So let me get this straight: When X Crashes you lose your current session, right? Which means that OOo document you were working on just went "poof" - your media player shuts down, along with all your other apps that launch within the context of the X session.
Now, your uber OS may have stayed "on" in that it could reload all that crap without having to spend 20 seconds rebooting, but for all intents and purposes from a user perspective, your whole OS just freaking crashed.
The reason you don't do gaming on your Linux box is because the vast majority of games that are playable through Wine are 10 years old without 3d Acceleration.
(And before you say LIES TROLL U BITCH LINUX R0x!, let me say this: My main machine was Linux for 8 months. I tried playing every game I had under wine - I spent hundreds of hours trying to make them work. For those that finally loaded, 90% of the functionality wasn't there. Things like crosshairs missing, transparency didn't work, textures could only be set to "very low" and other stuff. Who the eff wants to play a game at detail level worse than that of the original wolfenstein?)
And a lot of the time it is true. In January 2003, I kid you not, I saw many (as in 20+) jobs posted in the Seattle area that wanted "5+ years.NET experience" and in one case, "10 years experience with Windows 2000" (Mar 2004).
Hmm. You won't find many basements in areas that have a lot of ground moisture. I myself am from Washington State, and as far as I can tell basements are pretty rare here as well. They do exist, but they are rare. Consistent moisture isn't something that basements around here enjoy, or at least the ones I've seen.
In my state if you refuse a search (and they use the drug card) you can lose your license for disobeying an officer request to submit to a BAC (Blood alcohol content test) or drug test. After they're done arresting you to take you to jail and you're in the back seat of their squad car, they begin searching your car anyway, and you'll lose your license.
I've upgraded 4 machines to Vista from XP and like it very much. The only complaint I have is sometimes slow file copies but apparently SP1 will take care of that issue. Other than that, performance has been as good or better than XP. The DX10 features of games are really neat too now that I have a DX10 card.
You bought a machine preloaded from Dell and wondered why it ran like crap? Microsoft was quoted on Slashdot (and I'll paraphrase) as saying OEM's installed 'crapware' that makes it look bad. It was true of XP, and certainly true of XP.
Should you have to do that for a new PC? No. But OEMs have a responsibility to make it work right!
I walk to the train station to get on the train to go to work, so that I can avoid the traffic. I know it is not a "green" way of doing it, but it is less expensive to me (job has 100% commute subsidization for public transit).
If you're looking for cost effectiveness you might take a look at DLP tvs. I've got a rear projection DLP. $900 (+$100 rebate to nflshop.com) for 50" of 720p goodness.
- the end-users have profited from the benefits of burning oil (ie, heat, electricity, transportation). The end-users of tobacco did not benefit. Uh, smokers do benefit through the soothing brain chemicals that are released. Also, they may benefit through weight loss if they use it as a hunger control. While I agree that cigarettes in general are bad, as long as the smokers stay the eff away from me, they can do what they want. Example: Washington State now has a law about having to be outside and 25 feet from door ways. A good start - if only it were confined to cars/their homes. Many times I am walking to the commuter train and some smoker lights up infront of me and I am forced to inhale their waste. You don't see me trying to shove my excrement down their throats do you? Going to eat out at restaurants is now enjoyable. On the other hand, I think it should be a choice for the restaurants and businesses. If they all brought back smoking they'd see a sharp decrease in attendance from me.
Public places (transit, buildings, airports, etc) imo should be smoke free. (always, imo)
Is it because it is located at C:\Documents and Settings\MyAnnoyingUsername\My Documents\RandomFolder Name\Another long file name\followed\by\many\more that are incredibly\long so that\any file system\no matter _what_\ it is has to work harder\to browse into it & stuff\because long paths\account for\invalid or too long\messages for\con.doc
I've seen paths like that. In fact, I had to burn a disc for someone that had many, many files whose paths were greater than 1200 characters. Seriously, wtf people. Whats wrong with "Documents\DescriptiveFileName.doc" ?
Autorun functions on most (any?) usb device with autorun.inf. You don't have to enable it. Run procmon when you plug in a usb storage device, watch and see.
A couple of hours swapping driver disks? Do you have a PC with 230942903409234902340923409239042309429304920349023509092340923904230942093 custom devices?
so its OT but I saw a 20/20 report a few years back where people were getting all up in arms because people were installing flamethrowers on the cars underneath the doors in order to deter car thieves. Others were adding small landmines to their already-barbed-wire 10' fences. I shook my head and just said "Damn, they've got some bad crime there. Scratch that off the tourist list"
I'm sure it has to do with emotional maturity, or what we perceive or believe to be the age of reasoning. A 10 year old doesn't have the same reasoning skills that someone of 20 does.
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Seriously though what do you run out of the WM context if you're using Linux on the desktop?
Even when I hit the terminal I open it up within the WM
So let me get this straight: When X Crashes you lose your current session, right? Which means that OOo document you were working on just went "poof" - your media player shuts down, along with all your other apps that launch within the context of the X session.
