Listen, if I want cutting edge stuff, I got to FreshMeat. Still, their overall index of apps is still not as complete as www.linuxapps.com. If I am looking for something very specific I go there. If I want to find something quick I might have another option with this TUCOWS based site. Still, another software site is no big deal.
If you are a converted Windows freak this site might be one of the first ones you hit since you already know TUCOWS. That is not necessarily a bad thing. They will make mistakes too. However, educate them don't damn them.
I don't think a single person here would buy a box just on looks. After all this is news for nerds not new for fashion fools. However, I will say right off the bat I am tired of those damn ugly beige boxes sitting all over my office and in my house.
Yeah, I know that I can break out the paint and get artistic on my machine but I am not a painter, or designer so what I would get is a box that looks like its had paint splatted all over it.
I know this message has gotten pretty passionate "who gives a flying **ck how it looks!" responses but come on if VA Research started making radically cool looking machines everyone would cheer.
Also, please consider the fact that most big time commercial machines have very similiar innards and comparing them is pointless. They are all the same. There are a few noticable exceptions like VA Research that makes high quality machines from the very best parts. Still, whether it is Compaq or Packard Hell it is all pretty much the same under the hood. You can buy a comparable machines and find the same sort of parts in each.
My point is that this is a way for a good company to set itself apart in a big world of HW providers and I am amazed that nobody has thought about this sooner.
It did not really air in '98 but I saq it this year as well. You are correct Evangelion is the best example of heroic literature to come out of the 20th century. Starman, the Golden Age, and the original Animal Man from DC comics were good reads as well as the Madman from Dark Horse (I know it did not start there) were all good examples. However, this series really summed up in my opinion the heroic ideal in 20th century man.
I know that I am getting awfully deep over a anime series. However, this series was moving, symbolic and powerful in a way that Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Babylon 5 or even the hallowed Star Trek TNG can never be. I know I will get flamed for that but I am a fan of at least Star Trek TNG and for awhile Babylon 5 and I can say that while being VERY entertaining they did not have the beauty or depth of Evangelion or even Ghost in the Shell for another example. Hit me hard guys I can take it.:->
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Listen, if I want cutting edge stuff, I got to FreshMeat. Still, their overall index of apps is still not as complete as www.linuxapps.com. If I am looking for something very specific I go there. If I want to find something quick I might have another option with this TUCOWS based site. Still, another software site is no big deal.
If you are a converted Windows freak this site might be one of the first ones you hit since you already know TUCOWS. That is not necessarily a bad thing. They will make mistakes too. However, educate them don't damn them.
I don't think a single person here would buy a box just on looks. After all this is news for nerds not new for fashion fools. However, I will say right off the bat I am tired of those damn ugly beige boxes sitting all over my office and in my house.
Yeah, I know that I can break out the paint and get artistic on my machine but I am not a painter, or designer so what I would get is a box that looks like its had paint splatted all over it.
I know this message has gotten pretty passionate "who gives a flying **ck how it looks!" responses but come on if VA Research started making radically cool looking machines everyone would cheer.
Also, please consider the fact that most big time commercial machines have very similiar innards and comparing them is pointless. They are all the same. There are a few noticable exceptions like VA Research that makes high quality machines from the very best parts. Still, whether it is Compaq or Packard Hell it is all pretty much the same under the hood. You can buy a comparable machines and find the same sort of parts in each.
My point is that this is a way for a good company to set itself apart in a big world of HW providers and I am amazed that nobody has thought about this sooner.
It did not really air in '98 but I saq it this year as well. You are correct Evangelion is the best example of heroic literature to come out of the 20th century. Starman, the Golden Age, and the original Animal Man from DC comics were good reads as well as the Madman from Dark Horse (I know it did not start there) were all good examples. However, this series really summed up in my opinion the heroic ideal in 20th century man.
:->
I know that I am getting awfully deep over a anime series. However, this series was moving, symbolic and powerful in a way that Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Babylon 5 or even the hallowed Star Trek TNG can never be. I know I will get flamed for that but I am a fan of at least Star Trek TNG and for awhile Babylon 5 and I can say that while being VERY entertaining they did not have the beauty or depth of Evangelion or even Ghost in the Shell for another example. Hit me hard guys I can take it.