dabooda - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Reflections (Score 1) 960

by dabooda on Sunday November 27, 2011 @11:35PM (#38186442) Attached to: Why Everyone Hates the IT Department

Seriously. Sorry, I know there are a lot of programmers on Slashdot and you think you know everything there is about computers, but most software developers I've known, no matter how brilliant, don't understand how to do IT support. They don't know how to make a stable system. They're one step away from the guy who wants admin access to his own machine because he upgraded his own video card once and he "knows what he's doing".

Now depending on the situation, it may still be a good idea to give developers some more leeway, but only because they need it. It can be a necessary evil, but be sure to have an "software developer" image ready, because they *will* trash their computers and expect you to fix it immediately.

I don't mean to make flamebait, but it needs to be said.

Yeah fair enough. Sometimes we do need more privileges but I agree that even a developer that *does* know what he's doing will still lunch his computer at some point. Whenever I've needed help from IT (I'm a developer) I've always been apologetic and accepted their time constraints. Are not most developers like this?

Comment Re:Seriously?! (Score 0) 330

by dabooda on Sunday November 27, 2011 @10:42PM (#38186198) Attached to: Next Apple iPhone To Have a 4 Inch Display?

I don't buy it as a hipster e-penis. So I have no interest in wasting my time with rigid-functionality cripple-gadgets.)

THEN DON'T BUY IT!

I don't see the value in a Louis Vutton wallet because in my opinion they look awful and are overly expensive for what they are. I don't, though, go around criticising people for having them. I just make my choice as a FREE CONSUMER and not buy one.

I used to think Apple fanboys were preachy and annoying but they have nothing on the Andriod Ninnies that feel the need for everyone to have Android phones.

Comment Re:Too fast... (Score 1) 206

by dabooda on Friday July 08, 2011 @01:49AM (#36691270) Attached to: Creating a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Bootable Flash Drive

For some people the only reason they use a particular OS is because the app they want to use only runs on that OS. Once that app becomes useless/annoying to them then there's nothing stopping going back to the OS they want to use.

Comment Re:Making my point with humor (Score 1) 849

by dabooda on Thursday June 25, 2009 @11:21PM (#28476895) Attached to: Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords

Pretty much yeah ... I can't tell you what the PIN for my credit card is but I can type it out if you give me a key pad that ISN'T upside down!

I mean really ... why the hell are there keypads with 7 8 & 9 on the bottom!? Madness!

Comment Re:Oracle needs to cater to business not the commu (Score 3, Funny) 334

by dabooda on Thursday May 21, 2009 @06:38PM (#28046925) Attached to: Has MySQL Forked Beyond Repair?

haha that sounded like the 'things I care more about than you' rant by Dr Cox in Scrubs! ... oh wait, I'm the only one that watches that show

Comment Re:Yahoo (Score 1) 437

by dabooda on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @10:54PM (#27932651) Attached to: Microsoft Raises $3.8B in Bond Sale

He explained what he meant. How is that comment 'Informative' anyway?

Comment Re:Intense Rant: Don't fucking write it there (Score 1) 440

by dabooda on Sunday March 22, 2009 @10:18PM (#27293887) Attached to: Did the Netbook Improve Windows 7's Performance?

What if the system has more than one user and the both play that game? Wouldn't it be neat if when user A logs in, the saved games are his and not of user B's?

2009, Year of the Linux Delusion 696

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 18, 2008 @12:56PM from the feed-the-trolls dept.

gadgetopia writes "An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low-power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won't have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to 'web only' applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too." The article goes on to skewer the year of Linux thing that seems to show up on pretty much every tech news site throughout December and January as lazy editors round out their year with softball trolling stories and "Year End Lists." We should compile a year-end list about this :)

Comment Re:Not exactly surprised... (Score 1, Insightful) 617

by dabooda on Monday August 18, 2008 @07:29PM (#24652269) Attached to: One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP?

Ubuntu using Compiz chews RAM and processing power too but I still use it.

Oh wait I forgot where I am ... yeah M$ am teh fail lulz

Microsoft Segments Linux "Personas" 558

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 19, 2007 @11:02PM from the facts-based-dialog dept.

RJ2770 writes "Microsoft has started a project for their partners to help identify the personas of different Linux users in an attempt to sway them toward Microsoft products. In addition to the web site there is a podcast on the market research behind the project, again directed at Microsoft's selling partners."

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