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That's fine, I have Futurama on DVDs, and before that I had MPEG2 captures plus DivX downloads of the episodes I'd missed from before the DVDs were released, and I STILL watch it on Adult Swim. Heck, I'll even buy new box sets this year and give them out as X-mas gifts just to help prime the pump for Futurama demand.:)
Maybe they won't air on Fox, but Fox had to approve production of new episodes, and for that I am grateful. yay Fox!
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American Dad was never funny.
Actually I'd dispute your claim. America bad IS funny. Not ha-ha funny, but so badly written that it's funny. Kind of like watching bad sci-fi like Plan 9 from Outer Space, Starship Troopers, Battlefield Earth, Invaders from Mars, or This Island Earth. They're just so poorly written and have such cheesy dialog that they're painful AND side-splittingly funny to watch, all at the same time.
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Actually, Family Guy humor comes from their making jokes which are so repetitious that they aren't funny any more, but annoying, and then taking it a step further until it becomes funny that they're dragging the joke out, then they drag it out just a little more to make it that much more annoying.
Futurama humor and plot development is actually quite clever, especially since (like Arrested Development) some of the jokes and plot twists aren't revealed until later episodes (e.g., Nibbler's being present but unseen in the first episode but upon subsequent viewings after seeing "The Why of Fry" (4ACV10) it becomes obvious Nibbler was there and that plot line was planned from the beginning).
Oh, and the Dave Matthews Band does not rock.
Anyway, if this is actually true, I shall no longer refer to Fox as Faux and I shall no longer say that Faux can bite my shiny metal ass. Furthermore, I shall have to now watch Fox's crap reality shows because I've repeatedly sent them emails promising to watch their crap reality shows and buy from their crappy sponsors if they bring Futurama back as a series. I wonder if watching just one episode of American Idol or whatever crap they're airing now will fulfill that obligation, or is that like making a deal with the devil?
Actually the slowness in YaST (in my experience) is that it's set to refresh installation sources EVERY time you go into the package manager, Disable the automatic installation source refresh then it will speed right up by virtue of not having to parse the YaST repository every damn time it's launched. The down side is that you will have to occasionally manually refresh, particularly when new KDE releases are made available.
If you think 10.1 was bad, have you actually tried Samba or Ximian Evolution with the Exchange connector on an out-of-the-box 10.0 install? Now THAT was painful. THAT was evidence of a total lack of regression testing. How bad is it when a networking company totally breaks KDE/samba integration AND break their flagship email client?
YaST is slow? That's a minor inconvenience. I can see that slipping by their QA department when the YaST repositories are local.
Not being able to join a Windows domain or browse windows shares? Not being able to connect to an Exchange server? That was inexcusable. Both work right out of the box in 10.1 so I'd say that it is a vast improvement.
Support; PSS will walk you through changing truetype typefaces in a document and make sure they print properly from Wordpad, and to test OLE functionality. If it works properly, then "Windows is working fine" and it's time to call Adobe/Corel/Printer manufacturer/etc.
Release notes: Richtext release notes can be shipped and viewed with emphasis, headings, and some basic images all in paste.
Wordpad's existence is not intended to be a wordprocessor, DTP application, or anyting else other than the above.
Having to spoof MSIE's user agent because they sniff your agent and display "This site is designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer" if you're using anything but would not have anything to do with that now, would it?
I can imagine the IT discussions there:
CFO: "Hey, let's get online banking done. What do your guys need from us?" CIO: "Okay, we have internet explorer, frontpage, and dev studio here. Check. We'll get right on it."
(weeks/months later)
CFO: "Hey it doesn't work in Netscape 4.0" IT: "Nothing works in Netscape 4.0. It's a steaming cowpie." CFO: "OK, good show then, let's just display a message for folks running other browsers, and recommend that people use MSIE instead. Can you do that?" CIO: "Yeah, all we need to do is check for something called the user agent."
(a couple of years later, conduct online banking using Safari, Konqueror, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc. by spoofing user agent)
CFO: "Hey Chuck, I just got a call from the chairmain of the board. He said the directors think our website is outdated and also we need to get all of our services online. What will it take?" CIO: "Oh we have MSIE, Frontpage, Visual Studio.Net, and IIS, I don't think it will be any problem." CFO: "By the way one board member remarked his mac doesn't work with our site. In fact he said that he had to buy a PC just to do online banking. Do you think we should fix this?" CIO: "Let's check the web logs, shall we? OK, it looks like 99.999% of visitors use MSIE. I don't think we have to worry about it." CFO: "Great, so we can reallocate the budget we had slated and send executives to Hawaii for er, team building instead." CIO: "Sounds great to me."
