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RMS On eBooks
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I always keep a few "books" on my Palm so I can read them during boring times. Waiting rooms, restaurants, or any other time I don't have access to a computer or bookstore. Sure the fonts aren't that great and the formatting is usually messed up but it is still a good way to pass time.
Realism - in a medieval mud it is believeable that you could have a lengthy sword battle and take a number of hits without dying, provided you are wearing some armor. For a modern age mud to be realistic if someone shoots you once with a gun you're going to be on your knees.. twice, you're dead. So the battles are extremely short and much more deadly, meaning that combat is basically out of the picture in this type of game. Since a majority of MUDs center around combat as the main method of advancement (It is certainly a lot easier than having the administrator code hundreds of quests), this is a big problem.
2nd aspect of realism - Computers have to be simulated in some way, but every simulation of 'the net' on MUDs or pencil & paper RPGs is really lame. You can either completely ignore computers in your MUD (not very realistic) or be stuck on the 'post-apocolypse' theme.
Work Required - ALL mud codebases today are either pure fantasy or "sci-fi with mana" crap. TO make a modern or futuristic mud you'd basically have to code it from scratch... and since no one gets paid for working on muds I don't see this happening any time soon. This of course excludes MUSHes and MOOs, but lets face it, the audience for pure roleplay isn't that big.
I've also played Iconoclast a few times and it was pretty cool, but now it seems the administrators have abandoned it in some sort of "no combat" mode. There are also a couple of other modern age muds out there, but they are all lame or too full of bugs to play.
I've tried to create sci-fi MUDs in the past, and it is way too much trouble and too time consuming.
That quarter-page banner ad frame sure is annoying! It's like peeking through a keyhole to read an article.
I understand and appreciate the fact that banner ads allow a web site to stay in business, but having banner ads that can't be scrolled out of sight is extremely tasteless.
This would explain why in Netscape 6 the web page loads extremely fast but the menus and dialog boxes take forever to open! The custom interface is slowing it down.
I don't care if your kid gets shot in your own home. Thats your responsiblity, not anyone elses...if you dont take the time to make sure your house is secure why should anyone else?
People who say stuff like that don't even deserve to be called human. Get some mental help pal.
Man, this sounds like a real sleeper. Even the review started putting me to sleep!!! From what I could tell it looks like they are just restating the obvious in a business-friendly format.
I'm typing this from 6. Nice download.. I like how you can choose NOT to download news/mail/im. Page rendering is snappy, but menus are all lagged. One thing that annoys me is that I can't find the option to turn off link underlines on the preferences. Oh well. Still quite an improvement over the mozilla "M" releases i've tried.
Also, when does Tandy 1000 version come out??! Now that I've finally upgraded from my old TSR-80 I want to get on this "web" thing I've heard so much about! hehe
Rather than address the real problem -- the easy accessability of guns -- they instead use the 'school shooting' problem to force conformity down people's throats even more. hey, maybe we can even make some money in the process! w00p!
Your hair not combed? Your clothes the wrong color? Time to go to jail pal, you are a 'potential psycho'
Christians still spreading fear and ignorance
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The Mind of God
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The modern world is plagued by a greater diversity of beliefs than ever," writes Davies
Plagued by diversity??!
I'll take the "plague" of diversity over the "virtue" of conformity any day.
Slackware secure?? Ho ho ho.. I don't consider any OS which enables EVERY service in inetd.conf by default to be "secure." In fact, Slackware is probably the -least- secure of all the linux distributions.
But, back on topic.. I don't think slackware is going to disappear.. if you look at the article right below this one.. slackware just released a new version!
Just about everything that comes out of the FSF is a violation of the "KISS" principle. I mean, look at the command line options for tar.. and the confusing maze that is EMACS, and so on! does anyone seriously expect a newbie to be able to use these programs?? come on.. these are the exact opposite of simplicity.
