Doesn't it bother any of you that there are at least a couple hundred people every katz-article (is that a valid time unit?) who publicly call the man a moron? I realize there are some people who give reasons for disagreeing with the man. Myself I can't agree or disagree cause I'm too busy being confused... But does anyone feel bad about insulting the man over and over again? Tickle him does he not laugh? Prick him does he not bleed? He doesn't use a filter from what I read...
Well, I dunno about you, but I certainly feel maybe not a better person, but I definitely feel better about myself for reading slashdot and staying much better informed by some of my peers who call themselves geeks but don't stay up on techno news. I like to think that my fellow geeks are more civil than this...
Eh, I'll shut up now -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
If greedy corporatism is what Katz was protesting before, isn't this just an example of a greedy corporation attempting to co-op its employees into mindless submission?
Eh, if there was some way to make absolutely sure that the company couldn't infringe on the privacy of its employees, and that the company couldn't own your ideas/creations, Ford's idea would be friggin awesome. But it's meaningless without it. I think. -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Ford may not have been revolutionary with their idea, but it seems revolutionary in America (for an MNC to offer pcs to employees world-wide!). In any case, you imply it was a Good Thing for Sweden, so hopefully it'll be a good thing all around.
I didn't realize Ford had a factory in India, but if they do, then it's that many more net users in India! You may not realize it, but that nation churns out programmers, not users. It's a weird situation they have down there, and hopefully this'll help improve it. -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
The best part of majority rule: if the population in question is small enough to not affect us, hopefully they'll be dumb enough to kill themselves off!:) -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I believe the big deal is attempting to determine what's more important, protecting kids from what a number of crotchety adults deem offensive, or the 1st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
Because of that big deal, we're gonna keep running into this problem. -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I don't know what I feel when I read Jon Katz' articles about how our freedoms are being limited... I know he's trying to say something important, but apparently I'm not old enough to understand what he's saying.
To my brothers and sisters not in America: thanks to the WTO, when our freedoms are railroaded, yours will be too. Pay close attention to what happens in America, because we have the nukes and I'm sure all of you are quite familiar with American foreign policy. (Do what we say or we bomb you.) But in the meantime I will boycott amazon.com, any SDMI device, paper newspapers, and DVDs, and I will hope others will too so we can try to make a difference.
I feel bad about saying this, but I will. I, too, hope Jon Katz gets hit with a bus. Because when he does, it won't be too long before the rest of the world sees him as a martyr. Or will we not, because no media will be allowed to cover his death? hm... -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Let's face it, Apple doesn't like Open Source because it's caused more people to "think different" than Apple ever has... -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
An update for the original x-com (for win32) with improved graphics, AI, sound, and network play which was canned by the suits at Hasbro. I wonder if the programmers (who were subsequently fired) would be interested in doing an open source x-com... -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I'd love to see Starcraft, since it's the only game I've played since April '98. (also snes, gbc, and ngpc games, but you'd need emulators, not ports...)
No, want I want to see more than anything is original games. Games that haven't been seen on other OSes or systems yet. I want to see games developed with linux in mind, right from the start. I don't care if it's commercially feasible or not, I want gamers to start catering to a real operating system. With a little killer original content for the masses, widespread acceptance can't be far behind. I saw one post that said, "whatever keeps the windows users out the longest." While I feel that guy (gal?) had a right to his (her?) opinion, I sure as hell wouldn't mind everyone I know using linux, and not giving me weird looks and ask questions like "why are you using dos?" How about Quake 4 or a Quake 3 killer being developed completely for linux? How about some RPGs developed only for linux? That would get the unwashed to start coming to linux. And the more that come over, the more game companies will start developing for Linux. All we need is that one, killer, original title. -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
1. Strangely enough, slashdot is the only place I know of that reports news AND questions corporate greed. Are there any others? 2. What will happen after andover.net goes public? (I'm behind the times, did it already go public?) How long then before it's bought up and the slashdot forums are silenced forever?
Seriously, I'm trying to say, are we the only ones capable of speaking out against rampant, unchecked capitalism? And what can be done? We can continue to use Napster, we can continue to use MP3 players and not those lame-ass other digital music formats, we can continue to distribute the deCSS source (is anyone still distributing it? or have they all been silenced?), and we can insult Steve and Bill from the comfort of our forums, but what good is it doing?
Does anyone have a list of geek-friendly politicians? -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
But is there any serious way to get some sort of independent analysis which rates the two products? I know no one here is a fan of Microsoft, but if Novell has to resort to the same sort of FUD MS is using, does that necessarily make them better? Linux (or BeOS, hehe) don't need FUD to make them stand out, they stand out on their own...
No one I know is begging for the update to Win2k. Anyone know if anyone is begging to update to Novell Netware 5? -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I could be wrong, but from what I understand, the Napster servers aren't currently connected to each other. Each time you log on, there's a number of different servers that the login could connect you to. Does anyone know if that login server is hard coded into the client or if it's a different server every time?
My college is really hardassed about out network privileges, so I'm very interested in any workarounds anyone can think of. So far, grabbing a modem seems like the only option for me... -- Peace, Lord Omlette AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Slashdot Mirror
Christ, one day, I'll be able to think as deep thoughts as you can... Then I'll be cool...
Fucking a... May I ask what enabled you to think this? I need to think deep thoughts too...
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Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
It was the slashdot effect...
Poor guy, I hope they don't yell at him (the road runner user) too much.