CE is realtime. However, most of the GUIs you see on consumer CE-based devices don't even appear to be multithreaded so it's easy to freeze the, er, "desktop" on a PocketPC or a "Smartphone"
*shudder* I hate that name Smartphone. The average consumer dropping $600+ on an unexpandable PDA/Phone which is locked by the phone vendor and will be replaced in two years or less is not something I would call "smart." Buy a good basic phone, and buy a PDA. The phone will be smaller, and the PDA will be more capable and you won't have to bring the bulky PDA with you everywhere that you need your phone.
Here's a hint: the three laws bit here on/. is intended to be something called "humor," Data. Look it up on wikipedia - I'm sure that there's an entry which will explain it. Maybe it's time for you to try out that emotion chip?
Does this make Ballmer the Robot Devil? Is Redmond Robot Hell? Does Ballmer know how to sing?
Note to Ballmer: when a 40% titanium/40% dolomite bending unit visits you in Hell, make sure you don't have any Robot-Butterflies flying about. Just thought you'd like some warning.
Scientists have developed a single-occupant vehicle which will not pass US safety requirements, will cook any passengers on a sunny day, boasts massive wind noise, and does not deal well with strong cross winds. Also, the top speed of the vehicle is estimated to be 15mph.
Reaction by prospective customers? "Meh." When asked what, Bart said "She said meh." Lisa then nodded and added "M-E-H meh."
I was going to make a rude comment based on your spelling and imply there are obviously many unqualified teachers in schools already, but I see you're syldexic, er, xyldesic, uh, I mean dyslexic.;) (I could not resist jumbling up the word dyslexic. No offense intended.)
Oh really? Okay, next time you get an X-ray, if you're concerned about your radiation exposure, compensate by:
a. Not worshipping the sun for a few days (okay, so you're a geek and don't remember what the sun looks like, so see b. below) and b. (if you're a geek outside of work) stop sitting 6" away from your monitor or television for a few days
That should offset any radiation dose of a typical routine dental X-ray. Now, if you had an X-ray done for more serious issues (injuries, etc.) then I would think that the miniscule dose is far less of a concern than the reason you're getting the X-ray done in the first place.
Yeah, I realize the dose of an X-ray is slightly higher, but come on, unless you're working around X-ray equipment all day long or work in a nuclear plant and are close to your exposure limit already, it's not something the normal person should really be concerned about.
Well, considering that most consumer cameras come with IR filters in front of the CCD already (IR throws off the color balance of cameras, it's lower cost to block the IR rather than compensate for the color shift), it's a system that won't work to begin with.
Oh really? You need to buy Exchange CALs for servers which are not Microsoft Exchange? When did this occur? I'd better check with Microsoft to see if I can purchase Exchange CALs for use with Scalix. Thanks for the 411! I'm sure others will be interest in where they should purchase Exchange CALs for Zimbra.;)
Notice I was referring to Exchange and Outlook BOTH together in the previous post. Availability of other full-featured PIM/groupware applications open the opportunity to run servers OTHER than Exchange, AND avoid having to pay for Outlook as well.
Yes, but now Windows users have practical alternatives to the Exchange/outlook pairing which can effectively eliminate the need to license on a per-user basis, AND still have a "thick client." If you were previously using email-only this is a total non-issue (you could always use any number of clients for pop or imap) but for group calendaring, notes, etc. having Evolution available does open new options to avoid the Microsoft tax.:)
True, and let's look at the more basic elements of this comparison:
Microsoft Office is often described as a slow, bloated program used for editing text.
emacs is often described as a slow, bloated program used for editing text.
It's a very simple thing to confuse the two and to think that both should be considered word processors from a certain point of view, especially when you have 1337 types bragging about how they do all of their word processing using emacs or vi to write latex markup. Wouldn't it be natural for someone, somewhere, somehow get the idea that both programs are designed for the same purpose in mind and compare the two for a situation where one is ideally suited and the other is used only by elitists who shun full-blown application suites? It may be a moronic comparison for those in the know, but consider that a layperson probably came across descriptions of a "free wordprocessor" written by some snotty script kiddie and decided to find out what this "emacs" was all about and why is it so great? Heck, some people compare MS Paint and Photoshop from time to time, despite that it is an idiotic comparison to begin with. Yeah, both can edit pictures, but one is present primarily for dealing with screenshots and for product support purposes {e.g., "if you hit print screen, select edit -> paste in Paint, did it paint? Sorry, it's a (foo program) problem, call (bar company). Thank you for calling Microsoft!"}
What is the URL of this comparison review anyhow? I'm sure we'd all love to check it out.
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That's fine, I have Futurama on DVDs, and before that I had MPEG2 captures plus DivX downloads of the episodes I'd missed from before the DVDs were released, and I STILL watch it on Adult Swim. Heck, I'll even buy new box sets this year and give them out as X-mas gifts just to help prime the pump for Futurama demand. :)
Maybe they won't air on Fox, but Fox had to approve production of new episodes, and for that I am grateful. yay Fox!
