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10月30日 Let's talk about loveYou know how I hate talking about the same things all the time but it seems my previous post caused some confusion. I do not "hate" love, I love love (does that make any sense? :P). Well anyway, I just think that love does hurt sometimes and that quote I posted by Neil Gaiman is spot on... But even with all the pain it causes you can't help but fall in love, you can't stop it no matter how much you talk about it, no matter how much you say you want to avoid it, no matter how much it hurt last time... So about falling in love... check out this picture: http://www.everydayunclothed.com/cpg/albums/previousuploads/graphics/educ07070534046.jpg 10月22日 Love Quote One of my favorite love quotes by Neil Gaiman: “Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.” 10月9日 Bush CountdownBy counting down to Bush's last day in office - January 20, 2009 - you can indeed make the time pass more quickly. Try it!!
Hmmm.... Great idea to make one for Tassos as well but the truth is he's probably not going anywhere 
Well, at least Bush is leaving...   10月2日 Five ways Linux is better than VistaI gave Windows a fair chance; I've been using windows for what feels like a century but it's actually 13 years. That's half my life. That's a long time. I got really tired lately. I couldn't do anything without crashing the whole system. What should have been a robust, easy to use operating system became a real burden. A few months ago I decided I'd switch. I was thinking Mac maybe but I needed a new computer to do that. Linux always seemed appealing to me, but now more than ever, it was time to make the switch. So I installed Ubuntu. My life has been so much easier since then. So here we go, five ways Linux is better than Vista (and XP too, I assure you of that) from: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/62060,five-ways-linux-is-better-than-vista.aspx 1. Hardware requirements: Linux doesn't require a lot of memory or the beefiest graphics card on the market just to get up and running. Vista's system requirements are high, requiring a "modern" processor (at least a Pentium 4) and 512 Mbytes of RAM, although 1 Gbyte is recommended. The operating system takes up at least 60 GBytes of disk space, and needs at least 64 Mbytes video RAM. In contrast, some flavors of Linux can run on a box with as little as 64 Mbytes of RAM and a 486 processor. That's Linux with a graphical user interface, too. The common Linux distributions take up only 1.5 Gbytes of disk space. Vista's Aero and the overall user interface look pretty, but it doesn't make work easier. It doesn't make finding a file on the system easier or make an application run faster, does it? Ironically, all it does is slow down the user because it uses up the system resources. Instead of using the CPU to display graphics, Vista uses the GPU, which puts a strain on memory. Vista uses 256 Mbytes just for screen rendering alone, and that's not even at optimum levels. That's a lot of memory just for graphics. 2. Security: Antivirus and anti-spyware applications are not necessary on Linux boxes, but are essentially required on Vista machines. Granted, one of the reasons Linux is so secure is because malware developers are specifically targeting Windows operating systems and Windows applications. That still doesn't change the fact that Linux users do not have to worry about inadvertently downloading spyware, and sysadmins don't log hours cleaning the latest worm off Linux machines. 3. No limitations: Linux doesn't restrict how content is used on the system. Vista comes with built-in digital rights management features that are not present on Linux boxes. These DRM features can slow down the computer, cause technical support problems, and conflict with peripheral hardware and existing software. The fix may be as simple as an upgrade or as complex as replacing the hardware. For example, Vista has copy protection technology for HD-DVD and Blu-ray disks. High-quality output paths like audio and video are reserved for protected peripheral devices. This means output quality can be artificially degraded. On Linux, regardless of the distribution, music will play, movies will run, and software will load. Linux doesn't interfere with legitimate fair-use rights for the content owned by users, majority of whom are honest users. Vista's DRM can interfere with all kinds of computer use, including the ones that have nothing to do with digital rights. Related to the first point about system resources, Vista is continually monitoring itself to ensure compliance. That costs the CPU. 4. It's all Genuine: There's no such thing as Linux Genuine Advantage. Regardless of what version is installed, or where it came from, a Linux machines will work. There is no risk of losing functionality. Vista, on the other hand, relies on Windows Genuine Advantage servers to verify its serial number. And when the servers go down, as it did recently, Vista users worldwide are locked out of their computers running legitimate copies of Windows Vista. Never would have happened with Linux. 5. Get the apps, already: Increasing number of available applications for Linux have made it easier to get away from bloated Windows applications. Dislike the ribbon? Abandon Microsoft Office and come over to Open Office. It has no ribbon and it offers standards-compliant document formats. (I actually like the ribbon though, am I the only one?) Vista still ships with the cruddy picture editor, Paint. Most Linux distributions come with GIMP 2.2, a powerful application similar to Adobe's Photoshop in terms of it features. Considering all the trouble Internet Explorer has with security and rendering pages correctly, Linux users don't miss it. Mozilla meets their needs. So there you have it. Linux is better than Vista. Doesn't seem to be getting anywhere with that world domination plan, though. |
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