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  1. Re:Ubuntu on Linspire 5.0 Free For Limited Time · · Score: 2, Informative

    Linspire is far more specific, in terms of applications. The user really isn't informed what specific editor or browser they are using. It's just labelled "Web Browser" or "Mail Client" or "Text Editor". So it does take away a lot of the confusion from new users. It feels far more integrated.

    To be honest, I'd say Linspire is somewhat easier for a new user. But they would likely be quite at home using Ubuntu, especially after becoming familiar with Linux.

  2. Re:Microsoft on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    There comes a point when your framerate is basically irrelevant. The human eye and brain can only capture and process about 26 images per second. So once you get past about 30 frames/second, any additional frames that are rendered are basically useless. They're just not observed by the human vision. So getting a few extra frames per second once you're already at 180+ fps is a pointless task, in practicality.

  3. It's rather quite impressive. on Linspire 5.0 Free For Limited Time · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Linspire is actually quite impressive. It is a step in the right direction for desktop Linux. While not as easy to use as Mac OS X, for instance, it is still an ideal system to set up for office use, and is quite friendly to the new Linux user.

    It provides an excellent stepping stone towards SuSE or Debian. A new user gets the basics down pat easily and quickly, and soon he or she is ready to use a more traditional Linux distro.

  4. Why are you bullshitting your customers? on What Would You Like to See in an Ops Center? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why are you intentionally misleading, if not pure out bullshitting, your customers? The intelligent ones will see right through your flashing lights and other such faggotry.

    Show them a clean, functional environment. That means you don't have cables all over the place. That means your staff are well dressed, well groomed, and act with the utmost professionalism. Make sure all servers are mounted in their racks with the correct number of screws. Make sure any PC-style servers aren't badly scratched and have their cases on. Keep PC servers lined up evenly. Sweep the floor very often. Polish it, too.

    But please, don't try to awe your customers with flashing lights and spinning fans. Don't insult their intelligence so obviously. If I were shown such a fanboy facility, I would politely say, "Take me away from this shit," and I would proceed to never deal with them again.

  5. Tell your niece to turn off her fucking TV. on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 5, Funny

    If your niece is still fairly young, tell her to turn off her TV. Throw out her Hollywood-preaching magazines. Tell her to grab a physics book, the works of Plato, or some other intellectual material for her to read and contemplate. Get her involved in sports. Teach her about camping and farming. Please, help your niece before it's too late.

  6. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 1

    That's because people don't tolerate ejaculate and fecal matter being thrown at them for very long. Even by 1980 many theatres would not sell tickets to people they believed would cause trouble, all due to the numerous complaints. And by 1983, when you visited, things had returned to an orderly state.

  7. Sounds similar to "veevee". on Intel Branding Media Center PCs as "Viiv" · · Score: 1

    A quick glance and an attempt at pronunciation may result in it sounding much like "veevee". "Veevee" is a common slang term for "vagina" in many parts of the world.

  8. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: -1

    What? You never been with women who are into tentacle-rape hentai?

    No, I prefer women who are interested in real flesh penis, thank you very much.

    Not being a cartoon octopus, I have very little use for a woman who only wants animated tentacles violating her anus and cunt.

  9. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 1

    Manchester.

    Have you gotten the local bobbies involved? They will often remove such rapscallions from the cinema with haste. If items are being thrown, then it is a matter of public safety, and the bobbies will react.

  10. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You should feel lucky that noises are the worst of your problems. In the late 1970s, when the punk movement was taking hold in Germany and France, cinemas there often became places where no decent person would go. Why is that? Well, many of the punk tots at the time would throw human waste at patrons, rather than popcorn. It was not uncommon for a moviegoer to be hit by a wad of sperm, or even a chunk of human feces, while watching a film.

    People started to complain, and cinemas began to wisen up. Troublemaker punks were tossed out of theatres at the first sign of agitation. In the end, the cinema environment substantially improved. It was again possible to watch movies without disruption.

    The moral is that you must take action to maintain a quiet theatre. You must contact the manager when things go bad. Let them know you're displeased. That will lead to a far more enjoyable movie experience.

