Okay, you've seen Dragon Ball Z, you think its neat -- the pinicle of animation -- here are some others that you will enjoy:
Anything by Hiyao Miyazaki [sp?] -- ie Mononoke Hime or Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Vampire Hunter D -- vampires in a distant future. It's fun, really.
Neon Genesis Evangelion -- yes, they talked about it, I just thought I would voice my argeement. A great series, though the ending is best seen while high:)
Any of the Gundams -- I think Cartoon Network is wrapping up Gundam Wing right now, but I don't have cable, so I don't know for sure.
Dragon Half -- This is a must see!
I suppose Akira and Ghost in the Shell ought also be included in a list of anime that one should see, they helped to popularize it in the US.
The whole Robotech/Macross saga. Sure, there hundreds of episodes, but GIANT MECHA! How can you say no?
I can't think of anything else right off, but there is a lot of great stuff out there and I always get rather disturbed when people talk of Drangon Ball Z, Pokemon, or Sailor Moon as great anime! These add something to the genre (I don't know what that is, but they must add something),but there is good anime out there that dwarfs these; ie shojo like Child's Toy or (god forbid you should ever see this) I'll Make it a Habit for cuteness; Kite or Black Lion for shear bloody violence; Nausicaa or EVA for philosophy.
Please people -- go out and see some really good anime. It will make your life worth living again!
----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
That was tried here in California in March, the proposition failed... Well, maybe next year. ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
...we get the plans (we can do it, we're SLASHDOT, we can do anything) and build our very own Zvesda (the Russian word for "star" BTW). We can get the plutonium on the black market to power the thing. I have some contacts in Sankt Petorburg who would be more than willing to help.
Once she is in orbit, we begin our conquest of Redmond. Fisrt, we launch an offensive against Microsoft's network of spy satillites (you know they're watching you!), then, drop a small nuke on M$ headquarters in Redmond.
We can raise the money without any problems, if every/. reader were to contribute just $50.
Long Live TUX!!! ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Assuming that rights to trial by jury are similar to those in America, I see no problem with someone appealing the decision and getting their trial. In all other cases, it is faster, no? ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
I am going to have to agree, though forr slightly different reasons. I am using LinuxPPC, and there is not anything I know of that allows me to play realaudio files. What's wrong w/ mp3?
----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
This is in no way meant to be flamebait, but is a serious question: If you are really interested in photography, why would you want to buy a digital camera? What advantages do digital cameras have over conventional cameras (aside from the cost of developing film -- though I'm not sure that even that is so great, i.e. a printer, paper, ink, computer, etc. might not outweigh the cost of a good camera and film -- depends on the printer, I suppose).
At any rate, I have been into photography since I was rather young. All my life I have used my mother's camera (which she finally gave to me before I went to college). It is an old Minolta X-370. I have many lenses, including a fish eye, a telephoto, some magnifying lenses and a couple of 50-70 mm lenses. I feel that with the Minolta, I have the ability to control thousands of variables, like apature size, exposure time, and which lens I use. Correct me if I am wrong, but I have never seen a digital camera that allows you to change lenses.
Also (and this may just be my anti-technology streak shining through), I think that photographs taken with a conventional camera, printed on photo paper in the way they should be just look better. No blurred ink, no weird colors, just the photo as it should be.
Granted, if all you want to do is take snap shots on vacation, it really does not matter what kind of camera you use, but if you are really into taking good picture, I think you should invest in a good camera and a couple of lenses and fork over the dengi to develop the film.
Just my two cents, and feel free to flame me into oblivion. ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
OOOOO!! Sounds like fun! How does one go about setting that up? ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
I agree that people should be willing to take the consequences of their actions, but my unwillingness to be arrested for DeCSS is a matter of scale:
I am not going to be put in jail or fined because I want to watch a few movies. I may refuse to buy those movies in protest, but I am not going to ruin my life for something as trivial as entertainment (and I don't care what you say about "evil megacorporations", it is not worth that much to me).
On the other hand, things like the civil rights movement or the WTO/IMF/World Bank impose much more sever limits that affect not just Americans with the money to buy computers and DVDs, but third world contries who can do little to defend themselves, I would be willing to take greater risks and accept greater consequences.
