All benefit comes with a cost. To many people, switching is worth it, to many others, it's not. Your Windows network is solid, so it's not. But most people just look at the cost, get scared, and don't even bother looking at the potential benefit of having a solid network. Because some Windows application still won't admit being run as non-administrator.
A city of Linux geeks? With a, dunno, 10-to-1 proportion between males and females? THAT'S JUST HELL! I do like Linux, but girls' usability is a lot more... intuitive. And their features will never beat any operating system!:D
"Posing for pictures isn't a large part of his job, it's a large part of keeping your picture and name in everyone's mind so that hopefully you'll get re-elected"
You seem to forget that his job isn't really mayor, but politician. It like freelance, you don't really get hired or fired, you just get a client and have to do what's necessary to keep that client.
And Windows still has no way to stop these things, whereas OS X/Linux/*BSD are designed from the ground up to be immune to the kinds of attacks that Windows gets constantly pounded by.
Do you need better proof that functionality sells, while security doesn't?
This is just as bad as the current name. If I look up "cocks" on Google, I will have to sort out between the language and the carnage. Doesn't sound interesting.
Now, if we call it Pu-C, maybe it won't be that big of a problem.:o)
"They're totally immune to the idea that someone is being honest." Not what I've seen, and not what is instructed.
"And no realistic way to take away adminship" Have you used it?
"the software can't decide what is and is not an appropriate use of the system."
Should it? How?
"It's entirely likely that the signal-to-noise ratio of the Wikipedia will drop (get worse) as time goes on, and it's not the fault of the users, it's the fault of the system and the admins."
You've got a quite simplistic opinion here. I take it all (most) of the admins act in bad faith and all the non-admins (like me) act in good faith? That ain't what I've seen.
Whine, whine, whine.
Most software don't even risk promising it to work "mostly", they promptly yell at you: I TAKE NO RESPONSABILITY AT ALL! YOU BOUGHT IT, IT'S YOUR LICENSE, YOUR PROBLEM, PERIOD!
You're creating a chicken and egg problem. If you don't participate you'll never really know what exactly you're in.
Besides, "participate" isn't a binary concept. You should be aware of it.
It's not like you're the one who's going to write its new version, and, most importantly, it's not like you're going to have to use it. Thank them for caring.
We aren't talking servers here, not even workstations. We're talking HOME SYSTEMS for people who aren't likely to use anything beyond a Web Browser and, later on, an Instant Messenger. The Brazilian government isn't stupid enough to use $300 computers in its working environment.
I've worked for them a couple of months ago. And they gave me a decent system.
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All benefit comes with a cost. To many people, switching is worth it, to many others, it's not. Your Windows network is solid, so it's not. But most people just look at the cost, get scared, and don't even bother looking at the potential benefit of having a solid network. Because some Windows application still won't admit being run as non-administrator.
I only ask because your comment, while 100% technically accurate, was completely useless.
Useless? Is there a shared objective besides exchanging information that I'm unaware of?
A city of Linux geeks? With a, dunno, 10-to-1 proportion between males and females? THAT'S JUST HELL! I do like Linux, but girls' usability is a lot more... intuitive. And their features will never beat any operating system! :D
"Posing for pictures isn't a large part of his job, it's a large part of keeping your picture and name in everyone's mind so that hopefully you'll get re-elected" You seem to forget that his job isn't really mayor, but politician. It like freelance, you don't really get hired or fired, you just get a client and have to do what's necessary to keep that client.
"Man, who would have thought that working at Disneyland would be so rough?"
...Uncle Scrooge, anyone?
About two years ago I had to work under the FDTP (Floppy Disk Transfer Protocol) because the network hub was jammed.
And Windows still has no way to stop these things, whereas OS X/Linux/*BSD are designed from the ground up to be immune to the kinds of attacks that Windows gets constantly pounded by.
Do you need better proof that functionality sells, while security doesn't?
Hm. That sounds almost like the gay marriage debate. They're two planets that enjoy orbiting each other! Let them be! Marriage isn't ruined!
This smells like "spyware" like hell.
Or maybe just "C...ocks"?
:o)
This is just as bad as the current name. If I look up "cocks" on Google, I will have to sort out between the language and the carnage. Doesn't sound interesting.
Now, if we call it Pu-C, maybe it won't be that big of a problem.
*raises arms in triumph* Oh Yeah!! It's never been easier to have an IM saying "gets you laid" between asterisks.
"They're totally immune to the idea that someone is being honest." Not what I've seen, and not what is instructed.
"And no realistic way to take away adminship" Have you used it?
"the software can't decide what is and is not an appropriate use of the system."
Should it? How?
"It's entirely likely that the signal-to-noise ratio of the Wikipedia will drop (get worse) as time goes on, and it's not the fault of the users, it's the fault of the system and the admins."
You've got a quite simplistic opinion here. I take it all (most) of the admins act in bad faith and all the non-admins (like me) act in good faith? That ain't what I've seen.
Whine, whine, whine. Most software don't even risk promising it to work "mostly", they promptly yell at you: I TAKE NO RESPONSABILITY AT ALL! YOU BOUGHT IT, IT'S YOUR LICENSE, YOUR PROBLEM, PERIOD!
drag'n drop support?
Welcome to 1985.
You're creating a chicken and egg problem. If you don't participate you'll never really know what exactly you're in. Besides, "participate" isn't a binary concept. You should be aware of it.
It's not like you're the one who's going to write its new version, and, most importantly, it's not like you're going to have to use it. Thank them for caring.
US are great network administrators. That's what I say.
They might have stolen my saved slashdot cookie and already started posting n00b jokes!
And then only them would be able to access themselves!
Wee!!! Yeah!!! Go you!!! Sony sucks!!! Ohhh! Free Sony PSP? I want some!
I haven't seen any operating system which is "easy to remove" by a simple point-and-click way. :o)
Correct line of thought, wrong premise.
We aren't talking servers here, not even workstations. We're talking HOME SYSTEMS for people who aren't likely to use anything beyond a Web Browser and, later on, an Instant Messenger. The Brazilian government isn't stupid enough to use $300 computers in its working environment.
I've worked for them a couple of months ago. And they gave me a decent system.
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I and my four NON EXISTING bank accounts resent that.
We have computers and we use them a lot. We're one of the five biggest online communities out there.
Windows is too expensive, so 70% of it is pirated, according to some statistics. I believe there is even more.
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