Wow. Exactly how did my post somehow elicit a response about the travesty done to the Native Americans? (btw, I have Cherokee blood in me, though you'd have no idea by looking at me, being blonde and medium-fair skinned)
When one becomes an adult and moves out of the nest, one either
a - Chooses to stay near his roots or b - Chooses to re-locate
In other words, if you didn't choose to leave, then you chose to stay. Both are legitimate choices.
I guess they did choose to do so, as the last time I checked, there were no walls around the place to keep them in. So if they were to choose to move somewhere else there is nothing but themselves to stop them. I know people that have moved to Alaska, and they like it. So yes, different strokes and all that.
Now where in the world did you read the word "stupid" in my post? I just love the way you guys can take posts and twist them around. *I* live in the country, and it's my CHOICE to live in the country. If I wanted to work in the city I would move somewhere that the bus services. To spell it out for you, IF you are in the working adult population, you DO have the choice to live and work ANYWHERE YOU WANT. I know this because my husband is from Ireland, and he moved over here with nothing more than $2k and a plane ticket (all of which he saved by himself, and yes, he walked to work) so don't whine just because you live 2 hours from civilization. It's *your* choice to continue living there as I doubt anyone is holding a gun to your head. If this mean working far enough away from home where you have to drive, then that is still YOUR CHOICE. If you then CHOOSE to drive to work, *and* you CHOOSE to rack up enough traffic violations to get your license taken away, you shouldn't be driving in the first place. I agree about house arrest.
Live wherever you choose, just don't complain to me about your choices.
If you only make $9 an hour it would seem that gas would eat up all your income. You'd probabaly be better off getting a job at a local convenience store or fast food place that's within walking distance. So yes, regardless of your complaining, driving is a privelage and your choice of where you live and work is still exactly that. Your choice. Actually most of the people that I know that work downtown, live downtown, or at least close enough to ride the bus/rail.
BTW, what world do you live in that a license is taken away just because someone gets caught going "a little faster" than the speed limit? Last time I checked there are a certain number of points on your license and it take several repeat offenses to get your license pulled. If you choose to thumb your nose at the traffic laws that much, yes, it is quite a reasonable punishment.
No, it is your CHOICE to live farther than walking distance from work/shops/entertainment. Living farther than that means that you have brought that requirement on yourself. It is not an inherent requirement. Driving is absolutely a privelage, and if someone wants to mess that up for themselves, then they have only themselves to blame.
Dude, quit pimping that Dell. It's just a cheap widescreen that they're evidently trying to rid their stocks of so they can bring in the new ones. On top of that, it has *no HDCP*, so what would be the reason for buying it in this context?
"So why am I buying that little box gadget you linked to again?"
Maybe so that those of us who are perfectly content with our multi-thousand dollar monitor setups don't have to have dreams at night that our lovingly purchased hardware is not rotting in a landfill somewhere? It's certainly not for use with a budget media pc.
But that's the whole deal. Stores implemented the no return policy because things can be copied. If what you are returning has supposed copy protection, then they have no leg to stand on if you return it and say it doesn't work because then they can't simply say that you made a copy and brought it back.
Slashdotters UNITE!! I call for a buying spree. Go out into the wild and buy up all the DRM content you can, then return it back to the store and be sure to write on the return slip that you DO NOT WANT media which is locked in this way. Lets see how a/. will work in the real world:).
Well, SG1 hit the big red reset button at the end of last season by tying up all the major story arcs, so the new episodes will be the start of some pretty new adventures, and easy to get into.
Atlantis is just in it's 2nd season, and starting to get it's sea legs. It should be an interesting season, and there's not been so much backstory told yet that it should also be easy to pick up.
"Maybe what you meant to say is that Microsoft based operating systems tend towards disorder and appear to operate slower as the internals of the operating system creep towards a disjointed state? Regardless, there is only one solution: reformat and reinstall. Nothing specialized needed."
Yes, this is what the appropriate language would be to those who understand what you're talking about, and where you're coming from.ll although.. what he said... "computers just get old, and slow down. There are SPECIALIZED shops that can give them a tune-up, and you don't have the equipment." IS the absolutely correct answer to someone you are tired of mucking about with, that do not want, or care, to understand what you're saying. That was his entire point. It was not to be technically accurate.
No, I don't work outside naked, shorts and a t-shirt work for me, but my friends do certainly work outside and on roofs shirtless in shorts. So no, no teenager face down in the sand, but mid-40's in shorts hehe. Not fat, lazy slovenly mid-40's mind you, but athletic, toned, trim and tan mid-40's. Nice;).
I care nothing about the shallow ones that are all about vanity, but if you work outside you're going to have a tan, and likely be physically stronger also. I'm a female, I get tan by playing outside (yes, adults can play too). I like to swim, explore waterfalls and streams, fly stunt kites and RC planes and helicopters. I also have a house, so yardwork and gardening is a part of that. The daystar is not to be feared, but to be respected. My man is very fair skinned and works inside, but I do appreciate the looks of some of my friends that work outside and have deep tans because of it. It certainly does not look "unnatural".
