You see, the 13 year olds kids that read slashdot nowadays do not know that before Microsoft Excel existed, people used paper [wikipedia.org] spreadsheets [wikipedia.org] and that NO Spreadsheet is not a COMPUTER related term. Spreadsheet program IS a program that implements the funcionality of a REAL spreadsheet.
Mmm. would you please tell me where the fuck did I stated that Excel was the first spreadsheet?
haha... The Conutry Of Freedom The Land of the Free
My country tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died! Land of the Pilgrim's pride! From every mountain side, Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love. I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture fills Like that above. My country, sweet land of liberty
Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song. Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong.
Our father's God to, Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing. Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King!
You see, the 13 year olds kids that read slashdot nowadays do not know that before Microsoft Excel existed, people used paperspreadsheets and that NO Spreadsheet is not a COMPUTER related term. Spreadsheet program IS a program that implements the funcionality of a REAL spreadsheet.
Ok ok... I agree that spelling errors like excellent or somthing can be missed but what does NE means??
Editors? Pleaaaasee pleaaaase.
Note: I am not a spell nazi (in fact English is not my mother tongue but for the love of god... even I noticed that... and... They are supposed to be EDITORS!! [i.e. that is their work])
I learned everything I could need about reverse engineering from the +ORC tutorials "Art of Zen Cracking", the Phrozen Crew tutorials and the Fravias tutorials...
Oh... those were the days... Does anyone has a link for any of those site/tuts?? (yeah yea.. i guess i could do a search in Google for it)[yes, I intentionally didnt made Google a verb =oP]
BTW, you CAN remove Windows Media Player from Windows XP, and the system will work. If there are some moronic developers that do not attempt to check to see if WMP is installed is another thing.
And, this is one of the small cases where I need to correctly state:
So now, you tell me how am I going to explain my UK flatmate that "It is better for you to get the version of Windows XP that does not come with the Windows Media player, than to buy the version that DOES comes with it, well, they are both at the same price but you wont get the media player, and if you want it you will have to download and install it fromt the internet"
Sincerely, to the average user it is a loss, in time, because at the end it is a "feature" they PC does not have.
Imagine if you are going to buy a car ok?, and someone told you that you can have the stereo with OR without MP3 player. No mather your choice, the car will be the same price and of course you could always get the "mp3 player upgrader" for free, but you will have to install it.
Now, do not tell me that he will be able to install a better media player, because that can also be done with the standard Win version.
Microsoft has the source code, they just make the improvements, rebuild the files and perform DIFFs.
Personally I think its better to apply a binary patch than to have to recompile a kernel just to upgrade it from x.x.11 to x.x.12
Anyway, patches are not wrong, God! if MS software has an unpatched bug it is his fault and it is bad, then if he releases a patch it is also bad because his software is patched.
This is not a patch as the normal dictionary word define it, software patches are used to modify the behaviour of the software. It is like when you changed the breaks from your bycicle from the pedal brake to the hands brake.
your Pentium 4M processor throttles quite a bit when it's unplugged from a wall or when the CPU is less than fully utilized.
I never unplug the notebook from the wall.
unless you reloaded your HP notebook sometime after you got it, you have the monumental piles of shit
Nope, I made a clean format (violating the warranty of course), reinstalled it and installed Fedora Core also.
Server 2003 is somewhat faster than both - I've taken to loading my desktops with the Web Edition Server
Then you do recommend replacing my current windows XP with Win. Server 2003? (its an authentic question); is it faster? better? could you please tell me what beneffits do you find (I am being sincere, not sarcastic etc etc k?)
Also, when something wrong happens to the user because of a car fault, it is possible to seek compensation from the car manufacturer, cars are not sold "AS IS" wtf is that "AS IS" term in software?? if I buy a hammer and when hammering the head flies and hit me I surely will rant to the manufacturer... "AS IS" lmao
With the eye-candy disabled, XP is just a more up-to-date Win2K
I do not think so. Look, I am writing this from my pffice PC, which is an AMD Athlon XP processor and 512 MB RAM and a 7200 RPM HD.
At home I have a Hp Notebook with Windows XP, and a Pentium 4M processor. Same RAM, and same speed HD.
With those configs, I find the Win2K machine like 4 times faster than the WinXP machine.
I think Windows 2000 is very good, as it has [almost] EVERYTHING an OS should have, and with Windows XP Microsoft added other things that I really do not use and surely there are process[services] that are just wasting my memory/CPU.
I have even turned lots of services (with help of the black viper service config guide), but Win2000 continues running smoother.
exe, avi, htm, doc, xls, ppt, com... it does not really matter. People will only click on the attachment that the program has and the incredibley user friendly Outlook will execute the default action related with the file extension. That is why the.jpg.vbs worms spreaded.
I continue to say how unsofisticated this virus are... well, current virus writers changed Software Engineering for People Engineering. Anyone remember one of the awesome and pretty high technical virus by Dark Avenger? or any of the old school [real] virus writers?
