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Linux vs. Windows

Ilia Frenkel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:50:49 +0000

Recently, I was reading an article about how to “Make Linux faster and lighter” (http://www.tuxradar.com/content/make-linux-faster-and-lighter) on TuxRadar. The article was not very good (IMHO) and I switched to users comments. A few paragraphs later I noticed very familiar trend.

It is funny how any Linux related discussion sooner or later becomes an endless flood of comments about why Linux is better than Windows and vice versa. What is the point? A few months ago I switched from WinXP to Ubuntu and I’m happy now. I hate Microsoft, you say? No, I don’t care about Microsoft. I was happy before that with XP as well. I had my reasons for the move – Linux runs better on my old laptop, much cheaper to maintain, etc. Some one else will have his own reasons. Why is it so important which one is better? Which one is better for you and your tasks is the right question to ask.

Can you quit smoking? Yes you can.

Ilia Frenkel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:02:14 +0000

Last week I did. And what are you waiting for? I don’t think there is a need to explain the benefits of quiting. And, IMHO, all you need to succeed is a real desire. It is possible. Many people already quit and many more will do in the future.
If you do want to quit smoking and just need some more information I strongly encourage you to contact your GP. I’m sure he/she will be more than glad to help.
If you think I can help just comment on this post, contact me directly or use forums and I’ll do my best.

Chose one that suites you most

Ilia Frenkel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:43:17 +0000

To be or not to be. (Shakespeare)
To do is to be. (Nietzsche)
To be is to do. (Sartre)
Do be do be do. (Sinatra)

The value of knowledge.

Ilia Frenkel — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:15:36 +0000

I liked this one:

The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

(Daniel Webster)

This was probably said around 200 years ago, but still stands today. Who would’ve thought…

Daylight saving time.

Ilia Frenkel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:55:43 +0000

Why do we have daylight saving? Who needs that? Why is it good?
Here in Australia we switched to “summer time” recently (in some states) and I was just wondering why? People came to work looking like they haven’t slept for years and it will take a few days for our bodies to get used to the new time. It will most probably cause a lot of confusion with meetings times also.
And please, don’t tell me about electricity saving – total crap. DST was introduced almost 100 years ago and the main purpose was to save electricity. Studies at that time showed little to no effect. Now days, in most of the office building lights are on regardless of whether its dark or not outside and residential electricity usage is somewhere around 3%. Although, some install motion detectors – this is much more saving. The question stands, why punishing people with DST?