I don't usually post on Slashdot but this seems to be such a glaring error that I thought I would throw in my $0.02.
Here's the link to the official Slackware response.
This is what it says:
Slackware 7.2 is NOT released.
Is this in the slackware-current, or slackware-7.2 directory?
Looks like slackware-current to me.
Wake up, do some REAL reporting (like, ask someone on our team), and
stop trying to get "fp!".
...should be about a month for the actual release.
- Pat
I guess I'm not the only one who is sick of stories being posted multiple times, failure to check up on the facts before pushing the "Submit" button, etc...
Maybe you should check out the details of the patent first before commenting. Who knows what they have done, maybe they have a truly innovative patent that has nothing to do with your TV or Monitor. Maybe this is another Dumb Patent(tm). Oh well, it won't be known unless you look the bloody thing up.
I remember when I first got into Linux, I bought a CD set including Slackware, a very early version of RedHat (when it sucked less but still sucked nonetheless), and (*gasp*) Yggdrasil. I'm surprised I can still spell it!
Now, I got into linux about 5 years ago. Bought my CD set, took it home, and installed Slackware (the only distro with installation instructions in printed form). I created a partition on my 500mb harddrive using partition magic, keeping enough space to run my BBS under OS/2 on it. The machine, a 486sx-33 with 8mb ram, should be more tha sufficient. So, I get it installed and after much fooling around, I could never get X to run properly (damned S3 video card), so I just dug around in the command line. It was a bit strange at first but eventually, I started loving it. People wonder why I'm so comfortable with the console (people I work with) and this is why. I had no other options back in those days.
And now, mostly because Slack remained so stagnant for such a long period of time, I'm using Debian and haven't had a single problem with it. Maybe I should try Slack for old times sake...
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How can Microsoft help create a legacy free PC when large chunks of it's OS are 16-bit code? That seems a wee bit hypocritical to me, abandoning all legacy hardware but keeping support for all legacy software. They might even have a decent/stable OS if they just trimmed out all the unnecessary 16-bit stuff (from win98/winME) and any legacy code in win2k.
Cable has been in my area for about 4 years also. I have only one friend who is on dialup and that's because he has illegal cable and doesn't want to pay extra for DSL. Broadband is VERY common up here, not sure about the situation in the US though...
Yes but a MiniDisc disc costs only a few dollars whereas a 128mb flash card would cost about a hundred dollars (or significantly more, not too sure on this.) The MD format is very cost effective.
This scares me. What's going to happen next? How does this affect me, a person who doesn't live in the USA? I hate it how US corporations and government think that they are the only ones who run the Internet. Sure, it was the US gov't who originally put the Internet together, but that shouldn't matter now since it is a global phenomenon.
I heard a quote a couple days ago saying that Napster should be relocated to Rwanda. At least they wouldn't have problems with the RIAA there (although armed rebels might cause a problem or two...)
I agree with you wholeheartedly unfortunately I do not believe that this is going to happen any time soon. Personally, I listen to local artists who haven't yet hit the big time and I love their music. However, how are we going to convince the millions of people in North America who subscribe to pop culture to boycott what they love to hear? As much as I agree that we should "fight the power," the RIAA knows that it will always have millions of people who will come to them to buy music. It's almost like they're drug pushers in our society.
Why don't you (Taco/Roblimo) consider moving Slashdot to a neighbouring country without any of these idiotic laws? You should see the new 80 GBps Fibre Optic backbone they laid across Canada last year, just in case you're concerned about (lack of) bandwidth.
It may sound silly to move but if this sets any sort of precedent, you might be seeing a lot more of these types of orders from Microsoft and others.
My C$0.03 ($0.02 US)
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Too bad Aureal is having severe financial difficulty and might end up closing their doors before any decent 3D audio support is released from them for Linux. For that matter, any decent audio support from them at all; their drivers don't like my SMP system at all
Now, if Aureal is going to shut down, wouldn't it be great if they released all the specs for their cards into the public domain?
Linux Journal actually put a useful article out rather than their usual "Lets ask Mr. Torvalds what he likes to do in the USA and what kind of car he owns."-type articles? Quel surprise.
