In the article, they ask about removal of spyware removing revenue for the producers of the free software. I didn't think the ad-aware guy answered that very well. I would have pointed out that ultimately, the customer (user of free software) decides what it's worth to use their software. Most will look at ads. Heck, most will tolerate pop-ups. What they tolerate is anti-ad-aware software. I never heard of RadLight until this came up. Free publicity, yes, but you can be sure no one that I know ever uses any of their products. There's a line & they crossed it. Not all free publicity is good, regardless of what they say.
Weed is not drugs. Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine yes. Weed no.
(Look at me, responding to an AC) I agree. My comment was referring to the insane anti-drug laws, where people can have their property confiscated & auctioned off, all before a trial, just because they are accused of drug trafficking. And that includs suspicion of trafficking marijuana. Whether you and I thinks it's a drug is irrelevant, that's the law. Sucks, if you ask me.
...Microsoft has committed a felony. And should have been punished accordingly: not simply broken up into different divisions, but broken up, dissolved, and all their assets confiscated...
Hey, what is MS worth these days? How does it compare to the national debt? Let's just confiscate all their shit & apply it to the country's debt. We can plant some weed in BillG's car & say he built MS from drug money, that'll be easier than futzing around with this monopoly crap...
I'll have to agree with you there. Although I won't actually use n* like the AC that also responded, it's ok for african-americans (my ex-gf was aa, and she said that was the "polite" way to say it) to call each other n*. It's ok for homosexuals to call each other gay. I feel that is much more discriminitory (is that a word?) than just saying something is gay. It's ok for *you* to say gay, because *you're* gay. I'm not allowed to say gay, because I'm not? So am I a second-class citizen, only allowed to use the words that are approved for me? Should I, a native american/irish mix only be able to call people redskins, injuns, or... damn, what's an Irish racial slur? Micks? I don't know, I don't keep up with it.
Since I've now wandered far from the original point, I'll just say this.
As a caucasian male, I'm offended by the fact the only racial slur for me is "cracker". I mean, really. That's not offensive, that's simply ridiculous. Give me a *really* offensive slur. And asshole doesn't count.
...ship your body. It doesn't matter if you're right if everyone around you folds at the drop of a hat. I'd like to know that I...
I had a company try to shut down my personal website because they (cautionwear, inc) thought my domain was too close (cautioninc.com). My domain was registered through Namezero, and their TOS states they won't fight any kind of copywright/trademark dispute. I sent an email to Namezero, pointing to the complainer's site (which I had to find, it wasn't named), and pointing out that there's no possible way my domain name was infringing on anything they did. I totally expected to lose my domain, but Namezero backed me up. I can't say enough how happy I am to let them handle my DNS.
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I don't think everyone is upset because they won't sell it for less than cost, I think everyone is upset because Best Buy *consistently* has these little under-cost accidents...
It's a good thing that Code Red was such a flop. Considering the # of hits my apache server gets every day from CR/nimda, I'd hate to see what would happen if it were still around.
But whatever. It's obvious that all the whiny crybabies know less about internet etiquette than the people who made the mistake.
On to the real post, I'm not an X-Files fan. I occasionally catch an episode, and I've always liked the Lone Gunmen the best. I watched the pilot, and looked forward to watching their show, but there must have been a scheduling conflict since I missed the rest. When I saw the beginning of the X-files tonight, I freaked. "I thought it was the last 4-5 shows of the season, are they pulling a South Park by showing the Lone Gunmen instead???" Once it became obvious they weren't, I stopped watching, so I didn't know about the ending. Here's another spoiler for you, the main characters run into Duchovny in the end, and they all get killed. Any takers on that bet?
Nonono, you're supposed to say, "mod me down for offtopic" if you want to get modded up. If you ask to be modded up, you'll get modded down (since you're at -1....)
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Shhh. Books are too expensive as it is. I'm sure they'd keep the first book at the same price as now, and jack the prices up for following titles...
Lucky you:) Realy, I suspect you are the exception rather than the rule. Everyone that I know that sees a lot of hard drives has one brand that they see fail more than others. They're usually different brands, though:)
A player for a format not many people are using on a platform even fewer people are using. Admirable, but not likely to be a commercial success.
Ok, everyone who keeps saying that they refuse to buy a player that doesn't support Ogg Vorbis needs to step up to the plate. Heck, you get the added bonus of it running on Linux. If *you* don't, who will? Then when it fails, everyone will say it's because the people *want* closed source, proprietary products...
I thought it was overkill, too. Later in the article he mentions using it as a MAME box sometimes. I don't MAME, but I imagine that's where the extra cycles go:)
not really, it's only ~20 songs. I just "refresh" it a bit, to replace songs I'm tired of. It's not inconvenient because I'm usually at work & think, "I want to listen to X," so I scp them over.
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yeah, but blue boxes don't have the draconian laws that drugs do in this country.
In the article, they ask about removal of spyware removing revenue for the producers of the free software. I didn't think the ad-aware guy answered that very well. I would have pointed out that ultimately, the customer (user of free software) decides what it's worth to use their software. Most will look at ads. Heck, most will tolerate pop-ups. What they tolerate is anti-ad-aware software. I never heard of RadLight until this came up. Free publicity, yes, but you can be sure no one that I know ever uses any of their products. There's a line & they crossed it. Not all free publicity is good, regardless of what they say.