Why can't you hire that kid? I'm sure he would jump at the chance to get the pay you were giving to the 3 incompetent losers you hired that couldn't do for pay what he does for fun.
"They sell server software, which is used to stream multimedia content that Windows Media Player can play. If they didn't give away WMP for free, they couldn't sell their server software."
And this is an exact example of how they are leveraging their desktop monopoly in an attempt to gain one in another area.
"Nor do I want to pay for the additional Microsoft tech support required for others to use the non-Microsoft products."
And what support, pray tell, would this be other than another menu item or two in their automated phone system to redirect your call to the app developer in question? "Press 7 to access our support system for our 3rd party products." *beep* "For support on product x, dial 1-800-333-4444. For support on product y, dial 1-800-555=6666. Thank you and have a nice life. *click*".
"Internet explorer is a set of internet access DLLs (like wininet.dll for doing HTTP & friends), a HTML rendering engine/widget (mshtml.dll and shdocvw.dll with other dlls for JavaScript, JScript, VBScript, images and so on), ancillary dlls (like msxml.dll for doing XML related stuff) and then a web browser (iexplore.exe) that sits on top of the HTML rendering widget and the other dlls."
But the kicker is that it doesn't have to be. MS only made it that way so they can say "But internet explorer is more than just a web browser, it's an interwoven part of the OS.". All that stuff could have been done another way, but it was done with the pure intent of MS being able to get out of making it easy to remove.
I think that most of us that were advanced users at that time recognized the fact that piracy helped MS along back then tremendously (it was certainly on every BBS I ever visited), and that that was part of the plan back then (and some people claimed that a MS employee released it for just that purpose). It's not just a newly formed conspiracy theory:).
Maybe you should investigate that a bit more. I had no problem whatsoever with simply pointing it to the partition I wanted to use, telling it whether or not I wanted that partition formated, and away it went. I certainly didn't wipe my entire partition table.
"Without Minix, no Linux. Does that mean that Minux still has a use?"
Difference between your analogy, and the previous post is so large a jump in logic that it boggles me. Ubuntu relies on the work done in Debian to be able to put out a current release. Linux does NOT rely on Minix to put out a current release. Can you see the difference?
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Wow. Exactly how did my post somehow elicit a response about the travesty done to the Native Americans? (btw, I have Cherokee blood in me, though you'd have no idea by looking at me, being blonde and medium-fair skinned)
When one becomes an adult and moves out of the nest, one either
a - Chooses to stay near his roots
or
b - Chooses to re-locate
In other words, if you didn't choose to leave, then you chose to stay. Both are legitimate choices.
I guess they did choose to do so, as the last time I checked, there were no walls around the place to keep them in. So if they were to choose to move somewhere else there is nothing but themselves to stop them. I know people that have moved to Alaska, and they like it. So yes, different strokes and all that.
Now where in the world did you read the word "stupid" in my post? I just love the way you guys can take posts and twist them around. *I* live in the country, and it's my CHOICE to live in the country. If I wanted to work in the city I would move somewhere that the bus services. To spell it out for you, IF you are in the working adult population, you DO have the choice to live and work ANYWHERE YOU WANT. I know this because my husband is from Ireland, and he moved over here with nothing more than $2k and a plane ticket (all of which he saved by himself, and yes, he walked to work) so don't whine just because you live 2 hours from civilization. It's *your* choice to continue living there as I doubt anyone is holding a gun to your head. If this mean working far enough away from home where you have to drive, then that is still YOUR CHOICE. If you then CHOOSE to drive to work, *and* you CHOOSE to rack up enough traffic violations to get your license taken away, you shouldn't be driving in the first place. I agree about house arrest.
Live wherever you choose, just don't complain to me about your choices.
If you only make $9 an hour it would seem that gas would eat up all your income. You'd probabaly be better off getting a job at a local convenience store or fast food place that's within walking distance. So yes, regardless of your complaining, driving is a privelage and your choice of where you live and work is still exactly that. Your choice. Actually most of the people that I know that work downtown, live downtown, or at least close enough to ride the bus/rail.
BTW, what world do you live in that a license is taken away just because someone gets caught going "a little faster" than the speed limit? Last time I checked there are a certain number of points on your license and it take several repeat offenses to get your license pulled. If you choose to thumb your nose at the traffic laws that much, yes, it is quite a reasonable punishment.
"That's about $6000 for 15 minutes spent at court."
Sounds about right, since the judge probably got half of that in kickbacks.
"it's a requirement."
No, it is your CHOICE to live farther than walking distance from work/shops/entertainment. Living farther than that means that you have brought that requirement on yourself. It is not an inherent requirement. Driving is absolutely a privelage, and if someone wants to mess that up for themselves, then they have only themselves to blame.
Dude, quit pimping that Dell. It's just a cheap widescreen that they're evidently trying to rid their stocks of so they can bring in the new ones. On top of that, it has *no HDCP*, so what would be the reason for buying it in this context?
"So why am I buying that little box gadget you linked to again?"
Maybe so that those of us who are perfectly content with our multi-thousand dollar monitor setups don't have to have dreams at night that our lovingly purchased hardware is not rotting in a landfill somewhere? It's certainly not for use with a budget media pc.
