Do you also give fake address information when you buy DVDs online, then?
I'm not saying I agree with the practice of requiring customers to provide the info unnecessarily. However, I do find it ironic that we will refuse to give personal info to someone who we are looking at face-to-face, but give it happily to a nameless, faceless online "storefront".
Obviously, not everyone buys things online. But to those who do, quit being such hypocrites.
The picture was taken from a camera non-perpendicular to the wall being projected onto. Since the "mini projector" looks to be in the same line as the camera, the image should be keystoning. But it's not, it's perfectly squared. No doubt there's a standard LCD or DLP projector sitting in the room projecting that image.
I like the keypad and have no issues with the message dictionary. Personally, I've never been concerned that it turns off vibrate mode when I change the ringer volume. In fact, if I'm changing the ringer volume, it's probably because I want it to ring. Saves me a step.
RAZR is the best phone I've had to date.
My only real complaint is the lack of a minijack for headphones. Bluetooth is great, but it's expensive and not every scenario can be covered (for instance, my motorcycle com system has no bluetooth adapters).
I dont have much respect for the speed limit, but I do know that it's there for a reason, namely to stop idiots from killing themselves
Incorrect. It is there, first and foremost, to stop idiots from killing other idiots.
Secondarily, it is there to pad government budgets.
It is difficult to justify laws against harming oneself. Certainly it is done, but most often the justification lies in costs to society for the medical expenses associated with injuries. Not for the protection of the individual.
So following that line of logic. How is it we are able to fish out the good FOSS projects from the crap? Is there a publisher telling you which ones are good? No... the community has built its own methods (FreshMeat, etc) for deciding what is good and for making it known.
How do teenagers know which kids in highschool are the cool kids? Are the teachers standing out in the hallways pointing them out? No... the community has built its own methods (cliques, etc) for deciding who is popular and making them known.
We are an adaptive people. We do not require corporations to "tell us" what is good and what isn't. In fact, lacking that infrastructure, I think we're more likely to get the legitimately good stuff to the top and weed out the junk.
This whole discussion reminds me of something that was very important in my early geek development:
Stephen: I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson. David: What's that? Stephen: Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.
Whether Avalanche has been "thrown out" or not is mostly irrelevent since the software doesn't exist. Per all publicly available information, it is little more than an idea on paper.
Perhaps some of your Linux frustration is due to the specific distros you've used. Debian is like a rock. Maybe I'm wrong -- just my experience.
And just to disuage any further assumptions re: my (lack of) experience with Windows, I'd guess somewhere around 100:1 for ratio of hours spent working with/in/on DOS->Windows environments vs Unix->Linux environments. I've done my share of Windows "services tweaking".
This just in: You are not representative of the average software consumer.
a) Most large businesses would rather buy software than use Free software. It is a confindence and comfort issue. That attitude may change over time, but it will be a *long* time.
b) Most PC users are not even aware Free word processors exist, and they certainly wouldn't know where to find one. Even with NYT ads and crazy media coverage, most of my family and friends have never heard of Firefox until I tell them.
You can stand on your soapbox all you want - but it makes no difference. Unless the average software consumer changes their mindset toward software in general, there will always be a significant market for software vendors.
Your comments are no less one-sided and closed minded than any of the comments made here by MS-haters. They are also not useful nor insightful.
Please leave the "I can run Linux on my 8 year old machine" remarks out. I said productive. Not a toy that boots up and does a few tricks.
And on this point, you are just flat wrong. I have been running Debian on the same hardware for the past 5 years and before that it was my Windows 98 workstation. It currently manages SMTP/POP3/IMAP mail, web hosting (dynamic sites with Gallery and Drupal), DNS, IP routing, firewall, etc etc for 6 domains including 3 businesses.
The hardware is a single 350mhz P2 with 128mb ram and a 13GB hd. Aside from occasional minor slowness in Gallery, it is completely adequate for its purpose. I have no use or need for a GUI so X is not installed, but when it was I had no complaints about its performance.
Contrarily, I have a box running Windows Server 2003 as a domain controller for my family that also hosts a few ASP.Net pages and acts as a source control and build server. It's a 1.8Ghz Celeron with 256mb ram and 20GB hd.
The windows box is constantly pissing me off due to its slowness. Takes 30-45 seconds to log in, screen updates are slow and ASP.Net pages are painfully slow to compile (though once compiled they usually pop just fine).
If I could uninstall the GUI on the Windows box I would do it in a heartbeat.. Unfortunately, that's not an option. So instead I'm forced to by newer hardware or deal with less-than-acceptable performance.
In my experience, the only people who argue that Linux isn't "useful" on old hardware are people who have never tried it.
I realise much of the successful companies out there are in fact, evil, but it's not a necessity.
Since all humans are evil by nature. And all companies are run by humans. It follows that all companies (successful or otherwise) are also evil by nature.
Get off your high horses. The only thing that may be worth comparing is the level to which *evil* is allowed to rule. And personally, I think both Google and Yahoo! have done quite well at keeping the beast at bay. No one is perfect.
Dude... read the text you quoted. crisco was intentionally misspelled.
I would just about guarantee his providers' providers are not using Crisco to route his TCP packets.
Although they certainly may be using it for other (less scrupulous) activities.
I don't really know how my car works. I know that it gets me from home to work and that it needs some basic preventative maintenance -- I take it to the shop for that. The mechanics of the vehicle don't interest me that much. Some of the theory does, so I read about internal combustion engines, etc, but I have no intention of pulling apart the motor in my Civic Hybrid and tinkering.
