The major thing that bugs me that stemmed from the AT&T breakup is the advertisements on TV for various long-distance rates from different providers which are the same damned thing, but with a different spokesperson. The last thing we need is (more) competing versions of Windows... (and don't get me started with that 10-10-xxx... and how often do you ACTUALLY ever need to call someone collect - does this justify having umpteen different collect-calling numbers you can call.. christ almighty...) Sorry... rambling.
Yow, just checked Win2k's task manager... Netscape 6 was using 39MB of memory after browsing to about 5 web pages and checking my mail. After Restarting it's only using about 25, but that's still about twice Netscape 4.7's consumption on this machine. Still, it looks kinda nifty...
What everyone needs is a nice Northgate OmniKey Ultra. Sure, they don't make them anymore. But they have a great clicky-feel, it has jumpers to configure the keyboard for dvorak, to move the ctrl key to where the caps-lock key is, programmable keystroke macros and redefinable key-repeat rates (no software needed for any of this...) and it's built to last. Oh, and no Windows keys. Don't leave home without one.
Man, my trusty PowerBook 170 has one of the best trackballs I've ever seen on a laptop... I dug it out the other day and was amazed at how usable it was after using crummy "pencil eraser," trackpad and various other mouse-wannabe-replacements. While it needs to be cleaned every so often to maintain peak performance, it's better than having to replace the little eraser-head caps every month or so... (and I hate trackpads:). Modern laptops need trackballs like this, heck, if it weren't a 7 year old powerbook, I could play Quake with this thing quite easily...
Dilbert can be a pretty funny comic sometimes, but It really irks me that Scott Adams has sold out to the extent that he has.... Desk calendars, t-shirts, mouse pads, an animated cartoon series, books, Office Depot ads, car window dolls, "Geek Food"... the list goes on and on and on. Considering that the strip itself looks as though it takes about 5 minutes to draw and not much longer to conceive, Adams seems to have quite a moneymaker on his hands, and boy is he ever exploiting it:). Oh well. I'm done ranting now.
How the majority of you people can just accept this rumour as "Fact" simply because it's Microsoft. Come ON! There's the slight chance that the NSA used their time machine to predict that Microsoft would become successful and that the IBM PC would become the most popular home/business computer system so that they could force IBM to use MS DOS back in 1980, I suppose... if you're a paranoid conspiracy theorist. I realize that Microsoft is not the greatest software company out there. Windows 9x is buggy. Windows 2000 isn't bug free either. But accusing them of this is ridiculous. I suggest all you teenaged "rebels without a cause" out there stop choosing Microsoft as your cause. You look like idiots. Yes, I expect this will be moderated as a troll, though it's not.
Most portable computer ever, man! Sure, there are newer models, like the 110, and some in Japan that are much cooler looking. It's the size of a VHS tape, and weighs a little over 2 pounds with a P166MMX, 64mb ram, 2.1gb HDD, 2 PCMCIA type 2, IR, sound, and a beautiful 2MB video card driving a 6.3" screen. I can't play Q3 on it, but Q2 runs ok. Runs Linux and any flavor of Windows/DOS very well.
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After working as a tech for numerous years, I'd have to say that the vast majority of Phoenix BIOSes are really worthless. (Esp those in Packard Bells... but that goes without saying) Fewer controls for PnP/IRQ settings, cache settings, DRAM settings, AGP settings, etc. that can come in handy in a wide variety of instances, especially IRQ conflicts in Linux systems. Oh well, the most popular BIOS in the world can't be bad, right?
is 100% flamebait! Honestly! what did the/. people think when they posted it here? That there would be intelligent discussion about its meaning in today's society? No. If they did, they need to realize that the maturity level of the people involved with these discussions is approximately nil. Bill Gates = The Great Satan to these people, regardless of the context. (Actually, anything remotely associated with Microsoft...) Mention BG and you get nothing but utter crap. Criminy. Reading these comments makes me ashamed to run Linux.
The first time I saw The Matrix, I was impressed. No, I was awestruck. The movie was awesome. It had a pretty decent plot, good action, fairly good acting, and even was a bit thought provoking. But then it came out on DVD and everyone on my floor saw it umpteen times, myself included. The movie sucks. It has huge plotholes, and the "philosophy" introduced into it is nothing new. Ok, the special effects are still kinda neat.
What plot inconsistencies? Ok... so the world has been pretty much ruined, it's a barren desert, with little sunlight and little heat. So Neo and the gang manage to defeat THE MATRIX, where are they (and the millions of other people) going to _live_ in the real world? In some hole in the middle of the world? Sounds like real heaven compared to The Matrix... why would they want to leave? Why would _Neo_ want to leave, he'd be powerless! Better yet, why would the robotic AI create The Matrix in the first place? Human-based energy sources are extremely inefficient for generating electricity, you have to put far more energy into the system than you get out of it, not mentioning the "upkeep" of The Matrix. Why not use nuclear power or something else, since this AI is so intelligent...
