Some distros are a lot more easier to install and get all of your hardware running than Windows 98/Me were not too long ago!!!
I'm still looking forward to a day when I can tell my parents it's finally reasonable to make the switch to Linux. Now, however, I have to point them to pages and pages of instructions on how to download ndis wrapper and recompile the kernel just to be able to use their wireless card, or tell them to purchase a new wireless card that is compatible. It's simply not a reasonable option for those that are not geeks themselves or have ready access to geeks.
I can't speak for your kids, nether can you. But I can speak for myself, and I would rather die.
That's not even close to what you said in your original post. You said that you would rather have your own child raped or killed than live in a society with means to report sexual predators in every communications medium. If you've forgotten your idiotic comment, I'll quote you once again:
I'd rather my kid die or be raped then grow up to live in a totalitarian country where everyone has a "report enemy of the people" button on all modes of communication.
That's what shows that you're either a horrible parent or just some troll that has no sense of decency.
Additionally, there is no such proposition to add a "report enemy of the people" button. Or perhaps there is, and you've read it in another article. Can you provide the link?
Do I doubt that this new system can be abused? Of course not. It will be the jobs of parents to educate their children that this is not a toy, just as they did with 911 and yelling "fire" in a crowded theater. It will make it much easier now, though, to protect our children from sexual predators. At the first instance of innappropriate conversation, a child can report the offender (with the appropriate evidence to corroborate the claim).
Answer this for me- if your own underage child (the one you said you would rather have raped or killed than live in a society with electronic means to report sexual predators) is sexually propositioned in an online chat by a grown man or woman, what will you do?
Protecting your children isn't Microsoft's fucking business.
Wrong. It's everyone's business. Would you fail to prevent a child from stepping into the street in front of a truck simply because it's not your child? Nice language, by the way.
Great, then you won't mind paying for all of the false alarms, right?
Not at all. This is what taxes are for. I don't put a price on the safety of children.
Thinking about the children is great, but parents doing their job would be more effective and wouldn't result in thousands of innocent people being accused of sex crimes.
Define "parents doing their job". What else is a child who is innocently typing in an age- and topic-appropriate chatroom when some idiot starts in with innapropriate chatter to do? He/she must report the incident to the appropriate people- parents, police, etc.
I'd rather my kid die or be raped then grow up to live in a totalitarian country where everyone has a "report enemy of the people" button on all modes of communication.
You're sick. You must either have no children or be an absolutely horrible parent.
And by the way, the button is no different than picking up the phone and dialing 9-1-1, idiot.
Microsoft and everyone else has more important things to do than build 'predator features' into their software.
Right. I'd rather have Microsoft work on some new color schemes and kewl games than help protect a child from being raped.
Pardon my extreme sarcasm, but quite frankly I think this is a noble cause. I don't care if there are millions of false reports if even one report is made that protects a child.
But what if Microsoft offered it all together?
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Apple's taking a different approach: What users need is in the box: Anti-virus, anti-spam, encryption, image backup and restore, offsite safe storage through.
Don't you think that if Microsoft offered this that everyone would cry monopoly? Actually, I've seen other people on Slashdot cry this before at the announcement of Microsoft's OneCare program, which isn't even bundled with the OS!
Perhaps this is true from the perspective of a low level end user, but for those in IT, Microsoft is far more- SQL Server,.NET, BizTalk, and SharePoint are a few of the widely-adopted products.
Any illegal copying of text, images and mp3's will be fine with us as that is what the web is all about so please feel free to do so.
As I expected, these guys are retarded. According to them, the primary purpose of the web is to illegally copy text, images, and mp3s.
Does the UK have a food stamp program? If so, could someone point these guys to it? If all four Skyclad fans decide to illegally copy their music, these guys will be very hungry soon.
You're an idiot. The fact that you listen to Skyclad reinforces that statement.
You would think that a band with such limited earning power would be outraged that you took it upon yourself to obtain their music without compensating the band properly. But, I presume that the members of Skyclad are at least mildly retarded, and thus probably don't know any better.
There's nothing hip or cool aboug having some music device from a giant corporation.
Who cares? It's a bit funny that you even make a comment about hipness on Slashdot anyway. I doubt the legions of Slashdot nerds wearing white socks with brown shoes will care about hipness. For those in the know, the decision is primarily about functionality and price.
Before you start questioning my IT knowledge and experience
It was your post that gave away your lack of IT knowledge and experience.
If you would have read my post in its entirety (and even the quote from my post above), you would have seen the "and has never let go of since" part. Most businesses use Windows- that's what makes it an important OS. Sure, many businesses started with Mainframes and Unix deployments, but they have since abandoned them for Microsoft platforms.
Now go back downstairs and wait until Spongebob comes on.
I'm sorry, sir, but you appear to have violated the EULA stated in my signature.
My lawyers will be contacting you soon.
Have a nice day.
