..to me why they still have their website advertising a service they cant no longer provide?? Isnt Iridium dead? Or is some madman planning on relaunching the idea? Yuk!
Lispy
Actutally im glad that they turned into some minor competitor. The "think different!" campaign is the ultimate irony. It should read "Our way is right!", like in Eastgermany before reunion;-)
Lispy
Actually i was thinking this too in the first moment. I am german and this really seemed to make sense. On the other hand i doubt that the Bundeswehr is really interested inupdateing their systems just because of getting a german company a job. These folks are so lazy they never would do this if there wasnt a real need for it...
Lispy
...a year ago a friend of mine, who is in the germany army, told me that they are using MS Win95 on their Radarsystems...argh! That scared me...these areas are just too sensible for a OS wich you can enter by pressing on login;-)
Same with hospitals. I cant wait until we germarns ban MS out of our healthsystem...that looks like the next logical step...
Lispy
I agree. Some time ago my mom had a US Robotics 56k Modem and her Connection was terrible. My lil sister wasnt even able to chat properly. When i got ISDN i gave my mom my obsolete Elsa Modem and got some shiny new drivers for it. Then i optimized the packetsize and changed her ISP.
Result: My mom hates me, for her phonebill skyrocketed since my sister keeps napstering all day;-)
its illegal. But i KNOW for sure that it is legal to copy Music to tapes in Germany. And it is legal to share them with "friends" as long as you dont make any profi. Thats the situation over here, so i wonder if we could establish a "German only" Napsterclone wich would be legal??
Maybe if you kindly ask we could get you some accounts too...hehe!
Lispy
As you might have heard Napster was bought by Bertelsmann. You bet these guys can pay a Billion. But still i dont see why they should pay it for Napster? Napster isnt going to be legal anytime soon because even if people pay for the mp3s and even if the RIAA stops sueing them it will still be the community wich is uploading and compressing the files. So WHY should i pay for sth. that is basicly just a searchengine for mp3s? I could get the files t-e-c-h-n-i-c-a-l-l-y via E-Mail or FTP from a friend. So its all about ripping off the community because the labels dont have to pay ANYTHING but get something. On the other hand: isnt it legal to copy music to tapes or other analog media and share it with my friends? So how do you define friend? Will the Labels tell me who is a friend of mine and who is not?? I DONT THINK SO!!!
Look at me, i sit all day lonely in front of my screen and dont have to care about anything. That sure doesnt make me happy person, but i have my FREEDOM. Well, beeing related with other people always means to compromise. God knows, id love to compromise a bit...
PS: Its not all true, i have a virtual girlfriend in DarkAges and i was running around all day to get some flowers for her...argh, thats poor i know..
Seeyas, Lispy
...but what we are basicly talking about is an impossible task that will end up in a totally messed up Operating System. See, ive been watching Linux develope into some sort of Windows lookalike for some time now.
The point is: We can never win with this strategy and frankly most Linux Users dont even want to. Face it, Linux has no need to be easy to use, it already is: Its an OS for people who want to create their own solutions for their specific problems, and if you want to create something it will always be a bit harder than just using an off-the-shelf solution. But it will probably suit your needs better too.
If we keep moving into the Windowslike-GUI direction Linux will be obsolete because Windows is already a great OS for the click&go people. But on the other hand we will loose some of the flexibility as we know it for it turned into the clumsy, halfhearted, GUI-thing that NT already is.
I dont think GUIs are a bad thing but if the community pushes too much effort into GUI-only applications we could loose some of the Linux flavour that we love so much...
is that it can be used for nearly every task. Other than a TV or a car you can use it for whatever you want. Its all in the box: gaming, surfing, communication, pron, and flying to the moon. At least thats what brought me into computing. I had that C-64 and i was playing games, one day i started programming the beast and was flattered of all the possibilities. The fact that *nix can be even more flexible is the fact why im using it. I dont use Windows because it IS limiting me in some way. So use your PC the way you want to, ill keep using mine like i always did, AND i like games too..
Argh, this ignorance makes me soo mad...
Lispy
...to save power on a server i think.
These machines definetly are the wrong place to save. I really like the idea of powersaving systems but on a server??? There are so many other machines running in a regular office wich could save power and honestly i dont feel comfortable about any power managment technics yet. These things just dont really work!
I saw a TV Show lately where they said that the aircondition of the World Trade Center consumes as much energy per day as my hometown (munich/1.9million citizens). There are the real energy-suckers not down at the serverroom...
Slightly offtopic: I live in germany and when i heard about the powershortage in California i couldnt believe it. It reminded me of playing SimCity 2000 and really messing the powerplants up, hehe...nom.
Lispy
...that their monetary system sucks. If money would really be worth something in the Everquest Universe then people would be able to sell their items ingame. But Money is something wich isnt worth anything inside EQ. If i look at other RPGs such as the still pretty unknown, DarkAges you dont see such madness as selling items for thousands of dollars in RL because you can buy them ingame with ingame Money...so Everquest fails here again in another Roleplaying Issue like it did so often before...Lispy
Back in the Sixties they had some substance that tied all your senses together at the same time.
It was called LSD!
Didnt prove to be very useful, though!
Most people got rather confused...;-)
It seems filtering some information is important to the human brain to survive in this universe so i consider these mutations as rather dangerous...
