... I didn't see in TFA, was any mention of the missing installation media. With all the recent brouhaha with the Geek Squad, I've seen shitloads of claims that (re)installation media is only included when an extended warranty is purchased, or it's outright missing period (see google). The claims have also been made that the reason is so that BB GS can charge more for "repairs" when the customer has no (re)installation media. I'd like to see/hear more about that myself.
...I want someone who plays from his fucking HEART!"
Exactly. I gladly pay $10-$30 to go see a band that's 5 guys in a van driving themselves 300 miles for $300+beer against the door. And guess what.. I can see 8 shows like that, people who are doing it _because they live for it_ instead of one show with some aging hipster that's charging $250 to pump out "music" that was barely relevant when it came out 20 years ago.
I couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to see a "seasoned performer" at the Carrier Dome. The tickets were $150 minimum. Instead, I treated myself and a couple of friends to a show by a band from Germany that was touring and a local band opening for $20 a head at a local club. I didn't have to pay the $20 fee gouge to park the car, and we all had a great time. We were also able to have a non-watered down, non-$8-a-plastic-cup, beer or 4 while we were there. The bands got some new fans. The 3 of us who went will be catching the local opening band when they play again.
$150 for a shitty seat a quater mile back from the stage at the Carrier Dome (30,000+ seats) to hear shit that's played on the oldies stations 24/7 or $20 to hear, see, smell, and feel the soul and sweat of guys who are doing it because they love it... you be the judge.
...Unfortunately, its rising popularity and increased 'democracy' has led to severe degradation...
Doesn't that degradation happen with just about everything on this great big intarweb once the "masses" get into it? As another example, take a look at Napster. Napster was once something so cool that you could actually find things on. Fairly obscure things and "local" bands were just as easy to find as more popular stuff. Within about 18 months or so, after the "masses" caught on to it, you couldn't search for a single song without coming up with 55 entries for "OZZIE_AND_DWEEZIL_-_STAYIN_ALIVE_VERY_VERY_COOL!! !!!!!!!.mp3" or some such crap. Not long after, rich rockstars started suing their own fans, and shortly after that, Napster was dead. And no matter which big corp tries to resurrect it, it'll always have an image on it with a big shit-stain in the middle.
I think is was D. Boone who wrote "the roar of the masses could be farts".
...From my perspective, there are some former windows users that we want, and some we don't want...
I see that myself as well. I almost always consider the old "teach a man to fish..." scenario. There are people who want to learn to fish and who are will to learn how to tie a knot on the hook, and some that just WANT A FUCKING FISH RIGHT NOW!!!!11!!~~!!! When it comes to new users, I prefer to help a future fisherman, it's usually pretty easy to tell the difference.
Does that make me a "linux snob"? Perhaps, but oh well.
and instead immediately fall upon demanding the attention of others.
And that, sir is how I define a "n00b"
There's a big difference between a bit of hand holding and outright spoon-feeding. There are too many that expect, nay _demand_, the latter. It's also usually pretty obvious when someone hasn't even bothered to try the simplest of things to help themselves first.
A "newbie" will show a little initiative, and at least try to figure out something on his own. You can tell the difference between a "n00b" and a "newbie" within a line or 2 of their text.
I've made posts literally pointing to a step-by-step solution to someone's problem and had them come back whining "won't ne1 help me?!?!?!?" simply because I didn't copy/paste the solution into my post. And been called an asshole because of it. These days, I flat out _refuse_ to deal with the "n00bs" and their dilemmas that have been solved ad nauseum on just about every newsgroup, irc channel, and message board in existence. I find no reason for the redundancy in copying and pasting it yet again just for one person's benefit. That's why FAQ's and search engines exist in the first place.
So yes, I may, indeed, be an asshole, but it's not because I'm not trying to help someone.
You see, they didn't ever really learn how the thing worked, they just learned how to go through the motions of using it, and so even the change in the iconsets seemed to throw them for a bit.
[sarcasm] Cripes... remind me to stay the hell off the road if they ever get a new car and the guages are moved to one side slightly, or the PRNDL shift lever's been moved from the steering console to the floor. [/sarcasm]
Human beings have some pretty amazing cognizant abilities and can learn something new if they want to. Even moreso if they get some encouragment.
Give your grandparents a break... you speak of them like they're idiots.
...So I welcome this new news that only the rich, powerful & non-collegiate will have Aero. Let them have their bells and whistles!
And that's the point isn't it? You take away the major reason for pirating something by not allowing the "pirates" the "valuable" part of the offering.
Apparently Microsoft sees the most valuable part of their offering to be the eye candy. That's pretty sad from a company that touts itself ad nauseum as "concentrating on security".
Security schmurity. They're all about the Window Dressing(TM). This just proves it utterly.
...For the number and caliber of computer science researchers Microsoft has at its disposal, and the priority they've put on increased marketing bullshit, it's strange...
The Synthaxe, is simply a midi controller. The only difference between that and the more 'traditional' keyboard style controllers is that it's held and can be played like a guitar. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth was one of the early pioneers of it's use back in 1985 or so. It's all over the album Metal Fatigue, and others.