How on earth does this idiotic post get a score of 2? This guy is a nuisance to society. My only hope is that his parents will go downstairs to the basement and take a belt to him.
The caps lock key seems crucial for lousy developers- now they'll need to hold down the shift key when the type their ridiculous constant names such as THIS_IS_A_CONSTANT_FOR_THE_NUMBER_8. Having the caps lock key makes their lives a bit easier when writing code that yells at people.
Granted, most applications are written to run on the Windows OS, but that does not make Windows the driver of computing for the masses, it is still the applications.
I think you have a correct statement here. The importance still lies with the fact that most business applications run on the Windows platform, thus most businesses owe their technological advancements to the Windows platform.
Was Windows the first OS? Of course not. Was it the first OS that businesses ran applications on? Of course not. It was, however, the first OS that the business world latched on to and has never let go of since.
Denying the importance of the Windows platform is an idea too silly to believe by anyone but a Linux or Mac fanboy who has no real world technology experience.
Now, who knows what one has to say or do for a Microsoft programmer to die?
Nice. And of course, here on morally-bankrupt Slashdot, this idiotic post is modded "Funny". There's nothing like a joke about death to bring joy to the basement-dwelling fanboys.
Despite the fact that you are correct and have experienced the same behavior as the majority of other Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 users out there, your comment will be ignored because it's not the standard slashdot-approved pointless and ignorant Microsoft bashing.
This is slashdot- I don't expect any informative posts about Microsoft products I make to be taken seriously, anyway. This is a *nix-fanboy site- no more, no less.
Now, I could act like the typical slashdot nerd and post incredibly insightful comments about "Micro$oft" or chairs. Would that make you feel better?
Did you even read the parent post? He never made the claim that IE is present on 100% of the machines at 100% of the universities- just present at 100% of the universities.
Now, this is a silly statistic, because basically if a single university had a single Windows machine, his statement would still be accurate.
Nevertheless, you should work on your reading comprehension.
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Some distros are a lot more easier to install and get all of your hardware running than Windows 98/Me were not too long ago!!!
I'm still looking forward to a day when I can tell my parents it's finally reasonable to make the switch to Linux. Now, however, I have to point them to pages and pages of instructions on how to download ndis wrapper and recompile the kernel just to be able to use their wireless card, or tell them to purchase a new wireless card that is compatible. It's simply not a reasonable option for those that are not geeks themselves or have ready access to geeks.
I can't speak for your kids, nether can you. But I can speak for myself, and I would rather die.
That's not even close to what you said in your original post. You said that you would rather have your own child raped or killed than live in a society with means to report sexual predators in every communications medium. If you've forgotten your idiotic comment, I'll quote you once again:
I'd rather my kid die or be raped then grow up to live in a totalitarian country where everyone has a "report enemy of the people" button on all modes of communication.
That's what shows that you're either a horrible parent or just some troll that has no sense of decency.
Additionally, there is no such proposition to add a "report enemy of the people" button. Or perhaps there is, and you've read it in another article. Can you provide the link?
Do I doubt that this new system can be abused? Of course not. It will be the jobs of parents to educate their children that this is not a toy, just as they did with 911 and yelling "fire" in a crowded theater. It will make it much easier now, though, to protect our children from sexual predators. At the first instance of innappropriate conversation, a child can report the offender (with the appropriate evidence to corroborate the claim).
Answer this for me- if your own underage child (the one you said you would rather have raped or killed than live in a society with electronic means to report sexual predators) is sexually propositioned in an online chat by a grown man or woman, what will you do?
Protecting your children isn't Microsoft's fucking business.
Wrong. It's everyone's business. Would you fail to prevent a child from stepping into the street in front of a truck simply because it's not your child? Nice language, by the way.
Great, then you won't mind paying for all of the false alarms, right?
Not at all. This is what taxes are for. I don't put a price on the safety of children.
Thinking about the children is great, but parents doing their job would be more effective and wouldn't result in thousands of innocent people being accused of sex crimes.
Define "parents doing their job". What else is a child who is innocently typing in an age- and topic-appropriate chatroom when some idiot starts in with innapropriate chatter to do? He/she must report the incident to the appropriate people- parents, police, etc.
I'd rather my kid die or be raped then grow up to live in a totalitarian country where everyone has a "report enemy of the people" button on all modes of communication.
You're sick. You must either have no children or be an absolutely horrible parent.
And by the way, the button is no different than picking up the phone and dialing 9-1-1, idiot.
Microsoft and everyone else has more important things to do than build 'predator features' into their software.
Right. I'd rather have Microsoft work on some new color schemes and kewl games than help protect a child from being raped.
Pardon my extreme sarcasm, but quite frankly I think this is a noble cause. I don't care if there are millions of false reports if even one report is made that protects a child.
Apple's taking a different approach: What users need is in the box: Anti-virus, anti-spam, encryption, image backup and restore, offsite safe storage through.
