I, for one, am far more offended by encroachments on my freedom than biased attacks on things I hold dear. Why should I give a damn if someone says "Linux sucks" or "your penis is small" as long as I am comfortable with both Linux and my penis?
Now, when Phallus, Inc., comes along and tries to enforce manditory circumcision, then I have a problem.
I, and no doubt many others, read/. on several different platforms at several different locations. A web browser is the only software guaranteed to be on all of these systems, and DejaNews isn't my idea of a quality newsreader.
"The first issue was partitioning the hard drive. I used partition magic and made linux partitions. However, RHL 5.2 did not want to recognize these partitions, so I deleted them."
That's odd I've used PM to create/resize ext2 partitions before and after installs of RH 5.2. Works beautifully. I use it to slowly claim space for Linux on my Win98 drive. Just yesterday I used it to repartition an existing Linux disk to keep a data partition and reformat the rest for a clean install of RH5.2.
"It's a pain in the ass to set up your own Linux box. No one really wants to do that, but you can. It's like your choice of transportation is you drive a ferrari or a scooter."
I would think Linux on a Visual Workstation is at least a corvette.
I see privacy cited several times as an example of a good wall. But an enforced privacy--that is, privacy through force or coersion as opposed to privacy through mutal respect--is at least as damaging as the alternative. The good fence is one you put up, not to keep people out of your yard, but to keep yourself out of theirs.
It is quite possible that the removal of all, or most, barriers protecting private information would eventually lead to a society more respectful of personal privacy than would the continued erection of "good" walls. After all, feeling safe isn't about having unbreakable locks on your door, it's about not needing them.
I, myself, am uncomfortable with the idea of such an open society, probably because I was not raised in one, and because the transition would not be painless. But it is a point of view worth considering.
btw--Jon, nice read. I was beginning to wonder if you could write a paragraph without the word geek.
This is so exciting! I love to punctuate! Even when I write a long sentence that couldn't possibly be spoken with the emphasis that I think it should have, I still end it with an exclaimation point! Bang! Bang! Shebang#!
Er...
But, really, patents should only be awarded for things that are specific and truly innovative, not for "the transfer of music from one computer directly to another" or some other such nonsense. The idea is to protect the inventor, not screw the world.
People complained that VCR's were too complicated to set (I mean, you had to find the button that said 'Set Clock' then use + and - to change the time, scary). Then came on-screen programming, where the user is given English--French, Spanish, whatever--instructions right on the TV screen. No, that's still too complicated. Okay, so how about this...if you want to tape a program, just look in the TV Guide for this number, enter it using the remote, and it'll do everything for you.
The result of all this innovation? Blinking midnight.
And you expect these same people who don't set their VCR clocks because they're "too complicated" to take the time to learn Linux? Is an AOL for Dummies reader really looking for the power of the underlying OS?
Normal Windows users don't spend a whole lot of time working with the registry or writing batch files. They "don't do anything useful." Those, like you, who are frustrated with such limitations already know about (and probably use) Linux.
Right now, Windows provides the easiest methods for setting your clock and taping Matlock. Linux may allow you automatically strip commercials and sort episodes by original air date, but you'll have to press a few extra buttons to get there.
Emulators/ROMs are to game makers what mp3s are to the music industry: a paradigm shift that neither is willing to accept, regardless of profit potential, and a shift that both are helpless to stop.
Once these industries are dragged, kicking and screaming, into the new marketplace, they'll conveniently forget that they didn't invent everything all by themselves. Hell, they'll probably try to patent it.
"It's not Windows-dependent - which makes it possible to run two operating systems (like Windows and Unix) independently, and simultaneously."
The system requirements, however, say only Win95/98.
"...the MySpace control bar has limitless content possibilities. It can launch any technology - it can manage applications; manage hardware; link to the Internet; control your CD; WebTV, and more. It can also be used to add Java applets and other operating systems. But most importantly, MySpace is always right in front of the user."
It sounds like a FreePC sort of advertising area drawn outside the standard resolution scan area.
Following this judge's logic, all books of law should be banned (or at least restricted to use by licensed professionals), since any idiot could read case history and represent himself in traffic court. In fact, we shouldn't even be allowed to know the acual laws because that knowlege just might affect our actions.
How moronic.
He better outlaw accounting and tax software, Time-Life home improvement books and the Bible as well; we certainly wouldn't want amateurs handling money, repairing a faucet or praying.
If it was a gay porn sight at boysrus.com he wouldn't stand a chance.
Small businesses that would not be given a second glance in the setting of a single city are, via the internet, competing on even ground with the big boys and are considered threats. If trademark dilution is truly a valid argument for restricting satire, puns and cutesy names then we'll be reduced to identifying ourselves by serial numbers. What's the point of knocking down the geography barrier only to be squashed by the pieces?
Previously, the only Ma and Pop shops that had to worry about trademark infringment were those named with any variation of "McDonald".
I run NT at home and Linux at work. Aside from being a bit of a resource hog, NT4 SP3 is pretty solid (I wouldn't do anything silly like run a server on it, though). My system w/64MB naturally chokes on large graphics in Photoshop, but it doesn't grind too much otherwise.
SP4 doesn't seem quite so stable. It's crashed during boot a couple of times for reasons I cannot fathom, so when I migrate to my new box next week I'll be applying only SP3. Linux will be quite happy on the old box.
Slashdot Mirror
Yup...it's all university developers....
And we all know no good software has ever come out universities like Berkley or Stanford, eh?
-tak
I, for one, am far more offended by encroachments on my freedom than biased attacks on things I hold dear. Why should I give a damn if someone says "Linux sucks" or "your penis is small" as long as I am comfortable with both Linux and my penis?
