Might as well worry about the HV caps that can be found in every device that has a switching power supply.
I've got a busted UPS that had a large cap go poof, and while this appears to have liberated a rather large amount of smoke and heat, only things within 2" on the board were damaged.
Point is, most violent component failures don't do much damage, and it helps that most electronic devices are cased in metal.
I'd say the chance of your Athlon setting your house on fire is about as high as your DVD player setting your house on fire.
MacOS and BSD are completely different beasts too. They were combined into a single well running OS.
Not really.
OSX is mostly based on NeXT technology, which Apple acquired several years ago.
Apple just prettied up and modernized the OpenStep OS for the general public's use.
MacOS 10 runs through what appears to be a VM on top of OSX.
So no, old MacOS has not been fused with BSD.
(And OpenStep has always been pretty damn close to UNIX.)
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ObBitch: Anyone know why a goddamn PCI ATA controller costs $100 for a Mac and $30 for a PC?
The only thing that appears to be different is the ROM. Fuck!
Can't really get excited about this, Be and Linux are two very different beasts, with almost opposite strong and weak points.
This sounds like just another X11 "desktop environment" wrapper.
I'd rather see someone attempt to implement an open, binary-compatible BeOS kernel, and display layer.
Yeah, it'd be a real bitch of a project, but it'd be super l33t.
But I'm sure something like that would be possible if the "open source" community would
stop writing more goddamned window managers for once.
Oh, yeah. Before you pledge your support, take notice that this project is NOT under a BSD or GPL license.
It doesn't even sound like they're going to release the source to world+dog at all.
You can't justify walking into a car dealership and stealing a couple cars just because you actually purchased a car there before - but you have a 3 car garage that was feeling kind of empty.
Oh no. Car theft. Deja Vu all over again, and still as bogus as ever.
Just for that, I'm going to counter with an equally absurd and bogus analogy:
You can't justify Rosa Parks' actions on the bus,
just because she was human and thought she had a right to sit where she chose...
After all, it was against the law and the rules...
And on the realistic side -- what would this cost in licensing fees to Bill??
Umm...One license.
I don't know anyone who buys a seperate copy of an app for each home machine.
The legality of this is questionable, but
this is not a corporate LAN he's talking about...
The thought of a home user buying multiple licenses for his own machines, all under his immediate control, is absurd.
Yes, I am condoning this practice. No, I don't care about your opinion.
That certainly sucks ass, but I can't say I didn't see this coming.
They've been showing signs of titsup.com-ness for months now...discontinuning free services, raising prices, etc.
Wonder if FuckedCompany has gotten word of this yet...
(I don't know why I'm replying to this drivel, but anyways...)
Point is, you can standardize on a toolkit for X if you want to, but that doesn't mean everyone should.
If the designers of X-Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five
steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed the same principles --
but you'd be able to shift gears with your car stereo.
Useful feature, that.
- Marus J. Ranum, Digital Equipment Corporation
If the Linux Jihad wants to continue disregarding constructive criticism[1] on it's Path To Righteousness(tm),
fine - I don't really care - but don't expect to see average Joe using linux on the desktop anytime soon.
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[1]And really, the only criticism I have of linux (and UNIX in general) is X.
In virtually all other ways, UNIX is a superior OS archetype.
X is very simple, for a windowing system, it's not complex at all. Plus no one has to see that stuff,
it's always hidden behind toolkits.
I think the major flaw with X is not it's excessive resource usage, complexity or speed, but the fact that it has no standard toolkit.
While a lot of linux kids see the ability to use any toolkit (or even implement their own) as a good thing,
I see it as a huge hindrance to usability.
A user has to learn the different behaviours of GTK, Qt, Motif, Athena
and virtually countless others, all with their own looks, hotkeys and ways of doing things.
Aside from the "feel" the "look" of X will always be discordant, further slowing the already
confused or annoyed user down in a quagmire of gradients and chrome.
IMO, if linux (or any UNIX aside from OSX) is going to have any chance at the desktop market,
X either has to standardize and enforce a single toolkit, or be replaced by something more modern.
After the XM story was posted after this one, it looks like alot of people agree with me.
Since when have slashdorks been a valid predictor of anything?
I mean, if the Slashdork Prognosticator(tm) was accurate,
Bill G would be living in a box, linux would be
on the desktop, and all software would be free.
Kinda like XM satellite radio being launched today in Dallas an San Diego - $10 a month for something you can already get for free, PLUS you have to pay for an expensive new radio. Yeah, like many people are going to go for that!
Yeah, look at what dismal failures DSS satellite and cable TV are! Who would pay for TV?