I've written off LJ a long time ago because their lack of decent articles has been rather frustrating for me (except for At The Forge, kudos to Mr. Lerner for producing excellent article after excellent article for the past couple years).
Linux Magazine and Maximum Linux are better choices, IMHO, for magazines that deal with interesting and useful topics.
Guy, before opening your mouth, it's best to do some research. Download Quake, play with it, and see just how wrong this point of view is. Playing Quake is like playing any other sport, each person is supposed to begin on a level playing field so it's a persons true skill that sets them apart from everyone else. It's a hard game to master which is the point of why aimbot cheating and eye model hack cheating is wrong. If you want a game of the best programming skills, there are plenty of games out there that allow you to write your own robots in C and allow them to do battle against other people. The point of Quake is so the average person can have fun and the point of releasing the Quake source is to allow new technologies to make their way into the engine that the programmers didn't have the time or the interest to implement earlier.
Just for your information, the cheating that is being talked about is not about giving oneself extra health, ammo, or weapons, but rather the use of such aim proxy bots. These such cheats do all the aiming for the player. These are hard to detect because it looks like the player is exceptionally good, and implementing some sort of proxy bot detector will unfortunately weed out the best of players, calling them cheaters.
Anyways, my two cents Canadian, which is worthless to most of you Americans....
I wrote a nifty program about three years ago, and I thought it would be a good idea to patent it. So, I asked the Canadian government for a patent kit. I got everything in the mail about a week later. At the top of one of the booklets was something that said very blatantly, "Computer software cannot be patented. It's like trying to patent Newton's Method for solving equations."
So, I guess one government has the right idea. You Canuck-bashing yanks have a thing or three to learn from us Canadians.
I first started with Linux quite a while ago. In fact, it was when I was running a BBS about 4, almost 5 years ago. I picked up myself an Infomagic Linux distribution (Debian, Slackware, Redhat, and all the tools you could ever need on 4 cds), installed Slackware and started working. Kernel version was 1.2.13, with the latest dev kernel on that cd being 1.3.18.
Lucky for me, my video card (a Diamond VLB card back in the days when S3 didn't want to release its card specs) didn't work with X. Why lucky for me? Well, it forced me into using the console. I spend hours every day trying to learn it, and eventually became quite proficient.
I ended up getting Internet about two years later, so much of the software I was using was quite out of date. Although I regret not being to use X first off, I think hot having it there benefited me in the long run.
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And then you'll also raise the ire of all your co-workers who ever have to use your computer for any particular reason.
... is another distribution.
What would happen, say, 20 years ago if there was an emergency and the baby sitter had to contact you?
Here's the link to the official Slackware response.
This is what it says:
I guess I'm not the only one who is sick of stories being posted multiple times, failure to check up on the facts before pushing the "Submit" button, etc...Maybe you should check out the details of the patent first before commenting. Who knows what they have done, maybe they have a truly innovative patent that has nothing to do with your TV or Monitor. Maybe this is another Dumb Patent(tm). Oh well, it won't be known unless you look the bloody thing up.
I remember when I first got into Linux, I bought a CD set including Slackware, a very early version of RedHat (when it sucked less but still sucked nonetheless), and (*gasp*) Yggdrasil. I'm surprised I can still spell it!
Now, I got into linux about 5 years ago. Bought my CD set, took it home, and installed Slackware (the only distro with installation instructions in printed form). I created a partition on my 500mb harddrive using partition magic, keeping enough space to run my BBS under OS/2 on it. The machine, a 486sx-33 with 8mb ram, should be more tha sufficient. So, I get it installed and after much fooling around, I could never get X to run properly (damned S3 video card), so I just dug around in the command line. It was a bit strange at first but eventually, I started loving it. People wonder why I'm so comfortable with the console (people I work with) and this is why. I had no other options back in those days.
And now, mostly because Slack remained so stagnant for such a long period of time, I'm using Debian and haven't had a single problem with it. Maybe I should try Slack for old times sake...
How can Microsoft help create a legacy free PC when large chunks of it's OS are 16-bit code? That seems a wee bit hypocritical to me, abandoning all legacy hardware but keeping support for all legacy software. They might even have a decent/stable OS if they just trimmed out all the unnecessary 16-bit stuff (from win98/winME) and any legacy code in win2k.
