I keep track of the ones I've switched from Windows, just because that's one less desktop I'm going to get support calls regarding. (My FIL runs Microsoft Virtual PC on his new iMac for a few programs he absolutely had to have, and I think it's hilarious that the only computer issues he ever calls me about, of course, have to do with Virtual PC.)
It's not quite as simplistic as the parent poster makes it out to be. Another (overly simplistic) story is that stores get a discount if they have signed receipts for all transactions and check the back of your credit card. On-line stores don't get this discount.
It was not long before Allegri's Miserere was the only such work sung at these services. With its soaring soprano parts (sung for centuries by castrati) and compelling melodic style, the work enjoyed almost immediate popularity. So impressed was some subsequent pope that the work thereafter was protected and a prohibition was placed on its use outside the Sistine Chapel at the appointed time.
The range that McDonald's brewed its coffee at is right about at the range most people recommend, and only slightly hotter than the average temperature people prefer to drink it.
You also have to remember that in the mid-90s, there were a lot of people still running some flavor of DOS, some of whom had Windows 3.1 running on top of it. In those days, if you wanted to do networking of any sort, Linux was far more full-featured than DOS/Win31, even if you never got X working at all. This was true (IMHO) until Windows 2000, when Microsoft finally produced a version of Windows that was (a) far more stable and (b) far less buggy when it came to networking/Internet.
With Opera recently becoming free (as in beer), there's no better time to switch. Most of the important functionality from Firefox is there (and incidentally was there first), even most of the things that require plugins for Firefox (automatic saving of tabs, mouse gestures, ability to "undo" closing a page, etc). And it has far better (in my opinion) single-key shortcuts (no CTRL or ALT modifier required) to do things like maneuver around a page without using the mouse, switch tabs, increase/decrease font size, go forward/back, and so forth.
If you're at all serious, make the leap--I think it's well worth it.
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For those total geeks who don't know what these are or how to do them, I googled and found this:
http://gymball.com/bridge_exercise.html
Hope this saves someone else from having to do the same Google.
I keep track of the ones I've switched from Windows, just because that's one less desktop I'm going to get support calls regarding. (My FIL runs Microsoft Virtual PC on his new iMac for a few programs he absolutely had to have, and I think it's hilarious that the only computer issues he ever calls me about, of course, have to do with Virtual PC.)
It's not quite as simplistic as the parent poster makes it out to be. Another (overly simplistic) story is that stores get a discount if they have signed receipts for all transactions and check the back of your credit card. On-line stores don't get this discount.
Most laptops and video cards these days have SVideo out. (That's what I use, anyway.)
Try using elinks for a web browser and WordPerfect 5.1 in Dosbox. :)
If you google the phrase "temperature of coffee", you'll find dozens upon dozens of sites (unrelated to the McDonald's case) recommending what temperature coffee should be brewed at. Here's one example: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/DianaGendler.s html. Here's a study on what temperature people prefer their coffee: http://ift.confex.com/ift/99annual/techprogram/abs tracts/3583.htm.
The range that McDonald's brewed its coffee at is right about at the range most people recommend, and only slightly hotter than the average temperature people prefer to drink it.
For the Monkey Island type games, are you looking for something like ScummVM?
You also have to remember that in the mid-90s, there were a lot of people still running some flavor of DOS, some of whom had Windows 3.1 running on top of it. In those days, if you wanted to do networking of any sort, Linux was far more full-featured than DOS/Win31, even if you never got X working at all. This was true (IMHO) until Windows 2000, when Microsoft finally produced a version of Windows that was (a) far more stable and (b) far less buggy when it came to networking/Internet.
With Opera recently becoming free (as in beer), there's no better time to switch. Most of the important functionality from Firefox is there (and incidentally was there first), even most of the things that require plugins for Firefox (automatic saving of tabs, mouse gestures, ability to "undo" closing a page, etc). And it has far better (in my opinion) single-key shortcuts (no CTRL or ALT modifier required) to do things like maneuver around a page without using the mouse, switch tabs, increase/decrease font size, go forward/back, and so forth.
If you're at all serious, make the leap--I think it's well worth it.
Inflammable means flammable? What a country!