>So, in the land of penguins, the cry went up, "Wahhhhh!!! Linux looks >bad, so we have to spam the bastards that dared to point this out!!
Beware Mircosoft Astrotufers, for your days are now numbered. You can bitch and moan all you like, but people the world over now know you for the pure evil you repensent.
>So, in the land of penguins, the cry went up, "Wahhhhh!!! Linux looks >bad, so we have to spam the bastards that dared to point this out!!
Beware Mircosoft Astrotufers, for your days are now numbered. You can bitch and moan all you like, but people the world over now know you for what you really are.
>Things do change. Slashdot is not a News for Nerds anymore, it's News >for Linuxnerds. Which, by the way, had nothing to do with Andover
What the hell are you talking about? Slashdot has always been a linux-focused WWW site. You microsoft astroturfers are just pissed because you couldn't remake Slashdot into a pro-MS WWW site.
Personally I don't see anything wrong with VA Linux buying Andover. Better VA Linux rather than the clowns over at ZDNET.......
>fame and attention is the ultimate goal of a hacker. the idea of >seeing something they triggered by pressing a key in telnet end up on >CNN must be quite a motivator. You can also thank Jack Valenti for this also. The war the MPAA instigated is going to turn real nasty real fast and a lot of innoncent people are going to get caught in it.
>Hmm..platform independencem, ease of porting...QT.. >Another nail in the GTK casket.
Don't bet on it. Somehow I rather doubt that a game using QT will change people's opinions of QT. People who dislike C++ will for the most part will still have nothing to do with QT.
>I can't see a situation where I'd want to use a >text-based browser instead of my normal browser...can anyone enlighten me?
Simple. Text-based browsers strip out the garbage clowns like yourself insist on polluting WWW pages with. I for one have absolutely *NO INTEREST* anymore in wading through a WWW page full of banner ads,javascript and other bullshit.
>This is really sad. It kind of reminds me of how the local BBS slowly >died and fizzled out with the internet becoming larger and larger. I >don't know how it is around you, but the BBS scene is basically dead >in my area. Most kids getting "online" have no clue that they can even >dial anything but the internet.
You got it wrong. What this and other twits mean by USENET "dying" is that there isn't much of a desire to allow crap like HTML and other bullshit in USENET posts. The author most likely started ranting about how HTML in USENET posts was a great idea and got roasted alive for it.
>Yes. Do you expect TI to Open-source its firmware? Fuckwit
Hey Fuckwit who said anything about TI? People are talking about the possbility of porting Linux to the models of these calculators that have a flash rom. Check out the users of these calculators WWW sites.
> How many journalling filesystems does linux really need? I realize >that after the Microsquish FUD wars, it came to the attention of linux >developers that we needed a jfs, but this is rediculous. We need one >good jfs, ONE not 4 or 5.
You're missing the point. The journalling filesystems aren't going to be competing with each other. Rather view them as you would view Linux support for the Amiga filesystem. If you are familar with the IBM journalling filesystem use it. If you aren't use another one. With Linux interoperating with vastly different computer systems, having the ability "plug in" the same filesystem on the linux box as on the other boxes would be an advantage I would think.
>Ok, next time you buy a car (assuming you're old enough to drive) >*YOU* can write, or download the software for its engine management. >Next time you buy a calculator, *YOU* can hand-code or download its >firmware.
Ever hear of the Texas Instruments TI-85 line of programable calculators moron?
>The reason why I changed to using Linux is only because it's better >than the current mainstream OS, not because I'd hate Windows. The fact >that more and more companies are starting to commercialize it doesn't >really matter, in fact I think it will only be a benefit as the >development of Linux will get more and more resources. The development >of the core will still be in the hands of Torvalds and others.
Exactly. That's why it doesn't bother me either. People who use Linux,Hurd or one of the BSD's will never be in the position that the Amiga,Atari ST or users of older Microsoft products like Windows 3.11 find themselves in these days.
>Then it ends up in court, where the open source community's >10-million-dollar hired-gun lawyer has to go up against EvilCorp's >team of a dozen 100-million-dollar lawyers. Do you think just saying >"GPL" is going to mean anything? Much smaller companies have managed >to lobby the U.S. Congress into turning Article 1 Sec. 8 of the >Constitution on its head. A license dispute would be peanuts in >comparison.