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Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Doesn't it bother any of you that there are at least a couple hundred people every katz-article (is that a valid time unit?) who publicly call the man a moron? I realize there are some people who give reasons for disagreeing with the man. Myself I can't agree or disagree cause I'm too busy being confused... But does anyone feel bad about insulting the man over and over again? Tickle him does he not laugh? Prick him does he not bleed? He doesn't use a filter from what I read...
Well, I dunno about you, but I certainly feel maybe not a better person, but I definitely feel better about myself for reading slashdot and staying much better informed by some of my peers who call themselves geeks but don't stay up on techno news. I like to think that my fellow geeks are more civil than this...
Eh, I'll shut up now
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Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
And more importantly, since they're binary only, does anyone trust them?
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Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
:) I'm bored by all the US bashing on slashdot...
Ooh ooh! Another random thought! Maybe, just maybe, since this is the global internet, we can stop the nationalist-type talk and focus on the issues?
I'll shut up now...
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Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
If greedy corporatism is what Katz was protesting before, isn't this just an example of a greedy corporation attempting to co-op its employees into mindless submission?
Eh, if there was some way to make absolutely sure that the company couldn't infringe on the privacy of its employees, and that the company couldn't own your ideas/creations, Ford's idea would be friggin awesome. But it's meaningless without it. I think.
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Ford may not have been revolutionary with their idea, but it seems revolutionary in America (for an MNC to offer pcs to employees world-wide!). In any case, you imply it was a Good Thing for Sweden, so hopefully it'll be a good thing all around.
I didn't realize Ford had a factory in India, but if they do, then it's that many more net users in India! You may not realize it, but that nation churns out programmers, not users. It's a weird situation they have down there, and hopefully this'll help improve it.
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
The best part of majority rule: if the population in question is small enough to not affect us, hopefully they'll be dumb enough to kill themselves off! :)
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I believe the big deal is attempting to determine what's more important, protecting kids from what a number of crotchety adults deem offensive, or the 1st Ammendment of the US Constitution?
Because of that big deal, we're gonna keep running into this problem.
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I don't know what I feel when I read Jon Katz' articles about how our freedoms are being limited... I know he's trying to say something important, but apparently I'm not old enough to understand what he's saying.
To my brothers and sisters not in America: thanks to the WTO, when our freedoms are railroaded, yours will be too. Pay close attention to what happens in America, because we have the nukes and I'm sure all of you are quite familiar with American foreign policy. (Do what we say or we bomb you.) But in the meantime I will boycott amazon.com, any SDMI device, paper newspapers, and DVDs, and I will hope others will too so we can try to make a difference.
I feel bad about saying this, but I will. I, too, hope Jon Katz gets hit with a bus. Because when he does, it won't be too long before the rest of the world sees him as a martyr. Or will we not, because no media will be allowed to cover his death? hm...
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Let's face it, Apple doesn't like Open Source because it's caused more people to "think different" than Apple ever has...
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
An update for the original x-com (for win32) with improved graphics, AI, sound, and network play which was canned by the suits at Hasbro. I wonder if the programmers (who were subsequently fired) would be interested in doing an open source x-com...
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I'd love to see Starcraft, since it's the only game I've played since April '98. (also snes, gbc, and ngpc games, but you'd need emulators, not ports...)
No, want I want to see more than anything is original games. Games that haven't been seen on other OSes or systems yet. I want to see games developed with linux in mind, right from the start. I don't care if it's commercially feasible or not, I want gamers to start catering to a real operating system. With a little killer original content for the masses, widespread acceptance can't be far behind. I saw one post that said, "whatever keeps the windows users out the longest." While I feel that guy (gal?) had a right to his (her?) opinion, I sure as hell wouldn't mind everyone I know using linux, and not giving me weird looks and ask questions like "why are you using dos?" How about Quake 4 or a Quake 3 killer being developed completely for linux? How about some RPGs developed only for linux? That would get the unwashed to start coming to linux. And the more that come over, the more game companies will start developing for Linux. All we need is that one, killer, original title.
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
1. Strangely enough, slashdot is the only place I know of that reports news AND questions corporate greed. Are there any others?
2. What will happen after andover.net goes public? (I'm behind the times, did it already go public?) How long then before it's bought up and the slashdot forums are silenced forever?
Seriously, I'm trying to say, are we the only ones capable of speaking out against rampant, unchecked capitalism? And what can be done? We can continue to use Napster, we can continue to use MP3 players and not those lame-ass other digital music formats, we can continue to distribute the deCSS source (is anyone still distributing it? or have they all been silenced?), and we can insult Steve and Bill from the comfort of our forums, but what good is it doing?
Does anyone have a list of geek-friendly politicians?
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
But is there any serious way to get some sort of independent analysis which rates the two products? I know no one here is a fan of Microsoft, but if Novell has to resort to the same sort of FUD MS is using, does that necessarily make them better? Linux (or BeOS, hehe) don't need FUD to make them stand out, they stand out on their own...
No one I know is begging for the update to Win2k. Anyone know if anyone is begging to update to Novell Netware 5?
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
I could be wrong, but from what I understand, the Napster servers aren't currently connected to each other. Each time you log on, there's a number of different servers that the login could connect you to. Does anyone know if that login server is hard coded into the client or if it's a different server every time?
My college is really hardassed about out network privileges, so I'm very interested in any workarounds anyone can think of. So far, grabbing a modem seems like the only option for me...
--
Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu