Hardware support? That is total bull. I've heard stories about how it wouldn't recognize an Audigy II. This is/Sound Blaster/, peoples. And what about all those cheap winmodems? Linux and maybe even BSD would recognise the Audigy, and at least make an effort to do the modem.
Say whatever else you want, OS X does NOT have good hardware support.
How on earth do you keep it firewalled? With hardware? I don't think ZoneAlarm will even run on 95. Nor will any other common programs like Adobe Reader or any antispyware apps work.
Though I'll admit, I'm still using Office 97 (When OOO won't do), and it works just fine, no compatability problems at all. Hell, there are a lot of people still using Office 95.
Interesting. If the universe was really just a program running on some sort of 'god machine' and you could get low-enough level access to the physics (the ability to tweak individual bits), and if the 'god machine' had a hardware vulnerability under specific conditions, maybe with a big enough explosion you could overflow something, gain 'ring -1' access, and re-write reality.
I know what you mean. That old DOS stuff does have a quaint sort of charm, sort of like stone age cave painting. A lot of people also forget the one advantage of the dos kernel: it was absolutely TINY. Linux is so huge now, it won't even fit on a floppy.
Though, windows doesn't even come with edlin anymore:( I was so upset when they got rid of it, I didn't eat for a week. No kidding.
Anyhow, if you want to switch to windows, the first thing you want to get is MinGW. Seriously, the windows command prompt can get really irritating, really quickly, when you try to type 'ls' and nothing happens, and when you don't get tab autocomplete. It's the sort of thing you notice when it isn't there.
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I have to second that. There are a LOT of linux apps that aren't 'gnome certified and approved' and do not appear in the menu by default. Without Alacarte, there is NO WAY to add them without editing the XML by hand (which can be done, but isn't much fun).
Thank God (or Shuttleworth, or whoever) for Ubuntu.
"The pain that apple is experiencing is deliberate"
Ya feel that, Steve? Thats what ya get for trying to put one over on the Penguin. Keep those thumbscrews nice and tight.
Seriously, I would probably feel a lot more charitable towards Apple if they weren't in direct competition with Linux. And yes, Red Hat makes money off of Linux, but they also pay developers to work on it. And, because of the GPL, those changes must be given back to the community.
Apple, on the other hand, hasn't given us much of anything.
I'll agree that gnome looks a bit bland, but it sounds like you've never used anything other than the default theme. You must be using an old version, too, beause the default in 2.12 is clearlooks and the default for windows is WIMP (I think).
It seems to me that microsoft would be seen as 'cooler' if they shipped windows with the power toys. many of the tweaks address real problems, and others provide features commonly seen in linux (like desktop switching). I mean, if they have a better calculator program, why not use that?
Actually, when you think about it, a successful politician is not really that different from a successful troll. The idea with both is to somehow stir up an issue that people are rabid about. In the case of a troll, it is just for sheer fun or whatever, but when politicians do it, it gets them into office.
I've used this technque many times myself, except for Paint Shop Pro, not Norton. I even wrote a little VB applet to save the date and change it back when I was done. Of course, it will totally screw with your timestamps, but hey, Free Software is Free Software;)
"an anti virus that would'nt hose the registry"
I'll say. I switched to AVG after Norton brought my already-slow p2 to its knees. Norton also hooks the kernel, so you have to use their uninstaller to remove it, if at all. And finally, it uses p2p to distribute its updates, so you have the server on your end stealing bandwidth from your games.
ClamWin is free (as in freedom), and all that, but I have never found it to be a good replacement for AVG as it is exceedingly slow. It was really designed for Linux anyway.
That one caused a hell of a lot of grief for a hell of a lot of people, all because Microsoft didn't want to adopt the standard because it would break compatability. And its only just now that they are fixing it. Sigh.
I know, that drives me crazy too. I have often been accused of "hacking" the public computers at my library while turning up the refresh rate.
As a side note, Ubuntu doesn't get the refresh rate right either, though Suse seems to work fine.
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Hardware support? That is total bull. I've heard stories about how it wouldn't recognize an Audigy II. This is /Sound Blaster/, peoples. And what about all those cheap winmodems? Linux and maybe even BSD would recognise the Audigy, and at least make an effort to do the modem.
Say whatever else you want, OS X does NOT have good hardware support.
How on earth do you keep it firewalled? With hardware? I don't think ZoneAlarm will even run on 95. Nor will any other common programs like Adobe Reader or any antispyware apps work.