Actually I'd dispute your claim. America bad IS funny. Not ha-ha funny, but so badly written that it's funny. Kind of like watching bad sci-fi like Plan 9 from Outer Space, Starship Troopers, Battlefield Earth, Invaders from Mars, or This Island Earth. They're just so poorly written and have such cheesy dialog that they're painful AND side-splittingly funny to watch, all at the same time.
Actually, Family Guy humor comes from their making jokes which are so repetitious that they aren't funny any more, but annoying, and then taking it a step further until it becomes funny that they're dragging the joke out, then they drag it out just a little more to make it that much more annoying.
Futurama humor and plot development is actually quite clever, especially since (like Arrested Development) some of the jokes and plot twists aren't revealed until later episodes (e.g., Nibbler's being present but unseen in the first episode but upon subsequent viewings after seeing "The Why of Fry" (4ACV10) it becomes obvious Nibbler was there and that plot line was planned from the beginning).
Oh, and the Dave Matthews Band does not rock.
Anyway, if this is actually true, I shall no longer refer to Fox as Faux and I shall no longer say that Faux can bite my shiny metal ass. Furthermore, I shall have to now watch Fox's crap reality shows because I've repeatedly sent them emails promising to watch their crap reality shows and buy from their crappy sponsors if they bring Futurama back as a series. I wonder if watching just one episode of American Idol or whatever crap they're airing now will fulfill that obligation, or is that like making a deal with the devil?
Anyway, here is what I really posted to say:
<Amy>Yay!</Amy>
Actually the slowness in YaST (in my experience) is that it's set to refresh installation sources EVERY time you go into the package manager, Disable the automatic installation source refresh then it will speed right up by virtue of not having to parse the YaST repository every damn time it's launched. The down side is that you will have to occasionally manually refresh, particularly when new KDE releases are made available.
If you think 10.1 was bad, have you actually tried Samba or Ximian Evolution with the Exchange connector on an out-of-the-box 10.0 install? Now THAT was painful. THAT was evidence of a total lack of regression testing. How bad is it when a networking company totally breaks KDE/samba integration AND break their flagship email client?
YaST is slow? That's a minor inconvenience. I can see that slipping by their QA department when the YaST repositories are local.
Not being able to join a Windows domain or browse windows shares? Not being able to connect to an Exchange server? That was inexcusable. Both work right out of the box in 10.1 so I'd say that it is a vast improvement.
"Funny" does not affect your karma. You've been here a while, you should know that by now.
No, Wordpad exists mainly for two reasons:
Support; PSS will walk you through changing truetype typefaces in a document and make sure they print properly from Wordpad, and to test OLE functionality. If it works properly, then "Windows is working fine" and it's time to call Adobe/Corel/Printer manufacturer/etc.
Release notes: Richtext release notes can be shipped and viewed with emphasis, headings, and some basic images all in paste.
Wordpad's existence is not intended to be a wordprocessor, DTP application, or anyting else other than the above.
Having to spoof MSIE's user agent because they sniff your agent and display "This site is designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer" if you're using anything but would not have anything to do with that now, would it?
I can imagine the IT discussions there:
CFO: "Hey, let's get online banking done. What do your guys need from us?"
CIO: "Okay, we have internet explorer, frontpage, and dev studio here. Check. We'll get right on it."
(weeks/months later)
CFO: "Hey it doesn't work in Netscape 4.0"
IT: "Nothing works in Netscape 4.0. It's a steaming cowpie."
CFO: "OK, good show then, let's just display a message for folks running other browsers, and recommend that people use MSIE instead. Can you do that?"
CIO: "Yeah, all we need to do is check for something called the user agent."
(a couple of years later, conduct online banking using Safari, Konqueror, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc. by spoofing user agent)
CFO: "Hey Chuck, I just got a call from the chairmain of the board. He said the directors think our website is outdated and also we need to get all of our services online. What will it take?"
CIO: "Oh we have MSIE, Frontpage, Visual Studio.Net, and IIS, I don't think it will be any problem."
CFO: "By the way one board member remarked his mac doesn't work with our site. In fact he said that he had to buy a PC just to do online banking. Do you think we should fix this?"
CIO: "Let's check the web logs, shall we? OK, it looks like 99.999% of visitors use MSIE. I don't think we have to worry about it."
CFO: "Great, so we can reallocate the budget we had slated and send executives to Hawaii for er, team building instead."
CIO: "Sounds great to me."
CE is realtime. However, most of the GUIs you see on consumer CE-based devices don't even appear to be multithreaded so it's easy to freeze the, er, "desktop" on a PocketPC or a "Smartphone"
*shudder* I hate that name Smartphone. The average consumer dropping $600+ on an unexpandable PDA/Phone which is locked by the phone vendor and will be replaced in two years or less is not something I would call "smart." Buy a good basic phone, and buy a PDA. The phone will be smaller, and the PDA will be more capable and you won't have to bring the bulky PDA with you everywhere that you need your phone.