Wrong. You will also be going up against lawyers from IBM,SGI and other corps that has released software under the GPL or a GPL-type license. The playing field has changed.
>This crusade by some folks to deprive me and tens of thousands of >other software engineers of their livelihoods (especially by espousing >the GPL virus) is utterly senseless! Unless of course you're a >14-year old kid with no bills to pay...
Give *ONE* good reason why we should support software created by people like *YOU*? You can't. This is the real beauty of the Open Source/Free Software movement. We *NO LONGER* have to held hostage by scumbags like you. In case you've forgotten, *NOBODY* owes you a damn thing.
>The one big tragedy that may come of the popularization of Linux is >the spread of the GPL.
For those like you whom are upset that people like the GPL, well maybe. For the rest of us who like and use the GPL, most definately not.
In other words bugger off Glass....
If it wasn't for the enviroment the GPL has created, you wouldn't see companies like IBM and SGI supporting Open Source/Free Software in the manner that they are.
>No way. Not unless console makers figure out a way to make first >person shooters easy to control with their joysticks.
Absolutely. Just use the buttons on the controller next time.
As for replacing computers absolutely no question here. Just look at how many "generations" of ever faster PC's have been abandoned by the gaming companies while the Playstation has pretty much remained same, but Playstation games just keep getting better. I'm buying a Playstation 2 rather than a new computer or new hardware for my current computer. I'm sick and tired of the PC software/hardware upgrade bullshit.
>" This places it right next to the shuttle in terms of technology >level. "
>Huh? The Soyuz is not in the same league with the Shuttle.
You're right. The Soyuz has proven to be a hell of a lot more useful than the Shuttle. What was used to resupply Mir for example? Basically unmanned Soyuz's.
>This just might scare the US out of space-complacency. The thought of >China being more advanced than anticpated might just do it. >Won't be a problem. Some how, china reaching the technology level of >the US in the 1950's dosn't seem like somthing that will rise much ire
Yes it will. Why? Because unlike a lot of the tech being hyped today, that 1950's tech is something that actually *WORKS*......
>Is there a standard for streaming media? If not, then one should be >made, or followed. If MicroSofts format is good enough, let's use it. >Let's make a Linux player for the same format. If its not good enough, >let's make a windows-media-player thingie that can take care of >Micro$ofts standard, and let's make our own in addition.
Who really cares all that much about streaming media? It's basically a joke, just like all the HYPE that people like you guys kept tossing out over the internet "push technologies" that basically went nowhere and like HDTV which is going to turn out to be an expensive semi-flop.
>Half of the problem with open source software is that there is no set >standard for dumb users to follow. If you have to many options with an >idea, everyone figures out their own way of doing it, and the ones who >do not have the patience to devise one (dumb users) will give up and >go back to Windows/Mac.
And good ridance to them. The world is changing guy. People are tired of trying to cater to morons who aren't willing to take the time and put out the effort to learn something. If this offends you, so what?
>How come that all those lame "The DVD CCA was right all along, the CSS >crack is only for pir8ting" are always posted by Anonymous Cowards? Is >the MPAA really too stupid to set up a bunch of throwaway Slashdot >accounts.
Of course they are. How else could you explain the latest blunders from the MPAA who it seems want to fight the Vietnam War all over again?
>- Someone has to take this battle, he grins, and prepare for a long >night.
He's not kidding. What the MPA is now going to have to deal with is prospect of a Vietnam-style war against them. I wonder how long it'll be before we'll see full-scale attacks on their members and their lawyers WWW sites ect. What these idoits at the MPA have done is basically create a self-fulling prophecy. The MPA and their lawyers are creating the hostile enviroment that they seem to fear so much. Ironic isn't it?
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>So, in the land of penguins, the cry went up, "Wahhhhh!!! Linux looks
>bad, so we have to spam the bastards that dared to point this out!!
Beware Mircosoft Astrotufers, for your days are now numbered. You can bitch and moan all you like, but people the world over now know you for the pure evil you repensent.
>So, in the land of penguins, the cry went up, "Wahhhhh!!! Linux looks
>bad, so we have to spam the bastards that dared to point this out!!
