I miss windows 3.1! having no folders longer than 13 letters, and even then sometimes seeing abbreviations with a tilde. cd C:... cd progra~1... kq6cd
AWESOME!
haha, i suppose. I've worked with linux, windows and mac, i feel that linux is the most...loner OS. Don't need no help, don't want no help. Windows is obviously the accountant, cutting corners everywhere for an overall satisfying product that pisses everyone off. Mac is the over-eater, always overdoing things, always extra pretty, always extra this extra that and i dunno, i feel linux is the most practical, windows is the easiest to f with, and mac, besides it's amazing ability to completely dominate everyone in the photoshop business...i don't think i'd ever switch. Though i see your argument. I always thought of mac as a competitor of windows, maybe i should start thinking of it as a competitor of linux?
I apologize, my statement came out totally different than the way i meant it. I meant that in macs, when there's some kind of security flaw, the OS usually doesn't notice, doesn't fix, or doesn't allow you to fix because it's attached to a bigger unreperable program. When windows gets f'ed, there's usually a buttload of errors, and in almost every situation, you can fix it on your own with some help on the internet on ocassion, in mac (and i have enough experience to know this) it's MUCH more difficult to find that kind of help. Most apple users are on high horses that they never get viruses and never have problems that they never bother to look into problems, they just assume hardware is outdated and needs replacing. That's what i meant when i said it was more controlling.
Again, sorry for the misunderstanding
I agree with both statements, working is a relative term. It's true that only a few devices aren't working in Linux, and the argument can also be made, none aren't working in windows. Mac probably is the best for mobile purposes, but since we all know that mac is way more controlling than windows is in terms of "hackability" i think i'll stick with my xp-pro/psuedo-gentoo laptop.
i'm in the process of jumping right now!
but the fact remains, windows is still the most supportive laptop OS there is
linux BARELY works on laptops, if at all. i've gone through, no exaggeration, a dozen linux operating systems on my laptop, none of them have worked so far
A friend of mine's father nearing the retiring age feels that he would get bored with retirement. He used to be an IT guy at some company, and now that he's around 60, he picked up a job at the geek squad! Odd i know, but hey he gets to drive around a tux-style beetle all day. A long time ago i asked him a similar question, and he said most frequently he is installing an OS, setting up a router, or hooking up a Television/Home Theater system. But he also frequently gets problems with cable modems, and other various things people find wrong. For the most part however, the geek squad is for installation of all the electronic equipment that BBY sells.
We can all laugh about it at/. but not everyone knows what vim stands for, or even what it means to 'boot' up the computer.
Krispy Kreme started to feature themselves everywhere opening up stores around every corner because of a popularity surge, and fell to the rockbottom of companies because of it
Radioshack opened up 18000 more locations than they should have, and tried to save themselves by opening to various markets that they couldn't master and are nearly bankrupt now
Microsoft began toppling empires and extending into foreign territory, and with one swift stock market crash they were told to back off.
Once companies go on the stock market, they will skyrocket and plumment or stay steady. We've seen google skyrocket, can anybody else guess what's next?
I hate the fact that i am replying to this flame thread, but if you read on in the article that you, yourself posted, it clearly states there is a professional version, like i said. Just in case you were wondering, i actually DID read the entire google earth EULA instead of just some news article. I used to work for a general contractor, and he wanted to know if we could legally use the software as a psuedo GPS to install on all of our mobile laptops. I personally read, and found out that we couldn't with the cheaper version, but for $400/year you can. Who would have thought that a software would come in home and professional usage? Jeez...i don't know, almost every major piece of software in the world? Here's a more familiar example: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
You obviously didn't read the EULA at all! of course it's for personal, NON-COMMERCIAL use! Think about it. Using google earth for home use to get directions, maps, or what have you. Then on the other hand you have an entire company using google earth for the same thing. On one hand, you have one small costing program being used by one person, as opposed to an entire company's worth of people using the same software for the same fee. If that doesn't sound like pirating software to you, i think you need to take a better look at software before you criticize it.
There is a commercial version for a larger sum of money, which makes perfect sense.