As far as philosophy goes, it seems that this "class" is more of a hook to draw students to the university, probably tying in to more conventional philosophy sources under the guise of The Matrix.
The one we reported on last july costed 5 times as much...
Umm... that's "cost," not "costed," (which isn't even a word.) Please PLEASE PLEASE take some basic grammar (and spelling) lessons! You look like MORONS!
I'd buy the Linux version, if it wasn't (mostly) for 3dfx cards... I have a TNT2-Ultra, and I've tried pretty darn hard to get Q3Demo to run on it, to no avail... (I did get it to run on my Diamond Monster 3D - Voodoo Graphics 4MB... it was pretty bad) Anyone have any luck getting it to work on a TNT2? Does it get "decent" performance? Hopefully Xfree86 4 will make 3D games more viable on various unices.
Do you guys just search around MS's website looking for stuff that mentions Linux for use in conspiracy theories on Slashdot? For crying out loud... It's not like this was on the front page, it's buried in the middle of a "Personal Support" section -- it's not anti-Linux propaganda. Perhaps MS tech support gets lots of questions about this and wants to alleviate the confusion? Have you thought a little about this before putting your paranoia on this post?
So you (for example, not you personally, ok?) are a Linux newbie and you trust Microsoft for aid in getting Win NT on your box after Linux has been installed by that Zealot down the hall. Here's how to do it, plain and simple. Nowhere does it say that Linux is inferior. It even makes sure you have a backup of Linux in case you want to install it at a later date. (Go _read_ it!)
This is hardly Microsoft running scared. Hardly Microsoft taking over the world. Hardly Microsoft killing Linux with one fell swoop. For crying out loud, lighten up!!
I love it... these guys write this incredibly tight code, and all you guys can do is slam it because it's not portable, because it's pointless, because it's not Linux. Yet you seem to like Star Wars crap made out of legos...
I picked up a box of old computer magazines from the early 1980's at a garage sale this past summer... Compute!, BYTE, and "Commodore Magazine." The content back then was a lot more interesting, at least to me. BYTE in 1981 was hardcore computing: PCB schematics, building your own FM synthesis circuitry, 6502 assembler, how the "new" TRS-80 works... stuff that's in-depth. 99% of today's magazines focus far too much on the "average" computer user who knows how to click a mouse and not much more. I'd like a magazine like '81 BYTE, something that isn't catering to the majority of Windows computer users.
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The major thing that bugs me that stemmed from the AT&T breakup is the advertisements on TV for various long-distance rates from different providers which are the same damned thing, but with a different spokesperson. The last thing we need is (more) competing versions of Windows... (and don't get me started with that 10-10-xxx... and how often do you ACTUALLY ever need to call someone collect - does this justify having umpteen different collect-calling numbers you can call.. christ almighty...) Sorry... rambling.
Yow, just checked Win2k's task manager... Netscape 6 was using 39MB of memory after browsing to about 5 web pages and checking my mail. After Restarting it's only using about 25, but that's still about twice Netscape 4.7's consumption on this machine. Still, it looks kinda nifty...
Now we have a replacement for "The Man." Time to drop the MS bashing and start bashing Cisco instead... :)
What everyone needs is a nice Northgate OmniKey Ultra. Sure, they don't make them anymore. But they have a great clicky-feel, it has jumpers to configure the keyboard for dvorak, to move the ctrl key to where the caps-lock key is, programmable keystroke macros and redefinable key-repeat rates (no software needed for any of this...) and it's built to last. Oh, and no Windows keys. Don't leave home without one.
I always thought it was "Zuul", not Xul.... yes, my DVD copy of Ghostbusters confirms it. So there. :)
Man, my trusty PowerBook 170 has one of the best trackballs I've ever seen on a laptop... I dug it out the other day and was amazed at how usable it was after using crummy "pencil eraser," trackpad and various other mouse-wannabe-replacements. While it needs to be cleaned every so often to maintain peak performance, it's better than having to replace the little eraser-head caps every month or so... (and I hate trackpads :). Modern laptops need trackballs like this, heck, if it weren't a 7 year old powerbook, I could play Quake with this thing quite easily...
Dilbert can be a pretty funny comic sometimes, but It really irks me that Scott Adams has sold out to the extent that he has.... Desk calendars, t-shirts, mouse pads, an animated cartoon series, books, Office Depot ads, car window dolls, "Geek Food"... the list goes on and on and on. Considering that the strip itself looks as though it takes about 5 minutes to draw and not much longer to conceive, Adams seems to have quite a moneymaker on his hands, and boy is he ever exploiting it :). Oh well. I'm done ranting now.