Beware Mircosoft Astrotufers, for your days are now numbered. You can bitch and moan all you like, but people the world over now know you for what you really are.
>Maybe because you'd like to buy something from them?
And if you *DON'T* want to buy something from them?
>Things do change. Slashdot is not a News for Nerds anymore, it's News
>for Linuxnerds. Which, by the way, had nothing to do with Andover
What the hell are you talking about? Slashdot has always been a linux-focused WWW site. You microsoft astroturfers are just pissed because you couldn't remake Slashdot into a pro-MS WWW site.
Personally I don't see anything wrong with VA Linux buying Andover. Better VA Linux rather than the clowns over at ZDNET.......
>fame and attention is the ultimate goal of a hacker. the idea of
>seeing something they triggered by pressing a key in telnet end up on
>CNN must be quite a motivator.
You can also thank Jack Valenti for this also. The war the MPAA instigated is going to turn real nasty real fast and a lot of innoncent people are going to get caught in it.
>Hmm..platform independencem, ease of porting...QT..
>Another nail in the GTK casket.
Don't bet on it. Somehow I rather doubt that a game using QT will change people's opinions of QT. People who dislike C++ will for the most part will still have nothing to do with QT.
>I can't see a situation where I'd want to use a
>text-based browser instead of my normal browser...can anyone enlighten me?
Simple. Text-based browsers strip out the garbage clowns like yourself insist on polluting WWW pages with. I for one have absolutely *NO INTEREST* anymore in wading through a WWW page full of banner ads,javascript and other bullshit.
Feel better for knowing?
>This is really sad. It kind of reminds me of how the local BBS slowly
>died and fizzled out with the internet becoming larger and larger. I
>don't know how it is around you, but the BBS scene is basically dead
>in my area. Most kids getting "online" have no clue that they can even
>dial anything but the internet.
You got it wrong. What this and other twits mean by USENET "dying" is that there isn't much of a desire to allow crap like HTML and other bullshit in USENET posts. The author most likely started ranting about how HTML in USENET posts was a great idea and got roasted alive for it.
>I haven't seen that much of a change in the way Slashdot has been run
>so far. Lets hope it stays that way...
I frankly hope something is finally done about the morons who run around making those idotic grits and portman posts.
They should be treated as what they are. SPAM.
>Yes. Do you expect TI to Open-source its firmware? Fuckwit
Hey Fuckwit who said anything about TI? People are talking about the possbility of porting Linux to the models of these calculators that have a flash rom. Check out the users of these calculators WWW sites.
> How many journalling filesystems does linux really need? I realize
>that after the Microsquish FUD wars, it came to the attention of linux
>developers that we needed a jfs, but this is rediculous. We need one
>good jfs, ONE not 4 or 5.
You're missing the point. The journalling filesystems aren't going to be competing with each other. Rather view them as you would view Linux support for the Amiga filesystem. If you are familar with the IBM journalling filesystem use it. If you aren't use another one. With Linux interoperating with vastly different computer systems, having the ability "plug in" the same filesystem on the linux box as on the other boxes would be an advantage I would think.
>Ok, next time you buy a car (assuming you're old enough to drive)
>*YOU* can write, or download the software for its engine management.
>Next time you buy a calculator, *YOU* can hand-code or download its
>firmware.
Ever hear of the Texas Instruments TI-85 line of programable calculators moron?
>The reason why I changed to using Linux is only because it's better
>than the current mainstream OS, not because I'd hate Windows. The fact
>that more and more companies are starting to commercialize it doesn't
>really matter, in fact I think it will only be a benefit as the
>development of Linux will get more and more resources. The development
>of the core will still be in the hands of Torvalds and others.
Exactly. That's why it doesn't bother me either. People who use Linux,Hurd or one of the BSD's will never be in the position that the Amiga,Atari ST or users of older Microsoft products like Windows 3.11 find themselves in these days.
>Then it ends up in court, where the open source community's
>10-million-dollar hired-gun lawyer has to go up against EvilCorp's
>team of a dozen 100-million-dollar lawyers. Do you think just saying
>"GPL" is going to mean anything? Much smaller companies have managed
>to lobby the U.S. Congress into turning Article 1 Sec. 8 of the
>Constitution on its head. A license dispute would be peanuts in
>comparison.
