Aww, you make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Don't you know that showing off your own intelligence by correcting idiots is what the Internet is for? Well, that, pr0n, and pingflooding each other.
I nearly spent 60 bucks just so I could have ssh. That's all I wanted. The rest of the CNR warehouse could be chromed and come with minstrels singing my praises, for all I cared. That's a pretty hefty price, IMNSHO.
And then I found the terminal and didn't have to worry about it. I was slightly less than impressed by CNR. Without that little bit of insight, I almost paid far too much for a free app already available in the box.
And when I used it (3.0 I think?) the apt-get source wasn't commented out. It just pointed to a dead Lindows URL and that was all. (I had to bug a linux guru for the URL to a real apt-get server.) So, YMMV.
I'm still a little wary of them. But, they did introduce me to crunchy Debian goodness, so it's not all terribly bad. I just need to get another box and a router so I don't have to rely on XP.
Linspire has been offered free before. They did a special offer to DeviantArt members (to try to get them away from TEH EVIL WIND0WZ) where they provided the current version of the time for free.
But, unless they changed anything since I last used it, they've tried to steer their users as much as possible to their subscription-based Click'n'Run Warehouse. You pay a subscription fee of $60/year and have unlimited access to downloads of pretty much any program you could think of (like...telnet).
I actually had to have a friend help me find the shell console the first time, so I could run ssh &etc without having to subscribe. I tried running apt-get and had to engage in some tweaking of config files (assisted by a linux guru) that I would've never known how to do, in order to use it. As shipped (when they were still Lindows), apt-get's config file was broken, pointing to non-existent Linspire servers. I cannot confirm if this is the case in Linspire 5.0 as I don't have a test box to install it on.
So... it may be free, but unless you're tech savvy (like most of Slashdot), you're likely gonna get unnecessarily gouged for the convenience of doing it their way.
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will be interesting as these people enter the workforce...
Or not enter the workforce, as the case may be.
Yes, truly brilliant, because we all know that anyone on slashdot knows every programming language and has all the time in the world to make any software they use do whatever they want.
They have so much ample free time, they read Slashdot!
I've got an old clip on my box of an old Coke commercial. It featured Max Headroom shilling Coke while dissing on Pepsi. This is by no means an even partial transcript, but it included things like:
"Max Headroom here with..." [light shines on Pepsi can in a dark room in front of Max's monitor - cut: Max looking off to his right, as if to have an aside with the viewer] "This is my guest?"
[Max then turns back to the Pepsi can and gives a snide little grin.] "I heard you were big in the old pop biz..." [No response from the Pepsi can.]
[Condensation on the Pepsi can. Max slurs as per his computer voices] "Sssssweating? It's true. More people prefer the taste of Coke over Pepsi."
Personally, I think that parents ought to be able to decide for themselves whether their children are able to handle higher-rated content.
There's a review on Amazon for Spirited Away (the Miyazaki film), of an upset parent who took his four-year-old to the theater. The movie is rated PG for "some scary moments". His child flipped out in the middle of the movie (there's blood!) and then he went on Amazon and ranted about it.
To be fair, he had it almost right. Maybe his textbook had an unfortunate printing error.
PS, grandparent: They ALREADY HAVE.
Hmm. Anyone wanna help me test the theory that popunders taste delicious when BBQed?
I've got tons of virtual code around to run on my virtual computer and make virtual money and do virtual things with virtual lascivious women in my virtual life.
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I give you AOL India: http://www.aol.in/ I don't think they're an ISP, there, but... seriously.
Well, I for one welcome our robotic livejournalling canine overlords.
Aww, you make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Don't you know that showing off your own intelligence by correcting idiots is what the Internet is for? Well, that, pr0n, and pingflooding each other.
Apparently it's Khan Day, because I've heard that cry a lot in the comments today.
But, back to the mind-control worms... we've already got one better. It's called Television.
TMBG sells their mp3s without any DRM. They just tell you to be nice with their files. Buy direct from the band (if...you want to buy TMBG music).
I like that sort of method, and bought one of their show albums even though I turned down going to it.
