faggotry is overrepresented amongst mac users. it's true.
Utter nonsense.
At best, I'd say Mac user's tend to be wealthier then the general computing population & hence, less likely to cover up behavior deemed by others to be "bad".
Frankly, that fact that you did it unintentionally (I mean, there's two letters between N & G keys on a qwerty keyboard) reveals even more about your anti-mac, homophobic agenda.
no more than someone who says "Kleenex" when they really just mean "tissue" or "Band-Aid" when they really just mean "a little sticky bandage."
OK, so if Kleenex made a series of ads saying "Kleenex is superior to tissues" (rather then "Kleenix is superior to other tissues") that it wouldn't seem stupid?
"I surprised that you can be terrorised by something that doesn't damage "things or persons"."
Then when shown that examples of such terrorism DO occur, you change the subject and respond with this
"The linked article does not mention a bomb threat - it talks about a peaceful protest. Do you really think that is terrorism?"
*sighs* sorry, sorry, I thought we were talking about the article that was linked. Clearly you're the one who sets the topic. I'll try to keep up in future.
I won't waste more time with someone who isn't interested in educating themselves. You've made up your mind, and any evidence that contradicts you, you dismiss, or dance around, or outright ignore.
Aaah, the pre-emptive, I'm not going to reply to you, so don't bother replying. Cute. Hope you remembered to take your ball on your way home.
(i.e. those who have the mental horsepower to understand what "PC" actually MEANS in 2006)
As virtually everyone who replied in disagreement to my orginal post had a different definition of PC, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you that most people know what it means.
You're not very specific about what you mean by Alpha - there's modern JVMs (from HP) for true64 on alpha, I have no idea if you can run Azureus in them.
I think Java is available on more platforms then QT or wx - and I have to add that I misunderstood your original post, thinking by 'platform' you meant the API provided by an operating system.
I know you're trolling, but just for the education of those who think you are insightful, please suggest a succinct name for "personal computers based on the general spec for Microsoft Windows, often including such technologies as PCI, ACPI, DDR SDRAM, Intel processors, etc, but with no specific differentiating factor, usually but not necessarily running a version of Microsoft Windows." Something that fits in nicely to "Mac vs. PC", yet conveys all the details of this subtle distinction. Once upon a time we called this "IBM-compatible", but that became absurd when IBM became a minor player in the market.
OK, the nice succinct name you're looking for is "Windows PC" - easy huh?
If its "usually but not necessarily running a version of Microsoft Windows," then the virus ad on the Mac website doesn't hold true (I mean the Mac guy gets less viruses then an openBSD guy?)
1st of all - can you please learn to use html (or grab the firefox slashdot extension) - your reply is hard to read.
Nice. That's called an ad hominem. And it doesn't change the facts as I listed them.
It doesn't change the facts as you listed them, quite correct, but often its not worth responsing to someone who has a penchant for personal abuse (oh, and I based my troll comment on reading your replies, not others moderation of them).
What a colossally stupid comment. Who is damaged by a bomb scare? No one. Who is damaged by threat of violence against a particular group of people? No one. God how could you allow yourself to say something so stupid?
The linked article does not mention a bomb threat - it talks about a peaceful protest. Do you really think that is terrorism?
I should have read your name before responding to you. It's pretty clear you didn't choose it by accident.
Jeepers! This was right under the line you linked to Ad hominem! Hahahaha, I should call Alanis & let her know about some 'Irony'.
Don't you think it is to Apple's advantage to promote the "difference" between Mac's and "PC's" since they've lost the distinctive of PPC vs Intel? Even if it means fudging a little bit regarding the terminology?
Yes, I do think that's in Apple's advantage. But they should say "windows" rather then "PC", so they don't look like retards.
I noticed you didn't answer the question about owning an Intel Mac.
No, I don't - I don't buy 1st gen mac products generally, and I'm going to wait even longer in the intel switch case.
Seems like lots of people who make the PC==Mac argument don't own an Intel Mac.
It seems to me like lots of people who make the PC==Mac argument know what PC stands for & have been using the term PC to describe Macs through Apple's motorolla, ppc and intel days.
Have a look at these old Apple Manuals/Advertisments and you will see that Apple has been calling their products Personal Computers since day one.
It is only the post 1992 Mac Fanboy crowd that started differentiating - and quite frankly, I'm dissapointed that Apple is starting to join in.
Terrorism is about terror. It has nothing to do with "damage to things and persons",.....