On the other hand there are many good examples of programming in linux. What comes to mind for me is the 'mutt' email program -- you only need to dig into the configuration if you want to -- and of course vim, tcsh, pine, etc. You only have to learn a few simple commands to use them. Complexity is not 'forced' on you.
Many times have I seen people admit things on IRC which they could simply not bring themselves to saying in any other environment. I recall a story of sexual abuse at childhood, which a girl once told me soon after she discovered the chat environment, which she never admitted to anyone before. Because of the feeling of anonymity.
Unfortunately, this feeling is largely an illusion. Anyone on the channel can log your conversation and post it on the web. Look at the date, time, and hostname. Call up the ISP and say that person was hacking your computer or something.. they'll give you the name (and maybe even phone # and home address). Go to one of the online phone directories, look up the name. Give the person a call.. "Is it true your father molests you?"
Speaking of malicious logging, this new service -- http://www.enow.com -- entire product is based on snooping people's conversations in IRC and webchat. Disgusting.
The moral of the story is that nothing you say on IRC is private or anonymous.
Zsh is miles above korn anyway - AT&T is a day late and a dollar short.
It's also miles above korn in bloat and creeping featurism (producing programs more bloated than the FSF's-- that's gotta be a record or something). Fortunately, the zsh documentation basically explains this.. it has tons of features and is more for the 'power user' than the normal person.
it's also massively bloated. Most people are never going to do any command like that, and the memory could be better used elsewhere.
Of course on today's machines it is no big deal, but if you are in a classroom setting or something where everyone is using 486s w/ linux then zsh is definitely NOT what you want.
Personally, I use tcsh, but only because I don't like bash. I learned unix on ksh, maybe i'll try this one out.
Javascript and Java are both great to keep the retarded boss happy.
Some other things i've found they love:
Animated GIFs -- the more the merrier.
Bright Colors -- like some types of small birds and monkeys, bosses like bright and shiny things
Frames -- everywhere. We dont need them but we must have them!
Anything that blinks or flashes.
A wide variety of fonts, especially ones that no one else has.
Obscure plugins to do stuff like change the cursor and play MIDI files.
Domain Names -- Thinking of making http://www.yourcompany.com/services *tsk tsk* The boss-friendly way of doing it would be http://www.yourcompany-services.com - like children fighting over toys, bosses like to have a lot of domain names.
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I always keep a few "books" on my Palm so I can read them during boring times. Waiting rooms, restaurants, or any other time I don't have access to a computer or bookstore. Sure the fonts aren't that great and the formatting is usually messed up but it is still a good way to pass time.
- Realism - in a medieval mud it is believeable that you could have a lengthy sword battle and take a number of hits without dying, provided you are wearing some armor. For a modern age mud to be realistic if someone shoots you once with a gun you're going to be on your knees.. twice, you're dead. So the battles are extremely short and much more deadly, meaning that combat is basically out of the picture in this type of game. Since a majority of MUDs center around combat as the main method of advancement (It is certainly a lot easier than having the administrator code hundreds of quests), this is a big problem.
- 2nd aspect of realism - Computers have to be simulated in some way, but every simulation of 'the net' on MUDs or pencil & paper RPGs is really lame. You can either completely ignore computers in your MUD (not very realistic) or be stuck on the 'post-apocolypse' theme.
- Work Required - ALL mud codebases today are either pure fantasy or "sci-fi with mana" crap. TO make a modern or futuristic mud you'd basically have to code it from scratch... and since no one gets paid for working on muds I don't see this happening any time soon. This of course excludes MUSHes and MOOs, but lets face it, the audience for pure roleplay isn't that big.
I've also played Iconoclast a few times and it was pretty cool, but now it seems the administrators have abandoned it in some sort of "no combat" mode. There are also a couple of other modern age muds out there, but they are all lame or too full of bugs to play.I've tried to create sci-fi MUDs in the past, and it is way too much trouble and too time consuming.
Seriously though, it is probably easier just to get a linux distribution already optimized for the newer processors (like Mandrake or Stampede)
Hehe so it is not just me that has problems with BSD and RAM, when the RAM works fine on any other system.