Now, your uber OS may have stayed "on" in that it could reload all that crap without having to spend 20 seconds rebooting, but for all intents and purposes from a user perspective, your whole OS just freaking crashed.
The reason you don't do gaming on your Linux box is because the vast majority of games that are playable through Wine are 10 years old without 3d Acceleration.
(And before you say LIES TROLL U BITCH LINUX R0x!, let me say this: My main machine was Linux for 8 months. I tried playing every game I had under wine - I spent hundreds of hours trying to make them work. For those that finally loaded, 90% of the functionality wasn't there. Things like crosshairs missing, transparency didn't work, textures could only be set to "very low" and other stuff. Who the eff wants to play a game at detail level worse than that of the original wolfenstein?)
A recent dilbert summed it up pretty nice. I'd try to explain, but seeing it makes more sense.
.NET experience" and in one case, "10 years experience with Windows 2000" (Mar 2004).
http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2008073346229.gif
And a lot of the time it is true. In January 2003, I kid you not, I saw many (as in 20+) jobs posted in the Seattle area that wanted "5+ years
Seriously. what the heck
Hmm. You won't find many basements in areas that have a lot of ground moisture. I myself am from Washington State, and as far as I can tell basements are pretty rare here as well. They do exist, but they are rare. Consistent moisture isn't something that basements around here enjoy, or at least the ones I've seen.
Ahem.
:p
Wordperfect is alive and well as Groupwise
In my state if you refuse a search (and they use the drug card) you can lose your license for disobeying an officer request to submit to a BAC (Blood alcohol content test) or drug test. After they're done arresting you to take you to jail and you're in the back seat of their squad car, they begin searching your car anyway, and you'll lose your license.
(Washington State)
I've upgraded 4 machines to Vista from XP and like it very much. The only complaint I have is sometimes slow file copies but apparently SP1 will take care of that issue. Other than that, performance has been as good or better than XP. The DX10 features of games are really neat too now that I have a DX10 card.
YMMV
If your router has an uptime of 'years' you aren't applying critical security patches.
Like it or not, IOS has had a few over the past 10 years that should be applied.
You bought a machine preloaded from Dell and wondered why it ran like crap? Microsoft was quoted on Slashdot (and I'll paraphrase) as saying OEM's installed 'crapware' that makes it look bad. It was true of XP, and certainly true of XP.
Should you have to do that for a new PC? No. But OEMs have a responsibility to make it work right!
I walk to the train station to get on the train to go to work, so that I can avoid the traffic. I know it is not a "green" way of doing it, but it is less expensive to me (job has 100% commute subsidization for public transit).
If you're looking for cost effectiveness you might take a look at DLP tvs. I've got a rear projection DLP. $900 (+$100 rebate to nflshop.com) for 50" of 720p goodness.
Public places (transit, buildings, airports, etc) imo should be smoke free. (always, imo)
Uh, 40" negligible?
I've got a 50" 720p and it looks better by a LOT. Even bluray stuff (1080p source downscaled) looks wonderful. Once you go blu....
Is it because it is located at C:\Documents and Settings\MyAnnoyingUsername\My Documents\RandomFolder Name\Another long file name\followed\by\many\more that are incredibly\long so that\any file system\no matter _what_\ it is has to work harder\to browse into it & stuff\because long paths\account for\invalid or too long\messages for\con.doc
I've seen paths like that. In fact, I had to burn a disc for someone that had many, many files whose paths were greater than 1200 characters. Seriously, wtf people. Whats wrong with "Documents\DescriptiveFileName.doc" ?
Autorun functions on most (any?) usb device with autorun.inf. You don't have to enable it.
Run procmon when you plug in a usb storage device, watch and see.
A friend of mine works at MS... his entire job consists of setting up different lab machines for testing scenarios. All day. Every day.
So, yes. They have quite a large testing environment going on. I know you were kidding, but...
The 2009 summer-winter is probably going to be devoid of all substance that may have been worth going to see...that or it will all feel "rushed"
You mean Firefly, correct?
I, too, thought "10 years of OSI? What? The OSI model has been around for much longer than that!"
Lo the surprise.
You can't vote them out. They choose who will be on the final roster anyway. Even at local levels in some cases.
A couple of hours swapping driver disks? Do you have a PC with 230942903409234902340923409239042309429304920349023509092340923904230942093 custom devices?
comic book archives?
so its OT but I saw a 20/20 report a few years back where people were getting all up in arms because people were installing flamethrowers on the cars underneath the doors in order to deter car thieves. Others were adding small landmines to their already-barbed-wire 10' fences. I shook my head and just said "Damn, they've got some bad crime there. Scratch that off the tourist list"
This was specifically about Johannesburg
I'm sure it has to do with emotional maturity, or what we perceive or believe to be the age of reasoning. A 10 year old doesn't have the same reasoning skills that someone of 20 does.