Re:long live the spread gun!
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This was a well-reasoned post on an important topic.You are of course correct that the spread gun is the best; any idiot knows that. However, in your run down of other guns that aren't quite as good, you neglected to mention the fire weapon, definitely the second best weapon in the game.
I am not sure why your character needs no shirt. Perhaps it is so he is not confused with the bad guys, who are aliens disguised as soldiers. I always thought that the reason why this was that at the time killing humans en masse was less palatable than killing aliens, so in the instruction manual they created a backstory to make the game a little more acceptable.
Finally, if you like Contra, you should check out that band The Minibosses, who werementioned on Slashdot yesterday. They do an awesome cover of the music from Contra and the web site has the mp3 for download. It's pretty slow, so you might also want to look for someone who has it on Napster (that's how I found it). And you'll help prove Metallica wrong that Napster is just a tool for piracy by using it to get a legally released MP3!
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Re:hate to admit but IE and media player is better
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I can't even play standard mpeg files in linux, much less realvideo or quicktime.
While it does suck that a quicktime player isn't available, I've never had any problem with realvideo. Mpeg is fine too.
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Yup, that's exactly how it works. The lisp program itself was an assignment for a cs class, so when I was done with it I just added #!/usr/bin/clisp to the top and added some princ and terpri statement to generate a header. Then, I just had to change every terpri to (princ " "). Pretty simple really.
The bus came by and I got on That's when it all began There was cowboy Neal At the wheel Of a bus to never-ever land
The reason for that shirt is that their first album was supposed by called Metal Up Your Ass, but the record company wouldn't allow it, so they called it Kill 'Em All instead, with the "all" referring to the record distributors. That doesn't seem to be how they feel about them today though...
And can you imagine with them coming out with an album today called Metal Up Your Ass? I sure can't.
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Remember Katz, Metallica is (was) not about rebellion
Except for that Metallica tshirt that has a skull on the front and the word "Rebel". I think it is reasonable to hold Metallica reponsible for their merchandise.
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A link to that byte article is here. As the title, "Microsoft XML: The Cup Is Half Full: W2K Does XML, Sort Of" implies, the article states that it is somewhat good and somewhat bad that MS has bastardized XML. You may disagree. I'm not sure I buy it.
Also, if you are looking for a word processor that does use XML -- genuine, correct, pure XML -- as it's native format, you should check out AbiWord.
It's all I use now, ever since I got sick of giant, bloated, slow StarOffice, the office suite that thinks it's an operating system. It's nice to finally see a word processor aimed at people who need want a word processor, not a spreadsheets not an email program, and not sure as hell not an "integrated desktop". Stupid StarOffice. Oh yeah, and AbiWord is GPL'd, unlike StarOffice. Kick ass.
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What the hell does "high-tech" mean? Is the kernel built out of popsicle sticks or can you only power it by burning coal? Isn't any piece of software part of the "high-tech" industry?
Or is there some specific feature it's lacking that other os'es have? I don't know what you'd be referring to.
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It's a crime in itself that he is not permitted to use his skills to earn a living.
Absolutely. This kind of bullshit is only allowed because the issue is related to computers. I mean, when's the last time you heard about a car thief who got out of prison and wasn't allowed to drive (or talk about cars)?
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You're right that is it incorrect to imply that Napster use has been blocked at Harvard. It doesn't affect me because I use the OpenNap servers (through Gnapster), so blocking the Napster ip's wouldn't stop me anyway, but it would certainly affect my roommate who is on Napster all day long.
It should also be pointed out that the article was wrong to say the Harvard was even mentioned in the suit; it never was. However, It is true that Yale was sued and has since blocked Napster (and was subsequently removed from the suit).
As a matter of fact that was what bothered me most about this lawsuit (oddly I wear a Metallica shirt as I write this): the choice of which schools were sued seems completely arbitrary. I mean, why have these school done any more damage to Metallica than any other schools that allow Napster use (including Harvard)? Does anyone know the rationale behing choosing these specific schools?
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The argument for suing Napster seems to be that it allows people to copy copyrighted music. But Napster doesn't seem to hurt record sales that much because people often just download a song when they wouldn't have paid for the whole album anyway.
On the other hand, people use cd burners to copy entire albums from friends that they very well might have bought. This is clearly taking away sales from the record companies.
Why has this not let to a lawsuit? How is producing cd burners different from producing Napster software? While cd burners can be used to copy non-copyrighted things, so can Napster. And while I know that movie companies' attempts to sue VCR makers failed, realize that VCRs are mainly for playing videos, while cd burners are mainly for copying. If this lawsuit succeds could burners be next?
