I fail to see by which criteria TV ads are solicited.
Though I do welcome them every once in a while, when they enable me to take a leak without missing a bit of a lengthy movie.
Given a choice, I'd still get rid of them. Most of them are so annoying that they get on my "I won't buy this shit. Ever. Even if the competing product is cheaper." list.
If I want it, I'll look for it myself. See if I find any happy customers.
How much time does it take to download Firefox, a firewall and NOD32?
That's right, that's about the amount of time it took me to get infected.
And I bloody well knew what I was doing; that's why I was able to tell I'd got infected.
Developing countries all have broadband Internet access, even WiFi. And those who do not, well, the spammers will pay them enough for each solved captcha that they offset the surely insignificant cost of modem access.
Even if it does happen, though, it will only go to show that captchas aren't the way to get rid of spam, bots etc.
I would prefer it, though, if spammers learned to circumvent captchas automatically... can you imagine what it would mean for OCR?
So in essence, It isn't really as much about spreading fud on linux is it is about scaring large companies into making the investment into Vista.
Apart from businesses which depend on Vista, i.e. software development companies, which need to test their software on all possible Windows versions, I don't see many companies moving to Vista immediately.
First of all, it is a big investment; second of all, will everything work?
Companies aren't home users, who can upgrade a system, then waste time getting everything to work and downgrade if they're not satisfied. Companies lose more than the money spent on licences and hardware upgrades; they lose the work hours, server uptime and whatnot, all equaling more money, and maybe even market position.
Any business other than software developers would be more than foolish if they upgraded to Vista before SP1 at the very least. Especially since nobody knows yet how anti-virus programs and other third-party software Windows users have gotten so dependent upon will work with Vista.
Sometimes I think Linux users could start FUDding back... not shilling for Linux, but just FUDding Vista. Employ Microsoft's strategy against them.
From what I've gathered - and please, correct me if I'm wrong - Microsoft gave money to Novell, not the other way around.
While it can generate bad publicity - and it has already generated pretty bad publicity among Linux users in general - as long as it remains in the media alone, we'll be fine.
We've been immersed in FUD ever since Microsoft stopped ignoring Linux (first, they ignore you...); it has never stopped Linux before. Slowed down, yes; stopped, no.
Besides, with Vista and possible further incarnations of Windows restricting user rights more and more, Microsoft will have enough bad publicity on its own.
And Linux will find a way into many a user's home as a way to run all the Good Old Games(TM) - a friend of mine, who claims Linux Is Not Ready For Desktop And Won't Be For Ten More Years, has a Linux partition from which he runs old games. He says DOS emulation under Linux is so much better, and who am I to contradict him.
Well, if that happens, I guess Novell's lawyers will be the first ones out of job...
On a darker note, this is the thing we've all been predicting. And so far, none of us have been proven wrong.
On the other hand, I don't see what kind of an idiot - except the ones sitting in my country's courtrooms[1] - would accept such a contract as proof of any kind of license or IP violation. The only proof is code; this kind of contract can only mean "if any possible violation existed, we've agreed not to make a fuss about it". Note the if.
[1] In Croatia, pushing a finger in someone's anus is not considered as an even remotely possible case of rape. It is considered much more like a handshake instead. (Check the Wikipedia archives for Handshake, you'll see that this piece of information has been deleted a few dozen times or so.) I don't want to call that judge an idiot for, frankly, it would be an insult not only to idiots, but to every semi-intelligent life form as well.
In the earliest classical orthodox variants, if you committed an gross aggressive act against another person, you would wind up reincarnated HERE, but as a less advanced form of life. Thus after descending to being an understudy of a reality show film double, you would come back the second time as the particular molecule of virus that scientists rip apart to make the hollow double used to prevent the spread of virulent AIDS. Thus through your immediate torment and suffering for your action, you would help save another's life, and thus begin your climb back up the chain of karma.
I think I understand now... politicians come from the reincarnated viruses that didn't get ripped apart?
I still don't know the origins of MPAA and RIAA, but I might be able to grasp it by extending the concept a teeny bit more.
They tried that first. Works sort of, for some people. About as well as it does for sea sickness, another area where unpleasant feelings are caused by a discontinuity in what the brain "knows" and what it "sees" ( your ear "sees" you are in motion, your eyes see you are not. This does not compute and smoke pours out of your ears; and your dinner out of your stomach).
