I realize I came across flamey - what I meant to say was that there is better value for money out there. Not necessarily in the direct competition area (as with Mega Blocks) but with other types of toys.
Yeah - I had to sit through a two hour session online plodding through a MS Partner Program exam that crashed at - yep - two hours in. And the only solution was to start over.
That said - there is no such thing as a perfect, trouble free OS. Every OS has it's warts.
I am an IT manager - and Linux Geek - that currently works in an all Windows department in our company.
A few things stand out for me:
1) Becoming a Linux geek has taught me so much about computers that the techies under me constantly come to me for troubleshooting tips - not that I am so much better, they are all new guys that I need to "grow" in the company. 2) I constantly, on a daily basis, need to delve into the windows command line/registry to fix things in Windows. (XP Especially since it is still the most pervasive version of Windows in use by our desktop clients) 3) Vista really is causing us problems - and yes we have had to delve into the command line in order to reset forgotten passwords and other broken things.
Hence I firmly believe that the argument of "Linux will not be desktop ready until you don't need the command line" to be complete rubbish. One will always need the command line - in fact I deem it a good thing to have a command line available to hack Vista in case something went pear shaped because of user error.
4) Windows is insecure. Example: Unless an account has been specifically configured not to allow this, you can type "CMD" in the search box in Vista, press [CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER] answer "Continue" when the prompt pops up and PRESTO you have a shell with administrator privileges. Same with XP that creates administrator accounts on install without a password by default. Press [CTRL+ALT+DEL] at the login screen, type "Administrator" leave the password blank and you should be able to log in as Administrator - unless the user was wise enough to specifically password protect the Administrator account.
Why not require a password for Administrator by default as with Linux?
On another note - Hardy Heron really disappointed me. Hence I installed Intrepid Ibex to see if I need to start hunting for a new distro. So far the prognosis is good.
Besides, who would own the electricity? The beams would only be sent down on the night side of the earth, and come to think of it, won't they cast shadows down on earth on the other side?
I forgot one thing: there is more to news than the mainstream media.
A local blog could contain information about an outbreak of disease days before the WHO (again with the band reference) or CNN/BBC finds it advertising revenue generating worthy.
I'm constantly amazed about how people will post private information in a public place (thus making it public information), and then complain about how they are being robbed of their privacy.
I have friends who have their cell-phone numbers posted on there...
Do the hackers just not care about us, or: is this like one of those "safe zones" where geeks and hackers can hang out as long as nobody asks or tells? (looks at guy to his left..."say is that a CAPTCHA in your pocket or are you just excited to be here...")
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I realize I came across flamey - what I meant to say was that there is better value for money out there. Not necessarily in the direct competition area (as with Mega Blocks) but with other types of toys.
Until some geek figures out how to build a robot-defeating UBER legobot... that runs linux.
Hey... that makes me wonder - do the Lego Building Bots run Linux?
No, seriously!
Exactly! Right now we are not buying our kids lego because it is so darned expensive. We get better toys cheaper.
Some of the grammar in this review looks like it came from a google translated page...
Yeah - I had to sit through a two hour session online plodding through a MS Partner Program exam that crashed at - yep - two hours in. And the only solution was to start over.
Ugh.
I agree with parent.
That said - there is no such thing as a perfect, trouble free OS. Every OS has it's warts.
I am an IT manager - and Linux Geek - that currently works in an all Windows department in our company.
A few things stand out for me:
1) Becoming a Linux geek has taught me so much about computers that the techies under me constantly come to me for troubleshooting tips - not that I am so much better, they are all new guys that I need to "grow" in the company.
2) I constantly, on a daily basis, need to delve into the windows command line/registry to fix things in Windows. (XP Especially since it is still the most pervasive version of Windows in use by our desktop clients)
3) Vista really is causing us problems - and yes we have had to delve into the command line in order to reset forgotten passwords and other broken things.
Hence I firmly believe that the argument of "Linux will not be desktop ready until you don't need the command line" to be complete rubbish. One will always need the command line - in fact I deem it a good thing to have a command line available to hack Vista in case something went pear shaped because of user error.
4) Windows is insecure. Example: Unless an account has been specifically configured not to allow this, you can type "CMD" in the search box in Vista, press [CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER] answer "Continue" when the prompt pops up and PRESTO you have a shell with administrator privileges. Same with XP that creates administrator accounts on install without a password by default. Press [CTRL+ALT+DEL] at the login screen, type "Administrator" leave the password blank and you should be able to log in as Administrator - unless the user was wise enough to specifically password protect the Administrator account.
Why not require a password for Administrator by default as with Linux?
On another note - Hardy Heron really disappointed me. Hence I installed Intrepid Ibex to see if I need to start hunting for a new distro. So far the prognosis is good.
Hey...
That is actually quite true!
thanks for the tip.
Sorry, now real tech there - so it's lost on most geeks. E3 has it all - babes AND tech ftw
Sound an awful lot like coding in C... no bad coding practice needed...
Besides, who would own the electricity? The beams would only be sent down on the night side of the earth, and come to think of it, won't they cast shadows down on earth on the other side?
Great, now you've given them incentive to build the darned thing.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Exactly - the babes at one of these events is the most action some of these geeks will ever get. Let them live a little.
Hey Mr Bond...
Is that a Blackberry in your pocket or are you excited to see me?
You are indeed correct.
I forgot one thing: there is more to news than the mainstream media.
A local blog could contain information about an outbreak of disease days before the WHO (again with the band reference) or CNN/BBC finds it advertising revenue generating worthy.
as far as I can make out. It relies heavily on human reporting. And sometimes it takes a while for news on disease outbreaks to make the news.
Unless there is some way to report directly TO this crawler, I seriously doubt the claim that a web crawler can know of outbreaks before the WHO does.
hmm... I just referenced The Who - a band...
That a YouToob video got /.ed
Now all we need is some Sand People to shoot at the racers, and we're all set!
No worries - the race will take place in cheesehead country - a subset of hicks they have the shooting department covered.
I'm constantly amazed about how people will post private information in a public place (thus making it public information), and then complain about how they are being robbed of their privacy.
I have friends who have their cell-phone numbers posted on there...
With Facebook's protection of minors... I wonder if them tracking the habits of minors could get them in trouble...
Forget that - this thing runs linux!!!
hold on! PS3 emulation... running yellow dog!
Beer man... please let it be beer...
No.
You see there is an ongoing war against the postmasters by the webmasters. I am a postmaster, and I get roughly 300ish spam mails per site.
And the webmasters sit and chuckle. Bastards, they could make it stop!
But they don't... animals...
Howcome /. is so spam free?
Do the hackers just not care about us,
or:
is this like one of those "safe zones" where geeks and hackers can hang out as long as nobody asks or tells? (looks at guy to his left..."say is that a CAPTCHA in your pocket or are you just excited to be here...")
How About: "Oy."
"...and I hear stuff..."