But that's the whole deal. Stores implemented the no return policy because things can be copied. If what you are returning has supposed copy protection, then they have no leg to stand on if you return it and say it doesn't work because then they can't simply say that you made a copy and brought it back.
/. will work in the real world :).
Slashdotters UNITE!! I call for a buying spree. Go out into the wild and buy up all the DRM content you can, then return it back to the store and be sure to write on the return slip that you DO NOT WANT media which is locked in this way. Lets see how a
Stay away from those DRM crippled dvr devices and use mythtv.
Well, SG1 hit the big red reset button at the end of last season by tying up all the major story arcs, so the new episodes will be the start of some pretty new adventures, and easy to get into.
Atlantis is just in it's 2nd season, and starting to get it's sea legs. It should be an interesting season, and there's not been so much backstory told yet that it should also be easy to pick up.
"They need to learn how to say "Yes ma'am", "Yes sir", and "Here's your bill.""
:D. They learn that part much faster than they learn anything about their pc. It's so much easier for them lol.
Yeppers
"Maybe what you meant to say is that Microsoft based operating systems tend towards disorder and appear to operate slower as the internals of the operating system creep towards a disjointed state? Regardless, there is only one solution: reformat and reinstall. Nothing specialized needed."
Yes, this is what the appropriate language would be to those who understand what you're talking about, and where you're coming from.ll although..
what he said...
"computers just get old, and slow down. There are SPECIALIZED shops that can give them a tune-up, and you don't have the equipment."
IS the absolutely correct answer to someone you are tired of mucking about with, that do not want, or care, to understand what you're saying. That was his entire point. It was not to be technically accurate.
fetching worm!!11one1.bin ....... ....... .......
unpacking
unable to install
worm!!11one1.bin unsatisfied dependancies grub!!11one1.1.0, libbeetle.so
No, I don't work outside naked, shorts and a t-shirt work for me, but my friends do certainly work outside and on roofs shirtless in shorts. So no, no teenager face down in the sand, but mid-40's in shorts hehe. Not fat, lazy slovenly mid-40's mind you, but athletic, toned, trim and tan mid-40's. Nice ;).
I care nothing about the shallow ones that are all about vanity, but if you work outside you're going to have a tan, and likely be physically stronger also. I'm a female, I get tan by playing outside (yes, adults can play too). I like to swim, explore waterfalls and streams, fly stunt kites and RC planes and helicopters. I also have a house, so yardwork and gardening is a part of that. The daystar is not to be feared, but to be respected. My man is very fair skinned and works inside, but I do appreciate the looks of some of my friends that work outside and have deep tans because of it. It certainly does not look "unnatural".
Why can't you hire that kid? I'm sure he would jump at the chance to get the pay you were giving to the 3 incompetent losers you hired that couldn't do for pay what he does for fun.
"Bullshit. Typical geek bias that non-geeks have no idea."
:P
Typical response from someone who's never worked in tech support.
"They sell server software, which is used to stream multimedia content that Windows Media Player can play. If they didn't give away WMP for free, they couldn't sell their server software."
And this is an exact example of how they are leveraging their desktop monopoly in an attempt to gain one in another area.
"Nor do I want to pay for the additional Microsoft tech support required for others to use the non-Microsoft products."
And what support, pray tell, would this be other than another menu item or two in their automated phone system to redirect your call to the app developer in question? "Press 7 to access our support system for our 3rd party products." *beep* "For support on product x, dial 1-800-333-4444. For support on product y, dial 1-800-555=6666. Thank you and have a nice life. *click*".
"Internet explorer is a set of internet access DLLs (like wininet.dll for doing HTTP & friends), a HTML rendering engine/widget (mshtml.dll and shdocvw.dll with other dlls for JavaScript, JScript, VBScript, images and so on), ancillary dlls (like msxml.dll for doing XML related stuff) and then a web browser (iexplore.exe) that sits on top of the HTML rendering widget and the other dlls."
But the kicker is that it doesn't have to be. MS only made it that way so they can say "But internet explorer is more than just a web browser, it's an interwoven part of the OS.". All that stuff could have been done another way, but it was done with the pure intent of MS being able to get out of making it easy to remove.
I think that most of us that were advanced users at that time recognized the fact that piracy helped MS along back then tremendously (it was certainly on every BBS I ever visited), and that that was part of the plan back then (and some people claimed that a MS employee released it for just that purpose). It's not just a newly formed conspiracy theory :).
Maybe you should investigate that a bit more. I had no problem whatsoever with simply pointing it to the partition I wanted to use, telling it whether or not I wanted that partition formated, and away it went. I certainly didn't wipe my entire partition table.
"Without Minix, no Linux. Does that mean that Minux still has a use?"
Difference between your analogy, and the previous post is so large a jump in logic that it boggles me. Ubuntu relies on the work done in Debian to be able to put out a current release. Linux does NOT rely on Minix to put out a current release. Can you see the difference?
BTW, news flash.. rpm sucks.
"But if their latest release is barely out the gate and its obsolete, something IS wrong."
What is WRONG is people considering software packages a point release or two behind bleeding edge to be obsolete.