"Workaround", this is such a nice word... There is a pizza vendor in my city (Budapest, Hungary) called Don Pepe, where the online order requires JavaScript. I have no other way to order pizza from them. And they have really good food. What MS is suggesting is to drop ordering pizza from them. So, to see it clear: Microsoft does have bugs in their software. The solution they recommend is to stop ordering my dinner from the place I want to, and do otherwise (go to a restaurant, or whatever). So, what they suggest is changing the way I live is a correct solution to a bug in their software... it means people should adapt to software, not the other way around... amazing...
Dear folks,
I think Linux has a higher variance.
1) Windows works to a mediocre, acceptable level even if configured by someone of mediocre qualities.
2) Linux works amazingly good if configured by a real expert, a real hacker.
3) Linux works bad if configured by someone of mediocre qualities. Linux is not forgiving of incompetence.
Do you agree?
This question is similar to politics: the Left consists of people of mediocre intellectual qualities. The Right consist of a bunch of complete fascist assholes and some geniuses of exceptional qualities, like Simone Weil in The Need For Roots (L'Enracinement).
Average folks use Windows. Geniuses use Linux. However, there is a bunch of 19-years old "wizards" who convice customers they can configure a system for them and they use Linux. Because it is free and and cool. Besides geniuses, Linux is the playground of many big losers. And then it does not work. Linux is not forgiving of incompetence.
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"Workaround", this is such a nice word... There is a pizza vendor in my city (Budapest, Hungary) called Don Pepe, where the online order requires JavaScript. I have no other way to order pizza from them. And they have really good food. What MS is suggesting is to drop ordering pizza from them. So, to see it clear: Microsoft does have bugs in their software. The solution they recommend is to stop ordering my dinner from the place I want to, and do otherwise (go to a restaurant, or whatever). So, what they suggest is changing the way I live is a correct solution to a bug in their software... it means people should adapt to software, not the other way around... amazing...
Dear folks, I think Linux has a higher variance. 1) Windows works to a mediocre, acceptable level even if configured by someone of mediocre qualities. 2) Linux works amazingly good if configured by a real expert, a real hacker. 3) Linux works bad if configured by someone of mediocre qualities. Linux is not forgiving of incompetence. Do you agree? This question is similar to politics: the Left consists of people of mediocre intellectual qualities. The Right consist of a bunch of complete fascist assholes and some geniuses of exceptional qualities, like Simone Weil in The Need For Roots (L'Enracinement). Average folks use Windows. Geniuses use Linux. However, there is a bunch of 19-years old "wizards" who convice customers they can configure a system for them and they use Linux. Because it is free and and cool. Besides geniuses, Linux is the playground of many big losers. And then it does not work. Linux is not forgiving of incompetence.