Umm..no...I don't watch MTV. It is KNOWN that "famous" musicians are rich! Don't play stupid. I remember wanting to be a rock star when I was a kid because I would be rich and famous. Rich being the keyword. Ever here of bands selling out? To get the big FAT check.
I never said I didnt like it, but I don't understand if they ONLY get paid 20 cents or something per cd sale, and the RIAA is ripping them off, how come they are STILL rich? If my employer ripped me off, and I was still a millionaire, it wouldn't be so bad;)
I have a question that needs to be answered If the artists are getting screwed, How they have a house 10 times the size of mine, have Bentleys, and have about a million bucks in cash flow?
Do you realize if Linux only had 50 types of hardwaree to choose from, it would be a dream to configure. Shit, even WINDOWS would be a dream to configure if they adhered to a HCL.
2004:
Microsoft charges a pay-per-use fee and calls it "The Sand-in-the-Vaseline Feature".
Linux is still free and technologically superior. The world STILL bends over and says "Thank you, Microsoft, May I have another"
A goods friend of mine is a Physics professor and I've asked him these questions. He said that it's impossible to travel AT the speed of light, but it is definitely possible to travel faster. He explained it by drawing a graph that looked something like this:
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where the speed of light is the middle, one becomes pure energy, but faster or slower is possible. To get past the "hub" is the problem:)
People are basing time travel on our LIMITED 3 dimensional perceptions. Ever read the Book Flat world? It's "written" by a man in a 2-dimensional world, and goes to explain how he can not conceive 3 dimensions. I'ts beyond his perception. Some of it can be explained to him, in a 2-dimensional way, but can not fully understand it. Time is 4 dimensional (at least!), so it is absolutely possible to travel in time, but probably not by us.:) Steven Hawkings talks about how God is about 1000 dimensions, completely beyond our comprehension. We can only comprehend super dimensional things in three dimensions. Leaves alot out. Crap..I'm getting dizzy just thinking about this. A good friend and I discuss these concepts quite alot. Helps us to stretch our minds to inexplicable levels. From the theories I've read, It is possible to travel forward, but not backwards (at least it works on paper)
A friend of mine said to me:
"I didn't believe in God until I worked 1 year in AI. No matter how great an achievement we made, it STILL sucked in comparison"
I think those are different things. I have NO idea why BeoS didnt work out. No clue. I loved BEos, technologically superior. I use Solaris on x86, but SPARC IS superior w/o a doubt. I just can't afford a good SUN workstation.(Although I do have a Sparc 5).
You might have Apple purists mock the x86 port, but there are MORE people who want an x86 port of OS X than people who wanted an x86 port of Solaris.
Understaffed?? Do you have any clue how many third-worlders are in the world who produce babies at lightning speed? We import 1 MILLION third-world immigrans a year (it used to be 200,000 a year in the 70's). And with them having an avg of 6.8 kids, there is PLENTY of labor to extort! Never say there is a lack of people. If this country continues to allow as many immigrants a year as we do, there won't be enough ROOM for Wal-mart! They'll have to convert Wal-mart's into Family housing!
I dont shop at Walmart..for the main reason there isn't one anywhere near me. If I DO go to a cheapy store, I'll go to Target. (Although I really hate the cheapy stores. The clientele, the rudeness, the mess, it's not worth it)
One thing I have NEVER done is let employers take advantage (which is why I had over 100 jobs when I was younger) If they took advantage, I told them to fsck themselves. What did I care? It was a minimum wage job. Plenty of those around. Sure, I may have had a bad track record when I was younger, but I learned alot. It has made me an excellent manager. People work better when they are respected.
I remember seeing an employee at a Comp-USA once (like Fry's), who was SORELY overworked. He was the ONLY guy who had a friggin clue. I heard his name called over the speaker over 20 times in a 30 minute period. I felt like if he quit, the store would go under! So , I offered the guy a job at my data center! (He was one of the best employees I had)
Maybe, if someone in a managerial position in the IT dept would scout out these guys, we would have fewer people "under-employed"
If they moved to a *NIX solution, they could fire half the IT staff. *NIX does not need the round-the-clock support as NT does. But then again, why make the unemployment worse than it already is? Oh yeah!!!! We can just import people from third world countries to do it! (Damn, they already thought of that!) OK..forget what I said:)
You're forgetting that FreeBSD already supports a million types of hardware. Darwin basically IS FreeBSD. Not much to be done on the hardware driver end.
I've used Darwin. It's *BSD OS. However, why get Darwin if I already have a FreeBSD machine? It's Aqua that I want! Apple unfortunately won't port Aqua:(
I think OS X would work on Intel if they only supported CERTAIN hardware..like only NVidia Video Cards, SOundblaster Sound cards, DLink NICs, Acer Scanners, or whatever..that's it! Choose certain high quality hardware brands, and OS X will work fine on x86.Have it work like Solaris x86, limited hardware.
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I have the entire Prinicipality of Liechtinstein blocked. Not that I have ever received anything from Liechtenstein, but it's just a safety measure. :)
Umm..no...I don't watch MTV. It is KNOWN that "famous" musicians are rich! Don't play stupid.
I remember wanting to be a rock star when I was a kid because I would be rich and famous. Rich being the keyword. Ever here of bands selling out? To get the big FAT check.
