> One more word on The X-Men: they did a damn good job of choosing >Professor X! I couldn't think of anyone better than Patrick Stewart!
Somehow over the years of reading the X-men, especially durning the Claremont years, I never imagined/pictured Charles Xavier having a English accent. I guess I'm just weird.....
>That is the main reason I'm waiting for the X-Men movie, too.:) >I remember reading somewhere that Glenn said he'd play the part only >if the script was good. That was like 2-3 years ago...X-Men has been >'in the making' for awhile..
What are you guys getting your hopes up for? Everybody knows that the X-Men movie just like all the other movies based on Marvel Comics characters is going to suck big time. There's just something about the Marvel characters that just don't translate well to movies...
>you still have a black ad white tv ? >damn dude, take a jump ahead to the 1970's:) >seriously, why would you want a black and white tv ? the only person i >know who has one is my grandmother and she keeps it in the closet and >never uses it (she now has a colour). >unless your colour blind or an extreme fundamentalist, i dont see the
Try shooting your mouth off next time there's a storm in your area and it knocks out the power. I'll be watching the news and other things on my 5 inch battery-powerd b&w tv I bought from K-mart for $19.95. You'll be staring at the blank screen of your HDTV....
>Ego writes "Ever want to have your very own Microsoft Certified >Professional Action Figure?" 'Jump into action with Dan, Kim, and Nate >your desktop buddies,' the ad says. One can only imagine what Destro >and the Baroness would do to these three guys if they couldn't keep >the network up
What would Victor Von Doom do to them? Epecially after suggesting that he install Windows 2000 in his armor?!?
>If the Linux community ever wants to see Linux catch on for the >general public, Linux will have to address the needs of the general >public. One of those needs is that we'd like our winmodems to work >under it. If the Linux community banded together and decided that they >didn't want winmodems supported, it could only hurt the OS's chances >of winning over "average" users.
And outside of dimwitted tech reporters who work for Ziff-Davis and USA Today....Who really cares all that much about "winning" over "average" users anymore? This is the mistake that sank the Atari ST and Amiga and quite frankly is one that should be avoided at all costs. Linux and the BSD's are doing just fine without chasing after "Joe Six-pac" and his brood. If they want to take the time and effort to learn Linux or any other OS, fine. But we shouldn't bend over backwards for them. The companies who make and sell those shitty Winmodems should be recieving all the abuse they are getting from their customers over manufacturing and selling such a shitty product. It not that the "Linux community" are about to band together and decide not to support winmodems, it's that most of us just couldn't care less either way.
> My my my, what would engineers in the early 80s using cutting edge >tech 300bps modems have said if the boss walked in and said, "Guys, we >gotta design a modem that will do 33.6kbps over standard POTS lines, >and find a way to get at least 512mbps over the cable TV line. They'd >have said you're fucking crazy and to come back when you're not on a >coke buzz.
>I guess some people will always think that the present is as good as >it'll ever be. Some people are really fucking stupid.
And you're one of them. Just how many of those people who bought those 33.6kbps modems actually got a 33.6kbps transfer rate when they got the modem home and connected it to their home POTS lines intested of some rigged phone line setup by some benchmarking lab? In fact didn't 3con,er 3Com/USR lose a lawsuit over this very issue concerning their 56k modems and their advertising of them?
>You are obviously NOT technically literate! Stick to what you know... >Performance is indeed necessary for 3D rendering, response to control >input, speed of simulation etc...regardless what the output video feed >is!! I suppose you see no difference between an ATARI 2600 and a Sony >Playstation!? You're an idiot!
You're the idiot. What you've said is utter rubbish. Most of the old DOS games that ran under dos on the 486's still beat the crap out of their counterparts running under Win95/98 that need a P2 300mhz machine to eek out the same performance a 486 66mhz machine got you.
And your argument is a stupid one. It's still going to take one hell of a long time to download the movie, and that's assuming perfect conditions. Throw in the real-world status of the typical cable modem connection to the internet and you still got something that not really workable in the real world.
