50 millions to become invisible and jump 20 feet high ??? And they refused my original work of a red and blue suit with a big yellow S which would have given invincibility and the ability to fly to all u.s. soldiers for a mere one hundred million dollars!!!!
yes i noticed all that and it's quite true until you hear of the something-chlori-something in episode 1 and suddendly, whooom, no more hindouism, hello star trekkism an its universal health detector of the force. And then, you see the last fight scene of yoda in episode 1 and hello jackychanism. (wich is in a way a return to asia but noy quite as appealing).
Re:Someone finally makes Linux apps look consisten
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That's because they live in About [Application}. About KDE is basically an advertisement for KDE. yes, and it would be a sign of respect to leave it there. Don't you think? Look at what the developers in the post actually said Yes, that's the reason of my post. They werent as infuriated as the news from slashdot tried to make them look. Yet a real ressentment against rh exist in enough kde developper to have that kind of wrong news arrise. Try to check the incident with the rh pr man and the reactions that came from it. All and all, kde developper are providing some free work. Respect and recognition is the least that should come from those who get anything from it. I always praise kde or gnome people whenever I can. I always give credits where credits is due. I never transform another person work when unnecessary.
Why shouldnt rh?
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If I've read correctly the kde.dot text above, they re not complaining about the common look but about: 1/ red hat made the "about kde" entry in konqueror disappeared. 2/ red hat behaviour toward kde has always been disrecpectfull (they feel) 3/ 1/ + 2/ made them feel the changes were made to have kde disappear in terms of look and feel, and credits, in the redhat distro. I think it's red hat's fault if they can't have a good relationship with a project they get a lot from, and if they get bad pr afterward. (remember the linux expo pr fiasco (for red hat) between red hat and kde).
Right but deals with those compagnies tie you up. It's not only a matter of open format, it's a matter of independance. To have laws that oblige administrations to go in the direction of the biggest independance for them and therefore for their government in a matter of administration is a sane decision. On the other hand, I don't think this is true for every part of a country's organisation. Civil rights for example are outside the scope of a country's independance. That's why the human rights declaration is universal, it's beyond politics.
well, there is also the old dragonlance #1 scenario that is available for download, ready to be adapted. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x =dnd/dx200 20121x Along with some other fine works. I hope they continue to release old material like this, it certainly helps for campaign settings or background for new adventure. For example, I would like to read the old "temple of elemental evil" scenario before I buy the new version. Same for dragonlance. I had the five first ones and would like to read them again before going into any remake they can do.
So, I'm pretty sure that I'll never get the story. It seems obvious from the article: since he is the father of role playing, that makes Mr Gygax the mother.
Here you can find a project of the french compagny of electricity (state monopoly) that went open source for every one to use and contribute to. And it's not a dead project that they would kinda release, it's alive and already interresting a lot of less rich countries specialists. Some dig it.
Actually I prefer to have them burned for me for less than 5 euros at some internet shop (which gives back some of its revenue to the fsf), then give directly to the distro(s) I use through direct services like mandrake club.
Comply to their claim, after all it's their choice of dealing with supporters that way: put the description on ebay like this: "3 cds set from the compagny wich uses ridiculous red outfit as a logo and has such way of dealing with his supporters" with a link to that page there. Then make a similar link to distribute mandrake cds but with high praises regarding their behaviour. In a while, rh will back up from this behaviour.
"I would call it using a browser". But that's what being a viable desktop is: users don't need to know or use the underlying os low level in order to achieve the tasks they need. In that view, linux has been desktop ready for quite some time. (since kde2 i believe, but that's me). I've installed linux as the os of my parents, the day they needed internet. They never used a computer before and when i said "and then you press enter" to my father, he looked at me puzzled.
After one hour of training, they know how to login whith kdm, how to connect to internet, how to fire and use konqueror and kmail, how to deal with the files they receive in their home directory. They just don't need anything else yet. Oh yes, one more thing, they were really happy to know that their os was free as in freedom and virus free as in sane.
Maybe you had enough coffee and not enough water: coffee (I just put the link because it's a must-see for every coffee lover out there; the whole discussion is great.)
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when I saw that your post has received a funny moderation, i realized that millions of monkeys have already received a little button to push.
thanks for your book. Everybody here and there is going to say how informative it is. But, what stroke me the most, is that it is well written. It was very pleasant to read it, apart from the knowledge I got from it. If only all manuals...
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Well, to browse the web, send emails, work on his geneaology database and VPN into work so that he can do his job (UNIX tools development for Lucent), you just don't need 3D power to begin with. A good pci card would be enough, but that's not the point. Also that nVidia also makes an nForce2 part that doesn't have integrated video is not the point either. There was 2 points in my post: first/ they call geforce4 a video card that is not even a geforce3. That is not my point. It's carmack's point (let's give credits where it's due.) second/ I did not build a cheap box for my father with an integrated motherboard for his emails and surfing. I built a chep box using spare parts, but real stable hardware. Why? Because I did work in a small compagny where we used to sell cheap boxes. And i had to help troubleshoot those boxes. And integrated sound was already bad (via chipset!!!), but integrated video was hell. To the point that we refused to build them anymore after a while. So a real "good luck" to nvidia to succeed in delivering a good cheap product in this area. And a real "good luck" to all repair guys and salesmen and customers if they don't. But this geforce4 name is already a bad start: "why is my doom3 choppy? It's a geforce4 that's inside. That's what you told me when i bought it. whine. whine. complain. complain... more whine... more complaints...." those were the points in my post, but I understand yours about building a good system for less money.
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On the topic of current Nvidia cards:
Do not buy a GeForce4-MX for Doom.
Nvidia has really made a mess of the naming conventions here. I always
thought it was bad enough that GF2 was just a speed bumped GF1, while GF3 had
significant architectural improvements over GF2. I expected GF4 to be the
speed bumped GF3, but calling the NV17 GF4-MX really sucks.
GF4-MX will still run Doom properly, but it will be using the NV10 codepath
with only two texture units and no vertex shaders. A GF3 or 8500 will be
much better performers. The GF4-MX may still be the card of choice for many
people depending on pricing, especially considering that many games won't use
four textures and vertex programs, but damn, I wish they had named it
something else.
(all this comes from carmack's.plan: http://webdog.org/plans/1/ )
It seems nvidia is going the same road as intel and sis with their cheap video-on-board motherboard. All of them sucked! Good luck!
well, I just tried xine 0.9 yesterday evening and feel a little ashamed of my easy humour. The program is so easy, with a nice new gui and great image quality. Final Fantasy was beautifull. And i'm sure, the mplayer gui will sooner or later (perhaps already) permits to tweak all the options of this great soft. And ogle, and videolan (impressive!!!),... We have a great choice of apps now, and we even have the choice to use CLI ! (to keep all those new mutant fingers active!). CLI The choice of a new generation (of mutants).
without all of the messy command line mucking about that is necessary for multimedia under Linux. what are you talking about? mplayer -aop list=resample:fout=2 -vo xv -dvd 1 -gui is quite straightforward and every new user coming from a GUI environment would find it quite easily. It's interactive, it's intuitive, it's pretty and it's fun. Like a gui. OK, OK, i admit, I've actually grown a few extra fingers...
except that in your case the ecosystem that existed before the internet file sharing was the one set by the majors. In this view, the predators are the p2p networks and you're beginning to see the second wave of reactions of the attacked system (the first wave was the legal actions: trials and laws). face it: if there isn't an alternative in their production model, that is: societies which produce, manage and distribute artists and respect those new ways to share music or movies, they will win. Because they have the money and therefore the political support. And also because, as you said, the p2p wave is making them stronger and giving them ideas of new ways to control their customers and milk them.
Interestingly enough, Brasil will have to re-qualify for the next world cup since from now on the champion doesn't automatically get in. Which is good for them, because you need the last qualification matches to know the real shape of a team and make final adjustements (like germany, whose team got reborn after the match against ukraine).
it seems to me that this news is about the right this eula gives them to actually disable those programs because they do the kind of services you describe. Fishy, isn't it?
Can you still talk about a free market if those kind of eulas are legal?
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50 millions to become invisible and jump 20 feet high ???
And they refused my original work of a red and blue suit with a big yellow S which would have given invincibility and the ability to fly to all u.s. soldiers for a mere one hundred million dollars!!!!
you forgot karma whoring
yes i noticed all that and it's quite true until you hear of the something-chlori-something in episode 1 and suddendly, whooom, no more hindouism, hello star trekkism an its universal health detector of the force.