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We're only in it for the money
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Dr. Dre suing seems less hypocritical to me. Rappers constantly brag about how much money they make, both in their songs and in interviews. I've heard rappers say directly that they make music for the money. If you admit that you're just in it for the money, suing a business that you believe to be hurting your profits seems reasonable.
On the other hand, Alternica (previously known as Metallica) claims that they are interested in "art" and having their work not be treated as a "commodity." In that case, suing a business that allows people who like your music to share it and forcing them to buy it in mass-produced packages at a giant mega record store (the most commoditizing situation I can conceive of) seems incredibly hypocritical.
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That's the point of Ask Jeeves. It uses knowledge of natural language to parse your question and figure out what the relevant keywords are and then feeds them into real search engines.
Of coure, it's bound to fail because you could do a better job than it of knowing what your looking for and coming up with a query for google. The only way this question model is useful is when it recognizes questions its seen before and know the answers to.
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All this discussion on whether Winmag would be biased against NS 6 is ridiculous because they gave it a glowing review. The article discussed the preview release at length, calling it a "revolution" and lauding both its features and Netscape's desicion to use an open-source design model. In particular, they frame it as being a real competitor for IE. In fact, it's one of the most positive review of NS6 that I've read. Anyone saying the Winmag is biased against NS should read this before sounding like an idiot.
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Wow, that was insightful. Thanks dude. Since my.sig isn't in need of correction (after all, I didn't write the song lyrics) do you think you could help me with the paper I have due in a few hours? That kind of educated criticism is exactly what I need!
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I agree with you only in the sense that a total economic collapse would be dangerous. If there were a massive economic crash, everyone would be too worried about feeding their families to write free software. But, baring that, I don't think the fluctuations of the market have any effect.
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Since the "who cares?" philosophy seems to be a popular philosophy I'll respond.
I think we should all care because what's bad for the stock market is good for free software. The companies selling proprietary software are all tied strongly to the stock market while Linux, KDE, AbiWord, etc. aren't. There are obviously companies who try to make money off open source software (LNUX, etc.) and I am glad for that. By making Linux more acceptable for use by businesses, government, etc. they help it spread. But, ultimately, we can survive just fine without them. And free sotfware is totally undependant on the market economy. Whether the stock market crashes or reaches its highest point ever, people continue writing code.
The only effect market fluctuations have is to make things more unpredictable and difficult for companies trying to sell proprietary software. And this can only be good for free software.
The bus came by and I got on That's when it all began There was cowboy Neal At the wheel Of a bus to never-ever land
Actually, that quote baffled me. How does being traded online commoditize their music, while being sold in stores doesn't? It seems to be that their albums being mass-produced and sold for profit in giant record stores alongside the albums of countless other bands and then being bought by people who listen to them a few times and then never again is what turns music into a commodity. Allowing people to share songs they like with each other because they like them respects the art of the musicians much more.
The bus came by and I got on That's when it all began There was cowboy Neal At the wheel Of a bus to never-ever land
I don't know if your history is right or not with regards to Denmark, but I do know you mangled one of my favorite quotes:
No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the general population
The quote, which was said by P.T. Barnum, was originally "No one ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public."
However, over time it has gotten warped so that it is now usually quoted as "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
Quote it one way or the other. I vastly perfer the second, even if it's not what he actually said.
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I am not sure why your character needs no shirt. Perhaps it is so he is not confused with the bad guys, who are aliens disguised as soldiers. I always thought that the reason why this was that at the time killing humans en masse was less palatable than killing aliens, so in the instruction manual they created a backstory to make the game a little more acceptable.
Finally, if you like Contra, you should check out that band The Minibosses, who werementioned on Slashdot yesterday. They do an awesome cover of the music from Contra and the web site has the mp3 for download. It's pretty slow, so you might also want to look for someone who has it on Napster (that's how I found it). And you'll help prove Metallica wrong that Napster is just a tool for piracy by using it to get a legally released MP3!
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
While it does suck that a quicktime player isn't available, I've never had any problem with realvideo. Mpeg is fine too.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
This works particularly well on prices like $9.99, where the one cent off means that number has one less digit, making it look a lot smaller.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Uh that last line is (princ "
") , not (print "
").
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Yup, that's exactly how it works. The lisp program itself was an assignment for a cs class, so when I was done with it I just added #!/usr/bin/clisp to the top and added some princ and terpri statement to generate a header. Then, I just had to change every terpri to (princ "
"). Pretty simple really.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Other than that, I used to be a Perl zealot for CGI. That was until I discover PHP... Damn that stuff is good!
