MSN may get better after a while, but google still reigns for now.
Wow. That was a comprehensive test. Type in one seach, and decide from that. That's like saying that Linux sucks because Slackware didn't find my sound card. Besides, you didn't even compare against Google's special Linux search.
And Google was different from Altavista, Lycos, Webcrawler, Hotbot, and the others how...? It isn't. It's the exact same thing, only better. That's what MS does. They tend to take an idea, make it better (easier, etc.), and market it better.
I just found an upgrade to the Roomba. It costs about 1/100 as much, never breaks down, is environmentally friendly, usually lasts for many years, uses no power, and provides exercise: Witness: THE BROOM!
Ah, consumerism at it's finest! One useless, overpriced, plastic toy smashes another useless, overpriced, plastic toy. Somehow, I don't see either of these products as improving life. They both seem to me to be the pinnacle of wasteful laziness. Personally, I'd smash both pieces of junk with a sledgehammer for fun.
...specifically, the map-making industry. Every roadmap you look at will have at least a few made up roads or landmarks that are used for the sole purpose of catching other companies copying their maps verbatim.
The community of adult webmasters is very creative. It's been said befoer, but it bears repeating that the ubiquitous Net owes its existence to the money, bandwidth, and technological push that porn online provides. In almost every aspect of the Web, the porn industry drives and uses new technology long before the "mainstream" catches on.
Well, call me stupid, but why did you stop using it just because you didn't like the latest version? Did somebody put a gun to your head and force you to stop using the older versions?
I've been using Winamp for as long as they've existed, and I've gotta say, at least before the 3.x versions, it was a *great* program. Light, fast, simple, and relatively bug free, with tons of features that you could turn on if you wanted to and add-ons that did almost anything I could imagine, as far as audio goes. I will miss Winamp. Nonetheless, I suspect that I'm not alone in saying that I'll continue using Winamp for the forseeable future. I haven't needed to upgrade from my current version (2.8 something) for quite a while, and from what I understand, a lot of long time users stopped with 2.8. So, long live Winamp!
But the whole point is that the gov't runs the mainstream media. The mainstream media has NOT reported this, and will not, because Indymedia isn't considered "real" press, and because the gov't simply does not want people to know about it. And finally, 51% of the US population obviously either doesn't give a shit, or are completely clueless about what's going on. This will get ignored, and nobody but the tiny minority of informed citizens will ever know (or care) that this happened. People won't get upset until the gov't starts taking away their SUV's.
I agree with the embarassment thing. Every time somebody shows me a new gadget or computer that they just bought I'm embarassed for them. There's nothing cooler than using old hardware. And by the same logic, there's nothing less cool than buying brand new hardware for no particular reason. Any Joe Schmoe can drive to Wal-Mart and buy the latest and greatest. A real geek will make it work, regardless of hardware.
Apparently, there aren't too many old school programmers here who believe in KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). All sound goes to my stereo by way of this very expensive, complicated device.
Games & movies go in the PS2. Done.
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Ah, good point. But there is a reason you're missing for why people might not drop out of the system. Alimony, and child support.
Very true. Once you have a kid, you're screwed. You've got to support that kid for at least 20 years. That's a hell of a lot of pressure. I didn't even think about that. But then again, people only have kids if they're well off enough that they can afford the kid... right?
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There's nothing worse than realizing everyone around you is incompetent and being lead around like sheep but not wanting to sell your soul to be in charge (i.e. politicians). You're just stuck somewhere in the middle.
I disagree. Drop out of the system. I did. I'm never going back to a cube farm again. Ever. The only reason people feel stuck is that they have very expensive lifestyles to pay for. It's surprising how little you miss all of the shit once it's gone (new cars, cable TV, new computers, overpriced clothes, etc.).
Also, if the zombie machines he uses start running slow because they're now processing hundreds of thousands of those hashes, they're more likely to get an engineer in who will fix the problem. Who wins? Everyone.
You obviously don't know many PC users. Everybody I know just buys a new computer when theirs "gets slow" figuring that there are some mechanical parts that are simply wearing out inside of it. If zombies start having to work harder, Joe Sixpack will just go buy a shiny new Dell.
I don't think think it's any kind of conspiracy. It's very simple. You give away code for free, and ask everybody politely not to steal it please, with no real money or leverage to back it up. Well, anyone who's older than 8 should not be so naive as to expect everybody to respect their wishes. That's just delusional. Of course open source code is going to be stolen and used in closed source apps, or poprietary apps. It's probably already been done thousands of times, and will continue to happen.
