility
These words have been lost in time, their meanings forgotten over years of "it takes a village to raise a child" bullshit. Guess what hippies, we don't live in a village, we live in a country with almost 300 million fucking people and the United States is not a fucking daycare. Parents used to be forced to take responsibility for their children. Now everyone seems to think its ok for bad parents to just point their fingers back at society with bullshit explanations like "my child is a murderer because while I was out on the street turning tricks to pay for my crack addiction he was playing a video game where you murder people that I bought him to keep his mouth shut while mommy freebased herself a snack".
When a kid goes and finds his dad's gun and uses it to shoot a cop, don't blame GTA, blame the stupid fuck parents who didn't teach the kid right from wrong, the value of life, the difference between reality and fantasy, gun control and safety, and that ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
On another note, I don't understand how they can revoke a rating for San Andreas "due to unauthorized third party "Hot Coffee" modification". There are a handful of guns that can easily be modified into fully automatic weapons, yet those manufacturers aren't held responsible. But some 8 year old playing a game with a Mature rating goes onto the INTERNET and finds a patch for nudity? Nudity on the internet, what is the world coming to...
Also, I didn't hear a big stink about all those nudity patches that came out for the various releases of The Sims.
I would have to disagree with you about the quality of Giant's software. I used to run Giant Antispy before Microsoft bought them and Spybot would always find things that Giant had left behind. There are also a number of other free tools that offer much more than Giant ever did.
Windows vs. Linux in usage... about the same.
What are you smoking? Can I buy some?
The Diamond Age seems closer, day by day.
Until someone reprograms them into a deadly weapon and "a tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the middle of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the explosion."
I always thought Linux's solution of recompiling and/or reloading/rebooting the kernel/modules when new ones are needed is an elegant solution that all but the most dimwitted users would have no trouble with.
Are you being sarcastic? I fail to see how having to recompile the kernel to update a video driver is elegant. I also disagree that "all but the most dimwitted of users" have no trouble with this process. I see this as being one of the largest problems with Linux users: assuming that Linux is simple and easy to use for everyone.
The vast majority of computer users throughout the world would not know how to recompile the kernel of their operating system. Even those who do know how might prefer the word tedius instead of elegant.
That is strange. I have had to call to reactivate before, and it also told me that my key was invalid, and then automatically directed me to what sounded like a Russian CSR. I read the long string of numbers to him once, told him I had recently upgraded my computer, then he read the code back to me.
I think Microsoft is obviously doing something right if so many people are pirating their software, and if changing their activation processes pisses off so many people. If no one liked/used Microsoft software, then this would be a non-issue.
I was just pointing out that he was arrested for more than extortion.
From TFA: Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Hoffstadt confirmed the arrest was the first criminal case brought against an individual sending spam over IM.
That doesn't mention extortion. Also, according to the LA Times: Greco agreed to fly to Los Angeles to sign a contract and was arrested when he arrived Wednesday. He was charged with violating a federal anti-spam law, harming MySpace computers and attempting extortion.
"In this world gone mad, we won't spank the monkey, the monkey will spank us."
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
Now, if I buy a lock that is known to be defective, I don't have a case - I should have known better.
That's the problem with Microsoft, they have so much of the market that many people are stuck using their locks, even when they know they're garbage.
These two statements contradict each other. You're saying even though there are already many free alternatives, everyone is stuck using Microsoft. Also by your logic, people using Windows and have a problem with it should have known better. I agree, people who don't like Microsoft shouldn't use their products, they should use an alternative, but if they choose to continue to use Microsoft products, then they should have known better, and they should shut the fuck up about it. There are many reasons why Microsoft has so much of the market share and linux does not. It isn't entirely about the fact that linux is too complicated for basic PC users, people who just read email, listen to music, or play games, although that is important. The real factor is that most people don't care. They don't care enough to put for the effort to convert to a new OS and put for the time to learn it. People have a hard enough time remembering to wash their hands or look before changing lanes on the freeway, so why the hell should we expect them to care enough about their computer to make a change like that. That is what it boils down to.
Kids don't fully understand the 1st ammendment mainly because its something they have a warped perspective of. I remember studying the Constitution in school, and I never really understood the First Ammendment because I never felt that it applied to me. At my public high school there were very strict restrictions on dress and speech, such as getting detention or suspension for cussing, etc, as well as male students being dragged out of class to the bathroom and being forced to shave with a disposable razor if they had any visible facial hair. I can guarantee that this played a large part in the mislead interpretation I had of the First Amendment for all those years.
