Anyways,
>>1, please listen to me. Not that it's really related to this thread. I installed Windows XP a while ago; you know, Windows XP? Well anyways there were an insane number of preloading applications built in there, and I couldn't log in. Then, I looked at the back of the box, and it had Now with Service Pack 2 written on it. Oh, the stupidity. Those idiots. You don't install Windows just because it s got Service Pack 2, fool. It's only Service Pack 2, THE SECOND OF MULTIPLE SERVICE PACKS for crying out loud. There're even companies buying it. Company of 4000 employees, all ghosting images of Windows on their boxes, huh? How fucking nice. Alright, Norton's gonna send a 20 GB image over the wire. God I can't bear to watch. You people, I'll give you a damn CD of Service Pack 2 for FREE if you stop jumping on this bandwagon. Windows should be an OS stained with the blood of the command-line. The tense atmosphere, where two guys on opposite sides of the open source battle can start a fight over GPL vs BSD at any time, the stab-or-be-stabbed mentality, that's what's great about this place. Businesses and end-users should screw off and stay home. Anyways, I was about to wipe the drive, and then the bastard beside me goes Express install, with the firewall. Who in the world installs the Windows Firewall nowadays, you moron? I want to ask him, do you REALLY want to install that firewall? I want to interrogate him. I want to interrogate him for roughly an hour. Are you sure you don't just want to try saying Firewall? Coming from a Windows veteran such as myself, the latest trend among us vets is this, third-party applications. That's right, third-party applications. This is the vet's way of computing. Third-pary applications means more functionality than security. But on the other hand the stability is a tad lower. This is the key. And then, it's powerful. This is unbeatable. However, if you try this then there is danger that you'll be marked by Microsoft's authorization during Windows Update from next time on; it s a double-edged sword. I can't recommend it to amateurs. What this all really means, though, is that you,
>>1, should just stick with Linux.