quote: "You have the old saying reversed. It is actually: the best offense is a good defense."
um... no. the saying is that the best defense is a good offence. thankyoupleasetryagainthnx
quote: "LOL, it looks like you guys are getting your asses handed back to you daily by the citizenry of Iraq."
A random moron attacking some soldiers or planting a bomb in a car is hardly handing their asses to them. It's like breaking a board in half, and then realizing you have a few splinters.
Quote: "They are completely offense-related."
As we discussed earlier, good offence is a wonderful defence.:D
that's the point that drm needs to achieve anyway... it needs to do it's job without being an inconvenience. if you can tell it's doing it's job, then it's doing it poorly.
So the solution is to do away with the police and simply build our homes out of 2ft thick titanium. And then when they find a way to cut through that, the news will report it, and then it'll be your fault for not upgrading to diamond plate armor.
Quote: "Installer stuck at a horrible 640*480 resolution, non changeable by the user. Oh, and 256 bit resolution. Not even fully graphical!!!"
Why in god's name would you want a fully graphical openGL powered install sequence. All you're doing is installing the thing. #1 thing linux developers need to get over. It's not about graphics durring install, it's about fewer clicks (if you want to be ready for the desktop that is)
Quote: "notepad, to put it lightly is not particularly good. Neither is wordpad. kwrite easily beats both of them, hands down. Paint isn't that bad, it's simplistic and works (mostly). Compare Paint to the GIMP (pretty much a default install on nearly every distribution in existence). Need I say anymore?"
Yes you need to say more. You're really going to argue the point that one program that edit's text is better than another? We're arguing bloat here and I'll still maintain that notepad is less bloated than kedit.
Paint v. GIMP... sure GIMP is better but not everyone who sets up a PC needs a fully featured raster-based image editor. more bloat
Quote "You're referring to "pirate" software. Everyone knows that most pirates are using Microsoft Windows."
Believe it or not, there's a huge array of free software available for us windows users too... even OSS! Windows!=Pirate Paradise
Quote "apt-get install programname."
Does it work? Probably. Is it simple if you know what you're doing? Maybe. Would someone be able to do it if they weren't a linux-fanboy? No. This method of installing software isn't intuitive and should be replaced with something that makes more sense.
I also realize that linux is nothing more than the kernel, and yes it's VERY VERY TINY. (congratulations)
But in order to get it to do anything meaningful you have to start piling on software and packages. Before you know it you have a pile of confusing shit. Running a server where you need absolute control of everything? Go for it and enjoy.
Running a desktop where you're going to email your friends, send IMs, play games, and word-process? There's no need to be able to remove the windowing system. You just want it to work.
Wasn't there a story a few weeks back about some guy in college who was working on a thesis that involved this technology? Basically just a hologram that shows two different images based on the direction you view the screen?
Linux
Commonly distributed on 4-8 CD's and up
Packaged with 143 different text-editors that all do the same thing (ya... no matter how you cut it, they all edit text and save it to a file). 56 webbrowsers, 14 different word processors, and a thousand different games, servers, and various other little programs that a user MIGHT need at any point durring their use of the OS, because as we all know... the average user won't be able to get anything to work that wasn't installed with the OS.
Windows...
1 CD & 30minute install on a slow machine
Easy partitioning that requires only a single partition. Maybe not the best way to do it, but the way that makes the most sense from any normal human's pov.
1 slim text editor (notepad)
1 slim word-processor (wordpad)
1 calculator (calc)
1 crappy paint program that is being slowly phased out
1 peice of software to do one job... Each of them are minimalist.
If you need more software, there's downloads available. They can be installed quickly because you just double click them.
As long as most major linux distro's come in the form of 4-8 (and up) CDs (isos), one or several DVDs... I don't wanna hear anything about Windows being bloated.
Unless you want to use a useless operating system that boots off of a floppy or usb-keychain.
The only good reasons for thin-clients are the ubiquity of the environment (same across all machines in a company) and the ability of the software distributors to control their product. Beyond that, the only thing that they're using to try to push them to market are their huge bulk (ala microsoft) and the "neato" factor.