  11. Re:If you've done nothing wrong... on Chinese Websites Used As Launchpads For Cracking · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pardon me, my good sir, but what are "assficks"?

  12. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 1

    I'm in Britain. We don't take shit from our tots here. We don't have as faulty of a justice system. And as a result we get to watch our movies in peace.

  13. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 1

    No, it actually happened before the film started. If anyone lost out it was the tots who threw popcorn and were booted out before the previews began rolling!

  14. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about you pal, but I'd take a hot date to my home theater over a public cinema any day.

    So you can show her your massive collection of authentic Japanese tentacle-rape hentai?

  15. Re:Movie Theaters are Obsolete on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 1

    Have you really had popcorn thrown at you in theatres by tots, and not had the problem resolved? Indeed, that happened to a friend of mine. He went to the theatre manager, explained the problem, and the tots were swiftly thrown out of the premises.

  16. Re:If you've done nothing wrong... on Chinese Websites Used As Launchpads For Cracking · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please refrain from using the phrase "my bad". Put kindly, it makes you look like a complete assfuck.

    If you wish to acknowledge a mistake of yours, you could always say something along the lines of, "Pardon my misunderstanding," or, "It was I who erred."

  17. Re:So... on Growth in Indian Offshoring Slowing · · Score: 0

    Of course it's your basic classical economics. I didn't suggest that it was novel in any way. But most people do not realize such facts, even the fairly well educated people who work in the computer/IT industries.

  18. Re:That's the effect of a global economy. on Growth in Indian Offshoring Slowing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The truly rich are a small portion of the American population. You blame them for the global inequality that exists, yet you and the other 295 million Americans fail to do anything to truly limit their influence.

    Chances are you're wearing cheap, imported clothes made in the same sweatshops you're here speaking out again, bought at a WalMart owned by the rich people who you are blaming for poverty.

    If you want results, you'll have to actually take a stand. Perhaps buy a sheep or a cotton tree, grow your own wool and cotton, and make your own clothes. Others would have to do the same. Bitching here will have very little, if any, effect.

  19. Re:So... on Growth in Indian Offshoring Slowing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not ironic. It's economics.

  20. That's the effect of a global economy. on Growth in Indian Offshoring Slowing · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In a global economy, there will always be someone able/willing to do it for less money. Eventually those who were the go-to people are undercut. And then the undercutters are undercut. And it so on, and so forth. Eventually a global economic equilibrium is reached, where the price is the same everwhere.

    When price is no longer the main factor determining where to outsource a project to, the focus will shift back to quality, maintainability, and so forth. Indeed, it is quite possible that the future software industry will appear very similar to that of today's automotive industry in terms of multinational competition.

  21. A coworker injured his penis. on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 5, Funny

    A few years back we had an intern in named Dave. Not a very bright fellow, I might add. We tasked him with installing Linux, Windows and other software onto various desktops we use around the office. At one point he came across a desktop with a faulty hard drive.

    For some reason he thought he could repair it, and so he proceeded to open the hard drive up. None of us were there to witness it directly, but somehow he managed to get the very strong magnets close to his penis. They stuck together, crushing a portion of of the bottom of his manhood.

    So he rushed in, blood all over and crying, and we were dumbfounded. We got him to the hospital, and then we couldn't help but have a good laugh over his folly. He returned for about a week or so after he recovered, but left soon after that.

  22. Re:Learn a real sport on Only NFL Game This Year Gets Lukewarm Response · · Score: 1

    Indeed, darts is another sport requiring excellent physique. One minor twitch of your hand and you're out of luck. That's the kind of complete physical control that is rare in a sport like football.

  23. I think not! on Sun Spearheads Open DRM · · Score: 1

    I will not be a slave forging my own shackles.

  24. Re:Do we really even have to ask? on Opening Up for Open Source · · Score: 1

    But MySQL is heavily funded and developed by MySQL AB. It's far more commercial, even if it is open source, than PostgreSQL.

  25. Re:Learn a real sport on Only NFL Game This Year Gets Lukewarm Response · · Score: 1

    LOL, have you seen any football tackles lately? Now those are some FAT people!

    Korey Stringer of the Vikings was 359 lbs, if you can even imagine that!