The fact the Red Hat is one of the largest companies directly supporting the development of many OSS projects, including GCC, doesn't change your mind at all in this matter?
I like how you portray old Redhat in a good manner, and then talk about the equally old GCC2.96 problem to detract from the MODERN version.
Either way, you are incorrect. Almost any Linux distro you could get would be a great choice these days, and one that has commercial might put into its deployment can't be purely bad. As for OS X, I'm not sure whether it'd be a better choice, myself...
"Hurr hurr, the Catholic Church shouldn't try to help kids avoid predators, 'cause they're PREDATORS ALREADY lol gimme five/karma"
"Hurr hurr, don't use a firewall on Windows because you are fucked anyways hahaha I am appreciative of people stuck using a certain os LOL I am so hot today gimme paw/money"
"Hurr hurr, don't bother eating or doing anything for that matter because you're going to die someday anyways LOL I so took the world by storm with that lol gimme cock"
Jesus, people. Get fucking lives. This isn't to say I'm agreeing with censoring journals, but think before you splooge idiocy onto the Internet. This isn't the place for it. May I suggest the IMDb.
"They are really riding on the backs of the 'old folks' like us that built the goodies they enjoy."
I bet he knew how to make microprocessors, physically and schematically.
In addition, I bet he knew how to make the plant that manufactured the silicon.
In addition, I bet he independantly discovered the semiconducting properties of silicon as a youth.
I also presume that he knows exactly how the language he speaks was formulated, and how to build the copper smelters in plants that give him wiring.
What a jackass. Nobody in the world could build us back to this level of technology if we suddenly lost it all. That's how we work.
Seeing as we've already started decimating the poor fellow's bandwidth, why not contribute something in return? Start testing this on all those old systems you have, and give him more precise data for estimating system requirements!
Why the hell is ThinkSecret linked, instead of Apple?
With their (ThinkSecret's) reputation as of late, I assumed this was just another doubtful article, until I hit up Apple's homepage and saw the iBook banner.
> than if any particular company's military base were put there.
I was going to correct your spelling when I realized that by the time this all becomes a BIG issue, there will be little distinction between country and company.
The problem with your suggestion lies with the main userbase of Linux.
Not to knock our great community, but can't you see people clamouring in ways that parallel the demands of us to ATi, and the like? MSFT won't want the hassle of users asking for ports to Alpha, or Emacs major-modes for their config files, et cetera. As a 'platform', Linux is not as locked-in (read static) as Microsoft seems to prefer.
I wish you were 100% correct, but note that your parent post notes he got the pirated software academically, which probably means the software itself is academic.
There are many programs, like Mathematica, Maple, and even the silly Vernier Logger Pro, which only have highly intimidating substitutes in the FOSS realm.
Undo Closed Tab is present in FF's All-In-One Gestures plugin as a hack, if not present in FF itself. I just wish it was more easily accessible, if the latter is the case.
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I think the most particularly evil one is pointing out that "myArray[i]" is equivalent with "i[myArray]" in C.
Perhaps not, but I imagine that its stability record will be.
Does this mean I can write off my hosting and Movable Type?
The fact the Red Hat is one of the largest companies directly supporting the development of many OSS projects, including GCC, doesn't change your mind at all in this matter?
I like how you portray old Redhat in a good manner, and then talk about the equally old GCC2.96 problem to detract from the MODERN version.
Either way, you are incorrect. Almost any Linux distro you could get would be a great choice these days, and one that has commercial might put into its deployment can't be purely bad. As for OS X, I'm not sure whether it'd be a better choice, myself...
"Hurr hurr, the Catholic Church shouldn't try to help kids avoid predators, 'cause they're PREDATORS ALREADY lol gimme five/karma"
"Hurr hurr, don't use a firewall on Windows because you are fucked anyways hahaha I am appreciative of people stuck using a certain os LOL I am so hot today gimme paw/money"
"Hurr hurr, don't bother eating or doing anything for that matter because you're going to die someday anyways LOL I so took the world by storm with that lol gimme cock"
Jesus, people. Get fucking lives.
This isn't to say I'm agreeing with censoring journals, but think before you splooge idiocy onto the Internet. This isn't the place for it. May I suggest the IMDb.
"They are really riding on the backs of the 'old folks' like us that built the goodies they enjoy." I bet he knew how to make microprocessors, physically and schematically. In addition, I bet he knew how to make the plant that manufactured the silicon. In addition, I bet he independantly discovered the semiconducting properties of silicon as a youth. I also presume that he knows exactly how the language he speaks was formulated, and how to build the copper smelters in plants that give him wiring. What a jackass. Nobody in the world could build us back to this level of technology if we suddenly lost it all. That's how we work.
Seeing as we've already started decimating the poor fellow's bandwidth, why not contribute something in return? Start testing this on all those old systems you have, and give him more precise data for estimating system requirements!
Just what we need; Deviantart for software! Brilliant! :rolleyes:
Why the hell is ThinkSecret linked, instead of Apple? With their (ThinkSecret's) reputation as of late, I assumed this was just another doubtful article, until I hit up Apple's homepage and saw the iBook banner.
As a user of Telus Velocity, I'm surprised they haven't censored this Slashdot article.
What imaging software would that be? I'm new on the whole OS X sysadmin thing; you aren't talking about something like radmind are you?
Perhaps this is an attempt to appeal more to the rapidly growing Mexican `audiences' in the US?
> than if any particular company's military base were put there. I was going to correct your spelling when I realized that by the time this all becomes a BIG issue, there will be little distinction between country and company.
The problem with your suggestion lies with the main userbase of Linux. Not to knock our great community, but can't you see people clamouring in ways that parallel the demands of us to ATi, and the like? MSFT won't want the hassle of users asking for ports to Alpha, or Emacs major-modes for their config files, et cetera. As a 'platform', Linux is not as locked-in (read static) as Microsoft seems to prefer.
I wish you were 100% correct, but note that your parent post notes he got the pirated software academically, which probably means the software itself is academic. There are many programs, like Mathematica, Maple, and even the silly Vernier Logger Pro, which only have highly intimidating substitutes in the FOSS realm.
>Doctors take oaths and take patient privacy seriously. Hippocratic Oath, anyone? 'First, is do no harm...'
Undo Closed Tab is present in FF's All-In-One Gestures plugin as a hack, if not present in FF itself. I just wish it was more easily accessible, if the latter is the case.
If it's any consolation, Microsoft doesn't charge you to install its Service Packs.
>Don't forget the Administrator password. I had to do a reinstall because I forgot it. Luckily, I hadn't transferred any info at the time.
I've almost done this myself a few times, but I googled around and discovered Peter Nordahl's 'Offline NT Password & Registry Editor', which can just reset the Admin password and avert the problem of reformatting.
I'd pardon your language, but it appears to have become blotted out before I found anything offensive therein.