>I posted my observation that pre-recorded audio tapes are not commonly >sold or played. Before posting, I asked two co-workers and they agreed >with my observation. Nobody here has disagreed with that, not even you.
Why bother? Go to the audio section of Wal-mart or K-mart and you'll still see plenty of people buying pre-recorded audio tapes. Your problem is that your posting is just full of hot air.
>Tapes are pretty much dead. I havn't bought or seen someone buy a >pre-recorded audio tape in years. In the time that I've seen 100
You're an idoit and a techno-snob. Strange isn't it how the two seem to go hand-in-hand. Go to Wal-mart and see just how fast a shipment of those $79.00 4-head stereo VCR's vanish from the sales floor. Movies released on VHS tapes aren't going to disapear anytime soon, no matter how losers like yourself scream,moan and bitch about it.
>Even opponents of Micro$oft have to admit that this is a stupendous >gaff by the Chinese. If they want to encourage indigenous software >development, their programmers need access to the most widely-used >operating systems.
Eh? If they intend to use this for among various departments it makes sense to use something they can count on things being stable for a number of years which is something you can't count on from Microsoft with it's file-format-of-the-particular-software-package and other stunts they've pulled. There's another Y2k-type problem out there and it has to do with data stored on older computers and file formats/filesystems. Linux supports this a hell of a lot better than Windows does.
>It's not CIHosting's problem. You should maintain your own backups. >They are not responsible for your incompetence and laziness. Any idiot >knows that disks sometimes crash, so the problem is with the idiots >who don't get it. If you lost your shirt in this mess, fuck you. You >deserve it. Period. End of story. Thank you for posting. You and your fellow *SNAKE-OIL SALESMEN* just keep on shooting your mouths off and we'll have all the regulations we want and more on the sites created by people like yourself without having to lift a finger to do anything.
>Huh? Well, you let me know when a console gets a decent flight sim, >FPS, RTS, or non-Japanese RPG. Then you might have a point.
The fact that the kind of games you mentioned don't play a big role the console market only shows that there isn't a lot of interest in them outside of you PC gamers. This must come as a major shock to you Quake and UT freaks who seem to think everbody gives a shit about Quake and UT.
>All this power is absolutely pointless if you end up displaying it on >TV. You just DO NOT NEED these speeds for mere TV. You will need them >if you try to do something on a 2048x1600 resolution or even higher. >On approx 900x625 you will never ever use the video bus bandwidth. >Anyway if it does not have a video port compatible with a VGA standard >it is a waste of a cool hardware anyway...
Get over yourself. Why would someone buying a PlayStation II for their kids (yeah, right) to play the games they'll buy at K-mart or Wal-mart even care about a video port compatible with a VGA standard? It's not like they're going to go out and buy a SVGA monitor if they don't already own one. You PC gamers can't stand the thought that the PC gaming market with it's totally absurd hardware/software requirements is going to get creamed by the PlayStation II and other Consoles can you?
>Oh great, did they cover how to use external drives? >Step 1: Mount your removable media. >Step 2: Perform Input/Output... higher speeds are preferred. >Step 3: Unmount when I/O is finished and buffers have been flushed. >Let's not get into issues about how Linux can have many drives mounted >at once... especially those "scuzzy" ones. Bleh.
What are you ranting about? I find actually using my Iomega external parallel port drive easier under Linux than it is under Windows. Let's see you put more than one partition on a Zip diskette formatted for use with Windows. I know guys who've installed two or more seperate Linux-formatted partitions on the same Zip disk, though this something I've never done myself. I like how linux treats the Zip drive as a normal drive, you can format it,eject the disk from the drive,ect using the normal linux comands.
> Here are a few related questions: >1. Why focus on Linux over all free Unix (aka freenix) in general?
