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This is just "FYI".
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Mike Schwartz
Glendale AZ
schwartz@acm.org

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Subject: When Linux provides so many high-quality operating systems of many
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Answer: I live in Latin America, where the cost of Windows is prohibitively
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When Linux provides so many high-quality operating systems of many
varieties free of cost, why do people still buy Mac OS and Windows OS?
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I live in Latin America, where the cost of Windows is prohibitively high
for most families compared to their income. I have helped several families
prepare a budget for their desktop computers. When they do this I always
give them the choice


1. Buy Windows.
2. Install Linux Mint or Ubuntu for free.

Confronted with the choice they ask what the implications are. I always
tell them it is really hard to g...
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What are some cultural faux pas in New York City?
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Christin
Roman
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UX Designer
78 votes
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A lot of great answers here, but I don't think anyone has mentioned *deli
etiquette* - something tourists and new comers often get wrong, pissing off
both deli employees and fellow customers.

First of all, when ordering something from the case or the grill - a
sandwich, for example - it's customary to place your order with the person
who is actually working that station. Do NOT try to place you...
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Space Exploration: Why can't we just slowly rise to space? Why do you have
to go so fast?
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Jonathan
Miller
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28 Years, NASA Engineer, Johnson Space Center, Houston
326 votes
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This is actually a good question. The real answer is that Gravity doesn't
magically turn off when you get into orbit. You are still falling back
towards the earth. But once you reach a horizontal speed of about 17,000
miles an hour as you fall towards the Earth you keep missing it. The only
known way to stay in space is to be going really fast and maintain an
orbit. So unless and until we...
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What makes the American Express Black Card the world's most exclusive
credit card?
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BA in fashion. Aspiring trademark litigator. Always thinking, always
writing.
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Well it is not the *most* exclusive credit card. It's *very* exclusive in
that only those who are invited can hold the card, there are strict
qualification requirements (that are not officially disclosed, but rumours
all say that one must spend about $250,000 per year on their existing
American Express charge, not credit, card), and to get the card *after
being invited* will cost you a $7,500 initiat...
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Do OS X get slow over time on HDD like Windows?
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Glyn
Williams
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Grizzled game industry veteran.
65 votes
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All desktop OSs can end up with a state which impairs performance.
So the answer is yes. OS X can sometimes become slow over time.

But in my experience it's less commonplace than in Windows installations.
There are a few of reasons for this.

1) I think the UNIX underpinnings of OS X can be a bit more robust. Some of
the Windows engineering, (like the registry) seem to encourage this slow
dow...
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How did machine guns fire through the propeller arc without breaking the
propeller, on a single prop airplane?
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Rajan
Bhavnani
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Founder & CEO of a Tech Startup
250 votes
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Good Question! This was a real problem in WWI. Early fighter pilots often
had to be careful about how much they fired their forward machine gun
because firing it would slowly eat away at their own propeller. Fortunately
for fighter pilots, by WWII a "synchronization gear" or "interrupter" had
been developed and was standard equipment on fighters flown by both the
allied and axis powers.

In it...
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Which computers are using Linux?
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- 97% of the top 500 supercomputers
- 36% of the top 10 million webservers
- 97% of the top 1 million webservers
- Nearly 100% of all Android devices[1] (as Tim points out, Android is a
layer atop an OS, nearly always Linux)
- 1.8% of desktops/laptops
- 15% of desktops/laptops that aren't running a Microsoft OS
- Roku STBs


Data Source
[1] "Android" not on top of Linux: Myriad Alien Dalvik (mainly used in
cable/sat...
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How close to the speed of light have our fastest vehicles that can carry
humans gone? Have we gone around 60% the speed of light?
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Not remotely. Not even unmanned vehicles have gone anywhere close to that
fast.

That record for the fastest speed any human has ever traveled relative to
the Earth was set by Apollo 10, which reached 39,897 kph. That's
approximately 0.0037% the speed of light.

For comparison, the fastest unmanned craft ever launched to date is the
Helios 2 solar probe, launched in 1976, which reached approxim...
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What happens if Microsoft copies source code from Linux and ships it with
Windows?
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Mårten
Mickos
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SVP, HP
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It would be great news, because Windows would then become open source code.
Linux is licensed under GPL, and that license has a "share, and share
alike" principle. In essence, the license says that if you distribute a
derivative work that includes GPL code, the entire work must be licensed
under the GPL. Linux shares its source code with you, and you must share
alike. Of course, all of this is ...
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I am in my early 20s, earning between $110-180k/yr depending on my bonus.
Would it be inappropriate for me to drive a $50k Mercedes-Benz?
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Lucas
Neves
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I feel qualified to give you an answer, since I bought a $50k Mercedes-Benz
SLK at age 26, and I earn in the same range. Let me first give you some
caveats:

- I have a stable office as a civil servant. Are you sure that you won't
be fired in the near future?
- I have an excellent retirement plan. Are your savings sound?
- My car was heavily discounted. Diplomats serving abroad can buy cars
tax-free, an...


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