Myself, I started out using Windows 2000 (on an AMD K6) in November of 2001 after my copy of Win98 nuked. At that time WinXP was just out but concerns with security nixed my using of it. I ran that until I upgraded to a Sempron 1.6 Ghz in April of 2006. The only thing stopping me from using Win2K on that machine was because it simply wouldn't install.
What I found was that ANY drivers that were labelled Windows XP ran flawlessly on 2K. I don't think I ever BSODed it either. And I agree I saw XP as bloated and pretty fugly (I still do although changing the menu bar to silver helps). At the end the K6 was getting terribly slow due to online media requirements but 5 years out of a machine is pretty darn good IMHO. In fact I used it as a bench machine for some early Linux installs and as a server, although the K6 and 2K6-era Linux did not play well.
And for the record, late 2006 I jumped ship from XP to Linux, and I haven't looked back.
I think back to my university days and there is *NO* way I'd let any of the techs near my machine. My sister-in-law worked at the support desk and she doesn't even grasp *NOW* how a router works.
After reading the article (which was darn light on the details) I smell a usual workplace suspect: This woman was a much bigger pain in the butt then she was worth. And like many workplace pains she kept her nose JUST clean enough to not be fired for anything serious. Somebody gambled by using a stupid reason and lost. Although I also look at the amount they paid and think $17K is a pittance for the lost time and lost personel who don't want to work with the pain.
I believe reading his blog (Which is excellent BTW: http://silentbobspeaks.com/ ) he said Clerks II cost $5 million to make and made $20 million in the opening weekend. I'm pretty sure the Weinsteins let him make his movies because they're low risk - $5 mil is nothing in movies nowadays and anytime you make 300 points on a something like that you'll make the bosses happy.
Actually, I think she's right in most ways. It's silly that people believe a technology whose use is based on the ability to write and comprehend written word would hurt literacy. Has it been changed? Absolutely. But I think it has evolved into a less 'fluffy' version.
In my last year of high school there was english lit and english tech. Lit was first and involved prose, allegories, 'What is the author really trying to say?', etc. Tech involved being as clear and concise as possible. Nothing fancy, just "Git 'er done". I think we're now where people are not interested in the fluff - show me what I need to know and let's carry on.
I would like to know which version of Ubuntu he has chosen and what other distros he's done. Off the top of my head for distros I'd try:
1) Ubuntu Netbook Remix (Both Gnome and KDE)
2) Moblin
3) Puppy
4) Macpup Opera
5) Xubuntu
6) gOS
7) Damn Small Linux
Yep - either those who target netbooks or those which try to be resource friendly. If one can run on a much older system well then a newer system it should hum, plus not be such a big hit on the battery life.
That was my thought almost exactly. Actually, it was more like 'So why should we care?'
The Pirate Bay has been taken out. They are in the process of being sold (insider trading or not) and are simply not relevant. They are another Napster/Caldera: "Remember when they were cool? Those were the days. (Now get off my lawn!)" They were the flagship (pun intended), but certainly are not the biggest nor baddest of the torrent sites. (isoHunt is my personal choice)
Let the past be past - let's not spend good money after bad (so to speak).
is considered the best?!? Any manufacturing company that I've worked for thought 0.5% was an epic fail. 7% is brutal. How do they get away with this stuff when how many computers go ages being trouble free?
Actually, thinking about it, with hard drive failures fairly common I'm going to lighten up. What I would be most interested in is WHAT part of these things are failing. I think that would be far more enlightening.
I agree taxes are an obligation, although taxing me for NOT utilizing an mode of transportation is wrong. It's the same as charging me for beer I didn't drink.
As for the raods problem, I would submit that:
a) my current taxes do pay for what I use
b) my bike does not do NEAR the damage any car does which does the same amount of kilometers I do on my bike.
If the government wishes me to pay, then I will pay. Until that point I will not, nor do I feel that I should pay for others.
By using less fuel I am shifting the tax burden onto those who use MORE fuel. If I commute by bike (in good weather) and bus (in bad weather) should I pay an additional tax? Why should I be punished for making smart fiscal and environmental choices?
If someone comes up with a better solution then I have, I applaud him. I will also review what he has done, see if I can manage it fiscally, and if possible improve on what he has done.
I am not a Beatles fan, but those screenshots from the article are awesome. I want them simply to be backgrounds on my computer.
By the way, has Frets on Fire gotten any better? Last time I played it was dicey at best (I was running the Ubuntu version).
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Disclaimer: I have not installed KDE 4.3 - yet - and I run Kubuntu 9.04.
