The point of using a service such as MSN, from the perspective of an average non-MS using person is that you are using it to communicate to people that use it by default. Are you trying to tell me that I now have to get all of the people I know who only use MSN to switch to IRC?
As opposed to what? a set of conjoined twins? Someone with Parkinson's Disease?
As opposed to geekidolrockstargod. You made my point exactly. Celebrities - of whatever 'sphere' (entertainment, politics, etc) - are just humans like your next door neighbor, your aunt Millie or even yourself. They are not immortal gods from on high and only receive upper-class status because the masses give it to them.
Your sarcasm wasn't very subtle so I wouldn't worry about misguided flames... just regular old flames.
Honestly, I think people are missing the point. He wasn't describing Mr Torvalds because he thought that he was a sex god or anything. He was just trying to show that Linux is, in fact, just a human being.
Yeah they damage the country by standing adamantly behind the constitution and bill of rights. People trying to force their worldviews on to other people absolutely *hate* that. Nothing funnier than seeing people afraid of truly free speech.
Wine is hard to setup... unless you use RedHat 9 and install the RPMs. Same with WineX. Both work like a charm with no configuration necessary. The 6-8 year old games will probably run. I can run Ultima Online which as old as those.
Just some food for thought (and don't be scared of the "Wine is hard to setup" thoughts).
The continent was "Kara-Tur" from the Oriental Adventures rulebook. I believe it was folded into the Forgotten Realms setting (not sure if it was ever in Greyhawk or not).
Personally, if you're a fan of D&D old or new try out Temple of Elemental Evil for PC out now. It's in the classic Greyhawk campaign setting using the new 3.5 ruleset. It is itself a fairly faithful adaptation of the ToEE module for AD&D. Playing it right now and having a blast on Ironman mode (party dies, game is over, no going back to saves).
The press is treated in such a way because of the attitude of criticism. No politician wants them around if all they are going to do is attack.
It's not the job of journalists to be political critics. Political informants, yes. They should expose every nook and cranny, every crack and crevice in the political and corporate system but do so with the intent of informing the public rather than swaying opinion. Propaganda is propaganda no matter which way it swings.
Unfortunately, the press has been, for decades now, more concerned with ratings and public opinion of themselves than they have been with disseminating information to the public. Not that this is entirely the fault of the press as it's the public who rewards the sensationalistic and faux patriotic news with thier "eyeballs". It's just something you have to deal with when journalism is private and considered entertaining as opposed to informational.
As far as those who spoke up during Gulf War II, Bill Clinton was not one of those people. He essentially, and very politically, softly sided with the Reagen/Bush/Bush administration. Clinton's former Vice-President has spoken out very vocally but, of course, isn't taken seriously as he's seen by the majority of the U.S. public as a loser, a buffoon (ironic) and what's probably the worst trait - a whiner. Personally, I think some of the things he said as the war was approaching and while we were in war was both very critical, dead-on and daring at a time when any dissent was considered near-treason.
There are others that have spoken out, even a tiny contingent in Congress that have been critical of what's been going on from the beginning. You won't hear those voices, though. It's not good entertainment.
You're saying that he may be *really* leaving because the citizens of the United States will rise up against thier own government? Anyone that thinks that will happen is a fool. There is no chance in hell that a group of citizens composed of more than a handful of wackos would take up arms against the U.S.government.
First of all, the U.S. government would obliterate said group - in the media. They would instantly become Evil Spawn of Satan Terrorists, lose public support (if they had any) and eventually wither into nothingness. Secondly, while the U.S. is in a strong sense a violent culture overall it can also be a lazy one and one with an extremely short attention span. Third, doing such a thing on a massive scale would mean disruption of services, air-conditioning, Big Macs and Friends. Nope. Will never happen:)
Actually, if users were allowed to install software in 'user mode' that only has the same non-administrator privilages as the user that installed the software, then the computer *is* usable without admin rights.
I thought that it was a step in the right direction also until I saw the same things you did. There's also the problem that the majority of software installations *require* administrator rights. This is probably the reason for 'normal' user accounts to have admin rights - backwards compatibility with softare installations assuming the user has access to the entire system.
As I'm fairly new to using full desktop environments with X ("Multiple XTerm Environment")
Funny, once I realized that's all X is to me - multiple rxvt windows everywhere - I switched back from using full-blown environments to just using Blackbox again.
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Sorry, I don't evangelize to my family and friends. I just use what's right for me.
Who is "A lot of people"? Most of the people that I need to talk to on MSN don't use multiple services and frankly they shouldn't have to.
The point of using a service such as MSN, from the perspective of an average non-MS using person is that you are using it to communicate to people that use it by default. Are you trying to tell me that I now have to get all of the people I know who only use MSN to switch to IRC?
As opposed to what? a set of conjoined twins? Someone with Parkinson's Disease?