Along the same lines, I have no idea how to make or repair a cordless, variable speed power drill. But I use one and love it. And the day it starts to act up I will go get a new one.
People have no need to know more than "just enough" to get by with computers. It's the same with any tool. And anyone who *wrenches* on/with any given tool is "offended" by those who use it without knowing anything about it.
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Do you also give fake address information when you buy DVDs online, then?
I'm not saying I agree with the practice of requiring customers to provide the info unnecessarily. However, I do find it ironic that we will refuse to give personal info to someone who we are looking at face-to-face, but give it happily to a nameless, faceless online "storefront".
Obviously, not everyone buys things online. But to those who do, quit being such hypocrites.
It's a fake. The shot was staged.
The picture was taken from a camera non-perpendicular to the wall being projected onto. Since the "mini projector" looks to be in the same line as the camera, the image should be keystoning. But it's not, it's perfectly squared. No doubt there's a standard LCD or DLP projector sitting in the room projecting that image.
I like the keypad and have no issues with the message dictionary. Personally, I've never been concerned that it turns off vibrate mode when I change the ringer volume. In fact, if I'm changing the ringer volume, it's probably because I want it to ring. Saves me a step.
RAZR is the best phone I've had to date.
My only real complaint is the lack of a minijack for headphones. Bluetooth is great, but it's expensive and not every scenario can be covered (for instance, my motorcycle com system has no bluetooth adapters).
Hey .. it worked for COBOL!
Incorrect. It is there, first and foremost, to stop idiots from killing other idiots.
Secondarily, it is there to pad government budgets.
It is difficult to justify laws against harming oneself. Certainly it is done, but most often the justification lies in costs to society for the medical expenses associated with injuries. Not for the protection of the individual.
Hey, some of us male hookers have tits, too. You insensitive clod!
How do teenagers know which kids in highschool are the cool kids? Are the teachers standing out in the hallways pointing them out? No ... the community has built its own methods (cliques, etc) for deciding who is popular and making them known.
We are an adaptive people. We do not require corporations to "tell us" what is good and what isn't. In fact, lacking that infrastructure, I think we're more likely to get the legitimately good stuff to the top and weed out the junk.
Aye
This whole discussion reminds me of something that was very important in my early geek development:
Stephen: I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
David: What's that?
Stephen: Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.
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You must have a lot of free time ;)
Whether Avalanche has been "thrown out" or not is mostly irrelevent since the software doesn't exist. Per all publicly available information, it is little more than an idea on paper.
Perhaps some of your Linux frustration is due to the specific distros you've used. Debian is like a rock. Maybe I'm wrong -- just my experience.
And just to disuage any further assumptions re: my (lack of) experience with Windows, I'd guess somewhere around 100:1 for ratio of hours spent working with/in/on DOS->Windows environments vs Unix->Linux environments. I've done my share of Windows "services tweaking".
The obvious exception is people who are *paid* to attempt a break-in because the property owner wants to know just how well they're secured things.
You're mistaking my comments on Windows performance as general attack on Windows in general. They are not.
I was merely calling out your disinformation regarding the ability of Linux to be useful on less than mediocre hardware.
This just in: You are not representative of the average software consumer.
a) Most large businesses would rather buy software than use Free software. It is a confindence and comfort issue. That attitude may change over time, but it will be a *long* time.
b) Most PC users are not even aware Free word processors exist, and they certainly wouldn't know where to find one. Even with NYT ads and crazy media coverage, most of my family and friends have never heard of Firefox until I tell them.
You can stand on your soapbox all you want - but it makes no difference. Unless the average software consumer changes their mindset toward software in general, there will always be a significant market for software vendors.
The hardware is a single 350mhz P2 with 128mb ram and a 13GB hd. Aside from occasional minor slowness in Gallery, it is completely adequate for its purpose. I have no use or need for a GUI so X is not installed, but when it was I had no complaints about its performance.
Contrarily, I have a box running Windows Server 2003 as a domain controller for my family that also hosts a few ASP.Net pages and acts as a source control and build server. It's a 1.8Ghz Celeron with 256mb ram and 20GB hd.
The windows box is constantly pissing me off due to its slowness. Takes 30-45 seconds to log in, screen updates are slow and ASP.Net pages are painfully slow to compile (though once compiled they usually pop just fine).
If I could uninstall the GUI on the Windows box I would do it in a heartbeat.. Unfortunately, that's not an option. So instead I'm forced to by newer hardware or deal with less-than-acceptable performance.
In my experience, the only people who argue that Linux isn't "useful" on old hardware are people who have never tried it.
Get off your high horses. The only thing that may be worth comparing is the level to which *evil* is allowed to rule. And personally, I think both Google and Yahoo! have done quite well at keeping the beast at bay. No one is perfect.
Then how do you explain all the skinny Chinese people?
Dude ... read the text you quoted. crisco was intentionally misspelled.
I would just about guarantee his providers' providers are not using Crisco to route his TCP packets.
Although they certainly may be using it for other (less scrupulous) activities.
+5 Pissed my pants!
Why is it sad?
I don't really know how my car works. I know that it gets me from home to work and that it needs some basic preventative maintenance -- I take it to the shop for that. The mechanics of the vehicle don't interest me that much. Some of the theory does, so I read about internal combustion engines, etc, but I have no intention of pulling apart the motor in my Civic Hybrid and tinkering.
Along the same lines, I have no idea how to make or repair a cordless, variable speed power drill. But I use one and love it. And the day it starts to act up I will go get a new one.
People have no need to know more than "just enough" to get by with computers. It's the same with any tool. And anyone who *wrenches* on/with any given tool is "offended" by those who use it without knowing anything about it.