That is because our military is designed and organized to fight other large militaries. Even this war shows that our army is not properly equipped to fight guerillas as well as larger, more technologically advance armies. What good is a laser-guided bomb when you don't know where you drop it?
The peasantry of China?
They opposed 2 million Japanese troops since 1927 with nothing but militias.
Seems like you forgot about the Rape of Nanjing
Also, keep in mind that "opposed" simply means they fought them. Those living in Tibet "opposed" the Chinese military, for about 20 minutes...
We established a home land in the middle east for the Jews out of compassion and remorse for a crime we did not commit.
Actually, what we did is basically break down the door to the home of some muslims and say "here you go Stein, this is your new home".
I saw a computer with a LightScribe drive at CompUSA last week. I believe it was an HP something or other, but after the sales-person finally left me alone to go harass the people in the mac section of the store, I got to play around with it a little bit. Certainly looks a lot better than what those Disc Stompers produce.
He isn't giving much. I gave a 100 dollars to the tsunami relief fund, that's a higher percentage of my salary then Bill Gates. Last year I have thousands of dollars to charities, expressed as a percentage of my salary that makes me 100 times better then Gates. Gates can give away 99% of his salary and still live like a king on a couple of billion dollars.
"The foundation's grants have provided funds for underrepresented minority college scholarships, AIDS prevention, diseases that strike mainly in the third world, and other causes. The Foundation currently provides 90% of the world budget for the attempted eradication of poliomyelitis, the World Health Organization having 'moved on' to other diseases. In June 1999, Gates and his wife donated US$5 billion to their foundation, the largest single donation ever by living individuals. He has donated more than 100 million dollars to help children suffering from AIDS." All from wikipedia
So because Gates doesn't give away 99% of his savings, he isn't giving much? I don't see you giving up every dime you have and living on the street. I mean, you can always give more, but belittling a man's attempts to help others because "he can always do more" is pathetic.
I am guessing that they want to stay as far away from PC integration as possible. The more they emphasize PC integration, the bigger the market for hacked cards will become.
I have been rear-ended in my truck, 4 different times, by 4 different women. I got rear-ended at two different stop signs while I wasn't moving, rear-ended at a red light that I was sitting at, and rear-ended by a woman who was tailgating me in the rain.
Now, you're going to sit there and justify a system, that had I reported these incidents, would have raised MY coverage rates, which I can gaurantee you are already higher than those of every single woman who has hit me, to an even higher price, even though I was not at fault in any of my ONLY 4 accidents?
Needless to say, I wouldn't trust the insurance industry as any sort of reliable source of information. Their "facts" are based on what makes them more money while helping you as little as possible.
No, the skirt was not named after the car. Just check wikipedia
You need to clarify that statment, it should say:
"Sounds like this old jock is feeling a little bad about the fact the guys he picked on are now making 10x's as much as he is after their graduation..."
We all know this moron didn't graduate from anything except maybe Pampers.
Ok, then by your logic, a Ford Focus or Taurus is a crippled version of a Lexus or Mercedes or BMW simply because it doesn't come with laser assisted cruise control or a GPS system. I don't hear everyone screaming bloody murder because car companies design economy cars. How dare them!
There is a difference between luxury and necessity. People who have never used a computer before don't need 1600x1200 display options and they don't need the ability to switch users on the fly or any of that crap to make spreadsheets or keep inventory of food rations. If all of you could just get past the fact that the priorities of computer use for those in 3rd world countries are not, surprise surprise, the same as those of the slashdot community then maybe you would realize that this is a good move from Microsoft.
I suffer from the exact same problem. However, the plethora of radio waves going through my apartment also cause my old surround sound system to turn itself on to a random AM radio station. I've had to wrap the damn thing with aluminum foil so that I can watch a movie without the sound switching from gun shots and explosions to classical music.
Also, many apartment complexes don't let you paint, plus, painting is a pain in the ass, and it doesn't protect you from any wireless signals coming in through the floors, windows, or ceiling. I'd really appreciate it if someone did have a cheap and effective solution, then I could put away all the 25 and 50 foot cat5 cables that I have stapled to the walls and ceiling.
It took this to convince you not to move to France?