yep, and that service covers 95% of the territory.
As a bonus you get unlimited free national VoIP phone calls and 50+ TV channels from a Linux-based DSL modem/settop box called the Freebox. And the ping to the provider's router is only 5ms.
The guys are about to completely unlimit the bandwidth at 8m/640k for those that are real close to the DSLAM. See http://adsl.free.fr for info. This ISP is completely Linux-based, included their custom made settops.
Oh, and the Freebox can act as a wifi router if you purchase a 27 EUR pcmcia card.
Taco, why do you think "folks" care about your junk culture. I mean, TV series?!
Just 'cause we're nerds and geeks don't mean we consume any sci-fi stupidity. Actually free-sofware geeks found on Slashdot have higher standards on average, are more independant-minded, self-directed. I expect them not to eat at the mass-media trough, like you seem to assume.
So please don't encourage them.
Do you sometimes see a theatre play, a jazz concert, some other independent-artist live performance? Something actually not in the realm of the MPAA?
Some friends and I have a new concept for wireless that doesn't event require a computer: talking to actual live persons of the opposite sex in the street. See? No wires and lotsa communication.
Man, arent't you guys all tired of staring at your screens? At least when you go outside leave the fucking computer/pda/tablet/nerdpad behind.
Man, as someone who hid from reality for too long I've just got to say it: these fantasy worlds, LOTR, Star Trek, SW, etc. are for loosers. They are constrained tautologies designed to provide you with a cosy and unchallenging little universe where you can retreat from real life.
Wake up! and smell reality. It's much more fascinating and complex un unpredictable than any of these sick fantasy worlds.
Start with "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon to get a taste of how real human history itself is so more enriching and interesting to begin with.
No LOTR possible without hi-end video equipment? Man, what a loss for the world at large!
- arguably LOTR is crap, pure visual candy with no content, (BTW perfect example of why Holywood is sick),
- ever remember enjoying movies _without_ FX? How is real-life for you? If you like movies better than your daily life you need to fix a few things,
- I'd like stories, plots, characters extracted from my current, comptemporary world, not some cheesy pseudo-historical fantasy,
Bring on the independant movies with real stories. Keep pirating thoses Holywood flicks until the studios die, they don't deserve your money. Independant film makers that let me download a high-quality divx from their site will get mine.
Yada yada.. feed the starving before connecting them to the net... yada yada
What if lack of development actually stemmed from the state of ignorance third-world ppl are in?
What if access to massive amounts of information about everything on the Net (howto harverst, plant, increase yields, irrigate, topple corrupt leaders, etc.) helped them get out from under-development?
I am the very happy owner of a Toshiba TLP550 which among other cool features (1024x768, 1100 lumen, 34db) has a wide-angle lens so that the image is HUGE even when the projector is close to the wall.
IMHO a real home theater should use a projector, because that's how it's done in theaters! There's no way you'll get a 3 meter (9ft) wide image with any screen. My projector does that, with excellent colors and contrast.
To be happy with a projector you need:
- a large white wall - efficient curtains - a modern silent projector
This is waaaaaay to long and boring for any overworked and overpaid legislator to read.
Out here in France when the governemnt gets out of line we throw a huge street demonstration, they shit in their pants and the proposed legislation is withdrawn (or they create a comitee to "reexamine" it, meaning to kill it quietly).
It works everytime, believe me.
Our policicians have a collective memory of 1789-93, a.k.a the "Terror" period, when thousands of heads rolled off the guillotine.
> Things you can do during a 20 minute visit to the video store:
>
> * Talk to someone you brought along with you
> * Listen to the radio in your car
> * Think
>
> Things you can do during a 30 minute download of a movie:
>
> * Talk to anyone at your house
> * Call someone up on the phone (without contributing to the whole cell
> phone/distracted driver problem)
> * Watch TV
> * Read Slashdot
> * Read a book
> * Cook dinner
> * Eat dinner
> * Think
> * Meditate
> * Excercise
Yeah but this one more opportunity _not_ to go out of your home, which
is inherently bad.
Browsing videos (books, CDs, etc.) is one of the best occasions to talk
to an unknown person of the opposite sex browsing in the same section as
you. It does happen, just muster the courage to actually _talk_ first.
> FBI web readers take note: I am almost inclined to heavily study
> encryption, reverse engineer some stuff, and publish it on the web just to
> say, "Come and get me, let's go to trial and get this sh*t over with." I
> have no immediate family, so I'm almost tempted to do it.
Plus if you are gay (active if weight-lifter, passive otherwise) you
will love the whole jail experience.
Re:The *real* problem with handheld devices...
on
Palm In Trouble?
·
· Score: 1
For somone owning a thin and light laptop I find
the Palm essentially useless, except for reading
Avantgo news in the darkness of your one's bedroom
without bothering one's spouse.
Slashdot Mirror
Clippy: What part of "upgrade now" don't you understand?
and Trumpet Winsock by Peter Tattam from Tasmania, Australia
Jasmine is not a color in Tunisia, it is the national flower often worn by men over the ear.
Just like you guys surrendered in Vietnam after killing 2 million locals for nothing?
yep, and that service covers 95% of the territory.
As a bonus you get unlimited free national VoIP phone calls and 50+ TV channels from a Linux-based DSL modem/settop box called the Freebox. And the ping to the provider's router is only 5ms.
