Linux is working fine. Windows isn't even booting.
What are you complaining about?
Sorry, I just had to say it..
Seriously though, do you have a local Linux User Group? I've found the best answers to this sort of technical minutae through places/people/discussion groups like that.. (yes yes slashdot is one large discussion group... BUT)
Check out www.indymedia.org for links to the independent media centers that are covering the conventions (with as much access that they can get, which generally means the streets, and the shadow convention..) www.phillyimc.org for RNC and la.indymedia.org for DNC and www.freespeech.org for live and archived TV coverage or get it on Dish Network Channel 9415 ask your local cable company, public access, or public television station, or get it on your BUD (big ugly dish - KU band)
Lots of other links for a few live radio/audio broadcasts can be had there...
And even if you dont agree with the politics one way or another (or arn't even from the US/care about the US) then at very least you might find it interesting that the IMC sites are based upon a hacked up version of slash that supports multimedia submissions
"I just wonder, the SuperDisk drive never really caught on, and very few people use them. Is this really very useful. Why not focus some effort on running it off of a Zip drive..."
This sort of logic is the same sort of logic that made/makes large numbers of people and businesses run, select, or switch over to Microsoft Windows systems... 'gee, that _fill in your favorite superior computing platform here_ never caught on, why should we bother using it?'
While I wont debate your point of whether it is slower or not than ZIP -- I don't personally have a SuperDisk drive, and haven't the information infront of me to debate the technical points. I think the issue is one of P.R. and Advertising. Iomega simply had better PR people.
I would personally rather have a drive that I can use both 3 1/2" and 120 meg disks in, not to mention 120megs is still more than the 100 meg Zip disks that the SuperDisks were/are competeing against.
There are of course lots of other issues, such as cost of media, installed base, speed, etc...
But it's really a matter of marketing and merchandising, early on enough, Iomega was able to conquer the market enough so that "well noone else uses them (that I know of) so why should I?" logic begins to make sense... it becomes a matter of installed user base (I can go over a friends) and also of the economy of scale.
At very least this is just Yet Another Option... and why reject more possibilities for people who have the technology? Given, not everyone here is a Linux advocate... but it's still a possibility for technology sake, making it possible for people to do more with whatever they have available.
Personally I have been waiting a long time for this to come along -- I thought it was blatantly obvious to do a "SuperSlack" when I first heard of ZipSlack.
[And of course, the argument that doesn't need to be mentioned: "why not focus some effort on running it off of a Zip drive?" Well, that effort and possibility is already there.]
If you want more geek chicks, linuxchix, or nerd wymyn, you gotta stop posting about Mae Lin Mak and Natalie Portman being naked and petrified... or being anything else for that matter.
Yeah... I can see it now... you take my advice only to start posting about "Geek Chicks naked and petrified" -- lovely. 8(
Well, in the free ISP biz, you get what you pay for...
But I have found 1stup.com to be one of the more reliable free ISP services.. and I have experience with a bunch of them. Of course, your mileage may vary based on your location, dialup, and network traffic...
I am using altavista's free ISP which is a co-branded 1stup.com offering. They have free tech support, and the one time after a new upgrade when I was having trouble with the behaviour of their software and the connection, the guy was very friendly, understanding, and helpful; they were also quite aware of the problem and it was fixed shortly thereafter. [note I do not work for them, have no connection with them other than using them as an ISP.]
Lately, (for a month and a half) it has been the most reliable free ISP out of all the ones I have tried. And I have tried:netzero, yahoo-bluelight, freei.net... I also have experience with a friend's free-pc, which is pretty good, but since they no longer are offering free computers OR free access to new customers, that is kind of meaningless at this point.
My personal suggestion is to try them all, starting with NetZero - NetZero has an easy 5-disk sneakernet install that is easy to download and install on a computer that does not have any access yet, and go from there..
I'll be using free ISPs until I save up and/or decide to dive in for the Cable Modem or DSL line. And yes, I'm using windoze.
Um...Lucas says: "Yet they don't criticize themselves, or their forum. Just others. For instance why isn't slash GPLed? Because IP is real, and there is value to it... Just as the movie industry puts up huge amounts of cash in hopes that they can convince the customer to see a movie, Rob had been donating his time until the IPO to make this site as it was and knows that if anyone could use his SW, he'd be at a competitive disadvantage... he'd essentially be doing R&D for potential competitors..."