Those evil four letter acronymes are much less of a problem in my mind than the others listed above. I also don't believe that just because they are large corporations copyright laws cease to exist. One hopes that any reasonable judge would not see DeCSS as a tool for piracy, but by the same token, the evil megacorps have a right to prosecute people that misuse the software. IMHO, the battle should be fought not over DeCSS, but over people who use DeCSS to pirate intellectual proporty.
And if you want to tell me that it is every one's proporty, I would like to refer you to this slashdot thread. ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
That's a pretty theory you have. But do you mean 'illegal' or 'immoral'? I mean, lets look at everyone's favorite example: DeCSS.
I mean illegal. Whether or not it is immoral, if it is illegal, it should not be there. I take issue with the laws that exist, but I am not going to get myself heavily fined or thrown in jail breaking bad laws. I will continue to keep my mp3 collection, harbor a copy of DeCSS, and do many other things that are probably illegal, but if push comes to shove, I would probably back down if faced with the alternatives of hefty fines that I can't pay or jail time. There are more important things. Call me sellout if you like, but I have my priorities.
To get back on topic, the issue is not one of morals. I don't really care what people do on their own time, but if there is a law against it, I see there as being three options:
Go somewhere where it is not illegal.
Try to change the law.
Break the law.
Living in the US, we have effectivly taken the first option. The protesters in DC are taking both the second and third. This Japaneese case seems to be mostly the third.
We may not like the laws that exist, but if we break them, it seems that we must be prepared to take the consequences.
----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
The way I read it, the law only applies to the last level of linking. I could be misinterperating things here, but that is the way I see it.
you link to a site that's perfectly normal, but the maintainers of that site then put illegal material on their page
This is the bit that concerns me; the content changing after the link is established. But again (in theory) IF material is illegal THEN it should be removed from the internet, and the people who put it there in the first place charged. If their current laws were enforceable, then there would be no need for yet another unenforceable law. ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
It seems to me that, in theory, "illegal" material should not be on the internet (again, in theory, that does not mean in the real world). In a sense, linking to another's site is a form of distributing that material, thus illegal. It seems to me that this descision is not the problem, but rather the underlying laws. Perhaps we should instead aim our hostilities at the Japaneese laws that outlaw pornography.
note: this is honestly not meant as a troll or flamebait; if you think I am wrong (which I very well could be), please try to explain why in a rational and polite fashion -- I don't swear at you, I would like the same curtiousy (pardon my poor spelling) ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Hear Hear! I second the motion. All in favor, say "aye". ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Try using yaBoot. You are still required to have a small HFS partition on your drive, but it boots right into Linux. You can even burn the stuff to a CD and completely blow away anything looking like MacOS. It works very well on my B&W G3. ----- Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu; Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit; Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Alright, I have a question about all of this that I would like to get answered:
I am running LinuxPPC on a Blue and White G3. (please don't flame me for that, I don't want to get into why Macs are better:). Unfortuantly, this means that I can't run BeOS. I would really like to try it out and see what good it is, but I don't have the right hardware. So right now, I am trying to get it to run through emulation, either via VirtualPC via Mac-on-Linux (VirtualPC crashs when run under MOL) or via bochs (an x86 emulator).
Bochs seems to boot off of the floppy image that comes w/ the BeOS stuff, but then I think it tries to restart as a BeOS box (through emulation) and the emulator assumes that it is a shutdown command and dies. Is there any way to directly boot Be w/o having to muck about with this floppy image (frankly, I don't really expect that it would work anyway, it is expecting Linux, no?)? i.e. can BeOS be booted off of the same drive/partition/floppy &c. that it runs on?
I really wish I saw this earlier, because I'm sure that I have no chance of getting an answer (hell, I'd be suprised if anyone even reads this). Still, I would really like to play around with many layers of emulation &c. and would really appreciate any help.
Mir == World as well. This caused quite a bit of trouble at a UN meeting when Brezhnev (Khruchev? I can never remember which of the Soviets said what) said "Mi hotim mir" (the transliteration is horrible, sorry). "Mi hotim" means "we want" and "mir" can be either "peace" or "the world." I will leave the rest up to you:) -----
Anyone has a right to sue anyone else for anything. I could sue CmdrTaco if I wanted because I believe that he smells bad, but I would probably lose, and end up spending a lot of money in court and lawer fees.