First off, I would like to applaud the team for the work they did and continue to do for KDE. I have really pleased with how far they have come from 4.0 - which made Enlightement look full featured and bug free. I'm looking forward to improvements to Amarok and Kopete - especially with respect to the new Kopete Facebook chat plug-in. (I currently use Pidgin because it has facebook chat and it has killer-apps status - soon I'll kill someone because of it).
That being said, I'm not thrilled with their Akonadi PIM database. I have found it to be a serious resource hog and that many applications simply do not play nice with it. And the insistance that it must scan EVERYTHING again at start up is a serious WTF. I'm also not sold on the social desktop concept either - but I haven't played with it yet and I prefer for my desktop background to be more of a ever changing photo album, so I like it empty. Taskbar, thank you!
Again though, I want to thank the people at KDE and the volunteers who support the project. Good job!
I was thinking that too, but can any organism in existence thrive at 422-442 celsius (792F - 828F), consume CO2 and expell O2 at a good speed (approx 25 years?) Can it be bio-engineered?
Oh, and we have to keep it dormant for the trip to Venus, have it survive impact, wake up after the trip, then we have to be able to handle it after the work is done.
I agree fully. Personally, I want to know why these guys decided to hit image shack - easy target? They say that they are going after exploitive & detremental communities which do the full disclosure thing. Maybe I missed the memo, but when the hell did imageshack become astalavista?
BTW - you killed Astalavista? YOU BASTARDS!!!
Agreed. It's not just about how a cow looks, it's how it moves. How someone looks & feels can be easily faked when doing photography - and I don't mean with photoshop. Ask any photographer and they will rattle off tricks to help you lose the extra chins, have thinner shoulders, hide certain things, etc. When you are looking at buying a cow you look at things like how alert it is, how it moves, etc. Hence why you can use a film when buying cattle.
Alternatively (since 99.9% of slashdotters have no idea about the cattle industry) it's the same as buying a car. Pictures are fine, but they can't be substituted for driving it and feeling how it rides, weird noises and so forth.
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No.
It's like Hitler funding a synagogue - you KNOW there's an alterior motive.
Myself, I started out using Windows 2000 (on an AMD K6) in November of 2001 after my copy of Win98 nuked. At that time WinXP was just out but concerns with security nixed my using of it. I ran that until I upgraded to a Sempron 1.6 Ghz in April of 2006. The only thing stopping me from using Win2K on that machine was because it simply wouldn't install.
What I found was that ANY drivers that were labelled Windows XP ran flawlessly on 2K. I don't think I ever BSODed it either. And I agree I saw XP as bloated and pretty fugly (I still do although changing the menu bar to silver helps). At the end the K6 was getting terribly slow due to online media requirements but 5 years out of a machine is pretty darn good IMHO. In fact I used it as a bench machine for some early Linux installs and as a server, although the K6 and 2K6-era Linux did not play well.
And for the record, late 2006 I jumped ship from XP to Linux, and I haven't looked back.
If I had points I'd mod you up.
I think back to my university days and there is *NO* way I'd let any of the techs near my machine. My sister-in-law worked at the support desk and she doesn't even grasp *NOW* how a router works.
OK, so a carrier pidgin & facebook have a logo for their stories, but Ubuntu has to use Debian's?
Seriously, what do we need to do to get one added? And are any of the other distro's logos MIA as well?
As much as I like Ubuntu, Ubuntu does not equal Linux.
Actually, I've been wondering how to heat my food dehydrator. Toaster element! Of course!!!
After reading the article (which was darn light on the details) I smell a usual workplace suspect: This woman was a much bigger pain in the butt then she was worth. And like many workplace pains she kept her nose JUST clean enough to not be fired for anything serious. Somebody gambled by using a stupid reason and lost. Although I also look at the amount they paid and think $17K is a pittance for the lost time and lost personel who don't want to work with the pain.
Thank you. Now I have to download the entire series when I get home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkwing_Duck
I believe reading his blog (Which is excellent BTW: http://silentbobspeaks.com/ ) he said Clerks II cost $5 million to make and made $20 million in the opening weekend. I'm pretty sure the Weinsteins let him make his movies because they're low risk - $5 mil is nothing in movies nowadays and anytime you make 300 points on a something like that you'll make the bosses happy.
Actually, I think she's right in most ways. It's silly that people believe a technology whose use is based on the ability to write and comprehend written word would hurt literacy. Has it been changed? Absolutely. But I think it has evolved into a less 'fluffy' version.
In my last year of high school there was english lit and english tech. Lit was first and involved prose, allegories, 'What is the author really trying to say?', etc. Tech involved being as clear and concise as possible. Nothing fancy, just "Git 'er done". I think we're now where people are not interested in the fluff - show me what I need to know and let's carry on.
