Now those Videos were very, very, cool. I just love to watch things explode:) Trident missile tests are the best, they tend to cartwheel before they go boom. And the early V2 tests are funny.
Something else i'd love to see is videos of Fission and Fusion bombs. Those are cool too, but i havn't seen any encoded and available on the internet. Anyone know where i can find some? Or some more Trident "mishaps"?:)
Where does this idea that Geeks somehow have poor personal hygiene come from? It's a poor myth. Of all the Geeks i know, they all keep themselves clean and smart.
Of course, after a 48 hour hacking run, you'll probably need a shower, but then, who wouldn't?
Damnit, Geeks think they don't Stink! Sorry for the rant:)
Seriously, though, I can't imagine ever saying "are emm dash are eff asterisk" to make room, or "cursor right, cursor right, select, cut, damn it, undo, copy, cursor down . .."
Thats because you're trying to marry standard text & keyboard interfaces to a completly diferent input system. It won't work, just as trying to use a mouse to type won't work; it wasn't designed to do it.
Interfaces provide a layer between the input devices and the computer, therefore the interace is designed for the input devices available. If you have voice recognition, you'll have a diferent interface.
For example, instead of "arr emm dash arr eff star" you could use more natural language, such as "delete all files in the temp directory", or "Open the abiword file that contains my current cv".
All of this is very obvious, but it seems a lot of people will have to be dragged away kicking and screaming from their text consoles.
Yes MP == Member of Parliment. Although i guess that with the RIP bill going through Parliment at the moment, it could start to mean Military Police...
Parents invevitably, even understandably, will seek perfect children.
Mr Katz's rant on "playing God" is all very well, until you ask the question:
What is perfect anyway?
Everyone has diferent ideas. You will not end up with everyone looking the same, because all over the world, in diferent countries, in the same neighbourhood, everyones ideas of "perfect" is diferent.
That just covers physical attributes. What about mental ability. Would it really be so bad if more people had higher IQ's?
People on Slashdot (in particular) are always complaining about lUsers. What if there were no more lUsers? What if people had the physical and mental ability to do something with their lives? Would that really be so bad?
Me, i don't think so. But then, we're a long way off anyway.
Um, your experience is not typical, and your argument shows a lack of understanding. Getting kicked before you said anything is more likly due to an over zealous idiot with ops, or a channel takeover, or a bad domain-mask for a ban that someone had set. Yes, sometimes Linux channels are full of big headed zealots, but there are plenty of other channels to go get help.
On an entirely diferent note, i suggest you don't use IRC because it's too damn addictive. On a computer at 4am and not coding? That'll be IRC then;)
Research Machines (RM) also used something that was called a 186 in their "Nimbus" range of machines. For those who may not know, RM made cheap "almost PC's" for Schools, mostly in the UK i think.
Good point, except he's not going to launch it from his backyard. He's building it in his backyard, but will launch it from a desert. You did read the article didn't you?
Wow. The scary thing is the amount of money that he managed to sucker out of these people. I mean, we've all heard of conmen before. But $40million? That's a whole lotta cash. But all this actually proves is:
VC's have too much cash, and are too quick to throw it away at any old IT startup.
People have become so excited by the whole Internet and dotcom "bubble economy" that they will risk a whole lotta cash on the slim chance of making a quick buck.
People are easily fooled by technology (As an example, one of the coders who worked at Pixelon said "They took an existing Windows player and modified it slightly, then called it our own", and the computer they "desgined" to encode the video was built from off the shelf components)
Now the scary thing is, this man can't be the only one to have the idea. How many more of these con-artists are there now on the internet?
If you don't have the ability to do something with yourself to the point that you either need government handouts or require society to lower itself just so you don't get lost in the shuffle, then maybe you aren't worth the effort.
That just isn't the case. Diferent people have diferent skills and abilities to offer society. Some people are great craftsmen but couldn't use a computer even at a basic level, for instance. We'd be pretty lost without them. Should we discount their views because of their percieved lack of ability?
How about people with physical disabilites who are unable to use a mouse & keyboard? Are they not allowed a voice? I'm sure you've heard of a certain Dr Hawking. Should we bother with the effort to listen to his ideas and views?
Maybe you're a Troll. I certainly hope so, anyway.
No, they needed to call it something other than geeks31(.mp3|.ra), because that one was already taken by the patch to GiS Episode 3, which was called geeks31(.mp3|.ra) So the mystery of what they will call GiS 31 has been solved, and i'm sure it will be back to geeks32(.mp3|.ra) next (week? Best not be long;)
My theory is that someone from the USTPO is reading Slashdot, and saw ESR's name poping up all over the place and thought "Hey, they don't like us. They like this ESR guy though. Hey, i have an idea!"
O.K maybe not, but it would have made a better conspiracy if RMS, Linus & Natalie Portman had been invited to join too;)
Um, excuse me, where does it say that was me? Because it was attached to a Troll who mentioned my name? I have seen this poster somewhere before in another thread, also on a Troll post attached to one of my posts. It isn't me. I have a suspicion, but the guy is a mate, so i won't mention names;) So hey, aim your flame someplace else, it's hot over here. Thanks.
Although not an AOL user myself, i think someone else pointed out farther down that you do agree to the ads, as they are part of the AOL user agreement. If you don't like that, most people do have the choice to use a Real ISP.
O.K, so what happens if the FSF goto court and the GPL is officially declared a load of unenforcable rubbish? What sort of possition will the FSF (And most of our favourite peices of software) be in then?
Although i see no reason why the GPL isn't as legal as a click-thru or a shrink wrap license, i believe a fair few EULA's have been laughed out of court in the past. The American legal system has always amazed me, i just hope this time it doesn't do anything daft.
t would set a nice precedent of companies being responsible for the default configuration of their software
Hey yeah! Then i can go sue Redhat for having an insecure default configuration, then the Gnome team because i think the default install is ugly, then Netscape/AOL again because Mozilla has a nasty default skin, then i can sue Andover because the default article reading setting isn't the way i like it....
Oh, no, wait. That would be a stupid idea now wouldn't it?
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Even worse, what if the Throtle jammed? You could be running for miles with these things.
Now i have images of people being forcably propelled up a busy shopping street while screaming for help.
I think that's more due to the shitty way in which Netscape "renders" a page.
Now those Videos were very, very, cool. I just love to watch things explode :) Trident missile tests are the best, they tend to cartwheel before they go boom. And the early V2 tests are funny.
:)
Something else i'd love to see is videos of Fission and Fusion bombs. Those are cool too, but i havn't seen any encoded and available on the internet. Anyone know where i can find some? Or some more Trident "mishaps"?
Where does this idea that Geeks somehow have poor personal hygiene come from? It's a poor myth. Of all the Geeks i know, they all keep themselves clean and smart.
:)
Of course, after a 48 hour hacking run, you'll probably need a shower, but then, who wouldn't?
Damnit, Geeks think they don't Stink! Sorry for the rant
Seriously, though, I can't imagine ever saying "are emm dash are eff asterisk" to make room, or "cursor right, cursor right, select, cut, damn it, undo, copy, cursor down . . ."
Thats because you're trying to marry standard text & keyboard interfaces to a completly diferent input system. It won't work, just as trying to use a mouse to type won't work; it wasn't designed to do it.
Interfaces provide a layer between the input devices and the computer, therefore the interace is designed for the input devices available. If you have voice recognition, you'll have a diferent interface.
For example, instead of "arr emm dash arr eff star" you could use more natural language, such as "delete all files in the temp directory", or "Open the abiword file that contains my current cv".
All of this is very obvious, but it seems a lot of people will have to be dragged away kicking and screaming from their text consoles.
Even better, add the following line to your /etc/hosts :
ads.doubleclick.net 127.0.0.1
Even better. Now you don't need to download them at all.
You're just jealous because you didn't get invited, admit it. ;)
It sounds to me that you are describing Usenet. Surely everyone hasn't forgotten about Usenet?
I'd put money on that being CDE on a Solaris box. So there we go.
Yes MP == Member of Parliment. Although i guess that with the RIP bill going through Parliment at the moment, it could start to mean Military Police...
Parents invevitably, even understandably, will seek perfect children.
Mr Katz's rant on "playing God" is all very well, until you ask the question:
What is perfect anyway?
Everyone has diferent ideas. You will not end up with everyone looking the same, because all over the world, in diferent countries, in the same neighbourhood, everyones ideas of "perfect" is diferent.
That just covers physical attributes. What about mental ability. Would it really be so bad if more people had higher IQ's?