Oh...wait...
Seriously, tho, where I live (Denver) the local radio (all run by Rear Channel, of course) is so piss-poor I'm considering sat radio.
I'm sick of inane DJs and identical playlists of mainstream butt-rock that Rear Channel stations continuously spew.
The only decent channel I have heard is KVCU out of Boulder, but they're low power and half the time I can't get reception.
I heard somewhere tho that XM has commercials, which, IMO, sucks if I'm paying for it.
Sirius (a competing sat radio company) says theirs is commercial-free, so I'll prolly look into that.
On the downside, turning The Force into super-intelligent germs was a huge mistake.
Yeah, that midi-chlorox stuff was crap.
I think Lucas could have handled the detection better with something like a PKE meter, leaving the Force as pure mysticism, rather than trying to explain it pseudo-scientifically.
I could care less about the E1 DVD, I want the original trilogy on DVD.
Someone mentioned the resident evil/biohazard game series. I know I'm personally re-examining my and my kids involvement with even these types of harmless shooters. I've got this nagging conscience telling me we shouldn't be perpetuating aggression or killing of anything as a game.
Yes, I think evil zombies deserve the right to live too, and we shouldn't be making a game out
of slaughtering innocent undead.
Better not let your kids play FLight Simulator now, either.
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So, how long you been working for Intel?
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Might as well worry about the HV caps that can be found in every device that has a switching power supply.
I've got a busted UPS that had a large cap go poof, and while this appears to have liberated a rather large amount of smoke and heat, only things within 2" on the board were damaged.
Point is, most violent component failures don't do much damage, and it helps that most electronic devices are cased in metal.
I'd say the chance of your Athlon setting your house on fire is about as high as your DVD player setting your house on fire.
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Monkey Ball? What kind of silly name is that?
Well, considering the game involves monkeys in, well, balls, it sounds pretty appropriate to me.
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MacOS 10 runs through what appears to be a VM on top of OSX.
That should read "MacOS < 10"...
MacOS and BSD are completely different beasts too. They were combined into a single well running OS.
Not really.
OSX is mostly based on NeXT technology, which Apple acquired several years ago.
Apple just prettied up and modernized the OpenStep OS for the general public's use.
MacOS 10 runs through what appears to be a VM on top of OSX.
So no, old MacOS has not been fused with BSD.
(And OpenStep has always been pretty damn close to UNIX.)
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ObBitch: Anyone know why a goddamn PCI ATA controller costs $100 for a Mac and $30 for a PC?
The only thing that appears to be different is the ROM. Fuck!
Can't really get excited about this, Be and Linux are two very different beasts, with almost opposite strong and weak points.
This sounds like just another X11 "desktop environment" wrapper.
I'd rather see someone attempt to implement an open, binary-compatible BeOS kernel, and display layer.
Yeah, it'd be a real bitch of a project, but it'd be super l33t.
But I'm sure something like that would be possible if the "open source" community would
stop writing more goddamned window managers for once.
Oh, yeah. Before you pledge your support, take notice that this project is NOT under a BSD or GPL license.
It doesn't even sound like they're going to release the source to world+dog at all.
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Because now when I get a "tech support" call from a friend, I'll be troubleshooting a (in essence)W2k machine, not a WinDOS machine.
:(
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Unfortunately, helping chicks with their computer problems does not appear to help you get into their pants.
The X-Windows system (any window manager, doesn't matter) is why I refuse to run linux on my desktop.
Amen, brother.
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I never said there weren't any good games for the
PS2, I just pointed out all the games the poster mentioned were sports games, which I dislike.
The PS2 does have some good games, but I'm still buying a Cube.
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I've played NBA Live 2001, Triple Play 2001, SSX, Gran Turismo 3 and Street Hoops and they all rock!
Sounds good, if you like sports games. Personally, I hate 'em.
I'm buying a Game Cube.
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Great! Now I just need to get another hard drive to have enough space to store the binary.
Yeah, the 5 meg disk stack on your PDP is considered a bit small now days.
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You can't justify walking into a car dealership and stealing a couple cars just because you actually purchased a car there before - but you have a 3 car garage that was feeling kind of empty.
Oh no. Car theft. Deja Vu all over again, and still as bogus as ever.
Just for that, I'm going to counter with an equally absurd and bogus analogy:
You can't justify Rosa Parks' actions on the bus,
just because she was human and thought she had a right to sit where she chose...
After all, it was against the law and the rules...
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Next analogy: Nazis!
Or did you forget that little bit in XP about Product Activation?
:D
Well, I figured anyone setting up terminal services at home has the
knowledge to find a work around for that little bug.