Well, SLASH isn't neccessarily GPL'ed... but it is (well at least an older version of it) pretty much free-wared with an advertising type clause "put up our logo and a link to us"
Given, it is an older version... [does anybody know, or care to comment how different/what version that Slashdot currently uses? I haven't found that information, or figured out how different it is by comparison, yet. The only hints I've seen are that they are at very least at version 0.4]
Here is the 'license' included with the SLASH pre 0.3 tarball: "LICENSE There isn't technically a license in this file, and we're still working out the details. Please don't screw us over on this folks, we're working real hard. The license is do-whatever-the-hell-you-want, but if you use our code, you must put our logo on the site and link it back to http://slashdot.org. If you/really/ don't want the logo, you can give me money. Also, you probably need to register mysql if you use it- it's cool, its fast, and they deserve some money. You can give me money too. I don't have any." [Obviously this is old.;)]
HebGDb Stated: "For CmdrTaco to essentially decry this company as a scam is entirely inappropriate. He, and this website, are owned by a close competitor, so comments like these not only have no objectivity, but should be viewed as highly suspicious and manipulative"
Except here is the problem. This statement is utterly untrue. LinuxOne is a distribution developer. Andover.net/Slashdot/etc are simply informational/resource websites. This is like comparing Yahoo to Microsoft.
I prefer Nerd over Geek. I really despise the fact that Geek has become a chic word. Geek still means to me a circus freak who bites the head off chickens. I believe Geek became more popular when someone came up with "Geek Code" which could have just as easily been called "Nerd Code" -- but alas Nerds everywhere were then forced to declare their "geek code" in order to be understood by Nerds & 'Geeks' everywhere. Thus, it caught on due to mass leverage.
Whether they're Dead or Alive, Add them to the Archive! You can check out the computer magazine archive at http://www.caip.rutgers. edu/~msimons/library/compmaga.html we're a resource of old & new computer, electronics, and media magazines. I know the page isn't too exciting, but scans are coming soon once our curator is no longer sick and gets a better system/access. Access to the collection, OCR scans, and photocopies are available to any contributors to the archive.
WAIT?? You mean people still have.plan files? Well, okay, I know they have them... but you mean people still READ them? And the sysadmins haven't shut off finger due to security holes??
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Linux is working fine. Windows isn't even booting.
What are you complaining about?
Sorry, I just had to say it..
Seriously though, do you have a local Linux User Group? I've found the best answers to this sort of technical minutae through places/people/discussion groups like that.. (yes yes slashdot is one large discussion group... BUT)
A naked and petrified Tux-the-penguin from the Tech Magazine Swimsuit Issue will touch you.
There. Happy?
Don't post an article on Slashdot asking how to do something subversive if you plan on doing something subversive.
Check out www.indymedia.org for links to the independent media centers that are covering the conventions (with as much access that they can get, which generally means the streets, and the shadow convention..) www.phillyimc.org for RNC and la.indymedia.org for DNC and www.freespeech.org for live and archived TV coverage or get it on Dish Network Channel 9415 ask your local cable company, public access, or public television station, or get it on your BUD (big ugly dish - KU band) Lots of other links for a few live radio/audio broadcasts can be had there...
And even if you dont agree with the politics one way or another (or arn't even from the US/care about the US) then at very least you might find it interesting that the IMC sites are based upon a hacked up version of slash that supports multimedia submissions
"I just wonder, the SuperDisk drive never really caught on, and very few people use them. Is this really very useful. Why not focus some effort on running it off of a Zip drive..."
This sort of logic is the same sort of logic that made/makes large numbers of people and businesses run, select, or switch over to Microsoft Windows systems... 'gee, that _fill in your favorite superior computing platform here_ never caught on, why should we bother using it?'
While I wont debate your point of whether it is slower or not than ZIP -- I don't personally have a SuperDisk drive, and haven't the information infront of me to debate the technical points. I think the issue is one of P.R. and Advertising.
Iomega simply had better PR people.
I would personally rather have a drive that I can use both 3 1/2" and 120 meg disks in, not to mention 120megs is still more than the 100 meg Zip disks that the SuperDisks were/are competeing against.
There are of course lots of other issues, such as cost of media, installed base, speed, etc...
But it's really a matter of marketing and merchandising, early on enough, Iomega was able to conquer the market enough so that "well noone else uses them (that I know of) so why should I?" logic begins to make sense... it becomes a matter of installed user base (I can go over a friends) and also of the economy of scale.
At very least this is just Yet Another Option... and why reject more possibilities for people who have the technology? Given, not everyone here is a Linux advocate... but it's still a possibility for technology sake, making it possible for people to do more with whatever they have available.
