*WE* are the only ones that count as far as im concerned beacuse I live here.
Putting your needs of your country first is one thing. Viewing them as the "only ones that count" is another thing. I love the US, but I really don't get the attitude that we are the only ones that matter. We are all part of this world.
If your Stupid enough to use Exploder and not use Safari(on the Mac) or Firefox (Both Mac and PC) for "tab browsing" (even in Windows) you should pack your computer up send it back to the store.
Ouch... I only use a mac sparingly at work, and I am not at liberty to install Firefox on it. I don't particularly like Safari, but I do use it as much as I use Explorer.
If the windows are all open and you want to find a certin window Use one of OS X coolest features Expose F9 does all the windows, F10 does the for most Application F11 clears everything away. Trust me you've never see it in Windows.
That is cool.
BTW the dock will also fit a ton more things the the task bar will before it becomes unreadable
But then again if you really wanted to be Productive you wouldn't notice that much of a difference in the MAc and Windows
I agree. It is all about learning the tool and using it well. I am just relating my thoughts at a glance. Thanks for the informative post. I know more than before for sure.
I don't know why OS X does not come out of box with multiple workspaces... (I am glad to hear that it is possible atleast) That is key for me staying organized. I also don't know how you deal with switching between applications without a taskbar. It kills me to have to have to try and see which browser that I want to unmimimize by lookin at the tiny freakin thumbnail of it. If the app isn't minimized, then I have to deal with try to click on the tiny little space of each open window and hope I find the right one before I get a headache from the annoyance of it. I would rather have a taskbar, and multiple child panels that I can pull up easily for accessing the systray and applications that I use frequently. I know that Windows uses taskbars, but that doesn't make em evil. Oh well, it is all about whatever works for you. I am just sayin that using a Mac gives me a freakin headache.
As far as I am concerned, linux is more customizable. That is the bottom line for me, whatever you find to be efficient, you can do. Also, I don't get why mac users, atleast the ones that I know, seem to have no desire to customize the look of their desktop. I hate brushed metal with a passion. Hell, most macs I have still have the default wallpaper... I am not saying that my mac-packing friends are sheep, but wtf?
The games I will give you, but there are often equivalent (and free) apps for linux
I agree with you for the most part, but there a couple areas where linux is lacking for me, hence I still have xp on one of my boxes. I really wish there was a program like Quicken for monitoring my investments ( downloading changes and printing out pretty little graphs for me ). I still find gnucash lacking (and a little bit ugly).
And besides, if you're going to spend lots on Windows, why don't you just buy a console to play your games on instead?
As far as I am concerned, PC games and Console games are very different. I haven't been into consoles since the Super Nintendo. I prefer PC games. Most of my friends who have resisted the switch were prodded into checking out a livecd, which has usually led to me helping them get a dual-boot going.
in reply to this whole line, not just parent: Come on people. I loved the idea of Linux since the first time I heard about it. It was a bitch to install, there was a huge learning curve, and it took me about 5 distro's and atleast a dozen installs to find the one that was right for me. It took me a couple years to switch over because it wasn't always worth the time to try to get it set up. You people are not helping by ridiculing someone who is relating his experience, which is one that we ALL went through when switching to Linux.
It is not worth everyone's time to go through multiple installs of multiple distrobutions. For example, I convinced a friend of mine to install Linux on a laptop that he uses for web authoring and basic photo editing. After about 8 hours of trying to get his digital camera to be recognized, he looked at me in the eye and said "It's not worth it." Even with my help, and help from an active forum, it was not worth the time and effort to switch. You can throw the "try another distro" argument, at him but he was in no mood and had no time for that as there was work to be done. ( a little gentle prodding and a well-timed update got him up and running a week later )
We all know that things have improved as far as installs go. It is only going to get better, but don't get bent out of shape because somebody has had a bad experience with Linux. You all forget that while others may be interested in Linux, they don't love it like many of us do. For me, installing Linux is a labor of love. For someone who doesn't love Linux, a few failed attempts at a smooth/functioning install is enough to say it is not for them, atleast not for now.
"Joe Sixpack" rarely, if ever reinstalls an OS. They get that "geeky kid" to do it for them. Or just buy new.
I just spit beer all over my monitor cause this reminded me of that stupid show with Tommy Hilfiger's daughter... anyway, her computer wouldn't start so she whined like a little brat and they went and bought a new one.
