You were great in The Curse and Stand By Me.
I also did like your character on Star Trek TNG.
I have to admit that after a while, like most, got really cheesed at your character but it's not your fault you were playing a boy genius.
You represented the next generation of star trek actors. How come you are not casted in the star trek movies? Are we going to ever see you back on board the enterprise?
I have a rio800 with 64 megs and I tried to pack as much songs as I can by using a lower bit rate like 64 or 96.
The problem is that mp3 sucks at these bit rates. I found wma to be pretty good at those low rates.
So far I've been using wma format to pack as much songs in and feel very guilty.
I don't like wma format because of its silly restrictions. Is there a better mp3 encoder or anything that would give me good quality at lower bit rates?
I started out with C and then moved to C++. I never was able to master C++ to an elite level. I was always blown off by its complexity.
I was just about ready to give up until I came accross perl. Perl was simple and easy to learn. I quickly got good at it and started going into more advanced OO perl programming. Now, I have a great perl job.
I believe I do better starting out with a simpler language and with limited tools than with a more complex language like C++.
But this is just me and I know I'm not the only one out there. It's not that were too stupid to learn it's the way we are being taught is wrong.
I know Perl is slow like Java so I focus on my algorithms to improve speed and I make it modular to work with others and to reuse code.
I'm a better programmer because the language is simpler for me to learn and grasp.
So I'm sorry for the C++ guys here but I agree with the Java crowd here. It's better to start with a simpler language than with a complex one.
I actually like the next two Doctor Whos after Tom Baker left the show.
But I was really blown off by the latest Doctor Who. I liked the "serious" Doctor Who character not some sort of clown.
It just feels like the latest series was appealing to kids. Sure, I was a young kid watching Doctor Who but I was hooked by the good story telling. The cybermen were my favorite.
Doctor Who was serious science fiction, people got killed, the episodes were continuous stories not silly 45 min-15 min wrap-up star trek episodes.
That TV movie was so sad. Just because of he's called Doctor Who doesn't mean has a "who" from Dr Seuss books. You can't have a Time Lord clown!
Open source is not available to commercial companies. The way the license is written, if you use any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source.
I believe Ballmer has it wrong here.
I'll admit that I don't know the GPL definition thorougly but I do believe the GPL does not force the entire source to be opened.
Couldn't a company use GPL source and still keep their own source code proprietary?
I don't see why not. Their source is their source.
But if they change the GPL source then that source should be open.
Am I right or on crack like Ballmer is?
john
I would like to have some of what he's been smoking.
After seeing Windriver dump slackware I fear for FreeBSD. I don't think they have any intention on giving back to the FSF and opensource community.
They will use and take advantage of FreeBSD because of it's license. It bothers me that all the hard work that went into FreeBSD is going to be gobbled up by some M$-like company. If freeBSD goes into that trap I won't be able to handle the loss of Slackware as well. That's way to many blows.
I believe Slackware is better off without them. I always felt they were held back. It's like what another poster said we may have just witnessed the demise of one of linux's most classic and bloatfree distro or a whole new era of slackware.
This is an excellent opportunity right now for a company to take it over. They'll immediately get their hands on one of the most popular linux distros.
Gee after I finally rented hackers last year I was totally blown off whenever they spoke anything technical. They don't know what they were talking about!
My favorite movie listed was the matrix but I wouldn't consider it a "hacker" movie. It just wasn't geeky enough.
Sneakers showed that "cracking" involved a lot clever foot work rather than just sitting in front of the PC. But still... c'mon!
I think Antitrust was the most accurate. Although the plot was really,really bad I really liked the bash shells I was seeing. Atleast I recognized what he was doing. To bad the typing sounds didn't match the terminal screens... shame.
This does not have anything to do with FreeBSD since it exists as a seperate entity maintained by volunteers.
Is this good for FreeBSD or BSD in general? Only time will tell.
Wind River is much larger than BSDi it just may have the corporate muscle *BSD needs to increase its market share.
I have never worked with Wind river but so I'll just wait and see.
There's a strange guy here that keeps posting FreeBSD is dead. Most of us are just ignoring you. Can you please explain how does this merger kills FreeBSD?
FreeBSD is public domain just like linux.