Is anyone else thinking of a Kate Bush song?
"We were working secretly for the military
Our experiment in sound is nearly ready to begin"
("Experiment IV", Kate Bush)
If I couldn't find the Terminal without assistance, what makes you think I'd have a clue how to do that?
Lindows is designed to be easier than that. But it's a little too easy and luring.
That screensaver was intimidating at first, but after discovering it was bound within the cubic crystal ball, I was not afraid any longer.
I nearly spent 60 bucks just so I could have ssh. That's all I wanted. The rest of the CNR warehouse could be chromed and come with minstrels singing my praises, for all I cared. That's a pretty hefty price, IMNSHO.
And then I found the terminal and didn't have to worry about it. I was slightly less than impressed by CNR. Without that little bit of insight, I almost paid far too much for a free app already available in the box.
Nifty. I did not know that.
And when I used it (3.0 I think?) the apt-get source wasn't commented out. It just pointed to a dead Lindows URL and that was all. (I had to bug a linux guru for the URL to a real apt-get server.) So, YMMV.
I'm still a little wary of them. But, they did introduce me to crunchy Debian goodness, so it's not all terribly bad. I just need to get another box and a router so I don't have to rely on XP.
Linspire has been offered free before. They did a special offer to DeviantArt members (to try to get them away from TEH EVIL WIND0WZ) where they provided the current version of the time for free. But, unless they changed anything since I last used it, they've tried to steer their users as much as possible to their subscription-based Click'n'Run Warehouse. You pay a subscription fee of $60/year and have unlimited access to downloads of pretty much any program you could think of (like...telnet). I actually had to have a friend help me find the shell console the first time, so I could run ssh &etc without having to subscribe. I tried running apt-get and had to engage in some tweaking of config files (assisted by a linux guru) that I would've never known how to do, in order to use it. As shipped (when they were still Lindows), apt-get's config file was broken, pointing to non-existent Linspire servers. I cannot confirm if this is the case in Linspire 5.0 as I don't have a test box to install it on. So... it may be free, but unless you're tech savvy (like most of Slashdot), you're likely gonna get unnecessarily gouged for the convenience of doing it their way.
will be interesting as these people enter the workforce... Or not enter the workforce, as the case may be.
Nintendogs is the reason I bought my DS (though I got it months ago and beat Mario).
Yes, truly brilliant, because we all know that anyone on slashdot knows every programming language and has all the time in the world to make any software they use do whatever they want. They have so much ample free time, they read Slashdot!
I've got an old clip on my box of an old Coke commercial. It featured Max Headroom shilling Coke while dissing on Pepsi. This is by no means an even partial transcript, but it included things like:
"Max Headroom here with..." [light shines on Pepsi can in a dark room in front of Max's monitor - cut: Max looking off to his right, as if to have an aside with the viewer] "This is my guest?"
[Max then turns back to the Pepsi can and gives a snide little grin.] "I heard you were big in the old pop biz..." [No response from the Pepsi can.]
[Condensation on the Pepsi can. Max slurs as per his computer voices] "Sssssweating? It's true. More people prefer the taste of Coke over Pepsi."
Max also refers to himself as a "Cokeologist".
There's a review on Amazon for Spirited Away (the Miyazaki film), of an upset parent who took his four-year-old to the theater. The movie is rated PG for "some scary moments". His child flipped out in the middle of the movie (there's blood!) and then he went on Amazon and ranted about it.
So... I hate to disillusion you, but... yeaaah.
Mod funny!
But does the Internet work?
To be fair, he had it almost right. Maybe his textbook had an unfortunate printing error. PS, grandparent: They ALREADY HAVE. Hmm. Anyone wanna help me test the theory that popunders taste delicious when BBQed?
Two words, AC: Hayao Miyazaki.
What about junctions?
No code for you. Bababababababa.
As opposed to REAL algorithms!
I've got tons of virtual code around to run on my virtual computer and make virtual money and do virtual things with virtual lascivious women in my virtual life.
I think AC was being ironic, actually.
Amen, my anonymous brother.
You, sir, are brilliant.