Though I'll admit, I'm still using Office 97 (When OOO won't do), and it works just fine, no compatability problems at all. Hell, there are a lot of people still using Office 95.
My brother is using E17 right now. It doesn't work too well (it doesn't load all the icons, and it segfaults a bit), but it /looks/ great.
It's page hits. which means you can easily set up a script to get it over and over and over...
Not necessarily the most accurate thing in the world.
Good thing I switched to mplayer.
Umm...
Interesting. If the universe was really just a program running on some sort of 'god machine' and you could get low-enough level access to the physics (the ability to tweak individual bits), and if the 'god machine' had a hardware vulnerability under specific conditions, maybe with a big enough explosion you could overflow something, gain 'ring -1' access, and re-write reality.
Just a thought...
I know what you mean. That old DOS stuff does have a quaint sort of charm, sort of like stone age cave painting. A lot of people also forget the one advantage of the dos kernel: it was absolutely TINY. Linux is so huge now, it won't even fit on a floppy.
:( I was so upset when they got rid of it, I didn't eat for a week. No kidding.
Though, windows doesn't even come with edlin anymore
Anyhow, if you want to switch to windows, the first thing you want to get is MinGW. Seriously, the windows command prompt can get really irritating, really quickly, when you try to type 'ls' and nothing happens, and when you don't get tab autocomplete. It's the sort of thing you notice when it isn't there.
No, he runs Windows Server.
I have to second that. There are a LOT of linux apps that aren't 'gnome certified and approved' and do not appear in the menu by default. Without Alacarte, there is NO WAY to add them without editing the XML by hand (which can be done, but isn't much fun).
Thank God (or Shuttleworth, or whoever) for Ubuntu.
"The pain that apple is experiencing is deliberate"
Ya feel that, Steve? Thats what ya get for trying to put one over on the Penguin. Keep those thumbscrews nice and tight.
Seriously, I would probably feel a lot more charitable towards Apple if they weren't in direct competition with Linux. And yes, Red Hat makes money off of Linux, but they also pay developers to work on it. And, because of the GPL, those changes must be given back to the community.
Apple, on the other hand, hasn't given us much of anything.
And I thought I was alone...
I'll agree that gnome looks a bit bland, but it sounds like you've never used anything other than the default theme. You must be using an old version, too, beause the default in 2.12 is clearlooks and the default for windows is WIMP (I think).
It seems to me that microsoft would be seen as 'cooler' if they shipped windows with the power toys. many of the tweaks address real problems, and others provide features commonly seen in linux (like desktop switching). I mean, if they have a better calculator program, why not use that?
yeah, I know this has nothing to do with SGI.
Actually, when you think about it, a successful politician is not really that different from a successful troll. The idea with both is to somehow stir up an issue that people are rabid about. In the case of a troll, it is just for sheer fun or whatever, but when politicians do it, it gets them into office.
I've used this technque many times myself, except for Paint Shop Pro, not Norton. I even wrote a little VB applet to save the date and change it back when I was done. Of course, it will totally screw with your timestamps, but hey, Free Software is Free Software ;)
"an anti virus that would'nt hose the registry" I'll say. I switched to AVG after Norton brought my already-slow p2 to its knees. Norton also hooks the kernel, so you have to use their uninstaller to remove it, if at all. And finally, it uses p2p to distribute its updates, so you have the server on your end stealing bandwidth from your games. ClamWin is free (as in freedom), and all that, but I have never found it to be a good replacement for AVG as it is exceedingly slow. It was really designed for Linux anyway.
A full set of Knuth? *drools* Yeah, there are only so many times that you can re-read Viusual Basic 6 for Retarded Monkeys.
Yeah, just try convincing your boss to switch to a "serious" language like Britney!
That one caused a hell of a lot of grief for a hell of a lot of people, all because Microsoft didn't want to adopt the standard because it would break compatability. And its only just now that they are fixing it. Sigh.
This sounds oddly familiar. Oh well, I guess it's just me.
More likely, Human will get modded up (+5, Insightful).
Right. Bill is trying to snap up Indian programmers so that he can finish his doomsday device sooner.
Some of us find the sort of material that you just linked to extremely offensive.
I, alphamugwump hereby nominate the parent for troll of the week: posting about creation on slashdot, and getting rabid replies. Way to go!
I know, that drives me crazy too. I have often been accused of "hacking" the public computers at my library while turning up the refresh rate. As a side note, Ubuntu doesn't get the refresh rate right either, though Suse seems to work fine.