That worked, but left their customized version of LILO in the boot sector, the fancy graphical menu version Corel made, and it hung my machine when it realized that Linux was no longer there.
This is also my experience with their current distribution. I abandoned efforts to get Linux working on my desktop, removed the linux partition, and went with Win98. The LILO boot menu still came up, thankfully with Windows/DOS as an option. I'm currently bypassing it with Boot Magic - it's a dumbass way of "fixing" the problem, but for the life of me I don't yet know how to remove Corel's boot menu without reformatting my hard drive. My Linux Newbie jounal here.
Ontopic: Corel better not go under because I still haven't gotten my rebate checks. Barely ontopic: I finally got around to trying Linux after being sick and tired of Windows crashing every damn day; Corel Linux was the distribution I went with (because it'll be free if I ever get my rebate checks). Well, it wouldn't detect my serial mouse (no ps/2) on my desktop and the installation usually failed (stalled, or had display problems at best). It all looked fixable if only I knew command line stuff. More details here.
It installed pretty much without a hitch on my Compaq Armada 1590DMT Pentium 166MMX 48megs laptop. However, initial experience has been somewhat disappointing. It's been much slower than Windows 95 (which really surprises me) and Word Perfect looks like MSWord97's bitch. Unless I got a stripped down version, WP sucks (lack of fonts, features, options). Hopefully, Star Office will be an improvement. Also, little things, like not being able to turn off "tapping" for the touchpad make this user's experience less satisfying.
It looks like I'm going to (reluctantly) continue using Windows as my primary OS. I HATE Windows, but when it isn't crashing, or slow, it does what I need my computer to do. Linux (Corel Linux, anyway), just doesn't seem quite ready. For someone who does no programming, isn't running a server, and doesn't need a multi-user environment, Linux feels "not quite ready for prime-time." I fully intend to learn more about Linux - try other distributions (recommendations?), watch it grow, but for now, I'm stuck using Windows. Damn.
Atari 2600, baby! Oh, man, Asteroids ruled - I was so pissed when some bastard stole my cartridge in college; thank God for flea markets. Just not the same on an emulator. Fortunately, my 2600 still works.
Learned BASIC at school on an Apple//+. Still can't shake my addiction to "Super Artillery." Does anyone know where I can find a PC/java/emulator/whatever version?
I'm appalled at the idea, but not surprised (anyone who has been a cubicle-veal in corporate America will understand).
However, I have my reservations as to how much this will actually change things. While the euphamism "info-cleansing" has the same odious ring to it as "right-sizing," the reported $5000 tag seems steep enough to discourage its use except against the most vocal troublemakers (where "cease and desist" procedures already exist).
To me, this service seems more of a pre-emptive scare tactic.
Personally, I'm more disturbed by the fact that (last I checked, anyway) fucksprint.com is a domain name owned by the bastard telephone company that screwed me royally. I'll lambast Sprint any chance I get for the way they've shafted me (and a few loved ones, and a few of y'all, I'm sure) - but this "info-cleansing" service? Bring it on, bastards.
Then why can't he fight? He's relatively powerless...
Well, you could argue that he doesn't know he's a replicant.
He has a considerable past, at least with Bryant and Gaff and the people in the community.
Eh, could be that since the film is about Deckard, the audience is sharing implanted memories, and the community relations could be the result of a year or so of interaction (or based on an earlier, now retired, Deckard).
Or not.
The point is, points like these should be debatable. It's not unlike arguing whether Hamlet is actually crazy or just pretending - it's part of what makes film interesting. Having the director just spell it out for you cheapens the experience. For example, there are similar themes in "The Matrix," but that film gets its punch much more from its visual strengths than its cerebral ones.
Why ruin one of the better mysteries of the film? Part of what made the director's cut of "Blade Runner" so good was the ambiguity - it challenged the audience to question what was real and what wasn't. Why spell it out? Loosing the mystery is a cop-out akin to the "happy ending" and voice-over version. And as for the number of "skin-jobs" that actually escaped, I see it as an actual continuity error in the film that didn't really need to be corrected anyway (although IIRC another version of "Blade Runner" was in the works where the correct number was dubbed in).
I loved Robotech when I was in jr. high. It was animation of a sort that I had never seen before. Years later, I got my first exposure to Macross; and earlier this year, I purchased the Macross movie "Do You Remember [Love]?" By comparison, Robotech sucked! I can't believe the dubbing, the voice acting, the changes in the dialogue are so bad! I still remember Robotech nostalgicly, as I remember "Battle of the Planets" and "Justice League of America" and "Spider-friends" (or whatever it was called - the show with Iceman) fondly, despite their flaws.
I'm eagerly awaiting the Macross DVDs, but I have to wonder if it's worth the extra money over a VCD box set from Ebay. [Finally on-topic] I think Animeigo's move to go exclusively DVD is a good one. As they explain, VHS sales for anime are way down. Going DVD should increase profitability, and more importantly, showcase extra features like different language tracks. This is what makes the Buena Vista "Mononoke" decision so appalling. I mean, can you imagine releasing "Life is Beautiful" on DVD with only the English dub? Just painful.