That is supposed to be a poison-rejecting mechanism, actually - evidently, some poisons make you feel as if you were moving, although you're not; this is the mechanism which recognizes (or "recognizes") such behaviour and reacts accordingly - by forcing the poison out the same way it supposedly came in by.
I bet when you can afford a laptop on you own you will probably buy a mac as you won't want to waste precious money earning time (or family time) tweaking your linux laptop
Now, just how much are you willing to wager?
I'll be in college for a while longer; two more years until my first graduation, then three more for the other two if all goes well. If I'm getting a laptop, it'll mean I'd have got really lucky with grants and scholarships.
But here in Croatia, even "really lucky" doesn't mean "enough for a Mac". Not if I want to spend at least some of the money on something else.
Don't get me wrong; apart from the mousing philospohy, I like Macs very much; I just don't find them affordable.
And I want certain things which are so easily available on Linux, and I don't want the hassle I've had these days regarding SATA drivers while installing Windows (even when I slipstreamed the drivers, something still didn't work, so I gave up; I have better things to do with my time, even if it's waiting for Gentoo to compile). And Vista is out of the question.
I know how convenient apt-get is, but for anything you don't install in Linux via apt-get, I think clicking "next" would be easier than trying to follow a complicated howto.
I'm not all that sure...
Click Next a few times, read the license agreement (you do want to know what you're signing, especially spyware-wise), more often than not deselect some bundled crap... or you can do tar -xvfj $filename; cd $extracted_to;./configure; make && make install.
Largely I have found it to be a matter of preference; some people prefer next-clicking, while I prefer the few simple commands.
When I said the new Macs had Intel CPUs like the PCs (well I have got a G4 powerbook, I want a MacBook because of its size and price),
her first words were: "Yes, but can it run Windows?"
How long did you say she has been reading Slashdot?
(another female user)"It's cool but where is the card game... and the internet?... how can I see my mail?
My stepmother doesn't do much on the computer apart from playing various forms of solitaire and Mah-jongg.
She prefers the Linux versions to Windows ones.
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Counting from the moment of conception?
Yes, that was what I meant to say.
It's easy to get confused at 1 am, though...
I fail to see by which criteria TV ads are solicited.
Though I do welcome them every once in a while, when they enable me to take a leak without missing a bit of a lengthy movie.
Given a choice, I'd still get rid of them. Most of them are so annoying that they get on my "I won't buy this shit. Ever. Even if the competing product is cheaper." list.
If I want it, I'll look for it myself. See if I find any happy customers.
Maybe we should begin touting Neko and xscreensaver as the great advantages of Linux... damn, we have learned nothing from the marketing people...
Value judgements aside, what do you mean by sold?
No exaggeration.
How much time does it take to download Firefox, a firewall and NOD32?
That's right, that's about the amount of time it took me to get infected.
And I bloody well knew what I was doing; that's why I was able to tell I'd got infected.
Do we want a 3D goatse?
Now excuse me, I have to go and rinse my eyes with some acid.
... we've just been thinking of some way to decrease our market share some more.
Sincerely,
Yahoo!
I don't see a problem either... and I definitely don't see that ad targeted at Firefox users.
Or Opera users, for that matter.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't we been able to search directly from our browsers for quite some time now?
From all I can see, Yahoo is targeting IE6- users.
You know, the ones still using Yahoo. </troll> ;)
Yes, OCR is pretty good when you stick to the English alphabet.
Why, of course they will.
Developing countries all have broadband Internet access, even WiFi. And those who do not, well, the spammers will pay them enough for each solved captcha that they offset the surely insignificant cost of modem access.
Even if it does happen, though, it will only go to show that captchas aren't the way to get rid of spam, bots etc.
I would prefer it, though, if spammers learned to circumvent captchas automatically... can you imagine what it would mean for OCR?
Apart from businesses which depend on Vista, i.e. software development companies, which need to test their software on all possible Windows versions, I don't see many companies moving to Vista immediately.
First of all, it is a big investment; second of all, will everything work?
Companies aren't home users, who can upgrade a system, then waste time getting everything to work and downgrade if they're not satisfied. Companies lose more than the money spent on licences and hardware upgrades; they lose the work hours, server uptime and whatnot, all equaling more money, and maybe even market position.