Intelligent-like virtual pets, I have the Dogz in my computer, although I started playing it some time ago just as a reserach experiment (I am on AI research) I found it not really entertaining. For the AI point of view it is nice, as the Creatures game series (http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/creatures_in dex.php) and The Sims... but I think it is not inovative at all.
Some time ago I saw in ASDA (a Walmart UK store) on the movies stand some VHS videos of some recent movies.
I remember when I looked at the prices I compared the DVD price with the corresponding VHS price (for the same movie) and to my amusement, the VHS was cheaper (it was like 3.5 pounds, the DVD was like 8 pounds). In fact every VHS movie was cheaper than the corresponding DVD, it was strange for me because I as everyone else believes that the VHS are more expensive than the DVD media...
That tells you how overpriced are the DVD's or how 'underpriced' are the VHS as the difference between a blank VHS and a blank DVD is quite big ($1.5 dlls for VHS vs $0.30 dlls for DVD, this being a standard retail price).
Do you know something the VHS has that the normal DVD does not have? you can buy a movie on DVD, and if anytime you need to record something, you can use that video, so it is kind of reusable
They want to know everything about open source because the want to compete with it
Oh, come on man, you do not need to hire anyone to "know everything about Open Source"... it is WHY it is open source, it is FREE for EVERYONE (yes, even for Microsoft), you just have to go to sf.net, read some wikis etc... it is all there...
If Microsoft wanted to know Everything about OSS they just have to put a bunch of their monkeys^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hengineers to make deep research into open source...
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However, the installed base is huge and the illegally installed base is also huge.
;)
I would rather say the [legal] install base is big, and illegally installed base is huge
just a question (an authentic one) what is this meme about?
mod me down... accordingly
Are those any kind of rum model? R-TX or L-TX?, is there any H-TX? or EX-TX?
=oP
Care to explain to non USssenians what does that means?
Hello Dear Ms. Geek. ...
Care to read my previous post again?
You see, the 13 year olds kids that read slashdot nowadays do not know that before Microsoft Excel existed, people used paper [wikipedia.org] spreadsheets [wikipedia.org]
and that NO Spreadsheet is not a COMPUTER related term. Spreadsheet program IS a program that implements the funcionality of a REAL spreadsheet.
Mmm. would you please tell me where the fuck did I stated that Excel was the first spreadsheet?
I guess you have hard time reading english.
haha...
The Conutry Of Freedom
The Land of the Free
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim's pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above. My country, sweet land of liberty
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our father's God to, Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!
That is why I usually get my torrents from known sources, like piratebay or torrenttyphoon search sites.
That way I can see a comment and if there is a bad torrent [fake] usually it is comented.
I think that was one of the advantages of bittorrent over other p2p protocols no?
+1 Funny...
:o) // so Im not moded down =oP
Man, thnks for the laugh before sleep.
Really, thank you!
p.s. I know I will be moded down
+1 Insightful...
You see, the 13 year olds kids that read slashdot nowadays do not know that before Microsoft Excel existed, people used paper spreadsheets
and that NO Spreadsheet is not a COMPUTER related term. Spreadsheet program IS a program that implements the funcionality of a REAL spreadsheet.
You could had posted a link to the comment
from the original author.
You would have got your karma and you would not seem as plagiarist as you seem now.
samzenpus :
"For example, ne of the criteria that they use"
Do you see something strange in this statement? nothing? really? no?
Well, here are some meanings:
ne
Ok ok... I agree that spelling errors like excellent or somthing can be missed but what does NE means??
Editors? Pleaaaasee pleaaaase.
Note: I am not a spell nazi (in fact English is not my mother tongue but for the love of god... even I noticed that... and... They are supposed to be EDITORS!! [i.e. that is their work])
I learned everything I could need about reverse engineering from the +ORC tutorials "Art of Zen Cracking", the Phrozen Crew tutorials and the Fravias tutorials...
Oh... those were the days...
Does anyone has a link for any of those site/tuts?? (yeah yea.. i guess i could do a search in Google for it)[yes, I intentionally didnt made Google a verb =oP]
and whenever you turn left the brights will turn on and the horn will play the mexican hat dance.
And what is bad with El Jarabe Tapatío? or even "La Cucaracha"?
BTW, you CAN remove Windows Media Player from Windows XP, and the system will work. If there are some moronic developers that do not attempt to check to see if WMP is installed is another thing.
And, this is one of the small cases where I need to correctly state:
I am Mexican, you insensitive clod.
So now, you tell me how am I going to explain my UK flatmate that "It is better for you to get the version of Windows XP that does not come with the Windows Media player, than to buy the version that DOES comes with it, well, they are both at the same price but you wont get the media player, and if you want it you will have to download and install it fromt the internet"
Sincerely, to the average user it is a loss, in time, because at the end it is a "feature" they PC does not have.
Imagine if you are going to buy a car ok?, and someone told you that you can have the stereo with OR without MP3 player. No mather your choice, the car will be the same price and of course you could always get the "mp3 player upgrader" for free, but you will have to install it.
Now, do not tell me that he will be able to install a better media player, because that can also be done with the standard Win version.