As opposed to geekidolrockstargod. You made my point exactly. Celebrities - of whatever 'sphere' (entertainment, politics, etc) - are just humans like your next door neighbor, your aunt Millie or even yourself. They are not immortal gods from on high and only receive upper-class status because the masses give it to them.
Your sarcasm wasn't very subtle so I wouldn't worry about misguided flames... just regular old flames.
Honestly, I think people are missing the point. He wasn't describing Mr Torvalds because he thought that he was a sex god or anything. He was just trying to show that Linux is, in fact, just a human being.
Thanks a lot. Odd how there are no release notes that I can see for Firebird 0.7. Guess someone was too busy on the new FB website....
Where are the release notes for Firebird? Where are they for Thunderbird? All that I see are outdated release notes for previous versions.
Anyon have a link or mind copy-pasting the notes here?
Yeah they damage the country by standing adamantly behind the constitution and bill of rights. People trying to force their worldviews on to other people absolutely *hate* that. Nothing funnier than seeing people afraid of truly free speech.
This has also happened to Atari. A 'classic' name used by Infogrames to buy more brand recognition.
I heard this in Spain while I was living there for three months:
Me: habla ingles?
90% of the Spanish populace: no
Granted a lot of people in Europe seemed to know some broken English, to make it sound as if everyone in Europe speaks it fluently is very misleading.
Wine is hard to setup... unless you use RedHat 9 and install the RPMs. Same with WineX. Both work like a charm with no configuration necessary. The 6-8 year old games will probably run. I can run Ultima Online which as old as those.
Just some food for thought (and don't be scared of the "Wine is hard to setup" thoughts).
The continent was "Kara-Tur" from the Oriental Adventures rulebook. I believe it was folded into the Forgotten Realms setting (not sure if it was ever in Greyhawk or not).
Personally, if you're a fan of D&D old or new try out Temple of Elemental Evil for PC out now. It's in the classic Greyhawk campaign setting using the new 3.5 ruleset. It is itself a fairly faithful adaptation of the ToEE module for AD&D. Playing it right now and having a blast on Ironman mode (party dies, game is over, no going back to saves).
You forgot elephants.
That's just the American way of thinning the herd.
The press is treated in such a way because of the attitude of criticism. No politician wants them around if all they are going to do is attack.
It's not the job of journalists to be political critics. Political informants, yes. They should expose every nook and cranny, every crack and crevice in the political and corporate system but do so with the intent of informing the public rather than swaying opinion. Propaganda is propaganda no matter which way it swings.
Unfortunately, the press has been, for decades now, more concerned with ratings and public opinion of themselves than they have been with disseminating information to the public. Not that this is entirely the fault of the press as it's the public who rewards the sensationalistic and faux patriotic news with thier "eyeballs". It's just something you have to deal with when journalism is private and considered entertaining as opposed to informational.
As far as those who spoke up during Gulf War II, Bill Clinton was not one of those people. He essentially, and very politically, softly sided with the Reagen/Bush/Bush administration. Clinton's former Vice-President has spoken out very vocally but, of course, isn't taken seriously as he's seen by the majority of the U.S. public as a loser, a buffoon (ironic) and what's probably the worst trait - a whiner. Personally, I think some of the things he said as the war was approaching and while we were in war was both very critical, dead-on and daring at a time when any dissent was considered near-treason.
There are others that have spoken out, even a tiny contingent in Congress that have been critical of what's been going on from the beginning. You won't hear those voices, though. It's not good entertainment.
Why would I tell them that? Then they would know.
You're saying that he may be *really* leaving because the citizens of the United States will rise up against thier own government? Anyone that thinks that will happen is a fool. There is no chance in hell that a group of citizens composed of more than a handful of wackos would take up arms against the U.S.government.
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First of all, the U.S. government would obliterate said group - in the media. They would instantly become Evil Spawn of Satan Terrorists, lose public support (if they had any) and eventually wither into nothingness. Secondly, while the U.S. is in a strong sense a violent culture overall it can also be a lazy one and one with an extremely short attention span. Third, doing such a thing on a massive scale would mean disruption of services, air-conditioning, Big Macs and Friends. Nope. Will never happen
Actually, if users were allowed to install software in 'user mode' that only has the same non-administrator privilages as the user that installed the software, then the computer *is* usable without admin rights.
I thought that it was a step in the right direction also until I saw the same things you did. There's also the problem that the majority of software installations *require* administrator rights. This is probably the reason for 'normal' user accounts to have admin rights - backwards compatibility with softare installations assuming the user has access to the entire system.
Could you not see the sarcasm in his post?
Funny, once I realized that's all X is to me - multiple rxvt windows everywhere - I switched back from using full-blown environments to just using Blackbox again.
Setup your own jabber server internally.
Because they are told what's cool.
Exactly... it's at the very beginning of the article. Not that one should expect slashdot readers to even click on the link before reacting....
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