This is almost spookily similar to the rules me and my friends had ten years ago! In addition to your four rules (those were the *exact* rules we had), you weren't even allowed to use the large, flat pieces. Only discrete parts were allowed.:)
I think it's a good thing to be part of the Lego generation... No other generation will ever spawn so many creative minds (read programmers).;)
Compiling yourself isn't without its problems, either. Often you find yourself trying to compile a source (which *should* work on your distro, gcc version and so on) and it won't work. 'Course, with a little C++ knowledge, you can often fix the problem, but you shouldn't have to be a programmer to get Linux programs to work.
I'm a real Amiga fan. I've written lots of demos, games and apps in C and assembly, and I used my trusty A1200 until the bitter end. But let's face it, if a new "Amiga" is to be released now, it won't be Amiga hardware, but x86 hardware (something Amiga fans have dreaded ever since the beginning) and it probably won't even run old Amiga software! My point is: Let the Amiga remain the legend it its. Don't try to bring it up to modern standards: The Amiga was a great computer in the 80's, and it's absolutely incredible that it didn't get the respect it deserved (I mean: compare Amiga OS 1.3 to MS-DOS 3.20 or whatever, or even Amiga OS 3.1 to Win 95, and it's perfectly obvious that the Amiga was superior all the time), the facts are: the Amiga was the Amiga because of custom built hardware and software, and that could never happen today, with the domination of intel hardware.
The demo-scene in the C64 and Amiga days (may it rest in peace!) sure attracted a lot of talents. It's nice to see that at least one of the "muzax" creators went on to create non-.mod music. Does anyone know what happened to guys like, for example, Tip/Mantronix/Firefox, Mr.Man, Oystein Eide (sp?)
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This is almost spookily similar to the rules me and my friends had ten years ago! In addition to your four rules (those were the *exact* rules we had), you weren't even allowed to use the large, flat pieces. Only discrete parts were allowed. :)
;)
I think it's a good thing to be part of the Lego generation... No other generation will ever spawn so many creative minds (read programmers).
Redhat says ext3 is great, one post here says ReiserFS is even better, another one tells us XFS works like a charm.
:)
The future for Linux JFS's looks bright.
Compiling yourself isn't without its problems, either. Often you find yourself trying to compile a source (which *should* work on your distro, gcc version and so on) and it won't work. 'Course, with a little C++ knowledge, you can often fix the problem, but you shouldn't have to be a programmer to get Linux programs to work.
I'm a real Amiga fan. I've written lots of demos, games and apps in C and assembly, and I used my trusty A1200 until the bitter end. But let's face it, if a new "Amiga" is to be released now, it won't be Amiga hardware, but x86 hardware (something Amiga fans have dreaded ever since the beginning) and it probably won't even run old Amiga software! My point is: Let the Amiga remain the legend it its. Don't try to bring it up to modern standards: The Amiga was a great computer in the 80's, and it's absolutely incredible that it didn't get the respect it deserved (I mean: compare Amiga OS 1.3 to MS-DOS 3.20 or whatever, or even Amiga OS 3.1 to Win 95, and it's perfectly obvious that the Amiga was superior all the time), the facts are: the Amiga was the Amiga because of custom built hardware and software, and that could never happen today, with the domination of intel hardware.
The demo-scene in the C64 and Amiga days (may it rest in peace!) sure attracted a lot of talents. It's nice to see that at least one of the "muzax" creators went on to create non-.mod music. Does anyone know what happened to guys like, for example, Tip/Mantronix/Firefox, Mr.Man, Oystein Eide (sp?)