Incidentally, there was a great website that discussed the merits of subtitling over dubbing. It's no longer at its old URL (http://www.sig.net/~slogan/anti-robotech.htm), but if someone knows the current location of "The Anti-Robotech Web Site, Home of the Campaign Against Bad Dubbing," please point it out; it addresses every reason why releasing "Princess Mononoke" without the Japanese track (and subtitles based on a direct translation) is a crime against art. If you haven't done it yet, sign the petition at www.dvdtalk.com".
When I first read the headline I thought the story was going to be about some crackpot scheme to harness the moon's gravitational pull. Y'know, some big ass series of levers, pulleys, and hamster wheels running on tidal forces and what-not.
Unfortunately, the article itself lost me with the quote "When the moon becomes an independent country, it will have something to trade."
But perhaps the most tantalising development on the horizon for LEP technology... is the possibility of creating video displays... that can be rolled up. Great. We're one step closer to wearable computers. Am I the only one who doesn't think this is a good thing? Does this mean people will one day be wearing t-shirts with video screens on them? (The Generra Hypercolor shirt of the future.) T-shirts they can't wash? Does this mean the Sunday paper will one day contain video screens? How about your can of Pepsi? Your bag of Doritos? Practical applications besides flashy gimicks and loud advertising exist, I'm sure, but won't this really just end up being more annoying than useful? Personally, I could use fewer video screens in my life, not more.
We once used to worry about technology being abused to make weapons of mass destruction. Now it seems that we'll have to worry about technology being abused by Madison Avenue and the teenybopper demographic to make the future more garish.
As I understand it, it is Buena Vista that is keeping the Japanese track out of the U.S. release to protect potential Japan sales. Does Disney even own the DVD rights in Japan? Shouldn't any Japanese DVD release belong to Studio Ghibli?
Mononoke Hime has been out on laserdisc in Japan for quite some time now. Would an American DVD really make much more of an impact in piracy?
Isn't this really a ploy by Disney to get die-hard fans to buy the 8/29 DVD AND some future "full featured" DVD? Nah...(cough, cough, George Lucas, cough, cough, Phantom Menace only on VHS? cough, cough).
I don't see why it has to replace anything. TV didn't kill movies. Video rentals didn't kill movies or TV. The closest analogy is the demise of the film porn industry after the rise of the video porn industry. I think it's unlikely that the movie-going experience is gonna to go anywhere no matter how good net-based movies get (even if we all have LCD projectors, etc). Hopefully, though, the addition of a viable alternative will lower video and theater prices. Now, net porn industry v. video porn industry... that I'd like to, err, see! (Yes, I realize this context makes my.sig a little ironic.)
Hey hey hey! Whoa! I happen to have a P1 166 and it is certainly NOT "very obsolete." Sometimes I can even play FULL SCREEN MPEGs without losing more than five frames per second!
"If you need me, I'll be scrolling some text." -Dilbert.
Interesting idea. Too bad I don't have any moderator points. Someone else can be "0" after this , tho. Sorry if the grid doesn't line up right - preview got me a 404.
You know, I never understood the appeal of having games and such on a telephone. I mean, I'll bet there are cell-phones on the market that play MP3s, but I doubt any have AM/FM radios. Just a competition to be the owner of the coolest stuff?
Terribly sorry. This is probably off-topic, or flamebait, but I have to say it - Fuck Sprint! Fuck 'em right in the ear. I, too, got screwed by Sprint and left with no remedy after being jacked around by their "service" department. What, am I going to do, sue them for $53? Just stay away from Sprint, and just to be safe, you might want to also stay away from anything Sprint related, including MCI and Earthlink. Those bastards. Note: www.fucksprint.com is one of their registered domain names!
The CD. The MP3. Crappy computer speakers. "Good" component computer speakers for $50. It's sad that an entire generation is missing out on the rich sound that a good set of speakers can give you. Yes, I believe in the magic of vinyl - laugh if you must. I would pay good money for brand new vinyl records. Perhaps there are enough people like me for the music industry to tap to counter their loss (if indeed it exists) due to mp3 piracy. Until then, I'll continue to download mp3s, but I'll feel bad about it, and I'll covet Magneplanar speakers, and hope that the college students of today, be they fans of Korn, or Mozart, or the Meaty Cheesy Boys, do likewise.
I've always wondered why Sony never came out with a Playstation that had a faster CD rom. I've been led to believe that Playstation sports a 2x CD rom, which wasn't bad when first introduced, but one of Playstation's big weaknesses was always the slow loading time. Would it have been a simple matter to relase a faster Playstation every few years, or is there some inherent factor in the rest of the hardware that would make a faster CD rom unworkable or irrelevant? Will the So Cal natives playing PSX games on a Mac have to wait as long for a game to load as someone playing on a regular old Playstation?
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This is also my experience with their current distribution. I abandoned efforts to get Linux working on my desktop, removed the linux partition, and went with Win98. The LILO boot menu still came up, thankfully with Windows/DOS as an option. I'm currently bypassing it with Boot Magic - it's a dumbass way of "fixing" the problem, but for the life of me I don't yet know how to remove Corel's boot menu without reformatting my hard drive. My Linux Newbie jounal here.