Windows server 2003 (and 2000 as far as I know) is available in a 64bit version. I know this because I downloaded that one first by mistake from the MS trial website and was pissed because i had to spend another hour downloading the right one.;)
They're already installing them in several locations around London. The scanner is popular because of it's ability to scan large crowds quickly, and the push at this point is to have the scanner generate an overlay for sensitive parts for a sort of last ditch modesty. Whether it stays or not is a different story, but I think the recent attack is enough to get them in there long enough for them to become "just normal"
When the market provides many workers and few employers (small-scale construction), then workers are granted the privilege of a job. When the market provides few workers and many employers (currently nursing), then the employers are granted the privilege of an employee. It's far from a slave mentality. It's simply knowing where you currently fall in a simple supply and demand curve instead of assuming you have something of value when you do not.
And in the meantime i'll drink my cheap coffee, eat cheap tacos at taco-bell, wear clothes that I wouldn't be able to afford otherwise, and get a certain thrill knowing that it was all at the expense of many families of people who got paid little or nothing to do it. Why? Because i'm a sick fuck... I don't deny it. http://www.youeatit.com/
If you silly people would just use windows (Windows ME is GREAT) you would never notice hardware failures.... In fact my WinME server automagically reboots itself every few hours. The documentation say that this is one of Microsoft's innovations to clear out the RAM so it can perform faster and reduce the amount of power it takes to operate the server. I bet none of your Linux and Unix boxes do that!;o)
He's full of it. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=298 He's making a fortune off of spyware and couldn't give a rats ass. I know I wouldn't if I had $70+ million coming into my swiss bank account.
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hahaha... you alluded to the fact that OSS programmers can write crappy code as well. you naive naive fool. Now you will be modded a troll. mwhahaha
quote: "You have the old saying reversed. It is actually: the best offense is a good defense."
:D
um... no. the saying is that the best defense is a good offence. thankyoupleasetryagainthnx
quote: "LOL, it looks like you guys are getting your asses handed back to you daily by the citizenry of Iraq."
A random moron attacking some soldiers or planting a bomb in a car is hardly handing their asses to them. It's like breaking a board in half, and then realizing you have a few splinters.
Quote: "They are completely offense-related."
As we discussed earlier, good offence is a wonderful defence.
I think you do...
that's the point that drm needs to achieve anyway... it needs to do it's job without being an inconvenience. if you can tell it's doing it's job, then it's doing it poorly.
So the solution is to do away with the police and simply build our homes out of 2ft thick titanium. And then when they find a way to cut through that, the news will report it, and then it'll be your fault for not upgrading to diamond plate armor.
Quote: "Installer stuck at a horrible 640*480 resolution, non changeable by the user. Oh, and 256 bit resolution. Not even fully graphical!!!" Why in god's name would you want a fully graphical openGL powered install sequence. All you're doing is installing the thing. #1 thing linux developers need to get over. It's not about graphics durring install, it's about fewer clicks (if you want to be ready for the desktop that is) Quote: "notepad, to put it lightly is not particularly good. Neither is wordpad. kwrite easily beats both of them, hands down. Paint isn't that bad, it's simplistic and works (mostly). Compare Paint to the GIMP (pretty much a default install on nearly every distribution in existence). Need I say anymore?" Yes you need to say more. You're really going to argue the point that one program that edit's text is better than another? We're arguing bloat here and I'll still maintain that notepad is less bloated than kedit. Paint v. GIMP... sure GIMP is better but not everyone who sets up a PC needs a fully featured raster-based image editor. more bloat Quote "You're referring to "pirate" software. Everyone knows that most pirates are using Microsoft Windows." Believe it or not, there's a huge array of free software available for us windows users too... even OSS! Windows!=Pirate Paradise Quote "apt-get install programname." Does it work? Probably. Is it simple if you know what you're doing? Maybe. Would someone be able to do it if they weren't a linux-fanboy? No. This method of installing software isn't intuitive and should be replaced with something that makes more sense. I also realize that linux is nothing more than the kernel, and yes it's VERY VERY TINY. (congratulations) But in order to get it to do anything meaningful you have to start piling on software and packages. Before you know it you have a pile of confusing shit. Running a server where you need absolute control of everything? Go for it and enjoy. Running a desktop where you're going to email your friends, send IMs, play games, and word-process? There's no need to be able to remove the windowing system. You just want it to work.