I do not know about you but usually I use www.scirus.com to search for scientific references. It is a really great place to start.
Also the filetype:pdf google search command is quite handly
What is the difference?
Microsoft has the source code, they just make the improvements, rebuild the files and perform DIFFs.
Personally I think its better to apply a binary patch than to have to recompile a kernel just to upgrade it from x.x.11 to x.x.12
Anyway, patches are not wrong, God! if MS software has an unpatched bug it is his fault and it is bad, then if he releases a patch it is also bad because his software is patched.
This is not a patch as the normal dictionary word define it, software patches are used to modify the behaviour of the software. It is like when you changed the breaks from your bycicle from the pedal brake to the hands brake.
your Pentium 4M processor throttles quite a bit when it's unplugged from a wall or when the CPU is less than fully utilized.
I never unplug the notebook from the wall.
unless you reloaded your HP notebook sometime after you got it, you have the monumental piles of shit
Nope, I made a clean format (violating the warranty of course), reinstalled it and installed Fedora Core also.
Server 2003 is somewhat faster than both - I've taken to loading my desktops with the Web Edition Server
Then you do recommend replacing my current windows XP with Win. Server 2003? (its an authentic question); is it faster? better? could you please tell me what beneffits do you find (I am being sincere, not sarcastic etc etc k?)
+1 Insightful
Also, when something wrong happens to the user because of a car fault, it is possible to seek compensation from the car manufacturer, cars are not sold "AS IS" wtf is that "AS IS" term in software?? if I buy a hammer and when hammering the head flies and hit me I surely will rant to the manufacturer... "AS IS" lmao
With the eye-candy disabled, XP is just a more up-to-date Win2K
.
I do not think so. Look, I am writing this from my pffice PC, which is an AMD Athlon XP processor and 512 MB RAM and a 7200 RPM HD
At home I have a Hp Notebook with Windows XP, and a Pentium 4M processor. Same RAM, and same speed HD.
With those configs, I find the Win2K machine like 4 times faster than the WinXP machine.
I think Windows 2000 is very good, as it has [almost] EVERYTHING an OS should have, and with Windows XP Microsoft added other things that I really do not use and surely there are process[services] that are just wasting my memory/CPU.
I have even turned lots of services (with help of the black viper service config guide), but Win2000 continues running smoother.
exe, avi, htm, doc, xls, ppt, com... it does not really matter. People will only click on the attachment that the program has and the incredibley user friendly Outlook will execute the default action related with the file extension. That is why the .jpg.vbs worms spreaded.
I continue to say how unsofisticated this virus are... well, current virus writers changed Software Engineering for People Engineering. Anyone remember one of the awesome and pretty high technical virus by Dark Avenger? or any of the old school [real] virus writers?
I have not played Nintendogs but for all I have seen I can see that it is just a copy of these games:
n dex.php)
http://petz.ubi.com/
Intelligent-like virtual pets, I have the Dogz in my computer, although I started playing it some time ago just as a reserach experiment (I am on AI research) I found it not really entertaining. For the AI point of view it is nice, as the Creatures game series (http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/creatures_i
and The Sims... but I think it is not inovative at all.
OMFG! INSIGTHFUL?? lmao hahaahah
MOD PARENT'S MODERATOR +5 FUNNY
Some time ago I saw in ASDA (a Walmart UK store) on the movies stand some VHS videos of some recent movies.
0 6GAI78/qid=1118818112/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/104-4255 289-5948752?v=glance&s=video&n=507846>VHS
I remember when I looked at the prices I compared the DVD price with the corresponding VHS price (for the same movie) and to my amusement, the VHS was cheaper (it was like 3.5 pounds, the DVD was like 8 pounds). In fact every VHS movie was cheaper than the corresponding DVD, it was strange for me because I as everyone else believes that the VHS are more expensive than the DVD media...
Now, if you do not believe me, look at this random movie I searched in Amazon: Shall We dance on
DVD and on http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00
That tells you how overpriced are the DVD's or how 'underpriced' are the VHS as the difference between a blank VHS and a blank DVD is quite big ($1.5 dlls for VHS vs $0.30 dlls for DVD, this being a standard retail price).
Do you know something the VHS has that the normal DVD does not have? you can buy a movie on DVD, and if anytime you need to record something, you can use that video, so it is kind of reusable
180 WPM? ppfffft
I, like every real men use only astenographer to write, and I get 300 WPM... everything else is just slow....
Man, I think I can write at 2.6 GHz!
They want to know everything about open source because the want to compete with it
Oh, come on man, you do not need to hire anyone to "know everything about Open Source"... it is WHY it is open source, it is FREE for EVERYONE (yes, even for Microsoft), you just have to go to sf.net, read some wikis etc... it is all there...
If Microsoft wanted to know Everything about OSS they just have to put a bunch of their monkeys^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hengineers to make deep research into open source...
Yes... just like the OSDG bought Trovalds or Google bought Firefox Developer Ben Goodger ...
Free Software is free as in freedom... but it is also free as in beer so these people *really* need to get their green paste from somewhere...
Or, you really did think that those "donations" where enough to live?