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It installed pretty much without a hitch on my Compaq Armada 1590DMT Pentium 166MMX 48megs laptop. However, initial experience has been somewhat disappointing. It's been much slower than Windows 95 (which really surprises me) and Word Perfect looks like MSWord97's bitch. Unless I got a stripped down version, WP sucks (lack of fonts, features, options). Hopefully, Star Office will be an improvement. Also, little things, like not being able to turn off "tapping" for the touchpad make this user's experience less satisfying.
It looks like I'm going to (reluctantly) continue using Windows as my primary OS. I HATE Windows, but when it isn't crashing, or slow, it does what I need my computer to do. Linux (Corel Linux, anyway), just doesn't seem quite ready. For someone who does no programming, isn't running a server, and doesn't need a multi-user environment, Linux feels "not quite ready for prime-time." I fully intend to learn more about Linux - try other distributions (recommendations?), watch it grow, but for now, I'm stuck using Windows. Damn.
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Learned BASIC at school on an Apple //+. Still can't shake my addiction to "Super Artillery." Does anyone know where I can find a PC/java/emulator/whatever version?
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Well, you could argue that he doesn't know he's a replicant.
He has a considerable past, at least with Bryant and Gaff and the people in the community.
Eh, could be that since the film is about Deckard, the audience is sharing implanted memories, and the community relations could be the result of a year or so of interaction (or based on an earlier, now retired, Deckard).
Or not.
The point is, points like these should be debatable. It's not unlike arguing whether Hamlet is actually crazy or just pretending - it's part of what makes film interesting. Having the director just spell it out for you cheapens the experience. For example, there are similar themes in "The Matrix," but that film gets its punch much more from its visual strengths than its cerebral ones.
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I'm eagerly awaiting the Macross DVDs, but I have to wonder if it's worth the extra money over a VCD box set from Ebay. [Finally on-topic] I think Animeigo's move to go exclusively DVD is a good one. As they explain, VHS sales for anime are way down. Going DVD should increase profitability, and more importantly, showcase extra features like different language tracks. This is what makes the Buena Vista "Mononoke" decision so appalling. I mean, can you imagine releasing "Life is Beautiful" on DVD with only the English dub? Just painful.
Incidentally, there was a great website that discussed the merits of subtitling over dubbing. It's no longer at its old URL (http://www.sig.net/~slogan/anti-robotech.htm), but if someone knows the current location of "The Anti-Robotech Web Site, Home of the Campaign Against Bad Dubbing," please point it out; it addresses every reason why releasing "Princess Mononoke" without the Japanese track (and subtitles based on a direct translation) is a crime against art. If you haven't done it yet, sign the petition at www.dvdtalk.com".
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Unfortunately, the article itself lost me with the quote "When the moon becomes an independent country, it will have something to trade."
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We once used to worry about technology being abused to make weapons of mass destruction. Now it seems that we'll have to worry about technology being abused by Madison Avenue and the teenybopper demographic to make the future more garish.
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Holy crap this is bad news. I sure hope Disney improves the quality of their DVDs, then!
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Now, net porn industry v. video porn industry... that I'd like to, err, see! (Yes, I realize this context makes my
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Interesting idea. Too bad I don't have any moderator points. Someone else can be "0" after this , tho. Sorry if the grid doesn't line up right - preview got me a 404.
You know, I never understood the appeal of having games and such on a telephone. I mean, I'll bet there are cell-phones on the market that play MP3s, but I doubt any have AM/FM radios. Just a competition to be the owner of the coolest stuff?
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Terribly sorry. This is probably off-topic, or flamebait, but I have to say it - Fuck Sprint! Fuck 'em right in the ear. I, too, got screwed by Sprint and left with no remedy after being jacked around by their "service" department. What, am I going to do, sue them for $53? Just stay away from Sprint, and just to be safe, you might want to also stay away from anything Sprint related, including MCI and Earthlink. Those bastards. Note: www.fucksprint.com is one of their registered domain names!
The CD. The MP3. Crappy computer speakers. "Good" component computer speakers for $50. It's sad that an entire generation is missing out on the rich sound that a good set of speakers can give you. Yes, I believe in the magic of vinyl - laugh if you must. I would pay good money for brand new vinyl records. Perhaps there are enough people like me for the music industry to tap to counter their loss (if indeed it exists) due to mp3 piracy. Until then, I'll continue to download mp3s, but I'll feel bad about it, and I'll covet Magneplanar speakers, and hope that the college students of today, be they fans of Korn, or Mozart, or the Meaty Cheesy Boys, do likewise.
I've always wondered why Sony never came out with a Playstation that had a faster CD rom. I've been led to believe that Playstation sports a 2x CD rom, which wasn't bad when first introduced, but one of Playstation's big weaknesses was always the slow loading time. Would it have been a simple matter to relase a faster Playstation every few years, or is there some inherent factor in the rest of the hardware that would make a faster CD rom unworkable or irrelevant? Will the So Cal natives playing PSX games on a Mac have to wait as long for a game to load as someone playing on a regular old Playstation?