No, I don't care what you think and I don't care what Stallman thinks. I use Windows by choice and like it; you probably think I'm some sort of baby-eating monster.
The only thing I get out of it is that I might be slightly more prepared for these problems. I don't think it is a trivial thing to be more prepared, and I'd like other people to take precautions, if we do, then perhaps it might be a little less bad that it might otherwise be, or it might help in actualizing your argument - which is increase awareness to the point where we, collectively, do something about it.
Nah, I don't think that's it. I'm going with the Mad Max thing.
But, I don't have much hope that will be the case because of attitudes like yours
People who live in reality instead of fantasy-land?
Part of the problem is that it may very well be too late, right now.
In that case, I still have the right attitude because I'm not wasting my life worrying.
When's your shift on the street corner with the "Repent! The End Is Near!" sign? Noon to 4:00?
QT doesn't make Windows apps. It makes weird mutant apps that:
1) Don't have Windows standard dialogs 2) Don't work with tons of Windows features (I stopped using Pidgin because, being a QT app, it can't work with text recognition or voice control, and had no integration with Windows' tablet features.) 3) Requires a completely un-related program to be installed
And it's even worse on OS X.
If you want *real* cross-platform apps, don't use QT. That's the short version.
Probably people just ignore gibberish when I see it, since there's no point in trying to discuss things with people who (apparently) can't even speak English. That's what I do at least.
But typing gibberish, then complaining that people don't understand the gibberish, that's just crazy.
As to the actual subject, I think the biggest problem Stallman's biggest problem is his 1984-esque doublespeak of the language:
"Yes, this code is more Free than that BSD code." "Oh great! Can I ship it on this device I just invented, the Fleevo?" "No." "Can I distribute a modified version?" "No."
Something that prides itself on being "free" can't have restrictions on it! We're not morons; we know when people are trying to blindside us by selectively changing the meaning of words, and I think a lot of people aren't going to stand for it. Either make it free, or call it something else. I don't like doublespeak.
It is going to happen. The question is when. It is obvious from the American Petroleum Institute figures and thinking about where the top of the production curve is going to happen that it's not far off.
No, it's not going to happen because we'll see it coming and do something about it, like we have for everything ever.
Answer the question: what do *you* get out of it? Do you get some kind of thrill telling people they're all going to die in the next 20 years? Do you fantasize about being the Mad Max character? What's your angle on it all? That's what I'm curious about.
1. To run the program as you wish. 2. To study the source code, and change it so the program does what you wish. 3. To redistribute exact copies when you wish. 4. To distribute copies of your modified versions, when you wish.
The problem is that he also has an implied:
5. You can't run anything EXCEPT Free Software.
rule, and that's the one everybody disagrees with. I mean, the first four as well and good, especially since I can take and leave them as I please, but that fifth one is a pain in the ass. That's the rule that makes it "wrong" for me to use Ubuntu because some of the drivers have "binary blobs" in them. Or makes me give up my Tivo.
I can't believe this is still not understood by some./ers.
Maybe that's because all you're typing is a series of random punctuation and a couple words, some nonsense from some programming language or editor I don't know.
What specific program are you having issues with? I can't imagine that any 16-bit program, even the most obscure, hasn't been re-written a dozen times by now. Or does it deal with some particular unusual piece of hardware that hasn't been made in awhile?
The last 32-bit only processors were sold about 2-3 years ago so I imagine that most OSes are going to continue to support regular x86 for a long time hence.
I bought one a month ago. An Intel Atom CPU inside my MSI Wind netbook. (Highly recommended, BTW.)
Alternatively, Windows could tell you "Hey, this driver isn't signed, do you really want to install it?" with the same secure input method used by UAC. Which is pretty much how XP did it (minus secure confirmation).
And then idiots would say yes, and then their computers would crash, and then they'd blame Microsoft. Just like they did on XP, despite the warnings. You might have a good understanding of technology, but Microsoft's dealing with psychology: how do we let non-technical normal human beings run a computer without harming themselves?
