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Here's a little questionnaire. It's all a bit of fun.
INSTRUCTIONS: Copy the questions, click reply and paste into the post box. But the number of your answer underneath the question as a new paragraph. Please don't click "Reply quoting message".
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Q1. What is the best operating system available?
1. Microsoft Windows.
2. GNU Linux.
3. They all suck.
Q2. What operating system do you use?
1. Microsoft Windows.
2. GNU Linux.
3. Both.
Q3. How do you feel about Bill Gates?
1. He gave the world Windows! He rules!
2. I hate his very being and is merely a waste of floor space.
3. He's a nice guy. It's his company I hate.
Q4. What do you think of Windows?
1. It's great. It's the World's Most Popular OS!
2. It sucks, it's slow, it crashes all the time and Linux rules it in every way.
3. It's OK. It has its uses but it could be better.
Q5. What do you think of Linux?
1. Li-what?
2. It rules Windows in every way and is better at everything.
3. Has its bad points and sucks a bit at some things but generally better than Windows.
Q6. Where did your PC come from?
1. Packard Bell/Tiny/Compaq etc...
2. I had it built for me by Gateway/Mesh etc...
3. I built it myself.
Q7. What is your PC's environment?
1. A nice tidy kitchen/office.
2. My room with various computer magazines and games strewn around.
3. A room littered with internal gubbins, keyboards and other stuff.
Q8. Do you have a home network?
1. Network?
2. Just me and my Mum's/Dad's/sibling's.
3. This box, my boxen upstairs and the 486 in my toilet.
Q9. What do you use your PC for?
1. Games, office.
2. IRC, lodsa Net stuff etc...
3. LAN, network administration, making coffee.
Q10. What do you think of Macs?
1. Bit geeky. I prefer a hoody.
2. Look nice but they don't have the support.
3. Macs are cool. I want one, but I probably wouldn't use it often.
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Right, tot up your score, and divide it by 10. Look at the table below:
SCORE:
AVERAGE:
1-1.5: Novice computer user who just spends an hour a night on it chatting to his mates on MSN and playing Wolfenstein.
1.5-2.5: Advanced user who spends a lot of time doing stuff that's a bit geeky. You have bveen using computers for about 3-5 years
2.5-3: You have reached the Zen stage of computing and have advanced to a higher plane of reasoning and understanding. You also have a script that tells you how much porn you have.
3+: You have the intelligence of a pre-pubescent rabbit and need to learn how to do basic maths.
INSTRUCTIONS: Copy the questions, click reply and paste into the post box. But the number of your answer underneath the question as a new paragraph. Please don't click "Reply quoting message".
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Q1. What is the best operating system available?
1. Microsoft Windows.
2. GNU Linux.
3. They all suck.
Q2. What operating system do you use?
1. Microsoft Windows.
2. GNU Linux.
3. Both.
Q3. How do you feel about Bill Gates?
1. He gave the world Windows! He rules!
2. I hate his very being and is merely a waste of floor space.
3. He's a nice guy. It's his company I hate.
Q4. What do you think of Windows?
1. It's great. It's the World's Most Popular OS!
2. It sucks, it's slow, it crashes all the time and Linux rules it in every way.
3. It's OK. It has its uses but it could be better.
Q5. What do you think of Linux?
1. Li-what?
2. It rules Windows in every way and is better at everything.
3. Has its bad points and sucks a bit at some things but generally better than Windows.
Q6. Where did your PC come from?
1. Packard Bell/Tiny/Compaq etc...
2. I had it built for me by Gateway/Mesh etc...
3. I built it myself.
Q7. What is your PC's environment?
1. A nice tidy kitchen/office.
2. My room with various computer magazines and games strewn around.
3. A room littered with internal gubbins, keyboards and other stuff.
Q8. Do you have a home network?
1. Network?
2. Just me and my Mum's/Dad's/sibling's.
3. This box, my boxen upstairs and the 486 in my toilet.
Q9. What do you use your PC for?
1. Games, office.
2. IRC, lodsa Net stuff etc...
3. LAN, network administration, making coffee.
Q10. What do you think of Macs?
1. Bit geeky. I prefer a hoody.
2. Look nice but they don't have the support.
3. Macs are cool. I want one, but I probably wouldn't use it often.
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Right, tot up your score, and divide it by 10. Look at the table below:
SCORE:
AVERAGE:
1-1.5: Novice computer user who just spends an hour a night on it chatting to his mates on MSN and playing Wolfenstein.
1.5-2.5: Advanced user who spends a lot of time doing stuff that's a bit geeky. You have bveen using computers for about 3-5 years
2.5-3: You have reached the Zen stage of computing and have advanced to a higher plane of reasoning and understanding. You also have a script that tells you how much porn you have.
3+: You have the intelligence of a pre-pubescent rabbit and need to learn how to do basic maths.
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But if the OS in question has only been used by a couple of the people who I know will be filling it out then problems arise.
Look at the time I posted.
1:39am.
Most of the forums were pretty much asleep. Having been the most recent poster in life, fog prime, and fog chat, as well as possibly the dvd's and movies forum, I decided to take a look around. Believe it or not, I do look in this forum from time to time, but very rarely bother posting here.
So I read the thread, and posted. In any case, debates are won by valid points, not weight of numbers. If you're happy with your side of the story, you can argue the point, come what may.
On that note, there's something else I'd like to add.
I don't think it would be that hard to include the Mac OS in the comparison.
An operating system is an operating system, after all - regardless of what it runs on.
An analogy would be comparing games. Suppose you a have a console exclusive shooter - such as perfect dark; one that's on both computers and console - such as quake three; and one exclusive to PC - such as serious sam.