I understand and appreciate the fact that banner ads allow a web site to stay in business, but having banner ads that can't be scrolled out of sight is extremely tasteless.
This would explain why in Netscape 6 the web page loads extremely fast but the menus and dialog boxes take forever to open! The custom interface is slowing it down.
Stop the fucking whining. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.
But it is the most flexible and easy to use ftpd. I use it on my home machine but would never use it on a production server (for security reasons).
Too bad there isn't a secure AND flexible ftpd!
People who say stuff like that don't even deserve to be called human. Get some mental help pal.
LOL! You get shot..? yeah, right. I hope you were joking there (or maybe you live in Nazi germany?)
P.S. the title sucks too
You are really in for a suprise if you actually think there are chicks on IRC. They are all guys pretending to be women.
I'm typing this from 6. Nice download.. I like how you can choose NOT to download news/mail/im. Page rendering is snappy, but menus are all lagged. One thing that annoys me is that I can't find the option to turn off link underlines on the preferences. Oh well. Still quite an improvement over the mozilla "M" releases i've tried.
Also, when does Tandy 1000 version come out??! Now that I've finally upgraded from my old TSR-80 I want to get on this "web" thing I've heard so much about! hehe
Of course people will believe them and 'correct' you when you say otherwise.
Your hair not combed? Your clothes the wrong color? Time to go to jail pal, you are a 'potential psycho'
Plagued by diversity??!
I'll take the "plague" of diversity over the "virtue" of conformity any day.
Oh.. and do you REALLY use those assault rifles to hunt deer?
But, back on topic.. I don't think slackware is going to disappear.. if you look at the article right below this one.. slackware just released a new version!
On the other hand there are many good examples of programming in linux. What comes to mind for me is the 'mutt' email program -- you only need to dig into the configuration if you want to -- and of course vim, tcsh, pine, etc. You only have to learn a few simple commands to use them. Complexity is not 'forced' on you.
Unfortunately, this feeling is largely an illusion. Anyone on the channel can log your conversation and post it on the web. Look at the date, time, and hostname. Call up the ISP and say that person was hacking your computer or something.. they'll give you the name (and maybe even phone # and home address). Go to one of the online phone directories, look up the name. Give the person a call.. "Is it true your father molests you?"
Speaking of malicious logging, this new service -- http://www.enow.com -- entire product is based on snooping people's conversations in IRC and webchat. Disgusting.
The moral of the story is that nothing you say on IRC is private or anonymous.
It's also miles above korn in bloat and creeping featurism (producing programs more bloated than the FSF's-- that's gotta be a record or something). Fortunately, the zsh documentation basically explains this.. it has tons of features and is more for the 'power user' than the normal person.
Of course on today's machines it is no big deal, but if you are in a classroom setting or something where everyone is using 486s w/ linux then zsh is definitely NOT what you want.
Personally, I use tcsh, but only because I don't like bash. I learned unix on ksh, maybe i'll try this one out.
Some other things i've found they love:
- Animated GIFs -- the more the merrier.
- Bright Colors -- like some types of small birds and monkeys, bosses like bright and shiny things
- Frames -- everywhere. We dont need them but we must have them!
- Anything that blinks or flashes.
- A wide variety of fonts, especially ones that no one else has.
- Obscure plugins to do stuff like change the cursor and play MIDI files.
- Domain Names -- Thinking of making http://www.yourcompany.com/services *tsk tsk* The boss-friendly way of doing it would be http://www.yourcompany-services.com - like children fighting over toys, bosses like to have a lot of domain names.
- Lots of copyright © yourcompany and TM yourcompany lines. It makes them feel important.
- As many "Powered by" and "Running on" type logos as you can find. It doesn't matter if you are actually running it or not.
See these and many more suggestions in my forthcoming book: Pleasing the Moronic MassesNU charges you every time you need to change your contact information or dns info. you are PUNISHED for keeping your information up to date! WTF?