If these people are offended by science films, are they happy to see 'God' at work on the news when for example a tsunami kills a couple of hundred thousand people in Asia?
Personally, I'd like him to get down here and explain himself, then maybe I could kick his ass.
Debian has always made a problem for itself by using 'stable' as a version description. It's fine if you know that 'stable' means 'not likely to change much', but to most users the word implies that all other versions are 'unstable' which make them think that it's likely to crash a lot. I think a more relevant description would be 'static'.
All servers I install are Debian and initially I used stable but now I use testing and have not had a single problem.
For servers, Debian's great. For desktop, it's still great except that you use Knoppix or Ubuntu instead which take care of providing the latest and greatest package versions. Underneath they're still good old rock-solid Debian!
I've always liked the idea of a SFF PC. Who needs a huge mini-tower case when all you need is one 3.5" drive and one 5.25"?
I've used the mini-itx boards such as the VIA Eden but they're too slow for any serious work. Of course there's the shuttles but with all that gear in a small space with a roasting processor, the cooling they require means they're always too noisy.
We know it can be done because Apple have done it, but in the PC world we've always been waiting for a powerful laptop processor in a SFF case. So this one looks like a toaster, someone will take the idea and build a better looking one!
Same here. I've coded all of our manufacturing group's software in VB over the last 9 years and when VB.NET was released as its replacement, I looked at it and found it to have very little in common with it's predecessor.
If I'm learning a new language, why re-learn a new form of VB when other languages have become more useful? At the time VB was released, there was nothing like it for RAD, that isn't the case anymore.
So I'm learning C# instead. Those old applications though, are going to be stuck in VB but since I've never used Microsoft support (google is our friend!) I won't miss it.
Agreed. Adverts are shown on the search results whether I like it or not, the 'personal' information they have on me isn't much (especially if I've lied about anything they don't need to know) so I'd much rather see ads that might actually be useful instead of some random list.
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If these people are offended by science films, are they happy to see 'God' at work on the news when for example a tsunami kills a couple of hundred thousand people in Asia?
Personally, I'd like him to get down here and explain himself, then maybe I could kick his ass.
Exactly. Shouldn't we be aiming for great content that's delivered with style?
Here's Window XP Starter Edition. It's crap but it's better that a pirate copy of XP Pro! Honest!
Debian has always made a problem for itself by using 'stable' as a version description. It's fine if you know that 'stable' means 'not likely to change much', but to most users the word implies that all other versions are 'unstable' which make them think that it's likely to crash a lot. I think a more relevant description would be 'static'.
All servers I install are Debian and initially I used stable but now I use testing and have not had a single problem.
For servers, Debian's great. For desktop, it's still great except that you use Knoppix or Ubuntu instead which take care of providing the latest and greatest package versions. Underneath they're still good old rock-solid Debian!
I've always liked the idea of a SFF PC. Who needs a huge mini-tower case when all you need is one 3.5" drive and one 5.25"?
I've used the mini-itx boards such as the VIA Eden but they're too slow for any serious work. Of course there's the shuttles but with all that gear in a small space with a roasting processor, the cooling they require means they're always too noisy.
We know it can be done because Apple have done it, but in the PC world we've always been waiting for a powerful laptop processor in a SFF case. So this one looks like a toaster, someone will take the idea and build a better looking one!
Same here. I've coded all of our manufacturing group's software in VB over the last 9 years and when VB.NET was released as its replacement, I looked at it and found it to have very little in common with it's predecessor.
If I'm learning a new language, why re-learn a new form of VB when other languages have become more useful? At the time VB was released, there was nothing like it for RAD, that isn't the case anymore.
So I'm learning C# instead. Those old applications though, are going to be stuck in VB but since I've never used Microsoft support (google is our friend!) I won't miss it.
Agreed. Adverts are shown on the search results whether I like it or not, the 'personal' information they have on me isn't much (especially if I've lied about anything they don't need to know) so I'd much rather see ads that might actually be useful instead of some random list.