I still have a 1 DVD out at a time along with Netflix streaming because it's better than $5 iTunes rentals for recent stuff (and I can rip DVDs for anything I want to keep), so staying with discs for a while longer is no big deal to me. It is a shame we can get the infrastructure's bandwidth up at a better pace, though.
To paraphrase what you wrote, "If you don't agree with everything I think, then you are not smart."
Welcome to the human race!:-)
Did get the whole Risperdal thing? Is he suggesting we dose people in the government so they are less tyrannical and criminals so they don't crime, or dose the conspiracy nuts so they don't think there's tyranny or, um, crime?
I'm a hardware engineer by day, but a lot of the tools I use on our Linux cluster have command line and batch mode interfaces. I don't know what it is, but the *nix world, especially in the high end engineering tool sphere, has bottom of the barrel piss poor GUI design to the point where scripting is actually easier, so I learned out of survival necessity. Also, using scripts is sometimes the only way to get some tools to take advantage of the fact that there is a whole cluster available.
One thing I never see addressed is the software I use at work where I am a hardware designer. Where does the FOSS crowd draw the line?
Xilinx ISE, Synopsys FPGA Designer, DxDesigner, Modelsim, Hyperlinx, Matlab, SPW, BoardStation, and so on. These are huge, complex design and simulation tools that have who knows how many man *centuries* of development by experienced and dedicated teams. They cost tens of thousands of dollars and many are designed to run on high node count computing clusters (running Linux, of course).
I use Gimp because I don't want to spend thousands on software for a hobby. I use free stuff when it fits my needs. Want me to use more? Make it fit my needs.
Have you seen some of the other responses? Because I don't use only free software, the world is heading toward some sort of authoritarian horror state. They're sick. It's delusion to the point of mental illness.
I don't know why, but I want to understand how people work before I die, but I seem to be diverging from any rational hypothesis as I get older.
I game on a PC rig *and* two consoles, so I don't get the hate dichotomy there, either. I tell people I find keyboard and mouse more precise, but dual analog more fun, and they just don't know what to make of it.
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I still have a 1 DVD out at a time along with Netflix streaming because it's better than $5 iTunes rentals for recent stuff (and I can rip DVDs for anything I want to keep), so staying with discs for a while longer is no big deal to me. It is a shame we can get the infrastructure's bandwidth up at a better pace, though.
It's not fool-proof, but it is entirely smart-proof.
Hi! I'm Clippy. You appear to be trying to fire this gun. Would you like me to open the Gun Wizard to assist you with this task?
[Yes] [No] [Never mind, my attacker just murdered me]
Get it? Gun? Clip? Eh? Eh? Eh? ... Ah, the hell with yous.
These guys aren't going to whack themselves.
Subject them to a marathon session of Honey Boo Boo and Jersey Shore?
Now, now. They don't like the word midget. They prefer to be called "the darlin' wee folken" in a Scottish brogue.
Yes, I would like fries with that.
To paraphrase what you wrote, "If you don't agree with everything I think, then you are not smart."
Welcome to the human race! :-)
Did get the whole Risperdal thing? Is he suggesting we dose people in the government so they are less tyrannical and criminals so they don't crime, or dose the conspiracy nuts so they don't think there's tyranny or, um, crime?
It's cute how people think stuff like this would work.
Black markets don't only trade in illegal goods.
In Soviet Russia (ha!) and similar environments, if anyone wanted to know the real value of any good or product, they checked the black market prices.
Maybe adorn them with butterflies and stylized dinosaurs, too?
D'oh. You just leaked part of Borderlands 3.
Honestly, those game have the prettiest guns ever. :-)
Beware unintended consequences.
http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/105/7/f/pinkie_pie_by_shadawg-d4wa7yi.png
If it's for his practice, can't he just write it off?
I'm a hardware engineer by day, but a lot of the tools I use on our Linux cluster have command line and batch mode interfaces. I don't know what it is, but the *nix world, especially in the high end engineering tool sphere, has bottom of the barrel piss poor GUI design to the point where scripting is actually easier, so I learned out of survival necessity. Also, using scripts is sometimes the only way to get some tools to take advantage of the fact that there is a whole cluster available.
One thing I never see addressed is the software I use at work where I am a hardware designer. Where does the FOSS crowd draw the line?
Xilinx ISE, Synopsys FPGA Designer, DxDesigner, Modelsim, Hyperlinx, Matlab, SPW, BoardStation, and so on. These are huge, complex design and simulation tools that have who knows how many man *centuries* of development by experienced and dedicated teams. They cost tens of thousands of dollars and many are designed to run on high node count computing clusters (running Linux, of course).
Open source is going to give me those functions?
Good lord what have I started?
And apparently this place hates you, too. :-)
So where are we drawing the "evil rich scum" line this week? $200K? $100K? Anyone who makes more than you?
Some businessperson you'd make. Psh! I'd direct them to the special, adults only Pavillion 34. Now with more Jasmine.
They were fun before you had to get a second mortgage to visit.
I'd be up for a (debugged) Westworld. Sexbots, ho!
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmgTXD9bXh-_AlVL6E0mn0hLg6Ja22ZKroKWk1-dQ8oGL7DP7QFg
You do not even want to know where they stick your personalized "hidden Mickey".
I heard you have to use a terminal to dial the phone.
>call -n 8005551234 -calrid 0 | foneaudapp -spkr 1 -micr 1
I use Gimp because I don't want to spend thousands on software for a hobby. I use free stuff when it fits my needs. Want me to use more? Make it fit my needs.
And the "ethics" here are highly subjective.
Have you seen some of the other responses? Because I don't use only free software, the world is heading toward some sort of authoritarian horror state. They're sick. It's delusion to the point of mental illness.
Good for you, kiddo! You've got moxie!
I personally think less of you because you use proprietary software.
Here you go: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Schimpanse_zoo-leipig.jpg
His name is Bobo. He likes candlelit dinners and cuddling.
I don't know why, but I want to understand how people work before I die, but I seem to be diverging from any rational hypothesis as I get older.
I game on a PC rig *and* two consoles, so I don't get the hate dichotomy there, either. I tell people I find keyboard and mouse more precise, but dual analog more fun, and they just don't know what to make of it.