Who modded that post informative?
/. is intended to be something called "humor," Data. Look it up on wikipedia - I'm sure that there's an entry which will explain it. Maybe it's time for you to try out that emotion chip?
Here's a hint: the three laws bit here on
Does this make Ballmer the Robot Devil? Is Redmond Robot Hell? Does Ballmer know how to sing?
Note to Ballmer: when a 40% titanium/40% dolomite bending unit visits you in Hell, make sure you don't have any Robot-Butterflies flying about. Just thought you'd like some warning.
Introducing Microsoft Robot Direct XXX
(not legal in Alabama)
Scientists have developed a single-occupant vehicle which will not pass US safety requirements, will cook any passengers on a sunny day, boasts massive wind noise, and does not deal well with strong cross winds. Also, the top speed of the vehicle is estimated to be 15mph.
Reaction by prospective customers? "Meh." When asked what, Bart said "She said meh." Lisa then nodded and added "M-E-H meh."
My vote would be for excerpts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_Overdriv e :)
I was going to make a rude comment based on your spelling and imply there are obviously many unqualified teachers in schools already, but I see you're syldexic, er, xyldesic, uh, I mean dyslexic. ;) (I could not resist jumbling up the word dyslexic. No offense intended.)
You can already store image data represented by one pixel. The resolution is exactly 1x1. ;)
Oh really? Okay, next time you get an X-ray, if you're concerned about your radiation exposure, compensate by:
a. Not worshipping the sun for a few days (okay, so you're a geek and don't remember what the sun looks like, so see b. below)
and
b. (if you're a geek outside of work) stop sitting 6" away from your monitor or television for a few days
That should offset any radiation dose of a typical routine dental X-ray. Now, if you had an X-ray done for more serious issues (injuries, etc.) then I would think that the miniscule dose is far less of a concern than the reason you're getting the X-ray done in the first place.
Yeah, I realize the dose of an X-ray is slightly higher, but come on, unless you're working around X-ray equipment all day long or work in a nuclear plant and are close to your exposure limit already, it's not something the normal person should really be concerned about.
Well, considering that most consumer cameras come with IR filters in front of the CCD already (IR throws off the color balance of cameras, it's lower cost to block the IR rather than compensate for the color shift), it's a system that won't work to begin with.
Oh really? You need to buy Exchange CALs for servers which are not Microsoft Exchange? When did this occur? I'd better check with Microsoft to see if I can purchase Exchange CALs for use with Scalix. Thanks for the 411! I'm sure others will be interest in where they should purchase Exchange CALs for Zimbra. ;)
Notice I was referring to Exchange and Outlook BOTH together in the previous post. Availability of other full-featured PIM/groupware applications open the opportunity to run servers OTHER than Exchange, AND avoid having to pay for Outlook as well.
You need to be a Stonecutters member.
My evolution install must be broken - I'm not getting the black scribbles. Is that a Windows-only feature of Evolution? ;)
Yes, but now Windows users have practical alternatives to the Exchange/outlook pairing which can effectively eliminate the need to license on a per-user basis, AND still have a "thick client." If you were previously using email-only this is a total non-issue (you could always use any number of clients for pop or imap) but for group calendaring, notes, etc. having Evolution available does open new options to avoid the Microsoft tax. :)
True, and let's look at the more basic elements of this comparison:
Microsoft Office is often described as a slow, bloated program used for editing text.
emacs is often described as a slow, bloated program used for editing text.
It's a very simple thing to confuse the two and to think that both should be considered word processors from a certain point of view, especially when you have 1337 types bragging about how they do all of their word processing using emacs or vi to write latex markup. Wouldn't it be natural for someone, somewhere, somehow get the idea that both programs are designed for the same purpose in mind and compare the two for a situation where one is ideally suited and the other is used only by elitists who shun full-blown application suites? It may be a moronic comparison for those in the know, but consider that a layperson probably came across descriptions of a "free wordprocessor" written by some snotty script kiddie and decided to find out what this "emacs" was all about and why is it so great? Heck, some people compare MS Paint and Photoshop from time to time, despite that it is an idiotic comparison to begin with. Yeah, both can edit pictures, but one is present primarily for dealing with screenshots and for product support purposes {e.g., "if you hit print screen, select edit -> paste in Paint, did it paint? Sorry, it's a (foo program) problem, call (bar company). Thank you for calling Microsoft!"}
What is the URL of this comparison review anyhow? I'm sure we'd all love to check it out.
I find your remark offensive. ;)
I agree with you, but only providing it's more specific:
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