>Most popular PC games are programmed outside of Japan (USA, Europe). I >much prefer PC games to their console counterparts.
Who cares? Go to an arcade and take a look at the games people are playing. There won't be a single PC-type game anywhere in sight at most of these places. The arcade I go to most often had a coin-op Quake game but I don't think that thing lasted a week before it was gone.
Microsoft's "Gaming Console" is going to suffer the same fate as Atari's repackaged 8-bit computers that Atari tried to pass off as Gaming Consoles....
> here is the link to the story he mentioned. It really is a great >article for us amature star gazers.:)
>so we have these huge things floating around... suppose one of them >entered out system? i suppose it would be captured and begin orbiting >our sun also, but think of the damage it would do before settling down >(if it ever would).
>perhaps the next great "comet" movie should be about a free floating >planet or star:)
You've never seen "When Worlds Collide"? The movie is kinda cheesy even for a 50's movie, but the novel is pretty good.
>The nightmare for Linux is comming true, Win2K is a serious, stable OS >that is a strong contender as a server and light years ahead of Linux >for the desktop.
Yeah right. Then why has the use of Apache hit 60% despite the release of Win2K for instance? Remember Apache isn't really used/run under MS OS's
>I bring this up with miguel every chance I get. Their "inspiration" >from MS is one of the reasons why I stay away from gnome when I can. >It would be really cool if a group of people who KNEW about good UI >design could get together and do something original. I would be happy >to help with both programming and design. Sheesh. When will you UI freaks realize that the Linux userbase isn't interested in becoming *THE DUMPING GROUND* for the half-baked ideas of UI designers. Go bother the BSD guys. But they'll most likely tell you idiots to fuck off too....
>You really think that the Linux community will ever come out with >something original? It hasn't happened yet in the last decade, so why >do you think it ever will? Seriously. It's called "chasing the >tail-lights."
Maybe it's because the Linux community realizes that what UI people like yourself consider "original" is really useless garbage?
>"Total aside: I seriously doubt that Windows 2000 is the most complex >software project ever undertaken..." >Why, because you are an Anti-MS Zealot?
No because NASA has done software projects that are *FAR* more complex than the crap Microsoft has attempted with Windows 2000. Let's see Microsoft come up with code that's able to run something like the Voyager and Pioneer probes for the lenght of time they've been running in that kind of hostile enviroment.
>Well... who said that using a computer requires no skills? When you >want to drive a car, you need a license too. >I remember when I got my Amiga, two weeks later, the machine started >to behave really weird. The computer would suddenly freeze with a >black screen and I had no clue what was wrong. I phoned up some >friends and asked them, what this could be since it only happened when >I booted the Workbench. One mentioned a virus called "Byte Bandit" and >told me, how to remove it.
Who are you trying to bullshit here? You got "Byte Bandit" from your friend. Byte Bandit is/was a boot sector virus that mostly got spread around on Amiga floppy disks by the Amiga Warez Crowd.
>So if his arguments were said by someone outside the security field >you'd take them? >You cannot discount his arguments just on the basis that he is a >security consultant. You can examine what he says in greater detail to >make sure it makes sense, but outright saying "He is a security >consultant therefore his arguments are invalid" is invalid in itself.
No it's not. If you know someone's in a position to line his pockets from what he's trying to sell you, you'ld had better question the motives of said person. When a security consultant starts promoting "THE VIRUS THREAT TO LINUX" in the fashion Garfinkel did, warning bells concering what he's saying should be going off...
>Sad that this post was marked as flamebait. Someone is making a tool >to decrypt a privately owned database. This is theft. >What's the big deal anyway, you big babies? If you don't like the >censoring software, don't use it! Who really cares about children, >anyway?
What's the big deal? Fraud is the big deal. The argument that people who are buying this software are being defrauded can quite easily be made.
>patches. This is not Windows world, where you get the programs from >your friends or some obscure web pages: usually, programs are >distributed much more professionaly than in the case of Windows >programs.
Exactly. Most people don't get software for linux from the Shareware-type sites that cater to the Windows crowd. We tend to get it from the author's homepage or a mirror site of Redhat,SuSE,Slackware ect. The Linux/Unix software distrubtion model is diffrent from that of Windows, which is something else the idoits who keep writing these ads,err "articles" for the Anti-virus software companies don't understand and tend to overlook.