Oh, (and pardon my ignorance) but what is "AFAIK"? I finally thought I had all of those damn abreveations down, and here's one I've never seen before. Damn. -----
I'm going to have to agree with the bulk of the above comment, but I have a minor quibble.
Several students made the claim that 80% of the class failed. This may be an exageration, so let's move into a more theoretical situation. Let us make the assumption that there exists a prof. that is considered "hard". This prof. also fails 75-80% of his students. As some other poster noted, this is not right. If such a large proportion of the class is failing, the teacher is not fufilling his role as an instructor. In this type of situation, I think students have not only a right, but a responsibility to say something about the prof. They have no right to insult, slander or otherwise lie about him or her, but they should make it clear that this theoretical prof is know to be bad.
And, just to be clear, I feel that Brown is being unfairly dragged through the mud. The students that are posting such horrible, homophobic comments are some of the most unethical people I have ever had the displeasure of listening to, but I think that the most offensive of comments would be ignored by any smart student, and anone dumb enough to beleive everything they see on a site like teacherreaview.com or/. deserves everything they get. -----
How come no one ever reads the Bible anymore? If Judaism taught us one thing, it's 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
Perhaps part of the problem is that so many people out there are not Jewish:) As I understand it (this could be way off base, I am an atheist raised in a Jewish household; I never got much passed Genisis), the idea of an "eye for an eye" comes from the old testament and is later replaced in the new testament by "turn the other cheek." In addition, I don't think that flaming his students would do a thing for him. Sure, he could probably be quite nasty etc., but he is in a position of authority over his students; to criticize them publicly would be unethical (not to say that what students have done to him is any more less unethical) and an abuse of power.
I don't think it would do him any good any way. It makes him look vindictive. Granted, going after teachereview.com makes him look just as vindictive. I really don't know what one would do in a situation like this. As I understand it, several court cases have made it clear that you can't publish lies as fact. That is libel. Unfortunatly for Brown, all of those posts are opinions. I think that the posters can say just about anything they want and still be covered by the first amendment. Again, I really don't know what I am talking about, IANAL and the last gov. class I had was in high school -- so please, correct me if I'm wrong. -----
Terrifying can be seen in at least two different ways:
(1) There is the "Boo!" "Ahh! You scared me!" type of terrified that one might find in ye ol' horror film; and (2) the terror of wondering what might happen to you in a dark alley at night, or thinking what the government (penal system, establishment, whatever) might do to a person. Really, would you want to live in a world where people are programmed? Have you ever read Aldus Huxley's Brave New World? To me, that is truely terrifying.
Let me try to answer that question, being a LinuxPPC user:
I bought a G3 last year mostly for the hardware. The chip itself is very fast (espessially for a 300 Mhz chip) and runs very cool (i.e. there is not a loud fan all night, which is something my roommate wouldn't put up with). The case is a dream to work with (though that does not apply to iMacs or iBooks, I still don't really understand why anyone would want one of those...). I also really like the ATI RAGE 128... its a good card, even if it is not well supported under Linux. I also grew up with the MacOS (my second computer was a Mac II, MacOS 6.something) and feel a certain loyalty to Macintosh (why, I don't know).
On the other hand, I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that "Mac is about lack of options and configurability." If you have a Mac running the MacOS, you are stuck with the MacOS. There is little that can be done to configure and customize it. This creates a bit of a dilema: good hardware vs. no options. The solution: Linux.
Granted, there are not that many people who buy Macs for power. Most people get Macs to write papers and surf the 'net. In that capacity, the MacOS is stably, intuative and user friendly.
The only real problem that I see with a Mac running LinuxPPC is that all of the hardware is proprietory. That means that we don't have a lot of neat stuff (like, say, video acceleration under X) and that even when things are ported to Linux, we're left out.
And now that I have gotten completly off-topic, let me say that I agree with most of what you say. I don't like the MacOS very much anymore (I used to like it, and I still think it is infinitly better than Windoze) -- it lacks options -- but I do like the hardware very much and can run Linux, so I am happy.
I hope that this does something to answer your question.