Like any other midi controller, you can connect it to any DSP device you want, not just drum machines, but any synthsizer that you can get a cable connected to.
Second, how stupid is it to believe that someone without electricity is going to sit there with a frickin' foot pedal, hand crank (or any other half assed contraption for generatinf power that they can come up with) and surf the web?
Their specs - 512 MHz clock, 128 MB ram, 512 MB drive - aren't all that shabby. You could easily run the latest 2.6 kernel on that hardware with negligible overhead.
You aren't just shitting biscuits. The laptop I'm typing this on is a mere 233/128 meg, 8 year old Dell Latitude CP. It runs the default 2.6 kernel that comes with Debian Sarge and... get this... the KDE desktop.
If Negroponte can't get Linux to work on his machine's specs... he's not even trying. I'd speculate that some of the previous posters were correct in that he's just looking for an "excuse".
It takes forever to start Linux on a PC compared to Windows98. And after giving the command to shut down, it scrolls dozens of lines of incomprehensible text showing its 'shut down process'. And all the distributions that I've tried work like this. I feels like I'm shutting down the entire Pentagon.
Don't use all those services - seriously. Win98 _hides_ its shutdown sequence with that stupid "Shutting Down Windows" screen, the the infamous "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen. Similar activity is there, it's just hidden from you.
Jeez, guys, this is supposed to be an appliance. It doesn't take three to five minutes to shut of a color TV set.
No, it's not an applaince, nor is it supposed to be. A computer is a tool.
Linux isn't going to be taken seriously until you'all fix this shit....blah blah blah
This is where your trolling went so badly. You know you' are able to fix it if you want something fixed. Get off your whiney ass and do it.
Not just DSL, but it should be more of a 'roll your own' thing for a machine like this. The Linux kernel 2.2 is still be actively maintained, and would be well-suited to lower end hardware like this, especially customized to support only the included hardware. A "sparse" window manager and light-weight applications are key too. It should be that difficult, but it will take some work.
Yes, but he was dealing with a bunch of [] religious fanatics.
There... fixed that for you.
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.
-- Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)
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... I didn't see in TFA, was any mention of the missing installation media. With all the recent brouhaha with the Geek Squad, I've seen shitloads of claims that (re)installation media is only included when an extended warranty is purchased, or it's outright missing period (see google). The claims have also been made that the reason is so that BB GS can charge more for "repairs" when the customer has no (re)installation media.
I'd like to see/hear more about that myself.
...looked kinda schilly to me...
Schilling thinly veiled as news from ZDnet?
I am shocked... SHOCKED I tell you!
Microsoft doesn't release patches fast enough and they don't do adequate testing. They don't win on either count.
But you have to admit... they at least get their press releases about their upcoming patches out in time.
...I want someone who plays from his fucking HEART!"
Exactly.
I gladly pay $10-$30 to go see a band that's 5 guys in a van driving themselves 300 miles for $300+beer against the door.
And guess what.. I can see 8 shows like that, people who are doing it _because they live for it_ instead of one show with some aging hipster that's charging $250 to pump out "music" that was barely relevant when it came out 20 years ago.
I couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to see a "seasoned performer" at the Carrier Dome. The tickets were $150 minimum. Instead, I treated myself and a couple of friends to a show by a band from Germany that was touring and a local band opening for $20 a head at a local club. I didn't have to pay the $20 fee gouge to park the car, and we all had a great time. We were also able to have a non-watered down, non-$8-a-plastic-cup, beer or 4 while we were there.
The bands got some new fans. The 3 of us who went will be catching the local opening band when they play again.
$150 for a shitty seat a quater mile back from the stage at the Carrier Dome (30,000+ seats) to hear shit that's played on the oldies stations 24/7 or $20 to hear, see, smell, and feel the soul and sweat of guys who are doing it because they love it... you be the judge.
...Unfortunately, its rising popularity and increased 'democracy' has led to severe degradation...
! !!!!!!!.mp3" or some such crap. Not long after, rich rockstars started suing their own fans, and shortly after that, Napster was dead. And no matter which big corp tries to resurrect it, it'll always have an image on it with a big shit-stain in the middle.
Doesn't that degradation happen with just about everything on this great big intarweb once the "masses" get into it?
As another example, take a look at Napster. Napster was once something so cool that you could actually find things on. Fairly obscure things and "local" bands were just as easy to find as more popular stuff. Within about 18 months or so, after the "masses" caught on to it, you couldn't search for a single song without coming up with 55 entries for "OZZIE_AND_DWEEZIL_-_STAYIN_ALIVE_VERY_VERY_COOL!
I think is was D. Boone who wrote "the roar of the masses could be farts".
...From my perspective, there are some former windows users that we want, and some we don't want...
I see that myself as well. I almost always consider the old "teach a man to fish..." scenario. There are people who want to learn to fish and who are will to learn how to tie a knot on the hook, and some that just WANT A FUCKING FISH RIGHT NOW!!!!11!!~~!!!
When it comes to new users, I prefer to help a future fisherman, it's usually pretty easy to tell the difference.
Does that make me a "linux snob"? Perhaps, but oh well.
and instead immediately fall upon demanding the attention of others.
And that, sir is how I define a "n00b"
There's a big difference between a bit of hand holding and outright spoon-feeding. There are too many that expect, nay _demand_, the latter. It's also usually pretty obvious when someone hasn't even bothered to try the simplest of things to help themselves first.
A "newbie" will show a little initiative, and at least try to figure out something on his own. You can tell the difference between a "n00b" and a "newbie" within a line or 2 of their text.
I've made posts literally pointing to a step-by-step solution to someone's problem and had them come back whining "won't ne1 help me?!?!?!?" simply because I didn't copy/paste the solution into my post. And been called an asshole because of it.
These days, I flat out _refuse_ to deal with the "n00bs" and their dilemmas that have been solved ad nauseum on just about every newsgroup, irc channel, and message board in existence.
I find no reason for the redundancy in copying and pasting it yet again just for one person's benefit. That's why FAQ's and search engines exist in the first place.
So yes, I may, indeed, be an asshole, but it's not because I'm not trying to help someone.
what prevents each member of a programming group from having "complete mastery" of the kernel?
2 words:
middle management
... nothing but increasing his ad-hits by continually pumping out provacative, but senseless drivel, with a side of flame-festy goodness.
Nothing to see here... move along.
Rootkits are about the last thing McAfee needs to be worrying about.
How is this informative?
;o)
You're correct, because calling a first-poster a douche bag should be modded redundant.
The sky is falling.
There's one.
You see, they didn't ever really learn how the thing worked, they just learned how to go through the motions of using it, and so even the change in the iconsets seemed to throw them for a bit.
[sarcasm]
Cripes... remind me to stay the hell off the road if they ever get a new car and the guages are moved to one side slightly, or the PRNDL shift lever's been moved from the steering console to the floor.
[/sarcasm]
Human beings have some pretty amazing cognizant abilities and can learn something new if they want to. Even moreso if they get some encouragment.
Give your grandparents a break... you speak of them like they're idiots.
I believe you just made my point.
...Windows is very deterministic and easy to troubleshoot if you take the time to learn...
So... are YOU willing to do that for $10-15/hour?
...So I welcome this new news that only the rich, powerful & non-collegiate will have Aero. Let them have their bells and whistles!
And that's the point isn't it?
You take away the major reason for pirating something by not allowing the "pirates" the "valuable" part of the offering.
Apparently Microsoft sees the most valuable part of their offering to be the eye candy. That's pretty sad from a company that touts itself ad nauseum as "concentrating on security".
Security schmurity. They're all about the Window Dressing(TM). This just proves it utterly.
...For the number and caliber of computer science researchers Microsoft has at its disposal, and the priority they've put on increased marketing bullshit, it's strange ...
There, fixed that for you.
...I do not know how to use a PC more than basic point and click...
Well guess what... you're on par with 95% of the windows users out there in the world - seriously.
A local village idiot could have written it.
The Synthaxe, is simply a midi controller. The only difference between that and the more 'traditional' keyboard style controllers is that it's held and can be played like a guitar. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth was one of the early pioneers of it's use back in 1985 or so. It's all over the album Metal Fatigue, and others.
Like any other midi controller, you can connect it to any DSP device you want, not just drum machines, but any synthsizer that you can get a cable connected to.
Second, how stupid is it to believe that someone without electricity is going to sit there with a frickin' foot pedal, hand crank (or any other half assed contraption for generatinf power that they can come up with) and surf the web?
Now you see, some places in the Third World it might be difficult to dance to this because the kerosene record player is not a very efficient device... And a lot of times they run out of, they run out of spunk right in the middle of the chorus...
Their specs - 512 MHz clock, 128 MB ram, 512 MB drive - aren't all that shabby. You could easily run the latest 2.6 kernel on that hardware with negligible overhead.
You aren't just shitting biscuits.
The laptop I'm typing this on is a mere 233/128 meg, 8 year old Dell Latitude CP. It runs the default 2.6 kernel that comes with Debian Sarge and... get this... the KDE desktop.
If Negroponte can't get Linux to work on his machine's specs... he's not even trying. I'd speculate that some of the previous posters were correct in that he's just looking for an "excuse".
Don't use all those services - seriously. Win98 _hides_ its shutdown sequence with that stupid "Shutting Down Windows" screen, the the infamous "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen.
Similar activity is there, it's just hidden from you.
No, it's not an applaince, nor is it supposed to be. A computer is a tool.
This is where your trolling went so badly.
You know you' are able to fix it if you want something fixed. Get off your whiney ass and do it.
Not just DSL, but it should be more of a 'roll your own' thing for a machine like this. The Linux kernel 2.2 is still be actively maintained, and would be well-suited to lower end hardware like this, especially customized to support only the included hardware. A "sparse" window manager and light-weight applications are key too.
It should be that difficult, but it will take some work.
Yes, but he was dealing with a bunch of [] religious fanatics.
There... fixed that for you.
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round,
for I have seen the shadow on the moon,
and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.
-- Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)