>I have had limited time to read these posts but I think many people >sell MACH short. Microkernel seems to be the way things are going. >Modularity in Linux is very popular and necessary to support all the >devices that it does and future ones (The kernel can only be >reasonably big and still be worth while). Microkernels get away from >this monolithic design. I admit that they have yet to prove themselves >agains UNIX but I suggest we turn our eyes to the GNU HURD project as >I think they will have something to reckon with in a few years.
Sheesh. Weren't you mircokernel supporters saying this nearly *10* years ago?
>Uh, bzzzzzt... this books is available *ONLY* in electronic form. You >can't go buy a paper copy unless someone prints it out. Maybe you >should read a little more carefully before you try to get that "first >post" out there.:)
Big fucking deal. Ever hear of fanfiction? There *ARE* hoards of fanfiction authors who are better than King. Take a look at UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES (http://www.eyrie-productions.com/) for instance. Another one is Magnesite's anime & fanfiction page (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/1810/) These people have been doing this kind of stuff for *YEARS* now.
>Could this become a stumbling block for smaller distro's acceptance if >say 4 major distros get most of the support from most companies and >the little distro's do not?
Well since the vast majority of the little distros are rip-offs of RedHat....err what was your point again?
>So anyway, I guess this is great news for Linux. Given SAS, some >decent database support and the work IBM has done recently porting >Linux to big systems I believe it would be fair to crow a little! >Linux is no longer a fringe OS, but is now becoming a major player in >the business market. World domination is actually starting to seem >plausible.
And to think this is being done without Linux getting a single shred of support from Microsoft and it's stooges in the trade press. It really says something, doesn't it?
> While I applaud the efforts of both the KDE and Gnome communities >neither of them are actually resulting in a commercial grade UI >(Windows is not a commercial grade UI either IMO). Its a fantastic >effort to make the interface more usable but as Jakob Nielsen said on >Slashdot these are not revolutionary steps but the same old things >again.
Sigh. When will you UI freaks realize we don't *CARE* what Jakob Nielsen you think? You people have pretty much given UI design a bad name over the years with the bloated and useless crap (take a look at most WWW pages floating around today for an example of this nonsense that comes from the UI crowd). Small wonder most Slashdot users want nothing to do with you guys.
>Personally, I've always felt that this sort of taxation is akin to >shooting yourself in the foot. One of the biggest incentives ordinary >people have for buying online is the absence of taxes, and taxing this >would destroy a very good reason for people to be hooked up. This, in >turn, promotes a lack of technological literacy. Not such a great move >for a few bucks, eh?
Buying things online was from the start a farce. It's *NOT* a good reason to go online. The few bucks you *MIGHT* save on sales tax you'll end up losing with the shipping & handling charges.
>I think all the spambots scanning slashdot would have got pissed off >ages ago because of all the first post trolls and left, so they are >nothing to worry about.
No,not quite all of them. *YOU* are still here aren't you?
>With all that beta-, unstable- or developer-versions of various >programs around for Linux, one could think that there are almost no >final releases.
The term "Final release" is nothing but a scam that pretty much has it's origins in the Windows (especially the Share/Crippleware) world. There ain't no such thing as a "Final Release" of software unless something bad happens to whom or whatever produces it.
>It sucked. Bad. I've seen better things come out of my as$.
What do you expect from a movie who's target are Trekkies and PC gamers?
I'm putting my hopes on Titan AE. There might be a chance to show that the US can put something that can compete with Anime and Manga that not aimed at 3 year-olds. (I was goin to say Trekkies, but that would've ben an insult to the 3-year olds)
>If you don't care about Linux, and you don't know what XFree86 is, >then what kind of nerd are you supposed to be? Tell us WHAT YOU would >want to see on Slashdot. > News on Star Trek.
The lastest news is that the Minbari has just declared a jihad against the Federation after Wesley Crusher somehow managed to appear on Mimbar...
Slashdot Mirror
>Most popular PC games are programmed outside of Japan (USA, Europe). I
>much prefer PC games to their console counterparts.
Who cares? Go to an arcade and take a look at the games people are playing. There won't be a single PC-type game anywhere in sight at most of these places. The arcade I go to most often had a coin-op Quake game but I don't think that thing lasted a week before it was gone.
Microsoft's "Gaming Console" is going to suffer the same fate as Atari's repackaged 8-bit computers that Atari tried to pass off as Gaming Consoles....