I surprised that you can be terrorised by something that doesn't damage "things or persons". You must be easily frightened......so stop making up definitons when the real ones don't suit you.
I didn't make a definition - I pointed out that it wasn't terrorism (where's the terror in a placard?)
I was going to comment on your 'trolling' jibe, but a quick perusal of your posting history shows you to be a troll of the most common sort.
The author specifically talks about the complexity of getting a FOSS OS running
even after one successfully installs a FOSS OS on a computer, a user will typically have to deal with issues like lack of drivers, incompatibility with third party devices or difficulty in installing new programs or software packages.
I don't see how that's complexity rather then usability. Please clarify.
2) EU anti-terrorism laws (like in the US) are overly broad & target non-terrorists (from your link: Hence, the EU definition of a 'terrorist act', on which EC Reg. 2580/2001 is based, results to be extremely wide and in many cases too blur and imprecise, leaving an open margin for interpretation to both national police forces, when prosecuting offences, and national judges, when requested to apply the norm
3) (Again from your link): This event, occurred without any damage to things and persons. Doesn't sound a helluva lot like terrorism to me.
Can anyone else respoding please try not to waste time with links like the above?
Parent and grandparent are trolls. They make claims that are not backed up by any sort of source (queue eager slashdotters linking to the new republic)
Please provide a link from a credible source detailing Greenpeace's terrorist activities.
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faggotry is overrepresented amongst mac users. it's true.
Utter nonsense.
At best, I'd say Mac user's tend to be wealthier then the general computing population & hence, less likely to cover up behavior deemed by others to be "bad".
god dammit that was supposed to be "Mac faN".
Frankly, that fact that you did it unintentionally (I mean, there's two letters between N & G keys on a qwerty keyboard) reveals even more about your anti-mac, homophobic agenda.
Any excuse for being an idiot, eh Whiny? Do us a favor and die. We won't miss one more Mac fag.
1) You mispelt my name.
2) There is a similar percantage of homosexuals across all aspects of society, including computer users - *blows gulogulo a kiss*.
3) Try to stay on topic & stop being such a little troll.
Your nick and post are well-coordinated.
:-)
/. with this handle)
Thanks
(I am single handedly trying to save
I was indeed joking - just trying to live up to the standards set by the people my handle embodies.
Thanks for the figures tho - they really are informative.
no more than someone who says "Kleenex" when they really just mean "tissue" or "Band-Aid" when they really just mean "a little sticky bandage."
OK, so if Kleenex made a series of ads saying "Kleenex is superior to tissues" (rather then "Kleenix is superior to other tissues") that it wouldn't seem stupid?
I'd call Kleenex stupid if they did that too.
hahahaha, indeed.
But is it an unfortunate Mac, or an unfortunate PC?
IBM didn't outfox intel - by courting Microsoft, the lost Apple.
;-)
Apple may not count for a huge amount in sales, but the amount of hype Apple fan's created for PPC is worth more money then IBM has
"PC" means "a computer running Windows".
What do you call an intel Mac running windows?
(You see why Apple is dumb reinforcing this now?)
First you said this
"I surprised that you can be terrorised by something that doesn't damage "things or persons"."
Then when shown that examples of such terrorism DO occur, you change the subject and respond with this
"The linked article does not mention a bomb threat - it talks about a peaceful protest. Do you really think that is terrorism?"
*sighs* sorry, sorry, I thought we were talking about the article that was linked. Clearly you're the one who sets the topic. I'll try to keep up in future.
I won't waste more time with someone who isn't interested in educating themselves. You've made up your mind, and any evidence that contradicts you, you dismiss, or dance around, or outright ignore.
Aaah, the pre-emptive, I'm not going to reply to you, so don't bother replying. Cute. Hope you remembered to take your ball on your way home.
(i.e. those who have the mental horsepower to understand what "PC" actually MEANS in 2006)
As virtually everyone who replied in disagreement to my orginal post had a different definition of PC, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you that most people know what it means.
Hmmmn, you make a good point.
You're not very specific about what you mean by Alpha - there's modern JVMs (from HP) for true64 on alpha, I have no idea if you can run Azureus in them.
I think Java is available on more platforms then QT or wx - and I have to add that I misunderstood your original post, thinking by 'platform' you meant the API provided by an operating system.
That's curious - a few years ago, I bet you would have said "PC" means "a machine running on the x86 architecture".