People on Slashdot (in particular) are always complaining about lUsers. What if there were no more lUsers? What if people had the physical and mental ability to do something with their lives? Would that really be so bad?
Me, i don't think so. But then, we're a long way off anyway.
I really suggest you don't hang out on IRC
;)
Um, your experience is not typical, and your argument shows a lack of understanding. Getting kicked before you said anything is more likly due to an over zealous idiot with ops, or a channel takeover, or a bad domain-mask for a ban that someone had set. Yes, sometimes Linux channels are full of big headed zealots, but there are plenty of other channels to go get help.
On an entirely diferent note, i suggest you don't use IRC because it's too damn addictive. On a computer at 4am and not coding? That'll be IRC then
Research Machines (RM) also used something that was called a 186 in their "Nimbus" range of machines. For those who may not know, RM made cheap "almost PC's" for Schools, mostly in the UK i think.
So, does this mean we won? Is Slashdot still under threat of Microsoft lawyers, or has that all blown over? We want to know! :)
Why would you need to? If it explodes, i think it's a safe bet that the finger under that rock belongs to one person only. :)
Good point, except he's not going to launch it from his backyard. He's building it in his backyard, but will launch it from a desert. You did read the article didn't you?
And to download MP3's with their big pipe.
- VC's have too much cash, and are too quick to throw it away at any old IT startup.
- People have become so excited by the whole Internet and dotcom "bubble economy" that they will risk a whole lotta cash on the slim chance of making a quick buck.
- People are easily fooled by technology (As an example, one of the coders who worked at Pixelon said "They took an existing Windows player and modified it slightly, then called it our own", and the computer they "desgined" to encode the video was built from off the shelf components)
Now the scary thing is, this man can't be the only one to have the idea. How many more of these con-artists are there now on the internet?If you don't have the ability to do something with yourself to the point that you either need government handouts or require society to lower itself just so you don't get lost in the shuffle, then maybe you aren't worth the effort.
That just isn't the case. Diferent people have diferent skills and abilities to offer society. Some people are great craftsmen but couldn't use a computer even at a basic level, for instance. We'd be pretty lost without them. Should we discount their views because of their percieved lack of ability?
How about people with physical disabilites who are unable to use a mouse & keyboard? Are they not allowed a voice? I'm sure you've heard of a certain Dr Hawking. Should we bother with the effort to listen to his ideas and views?
Maybe you're a Troll. I certainly hope so, anyway.
No, they needed to call it something other than geeks31(.mp3|.ra), because that one was already taken by the patch to GiS Episode 3, which was called geeks31(.mp3|.ra) So the mystery of what they will call GiS 31 has been solved, and i'm sure it will be back to geeks32(.mp3|.ra) next (week? Best not be long ;)
My theory is that someone from the USTPO is reading Slashdot, and saw ESR's name poping up all over the place and thought "Hey, they don't like us. They like this ESR guy though. Hey, i have an idea!"
;)
O.K maybe not, but it would have made a better conspiracy if RMS, Linus & Natalie Portman had been invited to join too
Um, excuse me, where does it say that was me? Because it was attached to a Troll who mentioned my name? I have seen this poster somewhere before in another thread, also on a Troll post attached to one of my posts. It isn't me. I have a suspicion, but the guy is a mate, so i won't mention names ;) So hey, aim your flame someplace else, it's hot over here. Thanks.
Although not an AOL user myself, i think someone else pointed out farther down that you do agree to the ads, as they are part of the AOL user agreement. If you don't like that, most people do have the choice to use a Real ISP.
O.K, so what happens if the FSF goto court and the GPL is officially declared a load of unenforcable rubbish? What sort of possition will the FSF (And most of our favourite peices of software) be in then?
Although i see no reason why the GPL isn't as legal as a click-thru or a shrink wrap license, i believe a fair few EULA's have been laughed out of court in the past. The American legal system has always amazed me, i just hope this time it doesn't do anything daft.
t would set a nice precedent of companies being responsible for the default configuration of their software
Hey yeah! Then i can go sue Redhat for having an insecure default configuration, then the Gnome team because i think the default install is ugly, then Netscape/AOL again because Mozilla has a nasty default skin, then i can sue Andover because the default article reading setting isn't the way i like it....
Oh, no, wait. That would be a stupid idea now wouldn't it?