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Forum: General 03-03-2017, 05:25 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
What made NT take off first as a workstation OS...

What made NT take off first as a workstation OS my opinion, was when the 95 UI was adapted to it. Windows95 had already been out for over a year, but WindowsNT still had the old 3.1 interface(NT...
Forum: General 03-03-2017, 01:24 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
It is interesting how fondness of a product means...

It is interesting how fondness of a product means outright love for an entity, kinda like politics I guess. I never stated I loved Microsoft, I just happen to think that at one point their Windows...
Forum: General 03-02-2017, 09:07 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
*Shrug* ok, but those were actually good versions...

*Shrug* ok, but those were actually good versions of Windows - yes there was such a time. I never had any issues, and things actually worked.
Forum: General 03-02-2017, 05:55 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Because I am feeling nostalgic

I remember the golden years of Windows. Windows NT4.0 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0) and Windows2000 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000) were hands down the best iterations...
Forum: General 03-05-2011, 03:57 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Reminds me of that song from Three Dead Trolls In...

Reminds me of that song from Three Dead Trolls In a Baggie - Every OS Sucks (Director's cut video) (http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/video/ossuckscable.html~content). Dang, can't believe its...
Forum: General 02-19-2011, 06:21 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
...So THAT explains my not liking Ubuntu also,...

...So THAT explains my not liking Ubuntu also, huh go figure... :D
Forum: General 02-13-2011, 10:20 AM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Implying that kissfm doesn't play manufactured...

Implying that kissfm doesn't play manufactured pop anyways, regardless if it is disney manufactured or not.

Still crap. And yes it is still manufactured industry pop.
Forum: General 02-12-2011, 11:56 AM
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Posted By Jeebizz
:doh: Oh come on, how long does it take to boot...

:doh: Oh come on, how long does it take to boot from NAND-flash!? Also you're implying that even watching TV doesn't take a few seconds switching from channel to channel.

If you have digital...
Forum: General 02-12-2011, 11:42 AM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Isn't that what smartphones are for? :scratch:

Isn't that what smartphones are for? :scratch:
Forum: General 02-05-2011, 10:54 AM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Yea, and then when they discover that it is NOT...

Yea, and then when they discover that it is NOT Photoshop, etc what makes you think they will not come back angry that they did not get what they wanted?

Essentially you are doing false...
Forum: General 02-05-2011, 10:43 AM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Ah yes I know this tac, the ol'...

Ah yes I know this tac, the ol' 'bait-and-switch'. Somehow its not unethical when you're advocating FOSS though... Uh...Yea..



WOW, you know that is actually a great idea. How come Kenny...
Forum: General 01-29-2011, 11:36 PM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
What distro was it? As for your clock issues, are...

What distro was it? As for your clock issues, are you sure it wasn't a problem with your bios/CMOS?



How would I know you're right? I can't read minds. Your experiences with Linux doesn't...
Forum: General 01-29-2011, 08:37 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Hrmm well Debian can take a few years to come out...

Hrmm well Debian can take a few years to come out with a new version, also no real time frame for other proper distros *cough* Slackware *ahem*, s'cuse me. I rather like my distro not having to meet...
Forum: General 01-29-2011, 08:01 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Just two sides of a coin so what? Windows uses \...

Just two sides of a coin so what? Windows uses \ while *nix uses /, so what?



Tell that to the devs at Fedora, :D *ducks*.
Forum: General 01-29-2011, 07:49 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Ummm, no? Since if that were true NTFS would not...

Ummm, no? Since if that were true NTFS would not be possible, no real TCP/IP support, or any other kind of networking support by default except maybe dialup, multi-tasking, user policies, etc...
...
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 08:26 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Well I see the copyright symbol, just not sure...

Well I see the copyright symbol, just not sure what the thingie to the right is supposed to be... :scratch:
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 06:25 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Well said sir :)

Well said sir :)
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 06:14 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
*sigh* Well I feel like as a company like...

*sigh*

Well I feel like as a company like Apple and their fans, they are condemning people like me for liking products that are essentially in their view 'ugly', 'unsophisticated', and even go so...
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 12:41 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
If I wanted to, and I actually thought about it...

If I wanted to, and I actually thought about it but just been too lazy; I can just get some spray paint and colour my beige tower to something else. I have considered giving it a total silver make...
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 11:35 AM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
So then technically Microsoft is the lesser of...

So then technically Microsoft is the lesser of the two evils. I can install Windows legally to whatever I want that is capable of running Windows, well provided it is x86. It is not like the old...
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 10:24 AM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Well if I ever need any kind of professional...

Well if I ever need any kind of professional video editing (non-linear) software, I can just turn to lightworks since they recently announced that they are going open source, and even more recently...
Forum: General 12-12-2010, 09:38 AM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Of the many times I have used my notebook when it...

Of the many times I have used my notebook when it was alive, not once have I had any issues you described, and aesthetics? Things looked just fine, no bad colors, no blurring or any kind of graphical...
Forum: General 12-11-2010, 11:15 PM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
I could probably see some argument for...

I could probably see some argument for 'professional apps', then again all Adobe products are also available on the Windows side. The design/aesthetics argument however is just so superficial and...
Forum: General 12-11-2010, 01:47 PM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Thats surprising, since I assumed the opposite...

Thats surprising, since I assumed the opposite and Mark Shuttleworth would suddenly find himself in your crosshairs, ah well go figure.
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 05:50 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
*cough*, uh, nothing.

*cough*, uh, nothing.
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 05:48 PM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
*Throws leopard a Coke* Well as far as...

*Throws leopard a Coke*

Well as far as Windows is concerned, I don't think I will ever be free of it, mainly because of the wife and what she uses:


Chinese Simplified input (Wubi)
PPStream...
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 05:34 PM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
*yawn*

*yawn*
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 12:54 PM
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Posted By Jeebizz
Yea 2KPro had more improvements, particularly USB...

Yea 2KPro had more improvements, particularly USB support. Also if I can remember, under NT4, you had to create a FAT16 partition for boot purposes, you couldn't boot NT4 right off NTFS (at least I...
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 12:19 PM
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Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Oohh, yea that is actually what I was alluding...

Oohh, yea that is actually what I was alluding to. Even in XP I disabled the crappy 'new look' and went back to the old 9x style, I mean why mess up a good thing? :p
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 12:09 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
Can I still have my classic 'press ctrl-alt-del...

Can I still have my classic 'press ctrl-alt-del to login' as well as the ctrl-alt-del bringing up the old school dialog box?:

http://www.viterbo.edu/general.aspx?ID=31570

Frankly that is the...
Forum: General 12-05-2010, 11:58 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,153
Posted By Jeebizz
I'll use both Windows and Linux, so what get over it!

Frankly I find the bashing of Microsoft rather boring. Also I have used quite a few flavors of Windows, stretching back from Win3.11 For Workgroups. The best Windows experience I ever had (wasn't...
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