Some Atoms can do 64-bit now, so it's definitely coming.
But this does demonstrate the problem: Windows runs on so many thousands of different devices that it'll be a long, long time before all of them "go away" enough to let them drop 32-bit support. I mean, if I buy a MSI Wind right now with an Atom chip, I'd definitely expect to be able to run Windows 7 on it, doubly-so because Windows 7 claims improved netbook performance.
The relevent facts are that, unlike the beginning of time until the 1850s when fossil fuels started to be used, we now live in a society predicated on fossil fuels. Fossil fuel resources are declining and will soon be very expensive.
They've always been declining, and yet at the same time we have centuries of reserve.
Everything in the food chain that relies on fossil fuels from fertilizers to the trucking to the keeping the freezers cold will be impacted.
You have an extremely different definition of the word "food chain" than any biologist I've ever heard.
And have you considered what will happen when you can no longer get your food trucked in from thousands of miles away?
Sure I have; but what's the point since that's not going to happen? Have you ever considered what will happen with 40 foot tall chimps from the year 2640 appear in your swimming pool and drink it up? For the record, though, I do live in a low population area with great farmland that could easily be self-sufficient if it had to, not that that matters.
Of course not. You too busy trying to be fucking upbeat about it and telling yourself that some unspecified energy technology and energy infrastructure is going to come online and save you and your lifestyle.
It may, it may not. If it doesn't, that's because *it doesn't have to*. We're sitting on something like a 500 year reserve of oil right now.
Seriously, what do you get out of believing this crap? With Christians, at least the end of the world is attached to the faithful going to heaven, but what's in it for you? Do you get some kind of thrill scaring people with bullshit? Do you have some survivalist fantasy where, if the world did go to shit, you'd become Mad Max if only you got the chance?
Seriously, man. That speech you just gave? Let's mentally go back in history and give it to someone who lived in, say... 1920. Did it come true? No. 1880... true? No. etc etc.
You're no different than the crazy guy on the sidewalk with his "Repent!" sign, except that you have a laptop.
Ok, it's been posted on every website and every forum about this issue on the entire Internet...
Is there any verification at all that this is actually the buggy code? Or did someone just pull it out of their ass? (I mean, obviously this code has the same bug, but is it the same code the Zune uses?)
People have been saying that since the beginning of time. Nearly every major religion is based around that general theme. It's total bunk, complete and utter shit.
The "live start" idea gets proposed over and over by people who aren't gamers, and it never gets any more appealing. Your "live start" game means, no IM clients while the game is running, no possibility for driver upgrades when hardware changes, no joystick/peripheral configuration utilities can be running, no such thing as Windowed mode for games with slow moments, etc, etc. It's a bad idea.
Java is full of security holes. I got the Vundo/Virtumonde virus from a Java exploit. I've vowed never to put Java on another machine, any software that wants to use it can just go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
The short version, set "Deny" permissions on the files you want to remove, when you reboot the NTFS permissions will prevent anything from opening up/running the files, and you can then remove the Deny permissions and delete them.
Ok, you may not personally like it, but Oblivion won practically every game-of-the-year award there is. You still had zero reason to believe Fallout 3 would be bad except groupthink from various fan communities. Glad you've faced the truth though.
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No, I don't care what you think and I don't care what Stallman thinks. I use Windows by choice and like it; you probably think I'm some sort of baby-eating monster.
There is no such rule, nor is it wrong (with or without quotation marks) to use Ubuntu.
According to you, not according to Stallman. (You know, the one we're all talking about?)
The only thing I get out of it is that I might be slightly more prepared for these problems. I don't think it is a trivial thing to be more prepared, and I'd like other people to take precautions, if we do, then perhaps it might be a little less bad that it might otherwise be, or it might help in actualizing your argument - which is increase awareness to the point where we, collectively, do something about it.
Nah, I don't think that's it. I'm going with the Mad Max thing.
But, I don't have much hope that will be the case because of attitudes like yours
People who live in reality instead of fantasy-land?
Part of the problem is that it may very well be too late, right now.
In that case, I still have the right attitude because I'm not wasting my life worrying.
When's your shift on the street corner with the "Repent! The End Is Near!" sign? Noon to 4:00?
QT doesn't make Windows apps. It makes weird mutant apps that:
1) Don't have Windows standard dialogs
2) Don't work with tons of Windows features (I stopped using Pidgin because, being a QT app, it can't work with text recognition or voice control, and had no integration with Windows' tablet features.)
3) Requires a completely un-related program to be installed
And it's even worse on OS X.
If you want *real* cross-platform apps, don't use QT. That's the short version.
Probably people just ignore gibberish when I see it, since there's no point in trying to discuss things with people who (apparently) can't even speak English. That's what I do at least.
But typing gibberish, then complaining that people don't understand the gibberish, that's just crazy.
As to the actual subject, I think the biggest problem Stallman's biggest problem is his 1984-esque doublespeak of the language:
"Yes, this code is more Free than that BSD code."
"Oh great! Can I ship it on this device I just invented, the Fleevo?"
"No."
"Can I distribute a modified version?"
"No."
Something that prides itself on being "free" can't have restrictions on it! We're not morons; we know when people are trying to blindside us by selectively changing the meaning of words, and I think a lot of people aren't going to stand for it. Either make it free, or call it something else. I don't like doublespeak.
It is going to happen. The question is when. It is obvious from the American Petroleum Institute figures and thinking about where the top of the production curve is going to happen that it's not far off.
No, it's not going to happen because we'll see it coming and do something about it, like we have for everything ever.
Answer the question: what do *you* get out of it? Do you get some kind of thrill telling people they're all going to die in the next 20 years? Do you fantasize about being the Mad Max character? What's your angle on it all? That's what I'm curious about.
1. To run the program as you wish.
2. To study the source code, and change it so the program does what you wish.
3. To redistribute exact copies when you wish.
4. To distribute copies of your modified versions, when you wish.
The problem is that he also has an implied:
5. You can't run anything EXCEPT Free Software.
rule, and that's the one everybody disagrees with. I mean, the first four as well and good, especially since I can take and leave them as I please, but that fifth one is a pain in the ass. That's the rule that makes it "wrong" for me to use Ubuntu because some of the drivers have "binary blobs" in them. Or makes me give up my Tivo.
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I can't believe this is still not understood by some ./ers.
Maybe that's because all you're typing is a series of random punctuation and a couple words, some nonsense from some programming language or editor I don't know.
Have you thought about, hm, ENGLISH? Maybe?
Everything I've read says XP and Vista 64 aren't true 64 bit OSes.
What are you read? "Full Of Crap Monthly?"
Under what strange, mysterious, definition of term "true 64-bit" doesn't Vista64 apply?
What specific program are you having issues with? I can't imagine that any 16-bit program, even the most obscure, hasn't been re-written a dozen times by now. Or does it deal with some particular unusual piece of hardware that hasn't been made in awhile?
The last 32-bit only processors were sold about 2-3 years ago so I imagine that most OSes are going to continue to support regular x86 for a long time hence.
I bought one a month ago. An Intel Atom CPU inside my MSI Wind netbook. (Highly recommended, BTW.)
You're full of crap.
Alternatively, Windows could tell you "Hey, this driver isn't signed, do you really want to install it?" with the same secure input method used by UAC. Which is pretty much how XP did it (minus secure confirmation).
And then idiots would say yes, and then their computers would crash, and then they'd blame Microsoft. Just like they did on XP, despite the warnings. You might have a good understanding of technology, but Microsoft's dealing with psychology: how do we let non-technical normal human beings run a computer without harming themselves?
Some Atoms can do 64-bit now, so it's definitely coming.
But this does demonstrate the problem: Windows runs on so many thousands of different devices that it'll be a long, long time before all of them "go away" enough to let them drop 32-bit support. I mean, if I buy a MSI Wind right now with an Atom chip, I'd definitely expect to be able to run Windows 7 on it, doubly-so because Windows 7 claims improved netbook performance.
Now you're just being paranoid.
Maybe Windows 7 doesn't even exist, and all these blogs are part of a huge conspiracy!! More tin foil here!
OH NO I'M SO FUCKING SCARED!!!
The relevent facts are that, unlike the beginning of time until the 1850s when fossil fuels started to be used, we now live in a society predicated on fossil fuels. Fossil fuel resources are declining and will soon be very expensive.
They've always been declining, and yet at the same time we have centuries of reserve.
Everything in the food chain that relies on fossil fuels from fertilizers to the trucking to the keeping the freezers cold will be impacted.
You have an extremely different definition of the word "food chain" than any biologist I've ever heard.
And have you considered what will happen when you can no longer get your food trucked in from thousands of miles away?
Sure I have; but what's the point since that's not going to happen? Have you ever considered what will happen with 40 foot tall chimps from the year 2640 appear in your swimming pool and drink it up? For the record, though, I do live in a low population area with great farmland that could easily be self-sufficient if it had to, not that that matters.
Of course not. You too busy trying to be fucking upbeat about it and telling yourself that some unspecified energy technology and energy infrastructure is going to come online and save you and your lifestyle.
It may, it may not. If it doesn't, that's because *it doesn't have to*. We're sitting on something like a 500 year reserve of oil right now.
Seriously, what do you get out of believing this crap? With Christians, at least the end of the world is attached to the faithful going to heaven, but what's in it for you? Do you get some kind of thrill scaring people with bullshit? Do you have some survivalist fantasy where, if the world did go to shit, you'd become Mad Max if only you got the chance?
Seriously, man. That speech you just gave? Let's mentally go back in history and give it to someone who lived in, say... 1920. Did it come true? No. 1880... true? No. etc etc.
You're no different than the crazy guy on the sidewalk with his "Repent!" sign, except that you have a laptop.
Ok, it's been posted on every website and every forum about this issue on the entire Internet...
Is there any verification at all that this is actually the buggy code? Or did someone just pull it out of their ass? (I mean, obviously this code has the same bug, but is it the same code the Zune uses?)
People have been saying that since the beginning of time. Nearly every major religion is based around that general theme. It's total bunk, complete and utter shit.
The "live start" idea gets proposed over and over by people who aren't gamers, and it never gets any more appealing. Your "live start" game means, no IM clients while the game is running, no possibility for driver upgrades when hardware changes, no joystick/peripheral configuration utilities can be running, no such thing as Windowed mode for games with slow moments, etc, etc. It's a bad idea.
Java is full of security holes. I got the Vundo/Virtumonde virus from a Java exploit. I've vowed never to put Java on another machine, any software that wants to use it can just go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
I wrote a blog entry to illustrate a method of getting rid of files like this in a slightly more "safe" manner, using NTFS permissions:
http://blakeyrat.com/2008/10/02/how-to-really-get-rid-of-the-vundo-aka-virtumonde-virtumondo-ms-juan/
The short version, set "Deny" permissions on the files you want to remove, when you reboot the NTFS permissions will prevent anything from opening up/running the files, and you can then remove the Deny permissions and delete them.
To be fair, half of those are probably Slashdotters trying to figure out what the hell this story is actually about, since it's so poorly-written.
That's a matter of opinion. I thought the part where I found the "sexy underwear" and had to kill the crazed guy who wanted it back was funny as hell.
That wasn't trolling, that was "attempting to write in an entertaining/humorous fashion."
I'd answer the question, but I'd rather you just play it yourself; it's an excellent game.
Ok, you may not personally like it, but Oblivion won practically every game-of-the-year award there is. You still had zero reason to believe Fallout 3 would be bad except groupthink from various fan communities. Glad you've faced the truth though.