Cable has been in my area for about 4 years also. I have only one friend who is on dialup and that's because he has illegal cable and doesn't want to pay extra for DSL. Broadband is VERY common up here, not sure about the situation in the US though...
Fi dollah love you long time
Yes but a MiniDisc disc costs only a few dollars whereas a 128mb flash card would cost about a hundred dollars (or significantly more, not too sure on this.) The MD format is very cost effective.
... to post an audio copy of the interview in MP3 format for all of us to listen to? I know this'll get bumped down for flamebait...
This scares me. What's going to happen next? How does this affect me, a person who doesn't live in the USA? I hate it how US corporations and government think that they are the only ones who run the Internet. Sure, it was the US gov't who originally put the Internet together, but that shouldn't matter now since it is a global phenomenon.
I heard a quote a couple days ago saying that Napster should be relocated to Rwanda. At least they wouldn't have problems with the RIAA there (although armed rebels might cause a problem or two...)
I agree with you wholeheartedly unfortunately I do not believe that this is going to happen any time soon. Personally, I listen to local artists who haven't yet hit the big time and I love their music. However, how are we going to convince the millions of people in North America who subscribe to pop culture to boycott what they love to hear? As much as I agree that we should "fight the power," the RIAA knows that it will always have millions of people who will come to them to buy music. It's almost like they're drug pushers in our society.
Why don't you (Taco/Roblimo) consider moving Slashdot to a neighbouring country without any of these idiotic laws? You should see the new 80 GBps Fibre Optic backbone they laid across Canada last year, just in case you're concerned about (lack of) bandwidth.
It may sound silly to move but if this sets any sort of precedent, you might be seeing a lot more of these types of orders from Microsoft and others.
My C$0.03 ($0.02 US)
Now, if Aureal is going to shut down, wouldn't it be great if they released all the specs for their cards into the public domain?
I've written off LJ a long time ago because their lack of decent articles has been rather frustrating for me (except for At The Forge, kudos to Mr. Lerner for producing excellent article after excellent article for the past couple years).
Linux Magazine and Maximum Linux are better choices, IMHO, for magazines that deal with interesting and useful topics.
Note that this site will not work if you access it prior to 6AM PDT as dhs is a bit slow at picking up new domains, heh.
Guy, before opening your mouth, it's best to do some research. Download Quake, play with it, and see just how wrong this point of view is. Playing Quake is like playing any other sport, each person is supposed to begin on a level playing field so it's a persons true skill that sets them apart from everyone else. It's a hard game to master which is the point of why aimbot cheating and eye model hack cheating is wrong. If you want a game of the best programming skills, there are plenty of games out there that allow you to write your own robots in C and allow them to do battle against other people. The point of Quake is so the average person can have fun and the point of releasing the Quake source is to allow new technologies to make their way into the engine that the programmers didn't have the time or the interest to implement earlier.
Just for your information, the cheating that is being talked about is not about giving oneself extra health, ammo, or weapons, but rather the use of such aim proxy bots. These such cheats do all the aiming for the player. These are hard to detect because it looks like the player is exceptionally good, and implementing some sort of proxy bot detector will unfortunately weed out the best of players, calling them cheaters.
Anyways, my two cents Canadian, which is worthless to most of you Americans....
Wow. I am seriously taken with you now, Mr. Katz. Would you please email me?
I wrote a nifty program about three years ago, and I thought it would be a good idea to patent it. So, I asked the Canadian government for a patent kit. I got everything in the mail about a week later. At the top of one of the booklets was something that said very blatantly, "Computer software cannot be patented. It's like trying to patent Newton's Method for solving equations."
So, I guess one government has the right idea. You Canuck-bashing yanks have a thing or three to learn from us Canadians.
It's all pretty good for programming.
Lucky for me, my video card (a Diamond VLB card back in the days when S3 didn't want to release its card specs) didn't work with X. Why lucky for me? Well, it forced me into using the console. I spend hours every day trying to learn it, and eventually became quite proficient.
I ended up getting Internet about two years later, so much of the software I was using was quite out of date. Although I regret not being to use X first off, I think hot having it there benefited me in the long run.
Doesn't sound so fun. I'll stick to going to shows where the people handling the booths know what they're talking about.