Can you take over and buy linux? HA!
BSDi/WalnutCreek was a company doing "FreeBSD" work not vise versa. Now there's Windriver/BSDi/WalnutCreek doing FreeBSD work.
I don't know about you guys but I think FreeBSD is getting more and more popular these days.
For my personal usage I can use FreeBSD just like linux as a desktop. It get's however difficult in a business environment where everyone uses microsoft products. I think what holds FreeBSD back is the same thing that holds linux back and that's the lack of serious applications. I know there's a lot of good alternatives already but when everyone at work is using MS Office, Outlook and internet explorer it becomes hard to justify in using FreeBSD or linux as a desktop.
I still beg for a linux or any unix desktop at my work but I continue to be denied. As long as microsoft products continue to reign both FreeBSD and linux have a long way to go before they both become viable desktops in a business environment. (sorry for the run on sentences.)
I can't believe I'm responding to this.
I beg to differ. People will judge linux for what it is and and *BSD for what it is.
So far a lot of people and companies start out with linux because of popularity. However, when they run and try *BSD they stick with it. They like it because linux is dirty and packaged with bandaids and *BSD is packaged clean!
So I believe that linux popularity is a good thing. As long as linux grows *BSD will always be there as the superior opensource product.
I first tried it out just because I was curious about that BSD thing.
I installed the exact same software I use on linux (KDE,mp3blaster,g++,perl,vim) and it looks and feels exactly the same.
I started to use it just like my old linux desktop and it just sticked. I would like to note my plan was just to test it out but after a while I began to forget that I'm actually using freeBSD.
I liked it so much. Everything felt sold. It's hard to describe that feeling but freeBSD is so much cleaner than any linux distro that it really makes you feel like your getting every ounce of power out of your hardware. Their installation is very nice you don't need to install a lot of crap just to get what you need.
Personally, at first I wasn't sure what to answer diehard linux people who asked me what I used at home. They were curious at how "pleased" I was with what I was using. I was nolonger installing and reinstalling linux distros all the time.
I've seen and used linux and I liked it. Now I've seen and used freeBSD and I liked it too.
Linux introduced me to the unix world and now freeBSD show me the power of the unix world.
So now I'm an equal linux/BSD advocate.
Their/etc structure is sooo clean and sooo simple and sooo easy to use. Their ports system is sooo easy to use.
After installing it ask yourself this:
Do you have that BSD thing?
I sure do!
I would beg to differ. My understanding is that in Canada your rights are not fully protected by the constitution.
In the states your rights are much more protected in their constitution than in canada. Everyone can debate just how "protected" your rights are.
Perhaps you should refer to the "notwistanding clause" of our Canadian Charter of Rights? Or perhaps I can refer to you that in the Quebec province I'm not allowed to work in English where I currently work? I'm breaking the law right now by posting this to slashdot at work!
In canada any law can be passed which violates rights and freedoms making facism legal in this country.
I have to agree with you there Justin. Although I'm mostly a perl/php developer I've been fiddling with Qt and GTK+ for a while. Qt is a much cleaner than GTK+.
Also I like the feeling that porting to windows can be as simple as a recompile!
There's no way I can not afford the whole collection but I would certainly be interested in buying Jetfire.
It's the same robot design they used for the Robotech series. IMHO, the first war was the best one.
He's the coolest transformer ever and if I remember the episodes correctly he's still trapped in an iceberg?
You know I really like Corel Draw, it's a very good product. I remember reading something that the artist who designed the euro coin used corel draw.
For the past 3 years it looks like corel is just trying to get big and rich fast without even working hard for it. I would blame their failure to poor leadership. That Cowpland guy was a real aragant idiot.
I still believe corel still has some life left. All they have to do is stop what they are doing and focus on bettering their products.
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ACutally I was stuck with Netscape because some pages just don't work properly with Konqerer.
php?
greymatter is in perl bubba.
You were great in The Curse and Stand By Me.
I also did like your character on Star Trek TNG.
I have to admit that after a while, like most, got really cheesed at your character but it's not your fault you were playing a boy genius.
You represented the next generation of star trek actors. How come you are not casted in the star trek movies? Are we going to ever see you back on board the enterprise?