Wow, this brings new meaning to the Tomogochi:) You could acctually create a "digital pet" that requires feeding, bathroom breaks, etc. Just don't tell my younger sister, though, because I really don't have the money to get her one of these for her birthday this year.
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- Anything by Hiyao Miyazaki [sp?] -- ie Mononoke Hime or Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- Vampire Hunter D -- vampires in a distant future. It's fun, really.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion -- yes, they talked about it, I just thought I would voice my argeement. A great series, though the ending is best seen while high
:) - Any of the Gundams -- I think Cartoon Network is wrapping up Gundam Wing right now, but I don't have cable, so I don't know for sure.
- Dragon Half -- This is a must see!
- I suppose Akira and Ghost in the Shell ought also be included in a list of anime that one should see, they helped to popularize it in the US.
- The whole Robotech/Macross saga. Sure, there hundreds of episodes, but GIANT MECHA! How can you say no?
I can't think of anything else right off, but there is a lot of great stuff out there and I always get rather disturbed when people talk of Drangon Ball Z, Pokemon, or Sailor Moon as great anime! These add something to the genre (I don't know what that is, but they must add something),but there is good anime out there that dwarfs these; ie shojo like Child's Toy or (god forbid you should ever see this) I'll Make it a Habit for cuteness; Kite or Black Lion for shear bloody violence; Nausicaa or EVA for philosophy.Please people -- go out and see some really good anime. It will make your life worth living again!
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
That was tried here in California in March, the proposition failed... Well, maybe next year.
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
...we get the plans (we can do it, we're SLASHDOT, we can do anything) and build our very own Zvesda (the Russian word for "star" BTW). We can get the plutonium on the black market to power the thing. I have some contacts in Sankt Petorburg who would be more than willing to help.
/. reader were to contribute just $50.
Once she is in orbit, we begin our conquest of Redmond. Fisrt, we launch an offensive against Microsoft's network of spy satillites (you know they're watching you!), then, drop a small nuke on M$ headquarters in Redmond.
We can raise the money without any problems, if every
Long Live TUX!!!
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Ah, a pun! I get it!
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Assuming that rights to trial by jury are similar to those in America, I see no problem with someone appealing the decision and getting their trial. In all other cases, it is faster, no?
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
I am going to have to agree, though forr slightly different reasons. I am using LinuxPPC, and there is not anything I know of that allows me to play realaudio files. What's wrong w/ mp3?
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
This is in no way meant to be flamebait, but is a serious question:
If you are really interested in photography, why would you want to buy a digital camera? What advantages do digital cameras have over conventional cameras (aside from the cost of developing film -- though I'm not sure that even that is so great, i.e. a printer, paper, ink, computer, etc. might not outweigh the cost of a good camera and film -- depends on the printer, I suppose).
At any rate, I have been into photography since I was rather young. All my life I have used my mother's camera (which she finally gave to me before I went to college). It is an old Minolta X-370. I have many lenses, including a fish eye, a telephoto, some magnifying lenses and a couple of 50-70 mm lenses. I feel that with the Minolta, I have the ability to control thousands of variables, like apature size, exposure time, and which lens I use. Correct me if I am wrong, but I have never seen a digital camera that allows you to change lenses.
Also (and this may just be my anti-technology streak shining through), I think that photographs taken with a conventional camera, printed on photo paper in the way they should be just look better. No blurred ink, no weird colors, just the photo as it should be.
Granted, if all you want to do is take snap shots on vacation, it really does not matter what kind of camera you use, but if you are really into taking good picture, I think you should invest in a good camera and a couple of lenses and fork over the dengi to develop the film.
Just my two cents, and feel free to flame me into oblivion.
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
foo
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
OOOOO!! Sounds like fun! How does one go about setting that up?
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
I agree that people should be willing to take the consequences of their actions, but my unwillingness to be arrested for DeCSS is a matter of scale:
I am not going to be put in jail or fined because I want to watch a few movies. I may refuse to buy those movies in protest, but I am not going to ruin my life for something as trivial as entertainment (and I don't care what you say about "evil megacorporations", it is not worth that much to me).
On the other hand, things like the civil rights movement or the WTO/IMF/World Bank impose much more sever limits that affect not just Americans with the money to buy computers and DVDs, but third world contries who can do little to defend themselves, I would be willing to take greater risks and accept greater consequences.