Wasn't there a story a few weeks back about some guy in college who was working on a thesis that involved this technology? Basically just a hologram that shows two different images based on the direction you view the screen?
Linux Commonly distributed on 4-8 CD's and up Packaged with 143 different text-editors that all do the same thing (ya... no matter how you cut it, they all edit text and save it to a file). 56 webbrowsers, 14 different word processors, and a thousand different games, servers, and various other little programs that a user MIGHT need at any point durring their use of the OS, because as we all know... the average user won't be able to get anything to work that wasn't installed with the OS. Windows... 1 CD & 30minute install on a slow machine Easy partitioning that requires only a single partition. Maybe not the best way to do it, but the way that makes the most sense from any normal human's pov. 1 slim text editor (notepad) 1 slim word-processor (wordpad) 1 calculator (calc) 1 crappy paint program that is being slowly phased out 1 peice of software to do one job... Each of them are minimalist. If you need more software, there's downloads available. They can be installed quickly because you just double click them. As long as most major linux distro's come in the form of 4-8 (and up) CDs (isos), one or several DVDs... I don't wanna hear anything about Windows being bloated. Unless you want to use a useless operating system that boots off of a floppy or usb-keychain.
The only good reasons for thin-clients are the ubiquity of the environment (same across all machines in a company) and the ability of the software distributors to control their product. Beyond that, the only thing that they're using to try to push them to market are their huge bulk (ala microsoft) and the "neato" factor.
When I first read this I couldn't figure out why you were talking about lawyers putting cascading style sheets on the public record. ;)
You paid 1/3 less than $300 for a full color unit, with 15hour battery life, tv-out, and a 20gig drive? nice :D
Windows server 2003 (and 2000 as far as I know) is available in a 64bit version. I know this because I downloaded that one first by mistake from the MS trial website and was pissed because i had to spend another hour downloading the right one. ;)
They're already installing them in several locations around London. The scanner is popular because of it's ability to scan large crowds quickly, and the push at this point is to have the scanner generate an overlay for sensitive parts for a sort of last ditch modesty. Whether it stays or not is a different story, but I think the recent attack is enough to get them in there long enough for them to become "just normal"
hahaha... silly windowing system relies on ports. No wonder x11 is slow as hell and windows tear when you drag them.
The above link isn't offtopic... we're talking about linux right?
click here --> http://www.youeatit.com/
When the market provides many workers and few employers (small-scale construction), then workers are granted the privilege of a job. When the market provides few workers and many employers (currently nursing), then the employers are granted the privilege of an employee. It's far from a slave mentality. It's simply knowing where you currently fall in a simple supply and demand curve instead of assuming you have something of value when you do not.
And in the meantime i'll drink my cheap coffee, eat cheap tacos at taco-bell, wear clothes that I wouldn't be able to afford otherwise, and get a certain thrill knowing that it was all at the expense of many families of people who got paid little or nothing to do it. Why? Because i'm a sick fuck... I don't deny it. http://www.youeatit.com/
If you silly people would just use windows (Windows ME is GREAT) you would never notice hardware failures.... In fact my WinME server automagically reboots itself every few hours. The documentation say that this is one of Microsoft's innovations to clear out the RAM so it can perform faster and reduce the amount of power it takes to operate the server. I bet none of your Linux and Unix boxes do that! ;o)
exactly! it's linux! ::braces for the flames:: http://www.youeatit.com/
There's always outtake... http://www.youeatit.com/
If you use firefox then you can add it to your searchengine bar in the toolbar. Goto http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=yubnu b&submitform=Find+search+plugins and add it to the list.
He's full of it. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=298 He's making a fortune off of spyware and couldn't give a rats ass. I know I wouldn't if I had $70+ million coming into my swiss bank account.
http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm Snopes if your friend... ;o)
Finally... anybody seen scottie talking into mice lately?