I bought the wrong product! :-)
I have a rio800 with 64 megs and I tried to pack as much songs as I can by using a lower bit rate like 64 or 96.
The problem is that mp3 sucks at these bit rates. I found wma to be pretty good at those low rates.
So far I've been using wma format to pack as much songs in and feel very guilty.
I don't like wma format because of its silly restrictions. Is there a better mp3 encoder or anything that would give me good quality at lower bit rates?
Your BUSH smells!
Geena Davis is no scully. *sigh*
She's a canadian actress that used to star on a small tv teen show called Ready or Not.
On YTV she starred in Deep Water Black for onw show.
She's very, very hot.
john
I started out with C and then moved to C++. I never was able to master C++ to an elite level. I was always blown off by its complexity.
I was just about ready to give up until I came accross perl. Perl was simple and easy to learn. I quickly got good at it and started going into more advanced OO perl programming. Now, I have a great perl job.
I believe I do better starting out with a simpler language and with limited tools than with a more complex language like C++.
But this is just me and I know I'm not the only one out there. It's not that were too stupid to learn it's the way we are being taught is wrong.
I know Perl is slow like Java so I focus on my algorithms to improve speed and I make it modular to work with others and to reuse code.
I'm a better programmer because the language is simpler for me to learn and grasp.
So I'm sorry for the C++ guys here but I agree with the Java crowd here. It's better to start with a simpler language than with a complex one.
I used to watch the series since Tom Baker.
I actually like the next two Doctor Whos after Tom Baker left the show.
But I was really blown off by the latest Doctor Who. I liked the "serious" Doctor Who character not some sort of clown.
It just feels like the latest series was appealing to kids. Sure, I was a young kid watching Doctor Who but I was hooked by the good story telling. The cybermen were my favorite.
Doctor Who was serious science fiction, people got killed, the episodes were continuous stories not silly 45 min-15 min wrap-up star trek episodes.
That TV movie was so sad. Just because of he's called Doctor Who doesn't mean has a "who" from Dr Seuss books. You can't have a Time Lord clown!
john
After seeing Windriver dump slackware I fear for FreeBSD. I don't think they have any intention on giving back to the FSF and opensource community.
They will use and take advantage of FreeBSD because of it's license. It bothers me that all the hard work that went into FreeBSD is going to be gobbled up by some M$-like company. If freeBSD goes into that trap I won't be able to handle the loss of Slackware as well. That's way to many blows.
I believe Slackware is better off without them. I always felt they were held back. It's like what another poster said we may have just witnessed the demise of one of linux's most classic and bloatfree distro or a whole new era of slackware.
This is an excellent opportunity right now for a company to take it over. They'll immediately get their hands on one of the most popular linux distros.
Simplicity is divine. Goodluck Slackware!
Looks like Microsoft is at it again. If you can't
beat him eliminate them with their OS.
I hate monopolies.
I'm tempted to go completely OGG now.
john
Gee after I finally rented hackers last year I was totally blown off whenever they spoke anything technical. They don't know what they were talking about!
... c'mon!
... shame.
My favorite movie listed was the matrix but I wouldn't consider it a "hacker" movie. It just wasn't geeky enough.
Sneakers showed that "cracking" involved a lot clever foot work rather than just sitting in front of the PC. But still
I think Antitrust was the most accurate. Although the plot was really,really bad I really liked the bash shells I was seeing. Atleast I recognized what he was doing. To bad the typing sounds didn't match the terminal screens
john
This does not have anything to do with FreeBSD since it exists as a seperate entity maintained by volunteers.
Is this good for FreeBSD or BSD in general? Only time will tell.
Wind River is much larger than BSDi it just may have the corporate muscle *BSD needs to increase its market share.
I have never worked with Wind river but so I'll just wait and see.
There's a strange guy here that keeps posting FreeBSD is dead. Most of us are just ignoring you. Can you please explain how does this merger kills FreeBSD?
FreeBSD is public domain just like linux.
Can you take over and buy linux? HA!
BSDi/WalnutCreek was a company doing "FreeBSD" work not vise versa. Now there's Windriver/BSDi/WalnutCreek doing FreeBSD work.