Because BSD users like yourself tend to sit on your ass and want other people to do your work for you. That's why Linux has the mindshare over BSD because the Linux users for the most part actually got up and busted their ass for what they believed in. This DVD issue is a perfect example of this. Does anyone really doubt that if a bunch of BSD types had gotten the letters from the DVD lawyers, they wouldn't have tucked their tails bettween their legs and whimpered like a whipped dog?
>2. Why just `free' Unix instead of all Unix? >3. Why just Unix instead of all systems? What's wrong with (Open)VMS, >for example, on an Alpha Workstation?
>matrix filiming sucked. very pathetic. >if they used linux they would be on cutting edge of hollywood, just >like titanic.
Crap. Matrix filiming sucked because the movie sucked. Want to see a really good and fun movie with great effects? Go to Blockbuster and rent either "A Chinese Ghost Story" or "Wing Chun". Both these movies make the Matrix look like the lame bullshit that it is.
>Why would you be writting checks any more, this is the 21st century?
>Seriously though I don't expect to be using any checks ever again, >there is just no need with credit/debit cards and online banking money >transfers. I did wonder at my sanity for joining such a bank with one >month to go until the y2k problem but it seems to have worked out.
Maybe because myself and one hell of a lot of other people don't *WANT* to use credit/debit cards? Or have *ZERO* interest in using or being a part of online banking money transfers? Every credit card application I get goes straight into the round file after being ripped into tenny-tiny pieces, especially those "pre-approved" scam cards I keep getting from my bank and other places.
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> One more word on The X-Men: they did a damn good job of choosing
>Professor X! I couldn't think of anyone better than Patrick Stewart!
Somehow over the years of reading the X-men, especially durning the Claremont years, I never imagined/pictured Charles Xavier having a English accent. I guess I'm just weird.....
>That is the main reason I'm waiting for the X-Men movie, too. :)
>I remember reading somewhere that Glenn said he'd play the part only
>if the script was good. That was like 2-3 years ago...X-Men has been
>'in the making' for awhile..
What are you guys getting your hopes up for? Everybody knows that the X-Men movie just like all the other movies based on Marvel Comics characters is going to suck big time. There's just something about the Marvel characters that just don't translate well to movies...
>you still have a black ad white tv ? :)
>damn dude, take a jump ahead to the 1970's
>seriously, why would you want a black and white tv ? the only person i
>know who has one is my grandmother and she keeps it in the closet and
>never uses it (she now has a colour).
>unless your colour blind or an extreme fundamentalist, i dont see the
Try shooting your mouth off next time there's a storm in your area and it knocks out the power. I'll be watching the news and other things on my 5 inch battery-powerd b&w tv I bought from K-mart for $19.95. You'll be staring at the blank screen of your HDTV....
>How is this different from you Linux freaks who buy stuffed penguins?
>Fucking hypocrites.
Because stuffed penguins are cute....
>You elitist pig. You should start using NaziOS.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but *Mircosoft Astrotufers* can never hurt me......
>Ego writes "Ever want to have your very own Microsoft Certified
>Professional Action Figure?" 'Jump into action with Dan, Kim, and Nate
>your desktop buddies,' the ad says. One can only imagine what Destro
>and the Baroness would do to these three guys if they couldn't keep
>the network up
What would Victor Von Doom do to them? Epecially after suggesting that he install Windows 2000 in his armor?!?
>If the Linux community ever wants to see Linux catch on for the
>general public, Linux will have to address the needs of the general
>public. One of those needs is that we'd like our winmodems to work
>under it. If the Linux community banded together and decided that they
>didn't want winmodems supported, it could only hurt the OS's chances
>of winning over "average" users.
And outside of dimwitted tech reporters who work for Ziff-Davis and USA Today....Who really cares all that much about "winning" over "average" users anymore? This is the mistake that sank the Atari ST and Amiga and quite frankly is one that should be avoided at all costs. Linux and the BSD's are doing just fine without chasing after "Joe Six-pac" and his brood. If they want to take the time and effort to learn Linux or any other OS, fine. But we shouldn't bend over backwards for them. The companies who make and sell those shitty Winmodems should be recieving all the abuse they are getting from their customers over manufacturing and selling such a shitty product. It not that the "Linux community" are about to band together and decide not to support winmodems, it's that most of us just couldn't care less either way.
