Pretty much... Last Windows I installed was 98, and I was pretty cranky at the size. This when MiniLinux (anyone remember that?) was on 4 floppies, and even adding X and a browser to it didnt bring it much above 20 meg...
I tend to agree here. I think it'd be great if I could remove all the crap I dont need/want (why the #(*$# does an OS have to be 200 meg?) and have a faster box...
More trivia. The guy that ran the pirate radio station in the bus/camper/whatever was also the prison guard in one of the Star Trek movies, and ALSO was in B5 as a bad soul hunter. Great actor, whose name escapes me now...
"We used to be polite at the elevators, [but] people would rush in front of us and block the way." Now, "we belly up to the elevator. We don't mind people getting on with us, but we've got to get on first."
and...
"I just mess with him all the time," said Willie James, a disabled veteran who visits the hospital about eight times a month. James said he likes to roll his wheelchair into the robot's path.
Good thing TOBOR doesnt have R2D2s "Cattle Prod" thingy...
"bing-bong. Brimish Rull regret that mumble maz bem dermumble a mir mumble mumble bimble late. Passengers mizzing to mumble rimble mumble are advised to momble mar at murmble. Thank you mor mumble mimbling Brimble mum. bing-bong."
I think that the premise that all computers are exploitable is a wrong one to persue. Granted, any idiot that leaves an exploitable machine running on the net gets what he deserves, yet in this age of DDOS viruses/trojans, the damage goes far beyond a single machine. BUT, I dont think FORCING an upgrade is the way to go. If I have a machine on an internal network merrily pluggin away for years, why break it if its working?
Well, today people are saying "Geez, what a load of crap". If I submitted the same article tomorrow, they'd be saying "Hey, great, just what we need, down with Microsoft, Linux r00lz j00!"
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Pretty much... Last Windows I installed was 98, and I was pretty cranky at the size. This when MiniLinux (anyone remember that?) was on 4 floppies, and even adding X and a browser to it didnt bring it much above 20 meg...
I tend to agree here. I think it'd be great if I could remove all the crap I dont need/want (why the #(*$# does an OS have to be 200 meg?) and have a faster box...
No, but we need an "Anal Retentive" moderation category...
I though Pick-El was the guy that decided on how to build the subway system in Chicago...
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I suppose you aren't going to kiss Hank's butt with us, are you?
More trivia. The guy that ran the pirate radio station in the bus/camper/whatever was also the prison guard in one of the Star Trek movies, and ALSO was in B5 as a bad soul hunter. Great actor, whose name escapes me now...
#include "StandardWhineAboutExpensiveSoftware.h"
#include "WhineAboutOnlyUsingItOnce.h"
#include "RantAboutNeedingPhotoshopInsteadOfGimp.h"
etc...
And im combination with force-feedback, you can actually get injured next time you roll in NASCAR...
Mark with chalk...
Cut with an axe...
Mmmm...android head...
That would imply that a
...take a page from Chik-fil-a. I can see it now, 2 cows on a ladder, painting a billboard to say "Download more Zepplin"
Or my ex-wife...
...or Seven Samurai, or Ran, or Yojimbo, or...
...and remember, statistically, half the people you meet are dumber than you...
But, doing that cuts into my pr0n surfing time!
Yea, I wonder if they have a soundcard in the thing, hooked up to a big-ass speaker system?
and...
"I just mess with him all the time," said Willie James, a disabled veteran who visits the hospital about eight times a month. James said he likes to roll his wheelchair into the robot's path.
Good thing TOBOR doesnt have R2D2s "Cattle Prod" thingy...
"bing-bong. Brimish Rull regret that mumble maz bem dermumble a mir mumble mumble bimble late. Passengers mizzing to mumble rimble mumble are advised to momble mar at murmble. Thank you mor mumble mimbling Brimble mum. bing-bong."
Yea, I bet Carl Coldcall and Berny Bulkmailing are really fuming...
I think that the premise that all computers are exploitable is a wrong one to persue. Granted, any idiot that leaves an exploitable machine running on the net gets what he deserves, yet in this age of DDOS viruses/trojans, the damage goes far beyond a single machine. BUT, I dont think FORCING an upgrade is the way to go. If I have a machine on an internal network merrily pluggin away for years, why break it if its working?
And some people wonder why we can't get a decent hunk of the desktop market. OY!
Well, today people are saying "Geez, what a load of crap". If I submitted the same article tomorrow, they'd be saying "Hey, great, just what we need, down with Microsoft, Linux r00lz j00!"
So, the Cheers crowd finally had him arrested for killing Coach?