And then, you see the last fight scene of yoda in episode 1 and hello jackychanism. (wich is in a way a return to asia but noy quite as appealing).
That's because they live in About [Application}. About KDE is basically an advertisement for KDE.
yes, and it would be a sign of respect to leave it there. Don't you think?
Look at what the developers in the post actually said
Yes, that's the reason of my post. They werent as infuriated as the news from slashdot tried to make them look.
Yet a real ressentment against rh exist in enough kde developper to have that kind of wrong news arrise. Try to check the incident with the rh pr man and the reactions that came from it.
All and all, kde developper are providing some free work. Respect and recognition is the least that should come from those who get anything from it.
I always praise kde or gnome people whenever I can. I always give credits where credits is due. I never transform another person work when unnecessary.
Why shouldnt rh?
If I've read correctly the kde.dot text above, they re not complaining about the common look but about:
1/ red hat made the "about kde" entry in konqueror disappeared.
2/ red hat behaviour toward kde has always been disrecpectfull (they feel)
3/ 1/ + 2/ made them feel the changes were made to have kde disappear in terms of look and feel, and credits, in the redhat distro.
I think it's red hat's fault if they can't have a good relationship with a project they get a lot from, and if they get bad pr afterward.
(remember the linux expo pr fiasco (for red hat) between red hat and kde).
to tune your answers.
he doesnt want to know what he can gain by using either of them, he wants to know he wont lose anything.
Right but deals with those compagnies tie you up. It's not only a matter of open format, it's a matter of independance.
To have laws that oblige administrations to go in the direction of the biggest independance for them and therefore for their government in a matter of administration is a sane decision.
On the other hand, I don't think this is true for every part of a country's organisation. Civil rights for example are outside the scope of a country's independance. That's why the human rights declaration is universal, it's beyond politics.
well, there is also the old dragonlance #1 scenario that is available for download, ready to be adapted.x =dnd/dx200 20121x
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?
Along with some other fine works.
I hope they continue to release old material like this, it certainly helps for campaign settings or background for new adventure.
For example, I would like to read the old "temple of elemental evil" scenario before I buy the new version.
Same for dragonlance. I had the five first ones and would like to read them again before going into any remake they can do.
So, I'm pretty sure that I'll never get the story.
It seems obvious from the article: since he is the father of role playing, that makes Mr Gygax the mother.
Here you can find a project of the french compagny of electricity (state monopoly) that went open source for every one to use and contribute to.
And it's not a dead project that they would kinda release, it's alive and already interresting a lot of less rich countries specialists.
Some dig it.
Actually I prefer to have them burned for me for less than 5 euros at some internet shop (which gives back some of its revenue to the fsf), then give directly to the distro(s) I use through direct services like mandrake club.
Comply to their claim, after all it's their choice of dealing with supporters that way:
put the description on ebay like this:
"3 cds set from the compagny wich uses ridiculous red outfit as a logo and has such way of dealing with his supporters" with a link to that page there.
Then make a similar link to distribute mandrake cds but with high praises regarding their behaviour.
In a while, rh will back up from this behaviour.
"I would call it using a browser".
But that's what being a viable desktop is: users don't need to know or use the underlying os low level in order to achieve the tasks they need.
In that view, linux has been desktop ready for quite some time. (since kde2 i believe, but that's me).
I've installed linux as the os of my parents, the day they needed internet. They never used a computer before and when i said "and then you press enter" to my father, he looked at me puzzled.
After one hour of training, they know how to login whith kdm, how to connect to internet, how to fire and use konqueror and kmail, how to deal with the files they receive in their home directory.
They just don't need anything else yet.
Oh yes, one more thing, they were really happy to know that their os was free as in freedom and virus free as in sane.
Maybe you had enough coffee and not enough water:
coffee
(I just put the link because it's a must-see for every coffee lover out there; the whole discussion is great.)
when I saw that your post has received a funny moderation, i realized that millions of monkeys have already received a little button to push.
thanks for your book. ...
Everybody here and there is going to say how informative it is. But, what stroke me the most, is that it is well written.
It was very pleasant to read it, apart from the knowledge I got from it. If only all manuals
Well, to browse the web, send emails, work on his geneaology database and VPN into work so that he can do his job (UNIX tools development for Lucent), you just don't need 3D power to begin with.
A good pci card would be enough, but that's not the point.
Also that nVidia also makes an nForce2 part that doesn't have integrated video is not the point either.
There was 2 points in my post:
first/ they call geforce4 a video card that is not even a geforce3. That is not my point. It's carmack's point (let's give credits where it's due.)
second/ I did not build a cheap box for my father with an integrated motherboard for his emails and surfing. I built a chep box using spare parts, but real stable hardware. Why? Because I did work in a small compagny where we used to sell cheap boxes. And i had to help troubleshoot those boxes. And integrated sound was already bad (via chipset!!!), but integrated video was hell. To the point that we refused to build them anymore after a while.
So a real "good luck" to nvidia to succeed in delivering a good cheap product in this area. And a real "good luck" to all repair guys and salesmen and customers if they don't.
But this geforce4 name is already a bad start:
"why is my doom3 choppy? It's a geforce4 that's inside. That's what you told me when i bought it. whine. whine. complain. complain... more whine... more complaints...."
those were the points in my post, but I understand yours about building a good system for less money.
On the topic of current Nvidia cards:
.plan:
Do not buy a GeForce4-MX for Doom.
Nvidia has really made a mess of the naming conventions here. I always
thought it was bad enough that GF2 was just a speed bumped GF1, while GF3 had
significant architectural improvements over GF2. I expected GF4 to be the
speed bumped GF3, but calling the NV17 GF4-MX really sucks.
GF4-MX will still run Doom properly, but it will be using the NV10 codepath
with only two texture units and no vertex shaders. A GF3 or 8500 will be
much better performers. The GF4-MX may still be the card of choice for many
people depending on pricing, especially considering that many games won't use
four textures and vertex programs, but damn, I wish they had named it
something else.
(all this comes from carmack's
http://webdog.org/plans/1/ )
It seems nvidia is going the same road as intel and sis with their cheap video-on-board motherboard. All of them sucked! Good luck!
well, I just tried xine 0.9 yesterday evening and feel a little ashamed of my easy humour. ...
The program is so easy, with a nice new gui and great image quality. Final Fantasy was beautifull.
And i'm sure, the mplayer gui will sooner or later (perhaps already) permits to tweak all the options of this great soft.
And ogle, and videolan (impressive!!!),
We have a great choice of apps now, and we even have the choice to use CLI ! (to keep all those new mutant fingers active!).
CLI The choice of a new generation (of mutants).
without all of the messy command line mucking about that is necessary for multimedia under Linux. ...
what are you talking about?
mplayer -aop list=resample:fout=2 -vo xv -dvd 1 -gui is quite straightforward and every new user coming from a GUI environment would find it quite easily. It's interactive, it's intuitive, it's pretty and it's fun. Like a gui.
OK, OK, i admit, I've actually grown a few extra fingers
internet?
Isn't this patent office a disguised tax office?
Hello USA,
what have you got in your own eye?
1/ california: deregulation sucks
2/ microsoft antitrust trial: where are the sanctions?
3/ erin brockowich and elsewhere
4/ homeless: so used to it, it must be OK.
5/ enron
6/ georges bush jr
7/ dmca
no amount of self blindedness or hypocrisy will make the rest of the world forget all this and all the rest.
except that in your case the ecosystem that existed before the internet file sharing was the one set by the majors. In this view, the predators are the p2p networks and you're beginning to see the second wave of reactions of the attacked system (the first wave was the legal actions: trials and laws).
face it: if there isn't an alternative in their production model, that is: societies which produce, manage and distribute artists and respect those new ways to share music or movies, they will win. Because they have the money and therefore the political support. And also because, as you said, the p2p wave is making them stronger and giving them ideas of new ways to control their customers and milk them.
Interestingly enough, Brasil will have to re-qualify for the next world cup since from now on the champion doesn't automatically get in.
Which is good for them, because you need the last qualification matches to know the real shape of a team and make final adjustements (like germany, whose team got reborn after the match against ukraine).
it seems to me that this news is about the right this eula gives them to actually disable those programs because they do the kind of services you describe.
Fishy, isn't it?
Can you still talk about a free market if those kind of eulas are legal?