While on the subject of that stupid tv show, the one where one of the girls was sitting with her feet dangling in the pool about how here life sucks... hehe, cracked me up.
Umm, those were the only 2 episodes I watched, I swear!
Actually, you using the word "windoze" is going to do more to slow down linux growth than Xandros' occasional lockups.
I prefer WinBlows. In my case, it actually made my wife want to learn more about linux (so she could change Lilo on our dual-boot back to saying Windows). I guess it all depends on the crowd.
Correct me if I am wrong, but we aren't talking about one small company. We are talking about 1 company that provides services to access wireless networks for a fee to other businesses. They certainly should have IT guys taking care of this.
The other party is the Massachussets Transit Authority. I don't see why the MTA would not have IT guys who are in charge of these networks also.
I agree with ya 100%. I hate microsoft, but even I had to chuckle halfway through the article. It was not convincing even though I believe alot of what he was saying.
And I hope he was kidding about throwing away a computer that works just because windows got some viruses... While I am being critical, even if his Windows install was toast, I don't see why he would need to spend a ton of money to get a "Windows system debugging". Could you not just wipe the drive and reinstall with the vaio cd??? This came across as FUD to me.
I am glad this guy is using a mac instead of linux, don't want this guy on my team... oh come on, I am just kidding.
As for me, I prefer them because it hurts my hand to strain when clicking a right-mouse button. It feels so much nicer to use both fingers to click one big button, and any right-click functionality I need is a simple as Ctrl-click or click-hold
Thats nothing compared to the strain of tryin to use the mouse and hit control with the same hand while executing an "open link in new tab". Why couldn't god have given me 3 hands???
Seriously though, 1 button mice boggles my mind and gives me a headache when i try to use it, but I always get a headache when I want something to work how I expect it and it doesn't. With that in mind, why am I studying to be a software engineer... hmm... Anyway, to each his own.
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Depends on what kind of hacker you are talkin about. Sk3etard-l33t or just some dude who likes technology
and has fun messing around with it. Maybe I just relate to Kevin cause I like to drink 40's when I am "hacking"...
gcj (gcc java compiler)
SWT - Standard Widget Toolkit ( either from eclipse.org or libswt)
Same difference, write in Java once, compile for each architecture with the appropriate SWT library. Compiles to native. (Azureus is an example that pops into my head.)
If you like the other features of Java, but don't like the JRE and having your users have to setup java to install your program, this is a great solution. Java still may have its limitations, but write once run everywhere natively is not one of them.
All of my classes are taught in Java, so granted I don't have in depth knowledge in C++, but it seems that most things can be accomplished with most languages. In other words, the real limits of most programming languages are less than the perceived limits. I will admit that I would like to learn C/C++ better for system programming.
Sorry, but the distinction between an object and its content is what copyright is all about. If I buy a script and score for a musical, I can't perform the musical in public without permission of the copyright holder. I can't do as I like with the content of a book without permission of a copyright holder. That's exactly what copyright is designed to enforce.
I have no problem with copyrights, but what I am saying is that EULA should either accesible before the purchase or you should be able to get a full refund. To quote myself "You are paying for the data, the CD should be considered part of packaging." I agree entirely that the object and the content are two different things. I pay for the content, not the cd. The EULA applies to the use of the content. My point is that I should be able to agree with conditions the EULA's X,Y,& Z before purchase or be allowed to return the item.
If I buy a script and score for a musical, I can't perform the musical in public without permission of the copyright holder.
The script/score does not contain a set of rules that you have to agree to after purchasing the score. You know the deal before you buy it, whereas a sealed box of software does not give you that right(oops... almost said luxury..). The two situations are not comparable. If Blizzard wants to impose the EULA from hell, I would probably still buy it and respect the EULA provided I knew what it was prior to purchase. So, to clarify: My problem is not with the terms of the EULA, but the way in which it is presented.
I don't know if what you are saying is true, but it should not be legal to sell a CD with data on it for $50 and say later, if you don't agree to X, Y, and Z, then you just paid $50 for a CD, and you can't use the data. You are paying for the data, the CD should be considered part of packaging. Also, this doesn't consider cases where you pay to download the software from a company, therefore having no CD. You know damn well that you would not pay $50 for a cd with mystery data on it that may or may not be useful to you.