How the majority of you people can just accept this rumour as "Fact" simply because it's Microsoft. Come ON! There's the slight chance that the NSA used their time machine to predict that Microsoft would become successful and that the IBM PC would become the most popular home/business computer system so that they could force IBM to use MS DOS back in 1980, I suppose... if you're a paranoid conspiracy theorist. I realize that Microsoft is not the greatest software company out there. Windows 9x is buggy. Windows 2000 isn't bug free either. But accusing them of this is ridiculous. I suggest all you teenaged "rebels without a cause" out there stop choosing Microsoft as your cause. You look like idiots. Yes, I expect this will be moderated as a troll, though it's not.
Yeah, Xenix was made by... MICROSOFT... and became SCO Unix eventually.
Most portable computer ever, man! Sure, there are newer models, like the 110, and some in Japan that are much cooler looking. It's the size of a VHS tape, and weighs a little over 2 pounds with a P166MMX, 64mb ram, 2.1gb HDD, 2 PCMCIA type 2, IR, sound, and a beautiful 2MB video card driving a 6.3" screen. I can't play Q3 on it, but Q2 runs ok. Runs Linux and any flavor of Windows/DOS very well.
that's "Klaatu, Verata, Nikto"
After working as a tech for numerous years, I'd have to say that the vast majority of Phoenix BIOSes are really worthless. (Esp those in Packard Bells... but that goes without saying) Fewer controls for PnP/IRQ settings, cache settings, DRAM settings, AGP settings, etc. that can come in handy in a wide variety of instances, especially IRQ conflicts in Linux systems. Oh well, the most popular BIOS in the world can't be bad, right?
is 100% flamebait! Honestly! what did the /. people think when they posted it here? That there would be intelligent discussion about its meaning in today's society? No. If they did, they need to realize that the maturity level of the people involved with these discussions is approximately nil. Bill Gates = The Great Satan to these people, regardless of the context. (Actually, anything remotely associated with Microsoft...) Mention BG and you get nothing but utter crap. Criminy. Reading these comments makes me ashamed to run Linux.
What plot inconsistencies? Ok... so the world has been pretty much ruined, it's a barren desert, with little sunlight and little heat. So Neo and the gang manage to defeat THE MATRIX, where are they (and the millions of other people) going to _live_ in the real world? In some hole in the middle of the world? Sounds like real heaven compared to The Matrix... why would they want to leave? Why would _Neo_ want to leave, he'd be powerless! Better yet, why would the robotic AI create The Matrix in the first place? Human-based energy sources are extremely inefficient for generating electricity, you have to put far more energy into the system than you get out of it, not mentioning the "upkeep" of The Matrix. Why not use nuclear power or something else, since this AI is so intelligent...
As far as philosophy goes, it seems that this "class" is more of a hook to draw students to the university, probably tying in to more conventional philosophy sources under the guise of The Matrix.
Umm... that's "cost," not "costed," (which isn't even a word.) Please PLEASE PLEASE take some basic grammar (and spelling) lessons! You look like MORONS!
yeah, and I'm sure that most Linux users would actually do the same for Microsoft.... right.
I'd buy the Linux version, if it wasn't (mostly) for 3dfx cards... I have a TNT2-Ultra, and I've tried pretty darn hard to get Q3Demo to run on it, to no avail... (I did get it to run on my Diamond Monster 3D - Voodoo Graphics 4MB... it was pretty bad) Anyone have any luck getting it to work on a TNT2? Does it get "decent" performance? Hopefully Xfree86 4 will make 3D games more viable on various unices.
So you (for example, not you personally, ok?) are a Linux newbie and you trust Microsoft for aid in getting Win NT on your box after Linux has been installed by that Zealot down the hall. Here's how to do it, plain and simple. Nowhere does it say that Linux is inferior. It even makes sure you have a backup of Linux in case you want to install it at a later date. (Go _read_ it!)
This is hardly Microsoft running scared. Hardly Microsoft taking over the world. Hardly Microsoft killing Linux with one fell swoop. For crying out loud, lighten up!!
I love it... these guys write this incredibly tight code, and all you guys can do is slam it because it's not portable, because it's pointless, because it's not Linux. Yet you seem to like Star Wars crap made out of legos...
I picked up a box of old computer magazines from the early 1980's at a garage sale this past summer... Compute!, BYTE, and "Commodore Magazine." The content back then was a lot more interesting, at least to me. BYTE in 1981 was hardcore computing: PCB schematics, building your own FM synthesis circuitry, 6502 assembler, how the "new" TRS-80 works... stuff that's in-depth. 99% of today's magazines focus far too much on the "average" computer user who knows how to click a mouse and not much more. I'd like a magazine like '81 BYTE, something that isn't catering to the majority of Windows computer users.