> My my my, what would engineers in the early 80s using cutting edge
>tech 300bps modems have said if the boss walked in and said, "Guys, we
>gotta design a modem that will do 33.6kbps over standard POTS lines,
>and find a way to get at least 512mbps over the cable TV line. They'd
>have said you're fucking crazy and to come back when you're not on a
>coke buzz.
>I guess some people will always think that the present is as good as
>it'll ever be. Some people are really fucking stupid.
And you're one of them. Just how many of those people who bought those 33.6kbps modems actually got a 33.6kbps transfer rate when they got the modem home and connected it to their home POTS lines intested of some rigged phone line setup by some benchmarking lab? In fact didn't 3con,er 3Com/USR lose a lawsuit over this very issue concerning their 56k modems and their advertising of them?
>You are obviously NOT technically literate! Stick to what you know...
>Performance is indeed necessary for 3D rendering, response to control
>input, speed of simulation etc...regardless what the output video feed
>is!! I suppose you see no difference between an ATARI 2600 and a Sony
>Playstation!? You're an idiot!
You're the idiot. What you've said is utter rubbish. Most of the old DOS games that ran under dos on the 486's still beat the crap out of their counterparts running under Win95/98 that need a P2 300mhz machine to eek out the same performance a 486 66mhz machine got you.
>Your argument is a fleeting one.
And your argument is a stupid one. It's still going to take one hell of a long time to download the movie, and that's assuming perfect conditions. Throw in the real-world status of the typical cable modem connection to the internet and you still got something that not really workable in the real world.
>I posted my observation that pre-recorded audio tapes are not commonly
>sold or played. Before posting, I asked two co-workers and they agreed
>with my observation. Nobody here has disagreed with that, not even you.
Why bother? Go to the audio section of Wal-mart or K-mart and you'll still see plenty of people buying pre-recorded audio tapes. Your problem is that your posting is just full of hot air.
>Tapes are pretty much dead. I havn't bought or seen someone buy a
>pre-recorded audio tape in years. In the time that I've seen 100
You're an idoit and a techno-snob. Strange isn't it how the two seem to go hand-in-hand. Go to Wal-mart and see just how fast a shipment of those $79.00 4-head stereo VCR's vanish from the sales floor. Movies released on VHS tapes aren't going to disapear anytime soon, no matter how losers like yourself scream,moan and bitch about it.
>Even opponents of Micro$oft have to admit that this is a stupendous
>gaff by the Chinese. If they want to encourage indigenous software
>development, their programmers need access to the most widely-used
>operating systems.
Eh? If they intend to use this for among various departments it makes sense to use something they can count on things being stable for a number of years which is something you can't count on from Microsoft with it's file-format-of-the-particular-software-package and other stunts they've pulled. There's another Y2k-type problem out there and it has to do with data stored on older computers and file formats/filesystems. Linux supports this a hell of a lot better than Windows does.
>Cut it out with the relentless Windows bashing, Win2000 doesn't suck.
You guys said the same thing about NT too remember? Time proved you wrong on that also....
>Sends shivers down my spine. That's for sure.
I guess it would if you're an Microsoft Astroturfer. The rest of us could really care less.....
>It's not CIHosting's problem. You should maintain your own backups.
>They are not responsible for your incompetence and laziness. Any idiot
>knows that disks sometimes crash, so the problem is with the idiots
>who don't get it. If you lost your shirt in this mess, fuck you. You
>deserve it. Period. End of story.
Thank you for posting. You and your fellow *SNAKE-OIL SALESMEN* just keep on shooting your mouths off and we'll have all the regulations we want and more on the sites created by people like yourself without having to lift a finger to do anything.
>Huh? Well, you let me know when a console gets a decent flight sim,
>FPS, RTS, or non-Japanese RPG. Then you might have a point.