I think most here agree that it isn't acceptable to add an agreement after the purchase. Legal or not, it is wrong and should be changed to protect consumers. If it remains "legal" to do so, it should be mandatory that all retailers accept returns on products when the consumer does not accept the EULA. The retailer should then be able to exchange the open copies for new ones from the manufacturer. That should be the price companies pay for trying to enforce an agreement made after the purchase, or an agreement made at purchase in which the terms of the agreement were not yet stated.
Believe it or not, there are good artists in all genre of music that don't get any airplay/airtime because they dont have the financial muscle or exposure to push their way to the top of the charts.
Amen to that, and here are a couple more for the list of the non-Bling focused hip-hop. Check out Dj Krush, Ugly Duckling, Common, Dan the Automator(Deltron 3030). All good stuff, some more commercially successful than others, but it is all art in my book.
There is good music in every genre, you just gotta go off the beaten path a little to find it sometimes. It really bothers me when people make blanket statements about an entire group of music/people/etc... The world is not that simple, and there are always exceptions to stereotypes.
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Art, like beauty, is in they eye of the beholder. What makes an artist genuine? I don't care for alot of rap/hip-hop but the same is true for country, rock, pop, techno, etc... The same is true for any artistic medium. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that it isn't genuine art.
Now I am all bent out of shape, time to throw on some DJ Krush and chill out for a bit....
We just call it Six Flags here in New England, atleast as far as I know.
Tallest/Fastest here is Superman - Ride of Steel and it is only 1/2 as tall and a little over 1/2 the speed of this new monstrosity. Of course, before the new restraints, it felt like you were going to fly out of the damn thing (or like you WERE flying out of it for one poor soul...). I screamed like a little girl on Superman. I don't think I want to know what I would do on Kingda Ka, but I am pretty sure most of my friends and my wife would love to know....
If I examine 10 machines and can tell that 9 of them have been opened, and I'm not sure if 1 hasn't, then I can tell 90% of the time.
I don't think he meant that 90% of the macs he works on have been obviously opened. I really doubt that 90% of mac users have opened their computer. I think the original response of "this is a logical contradiction. If you can't determine some of the people have opened their computers, it's impossible to say what percent you caught doing it." stands up to your criticism. Damn, i really want to make some pie charts for this... nah, better get back to work.
On a side note, does anyone know if installing linux on an imac void your warranty?
He was convicted, as long as he follows the orders of the judge, he is paying his debt. You may not like it, may not think the judgement is harsh enough. You may think he owes the world more, but that is how the legal system works. It is flawed, but it beats the hell out of everyone punishing everyone else as they see fit. If you think he owes the world more, petition for changes in the laws.
God knows I would change the punishment for some crimes if I had the power, but I don't and you are all the better for it. I would make your lives a living hell! Jaywalking, 500 bucks payable to me. Email spamming, your internet pass revoked(you will all be barcoded and tiny robots will monitor your location/activities to uphold this law). I would implement something that I like to call "honest computing" so we know what programs you are running, so terrorist hacking of this kind is no longer possible. all your computerz are belong to m$, i mean u$.
There is a reason that kids aren't tried as adults. Granted in this case he is 18, but I am surely glad that I am not hired based on my mindset/actions of my 18 year old self. He may well understand the gravity now, just as I understand the gravity of drinking and driving. I did it, I won't do it again, I commited a crime, but I am not a criminal. I am sure you have never commited a crime though, so maybe you don't get that.
I don't have a strong feeling on whether he should be hired or not. My point here is that I don't think you can narrow down the "possibilities" to 2 mindsets, no matter how serious the crime. Not in this case, and probably not ever. I just hope for your sake that you never make a stupid mistake and pay for it for the rest of your life because nobody is willing to give you a second chance.
Try looking these mysterious names up in a search engine. Just like anything else in life, if you feel left out of the conversation cause you don't know the words, its up to you to catch up. How am I supposed to understand a conversation about Vim or Emacs or DOS? Who really cares if it is a word that I already know or some brand new jumble of letters never seen by the eyes of man? I like the idea of names like Vim better than Text Editor or notepad...
You are gonna be confronted with all sorts of new things in life, so get with the program and learn a little. Open up Mozilla (or Internet Explorer if you want a memorable, descriptive name based on English words) and Google it!
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*WE* are the only ones that count as far as im concerned beacuse I live here.