Those evil four letter acronymes are much less of a problem in my mind than the others listed above. I also don't believe that just because they are large corporations copyright laws cease to exist. One hopes that any reasonable judge would not see DeCSS as a tool for piracy, but by the same token, the evil megacorps have a right to prosecute people that misuse the software. IMHO, the battle should be fought not over DeCSS, but over people who use DeCSS to pirate intellectual proporty.
And if you want to tell me that it is every one's proporty, I would like to refer you to this slashdot thread.
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
I mean illegal. Whether or not it is immoral, if it is illegal, it should not be there. I take issue with the laws that exist, but I am not going to get myself heavily fined or thrown in jail breaking bad laws. I will continue to keep my mp3 collection, harbor a copy of DeCSS, and do many other things that are probably illegal, but if push comes to shove, I would probably back down if faced with the alternatives of hefty fines that I can't pay or jail time. There are more important things. Call me sellout if you like, but I have my priorities.
To get back on topic, the issue is not one of morals. I don't really care what people do on their own time, but if there is a law against it, I see there as being three options:
We may not like the laws that exist, but if we break them, it seems that we must be prepared to take the consequences.
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
The way I read it, the law only applies to the last level of linking. I could be misinterperating things here, but that is the way I see it.
you link to a site that's perfectly normal, but the maintainers of that site then put illegal material on their page
This is the bit that concerns me; the content changing after the link is established. But again (in theory) IF material is illegal THEN it should be removed from the internet, and the people who put it there in the first place charged. If their current laws were enforceable, then there would be no need for yet another unenforceable law.
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
It seems to me that, in theory, "illegal" material should not be on the internet (again, in theory, that does not mean in the real world). In a sense, linking to another's site is a form of distributing that material, thus illegal. It seems to me that this descision is not the problem, but rather the underlying laws. Perhaps we should instead aim our hostilities at the Japaneese laws that outlaw pornography.
note: this is honestly not meant as a troll or flamebait; if you think I am wrong (which I very well could be), please try to explain why in a rational and polite fashion -- I don't swear at you, I would like the same curtiousy (pardon my poor spelling)
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Hear Hear!
I second the motion.
All in favor, say "aye".
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
Try using yaBoot. You are still required to have a small HFS partition on your drive, but it boots right into Linux. You can even burn the stuff to a CD and completely blow away anything looking like MacOS. It works very well on my B&W G3.
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Vikhozhu odin ya na darogu;
Skvoz' tuman kremnisti put' blectit;
Noch' tikha. Pystinya vnemlet bogu,
I am running LinuxPPC on a Blue and White G3. (please don't flame me for that, I don't want to get into why Macs are better:). Unfortuantly, this means that I can't run BeOS. I would really like to try it out and see what good it is, but I don't have the right hardware. So right now, I am trying to get it to run through emulation, either via VirtualPC via Mac-on-Linux (VirtualPC crashs when run under MOL) or via bochs (an x86 emulator).
Bochs seems to boot off of the floppy image that comes w/ the BeOS stuff, but then I think it tries to restart as a BeOS box (through emulation) and the emulator assumes that it is a shutdown command and dies. Is there any way to directly boot Be w/o having to muck about with this floppy image (frankly, I don't really expect that it would work anyway, it is expecting Linux, no?)? i.e. can BeOS be booted off of the same drive/partition/floppy &c. that it runs on?
I really wish I saw this earlier, because I'm sure that I have no chance of getting an answer (hell, I'd be suprised if anyone even reads this). Still, I would really like to play around with many layers of emulation &c. and would really appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance,
al
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Mir == World as well. This caused quite a bit of trouble at a UN meeting when Brezhnev (Khruchev? I can never remember which of the Soviets said what) said "Mi hotim mir" (the transliteration is horrible, sorry). "Mi hotim" means "we want" and "mir" can be either "peace" or "the world." I will leave the rest up to you :)
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Anyone has a right to sue anyone else for anything. I could sue CmdrTaco if I wanted because I believe that he smells bad, but I would probably lose, and end up spending a lot of money in court and lawer fees.
