Imagine having a little device the size of an iPod that you can plug into any other computer, reboot it, and have your own personal environment, files, and software ready for you the way you left it when you unplugged it this morning and stuck it in your pocket. Come to think of it... they should do this with PDAs...
Linux [n]: An operating system so bad that it can't be given away.
It's free. It's sourcecode is free. In all likelihood you can find some random geek in under half an hour who will come over to your house and install the whole thing himself for fun and a bag of M&M's.
And yet nobody wants it aside from a (VERY) small group of techo-elites living in a make-believe world where it is cool to do computers the hard way.
I think we should use CST. Someone else thinks we should use some other standard time. You think GMT.
I rather like Imperial Measurements.
I find it equally strange to hear the guy named 'TripMaster Monkey' asking for anything rational.
My university uses these for various purposes... mostly class-participation and attendance related. In terms of having 20 in a class messing each other up, the 'clickers' are all registered and have unique encrypted ids. Thus each student is associated with an ID and the clicker can be used in any class that subscribes to the database of students/ids. The biggest class I've ever used it with was a 600 person intro chem class and there were no problems at all.
I know... patents drive me crazy. Every time I use a program and see a feature I really really like, I so badly want to cut and paste it into my own programs and sell them. But those damn patents make it illegal. If only the billion dollar corportations would drive hybrid cars and didn't hate the environment we would all have global peace and software would be free for me to copy and profit off of. Shame on you Bill.
How about if we call you an addict because you spend more than 4 hours doing it at a time.;) (yes yes... 4 hours a month isn't that much... don't hate on me... i'm a victim... this is what i chose to do... good sports players spend more than that practicing... blah blah blah. enjoy building your life in a world that dosen't exist):D
"And that lubins... and that's shatner.. and that's lubins... and that's shatner... and there you can CLEARLY see lubins coffee cup sitting on that rock!"
yeah... since the electrical system isn't powered by the gas-burning engine... Not to mention that since it's several steps away it'll be less efficient and use more gas. This is just like using an electric hot-water heater instead of a gas one. It costs more in the end.
because Ogg is a real person too... with real feelings, hopes and dreams. You don't want to play Ogg. It'll just make him feel bad and you'll feel worse for messing with his mind.
So a bunch of people who are seeking it out figure out a way to (painfully) unlock some digital sex scenes... So lets uproot the world and make a big deal out of it to make sure that everyone sees it. sad...
wha? You're trying to make an argument that Linux is the better choice for joe-shmoe desktop user because it's standardized?
Are you aware that Linux is a mess? Unless you know what you're doing and know what to look for, switching distros is a mindfuck.
Please don't kid yourself. Linux has changed plenty since the days of windows95 (mostly changes that make it feel more like the latest windows "innovation"). It may be alot of things... but one thing that it isn't, is standard. I mean one of the biggest points I keep hearing about it is that you can do whatever you want with it; install whatever packages you want, or strip it down entirely to just the pointless kernel.
Windows meanwhile has had the same basic interface for the last 10 years. Startmenu in the same place, with a list of programs. The same clock, and the same general layout. Changes? Sure. But the logic of the software has changed very little from an end-user standpoint. (open prefs panel... make changes... hit OK, Apply, or Cancel)
I make no arguments as to which is 'better' but any argument trying to uphold Linux as the stronghold of a standardized computing experience is laughable at best.
Damn you windows and your sense of 'light always comes from the top left'. For some reason I can't trick my eye into seeing the craters the way they are (dents instead of bumps) because the damn shadows are on the wrong side. lol
Read the artical... you're circling.
Point 1: The license costs the same as MS licenses (aka, no cost-benifit over Windows). So I posed the question "why is this a benificial move? If it's not free, what's the point?
I was answered with people telling me that they're paying for support and that being 'free' isn't the whole point of linux. OSS is about having access to the source-code to do what you want with it and redistribute it.
Point 2: Again, why is this a good thing? Why pay the same amount for something that will break due to complexity, and be confusing for people who are accustomed to Windows and simply want to type up a report for class without having to recompile the kernel.
To which you replied that they wanted to save money... which isn't true.
Then explain why a school (aka an institution that has no plans on accessing the code and making modifications as a hobby... just wants an easy to use desktop system) would want to mess with open source. I can't picture them making a school branded linux (Lawndale HS-OS. lol) and then getting a whole lot of value out of resale.
So why switch? It costs the same as MS's licenses... the kids won't be used to it because they have good old Windows back home on their PC, so you'll have insipid girls asking "Where's the start menu?" till the cows come home. I guess I just don't see the point of moving to linux except to be able to tell the news that they did.
If you don't specifically put any verbage on your page to legally bind people to only using your work for non-profit purposes, the work gets used and you haven't protected your copyright. Years from now when some for-profit company uses it and makes a fortune off of it, the courts will tell you that it's entered the public domain because you never protected it in the past.
Creative commons allows you to license the material without losing it to the public domain.
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Imagine having a little device the size of an iPod that you can plug into any other computer, reboot it, and have your own personal environment, files, and software ready for you the way you left it when you unplugged it this morning and stuck it in your pocket. Come to think of it... they should do this with PDAs...
