"Frank" <fb> wrote in message
news:8faf
> Clear Windows wrote:
>
> hehehe...just where did you get that stupid, incorrect, ignorant
> assumption from you idiot...lol
>
> You shouldn't degrade yourself in that manner capin' crunch
>
> Describing yourself huh?
>
> You're and idiot?
> There, I just did!...LOL!
> Frank

He just might have to call in a translator for that!

In article <b5f08f10-592a-454c-b281-26fc25db2006>,
Bill Yanaire <BillYanaire> wrote:
>
>Are you FUKKING Kidding? Ubuntu is only good for E-Mail, Web Surfing,
>and writing a simple letter to your MAMA! If you want to do REAL
>work, use Windows XP or Vista. That is where the powerhouse works!

Lol. Maybe if you think Photoshop is the alpha and omega of
computer software.

Wanna try and build a 128 node parallel processing machine on
Vista?

>Ubuntu only has a small marketshare and for being a FREE product you
>would think that it would have penitrated the market better. Go

Ah yes, ad populum. Now there's an example of a rational mind
at work. If all your friends jumped off the roof would you jump off the
roof too?

In article <#Sw8L0fsIHA.6096>,
Bill Yanaire <bill> wrote:
>
>Ubuntu won't run the majority of the popular programs

It won't run the majority of popular windows programs. It runs
the majority of popular linux programs just fine.

In article <4824926d$0$3379$4c368faf>,
wayneP <me> wrote:
>
>I'm not aware of any HP scanners that work in Linux.
>

That's strange. All of the scanjet series are officially supported.

The reason you don't see linux viruses isn't the "small"
installed base. It's that the security model makes compromise
more difficult. In order for a linux virus to work you'd need to
be able to run arbitrary code remotely as an authenticated local user
with sufficient privileges to cause havoc. There *have* been such
exploits but I can count them on one hand.

In article <eDXvxrhsIHA.1952>,
Bill Yanaire <bill> wrote:
>>Yes, I work to get predators off the street.


How are you with coyotes?

"the wharf rat" <wrat> wrote in message
news:op01
> In article
> <b5f08f10-592a-454c-b281-26fc25db2006>,
> Bill Yanaire <BillYanaire> wrote:
>
> Lol. Maybe if you think Photoshop is the alpha and omega of
> computer software.
>
> Wanna try and build a 128 node parallel processing machine on
> Vista?
>> Ah yes, ad populum. Now there's an example of a rational mind
> at work. If all your friends jumped off the roof would you jump off the
> roof too?
>
Depends on how much I put in the BONG!

the wharf rat wrote:
> In article
> <b5f08f10-592a-454c-b281-26fc25db2006>,
> Bill Yanaire <BillYanaire> wrote:
>>
>> Are you FUKKING Kidding? Ubuntu is only good for E-Mail, Web
>> Surfing, and writing a simple letter to your MAMA! If you want to
>> do REAL work, use Windows XP or Vista. That is where the powerhouse
>> works!
>
> Lol. Maybe if you think Photoshop is the alpha and omega of
> computer software.
>
> Wanna try and build a 128 node parallel processing machine on
> Vista?

No, of course not. Window's users don't try something "just because they
can."


>
>> Ubuntu only has a small marketshare and for being a FREE product you
>> would think that it would have penitrated the market better. Go
>
> Ah yes, ad populum. Now there's an example of a rational mind
> at work. If all your friends jumped off the roof would you jump off
> the
> roof too?

Uh, that would depend on whether the overwhelming evidence of safety exists,
how much enjoyment there was to be had, the cost of the project, the
consequenses of NOT jumping (shunning, for example), and a host of other
issues.

"Jumping off the roof" is not as clear-cut a disaster as using Ubuntu.

"Frank" <fb> wrote in message
news:8faf

>> He could not "play" with windows with its crap... its just to dangerous
>> with all those viruses around.
>
> How many posters in this ng have gotten a virus while using Vista?
> Well...how many you big mouth stupid POS lying idiot moron?

Don't know.

But it was virused before it's release.
[..]

"Frank" <fb> wrote in message
news:8faf

> How many posters in this ng have gotten a virus while using Vista?
> Well...how many you big mouth stupid POS lying idiot moron?

Don't really know the answer. But Vista was virused before it's release.
And fell during a recent hacker challenge. The first known Vista virus:

http://www.crime-research.org/news/05.08.2005/1407/

So the question isn't if, but of how many.

In article <e7Do49hsIHA.672>,
HeyBub <heybub> wrote:
>
>Uh, that would depend on whether the overwhelming evidence of safety exists,
>how much enjoyment there was to be had, the cost of the project, the
>consequenses of NOT jumping (shunning, for example), and a host of other
>issues.
>

How can you be so rational about jumping off the roof, and
so completely thoughtless about what your keyboard is plugged into?
How can you so completely worship a giant corporations' cynical abuse
of its customers as life support for Microsft (tm) wallets? Don't
feed me that neo-con crap about how all a corporation needs to care about
is its stock price. Its half of the contract is to provide the value
paid for.

Which vista does not.

the wharf rat wrote:

> In article <4824926d$0$3379$4c368faf>,
> wayneP <me> wrote:
>
>>I'm not aware of any HP scanners that work in Linux.
>>
>> That's strange. All of the scanjet series are officially supported.
>
> The reason you don't see linux viruses isn't the "small"
> installed base.

Of course it is. There are now more linux distros than there are actual
linux users.
IOW's, nobody really gives a shit about linux for the desktop.
It's not worth using and not worth exploiting.
Frank

Canuck57 wrote:

> "Frank" <fb> wrote in message
> news:8faf
>>>>He could not "play" with windows with its crap... its just to dangerous
>>>with all those viruses around.
>>
>>How many posters in this ng have gotten a virus while using Vista?
>>Well...how many you big mouth stupid POS lying idiot moron?
>> Don't know.

Hahaha...of curse you don't know...you know nothing at all about Vista.
>
> But it was virused before it's release.

See what I mean...LOL!
Frank
[..]

Canuck57 wrote:

-----------------------------

That was just too fukkin stupid to even reply to.
Frank

the wharf rat wrote:

> In article <e7Do49hsIHA.672>,
> HeyBub <heybub> wrote:
>>
> How can you be so rational about jumping off the roof, and
> so completely thoughtless about what your keyboard is plugged into?
> How can you so completely worship a giant corporations' cynical abuse
> of its customers as life support for Microsft (tm) wallets? Don't
> feed me that neo-con crap about how all a corporation needs to care about
> is its stock price. Its half of the contract is to provide the value
> paid for.
>
> Which vista does not.
>

You're speaking for only yourself mr rat and no one else.
Frank

"the wharf rat" <wrat> wrote in message
news:op01
> In article
> <b5f08f10-592a-454c-b281-26fc25db2006>,
> Bill Yanaire <BillYanaire> wrote:
>>
>>Are you FUKKING Kidding? Ubuntu is only good for E-Mail, Web Surfing,
>>and writing a simple letter to your MAMA! If you want to do REAL
>>work, use Windows XP or Vista. That is where the powerhouse works!
>
> Lol. Maybe if you think Photoshop is the alpha and omega of
> computer software.

And there are substitutes for it on Linux.

> Wanna try and build a 128 node parallel processing machine on
> Vista?

Never happen for real. Certainly, even if you put 12800 Vista in the
cluster it wouldn't make the top500. It would be a CF for sure. Network
and disk bottlenecks would preclude Vista from even entering any meaningful
large scale parallel processing.

[url down]

But does look like Microsoft has crept up the list. At position 116 you can
find the top Windows entry. Right behind 115 Linux/UNIX systems. W2003
Compute Cluster from Dell. 2048 processors and submitted by "Industry".
Which means no one is actually using it as configured. A vendor entry for
sales.

You can find the similar Dell hardware up at position 110 but only with 1760
processors, 288 fewer than above but rnning Linux. It is ranked higher and
someone is actually using it.

Pretty safe to say that Vista would lucky to be a dumb terminal in the
top500.


>>Ubuntu only has a small marketshare and for being a FREE product you
>>would think that it would have penitrated the market better. Go
>
> Ah yes, ad populum. Now there's an example of a rational mind
> at work. If all your friends jumped off the roof would you jump off the
> roof too?

There are a lot of people who do follow Microsoft like the Pied Piper.