Nice post. Everything about it screams "please moderate my comment favourably. I prefer insightful." And of course, you had to add an emotive and clever 'punchline' to the end of it, like all the cool people do.
Why don't you go to google and search for "vagina" or something? Heh heh.
There's a big difference between the cancer gene thing and the climate data thing. Those ones working on the cancer stuff have found something that might help fight against cancer. They're not asking anything of us, they're presenting their information. We can ignore them and go on with our lives.
But the climate change people are claiming that we've got to do this and do that and etc in order to prevent the end of the world. They're trying to make us do something and are using their finds to make us do it, so it's essential that we see their data so that we know that they aren't just manipulating via fraud.
I think this is what they call a strawman argument.
As 'untalented' as they might be, at least they're making an effort to be creative... unlike you, one who doesn't do much more than make shitty troll posts on slashdot.
Microsoft does not do anything in 'good faith'. In this particular case it's obvious what Ms is trying to do - implement a proprietary filesystem which only their (most recent) OSes support, then get all the device makers to use it. Linux, Mac, and XP are left out in the cold and users must pay up for Windows 7 in order to use their new camera/whatever.
Then if it suits them, they might try to use copyright/intellectual property/patent claims to keep Linux from implementing it. Or threaten Linux using companies who are using the Linux implementation.
By the way, I didn't mean to seem angry or rude in my response. I just wanted to seem firm. I think it's important that we don't confuse "Linux" with "Ubuntu". I'd like to apologize if I upset anyone.
Yes, Linux really has become that bloated. It's possible to get stuff working, but it's incredibly slow. Getting something to install will take a lot of tweaking (for example, the debian installer will have a lot of trouble if you have less than 64MB of RAM) and tedious work. The install process takes several hours, and if something goes wrong, you usually have to start straight from the beginning again.
I had Debian installed on a Toshiba 460CDT with 32MB RAM, and managed to set it up with X, networking, a window manager (icewm) and a web browser (links2). I tweaked it as much as I could, but it was still not very usable.
Recently, I installed Windows 98 on the same laptop, set progman.exe (program manager) as the shell, and k-meleon as the web browser. Now it's quite tolerable for web browsing use... and it does this while having a fully featured GUI. (and before you say anything, it has not crashed or bluescreened once yet. I've been using it for about a week for web browsing)
I'm a linux fan usually, but I have to admit that Linux isn't worth much on old hardware, especially very old hardware.
The fact is, 1998 was a golden age of computing. It was the time before every GUI had to have gradient colours and shiny marble styling, and stupid 3D effects.
This enabled you to change the screen resolution. On my system, it has several options, one of which is 640x480. I can change to and from it with the same amount of effort that Windows requires.
But the thing is, he put this stuff on the internet. As soon as you put something on the internet, you should fully expect it to be linked and copied perpetually.
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Nice post. Everything about it screams "please moderate my comment favourably. I prefer insightful." And of course, you had to add an emotive and clever 'punchline' to the end of it, like all the cool people do.
Why don't you go to google and search for "vagina" or something? Heh heh.
There's a big difference between the cancer gene thing and the climate data thing. Those ones working on the cancer stuff have found something that might help fight against cancer. They're not asking anything of us, they're presenting their information. We can ignore them and go on with our lives.
But the climate change people are claiming that we've got to do this and do that and etc in order to prevent the end of the world. They're trying to make us do something and are using their finds to make us do it, so it's essential that we see their data so that we know that they aren't just manipulating via fraud.
I think this is what they call a strawman argument.
And there are jokes that are funny, and jokes which just suck.
As 'untalented' as they might be, at least they're making an effort to be creative... unlike you, one who doesn't do much more than make shitty troll posts on slashdot.
Microsoft does not do anything in 'good faith'. In this particular case it's obvious what Ms is trying to do - implement a proprietary filesystem which only their (most recent) OSes support, then get all the device makers to use it. Linux, Mac, and XP are left out in the cold and users must pay up for Windows 7 in order to use their new camera/whatever.
Then if it suits them, they might try to use copyright/intellectual property/patent claims to keep Linux from implementing it. Or threaten Linux using companies who are using the Linux implementation.
PENIS microsoft! Heh heh! Oh man yeahhhhhhhhhh.
By the way, I didn't mean to seem angry or rude in my response. I just wanted to seem firm. I think it's important that we don't confuse "Linux" with "Ubuntu". I'd like to apologize if I upset anyone.
NO, I won't want to put Ubuntu on it. I'll want to put Debian or Arch Linux on it. We don't all use Ubuntu.
And to make matters worse, that water is probably polluted with fluoride, a poisonous chemical.
Yeah. I guess giving my birthright to Google would be the highlight of my miserable insignificant life.
PENIS MASTER. PENIS. Land of PENIS. PENIS WORLD. PENISLife. BIG PENIS.
I think he was talking about the quality of the games, not the graphics.
What about when Microsoft threatened that Linux infringed on MS intellectual property? That's trolling if I ever saw it.
It's only the way Linus talks when he sees something he doesn't like. Actually, maybe it's a bit kinder than Linus usually is.
No, people must whinge. If nobody whinges, all kinds of bad ideas that would otherwise be scrapped will get through. Whinging is necessary.
Like you said, this is the fault of the owner. If they fed their cat properly, it would not feel the need to supplement its diet with garbage.
If you get your cat neutered, it will be less likely to spray, less likely to fight, and unable to impregnate other cats. No need for a leash.
I wouldn't use OS X if you paid me to.
Yes, Linux really has become that bloated. It's possible to get stuff working, but it's incredibly slow. Getting something to install will take a lot of tweaking (for example, the debian installer will have a lot of trouble if you have less than 64MB of RAM) and tedious work. The install process takes several hours, and if something goes wrong, you usually have to start straight from the beginning again.
I had Debian installed on a Toshiba 460CDT with 32MB RAM, and managed to set it up with X, networking, a window manager (icewm) and a web browser (links2). I tweaked it as much as I could, but it was still not very usable.
Recently, I installed Windows 98 on the same laptop, set progman.exe (program manager) as the shell, and k-meleon as the web browser. Now it's quite tolerable for web browsing use... and it does this while having a fully featured GUI. (and before you say anything, it has not crashed or bluescreened once yet. I've been using it for about a week for web browsing)
I'm a linux fan usually, but I have to admit that Linux isn't worth much on old hardware, especially very old hardware.
Heh heh! Oh, boy! PENISWORLD. PENISLIFE. Hah! Yea man, what a video.
The fact is, 1998 was a golden age of computing. It was the time before every GUI had to have gradient colours and shiny marble styling, and stupid 3D effects.
System - Preferences - Screen resolution
This enabled you to change the screen resolution. On my system, it has several options, one of which is 640x480. I can change to and from it with the same amount of effort that Windows requires.
Can I also be informative?
Oh, boy! Boy PENIS. Oh man! PENIS. Heh heh!
How's it going?
But the thing is, he put this stuff on the internet. As soon as you put something on the internet, you should fully expect it to be linked and copied perpetually.