Oh, (and pardon my ignorance) but what is "AFAIK"? I finally thought I had all of those damn abreveations down, and here's one I've never seen before. Damn.
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I'm going to have to agree with the bulk of the above comment, but I have a minor quibble.
/. deserves everything they get.
Several students made the claim that 80% of the class failed. This may be an exageration, so let's move into a more theoretical situation. Let us make the assumption that there exists a prof. that is considered "hard". This prof. also fails 75-80% of his students. As some other poster noted, this is not right. If such a large proportion of the class is failing, the teacher is not fufilling his role as an instructor. In this type of situation, I think students have not only a right, but a responsibility to say something about the prof. They have no right to insult, slander or otherwise lie about him or her, but they should make it clear that this theoretical prof is know to be bad.
And, just to be clear, I feel that Brown is being unfairly dragged through the mud. The students that are posting such horrible, homophobic comments are some of the most unethical people I have ever had the displeasure of listening to, but I think that the most offensive of comments would be ignored by any smart student, and anone dumb enough to beleive everything they see on a site like teacherreaview.com or
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How come no one ever reads the Bible anymore? If Judaism taught us one thing, it's 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
:) As I understand it (this could be way off base, I am an atheist raised in a Jewish household; I never got much passed Genisis), the idea of an "eye for an eye" comes from the old testament and is later replaced in the new testament by "turn the other cheek." In addition, I don't think that flaming his students would do a thing for him. Sure, he could probably be quite nasty etc., but he is in a position of authority over his students; to criticize them publicly would be unethical (not to say that what students have done to him is any more less unethical) and an abuse of power.
Perhaps part of the problem is that so many people out there are not Jewish
I don't think it would do him any good any way. It makes him look vindictive. Granted, going after teachereview.com makes him look just as vindictive. I really don't know what one would do in a situation like this. As I understand it, several court cases have made it clear that you can't publish lies as fact. That is libel. Unfortunatly for Brown, all of those posts are opinions. I think that the posters can say just about anything they want and still be covered by the first amendment. Again, I really don't know what I am talking about, IANAL and the last gov. class I had was in high school -- so please, correct me if I'm wrong.
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(1) There is the "Boo!" "Ahh! You scared me!" type of terrified that one might find in ye ol' horror film; and
(2) the terror of wondering what might happen to you in a dark alley at night, or thinking what the government (penal system, establishment, whatever) might do to a person. Really, would you want to live in a world where people are programmed? Have you ever read Aldus Huxley's Brave New World? To me, that is truely terrifying.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
I bought a G3 last year mostly for the hardware. The chip itself is very fast (espessially for a 300 Mhz chip) and runs very cool (i.e. there is not a loud fan all night, which is something my roommate wouldn't put up with). The case is a dream to work with (though that does not apply to iMacs or iBooks, I still don't really understand why anyone would want one of those...). I also really like the ATI RAGE 128... its a good card, even if it is not well supported under Linux. I also grew up with the MacOS (my second computer was a Mac II, MacOS 6.something) and feel a certain loyalty to Macintosh (why, I don't know).
On the other hand, I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that "Mac is about lack of options and configurability." If you have a Mac running the MacOS, you are stuck with the MacOS. There is little that can be done to configure and customize it. This creates a bit of a dilema: good hardware vs. no options. The solution: Linux.
Granted, there are not that many people who buy Macs for power. Most people get Macs to write papers and surf the 'net. In that capacity, the MacOS is stably, intuative and user friendly.
The only real problem that I see with a Mac running LinuxPPC is that all of the hardware is proprietory. That means that we don't have a lot of neat stuff (like, say, video acceleration under X) and that even when things are ported to Linux, we're left out.
And now that I have gotten completly off-topic, let me say that I agree with most of what you say. I don't like the MacOS very much anymore (I used to like it, and I still think it is infinitly better than Windoze) -- it lacks options -- but I do like the hardware very much and can run Linux, so I am happy.
I hope that this does something to answer your question.
I hate to burst your bubble (or con... oh, nevermind), but you still have other things to worry about, like, say AIDS.
Wow, this brings new meaning to the Tomogochi :) You could acctually create a "digital pet" that requires feeding, bathroom breaks, etc. Just don't tell my younger sister, though, because I really don't have the money to get her one of these for her birthday this year.