> here is the link to the story he mentioned. It really is a great :)
:)
>article for us amature star gazers.
>so we have these huge things floating around... suppose one of them
>entered out system? i suppose it would be captured and begin orbiting
>our sun also, but think of the damage it would do before settling down
>(if it ever would).
>perhaps the next great "comet" movie should be about a free floating
>planet or star
You've never seen "When Worlds Collide"? The movie is kinda cheesy even for a 50's movie, but the novel is pretty good.
>The nightmare for Linux is comming true, Win2K is a serious, stable OS
>that is a strong contender as a server and light years ahead of Linux
>for the desktop.
Yeah right. Then why has the use of Apache hit 60% despite the release of Win2K for instance? Remember Apache isn't really used/run under MS OS's
>I bring this up with miguel every chance I get. Their "inspiration"
>from MS is one of the reasons why I stay away from gnome when I can.
>It would be really cool if a group of people who KNEW about good UI
>design could get together and do something original. I would be happy
>to help with both programming and design.
Sheesh. When will you UI freaks realize that the Linux userbase isn't interested in becoming *THE DUMPING GROUND* for the half-baked ideas of UI designers. Go bother the BSD guys. But they'll most likely tell you idiots to fuck off too....
>You really think that the Linux community will ever come out with
>something original? It hasn't happened yet in the last decade, so why
>do you think it ever will? Seriously. It's called "chasing the
>tail-lights."
Maybe it's because the Linux community realizes that what UI people like yourself consider "original" is really useless garbage?
>"Total aside: I seriously doubt that Windows 2000 is the most complex
>software project ever undertaken..."
>Why, because you are an Anti-MS Zealot?
No because NASA has done software projects that are *FAR* more complex than the crap Microsoft has attempted with Windows 2000. Let's see Microsoft come up with code that's able to run something like the Voyager and Pioneer probes for the lenght of time they've been running in that kind of hostile enviroment.
>Well... who said that using a computer requires no skills? When you
>want to drive a car, you need a license too.
>I remember when I got my Amiga, two weeks later, the machine started
>to behave really weird. The computer would suddenly freeze with a
>black screen and I had no clue what was wrong. I phoned up some
>friends and asked them, what this could be since it only happened when
>I booted the Workbench. One mentioned a virus called "Byte Bandit" and
>told me, how to remove it.
Who are you trying to bullshit here? You got "Byte Bandit" from your friend. Byte Bandit is/was a boot sector virus that mostly got spread around on Amiga floppy disks by the Amiga Warez Crowd.
>So if his arguments were said by someone outside the security field
>you'd take them?
>You cannot discount his arguments just on the basis that he is a
>security consultant. You can examine what he says in greater detail to
>make sure it makes sense, but outright saying "He is a security
>consultant therefore his arguments are invalid" is invalid in itself.
No it's not. If you know someone's in a position to line his pockets from what he's trying to sell you, you'ld had better question the motives of said person. When a security consultant starts promoting "THE VIRUS THREAT TO LINUX" in the fashion Garfinkel did, warning bells concering what he's saying should be going off...
>Sad that this post was marked as flamebait. Someone is making a tool
>to decrypt a privately owned database. This is theft.
>What's the big deal anyway, you big babies? If you don't like the
>censoring software, don't use it! Who really cares about children,
>anyway?
What's the big deal? Fraud is the big deal. The argument that people who are buying this software are being defrauded can quite easily be made.
>Sounds like everyone has to big of an ego to admit that Linux is
>actually vulnerable. Harsh!
Not really. It's that people and companies peddling anti-virus software is viewed with a great deal of suspicion.
>While were talking about current developments:
>Trojans have recently been found in things like wuarchive ftp.
Recently? The article is dated April 6, 1994....
>patches. This is not Windows world, where you get the programs from
>your friends or some obscure web pages: usually, programs are
>distributed much more professionaly than in the case of Windows
>programs.
Exactly. Most people don't get software for linux from the Shareware-type sites that cater to the Windows crowd. We tend to get it from the author's homepage or a mirror site of Redhat,SuSE,Slackware ect. The Linux/Unix software distrubtion model is diffrent from that of Windows, which is something else the idoits who keep writing these ads,err "articles" for the Anti-virus software companies don't understand and tend to overlook.