Any business other than software developers would be more than foolish if they upgraded to Vista before SP1 at the very least. Especially since nobody knows yet how anti-virus programs and other third-party software Windows users have gotten so dependent upon will work with Vista.
Sometimes I think Linux users could start FUDding back... not shilling for Linux, but just FUDding Vista. Employ Microsoft's strategy against them.
IIRC, microbes can't survive on bronze, either... that's why bronze doorknobs are not a bad thing at all.
Please correct me if it isn't bronze; I may have translated it wrongly.
From what I've gathered - and please, correct me if I'm wrong - Microsoft gave money to Novell, not the other way around.
While it can generate bad publicity - and it has already generated pretty bad publicity among Linux users in general - as long as it remains in the media alone, we'll be fine.
We've been immersed in FUD ever since Microsoft stopped ignoring Linux (first, they ignore you...); it has never stopped Linux before. Slowed down, yes; stopped, no.
Besides, with Vista and possible further incarnations of Windows restricting user rights more and more, Microsoft will have enough bad publicity on its own.
And Linux will find a way into many a user's home as a way to run all the Good Old Games(TM) - a friend of mine, who claims Linux Is Not Ready For Desktop And Won't Be For Ten More Years, has a Linux partition from which he runs old games. He says DOS emulation under Linux is so much better, and who am I to contradict him.
Well, if that happens, I guess Novell's lawyers will be the first ones out of job...
On a darker note, this is the thing we've all been predicting. And so far, none of us have been proven wrong.
On the other hand, I don't see what kind of an idiot - except the ones sitting in my country's courtrooms[1] - would accept such a contract as proof of any kind of license or IP violation. The only proof is code; this kind of contract can only mean "if any possible violation existed, we've agreed not to make a fuss about it". Note the if.
[1] In Croatia, pushing a finger in someone's anus is not considered as an even remotely possible case of rape. It is considered much more like a handshake instead. (Check the Wikipedia archives for Handshake, you'll see that this piece of information has been deleted a few dozen times or so.) I don't want to call that judge an idiot for, frankly, it would be an insult not only to idiots, but to every semi-intelligent life form as well.
I think I understand now... politicians come from the reincarnated viruses that didn't get ripped apart?
I still don't know the origins of MPAA and RIAA, but I might be able to grasp it by extending the concept a teeny bit more.
Here, fixed that for you...
Now if you could only explain how, by your definition, Bush isn't a terrorist?
Thai women, OTOH...
Yes, send them over... I'd love to... um... see the... source...
What a strange quality for a politician, don't you think?
Well, they support my mobo, for one...
Now, when LinuxBIOS becomes available for A8N-E or whichever mobo I'll be running on at that time, I'll gladly try it out. Until then, though...
That is supposed to be a poison-rejecting mechanism, actually - evidently, some poisons make you feel as if you were moving, although you're not; this is the mechanism which recognizes (or "recognizes") such behaviour and reacts accordingly - by forcing the poison out the same way it supposedly came in by.
Now, just how much are you willing to wager?
I'll be in college for a while longer; two more years until my first graduation, then three more for the other two if all goes well. If I'm getting a laptop, it'll mean I'd have got really lucky with grants and scholarships.
But here in Croatia, even "really lucky" doesn't mean "enough for a Mac". Not if I want to spend at least some of the money on something else.
Don't get me wrong; apart from the mousing philospohy, I like Macs very much; I just don't find them affordable.
And I want certain things which are so easily available on Linux, and I don't want the hassle I've had these days regarding SATA drivers while installing Windows (even when I slipstreamed the drivers, something still didn't work, so I gave up; I have better things to do with my time, even if it's waiting for Gentoo to compile). And Vista is out of the question.
I'm not all that sure...
Click Next a few times, read the license agreement (you do want to know what you're signing, especially spyware-wise), more often than not deselect some bundled crap... or you can do tar -xvfj $filename; cd $extracted_to; ./configure; make && make install.
Largely I have found it to be a matter of preference; some people prefer next-clicking, while I prefer the few simple commands.
Of course, I have also been spoiled by Portage...
How long did you say she has been reading Slashdot?
My stepmother doesn't do much on the computer apart from playing various forms of solitaire and Mah-jongg.
She prefers the Linux versions to Windows ones.