Linux [n]: An operating system so bad that it can't be given away. It's free. It's sourcecode is free. In all likelihood you can find some random geek in under half an hour who will come over to your house and install the whole thing himself for fun and a bag of M&M's. And yet nobody wants it aside from a (VERY) small group of techo-elites living in a make-believe world where it is cool to do computers the hard way.
right here!
I am a bannanna! My anus is bleeding!
I think we should use CST. Someone else thinks we should use some other standard time. You think GMT. I rather like Imperial Measurements. I find it equally strange to hear the guy named 'TripMaster Monkey' asking for anything rational.
Most of it's not satallite images exactly but high resolution airplane fly-overs. Furthermore Google does do the censoring themselves.
My university uses these for various purposes... mostly class-participation and attendance related. In terms of having 20 in a class messing each other up, the 'clickers' are all registered and have unique encrypted ids. Thus each student is associated with an ID and the clicker can be used in any class that subscribes to the database of students/ids. The biggest class I've ever used it with was a 600 person intro chem class and there were no problems at all.
This is offtopic... so just eat it and come back in the morning!
I highly recomment that you visit and enjoy doing something more entertaining.
I really can't tell if you realized I was being sarcastic...
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I know... patents drive me crazy. Every time I use a program and see a feature I really really like, I so badly want to cut and paste it into my own programs and sell them. But those damn patents make it illegal. If only the billion dollar corportations would drive hybrid cars and didn't hate the environment we would all have global peace and software would be free for me to copy and profit off of. Shame on you Bill.
How about if we call you an addict because you spend more than 4 hours doing it at a time. ;) (yes yes... 4 hours a month isn't that much... don't hate on me... i'm a victim... this is what i chose to do... good sports players spend more than that practicing... blah blah blah. enjoy building your life in a world that dosen't exist) :D
"And that lubins... and that's shatner.. and that's lubins... and that's shatner... and there you can CLEARLY see lubins coffee cup sitting on that rock!"
yeah... since the electrical system isn't powered by the gas-burning engine... Not to mention that since it's several steps away it'll be less efficient and use more gas. This is just like using an electric hot-water heater instead of a gas one. It costs more in the end.
because Ogg is a real person too... with real feelings, hopes and dreams. You don't want to play Ogg. It'll just make him feel bad and you'll feel worse for messing with his mind.
So a bunch of people who are seeking it out figure out a way to (painfully) unlock some digital sex scenes... So lets uproot the world and make a big deal out of it to make sure that everyone sees it. sad...
wha? You're trying to make an argument that Linux is the better choice for joe-shmoe desktop user because it's standardized? Are you aware that Linux is a mess? Unless you know what you're doing and know what to look for, switching distros is a mindfuck. Please don't kid yourself. Linux has changed plenty since the days of windows95 (mostly changes that make it feel more like the latest windows "innovation"). It may be alot of things... but one thing that it isn't, is standard. I mean one of the biggest points I keep hearing about it is that you can do whatever you want with it; install whatever packages you want, or strip it down entirely to just the pointless kernel. Windows meanwhile has had the same basic interface for the last 10 years. Startmenu in the same place, with a list of programs. The same clock, and the same general layout. Changes? Sure. But the logic of the software has changed very little from an end-user standpoint. (open prefs panel... make changes... hit OK, Apply, or Cancel) I make no arguments as to which is 'better' but any argument trying to uphold Linux as the stronghold of a standardized computing experience is laughable at best.
Damn you windows and your sense of 'light always comes from the top left'. For some reason I can't trick my eye into seeing the craters the way they are (dents instead of bumps) because the damn shadows are on the wrong side. lol
Read the artical... you're circling. Point 1: The license costs the same as MS licenses (aka, no cost-benifit over Windows). So I posed the question "why is this a benificial move? If it's not free, what's the point? I was answered with people telling me that they're paying for support and that being 'free' isn't the whole point of linux. OSS is about having access to the source-code to do what you want with it and redistribute it. Point 2: Again, why is this a good thing? Why pay the same amount for something that will break due to complexity, and be confusing for people who are accustomed to Windows and simply want to type up a report for class without having to recompile the kernel. To which you replied that they wanted to save money... which isn't true.
Exactly... we've moved on to better things. Like being able to use our computers without needing to do such stupidity.
Then explain why a school (aka an institution that has no plans on accessing the code and making modifications as a hobby... just wants an easy to use desktop system) would want to mess with open source. I can't picture them making a school branded linux (Lawndale HS-OS. lol) and then getting a whole lot of value out of resale.
So why switch? It costs the same as MS's licenses... the kids won't be used to it because they have good old Windows back home on their PC, so you'll have insipid girls asking "Where's the start menu?" till the cows come home. I guess I just don't see the point of moving to linux except to be able to tell the news that they did.
of Linux that it's free and all that jazz? I mean... paying for it takes away a whole lot of the attractiveness IMHO.
If you don't specifically put any verbage on your page to legally bind people to only using your work for non-profit purposes, the work gets used and you haven't protected your copyright. Years from now when some for-profit company uses it and makes a fortune off of it, the courts will tell you that it's entered the public domain because you never protected it in the past. Creative commons allows you to license the material without losing it to the public domain.