The guys are about to completely unlimit the bandwidth at 8m/640k for those that are real close to the DSLAM. See http://adsl.free.fr for info. This ISP is completely Linux-based, included their custom made settops.
Oh, and the Freebox can act as a wifi router if you purchase a 27 EUR pcmcia card.
This is completely false.
/etc/somefile (don't remember) to check if the distro is Red Hat. Just create the damn file and you're on!
We just installed the latest Oracle 10g on a vanilla debian system with 2.6.5 + debian patches.
The Oracle installer looks into
It even requires SCSI *disk* support in the kernel.
Been there, done that.
Taco, why do you think "folks" care about your junk culture. I mean, TV series?!
Just 'cause we're nerds and geeks don't mean we consume any sci-fi stupidity. Actually free-sofware geeks found on Slashdot have higher standards on average, are more independant-minded, self-directed. I expect them not to eat at the mass-media trough, like you seem to assume.
So please don't encourage them.
Do you sometimes see a theatre play, a jazz concert, some other independent-artist live performance? Something actually not in the realm of the MPAA?
I'd like to hear about it.
Some friends and I have a new concept for wireless that doesn't event require a computer: talking to actual live persons of the opposite sex in the street. See? No wires and lotsa communication.
Man, arent't you guys all tired of staring at your screens? At least when you go outside leave the fucking computer/pda/tablet/nerdpad behind.
Man, as someone who hid from reality for too long I've just got to say it: these fantasy worlds, LOTR, Star Trek, SW, etc. are for loosers. They are constrained tautologies designed to provide you with a cosy and unchallenging little universe where you can retreat from real life.
Wake up! and smell reality. It's much more fascinating and complex un unpredictable than any of these sick fantasy worlds.
Start with "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon to get a taste of how real human history itself is so more enriching and interesting to begin with.
No LOTR possible without hi-end video equipment? Man, what a loss for the world at large!
- arguably LOTR is crap, pure visual candy with no content, (BTW perfect example of why Holywood is sick),
- ever remember enjoying movies _without_ FX? How is real-life for you? If you like movies better than your daily life you need to fix a few things,
- I'd like stories, plots, characters extracted from my current, comptemporary world, not some cheesy pseudo-historical fantasy,
Bring on the independant movies with real stories. Keep pirating thoses Holywood flicks until the studios die, they don't deserve your money. Independant film makers that let me download a high-quality divx from their site will get mine.
plus theses IBM GXP drives are extremely noisy,
they emit a distinctive high-pitched whine that wears one done after a few minutes.
Seagate Baracudas are almost totally silent in
comparaison, and very reliable.
Never from IBM again, as they clearly don't care
about acoustic confort of there users.
Yada yada .. feed the starving before connecting them to the net ... yada yada
What if lack of development actually stemmed from the state of ignorance third-world ppl are in?
What if access to massive amounts of information about everything on the Net (howto harverst, plant, increase yields, irrigate, topple corrupt leaders, etc.) helped them get out from under-development?
I am the very happy owner of a Toshiba TLP550
which among other cool features (1024x768, 1100
lumen, 34db) has a wide-angle lens so that the
image is HUGE even when the projector is close
to the wall.
IMHO a real home theater should use a projector,
because that's how it's done in theaters! There's
no way you'll get a 3 meter (9ft) wide image
with any screen. My projector does that, with
excellent colors and contrast.
To be happy with a projector you need:
- a large white wall
- efficient curtains
- a modern silent projector
With a 5.1 amplifier the experience is awesome.
This is waaaaaay to long and boring for any overworked and overpaid
legislator to read.
Out here in France when the governemnt gets out of line we throw a huge
street demonstration, they shit in their pants and the proposed
legislation is withdrawn (or they create a comitee to "reexamine" it,
meaning to kill it quietly).
It works everytime, believe me.
Our policicians have a collective memory of 1789-93, a.k.a the "Terror"
period, when thousands of heads rolled off the guillotine.
> Things you can do during a 20 minute visit to the video store:
>
> * Talk to someone you brought along with you
> * Listen to the radio in your car
> * Think
>
> Things you can do during a 30 minute download of a movie:
>
> * Talk to anyone at your house
> * Call someone up on the phone (without contributing to the whole cell
> phone/distracted driver problem)
> * Watch TV
> * Read Slashdot
> * Read a book
> * Cook dinner
> * Eat dinner
> * Think
> * Meditate
> * Excercise
Yeah but this one more opportunity _not_ to go out of your home, which
is inherently bad.
Browsing videos (books, CDs, etc.) is one of the best occasions to talk
to an unknown person of the opposite sex browsing in the same section as
you. It does happen, just muster the courage to actually _talk_ first.
You'd be surprised.
> FBI web readers take note: I am almost inclined to heavily study > encryption, reverse engineer some stuff, and publish it on the web just to > say, "Come and get me, let's go to trial and get this sh*t over with." I > have no immediate family, so I'm almost tempted to do it. Plus if you are gay (active if weight-lifter, passive otherwise) you will love the whole jail experience.
For somone owning a thin and light laptop I find the Palm essentially useless, except for reading Avantgo news in the darkness of your one's bedroom without bothering one's spouse.