Now, when Phallus, Inc., comes along and tries to enforce manditory circumcision, then I have a problem.
-tak
I, and no doubt many others, read /. on several different platforms at several different locations. A web browser is the only software guaranteed to be on all of these systems, and DejaNews isn't my idea of a quality newsreader.
-tak
"Patch" in StarDivisionese = "another 70M download"
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The supplementary disk image on the RedHat CD is bad. You have to d/l the new one.
-tak
"The first issue was partitioning the hard drive. I used partition magic and made linux partitions. However, RHL 5.2 did not want to recognize these partitions, so I deleted them."
That's odd I've used PM to create/resize ext2 partitions before and after installs of RH 5.2. Works beautifully. I use it to slowly claim space for Linux on my Win98 drive. Just yesterday I used it to repartition an existing Linux disk to keep a data partition and reformat the rest for a clean install of RH5.2.
-tak
"It's a pain in the ass to set up your own Linux box. No one really wants to do that, but you can. It's like your choice of transportation is you drive a ferrari or a scooter."
I would think Linux on a Visual Workstation is at least a corvette.
-tak
I see privacy cited several times as an example of a good wall. But an enforced privacy--that is, privacy through force or coersion as opposed to privacy through mutal respect--is at least as damaging as the alternative. The good fence is one you put up, not to keep people out of your yard, but to keep yourself out of theirs.
It is quite possible that the removal of all, or most, barriers protecting private information would eventually lead to a society more respectful of personal privacy than would the continued erection of "good" walls. After all, feeling safe isn't about having unbreakable locks on your door, it's about not needing them.
I, myself, am uncomfortable with the idea of such an open society, probably because I was not raised in one, and because the transition would not be painless. But it is a point of view worth considering.
btw--Jon, nice read. I was beginning to wonder if you could write a paragraph without the word geek.
-tak
This is so exciting! I love to punctuate! Even when I write a long sentence that couldn't possibly be spoken with the emphasis that I think it should have, I still end it with an exclaimation point! Bang! Bang! Shebang#!
Er...
But, really, patents should only be awarded for things that are specific and truly innovative, not for "the transfer of music from one computer directly to another" or some other such nonsense. The idea is to protect the inventor, not screw the world.
-tak
"Most people that don't LIKE Katz, don't click on his links and read his stuff..."
Exactly. This is evidenced by the complete lack of inane flames after every Katz article.
-tak
People complained that VCR's were too complicated to set (I mean, you had to find the button that said 'Set Clock' then use + and - to change the time, scary). Then came on-screen programming, where the user is given English--French, Spanish, whatever--instructions right on the TV screen. No, that's still too complicated. Okay, so how about this...if you want to tape a program, just look in the TV Guide for this number, enter it using the remote, and it'll do everything for you.
The result of all this innovation? Blinking midnight.
And you expect these same people who don't set their VCR clocks because they're "too complicated" to take the time to learn Linux? Is an AOL for Dummies reader really looking for the power of the underlying OS?
Normal Windows users don't spend a whole lot of time working with the registry or writing batch files. They "don't do anything useful." Those, like you, who are frustrated with such limitations already know about (and probably use) Linux.
Right now, Windows provides the easiest methods for setting your clock and taping Matlock. Linux may allow you automatically strip commercials and sort episodes by original air date, but you'll have to press a few extra buttons to get there.
And people are afraid of buttons.
-tak
Emulators/ROMs are to game makers what mp3s are to the music industry: a paradigm shift that neither is willing to accept, regardless of profit potential, and a shift that both are helpless to stop.
Once these industries are dragged, kicking and screaming, into the new marketplace, they'll conveniently forget that they didn't invent everything all by themselves. Hell, they'll probably try to patent it.
-tak
http://www.thepixelcompany.com/myspace/product/ind ex.html
"It's not Windows-dependent - which makes it possible to run two operating systems (like Windows and Unix) independently, and simultaneously."
The system requirements, however, say only Win95/98.
"...the MySpace control bar has limitless content possibilities. It can launch any technology - it can manage applications; manage hardware; link to the Internet; control your CD; WebTV, and more. It can also be used to add Java applets and other operating systems. But most importantly, MySpace is always right in front of the user."
It sounds like a FreePC sort of advertising area drawn outside the standard resolution scan area.
-tak
Following this judge's logic, all books of law should be banned (or at least restricted to use by licensed professionals), since any idiot could read case history and represent himself in traffic court. In fact, we shouldn't even be allowed to know the acual laws because that knowlege just might affect our actions.
How moronic.
He better outlaw accounting and tax software, Time-Life home improvement books and the Bible as well; we certainly wouldn't want amateurs handling money, repairing a faucet or praying.
If it was a gay porn sight at boysrus.com he wouldn't stand a chance.
Small businesses that would not be given a second glance in the setting of a single city are, via the internet, competing on even ground with the big boys and are considered threats. If trademark dilution is truly a valid argument for restricting satire, puns and cutesy names then we'll be reduced to identifying ourselves by serial numbers. What's the point of knocking down the geography barrier only to be squashed by the pieces?
Previously, the only Ma and Pop shops that had to worry about trademark infringment were those named with any variation of "McDonald".
I run NT at home and Linux at work. Aside from being a bit of a resource hog, NT4 SP3 is pretty solid (I wouldn't do anything silly like run a server on it, though). My system w/64MB naturally chokes on large graphics in Photoshop, but it doesn't grind too much otherwise.
SP4 doesn't seem quite so stable. It's crashed during boot a couple of times for reasons I cannot fathom, so when I migrate to my new box next week I'll be applying only SP3. Linux will be quite happy on the old box.