Weed is not drugs. Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine yes. Weed no.
(Look at me, responding to an AC) I agree. My comment was referring to the insane anti-drug laws, where people can have their property confiscated & auctioned off, all before a trial, just because they are accused of drug trafficking. And that includs suspicion of trafficking marijuana. Whether you and I thinks it's a drug is irrelevant, that's the law. Sucks, if you ask me.
Let's change the "Start" to "K" :)
Hey! I *like* the personalized menus. I have to use winxx at work, and that's one thing I miss in KDE...
...Microsoft has committed a felony. And should have been punished accordingly: not simply broken up into different divisions, but broken up, dissolved, and all their assets confiscated...
Hey, what is MS worth these days? How does it compare to the national debt? Let's just confiscate all their shit & apply it to the country's debt. We can plant some weed in BillG's car & say he built MS from drug money, that'll be easier than futzing around with this monopoly crap...
I'm assuming your post is at -1 because you're Serial Troller, but that was fucking great.
I'll have to agree with you there. Although I won't actually use n* like the AC that also responded, it's ok for african-americans (my ex-gf was aa, and she said that was the "polite" way to say it) to call each other n*. It's ok for homosexuals to call each other gay. I feel that is much more discriminitory (is that a word?) than just saying something is gay. It's ok for *you* to say gay, because *you're* gay. I'm not allowed to say gay, because I'm not? So am I a second-class citizen, only allowed to use the words that are approved for me? Should I, a native american/irish mix only be able to call people redskins, injuns, or... damn, what's an Irish racial slur? Micks? I don't know, I don't keep up with it.
Since I've now wandered far from the original point, I'll just say this.
As a caucasian male, I'm offended by the fact the only racial slur for me is "cracker". I mean, really. That's not offensive, that's simply ridiculous. Give me a *really* offensive slur. And asshole doesn't count.
...ship your body. It doesn't matter if you're right if everyone around you folds at the drop of a hat. I'd like to know that I...
I had a company try to shut down my personal website because they (cautionwear, inc) thought my domain was too close (cautioninc.com). My domain was registered through Namezero, and their TOS states they won't fight any kind of copywright/trademark dispute. I sent an email to Namezero, pointing to the complainer's site (which I had to find, it wasn't named), and pointing out that there's no possible way my domain name was infringing on anything they did. I totally expected to lose my domain, but Namezero backed me up. I can't say enough how happy I am to let them handle my DNS.
I don't think everyone is upset because they won't sell it for less than cost, I think everyone is upset because Best Buy *consistently* has these little under-cost accidents...
It's a good thing that Code Red was such a flop. Considering the # of hits my apache server gets every day from CR/nimda, I'd hate to see what would happen if it were still around.
But whatever. It's obvious that all the whiny crybabies know less about internet etiquette than the people who made the mistake.
On to the real post, I'm not an X-Files fan. I occasionally catch an episode, and I've always liked the Lone Gunmen the best. I watched the pilot, and looked forward to watching their show, but there must have been a scheduling conflict since I missed the rest. When I saw the beginning of the X-files tonight, I freaked. "I thought it was the last 4-5 shows of the season, are they pulling a South Park by showing the Lone Gunmen instead???" Once it became obvious they weren't, I stopped watching, so I didn't know about the ending. Here's another spoiler for you, the main characters run into Duchovny in the end, and they all get killed. Any takers on that bet?
I don't see what his sexual orientation has to do with anything. But what do I know?
Nonono, you're supposed to say, "mod me down for offtopic" if you want to get modded up. If you ask to be modded up, you'll get modded down (since you're at -1....)
Shhh. Books are too expensive as it is. I'm sure they'd keep the first book at the same price as now, and jack the prices up for following titles...
And yes, I *am* cheap.
Man, that makes me feel old.
Lucky you :) Realy, I suspect you are the exception rather than the rule. Everyone that I know that sees a lot of hard drives has one brand that they see fail more than others. They're usually different brands, though :)
A player for a format not many people are using on a platform even fewer people are using. Admirable, but not likely to be a commercial success.
Ok, everyone who keeps saying that they refuse to buy a player that doesn't support Ogg Vorbis needs to step up to the plate. Heck, you get the added bonus of it running on Linux. If *you* don't, who will? Then when it fails, everyone will say it's because the people *want* closed source, proprietary products...
This is /usr/bin - it's where most user programs live /usr/sbin - it's where most superuser programs live
This is
I've often wondered what the difference between bin & sbin were. Thanks.
I thought it was overkill, too. Later in the article he mentions using it as a MAME box sometimes. I don't MAME, but I imagine that's where the extra cycles go :)
Plus you get the added bonus of saying, "I need to go check on my bong cooler now". :)
Hey, that's a good idea. You should go post that to some case mod/cooling boards (other than /.) and report back w/ pics when someone does it :)
Plastic bag? I seem to remember someone using dry ice & a styrofoam cooler & they used a bag, tied/taped around the cables.
I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. That's a good one, though :)
not really, it's only ~20 songs. I just "refresh" it a bit, to replace songs I'm tired of. It's not inconvenient because I'm usually at work & think, "I want to listen to X," so I scp them over.