I don't know about you guys but I think FreeBSD is getting more and more popular these days.
I have an idea for a poll. Let's put up the question of whether or not /. should have AC posts enabled.
/.
There's a bunch of guys really ruining
News for nerds are supposed to be just that, "news for nerds". Stories are supposed to ignite thoughtful discussions not flames or stupid AC posts.
I knew right away it was an april fools joke by just reading cmdrTaco quote.
I'm sitting here typing this comment and I really don't think this makes a good april fools joke.
Actually, moving to FreeBSD wouldn't be a bad idea. While FreeBSD continues to improve SMP support this can actually become a reality.
For my personal usage I can use FreeBSD just like linux as a desktop. It get's however difficult in a business environment where everyone uses microsoft products. I think what holds FreeBSD back is the same thing that holds linux back and that's the lack of serious applications. I know there's a lot of good alternatives already but when everyone at work is using MS Office, Outlook and internet explorer it becomes hard to justify in using FreeBSD or linux as a desktop.
I still beg for a linux or any unix desktop at my work but I continue to be denied. As long as microsoft products continue to reign both FreeBSD and linux have a long way to go before they both become viable desktops in a business environment. (sorry for the run on sentences.)
I can't believe I'm responding to this.
I beg to differ. People will judge linux for what it is and and *BSD for what it is.
So far a lot of people and companies start out with linux because of popularity. However, when they run and try *BSD they stick with it. They like it because linux is dirty and packaged with bandaids and *BSD is packaged clean!
So I believe that linux popularity is a good thing. As long as linux grows *BSD will always be there as the superior opensource product.
I suggest you try it out like I did.
/etc structure is sooo clean and sooo simple and sooo easy to use. Their ports system is sooo easy to use.
I first tried it out just because I was curious about that BSD thing.
I installed the exact same software I use on linux (KDE,mp3blaster,g++,perl,vim) and it looks and feels exactly the same.
I started to use it just like my old linux desktop and it just sticked. I would like to note my plan was just to test it out but after a while I began to forget that I'm actually using freeBSD.
I liked it so much. Everything felt sold. It's hard to describe that feeling but freeBSD is so much cleaner than any linux distro that it really makes you feel like your getting every ounce of power out of your hardware. Their installation is very nice you don't need to install a lot of crap just to get what you need.
Personally, at first I wasn't sure what to answer diehard linux people who asked me what I used at home. They were curious at how "pleased" I was with what I was using. I was nolonger installing and reinstalling linux distros all the time.
I've seen and used linux and I liked it. Now I've seen and used freeBSD and I liked it too.
Linux introduced me to the unix world and now freeBSD show me the power of the unix world.
So now I'm an equal linux/BSD advocate.
Their
After installing it ask yourself this:
Do you have that BSD thing?
I sure do!
I would beg to differ. My understanding is that in Canada your rights are not fully protected by the constitution.
In the states your rights are much more protected in their constitution than in canada. Everyone can debate just how "protected" your rights are.
Perhaps you should refer to the "notwistanding clause" of our Canadian Charter of Rights? Or perhaps I can refer to you that in the Quebec province I'm not allowed to work in English where I currently work? I'm breaking the law right now by posting this to slashdot at work!
In canada any law can be passed which violates rights and freedoms making facism legal in this country.
"but I don't know if we are any better"
NO we are NOT. sorry.
john
I have to agree with you there Justin. Although I'm mostly a perl/php developer I've been fiddling with Qt and GTK+ for a while. Qt is a much cleaner than GTK+.
Also I like the feeling that porting to windows can be as simple as a recompile!
john
There's no way I can not afford the whole collection but I would certainly be interested in buying Jetfire.
It's the same robot design they used for the Robotech series. IMHO, the first war was the best one.
He's the coolest transformer ever and if I remember the episodes correctly he's still trapped in an iceberg?
john
You know I really like Corel Draw, it's a very good product. I remember reading something that the artist who designed the euro coin used corel draw.
For the past 3 years it looks like corel is just trying to get big and rich fast without even working hard for it. I would blame their failure to poor leadership. That Cowpland guy was a real aragant idiot.
I still believe corel still has some life left. All they have to do is stop what they are doing and focus on bettering their products.
IMHO.