Copy "protection" is about as effective as "security" through obscurity.
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I am gonna put a racing stripe on mine and maybe a spoiler !!!
Don't forget the "Type R" and "VTEC" stickers!
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And on the realistic side -- what would this cost in licensing fees to Bill??
Umm...One license.
I don't know anyone who buys a seperate copy of an app for each home machine.
The legality of this is questionable, but
this is not a corporate LAN he's talking about...
The thought of a home user buying multiple licenses for his own machines, all under his immediate control, is absurd.
Yes, I am condoning this practice. No, I don't care about your opinion.
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That certainly sucks ass, but I can't say I didn't see this coming.
They've been showing signs of titsup.com-ness for months now...discontinuning free services, raising prices, etc.
Wonder if FuckedCompany has gotten word of this yet...
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(I don't know why I'm replying to this drivel, but anyways...)
Point is, you can standardize on a toolkit for X if you want to, but that doesn't mean everyone should.
If the designers of X-Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five
steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed the same principles --
but you'd be able to shift gears with your car stereo.
Useful feature, that.
- Marus J. Ranum, Digital Equipment Corporation
If the Linux Jihad wants to continue disregarding constructive criticism[1] on it's Path To Righteousness(tm),
fine - I don't really care - but don't expect to see average Joe using linux on the desktop anytime soon.
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[1]And really, the only criticism I have of linux (and UNIX in general) is X.
In virtually all other ways, UNIX is a superior OS archetype.
X is very simple, for a windowing system, it's not complex at all. Plus no one has to see that stuff,
it's always hidden behind toolkits.
I think the major flaw with X is not it's excessive resource usage, complexity or speed, but the fact that it has no standard toolkit.
While a lot of linux kids see the ability to use any toolkit (or even implement their own) as a good thing,
I see it as a huge hindrance to usability.
A user has to learn the different behaviours of GTK, Qt, Motif, Athena
and virtually countless others, all with their own looks, hotkeys and ways of doing things.
Aside from the "feel" the "look" of X will always be discordant, further slowing the already
confused or annoyed user down in a quagmire of gradients and chrome.
IMO, if linux (or any UNIX aside from OSX) is going to have any chance at the desktop market,
X either has to standardize and enforce a single toolkit, or be replaced by something more modern.
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After the XM story was posted after this one, it looks like alot of people agree with me.
Since when have slashdorks been a valid predictor of anything?
I mean, if the Slashdork Prognosticator(tm) was accurate,
Bill G would be living in a box, linux would be
on the desktop, and all software would be free.
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from the just-when-my-car-gets-a-decent-cassette-deck dept.
Jesus. What did you upgrade from, an 8-track?
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Kinda like XM satellite radio being launched today in Dallas an San Diego - $10 a month for something you can already get for free, PLUS you have to pay for an expensive new radio. Yeah, like many people are going to go for that!
Yeah, look at what dismal failures DSS satellite and cable TV are! Who would pay for TV?
Oh...wait...
Seriously, tho, where I live (Denver) the local radio (all run by Rear Channel, of course) is so piss-poor I'm considering sat radio.
I'm sick of inane DJs and identical playlists of mainstream butt-rock that Rear Channel stations continuously spew.
The only decent channel I have heard is KVCU out of Boulder, but they're low power and half the time I can't get reception.
I heard somewhere tho that XM has commercials, which, IMO, sucks if I'm paying for it.
Sirius (a competing sat radio company) says theirs is commercial-free, so I'll prolly look into that.
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On the downside, turning The Force into super-intelligent germs was a huge mistake.
Yeah, that midi-chlorox stuff was crap.
I think Lucas could have handled the detection better with something like a PKE meter, leaving the Force as pure mysticism, rather than trying to explain it pseudo-scientifically.
I could care less about the E1 DVD, I want the original trilogy on DVD.
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One way or another, their songs aren't the best material for right now - the nation does NOT need to be kicked while it's down.
America.
The country that still hasn't figured out the "tuner knob" or the "power button".
Not like any of this is a big loss tho, Rear Channel has sucked donkey nuts for years.
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i love that logo...
Kinda reminds me of the oldsk00l SGI logo...
Which, IMO, is the 31337est corporate logo ever.
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Someone mentioned the resident evil/biohazard game series. I know I'm personally re-examining my and my kids involvement with even these types of harmless shooters. I've got this nagging conscience telling me we shouldn't be perpetuating aggression or killing of anything as a game.
Yes, I think evil zombies deserve the right to live too, and we shouldn't be making a game out
of slaughtering innocent undead.
Better not let your kids play FLight Simulator now, either.
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