Wrong. You will also be going up against lawyers from IBM,SGI and other corps that has released software under the GPL or a GPL-type license. The playing field has changed.
>This crusade by some folks to deprive me and tens of thousands of
>other software engineers of their livelihoods (especially by espousing
>the GPL virus) is utterly senseless! Unless of course you're a >14-year old kid with no bills to pay...
Give *ONE* good reason why we should support software created by people like *YOU*? You can't. This is the real beauty of the Open Source/Free Software movement. We *NO LONGER* have to held hostage by scumbags like you. In case you've forgotten, *NOBODY* owes you a damn thing.
>The one big tragedy that may come of the popularization of Linux is
>the spread of the GPL.
For those like you whom are upset that people like the GPL, well maybe. For the rest of us who like and use the GPL, most definately not.
In other words bugger off Glass....
If it wasn't for the enviroment the GPL has created, you wouldn't see companies like IBM and SGI supporting Open Source/Free Software in the manner that they are.
>No way. Not unless console makers figure out a way to make first
>person shooters easy to control with their joysticks.
Absolutely. Just use the buttons on the controller next time.
As for replacing computers absolutely no question here. Just look at how many "generations" of ever faster PC's have been abandoned by the gaming companies while the Playstation has pretty much remained same, but Playstation games just keep getting better. I'm buying a Playstation 2 rather than a new computer or new hardware for my current computer. I'm sick and tired of the PC software/hardware upgrade bullshit.
>" This places it right next to the shuttle in terms of technology
>level. "
>Huh? The Soyuz is not in the same league with the Shuttle.
You're right. The Soyuz has proven to be a hell of a lot more useful than the Shuttle. What was used to resupply Mir for example? Basically unmanned Soyuz's.
>This just might scare the US out of space-complacency. The thought of
>China being more advanced than anticpated might just do it.
>Won't be a problem. Some how, china reaching the technology level of
>the US in the 1950's dosn't seem like somthing that will rise much ire
Yes it will. Why? Because unlike a lot of the tech being hyped today, that 1950's tech is something that actually *WORKS*......
>Is there a standard for streaming media? If not, then one should be
>made, or followed. If MicroSofts format is good enough, let's use it.
>Let's make a Linux player for the same format. If its not good enough,
>let's make a windows-media-player thingie that can take care of
>Micro$ofts standard, and let's make our own in addition.
Who really cares all that much about streaming media? It's basically a joke, just like all the HYPE that people like you guys kept tossing out over the internet "push technologies" that basically went nowhere and like HDTV which is going to turn out to be an expensive semi-flop.
>Half of the problem with open source software is that there is no set
>standard for dumb users to follow. If you have to many options with an
>idea, everyone figures out their own way of doing it, and the ones who
>do not have the patience to devise one (dumb users) will give up and
>go back to Windows/Mac.
And good ridance to them. The world is changing guy. People are tired of trying to cater to morons who aren't willing to take the time and put out the effort to learn something. If this offends you, so what?
>How come that all those lame "The DVD CCA was right all along, the CSS
>crack is only for pir8ting" are always posted by Anonymous Cowards? Is
>the MPAA really too stupid to set up a bunch of throwaway Slashdot
>accounts.
Of course they are. How else could you explain the latest blunders from the MPAA who it seems want to fight the Vietnam War all over again?
>Ah well. Nevermind. It's a complex film. It's not for everyone.
Especially trekkies.....
>- Someone has to take this battle, he grins, and prepare for a long
>night.
He's not kidding. What the MPA is now going to have to deal with is prospect of a Vietnam-style war against them. I wonder how long it'll be before we'll see full-scale attacks on their members and their lawyers WWW sites ect. What these idoits at the MPA have done is basically create a self-fulling prophecy. The MPA and their lawyers are creating the hostile enviroment that they seem to fear so much. Ironic isn't it?
> why *Chinese* crackers? are they suddenly more
>adept at creating viruses than crackers in any
>other country??
They are if your thought tend to run along the "Yellow Menance" way of thinking of China.