I would like to know which version of Ubuntu he has chosen and what other distros he's done. Off the top of my head for distros I'd try:
1) Ubuntu Netbook Remix (Both Gnome and KDE)
2) Moblin
3) Puppy
4) Macpup Opera
5) Xubuntu
6) gOS
7) Damn Small Linux
Yep - either those who target netbooks or those which try to be resource friendly. If one can run on a much older system well then a newer system it should hum, plus not be such a big hit on the battery life.
That was my thought almost exactly. Actually, it was more like 'So why should we care?'
The Pirate Bay has been taken out. They are in the process of being sold (insider trading or not) and are simply not relevant. They are another Napster/Caldera: "Remember when they were cool? Those were the days. (Now get off my lawn!)" They were the flagship (pun intended), but certainly are not the biggest nor baddest of the torrent sites. (isoHunt is my personal choice)
Let the past be past - let's not spend good money after bad (so to speak).
is considered the best?!? Any manufacturing company that I've worked for thought 0.5% was an epic fail. 7% is brutal. How do they get away with this stuff when how many computers go ages being trouble free?
Actually, thinking about it, with hard drive failures fairly common I'm going to lighten up. What I would be most interested in is WHAT part of these things are failing. I think that would be far more enlightening.
Was I the only one who's first thought after reading the headline was Fastball Special?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastball_Special
Now if the robot was called Wolverine, I'd be all in.
And I failed to make an old D-link wireless router into a WAP last night. Man, I stink!
I agree taxes are an obligation, although taxing me for NOT utilizing an mode of transportation is wrong. It's the same as charging me for beer I didn't drink.
As for the raods problem, I would submit that:
a) my current taxes do pay for what I use
b) my bike does not do NEAR the damage any car does which does the same amount of kilometers I do on my bike.
If the government wishes me to pay, then I will pay. Until that point I will not, nor do I feel that I should pay for others.
Huh?
By using less fuel I am shifting the tax burden onto those who use MORE fuel. If I commute by bike (in good weather) and bus (in bad weather) should I pay an additional tax? Why should I be punished for making smart fiscal and environmental choices?
If someone comes up with a better solution then I have, I applaud him. I will also review what he has done, see if I can manage it fiscally, and if possible improve on what he has done.
I am not a Beatles fan, but those screenshots from the article are awesome. I want them simply to be backgrounds on my computer.
By the way, has Frets on Fire gotten any better? Last time I played it was dicey at best (I was running the Ubuntu version).
Disclaimer: I have not installed KDE 4.3 - yet - and I run Kubuntu 9.04.
First off, I would like to applaud the team for the work they did and continue to do for KDE. I have really pleased with how far they have come from 4.0 - which made Enlightement look full featured and bug free. I'm looking forward to improvements to Amarok and Kopete - especially with respect to the new Kopete Facebook chat plug-in. (I currently use Pidgin because it has facebook chat and it has killer-apps status - soon I'll kill someone because of it).
That being said, I'm not thrilled with their Akonadi PIM database. I have found it to be a serious resource hog and that many applications simply do not play nice with it. And the insistance that it must scan EVERYTHING again at start up is a serious WTF. I'm also not sold on the social desktop concept either - but I haven't played with it yet and I prefer for my desktop background to be more of a ever changing photo album, so I like it empty. Taskbar, thank you!
Again though, I want to thank the people at KDE and the volunteers who support the project. Good job!
whats left? a big bold redmond boilerblate on the case that says "fuck you red-hat" with clippy waving the bird?!
Can I have a picture of that - I run Linux (Kubuntu) but I think it would be cool.
I was thinking that too, but can any organism in existence thrive at 422-442 celsius (792F - 828F), consume CO2 and expell O2 at a good speed (approx 25 years?) Can it be bio-engineered? Oh, and we have to keep it dormant for the trip to Venus, have it survive impact, wake up after the trip, then we have to be able to handle it after the work is done.
I agree fully. Personally, I want to know why these guys decided to hit image shack - easy target? They say that they are going after exploitive & detremental communities which do the full disclosure thing. Maybe I missed the memo, but when the hell did imageshack become astalavista? BTW - you killed Astalavista? YOU BASTARDS!!!
Agreed. It's not just about how a cow looks, it's how it moves. How someone looks & feels can be easily faked when doing photography - and I don't mean with photoshop. Ask any photographer and they will rattle off tricks to help you lose the extra chins, have thinner shoulders, hide certain things, etc. When you are looking at buying a cow you look at things like how alert it is, how it moves, etc. Hence why you can use a film when buying cattle. Alternatively (since 99.9% of slashdotters have no idea about the cattle industry) it's the same as buying a car. Pictures are fine, but they can't be substituted for driving it and feeling how it rides, weird noises and so forth.
You sir, with only your sig, are my new hero.