It's along the lines of crossing at a "crosswalk" anywhere in suburbia America, and assuming that everybody will stop for you since it's the law. Law is one thing, but reality would intervene on that daydream, and you'd get flattened.
Yeah, I jsut only consider it a "flight suit" when it's worn by a real pilot. Bush was just playing dress up (which was an absurd act of theater that the President should never stoop to).
You have to understand... the US government has done an EXCEPTIONAL job of keeping its people scared and ignorant. Hence, the election results. People in this country have no fucking clue as to what's going on, and those who do, get it from TV, which just spews out gov't propoganda designed to keep people fucking terrified. It's very Machiavellian, actually.
We don't have an educated, informed population. Apparently, half of the US really IS made up of Jesus Freak, Nascar worshipping bigots.
I think it happened the same day that the war in Iraq ended. Remember Bush in his flight suit costume with the big "Mission Accomplished" banner? You see, the Iraq "war" ended because the US had successfully attacked Iraq, which had bombed the... oh, jesus, forget it. I can't even keep up with all of the bullshit our government spews out anymore.
why not just go the whole hog and install Mozilla proper?
The last time I installed Mozilla, the browser looked and acted exactly like Netscape, bugs and all. I saw little to no connection between Firefox and Mozilla. Suffice to say, we use Firefox.
It amazes me how many people don't consider recompiling a kernel a nuisance, and these same people won't be bothered to actually read the documentation that comes with Windows 2k/xp/2003
Actually, all you have to do is to enable auto-update in XP. It's one checkbox.
Isn't the whole point behind auto update is that it does it for you, or it at least tells you that an update is available? It seems to me that auto update isn't working at all. I've gotten no notification of any kind on any of our boxes.
Yes, I know. Troll. But it's got to be said. This fucking community is always talking about big, evil companies, then I've read more information about Best Buy's marketing practices by people who obviously use them more than frequently. You are all corporate whores.
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MSN may get better after a while, but google still reigns for now.
Wow. That was a comprehensive test. Type in one seach, and decide from that. That's like saying that Linux sucks because Slackware didn't find my sound card. Besides, you didn't even compare against Google's special Linux search.
And Google was different from Altavista, Lycos, Webcrawler, Hotbot, and the others how...? It isn't. It's the exact same thing, only better. That's what MS does. They tend to take an idea, make it better (easier, etc.), and market it better.
I just found an upgrade to the Roomba. It costs about 1/100 as much, never breaks down, is environmentally friendly, usually lasts for many years, uses no power, and provides exercise:
Witness: THE BROOM!
Ah, consumerism at it's finest! One useless, overpriced, plastic toy smashes another useless, overpriced, plastic toy. Somehow, I don't see either of these products as improving life. They both seem to me to be the pinnacle of wasteful laziness. Personally, I'd smash both pieces of junk with a sledgehammer for fun.
...specifically, the map-making industry. Every roadmap you look at will have at least a few made up roads or landmarks that are used for the sole purpose of catching other companies copying their maps verbatim.
I love the informative Wikipedia link to the Hindenburg disaster. As always, leave it to Wikipedia to inform!
The community of adult webmasters is very creative. It's been said befoer, but it bears repeating that the ubiquitous Net owes its existence to the money, bandwidth, and technological push that porn online provides. In almost every aspect of the Web, the porn industry drives and uses new technology long before the "mainstream" catches on.
Well, call me stupid, but why did you stop using it just because you didn't like the latest version? Did somebody put a gun to your head and force you to stop using the older versions?
I've been using Winamp for as long as they've existed, and I've gotta say, at least before the 3.x versions, it was a *great* program. Light, fast, simple, and relatively bug free, with tons of features that you could turn on if you wanted to and add-ons that did almost anything I could imagine, as far as audio goes. I will miss Winamp. Nonetheless, I suspect that I'm not alone in saying that I'll continue using Winamp for the forseeable future. I haven't needed to upgrade from my current version (2.8 something) for quite a while, and from what I understand, a lot of long time users stopped with 2.8. So, long live Winamp!
But the whole point is that the gov't runs the mainstream media. The mainstream media has NOT reported this, and will not, because Indymedia isn't considered "real" press, and because the gov't simply does not want people to know about it. And finally, 51% of the US population obviously either doesn't give a shit, or are completely clueless about what's going on. This will get ignored, and nobody but the tiny minority of informed citizens will ever know (or care) that this happened. People won't get upset until the gov't starts taking away their SUV's.
I agree with the embarassment thing. Every time somebody shows me a new gadget or computer that they just bought I'm embarassed for them. There's nothing cooler than using old hardware. And by the same logic, there's nothing less cool than buying brand new hardware for no particular reason. Any Joe Schmoe can drive to Wal-Mart and buy the latest and greatest. A real geek will make it work, regardless of hardware.
Apparently, there aren't too many old school programmers here who believe in KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). All sound goes to my stereo by way of this very expensive, complicated device.
Games & movies go in the PS2. Done.
Ah, good point. But there is a reason you're missing for why people might not drop out of the system. Alimony, and child support.
Very true. Once you have a kid, you're screwed. You've got to support that kid for at least 20 years. That's a hell of a lot of pressure. I didn't even think about that. But then again, people only have kids if they're well off enough that they can afford the kid... right?
There's nothing worse than realizing everyone around you is incompetent and being lead around like sheep but not wanting to sell your soul to be in charge (i.e. politicians). You're just stuck somewhere in the middle.
I disagree. Drop out of the system. I did. I'm never going back to a cube farm again. Ever. The only reason people feel stuck is that they have very expensive lifestyles to pay for. It's surprising how little you miss all of the shit once it's gone (new cars, cable TV, new computers, overpriced clothes, etc.).
Also, if the zombie machines he uses start running slow because they're now processing hundreds of thousands of those hashes, they're more likely to get an engineer in who will fix the problem. Who wins? Everyone.
You obviously don't know many PC users. Everybody I know just buys a new computer when theirs "gets slow" figuring that there are some mechanical parts that are simply wearing out inside of it. If zombies start having to work harder, Joe Sixpack will just go buy a shiny new Dell.
I don't think think it's any kind of conspiracy. It's very simple. You give away code for free, and ask everybody politely not to steal it please, with no real money or leverage to back it up. Well, anyone who's older than 8 should not be so naive as to expect everybody to respect their wishes. That's just delusional. Of course open source code is going to be stolen and used in closed source apps, or poprietary apps. It's probably already been done thousands of times, and will continue to happen.
It's along the lines of crossing at a "crosswalk" anywhere in suburbia America, and assuming that everybody will stop for you since it's the law. Law is one thing, but reality would intervene on that daydream, and you'd get flattened.
You missed my biting sarcasm.
Yeah, I jsut only consider it a "flight suit" when it's worn by a real pilot. Bush was just playing dress up (which was an absurd act of theater that the President should never stoop to).
You have to understand... the US government has done an EXCEPTIONAL job of keeping its people scared and ignorant. Hence, the election results. People in this country have no fucking clue as to what's going on, and those who do, get it from TV, which just spews out gov't propoganda designed to keep people fucking terrified. It's very Machiavellian, actually.
We don't have an educated, informed population. Apparently, half of the US really IS made up of Jesus Freak, Nascar worshipping bigots.
I think it happened the same day that the war in Iraq ended. Remember Bush in his flight suit costume with the big "Mission Accomplished" banner? You see, the Iraq "war" ended because the US had successfully attacked Iraq, which had bombed the ... oh, jesus, forget it. I can't even keep up with all of the bullshit our government spews out anymore.
why not just go the whole hog and install Mozilla proper?
The last time I installed Mozilla, the browser looked and acted exactly like Netscape, bugs and all. I saw little to no connection between Firefox and Mozilla. Suffice to say, we use Firefox.
It amazes me how many people don't consider recompiling a kernel a nuisance, and these same people won't be bothered to actually read the documentation that comes with Windows 2k/xp/2003
Actually, all you have to do is to enable auto-update in XP. It's one checkbox.
Isn't the whole point behind auto update is that it does it for you, or it at least tells you that an update is available? It seems to me that auto update isn't working at all. I've gotten no notification of any kind on any of our boxes.
That kind of horse shit is more damaging to the free knowledge idea that the Net was supposed to be than porn and spam combined.
Yes, I know. Troll. But it's got to be said. This fucking community is always talking about big, evil companies, then I've read more information about Best Buy's marketing practices by people who obviously use them more than frequently. You are all corporate whores.