I never said I didnt like it, but I don't understand if they ONLY get paid 20 cents or something per cd sale, and the RIAA is ripping them off, how come they are STILL rich? If my employer ripped me off, and I was still a millionaire, it wouldn't be so bad ;)
I have a question that needs to be answered If the artists are getting screwed, How they have a house 10 times the size of mine, have Bentleys, and have about a million bucks in cash flow?
Umm...they do have clients for more than Windows. I run Dnet and SETI on my Solaris box
Do you realize if Linux only had 50 types of hardwaree to choose from, it would be a dream to configure. Shit, even WINDOWS would be a dream to configure if they adhered to a HCL.
Let's not start a religion flame....RELIGION is hogwash, faith is not, bt how can you have faith if you have nothing to go by?
2004:
Microsoft charges a pay-per-use fee and calls it "The Sand-in-the-Vaseline Feature".
Linux is still free and technologically superior. The world STILL bends over and says "Thank you, Microsoft, May I have another"
A goods friend of mine is a Physics professor and I've asked him these questions. He said that it's impossible to travel AT the speed of light, but it is definitely possible to travel faster. He explained it by drawing a graph that looked something like this: :)
)(
where the speed of light is the middle, one becomes pure energy, but faster or slower is possible. To get past the "hub" is the problem
People are basing time travel on our LIMITED 3 dimensional perceptions. Ever read the Book Flat world? It's "written" by a man in a 2-dimensional world, and goes to explain how he can not conceive 3 dimensions. I'ts beyond his perception. Some of it can be explained to him, in a 2-dimensional way, but can not fully understand it. Time is 4 dimensional (at least!), so it is absolutely possible to travel in time, but probably not by us. :) Steven Hawkings talks about how God is about 1000 dimensions, completely beyond our comprehension. We can only comprehend super dimensional things in three dimensions. Leaves alot out. Crap..I'm getting dizzy just thinking about this. A good friend and I discuss these concepts quite alot. Helps us to stretch our minds to inexplicable levels. From the theories I've read, It is possible to travel forward, but not backwards (at least it works on paper)
A friend of mine said to me:
"I didn't believe in God until I worked 1 year in AI. No matter how great an achievement we made, it STILL sucked in comparison"
Why are Bush's actions representative of every Republican? Are we all automotons?
Nothing against Apple...I won't pay $1,000 for new hardware. I use whitebox
I think those are different things. I have NO idea why BeoS didnt work out. No clue. I loved BEos, technologically superior. I use Solaris on x86, but SPARC IS superior w/o a doubt. I just can't afford a good SUN workstation.(Although I do have a Sparc 5).
You might have Apple purists mock the x86 port, but there are MORE people who want an x86 port of OS X than people who wanted an x86 port of Solaris.
I'd buy the one with OS X too. I might even shell out the money for a NAME-brand x86 if it had OS X
$.99??? Where is this? I pay $1.65 for Premium gas! (I DO live in NY...)
Understaffed?? Do you have any clue how many third-worlders are in the world who produce babies at lightning speed? We import 1 MILLION third-world immigrans a year (it used to be 200,000 a year in the 70's). And with them having an avg of 6.8 kids, there is PLENTY of labor to extort! Never say there is a lack of people. If this country continues to allow as many immigrants a year as we do, there won't be enough ROOM for Wal-mart! They'll have to convert Wal-mart's into Family housing!
I dont shop at Walmart..for the main reason there isn't one anywhere near me. If I DO go to a cheapy store, I'll go to Target. (Although I really hate the cheapy stores. The clientele, the rudeness, the mess, it's not worth it)
One thing I have NEVER done is let employers take advantage (which is why I had over 100 jobs when I was younger) If they took advantage, I told them to fsck themselves. What did I care? It was a minimum wage job. Plenty of those around. Sure, I may have had a bad track record when I was younger, but I learned alot. It has made me an excellent manager. People work better when they are respected.
I remember seeing an employee at a Comp-USA once (like Fry's), who was SORELY overworked. He was the ONLY guy who had a friggin clue. I heard his name called over the speaker over 20 times in a 30 minute period. I felt like if he quit, the store would go under! So , I offered the guy a job at my data center! (He was one of the best employees I had)
Maybe, if someone in a managerial position in the IT dept would scout out these guys, we would have fewer people "under-employed"
If they moved to a *NIX solution, they could fire half the IT staff. *NIX does not need the round-the-clock support as NT does. But then again, why make the unemployment worse than it already is? Oh yeah!!!! We can just import people from third world countries to do it! (Damn, they already thought of that!) OK..forget what I said :)
Gentoo is prolly the only distro I HAVENT tried yet. How similar is it to Sorceror or Linux From Scratch?
You're forgetting that FreeBSD already supports a million types of hardware. Darwin basically IS FreeBSD. Not much to be done on the hardware driver end.
I've used Darwin. It's *BSD OS. However, why get Darwin if I already have a FreeBSD machine? It's Aqua that I want! Apple unfortunately won't port Aqua :(
I think OS X would work on Intel if they only supported CERTAIN hardware..like only NVidia Video Cards, SOundblaster Sound cards, DLink NICs, Acer Scanners, or whatever..that's it! Choose certain high quality hardware brands, and OS X will work fine on x86.Have it work like Solaris x86, limited hardware.