the Adinistration wants to switch from Mac's to Windows, but the Sys Admin's want to stay
with Apple.
Why not have both apple and wintel hardware? (1) In the real world, not every OS may do what you want. My experience is in a mixed hardware environment (windows, apple, unix), all of whose OSes have been needed to help solve research problems. (2) Would the administration be interested in running linux on the apples? That software is free. And the idea behind open source software is fundamentally what Academia is about. However, it is true linux isn't quite up to mainstream support. (3) Having and using both types of hardware, instead of discarding just all the apple machines and "doing what everyone else is doing", can serve as a reminder of "freedom of thought", which in part means to me avoiding getting stuck on relying one company to provide all your hardware and software solutions.
./fs/isofs/inode.c: * Some dipshit decided to store some other bit of information ./drivers/net/sunhme.c:/* Remember: "Different name, same old buggy as shit hardware." */ ./drivers/scsi/esp.c:/* shit */ ./drivers/scsi/esp.h:/* The HME is the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen. */ ./drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.c: if (qpti->clock == 0)/* bullshit */ ./arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c: * else we eat shit later big time.
And my personal favorites:
./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: " ./arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c:/* 2,526 lines of complete and utter shit coming up... */ ./arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: * What lunatic came up with this shit?
I thought the CEO said publicly iomega would replace even the out of warranty zip drives that died due to CoD. Well, their customer service said it was my OEM's problem. (Yeah, I know, the classic run-around.) But shame on me if I ever patronize iomega.
In brief, they introduce errors in the table of contents and the data sectors that a typical
audio CD player will just skip over, but most CD-ROM driver software will hang up on. So you can't use your computer
to listen to or to copy the CD.
Maybe this is redundant, but I don't get it. It's the RIAA purposely dumbing down the CD format so the CD can't be read by our too "sophisticated" CD players. It seems to me coming up with a solution here is reverse engineering for interoperability's sake, not "hacking" in violation of copy protection.
It would be a waste of money buying a CD you can't rip.
Actually this development echoes pretty well the attitudes of the movie and television script writers. They want to be given credit that's more representative of their contribution. For example, films "produced by X" are not necessarily scripted by X. They are also interested in getting a portion of profits of the shows/movies shown abroad. As the trend in TV has been toward more news shows and "reality shows", where the players more or less ad lib a script, it could help to leave the writers out in the cold.
Some links: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/business/05STRIK.html?searchpv=site12
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Entertainment/Entert ainment_Labor_Issues
And don't forget Homer's
toaster time machine. One sneeze from Homer in the past ended the dinosaurs and make it rain donuts in the alternative present. This points out that the (evolutionary) actions we take in the present can prevent certain possibilities from ever happening (like we haven't already been doing that?) while making others possible.
echo 'time travel personal world line arguments' >/dev/null
heh heh, good one. but i have to admit that this post to me seems like a mixed metaphor. by providing its own dvd solution in the absence of industry support, this portion of the linux community is simply acting consistently with republican ideals. (the one i'm singling out here is self-reliance. (not to mention that reverse engineering may be legal.)) accordingly,
couldn't the industry could be more self-reliant to prevent these "renegade" computer users from using dvds than relying on the government to support or actually help them? it would be up to the industry to come up with its own solution, such as regional coding, which is actually in use already.
Like Monopoly, it's better with your own house rules. For example, you don't have to buy the black die, and instead it is rolled for each person during his turn.
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Nice, clean redesign -- woohoo! -- but the search function sucks big time. A search for 'opera' resulted in 400 matches.
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How long is one polarity stable? How long does it take to change polarity?
Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.
Not even my sonic screwdriver is going to get me out of this one.
the Adinistration wants to switch from Mac's to Windows, but the Sys Admin's want to stay with Apple.
Why not have both apple and wintel hardware? (1) In the real world, not every OS may do what you want. My experience is in a mixed hardware environment (windows, apple, unix), all of whose OSes have been needed to help solve research problems. (2) Would the administration be interested in running linux on the apples? That software is free. And the idea behind open source software is fundamentally what Academia is about. However, it is true linux isn't quite up to mainstream support. (3) Having and using both types of hardware, instead of discarding just all the apple machines and "doing what everyone else is doing", can serve as a reminder of "freedom of thought", which in part means to me avoiding getting stuck on relying one company to provide all your hardware and software solutions.
> grep -r -i shit /usr/src/linux
./fs/isofs/inode.c: * Some dipshit decided to store some other bit of information
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: /* Remember: "Different name, same old buggy as shit hardware." */
./drivers/scsi/esp.c: /* shit */
./drivers/scsi/esp.h: /* The HME is the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen. */
./drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.c: if (qpti->clock == 0) /* bullshit */
./arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c: * else we eat shit later big time.
./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
./arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c:/* 2,526 lines of complete and utter shit coming up... */
./arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: * What lunatic came up with this shit?
And my personal favorites:
All of us who game should go to work with a giant Quake symbol on to warn our co-workers that they should be afraid of standing next to a barrel.
Could someone please moderate up the above post?
Apple accuses them of contributing to trademark infringement by enabling people to copy Apple's graphics.
By this logic, then gun retailers are responsible for committing murder with a weapon? Both are debatable I guess (not meant to be a troll, really.)
I thought the CEO said publicly iomega would replace even the out of warranty zip drives that died due to CoD. Well, their customer service said it was my OEM's problem. (Yeah, I know, the classic run-around.) But shame on me if I ever patronize iomega.
Think I'll wait for version OS X.II before trying this out. (Oh
I guess the people at Gamma Lambda are in for it now.
In brief, they introduce errors in the table of contents and the data sectors that a typical audio CD player will just skip over, but most CD-ROM driver software will hang up on. So you can't use your computer to listen to or to copy the CD.
Maybe this is redundant, but I don't get it. It's the RIAA purposely dumbing down the CD format so the CD can't be read by our too "sophisticated" CD players. It seems to me coming up with a solution here is reverse engineering for interoperability's sake, not "hacking" in violation of copy protection.
It would be a waste of money buying a CD you can't rip.
Make sure your manager's email is listed multiple times in the spam list. "Really, sir! It was an accident!"
Actually this development echoes pretty well the attitudes of the movie and television script writers. They want to be given credit that's more representative of their contribution. For example, films "produced by X" are not necessarily scripted by X. They are also interested in getting a portion of profits of the shows/movies shown abroad. As the trend in TV has been toward more news shows and "reality shows", where the players more or less ad lib a script, it could help to leave the writers out in the cold.
K .html?searchpv=site12t ainment_Labor_Issues
Some links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/business/05STRI
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Entertainment/Enter
Right. Just like KFC is still Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Add to that those people who walk around grocery stores with their portable price/inventory recording devices.
And don't forget Homer's toaster time machine. One sneeze from Homer in the past ended the dinosaurs and make it rain donuts in the alternative present. This points out that the (evolutionary) actions we take in the present can prevent certain possibilities from ever happening (like we haven't already been doing that?) while making others possible.
/dev/null
echo 'time travel personal world line arguments' >
How else are we gonna stimulate the economy to rescue it from going into the shitter?
heh heh, good one. but i have to admit that this post to me seems like a mixed metaphor. by providing its own dvd solution in the absence of industry support, this portion of the linux community is simply acting consistently with republican ideals. (the one i'm singling out here is self-reliance. (not to mention that reverse engineering may be legal.)) accordingly, couldn't the industry could be more self-reliant to prevent these "renegade" computer users from using dvds than relying on the government to support or actually help them? it would be up to the industry to come up with its own solution, such as regional coding, which is actually in use already.
Mmmmmmm.....flaming eros....argrghghghr [drool]!
What!? You think my ass is made of money?
Homer: Let's see.... I'm a white male, aged 22 to 35 -- everyone listens to me.
Or words similar. Somebody help me out please.
The tides ebb and flow
to polish stones of knowledge.
Who again am I?
Like Monopoly, it's better with your own house rules. For example, you don't have to buy the black die, and instead it is rolled for each person during his turn.
Nice, clean redesign -- woohoo! -- but the search function sucks big time. A search for 'opera' resulted in 400 matches.
"Everyone with telekenesis, raise my hand!" --The Doctor