You're right - I bet he would've - and most Mac users still call linux users "PC users"
I know you're trolling, but just for the education of those who think you are insightful, please suggest a succinct name for "personal computers based on the general spec for Microsoft Windows, often including such technologies as PCI, ACPI, DDR SDRAM, Intel processors, etc, but with no specific differentiating factor, usually but not necessarily running a version of Microsoft Windows." Something that fits in nicely to "Mac vs. PC", yet conveys all the details of this subtle distinction. Once upon a time we called this "IBM-compatible", but that became absurd when IBM became a minor player in the market.
OK, the nice succinct name you're looking for is "Windows PC" - easy huh?
If its "usually but not necessarily running a version of Microsoft Windows," then the virus ad on the Mac website doesn't hold true (I mean the Mac guy gets less viruses then an openBSD guy?)
1st of all - can you please learn to use html (or grab the firefox slashdot extension) - your reply is hard to read.
Nice. That's called an ad hominem. And it doesn't change the facts as I listed them.
It doesn't change the facts as you listed them, quite correct, but often its not worth responsing to someone who has a penchant for personal abuse (oh, and I based my troll comment on reading your replies, not others moderation of them).
What a colossally stupid comment. Who is damaged by a bomb scare? No one. Who is damaged by threat of violence against a particular group of people? No one. God how could you allow yourself to say something so stupid?
The linked article does not mention a bomb threat - it talks about a peaceful protest. Do you really think that is terrorism?
I should have read your name before responding to you. It's pretty clear you didn't choose it by accident.
Jeepers! This was right under the line you linked to Ad hominem! Hahahaha, I should call Alanis & let her know about some 'Irony'.
Don't you think it is to Apple's advantage to promote the "difference" between Mac's and "PC's" since they've lost the distinctive of PPC vs Intel? Even if it means fudging a little bit regarding the terminology?
Yes, I do think that's in Apple's advantage. But they should say "windows" rather then "PC", so they don't look like retards.
I noticed you didn't answer the question about owning an Intel Mac.
No, I don't - I don't buy 1st gen mac products generally, and I'm going to wait even longer in the intel switch case.
I generally agree with what your saying - but I'm not sure what relevance it has to my post.
Do you disagree with me and think a Macintosh is not a Personal Computer?
Do you get in a huff when people say "ping pong" instead of "table tennis", or "kleenex" instead of "tissue"?
I would if they said "Its a kleenex, not a tissue", or "We're not playing table tennis, we prefer ping-pong."
I have no objection to people calling a mac a mac, but saying its a mac, not a PC is retarded.
Seems like lots of people who make the PC==Mac argument don't own an Intel Mac.
It seems to me like lots of people who make the PC==Mac argument know what PC stands for & have been using the term PC to describe Macs through Apple's motorolla, ppc and intel days.
Have a look at these old Apple Manuals/Advertisments and you will see that Apple has been calling their products Personal Computers since day one.
It is only the post 1992 Mac Fanboy crowd that started differentiating - and quite frankly, I'm dissapointed that Apple is starting to join in.
Does Apple think a mac is a supercomputer? Or do they believe that PC stands for something other then "Personal Computer".
Even dumber since modern Mac's are a bog standard Personal Computer (that comes with a nice box & even nicer software).
Terrorism is about terror. It has nothing to do with "damage to things and persons",.....
.....so stop making up definitons when the real ones don't suit you.
I surprised that you can be terrorised by something that doesn't damage "things or persons". You must be easily frightened.
I didn't make a definition - I pointed out that it wasn't terrorism (where's the terror in a placard?)
I was going to comment on your 'trolling' jibe, but a quick perusal of your posting history shows you to be a troll of the most common sort.
I don't see how that's complexity rather then usability. Please clarify.
Bzzzzt.
1) Being charged is not the same as being guilty.
2) EU anti-terrorism laws (like in the US) are overly broad & target non-terrorists (from your link: Hence, the EU definition of a 'terrorist act', on which EC Reg. 2580/2001 is based, results to be extremely wide and in many cases too blur and imprecise, leaving an open margin for interpretation to both national police forces, when prosecuting offences, and national judges, when requested to apply the norm
3) (Again from your link): This event, occurred without any damage to things and persons. Doesn't sound a helluva lot like terrorism to me.
Can anyone else respoding please try not to waste time with links like the above?
The first link is a video of President Bush...
Oh....right - it is too. He just looks like a giant squid.
Parent is not a troll,
Parent and grandparent are trolls. They make claims that are not backed up by any sort of source (queue eager slashdotters linking to the new republic)
Please provide a link from a credible source detailing Greenpeace's terrorist activities.