Personally I have been waiting a long time for this to come along -- I thought it was blatantly obvious to do a "SuperSlack" when I first heard of ZipSlack.
[And of course, the argument that doesn't need to be mentioned: "why not focus some effort on running it off of a Zip drive?" Well, that effort and possibility is already there.]
Lets play a word association game...
First thought:
FIN : SHARK
Second thought:
FIN : END
Third thought:
FIN Definitely Not FUN
So this is what they meant when one of the guys at the booth said to me... "We keep changing our name."
If you want more geek chicks, linuxchix, or nerd wymyn, you gotta stop posting about Mae Lin Mak and Natalie Portman being naked and petrified... or being anything else for that matter.
Yeah... I can see it now... you take my advice only to start posting about "Geek Chicks naked and petrified" -- lovely. 8(
Well, in the free ISP biz, you get what you pay for...
But I have found 1stup.com to be one of the more reliable free ISP services.. and I have experience with a bunch of them. Of course, your mileage may vary based on your location, dialup, and network traffic...
I am using altavista's free ISP which is a co-branded 1stup.com offering. They have free tech support, and the one time after a new upgrade when I was having trouble with the behaviour of their software and the connection, the guy was very friendly, understanding, and helpful; they were also quite aware of the problem and it was fixed shortly thereafter. [note I do not work for them, have no connection with them other than using them as an ISP.]
Lately, (for a month and a half) it has been the most reliable free ISP out of all the ones I have tried. And I have tried:netzero, yahoo-bluelight, freei.net... I also have experience with a friend's free-pc, which is pretty good, but since they no longer are offering free computers OR free access to new customers, that is kind of meaningless at this point.
My personal suggestion is to try them all, starting with NetZero - NetZero has an easy 5-disk sneakernet install that is easy to download and install on a computer that does not have any access yet, and go from there..
I'll be using free ISPs until I save up and/or decide to dive in for the Cable Modem or DSL line. And yes, I'm using windoze.
Well, SLASH isn't neccessarily GPL'ed... but it is (well at least an older version of it) pretty much free-wared with an advertising type clause "put up our logo and a link to us"
Given, it is an older version... [does anybody know, or care to comment how different/what version that Slashdot currently uses? I haven't found that information, or figured out how different it is by comparison, yet. The only hints I've seen are that they are at very least at version 0.4]
Here is the 'license' included with the SLASH pre 0.3 tarball: /really/ don't want the logo, you can give me money. Also, you probably need to register mysql if you use it- it's cool, its fast, and they deserve some money. You can give me money too. I don't have any." [Obviously this is old. ;)]
Here's the Slashdot FAQ which tells you a bit about the hardware setup and software: http://slashdot.org/faq.shtml""LICENSE There isn't technically a license in this file, and we're still working out the details. Please don't screw us over on this folks, we're working real hard. The license is do-whatever-the-hell-you-want, but if you use our code, you must put our logo on the site and link it back to http://slashdot.org. If you
Here is the link to the SLASH page about SLASH with links to other implementations and add-ons: http://slashdot.org/code.shtml
Here's the actual software code.. http://slashdot.org/slash/code
'Nuff said.
Yahoo UberCategory:Bucky Fuller
HebGDb Stated: "For CmdrTaco to essentially decry this company as a scam is entirely inappropriate. He, and this website, are owned by a close competitor, so comments like these not only have no objectivity, but should be viewed as highly suspicious and manipulative"
Except here is the problem. This statement is utterly untrue. LinuxOne is a distribution developer. Andover.net/Slashdot/etc are simply informational/resource websites.
This is like comparing Yahoo to Microsoft.
I prefer Nerd over Geek. I really despise the fact that Geek has become a chic word. Geek still means to me a circus freak who bites the head off chickens. I believe Geek became more popular when someone came up with "Geek Code" which could have just as easily been called "Nerd Code" -- but alas Nerds everywhere were then forced to declare their "geek code" in order to be understood by Nerds & 'Geeks' everywhere.
Thus, it caught on due to mass leverage.
Whether they're Dead or Alive,
Add them to the Archive!
You can check out the computer magazine archive at http://www.caip.rutgers. edu/~msimons/library/compmaga.html we're a resource of old & new computer, electronics, and media magazines. I know the page isn't too exciting, but scans are coming soon once our curator is no longer sick and gets a better system/access. Access to the collection, OCR scans, and photocopies are available to any contributors to the archive.
WAIT?? You mean people still have .plan files?
Well, okay, I know they have them... but you mean people still READ them?
And the sysadmins haven't shut off finger due to security holes??