The fact that the kind of games you mentioned don't play a big role the console market only shows that there isn't a lot of interest in them outside of you PC gamers. This must come as a major shock to you Quake and UT freaks who seem to think everbody gives a shit about Quake and UT.
>All this power is absolutely pointless if you end up displaying it on
>TV. You just DO NOT NEED these speeds for mere TV. You will need them
>if you try to do something on a 2048x1600 resolution or even higher.
>On approx 900x625 you will never ever use the video bus bandwidth.
>Anyway if it does not have a video port compatible with a VGA standard
>it is a waste of a cool hardware anyway...
Get over yourself. Why would someone buying a PlayStation II for their kids (yeah, right) to play the games they'll buy at K-mart or Wal-mart even care about a video port compatible with a VGA standard? It's not like they're going to go out and buy a SVGA monitor if they don't already own one. You PC gamers can't stand the thought that the PC gaming market with it's totally absurd hardware/software requirements is going to get creamed by the PlayStation II and other Consoles can you?
>Oh great, did they cover how to use external drives?
>Step 1: Mount your removable media.
>Step 2: Perform Input/Output... higher speeds are preferred.
>Step 3: Unmount when I/O is finished and buffers have been flushed.
>Let's not get into issues about how Linux can have many drives mounted
>at once... especially those "scuzzy" ones. Bleh.
What are you ranting about? I find actually using my Iomega external parallel port drive easier under Linux than it is under Windows. Let's see you put more than one partition on a Zip diskette formatted for use with Windows. I know guys who've installed two or more seperate Linux-formatted partitions on the same Zip disk, though this something I've never done myself. I like how linux treats the Zip drive as a normal drive, you can format it,eject the disk from the drive,ect using the normal linux comands.
>Dude, that's beastiality.
I don't think Tux would complain......
>I won't be satisfied until we see a Tux centerfold in Playboy
>magazine.
Wouldn't a Tux centerfold be in Play*GIRL* Magazine rather than Play*BOY* magazine?
> Here are a few related questions:
>1. Why focus on Linux over all free Unix (aka freenix) in general?
Because BSD users like yourself tend to sit on your ass and want other people to do your work for you. That's why Linux has the mindshare over BSD because the Linux users for the most part actually got up and busted their ass for what they believed in. This DVD issue is a perfect example of this. Does anyone really doubt that if a bunch of BSD types had gotten the letters from the DVD lawyers, they wouldn't have tucked their tails bettween their legs and whimpered like a whipped dog?
>2. Why just `free' Unix instead of all Unix?
>3. Why just Unix instead of all systems? What's wrong with (Open)VMS,
>for example, on an Alpha Workstation?
See the above answer.
>matrix filiming sucked. very pathetic.
>if they used linux they would be on cutting edge of hollywood, just
>like titanic.
Crap. Matrix filiming sucked because the movie sucked. Want to see a really good and fun movie with great effects? Go to Blockbuster and rent either "A Chinese Ghost Story" or "Wing Chun". Both these movies make the Matrix look like the lame bullshit that it is.
> Has anyone tried it out yet?
>Anyone care to estimate how much longer we might have to wait until
>the final 4.0 release?
>And how does this compare to something like Xig Accelerated X?
What does it matter since the vast majority of us aren't stupid enough to waste our money on Xig Accelerated X when we don't have any use for it?
>Why would you be writting checks any more, this is the 21st century?
>Seriously though I don't expect to be using any checks ever again,
>there is just no need with credit/debit cards and online banking money
>transfers. I did wonder at my sanity for joining such a bank with one
>month to go until the y2k problem but it seems to have worked out.
Maybe because myself and one hell of a lot of other people don't *WANT* to use credit/debit cards? Or have *ZERO* interest in using or being a part of online banking money transfers? Every credit card application I get goes straight into the round file after being ripped into tenny-tiny pieces, especially those "pre-approved" scam cards I keep getting from my bank and other places.