Unlike the South Park episode in which pure cash was the cure for AIDS, there is no cure for imperfect code. I dare you to write a Hello World which you can guarantee to be completely secure until the end of time. Not like this isn't serious, and not like Microsoft has had a great track record with security, however throwing "cash" at an app doesn't guarantee unequivocal perfection. Usability is inversely proportional to security; if you want an app that will be usable by the majority of the world, then it will have security flaws no matter what. If you want an app that's completely secure forever, then your app will have to never be used by anyone ever.
Well, you could always formally verify the program's correctness. This could take huge amount of time but you'd end up with bug free code.
Slavery - work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay.
Source of definition
So how is this
1) work done under harsh conditions
2) work done for little or no pay
IMHO the only way to be sure to not get stuck with DRM problems is to buy the game, never open the package and then download a pirated version of it (obviously, pirated versions do not include any DRM).
Beware, though, doing this will mean violating DMCA. IANAL, if anyone can quote the exact section of DMCA, you're welcome to do so.
According to posts in Bethesda forums (see http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showforum=36 ), some people have got their game not to crash by tinkering with ffdshow settings, installing codec packs, (un)installing seemingly random programs. Some people have reported the game not working when a not-so-common sound card is installed.
Yes, your fellow linux users will welcome you to RTFM NOOB! This is why it will never be the year of linux on the desktop.
Most of the times I've seen people tell fellow Linux users to go RTFM, it's because they asked a question that has already been answered in the manual.
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Unlike the South Park episode in which pure cash was the cure for AIDS, there is no cure for imperfect code. I dare you to write a Hello World which you can guarantee to be completely secure until the end of time. Not like this isn't serious, and not like Microsoft has had a great track record with security, however throwing "cash" at an app doesn't guarantee unequivocal perfection. Usability is inversely proportional to security; if you want an app that will be usable by the majority of the world, then it will have security flaws no matter what. If you want an app that's completely secure forever, then your app will have to never be used by anyone ever.
Well, you could always formally verify the program's correctness. This could take huge amount of time but you'd end up with bug free code.
A proper test would not have ANYTHING running in the background.
Not even init?
please define "terrorist". At which point does a pissed off citizen become a terrorist?
could you elaborate on this? Which GUI specifically? By windows do you mean Windows Vista with Aero or XP? How do you define "sluggish"?
care to enlighten us on how you got your career started?
I wonder what rating the movie would get from MPAA
Slavery - work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay. Source of definition
So how is this
1) work done under harsh conditions
2) work done for little or no pay
"Can I run photoshop in linux? Nope. "
Uh, yes you can. See Wine AppDB. Photoshop CS3 support isn't that great but CS2 runs just fine.
"Can I run 3dsmax in linux? Nope."
Run Blender.
^H means backspace, I believe
IMHO the only way to be sure to not get stuck with DRM problems is to buy the game, never open the package and then download a pirated version of it (obviously, pirated versions do not include any DRM).
Beware, though, doing this will mean violating DMCA. IANAL, if anyone can quote the exact section of DMCA, you're welcome to do so.
According to posts in Bethesda forums (see http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showforum=36 ), some people have got their game not to crash by tinkering with ffdshow settings, installing codec packs, (un)installing seemingly random programs. Some people have reported the game not working when a not-so-common sound card is installed.
Just for reference, the game doesn't work in Wine either. See
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15839
are there any instances when the politicians have actually listened to the public opinion?
so how many hours a month is "lost" sleeping or eating?
define "nice to use"
Here you go
why?
you mean this one?
People click "yes" (or "OK", whichever is displayed) faster than they could even read the first four words of the message in the popup.
Yes, your fellow linux users will welcome you to RTFM NOOB! This is why it will never be the year of linux on the desktop.
Most of the times I've seen people tell fellow Linux users to go RTFM, it's because they asked a question that has already been answered in the manual.
I keep hearing that the default fonts suck but I've never understood the claim. The screenshot you linked to looks fine.
Can you provide a screenshot for comparison for what a decent default font should look like in your opinion?
Does the 6600GT use the legacy driver, or the new driver? I can't remember. I thought that was around the cut-off.
I use the legacy driver. Although the new driver works as well, 3d performance is downright crappy with it.
I have a 7600GT and I can see the screen drawing on KDE 4.
I have 6600GT and it works like a charm. Perhaps there's something wrong with your display driver settings?
Bostech Corp's ChainBuilder uses GWT in it's administrative console
you mean like /home/user/.someprogram/config.conf for user level configs and /etc/someprogram/config.conf for machine level configs?
your. not you're.
apparently the municipality you lived in didn't care about speeling.
sad.
How ironic that you made a spelling mistake in trying to point out a spelling mistake.