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I miss windows 3.1! having no folders longer than 13 letters, and even then sometimes seeing abbreviations with a tilde. cd C: ... cd progra~1 ... kq6cd
AWESOME!
Doesn't Microsoft resemble Big Brother to anyone else but me? ...A gigantic super-nerdy big brother?
haha, i suppose. I've worked with linux, windows and mac, i feel that linux is the most...loner OS. Don't need no help, don't want no help. Windows is obviously the accountant, cutting corners everywhere for an overall satisfying product that pisses everyone off. Mac is the over-eater, always overdoing things, always extra pretty, always extra this extra that and i dunno, i feel linux is the most practical, windows is the easiest to f with, and mac, besides it's amazing ability to completely dominate everyone in the photoshop business...i don't think i'd ever switch. Though i see your argument. I always thought of mac as a competitor of windows, maybe i should start thinking of it as a competitor of linux?
I apologize, my statement came out totally different than the way i meant it. I meant that in macs, when there's some kind of security flaw, the OS usually doesn't notice, doesn't fix, or doesn't allow you to fix because it's attached to a bigger unreperable program. When windows gets f'ed, there's usually a buttload of errors, and in almost every situation, you can fix it on your own with some help on the internet on ocassion, in mac (and i have enough experience to know this) it's MUCH more difficult to find that kind of help. Most apple users are on high horses that they never get viruses and never have problems that they never bother to look into problems, they just assume hardware is outdated and needs replacing. That's what i meant when i said it was more controlling. Again, sorry for the misunderstanding
I agree with both statements, working is a relative term. It's true that only a few devices aren't working in Linux, and the argument can also be made, none aren't working in windows. Mac probably is the best for mobile purposes, but since we all know that mac is way more controlling than windows is in terms of "hackability" i think i'll stick with my xp-pro/psuedo-gentoo laptop.
i'm in the process of jumping right now! but the fact remains, windows is still the most supportive laptop OS there is linux BARELY works on laptops, if at all. i've gone through, no exaggeration, a dozen linux operating systems on my laptop, none of them have worked so far
A friend of mine's father nearing the retiring age feels that he would get bored with retirement. He used to be an IT guy at some company, and now that he's around 60, he picked up a job at the geek squad! Odd i know, but hey he gets to drive around a tux-style beetle all day. A long time ago i asked him a similar question, and he said most frequently he is installing an OS, setting up a router, or hooking up a Television/Home Theater system. But he also frequently gets problems with cable modems, and other various things people find wrong. For the most part however, the geek squad is for installation of all the electronic equipment that BBY sells. We can all laugh about it at /. but not everyone knows what vim stands for, or even what it means to 'boot' up the computer.
Krispy Kreme started to feature themselves everywhere opening up stores around every corner because of a popularity surge, and fell to the rockbottom of companies because of it
Radioshack opened up 18000 more locations than they should have, and tried to save themselves by opening to various markets that they couldn't master and are nearly bankrupt now
Microsoft began toppling empires and extending into foreign territory, and with one swift stock market crash they were told to back off.
Once companies go on the stock market, they will skyrocket and plumment or stay steady. We've seen google skyrocket, can anybody else guess what's next?
I hate the fact that i am replying to this flame thread, but if you read on in the article that you, yourself posted, it clearly states there is a professional version, like i said. Just in case you were wondering, i actually DID read the entire google earth EULA instead of just some news article. I used to work for a general contractor, and he wanted to know if we could legally use the software as a psuedo GPS to install on all of our mobile laptops. I personally read, and found out that we couldn't with the cheaper version, but for $400/year you can. Who would have thought that a software would come in home and professional usage? Jeez...i don't know, almost every major piece of software in the world? Here's a more familiar example: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
You obviously didn't read the EULA at all!
of course it's for personal, NON-COMMERCIAL use! Think about it. Using google earth for home use to get directions, maps, or what have you. Then on the other hand you have an entire company using google earth for the same thing. On one hand, you have one small costing program being used by one person, as opposed to an entire company's worth of people using the same software for the same fee. If that doesn't sound like pirating software to you, i think you need to take a better look at software before you criticize it.
There is a commercial version for a larger sum of money, which makes perfect sense.
Next time don't post off topic