Actualy, we used something like that as a timeclock when I worked at food lion. The size told me no harddrive, or at least a laptop, no cd drive, and only 2 usb and one monitor out. Pretty neat, and I believe it was runing linux. It was not Windows(Just didn't graphicly fit any windows system, and it was locked down to just a menu in the middle of the screen). I never got to play around with it or see it bootup. Too bad.
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Hopefully someone smashed you as well after that.
Of course, I'm not one to claim innocence in this matter, though I've never gone to the extremes it appears others have. I rented a video game before and it wasn't working properly, kept screwing up on me. I got so angry at it that I filled the sink with water and drown the cartridge in it. Afterwards I tossed it on my bed and went away to do something else. Interestingly enough, next time I tried it after the drowning it actually worked better. | |
You would be surprised at the kind of gunk that gets on rented movies and games. You'd swear a parent let thier baby chew on it or something... or they sneezed on it >_>
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Sounds like he's speaking German. I could be wrong though.
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LOL
There is another one of Google called Angry Xbox Live Player, something along those lines. He is acting just like the german kid. He screams, yells, swears, punches the TV, the floor, slams the door, etc... It is hilarious. | |
Shades wrote:
...too bad all I use my PC for is Games, Pr0n and BYOND, so I mean, I don't need it.. well pr0n is not OS based, so that's no excuse. i run BYOND decently under the QEMU emulator with Win98 (you can run Win2000 and XP on it too), and most likely the games you play run natively under the Cedega (formerly WineX) engine for Linux. so ya got any other poor reasons to not run Linux? :p | |
Yeah Digital. What Windows does for me, does it fine, I have no problems with it so I have no reason to go to Linux.
I am sure the learning curve isn't hard at all, especally with all the new kinds of Linux out there. But I don't want to have to adjust myself just so I can use the same stuff I have been for years. Its kind of like when you get used to a certian brand, you just keep using it. The only thing that would intrest me in Linux is the extra secuirty, but since there is nothing worth getting or protecting on my current system, theres no need for that security. | |
Shades wrote:
...but since there is nothing worth getting or protecting on my current system, theres no need for that security. one the most common behaviors of attacking systems, or spreading trojans/viruses, is by infecting a target and then using it as a launching-pad to attack other systems. your computer doesn't have to have anything in it to be of interest, it just has to be connected to the internet to do it's dirty work. and if you happen to use an email program (like Outlook or Eudora), it gets a bonus by using your email programs's address-book as a list of new machines to infect. smarter programs will scan the system for recognizable email addresses or ip addresses (like grandma's email addy), or just sit and wait for a friend to connect to a BYOND game you are hosting, or your favorite website. then it grabs the ip and uses it as a means of spreading itself around. um.. not that i know anything about these things, of course... and i'm not saying that Linux-based OSs are perfectly secure, but they do slow-down (if not stop) these kinds of 'system hijackings'. | |
digitalmouse wrote:
so ya got any other poor reasons to not run Linux? Yeah, installing my nVidia drivers without hosing my entire Linux install...installing and configuring my Intel Pro Wireless 2200B/G...installing most applications...finding the executables for the applications I do manage to install...trying to find anything that isn't in my home directory... By then I usually give up, so I can't come up with any more reasons... Granted all of these problems stem from my lack of knowledge, but still! | |
well, that dosen't matter much to me, I'll fall asleep at night reguardless if I kill your PC by accident.
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DasFalke wrote:
Yeah, installing my nVidia drivers without hosing my entire Linux install... usually not a problem anymore, or atleast no worse than windows, and some of the newer distros come with the drivers installed (or atleast will install them if your system need them). installing and configuring my Intel Pro Wireless 2200B/G assuming it has a fairly new wireless chipset, modern distros should auto-detect and configure for you. ...installing most applications...finding the executables for the applications I do manage to install again, the modern distribution usually does a very good job of taking care of this, making it available in the GUI menu . alternatively, you can create a shortcut on the desktop that points to where the program resides (usually /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin depending on how your distro does it) ...trying to find anything that isn't in my home directory... well that is just as problematic in any OS. windows used to be notorious for stuffing .dlls and drivers throughout the C.\windows or system32 directory/subdirectories. and don't get me started on trying to find fonts under MacOS X (usually there are atleast 3 places where they could be hiding). under linux there are generally two places where things are installed, depending on whether it's a system program (like a utility) or a user program (like a game). Granted all of these problems stem from my lack of knowledge, but still! still what? most modren distros come very well prepared or setup, right out of the box, and generally do not require any more effort to setup/configure/use than a Windows98 or XP box. it just takes a little effort (and a lot less laziness). | |
and this is why the net is so full of crap, thanks to people like you who do not care.
if you do nothing to protect yourself from being a launching pad for other malware, spyware, viruses, and trojans, your apathy puts you at the same level as the creators of these things, especially when you know it has, can, and will happen. you excuse is about the same as you working for someone and not bothering to lock the door when you are the last to leave, under the blind reasoning that 'i fall asleep at night knowing that it's not my stuff that gets stolen or destroyed'. pathetic. hopefully you will grow up someday and take responsibility for your in-action. | |
Fiddling with things like the file manager, Windows Media Player, Firefox, and various games! How dare I!
And that's just some of the situations I've had windows crash on me. | |
Not true, I get paid to work, so of course I always make sure the doors and vault is locked and the security alarm is on.
I have never had any problems with viruses or trojans in my life. I have never had to reset or reformatt my hardware because of a virus or hacker or some sort. Its not my job to worry about the rest of you and until it is, thats the way I will think. So excuse me, when I don't worry about some guy I don't even know online who thinks I should be using Linux. | |
Shades wrote:
Not true, I get paid to work, so of course I always make sure the doors and vault is locked and the security alarm is on. ok, then what about your own house? do you get paid to lock the doors? or do you let just anyone come in and use/remove stuff? I have never had any problems with viruses or trojans in my life. I have never had to reset or reformatt my hardware because of a virus or hacker or some sort. probably true, yet your system may be used to cause these problems on other computers that you willingly connect to. you may be assisting in the illegal activity and not realize it. would you willingly allow people to use your personal property for illegal activites? if so, can i use your garage to start stacking bodies? oh, and you get nothing for it, by the way. Its not my job to worry about the rest of you and until it is, thats the way I will think. this is not a job, but a general responsibility, not to mention a little bit of common sense. heck it costs nothing to provide a means of prevention to remove your system as a source of attack. good grief! do you live in some backwoods area where you don't care about your own property or the property of others? ...who thinks I should be using Linux. i don't think you should be using linux, in fact i never once tried to force you in any way to use linux. i only provided responses to your mis-information regarding pr0n, games, and the like. besides, common-sense protective measures are available for all OSs. usually for free. | |
besides, common-sense protective measures are available for all OSs. usually for free. Remember, kids - practice safe computing! | |
And I use that. I have Windows firewall set up, I have another firewall installed and I use a virus scanner and a ad-aware program to keep pesky ads away from me.
The house thing is totally irrelevant since I have already pointed out that I am watching out for myself and no one else. So of course I don't let anyone walk in and take my stuff. | |
I mean, everyone always says how Linux is suppior in like a lot of ways, too bad all I use my PC for is Games, Pr0n and BYOND, so I mean, I don't need it..
Still.. that is a SWEET PC, and its so small, and a REALLY good price, considering people are still paying up to $500 for laptops with Windows 3.1 on it the same size.
What is even cooler is the fact they are using flash cards for internal memory instead of actual HDs, that is so cool.