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
And can you imagine with them coming out with an album today called Metal Up Your Ass? I sure can't.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Except for that Metallica tshirt that has a skull on the front and the word "Rebel". I think it is reasonable to hold Metallica reponsible for their merchandise.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Also, if you are looking for a word processor that does use XML -- genuine, correct, pure XML -- as it's native format, you should check out AbiWord.
It's all I use now, ever since I got sick of giant, bloated, slow StarOffice, the office suite that thinks it's an operating system. It's nice to finally see a word processor aimed at people who need want a word processor, not a spreadsheets not an email program, and not sure as hell not an "integrated desktop". Stupid StarOffice. Oh yeah, and AbiWord is GPL'd, unlike StarOffice. Kick ass.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Or is there some specific feature it's lacking that other os'es have? I don't know what you'd be referring to.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Where was that? I never saw the Trollers Wheel. Can you give a link? Thanks.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
How appropriate for this discussion. Your .sig is about Bender's Game.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Absolutely. This kind of bullshit is only allowed because the issue is related to computers. I mean, when's the last time you heard about a car thief who got out of prison and wasn't allowed to drive (or talk about cars)?
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
It should also be pointed out that the article was wrong to say the Harvard was even mentioned in the suit; it never was. However, It is true that Yale was sued and has since blocked Napster (and was subsequently removed from the suit).
As a matter of fact that was what bothered me most about this lawsuit (oddly I wear a Metallica shirt as I write this): the choice of which schools were sued seems completely arbitrary. I mean, why have these school done any more damage to Metallica than any other schools that allow Napster use (including Harvard)? Does anyone know the rationale behing choosing these specific schools?
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Who wants an inert OS?
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
On the other hand, people use cd burners to copy entire albums from friends that they very well might have bought. This is clearly taking away sales from the record companies.
Why has this not let to a lawsuit? How is producing cd burners different from producing Napster software? While cd burners can be used to copy non-copyrighted things, so can Napster. And while I know that movie companies' attempts to sue VCR makers failed, realize that VCRs are mainly for playing videos, while cd burners are mainly for copying. If this lawsuit succeds could burners be next?
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
On the other hand, Alternica (previously known as Metallica) claims that they are interested in "art" and having their work not be treated as a "commodity." In that case, suing a business that allows people who like your music to share it and forcing them to buy it in mass-produced packages at a giant mega record store (the most commoditizing situation I can conceive of) seems incredibly hypocritical.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Of coure, it's bound to fail because you could do a better job than it of knowing what your looking for and coming up with a query for google. The only way this question model is useful is when it recognizes questions its seen before and know the answers to.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
All this discussion on whether Winmag would be biased against NS 6 is ridiculous because they gave it a glowing review. The article discussed the preview release at length, calling it a "revolution" and lauding both its features and Netscape's desicion to use an open-source design model. In particular, they frame it as being a real competitor for IE. In fact, it's one of the most positive review of NS6 that I've read. Anyone saying the Winmag is biased against NS should read this before sounding like an idiot.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Dude, relax. Sounds like you're having enough periods right now for all of us.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Wow, that was insightful. Thanks dude. Since my .sig isn't in need of correction (after all, I didn't write the song lyrics) do you think you could help me with the paper I have due in a few hours? That kind of educated criticism is exactly what I need!
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
I agree with you only in the sense that a total economic collapse would be dangerous. If there were a massive economic crash, everyone would be too worried about feeding their families to write free software. But, baring that, I don't think the fluctuations of the market have any effect.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
I think we should all care because what's bad for the stock market is good for free software. The companies selling proprietary software are all tied strongly to the stock market while Linux, KDE, AbiWord, etc. aren't. There are obviously companies who try to make money off open source software (LNUX, etc.) and I am glad for that. By making Linux more acceptable for use by businesses, government, etc. they help it spread. But, ultimately, we can survive just fine without them. And free sotfware is totally undependant on the market economy. Whether the stock market crashes or reaches its highest point ever, people continue writing code.
The only effect market fluctuations have is to make things more unpredictable and difficult for companies trying to sell proprietary software. And this can only be good for free software.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Actually, that quote baffled me. How does being traded online commoditize their music, while being sold in stores doesn't? It seems to be that their albums being mass-produced and sold for profit in giant record stores alongside the albums of countless other bands and then being bought by people who listen to them a few times and then never again is what turns music into a commodity. Allowing people to share songs they like with each other because they like them respects the art of the musicians much more.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the general population
The quote, which was said by P.T. Barnum, was originally "No one ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public."
However, over time it has gotten warped so that it is now usually quoted as "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
Quote it one way or the other. I vastly perfer the second, even if it's not what he actually said.
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land