Putting your needs of your country first is one thing. Viewing them as the "only ones that count" is another thing. I love the US, but I really don't get the attitude that we are the only ones that matter. We are all part of this world.
If your Stupid enough to use Exploder and not use Safari(on the Mac) or Firefox (Both Mac and PC) for "tab browsing" (even in Windows) you should pack your computer up send it back to the store.
Ouch... I only use a mac sparingly at work, and I am not at liberty to install Firefox on it. I don't particularly like Safari, but I do use it as much as I use Explorer.
If the windows are all open and you want to find a certin window Use one of OS X coolest features Expose F9 does all the windows, F10 does the for most Application F11 clears everything away. Trust me you've never see it in Windows.
That is cool. BTW the dock will also fit a ton more things the the task bar will before it becomes unreadable
But then again if you really wanted to be Productive you wouldn't notice that much of a difference in the MAc and Windows
I agree. It is all about learning the tool and using it well. I am just relating my thoughts at a glance. Thanks for the informative post. I know more than before for sure.
I don't know why OS X does not come out of box with multiple workspaces... (I am glad to hear that it is possible atleast) That is key for me staying organized. I also don't know how you deal with switching between applications without a taskbar. It kills me to have to have to try and see which browser that I want to unmimimize by lookin at the tiny freakin thumbnail of it. If the app isn't minimized, then I have to deal with try to click on the tiny little space of each open window and hope I find the right one before I get a headache from the annoyance of it. I would rather have a taskbar, and multiple child panels that I can pull up easily for accessing the systray and applications that I use frequently. I know that Windows uses taskbars, but that doesn't make em evil. Oh well, it is all about whatever works for you. I am just sayin that using a Mac gives me a freakin headache.
As far as I am concerned, linux is more customizable. That is the bottom line for me, whatever you find to be efficient, you can do. Also, I don't get why mac users, atleast the ones that I know, seem to have no desire to customize the look of their desktop. I hate brushed metal with a passion. Hell, most macs I have still have the default wallpaper... I am not saying that my mac-packing friends are sheep, but wtf?
The games I will give you, but there are often equivalent (and free) apps for linux
I agree with you for the most part, but there a couple areas where linux is lacking for me, hence I still have xp on one of my boxes. I really wish there was a program like Quicken for monitoring my investments ( downloading changes and printing out pretty little graphs for me ). I still find gnucash lacking (and a little bit ugly).
And besides, if you're going to spend lots on Windows, why don't you just buy a console to play your games on instead?
As far as I am concerned, PC games and Console games are very different. I haven't been into consoles since the Super Nintendo. I prefer PC games. Most of my friends who have resisted the switch were prodded into checking out a livecd, which has usually led to me helping them get a dual-boot going.
in reply to this whole line, not just parent: Come on people. I loved the idea of Linux since the first time I heard about it. It was a bitch to install, there was a huge learning curve, and it took me about 5 distro's and atleast a dozen installs to find the one that was right for me. It took me a couple years to switch over because it wasn't always worth the time to try to get it set up. You people are not helping by ridiculing someone who is relating his experience, which is one that we ALL went through when switching to Linux.
It is not worth everyone's time to go through multiple installs of multiple distrobutions. For example, I convinced a friend of mine to install Linux on a laptop that he uses for web authoring and basic photo editing. After about 8 hours of trying to get his digital camera to be recognized, he looked at me in the eye and said "It's not worth it." Even with my help, and help from an active forum, it was not worth the time and effort to switch. You can throw the "try another distro" argument, at him but he was in no mood and had no time for that as there was work to be done. ( a little gentle prodding and a well-timed update got him up and running a week later )
We all know that things have improved as far as installs go. It is only going to get better, but don't get bent out of shape because somebody has had a bad experience with Linux. You all forget that while others may be interested in Linux, they don't love it like many of us do. For me, installing Linux is a labor of love. For someone who doesn't love Linux, a few failed attempts at a smooth/functioning install is enough to say it is not for them, atleast not for now.
"Joe Sixpack" rarely, if ever reinstalls an OS. They get that "geeky kid" to do it for them. Or just buy new.
I just spit beer all over my monitor cause this reminded me of that stupid show with Tommy Hilfiger's daughter... anyway, her computer wouldn't start so she whined like a little brat and they went and bought a new one.
While on the subject of that stupid tv show, the one where one of the girls was sitting with her feet dangling in the pool about how here life sucks... hehe, cracked me up.
Umm, those were the only 2 episodes I watched, I swear!
Actually, you using the word "windoze" is going to do more to slow down linux growth than Xandros' occasional lockups.
I prefer WinBlows. In my case, it actually made my wife want to learn more about linux (so she could change Lilo on our dual-boot back to saying Windows). I guess it all depends on the crowd.
Correct me if I am wrong, but we aren't talking about one small company. We are talking about 1 company that provides services to access wireless networks for a fee to other businesses. They certainly should have IT guys taking care of this.
The other party is the Massachussets Transit Authority. I don't see why the MTA would not have IT guys who are in charge of these networks also.
I agree with ya 100%. I hate microsoft, but even I had to chuckle halfway through the article. It was not convincing even though I believe alot of what he was saying.
And I hope he was kidding about throwing away a computer that works just because windows got some viruses... While I am being critical, even if his Windows install was toast, I don't see why he would need to spend a ton of money to get a "Windows system debugging". Could you not just wipe the drive and reinstall with the vaio cd??? This came across as FUD to me.
I am glad this guy is using a mac instead of linux, don't want this guy on my team... oh come on, I am just kidding.
As for me, I prefer them because it hurts my hand to strain when clicking a right-mouse button. It feels so much nicer to use both fingers to click one big button, and any right-click functionality I need is a simple as Ctrl-click or click-hold
Thats nothing compared to the strain of tryin to use the mouse and hit control with the same hand while executing an "open link in new tab". Why couldn't god have given me 3 hands???
Seriously though, 1 button mice boggles my mind and gives me a headache when i try to use it, but I always get a headache when I want something to work how I expect it and it doesn't. With that in mind, why am I studying to be a software engineer... hmm... Anyway, to each his own.
Depends on what kind of hacker you are talkin about. Sk3etard-l33t or just some dude who likes technology and has fun messing around with it. Maybe I just relate to Kevin cause I like to drink 40's when I am "hacking"...
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compile for each architecture with the appropriate SWT library
I mispoke, I meant compile for windowing system (gtk, motif, or windows).
gcj (gcc java compiler)
SWT - Standard Widget Toolkit ( either from eclipse.org or libswt)
Same difference, write in Java once, compile for each architecture with the appropriate SWT library. Compiles to native. (Azureus is an example that pops into my head.) If you like the other features of Java, but don't like the JRE and having your users have to setup java to install your program, this is a great solution. Java still may have its limitations, but write once run everywhere natively is not one of them.
All of my classes are taught in Java, so granted I don't have in depth knowledge in C++, but it seems that most things can be accomplished with most languages. In other words, the real limits of most programming languages are less than the perceived limits. I will admit that I would like to learn C/C++ better for system programming.
Sorry, but the distinction between an object and its content is what copyright is all about. If I buy a script and score for a musical, I can't perform the musical in public without permission of the copyright holder. I can't do as I like with the content of a book without permission of a copyright holder. That's exactly what copyright is designed to enforce.
I have no problem with copyrights, but what I am saying is that EULA should either accesible before the purchase or you should be able to get a full refund. To quote myself "You are paying for the data, the CD should be considered part of packaging." I agree entirely that the object and the content are two different things. I pay for the content, not the cd. The EULA applies to the use of the content. My point is that I should be able to agree with conditions the EULA's X,Y,& Z before purchase or be allowed to return the item.
If I buy a script and score for a musical, I can't perform the musical in public without permission of the copyright holder.
The script/score does not contain a set of rules that you have to agree to after purchasing the score. You know the deal before you buy it, whereas a sealed box of software does not give you that right(oops... almost said luxury..). The two situations are not comparable. If Blizzard wants to impose the EULA from hell, I would probably still buy it and respect the EULA provided I knew what it was prior to purchase. So, to clarify: My problem is not with the terms of the EULA, but the way in which it is presented.
You are free to keep the CD
I don't know if what you are saying is true, but it should not be legal to sell a CD with data on it for $50 and say later, if you don't agree to X, Y, and Z, then you just paid $50 for a CD, and you can't use the data. You are paying for the data, the CD should be considered part of packaging. Also, this doesn't consider cases where you pay to download the software from a company, therefore having no CD. You know damn well that you would not pay $50 for a cd with mystery data on it that may or may not be useful to you.
