[News] [] Smart People at CERN Choose Linux. As for Windows Users... Well...
Roy Schestowitz
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| At CERN, the PCs, CPU servers and disks are linked on a 1G-bps
| network provided by Hewlett-Packard ProCurve switches. CERN
| itself will contribute 10 percent of the total necessary
| processors for the job, including 3,500 PCs and the rest
| single- or dual-core processors all running a version of Linux
| called Scientific Linux CERN. CERN will contribute about 8,000
| processors to the computing tasks.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2134085,00.asp
Windows users click on advert offering to infect PC for free
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| Are Linux and Mac users just more wary, more educated in security
| issues or less gullible?
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1471.html
The externel headline he chose for this post was "Dumb Windows users".
nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu
concerned, what I'd like to see is a test that requires them to follow
some instructions on installing software, including entering a root
password.
John Locke
<nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>An amazing article. As far as testing the limits of user stupidity is
>concerned, what I'd like to see is a test that requires them to follow
>some instructions on installing software, including entering a root
>password.
>
>> | Are Linux and Mac users just more wary, more educated in security
>> | issues or less gullible?
I don't think they're stupid..I have a bunch of clients that are very
well educated highly intelligent people, but when it comes to
computers its like someone turned on the ignorance button.
I think people have simply been conditioned to leave there brains
in the hnads of Microsoft. You don't have to think, we'll do the
thinking for you. Sad state of affairs.
Linonut
Now that's "Intellisense".
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nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu
> On 21 May 2007 07:36:51 -0700, "ness...@wigner.berkeley.edu"
Yes, I agree, it's arrogant and unproductive to call unexperienced
users "stupid". But a good interface doesn't allow disastrous
mistakes to be made easily. Like when your children click on a link
to a drive-by download, and that's all it takes to get infected.
Hadron Quark
> After takin' a swig o' grog, John Locke belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On 21 May 2007 07:36:51 -0700, "nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu"
>> <nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>> | Are Linux and Mac users just more wary, more educated in security
>>>> | issues or less gullible?
>> I don't think they're stupid..I have a bunch of clients that are very
>> well educated highly intelligent people, but when it comes to
>> computers its like someone turned on the ignorance button.
>>
>> I think people have simply been conditioned to leave there brains
I always get a thrill when some big head is calling other people morons
and then accuses them of leaving "there" heads in the hands of MS etc.
It's "their". They might, for example, leave their head over there.
>> in the hnads of Microsoft. You don't have to think, we'll do the
It's "hands"
>> thinking for you. Sad state of affairs.
But not the spelling or the grammar I guess, eh?
>
> Now that's "Intellisense".
No, it's looking pretty silly. The only reason I mention it is that
calling people stupid whilst spelling badly and using bad grammar is
what's called standing on pretty thin ice.
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John Locke
<hadro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Linonut <lin...@bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, John Locke belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> On 21 May 2007 07:36:51 -0700, "nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu"
>>> <nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> | Are Linux and Mac users just more wary, more educated in security
>>>>> | issues or less gullible?
>>> I don't think they're stupid..I have a bunch of clients that are very
>>> well educated highly intelligent people, but when it comes to
>>> computers its like someone turned on the ignorance button.
>>>
>>> I think people have simply been conditioned to leave there brains
>
>I always get a thrill when some big head is calling other people morons
>and then accuses them of leaving "there" heads in the hands of MS etc.
>
>It's "their". They might, for example, leave their head over there.
>
>>> in the hnads of Microsoft. You don't have to think, we'll do the
>
>It's "hands"
>
>>> thinking for you. Sad state of affairs.
>
>But not the spelling or the grammar I guess, eh?
>
>>
>> Now that's "Intellisense".
>
>No, it's looking pretty silly. The only reason I mention it is that
>calling people stupid whilst spelling badly and using bad grammar is
>what's called standing on pretty thin ice.
OK Hadron...now that you're the new COLA spell checker system,
I can chuck my old spell checker.
Actually, I think you lost your glasses..I didn't call anyone stupid.
just the opposite. Apparently you didn't read my post or just like to
be half cocked in your replys.
Hadron Quark
So calling them "conditioned to leave their brains at MS" is not calling
them stupid? It pretty much sounds like it to me.
Hadron Quark
> OK Hadron...now that you're the new COLA spell checker system,
> I can chuck my old spell checker.
Why? I spelling chucker wood not hip. If you get my drift. And it just
so happens, my lucky pick of .sig just now is ...
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"And spellchecker won;t help." : Roy Schwestowitz from comp.os.linux.advocacy.
John Locke
No, not really..a lot of intelligent people have been victimized by
propaganda over the years. Its a powerful tool that Microsoft is
an expert at deploying.
John Locke
<hadro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>John Locke <johnloc...@comcast.net> writes:
>
>> OK Hadron...now that you're the new COLA spell checker system,
>> I can chuck my old spell checker.
>
>Why? I spelling chucker wood not hip. If you get my drift. And it just
>so happens, my lucky pick of .sig just now is ...
Funny man.
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[H]omer
> On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:52:52 +0200, Hadron Quark
> <hadro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Linonut <lin...@bellsouth.net> writes:
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, John Locke belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>> I think people have simply been conditioned to leave there brains
>> I always get a thrill when some big head is calling other people morons
>> and then accuses them of leaving "there" heads in the hands of MS etc.
>>
>> It's "their". They might, for example, leave their head over there.
>>>> in the hnads of Microsoft. You don't have to think, we'll do the
>> It's "hands"
>>>> thinking for you. Sad state of affairs.
>> But not the spelling or the grammar I guess, eh?
>>> Now that's "Intellisense".
>> No, it's looking pretty silly.
What, like *this*?:
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| 'Also, no one calls it PCI-X even though that's the "official "
| shortening of the much more commonly used "PCI Express".'
| - Hardon Quirk, COLA's resident "genius".
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> Actually, I think you lost your glasses..
He's definitely lost *something*, but then Hardon doesn't strike me as
being the kind of individual who *has* much to lose to begin with.
--
K.
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Geico Caveman
> Windows users click on advert offering to infect PC for free
>
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> | Are Linux and Mac users just more wary, more educated in security
> | issues or less gullible?
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That is a chicken and egg story, at least for a subset of computer users.
I wish to remove from consideration those that need to use Windows because
of some apps and the fact that there is a certain amount of vendor lockin
when it comes to those apps.
For the ones that remain, the question remains whether they are ignorant or
just stupid. The former still exist, so one should not jump to conclusions
regarding their mental capacities.
If however a certain user is aware of the alternatives, does not suffer from
an app dependence (especially if it is profession dictated), then that
person is truly stupid.
The question whether that stupidity is native and led him/her to choose
Windows or it was the other way round (no telling how many neurons get
damaged by years of exposure to Windows), is an open one.
The chicken and the egg story.
Jamie Hart
news:1179765960....@y18g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
True, they should be called what they are. Ignorant.
"Ignorant" has gotten very bad press recently, people tend to class it
with "stupid", whereas it actually means without knowledge.
These people are certainly without knowledge when it comes to computers,
and therefore accept the assurances of someone (Microsoft) who they
believe has much more knowledge of computers than they do.
The problem arises when the someone they turn to does not have their
best interests at heart.