Check this silo tour out! An oldie, but goodie. Reminds me of the days of my youth, spent crawling around the bomb shelters underneath my high school. Wheee!:)
Yeah, but wasn't that was Arpanet was designed for? Routing around levelled cities?
Then again, I suppose if your neighborhood was razed to a sheet of glass (molten sand) then your line would probably be down too... Unless of course you did it right and went underground!:)
As if "newbie" wasn't a bad enough moniker for people new to Linux, now we call them "clueless" as well? That's so freakin' lame. Maybe that one dude was right - you are a bunch of arrogant bastards.
As if "newbie" wasn't a bad enough moniker for people new to Linux, now we call them "clueless" as well? That's so freakin' lame. Maybe that one dude was right - you are a bunch of arrogant bastards.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but who the hell are you to determine who/what is "normal" and what is not? It would seem that a rather large number of people here have met their SO online or at least the Internet had some hand in it.
I am no exception.
I am a whack job, but I love it.
There is no such thing as normal. Unless of course, you love statistics. Then there's an average. But not a normal.
Having been in the "dating game" as much as the next guy, I'd rather meet someone online than in a bar any day, thank you.
However, I suggest you have a parent, a friend or a taxi take you to and from said meeting place. Once you're in the car alone with him, you're at his mercy.
Find out what he's really like first, perhaps through a few dates. You'll know pretty quickly if he's a schmo or not.
Agreed! But AOL seems to be a hotbed for this kind of crap. It wouldn't surpise me in the least if AOL logged their chatrooms. They have the resources to do so, certainly.
I never said I condoned it... Nor did I say that AOL was in relation to this story...;>
I met my current g/f through the Internet who I see in real life and have established multiple friendships that way as well. Hell, I even work with someone I met on the Internet. Not all is as bad on the "crazy, uncontrolled Internet" as the media would like you to believe. Hearing this story from one of our own however, makes you think that it CAN happen to you.
I'm very sorry to hear of what happened to your friend. My heartfelt sympathies. I hope she gets that bastard - and the asshole cop/detective too. I would file a complaint against him, even.
Use common sense when meeting strangers - whether through the Internet or not - it really doesn't matter HOW you made initial contact - but rather in the first face-to-face meeting. For Gods sake, do it in a public place! Never invite someone to your house or even tell them where you live!
That some loser on AOL wrote a virus for the biggest abomination of an office suite on the planet? This goes back to the monkey theory, I think. Heh.:)
While I'll be the first to thank RMS and the FSF for all the cool GNU stuff they've produced, I will not now, nor ever call my system "GNU/Linux."
That's rediculous, and here's why. Granted, as everyone already mentioned, the kernel is Linux, some of the tools are GNU - but what about everyone else? Everyone deserves credit and to put the GNU moniker on it is a slap in the face. I use a lot more than just GNU stuff. I even use my own software. Hey, let's call it Mike/GNU/Linux. How'd that be?
I believe in the FSF and most of RMS's ideals, but this is taking it too far. As a long time user of Linux and a developer for same, I'm offended.
As for "idolizing" RMS or Linus and Co. as someone pointed out, that's bullshit. I personally don't idolize any of 'em. I'm grateful and thankful for the great code they've produced and what they've done for the community, but then we all contribute to the revolution in our own ways - some more than others, but nevertheless. I'm not gonna cheat myself, others or the GNU project(s).
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Check this silo tour out! An oldie, but goodie. Reminds me of the days of my youth, spent crawling around the bomb shelters underneath my high school. Wheee! :)
Then again, I suppose if your neighborhood was razed to a sheet of glass (molten sand) then your line would probably be down too... Unless of course you did it right and went underground! :)
As if "newbie" wasn't a bad enough moniker for people new to Linux, now we call them "clueless" as well? That's so freakin' lame. Maybe that one dude was right - you are a bunch of arrogant bastards.
For all you "newbies" out there, you're always welcome at Everything Linux - where there's even a Q&A forum for your questions.
For all you "newbies" out there, you're always welcome at Everything Linux - which has a Q&A help forum as well for your questions.
Heh.
As if "newbie" wasn't a bad enough moniker for people new to Linux, now we call them "clueless" as well? That's so freakin' lame. Maybe that one dude was right - you are a bunch of arrogant bastards.
TRS-80 forever! :)
Hehehe. Memories indeed...
You lost me at GNU/Linux... ;>
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but who the hell are you to determine who/what is "normal" and what is not? It would seem that a rather large number of people here have met their SO online or at least the Internet had some hand in it.
I am no exception.
I am a whack job, but I love it.
There is no such thing as normal. Unless of course, you love statistics. Then there's an average. But not a normal.
Having been in the "dating game" as much as the next guy, I'd rather meet someone online than in a bar any day, thank you.
However, I suggest you have a parent, a friend or a taxi take you to and from said meeting place. Once you're in the car alone with him, you're at his mercy.
Find out what he's really like first, perhaps through a few dates. You'll know pretty quickly if he's a schmo or not.
I never said I condoned it... Nor did I say that AOL was in relation to this story... ;>
Seems you have a new friend... :)
Hell, I've been abusing cops as long as I've been a geek... Guess it came from the 80's mohawk/punk days. :)
...also often "limit" it's visitors to a relatively local area.
I'd rip that cop a new one and then see him in court. That was completely rude, uncalled for and unprofessional in every sense.
...in our own ways. Of course, there are definate head cases out there, but thankfully, the people I've met online are all wonderful people.
You can bet they monitor if not log allllll that shit...
Besides, wasn't this mentioned/announced a week or two ago?
I'm very sorry to hear of what happened to your friend. My heartfelt sympathies. I hope she gets that bastard - and the asshole cop/detective too. I would file a complaint against him, even.
Use common sense when meeting strangers - whether through the Internet or not - it really doesn't matter HOW you made initial contact - but rather in the first face-to-face meeting. For Gods sake, do it in a public place! Never invite someone to your house or even tell them where you live!
That some loser on AOL wrote a virus for the biggest abomination of an office suite on the planet? This goes back to the monkey theory, I think. Heh. :)
Good time to buy though. ;>
And so um, this changes WHAT exactly? That's right, nothing. Yawn.
That's rediculous, and here's why. Granted, as everyone already mentioned, the kernel is Linux, some of the tools are GNU - but what about everyone else? Everyone deserves credit and to put the GNU moniker on it is a slap in the face. I use a lot more than just GNU stuff. I even use my own software. Hey, let's call it Mike/GNU/Linux. How'd that be?
I believe in the FSF and most of RMS's ideals, but this is taking it too far. As a long time user of Linux and a developer for same, I'm offended.
As for "idolizing" RMS or Linus and Co. as someone pointed out, that's bullshit. I personally don't idolize any of 'em. I'm grateful and thankful for the great code they've produced and what they've done for the community, but then we all contribute to the revolution in our own ways - some more than others, but nevertheless. I'm not gonna cheat myself, others or the GNU project(s).
I USE LINUX AND I'M DAMNED PROUD OF IT.