>Um.. but it DOES run on Microsoft OS's..
Does anyone actually ran Apche on Microsoft OS's though?
>I have had limited time to read these posts but I think many people
>sell MACH short. Microkernel seems to be the way things are going.
>Modularity in Linux is very popular and necessary to support all the
>devices that it does and future ones (The kernel can only be
>reasonably big and still be worth while). Microkernels get away from
>this monolithic design. I admit that they have yet to prove themselves
>agains UNIX but I suggest we turn our eyes to the GNU HURD project as
>I think they will have something to reckon with in a few years.
Sheesh. Weren't you mircokernel supporters saying this nearly *10* years ago?
>NT Baby!
NT? Not Today.......
>Just because Apache's market share continues to climb does not make
>the OS's market share climb.
Since Apache basically runs on Commerical Unix,Linux and the BSD's and not Microsoft OS's I'll say you're full of bullshit....
>Uh, bzzzzzt... this books is available *ONLY* in electronic form. You :)
>can't go buy a paper copy unless someone prints it out. Maybe you
>should read a little more carefully before you try to get that "first
>post" out there.
Big fucking deal. Ever hear of fanfiction? There *ARE* hoards of fanfiction authors who are better than King. Take a look at UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES (http://www.eyrie-productions.com/) for instance. Another one is Magnesite's anime & fanfiction page (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/1810/) These people have been doing this kind of stuff for *YEARS* now.
>Could this become a stumbling block for smaller distro's acceptance if
>say 4 major distros get most of the support from most companies and
>the little distro's do not?
Well since the vast majority of the little distros are rip-offs of RedHat....err what was your point again?
>So anyway, I guess this is great news for Linux. Given SAS, some
>decent database support and the work IBM has done recently porting
>Linux to big systems I believe it would be fair to crow a little!
>Linux is no longer a fringe OS, but is now becoming a major player in
>the business market. World domination is actually starting to seem
>plausible.
And to think this is being done without Linux getting a single shred of support from Microsoft and it's stooges in the trade press. It really says something, doesn't it?
> While I applaud the efforts of both the KDE and Gnome communities
>neither of them are actually resulting in a commercial grade UI
>(Windows is not a commercial grade UI either IMO). Its a fantastic
>effort to make the interface more usable but as Jakob Nielsen said on
>Slashdot these are not revolutionary steps but the same old things
>again.
Sigh. When will you UI freaks realize we don't *CARE* what Jakob Nielsen you think? You people have pretty much given UI design a bad name over the years with the bloated and useless crap (take a look at most WWW pages floating around today for an example of this nonsense that comes from the UI crowd). Small wonder most Slashdot users want nothing to do with you guys.
>Personally, I've always felt that this sort of taxation is akin to
>shooting yourself in the foot. One of the biggest incentives ordinary
>people have for buying online is the absence of taxes, and taxing this
>would destroy a very good reason for people to be hooked up. This, in
>turn, promotes a lack of technological literacy. Not such a great move
>for a few bucks, eh?
Buying things online was from the start a farce. It's *NOT* a good reason to go online. The few bucks you *MIGHT* save on sales tax you'll end up losing with the shipping & handling charges.
>I think all the spambots scanning slashdot would have got pissed off
>ages ago because of all the first post trolls and left, so they are
>nothing to worry about.
No,not quite all of them. *YOU* are still here aren't you?
>With all that beta-, unstable- or developer-versions of various
>programs around for Linux, one could think that there are almost no
>final releases.
The term "Final release" is nothing but a scam that pretty much has it's origins in the Windows (especially the Share/Crippleware) world. There ain't no such thing as a "Final Release" of software unless something bad happens to whom or whatever produces it.
>It sucked. Bad. I've seen better things come out of my as$.
What do you expect from a movie who's target are Trekkies and PC gamers?
I'm putting my hopes on Titan AE. There might be a chance to show that the US can put something that can compete with Anime and Manga that not aimed at 3 year-olds. (I was goin to say Trekkies, but that would've ben an insult to the 3-year olds)
>If you don't care about Linux, and you don't know what XFree86 is,
>then what kind of nerd are you supposed to be? Tell us WHAT YOU would
>want to see on Slashdot.
> News on Star Trek.
The lastest news is that the Minbari has just declared a jihad against the Federation after Wesley Crusher somehow managed to appear on Mimbar...