I think most here agree that it isn't acceptable to add an agreement after the purchase. Legal or not, it is wrong and should be changed to protect consumers. If it remains "legal" to do so, it should be mandatory that all retailers accept returns on products when the consumer does not accept the EULA. The retailer should then be able to exchange the open copies for new ones from the manufacturer. That should be the price companies pay for trying to enforce an agreement made after the purchase, or an agreement made at purchase in which the terms of the agreement were not yet stated.
Believe it or not, there are good artists in all genre of music that don't get any airplay/airtime because they dont have the financial muscle or exposure to push their way to the top of the charts.
Amen to that, and here are a couple more for the list of the non-Bling focused hip-hop. Check out Dj Krush, Ugly Duckling, Common, Dan the Automator(Deltron 3030). All good stuff, some more commercially successful than others, but it is all art in my book.
There is good music in every genre, you just gotta go off the beaten path a little to find it sometimes. It really bothers me when people make blanket statements about an entire group of music/people/etc... The world is not that simple, and there are always exceptions to stereotypes.
Art, like beauty, is in they eye of the beholder. What makes an artist genuine? I don't care for alot of rap/hip-hop but the same is true for country, rock, pop, techno, etc... The same is true for any artistic medium. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that it isn't genuine art.
Now I am all bent out of shape, time to throw on some DJ Krush and chill out for a bit....
We just call it Six Flags here in New England, atleast as far as I know.
Tallest/Fastest here is Superman - Ride of Steel and it is only 1/2 as tall and a little over 1/2 the speed of this new monstrosity. Of course, before the new restraints, it felt like you were going to fly out of the damn thing (or like you WERE flying out of it for one poor soul...). I screamed like a little girl on Superman. I don't think I want to know what I would do on Kingda Ka, but I am pretty sure most of my friends and my wife would love to know....
If I examine 10 machines and can tell that 9 of them have been opened, and I'm not sure if 1 hasn't, then I can tell 90% of the time.
I don't think he meant that 90% of the macs he works on have been obviously opened. I really doubt that 90% of mac users have opened their computer. I think the original response of "this is a logical contradiction. If you can't determine some of the people have opened their computers, it's impossible to say what percent you caught doing it." stands up to your criticism. Damn, i really want to make some pie charts for this... nah, better get back to work.
On a side note, does anyone know if installing linux on an imac void your warranty?
In what way has this kid paid a debt to society?
He was convicted, as long as he follows the orders of the judge, he is paying his debt. You may not like it, may not think the judgement is harsh enough. You may think he owes the world more, but that is how the legal system works. It is flawed, but it beats the hell out of everyone punishing everyone else as they see fit. If you think he owes the world more, petition for changes in the laws.
God knows I would change the punishment for some crimes if I had the power, but I don't and you are all the better for it. I would make your lives a living hell! Jaywalking, 500 bucks payable to me. Email spamming, your internet pass revoked(you will all be barcoded and tiny robots will monitor your location/activities to uphold this law). I would implement something that I like to call "honest computing" so we know what programs you are running, so terrorist hacking of this kind is no longer possible. all your computerz are belong to m$, i mean u$.
You forgot 1 mindset:
C) He is a teenager.
There is a reason that kids aren't tried as adults. Granted in this case he is 18, but I am surely glad that I am not hired based on my mindset/actions of my 18 year old self. He may well understand the gravity now, just as I understand the gravity of drinking and driving. I did it, I won't do it again, I commited a crime, but I am not a criminal. I am sure you have never commited a crime though, so maybe you don't get that.
I don't have a strong feeling on whether he should be hired or not. My point here is that I don't think you can narrow down the "possibilities" to 2 mindsets, no matter how serious the crime. Not in this case, and probably not ever. I just hope for your sake that you never make a stupid mistake and pay for it for the rest of your life because nobody is willing to give you a second chance.
Try looking these mysterious names up in a search engine. Just like anything else in life, if you feel left out of the conversation cause you don't know the words, its up to you to catch up. How am I supposed to understand a conversation about Vim or Emacs or DOS? Who really cares if it is a word that I already know or some brand new jumble of letters never seen by the eyes of man? I like the idea of names like Vim better than Text Editor or notepad... You are gonna be confronted with all sorts of new things in life, so get with the program and learn a little. Open up Mozilla (or Internet Explorer if you want a memorable, descriptive name based on English words) and Google it!