Meantime the distros are hyping a beta eye candy product that doesn't even work properly and can't even be used by most people without highend video cards.
Nuh-uh. I had Beryl running perfectly with in Edgy on my desktop with a Sempron 3000 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a $10 128MB GeForce FX5200. That is NOT high-end anywhere in the 1st world.
64-bit is apparently significantly faster on an AMD64 machine if you have 4GB of RAM, otherwise its advantage is whittled away by the issues you mentioned. I was originally under the impression that I had no choice but to use it when I upgraded to a machine with a Sempron CPU, but there are, as you mentioned, a few key software inconveniences that piss me off, and I'll be switching back to 32-bit when I install Feisty this weekend.
They have to implement incrementally more complex encryption to present the impression (true or otherwise) of due diligence to clients/stakeholders. If they replaced CSS with something even simpler, they'd get blasted for it. This way it at least looks like they're trying, and that's good enough to cover their asses and stay in business.
Plus, many of us use computers in public places where speech recognition would be clumsy, embarrassing or downright rude.
Jay: "All you motherfuckers are gonna pay! You are the ones who are the ball-lickers! We're gonna fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little bitches!" etc. etc.
Nothing random about it, it's called 'getting Jossed' - Every time a couple in a Joss Whedon production is happy, one of them dies, or turns evil, or has their life ruined and runs away. It's expected now.
I'm not sure that's the best analogy - New Coke averaged better in blind taste tests than Classic, as do Diet Coke and Pepsi, I've been told. What they failed at was recognition of brand loyalty. Coke is an institution, and we don't want it to be better, we want it to be Coke, dammit.
Windows on the other hand, should improve. Vista should be Coke that tastes exactly like it always did, but comes in a prettier bottle and stops you getting bird flu.
Can't speak for RH/Suse etc., but having used Ubuntu for about two and a half years now, I've never had an upgrade (always installed within a week of full release) with worse hardware compatibility for my (admittedly fairly generic) setup than previous versions. IOW, it worked before it got released, not 12 months after.
Dude, did you RTFA? The thing isn't even welded, it's put together with glue.
It'll be fine for 3rd world metropolitan districts with massive amounts of small vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. No way in hell I'd drive one around LA.
Jules: What does CowBoyNeal look like? Brett: What? Jules: What country you from? Brett: What? Jules: What ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What? Brett: What? Jules: ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO-YOU-SPEAK-IT? Brett: Yes! Jules: Then you know what I'm saying! Brett: Yes! Jules: Describe what CowBoyNeal looks like! Brett: What, I-? Jules: [pointing his gun] Say what again. SAY WHAT AGAIN. I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker. Say what one more goddamn time. Brett: He's b-b-black... Jules: Go on. Brett: He's bald... Jules: Does he look like a bitch? Brett: What? [Jules shoots Brett in shoulder] Jules: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH? Brett: No! Jules: Then why you try to fuck him like a bitch, Brett? Brett: I didn't. Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did, Brett. You tried to fuck him. And CowBoyNeal don't like to be fucked by anybody, except Zonk.
While the previous replies hold true, I think that was just a typo./. has already established beyond a shadow of a doubt that even reasonably educated westerners can't find the Preview button.
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I'm in Australia, but you can pick up Lindt 70% dark chocolate in gas stations here, I assume it'd be easy enough to find over there too...
Meantime the distros are hyping a beta eye candy product that doesn't even work properly and can't even be used by most people without highend video cards.
Nuh-uh. I had Beryl running perfectly with in Edgy on my desktop with a Sempron 3000 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a $10 128MB GeForce FX5200. That is NOT high-end anywhere in the 1st world.
"Tranny inside tranny oil-change"
64-bit is apparently significantly faster on an AMD64 machine if you have 4GB of RAM, otherwise its advantage is whittled away by the issues you mentioned. I was originally under the impression that I had no choice but to use it when I upgraded to a machine with a Sempron CPU, but there are, as you mentioned, a few key software inconveniences that piss me off, and I'll be switching back to 32-bit when I install Feisty this weekend.
They have to implement incrementally more complex encryption to present the impression (true or otherwise) of due diligence to clients/stakeholders. If they replaced CSS with something even simpler, they'd get blasted for it. This way it at least looks like they're trying, and that's good enough to cover their asses and stay in business.
Plus, many of us use computers in public places where speech recognition would be clumsy, embarrassing or downright rude.
Jay: "All you motherfuckers are gonna pay! You are the ones who are the ball-lickers! We're gonna fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little bitches!" etc. etc.
All 1.21 Jiggawatts of it!
Nothing random about it, it's called 'getting Jossed' - Every time a couple in a Joss Whedon production is happy, one of them dies, or turns evil, or has their life ruined and runs away. It's expected now.
No, but with enough Type O Negative they'll be converted into goth-cooties.
Oh no, it's commenting on Slashdot! So much for evolution =(
That'd take time though. In the meantime, you'd be able to afford a PS3!
I'm not sure that's the best analogy - New Coke averaged better in blind taste tests than Classic, as do Diet Coke and Pepsi, I've been told. What they failed at was recognition of brand loyalty. Coke is an institution, and we don't want it to be better, we want it to be Coke, dammit.
Windows on the other hand, should improve. Vista should be Coke that tastes exactly like it always did, but comes in a prettier bottle and stops you getting bird flu.
Thanks to Vista, the
Winter of our discontent,
Extends into Spring.
Can't speak for RH/Suse etc., but having used Ubuntu for about two and a half years now, I've never had an upgrade (always installed within a week of full release) with worse hardware compatibility for my (admittedly fairly generic) setup than previous versions. IOW, it worked before it got released, not 12 months after.
GP wants to test enterprise apps, but he needs to play games.
The ATM I'm writing a manual for right now fits on a desk, and it's running OS/2 Warp.
Pay no attention to the *whoosh* behind the curtain =)
Damn those 1.2 million Linux users! Bloody hell, when will they learn?
I think you meant Nerf weapons =) Not as effective, maybe, but totally more Slashdot...
Dude, did you RTFA? The thing isn't even welded, it's put together with glue.
It'll be fine for 3rd world metropolitan districts with massive amounts of small vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. No way in hell I'd drive one around LA.
Also known as a duvet-hovercraft conversion.
Alright, which one of you is Spartacus?
Jules: What does CowBoyNeal look like?
Brett: What?
Jules: What country you from?
Brett: What?
Jules: What ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO-YOU-SPEAK-IT?
Brett: Yes!
Jules: Then you know what I'm saying!
Brett: Yes!
Jules: Describe what CowBoyNeal looks like!
Brett: What, I-?
Jules: [pointing his gun] Say what again. SAY WHAT AGAIN. I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker. Say what one more goddamn time.
Brett: He's b-b-black...
Jules: Go on.
Brett: He's bald...
Jules: Does he look like a bitch?
Brett: What?
[Jules shoots Brett in shoulder]
Jules: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
Brett: No!
Jules: Then why you try to fuck him like a bitch, Brett?
Brett: I didn't.
Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did, Brett. You tried to fuck him. And CowBoyNeal don't like to be fucked by anybody, except Zonk.
How hard is it to understand that if your product does something your customers don't like, they'll either circumvent it, or go elsewhere?
Way to alienate the general public, guys.
While the previous replies hold true, I think that was just a typo. /. has already established beyond a shadow of a doubt that even reasonably educated westerners can't find the Preview button.