They are all first person shooters, and can all be compared. True, there will be differences between the two versions of quake 3. Also true that despite all being first person shooters, they may operate in very different ways due to the platform they're on, but at the end of the day, it's really not that hard to compare them.
1:39am.
Most of the forums were pretty much asleep. Having been the most recent poster in life, fog prime, and fog chat, as well as possibly the dvd's and movies forum, I decided to take a look around. Believe it or not, I do look in this forum from time to time, but very rarely bother posting here.
So I read the thread, and posted. In any case, debates are won by valid points, not weight of numbers. If you're happy with your side of the story, you can argue the point, come what may.
On that note, there's something else I'd like to add.
I don't think it would be that hard to include the Mac OS in the comparison.
An operating system is an operating system, after all - regardless of what it runs on.
An analogy would be comparing games. Suppose you a have a console exclusive shooter - such as perfect dark; one that's on both computers and console - such as quake three; and one exclusive to PC - such as serious sam.
They are all first person shooters, and can all be compared. True, there will be differences between the two versions of quake 3. Also true that despite all being first person shooters, they may operate in very different ways due to the platform they're on, but at the end of the day, it's really not that hard to compare them.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> Call me anything, but don't call me a liar. It's not nice, and very pathetic
> that you have to limit yourself to such way. Grow up.
It's just fishy that's all. I wasn't calling you a liar, I was justifying it. The only person I was referring to eas Venombyte.
> Call me anything, but don't call me a liar. It's not nice, and very pathetic
> that you have to limit yourself to such way. Grow up.
It's just fishy that's all. I wasn't calling you a liar, I was justifying it. The only person I was referring to eas Venombyte.
Why does the fact that Bill Gates is a business man make him a bad person???
Bill Gates is someone I've always looked up to, he started out in his bedroom on his PC and now look, if that isnt inspirational, what is? The guy is a genius. Business is business, and anyone who does well in business is clearly very intelligent.
He's managed to produce Operating Systems for many years that are, whatever people say, excellent. An Operating System isnt an easy thing to make! Think of all the different things it needs to be able to do. Someone do a survey of all the people who use Windows and see whos happy with it, the results would show that millions are perfectly happy with Windows.
I've never seen what people have against Bill Gates. Hail that man, for he is my hero!!!
Bill Gates is someone I've always looked up to, he started out in his bedroom on his PC and now look, if that isnt inspirational, what is? The guy is a genius. Business is business, and anyone who does well in business is clearly very intelligent.
He's managed to produce Operating Systems for many years that are, whatever people say, excellent. An Operating System isnt an easy thing to make! Think of all the different things it needs to be able to do. Someone do a survey of all the people who use Windows and see whos happy with it, the results would show that millions are perfectly happy with Windows.
I've never seen what people have against Bill Gates. Hail that man, for he is my hero!!!
Call me anything, but don't call me a liar. It's not nice, and very pathetic that you have to limit yourself to such way. Grow up.
These people found this thread like I did, on their own. They are not my "cronies", they are my friends.
These people found this thread like I did, on their own. They are not my "cronies", they are my friends.
Well Grix, I find it very... interesting that the very morning after I'd posted this there are at least 3 new people in here, some of whom I've never even seen before.
If you have Mac you can't put Windows on it, and if you have a PC you can't put MacOS on it. Sure, you can put a version of Linux on a Mac, but then I wouldn't be able to include Windows in the comparison.
Put it this way:
If you have an IBM, then you have a choice of OSs: Windows and Linux.
If you have a Mac, you have a choice of OSs: MacOS and Linux.
It's not a free way thing, the only flimsy link is a Linux port. Therefore, you can compare Windows and Linux and both, or Mac and Linux and both. I'd love to be able to compare Mac and Linux and Windows and all three, but you can't. More people will have had experience with Windows and possibly Linux, than MacOS. Furthermore, Linux for IBM is different to Linux for Mac (I'm not sure if it's even GNU) and I think that Linux on an IBM WOULD be better, in terms of features.
I'm not knocking Macs, I'm just saying it would be DIFFICULT to include the comparisons.
Put it this way:
If you have an IBM, then you have a choice of OSs: Windows and Linux.
If you have a Mac, you have a choice of OSs: MacOS and Linux.
It's not a free way thing, the only flimsy link is a Linux port. Therefore, you can compare Windows and Linux and both, or Mac and Linux and both. I'd love to be able to compare Mac and Linux and Windows and all three, but you can't. More people will have had experience with Windows and possibly Linux, than MacOS. Furthermore, Linux for IBM is different to Linux for Mac (I'm not sure if it's even GNU) and I think that Linux on an IBM WOULD be better, in terms of features.
I'm not knocking Macs, I'm just saying it would be DIFFICULT to include the comparisons.
Turbonutter wrote:
"Grix, if you can't argue a point properly, don't get one of your cronies to come."
Considering the last thing you said to me was "Do you enjoy winding me up?", I really don't I needed to actually try to argue there.
And I didn't say a word to anyone about this.
"Grix, if you can't argue a point properly, don't get one of your cronies to come."
Considering the last thing you said to me was "Do you enjoy winding me up?", I really don't I needed to actually try to argue there.
And I didn't say a word to anyone about this.
I would see Mac's as being comparable, they are more widely used and morer popular than linux. They also have a better hardware system than any AMD/Intel equivalent. Apple Macs are the number one choice for industry professionals in the graphics and video industry because they produce results so much more quickly than a PC Windows/Linux system.
Just because they're a little more difficult to take to bits and upgrade, doesn't remove any from their ability and application.
Just because they're a little more difficult to take to bits and upgrade, doesn't remove any from their ability and application.
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