Would these be some of the same Third World kids who learn that condoms cause AIDS, that sex with a virgin cures it, and that they're morally bound to kill their sister if they suspect that she's not a virgin?
The AC was thoughtful enough to offer a very literate respone to you, despite the fact that portions of your original post did not even parse. Counter the AC's assertions with something better than your implied "I think I'm special, so anything that doesn't reinforce that notion for me is bad" or GTFO.
Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
I do get the joke, Gen. Ripper, but since you ask... Yes, I have--most recently at New Year's Eve dinner a couple of nights ago with the in-laws. Zhu nimendou Xinnian Kuaile lai cong Guangzhou!
(Fucking-A, when is/. going to join the 21st Century and support Unicode, anyway? *grumble*)
That's odd--I run Linux because I have a life and sometimes just want/need to get shit done, and I don't like putting up with day-long installations, hours of thumb twiddling as I wait for Windows update to do its thing, and having to jump through hoops to get basic info about what the OS is up to and/or make simple config changes... when MS even deigns to make it possible. And let's not forget drivers--more than once I've tried to install a 64-bit version of Windows only to find that there is no 64-bit version of a crucial driver and no way to obtain one. I've had one occasion when something similar happened with 64-bit Linux, and I solved the problem in less than 10 minutes by downloading the driver source and running "make install". (I think I posted here on/. about this not long after it happened.) And did I mention that I don't run my machine only by the grace of some faceless corporation?
... abandoning a multi trillion dollar market is not something google would take lightly.
China. <<---
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BTW, I've just found out the hard way that G-Translate's handwriting recognition for Chinese characters is network dependent. Downloading the Chinese dictionary allows you to translate between English and Pinyin or characters well enough offline, but too bad for you if you don't already know how the character is pronounced. (Sometimes you can make an educated guess, but not always.) I suppose it would be a bit much to expect them to tell you "The functionality that really makes us useful can't be accessed in the country where you'd be most likely to need it", though.
I really don't see what all the fuss is about--Poettering has merely done for Linux what Monty Widenius did for relational databases. And we all agree that was a good thing, right?
The heat and lights come on when I'm walking up to the porch.... Add in new tech like a crock pot or toaster oven that changes from cold to hot in time to cook dinner and I'm sold.
Those are things that I do already with a couple of 3-dollar timers from my local hardware store.
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I'm thinking the whole lot of yas just got trolled.
Unless BH is an AI, I'd assume that he's comprised of a multitude of cells.
Stockholm is like this, and it's been mostly planned this way, since the late 1940s or a bit later.
That's assuming that reform is the goal. That's a noble but probably naïve assumption.
Would these be some of the same Third World kids who learn that condoms cause AIDS, that sex with a virgin cures it, and that they're morally bound to kill their sister if they suspect that she's not a virgin?
Don't discount knowledge acquired in the School of Hard Knocks.
Its likely the goal of this was not to train the students on technology at all, the goal was likely to distribute textbooks in Pearson's DRM format.
Not "likely". Certain. In both cases.
The AC was thoughtful enough to offer a very literate respone to you, despite the fact that portions of your original post did not even parse. Counter the AC's assertions with something better than your implied "I think I'm special, so anything that doesn't reinforce that notion for me is bad" or GTFO.
But that would actually make sense, and not line pockets! Can't have that...
As an author and editor who has had the dubious pleasure of dealing with Pearson on more than one occasion, I hereby verify that they suck.
Whereas the superior intellect of bigfinger76 includes perfect knowledge of the future.
Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
I do get the joke, Gen. Ripper, but since you ask... Yes, I have--most recently at New Year's Eve dinner a couple of nights ago with the in-laws. Zhu nimendou Xinnian Kuaile lai cong Guangzhou!
(Fucking-A, when is /. going to join the 21st Century and support Unicode, anyway? *grumble*)
That's odd--I run Linux because I have a life and sometimes just want/need to get shit done, and I don't like putting up with day-long installations, hours of thumb twiddling as I wait for Windows update to do its thing, and having to jump through hoops to get basic info about what the OS is up to and/or make simple config changes... when MS even deigns to make it possible. And let's not forget drivers--more than once I've tried to install a 64-bit version of Windows only to find that there is no 64-bit version of a crucial driver and no way to obtain one. I've had one occasion when something similar happened with 64-bit Linux, and I solved the problem in less than 10 minutes by downloading the driver source and running "make install". (I think I posted here on /. about this not long after it happened.) And did I mention that I don't run my machine only by the grace of some faceless corporation?
Not an issue for those of us running distros not stemming from Debian.
Erich von Däniken, is that you?
pfffffffttt---Larry Niven did it better about 30 years earlier.
You seem to be confusing "axis" with "orbital plane", near as I can tell.
You're pretty sharp for an immature Pak Protector.
You think we have a pretty good understanding of physics.
No link to obamasweapon.com? You're obviously one of THEM, trying to misdirect us.
... abandoning a multi trillion dollar market is not something google would take lightly.
China. <<---
BTW, I've just found out the hard way that G-Translate's handwriting recognition for Chinese characters is network dependent. Downloading the Chinese dictionary allows you to translate between English and Pinyin or characters well enough offline, but too bad for you if you don't already know how the character is pronounced. (Sometimes you can make an educated guess, but not always.) I suppose it would be a bit much to expect them to tell you "The functionality that really makes us useful can't be accessed in the country where you'd be most likely to need it", though.
Thanks heaps for that teeny tiny omission.
You should be ashamed of yourself. No, really.
I've been running Linux on laptops without much trouble for about 10 years. Mostly Acers. I didn't realise that made me an outlier.
I really don't see what all the fuss is about--Poettering has merely done for Linux what Monty Widenius did for relational databases. And we all agree that was a good thing, right?
The heat and lights come on when I'm walking up to the porch. ... Add in new tech like a crock pot or toaster oven that changes from cold to hot in time to cook dinner and I'm sold.
Those are things that I do already with a couple of 3-dollar timers from my local hardware store.