Lispy
Slashdot Mirror
..to me why they still have their website advertising a service they cant no longer provide?? Isnt Iridium dead? Or is some madman planning on relaunching the idea? Yuk! Lispy
Actutally im glad that they turned into some minor competitor. The "think different!" campaign is the ultimate irony. It should read "Our way is right!", like in Eastgermany before reunion ;-)
Lispy
Actually i was thinking this too in the first moment. I am german and this really seemed to make sense. On the other hand i doubt that the Bundeswehr is really interested inupdateing their systems just because of getting a german company a job. These folks are so lazy they never would do this if there wasnt a real need for it... Lispy
There really shouldnt be a doubt about Spiegels credibility. I trust them. Lispy
Scheisse! This is soo poor! Where are the moderator points when i need them. So tell me, whose the Nazi in here? Lispy
...a year ago a friend of mine, who is in the germany army, told me that they are using MS Win95 on their Radarsystems...argh! That scared me...these areas are just too sensible for a OS wich you can enter by pressing on login ;-)
Same with hospitals. I cant wait until we germarns ban MS out of our healthsystem...that looks like the next logical step...
Lispy
I get your point, but i might state that you didn mention the biggest invetion in PC science...PORN! ROFL....
You bet! "Nothing to do with open source..." LMAO...
The thing is a human brain can. But Filters obviously cant! Man beats machine in this issue. ;-P
..sorry, couldnt resist ;-P
Lispy
;-P
cool site...These are the moments i like the web...
I agree. Some time ago my mom had a US Robotics 56k Modem and her Connection was terrible. My lil sister wasnt even able to chat properly. When i got ISDN i gave my mom my obsolete Elsa Modem and got some shiny new drivers for it. Then i optimized the packetsize and changed her ISP. Result: My mom hates me, for her phonebill skyrocketed since my sister keeps napstering all day ;-)
its illegal. But i KNOW for sure that it is legal to copy Music to tapes in Germany. And it is legal to share them with "friends" as long as you dont make any profi. Thats the situation over here, so i wonder if we could establish a "German only" Napsterclone wich would be legal?? Maybe if you kindly ask we could get you some accounts too...hehe! Lispy
As you might have heard Napster was bought by Bertelsmann. You bet these guys can pay a Billion. But still i dont see why they should pay it for Napster? Napster isnt going to be legal anytime soon because even if people pay for the mp3s and even if the RIAA stops sueing them it will still be the community wich is uploading and compressing the files. So WHY should i pay for sth. that is basicly just a searchengine for mp3s? I could get the files t-e-c-h-n-i-c-a-l-l-y via E-Mail or FTP from a friend. So its all about ripping off the community because the labels dont have to pay ANYTHING but get something. On the other hand: isnt it legal to copy music to tapes or other analog media and share it with my friends? So how do you define friend? Will the Labels tell me who is a friend of mine and who is not?? I DONT THINK SO!!!
just be single.
Look at me, i sit all day lonely in front of my screen and dont have to care about anything. That sure doesnt make me happy person, but i have my FREEDOM. Well, beeing related with other people always means to compromise. God knows, id love to compromise a bit...
PS: Its not all true, i have a virtual girlfriend in DarkAges and i was running around all day to get some flowers for her...argh, thats poor i know.. Seeyas, Lispy
...but what we are basicly talking about is an impossible task that will end up in a totally messed up Operating System. See, ive been watching Linux develope into some sort of Windows lookalike for some time now.
The point is: We can never win with this strategy and frankly most Linux Users dont even want to. Face it, Linux has no need to be easy to use, it already is: Its an OS for people who want to create their own solutions for their specific problems, and if you want to create something it will always be a bit harder than just using an off-the-shelf solution. But it will probably suit your needs better too.
If we keep moving into the Windowslike-GUI direction Linux will be obsolete because Windows is already a great OS for the click&go people. But on the other hand we will loose some of the flexibility as we know it for it turned into the clumsy, halfhearted, GUI-thing that NT already is.
I dont think GUIs are a bad thing but if the community pushes too much effort into GUI-only applications we could loose some of the Linux flavour that we love so much...
Lispy
is that it can be used for nearly every task. Other than a TV or a car you can use it for whatever you want. Its all in the box: gaming, surfing, communication, pron, and flying to the moon. At least thats what brought me into computing. I had that C-64 and i was playing games, one day i started programming the beast and was flattered of all the possibilities. The fact that *nix can be even more flexible is the fact why im using it. I dont use Windows because it IS limiting me in some way. So use your PC the way you want to, ill keep using mine like i always did, AND i like games too.. Argh, this ignorance makes me soo mad... Lispy
...i stand before nature with wide open eyes...isnt it i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e???
This article is pretty detailed...
...to save power on a server i think. These machines definetly are the wrong place to save. I really like the idea of powersaving systems but on a server??? There are so many other machines running in a regular office wich could save power and honestly i dont feel comfortable about any power managment technics yet. These things just dont really work! I saw a TV Show lately where they said that the aircondition of the World Trade Center consumes as much energy per day as my hometown (munich/1.9million citizens). There are the real energy-suckers not down at the serverroom... Slightly offtopic: I live in germany and when i heard about the powershortage in California i couldnt believe it. It reminded me of playing SimCity 2000 and really messing the powerplants up, hehe...nom. Lispy
...that their monetary system sucks. If money would really be worth something in the Everquest Universe then people would be able to sell their items ingame. But Money is something wich isnt worth anything inside EQ. If i look at other RPGs such as the still pretty unknown, DarkAges you dont see such madness as selling items for thousands of dollars in RL because you can buy them ingame with ingame Money...so Everquest fails here again in another Roleplaying Issue like it did so often before...Lispy
...where are the moderator points when i need them ;(
Back in the Sixties they had some substance that tied all your senses together at the same time. It was called LSD! Didnt prove to be very useful, though! Most people got rather confused...;-) It seems filtering some information is important to the human brain to survive in this universe so i consider these mutations as rather dangerous... Lispy
Dont ever do this again while im trying to drink Coffeé! Lispy