Don't you think that if Microsoft offered this that everyone would cry monopoly? Actually, I've seen other people on Slashdot cry this before at the announcement of Microsoft's OneCare program, which isn't even bundled with the OS!
But face it, Microsoft is still Windows + Office
.NET, BizTalk, and SharePoint are a few of the widely-adopted products.
Perhaps this is true from the perspective of a low level end user, but for those in IT, Microsoft is far more- SQL Server,
I like the way you use "M$" in place of "MS" everywhere in your post. Hilarious!
Any illegal copying of text, images and mp3's will be fine with us as that is what the web is all about so please feel free to do so.
As I expected, these guys are retarded. According to them, the primary purpose of the web is to illegally copy text, images, and mp3s.
Does the UK have a food stamp program? If so, could someone point these guys to it? If all four Skyclad fans decide to illegally copy their music, these guys will be very hungry soon.
You're an idiot. The fact that you listen to Skyclad reinforces that statement.
You would think that a band with such limited earning power would be outraged that you took it upon yourself to obtain their music without compensating the band properly. But, I presume that the members of Skyclad are at least mildly retarded, and thus probably don't know any better.
There's nothing hip or cool aboug having some music device from a giant corporation.
Who cares? It's a bit funny that you even make a comment about hipness on Slashdot anyway. I doubt the legions of Slashdot nerds wearing white socks with brown shoes will care about hipness. For those in the know, the decision is primarily about functionality and price.
Before you start questioning my IT knowledge and experience
It was your post that gave away your lack of IT knowledge and experience.
If you would have read my post in its entirety (and even the quote from my post above), you would have seen the "and has never let go of since" part. Most businesses use Windows- that's what makes it an important OS. Sure, many businesses started with Mainframes and Unix deployments, but they have since abandoned them for Microsoft platforms.
Now go back downstairs and wait until Spongebob comes on.
I'm sorry, sir, but you appear to have violated the EULA stated in my signature. My lawyers will be contacting you soon. Have a nice day.
How on earth does this idiotic post get a score of 2? This guy is a nuisance to society. My only hope is that his parents will go downstairs to the basement and take a belt to him.
The problem is that firefox 2.0 won't use that revision of the gecko core, only 3.0 will use it.
That's great. In other news, the Glorp, Flurble, and Fleeble browsers will all pass the Acid2 test, once they're implemented and released, of course.
The caps lock key seems crucial for lousy developers- now they'll need to hold down the shift key when the type their ridiculous constant names such as THIS_IS_A_CONSTANT_FOR_THE_NUMBER_8. Having the caps lock key makes their lives a bit easier when writing code that yells at people.
Granted, most applications are written to run on the Windows OS, but that does not make Windows the driver of computing for the masses, it is still the applications.
I think you have a correct statement here. The importance still lies with the fact that most business applications run on the Windows platform, thus most businesses owe their technological advancements to the Windows platform.
Was Windows the first OS? Of course not. Was it the first OS that businesses ran applications on? Of course not. It was, however, the first OS that the business world latched on to and has never let go of since.
Denying the importance of the Windows platform is an idea too silly to believe by anyone but a Linux or Mac fanboy who has no real world technology experience.
Now, who knows what one has to say or do for a Microsoft programmer to die?
Nice. And of course, here on morally-bankrupt Slashdot, this idiotic post is modded "Funny". There's nothing like a joke about death to bring joy to the basement-dwelling fanboys.
Please tell me the parent post was meant as a joke. I mean, come on- the "hole" U.S. school system and "guted"!
If the parent post is any indication of the quality of education provided in our schools, we're doomed.
Dang it! I got modded "Troll". Boy, I didn't see that one coming!
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo fanboys!
...yet another basement-dwelling fanboy creates an idiotic, inaccurate portrayal of Microsoft products and is modded "Funny".
Wait...perhaps if I mention M$ and Blue Screens I'll be modded "Funny" as well! I can't wait to go upstairs and tell ma and pa!
Actually I believe you mean M. Night Shalamazam (or quite possibly M. Night Shalamalamadingdong).
Despite the fact that you are correct and have experienced the same behavior as the majority of other Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 users out there, your comment will be ignored because it's not the standard slashdot-approved pointless and ignorant Microsoft bashing.
This is slashdot- I don't expect any informative posts about Microsoft products I make to be taken seriously, anyway. This is a *nix-fanboy site- no more, no less.
Now, I could act like the typical slashdot nerd and post incredibly insightful comments about "Micro$oft" or chairs. Would that make you feel better?
Did you even read the parent post? He never made the claim that IE is present on 100% of the machines at 100% of the universities- just present at 100% of the universities.
Now, this is a silly statistic, because basically if a single university had a single Windows machine, his statement would still be accurate.
Nevertheless, you should work on your reading comprehension.
Actually, IE is just as safe as other browsers such as Firefox if you run as a normal user account rather than as an administrator.
That being said, I actually prefer Firefox due to the extensions and it's plain to see that the masses are starting to wise up to this as well.