Personally, I find a "yes" or "no" tag somewhat more informative than a list of the words in the story title... (which seems to be the usual situation)
Really? How is it informative when the same, single article has the following associated tags: "Yes", "No", "Maybe", "duh"
For as smart as the average/. user is (allegedly anyway), it never ceases to amaze me to read the tags associated to a story. Are/. users incapable of comprehending what a *tag* is for?
It's supposed to be a way to identify an article based on keywords. It's not an opinion poll. Keywords like "yes", "no", and "duh", are completely irrelevant!
Every article on/. needs certain "tags" to be given automatically... ala Wheel of Fortune's vowels and consonants (Wheel of Fortune is a game show, google it if you don't know.)
We automatically give you - "yes", "no", "maybe", "duh", "slownewsday", "slashdotted", and "fud"
Search slashdot articles based on tags for "duh"... uhh... ok... yeah - that makes sense.
According to this link, "I recently wrote that Lenovo was the first of the major hardware vendors to seriously pre-install Linux -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, to be exact. And, they have.
At LinuxWorld, however, some of them were doing their darnest to spin that "no, no, they're not really pre-installing it. They're only sort of supporting it." You could almost see the terror in some of their eyes that Microsoft was going to come along and then stagger them with outrageous new rates for XP and, someday, Vista.
Get over it guys. You do pre-install, you do support it, and it's time to stop pretending that you only sort of support it. Yes, to get it pre-installed you do need to buy more than a "onesie or twosie" as one Lenovo staffer put it to me. Other Lenovo employees, however, confided that Lenovo can certainly install SLED rather than sending a system with a blank hard drive, a copy of SLED on a DVD, and a promise that all the devices will work correctly. And, that Lenovo would be willing to do so even for its smallest customers."
Just a guess here, but I assume he meant "bated breath." I also assume you knew that and are just being a dick.
so Sens youv got. nothin beter too dew then ignoure teh relivant parts-of-teh-post, and fokiss ownly on typographikal errs er othar misstaekes; then heers a hole "mesage four, you two tier apart. Hav phun. O, & Git a liefe looser.
Whatever you do, you can obviously never please a Linux user. First they complain about the missing support from software companies, then when some company ports their application to Linux, they complain about missing sources.
I have a complaint. I have all this Linux kernel source code crap on my system and I can't understand a damn word of it.
So they are using Winelib instead of Qt or GTK - what's the big deal?
The term native would imply that it's a complete port to the X Window System. This clearly is not. Whether or not an individual cares about the API details isn't relevant to this thread. The point the original poster was making was simply this is not a "native" port.
"If the attacker is using more dice than the defender, the remaining dice are ignored."
That's right. (Been a while since I last played.) What I was thinking of was the advantage the offender has by having 3 dice vs. the defender who only has 2 dice. If the offender throws 2 fives and 1 three, and the defender throws a five and a three, each player loses one. The defender's five beets 1 of the offender's fives, but the offender's other five beets the defender's three. The offender's remaining three is ignored.
The analogy works in other places: in sports, defensive teams succeed way more often than high flying offensive teams
True. In RISK, the defender has the advantage as well. Even if the attacker rolls 2 sixes, the defender can still win by matching the roll. The attacker does have the option of using three dice though, assuring at least 1 kill per throw.
OS/2 runs under bochs. Though not very well. (I actually have a screenshot of OS/2 running in bochs from just a couple of weeks back.) You can find factory sealed copies of OS/2 warp v3 on eBay for very little money. I paid $9.99 +shipping for my factory sealed copy, which I bought 2+ years ago on eBay. OS/2 warp v4 still gets $75+ based on the auctions I've seen.
UNIX (all caps) is a registered trademark. An Operating System cannot legally call itself "UNIX" unless it has paid for the rights. Legally speaking, Solaris, AIX, and HP/UX are UNIX Operating Systems. Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and so on are only UNIX-like (in the legal sense.)
In my own personal opinion, the generically asked question - "What is Unix?"... can be answered by typing "unix philosophy" into a Google search. In short:
small is beautiful
make each program do one thing well
build a prototype as soon as possible
choose portability over efficiency
store numerical data in flat files
use software leverage to your advantage
use shell scripts to increase leverage and portability
Since the high school succumbed to the digg effect like 6 or 7 hours ago, does that mean digg wins and Slashdot is trying desperately to get sloppy seconds?
I have a 12" G4 1.2GHz iBook. I solved the Operating System problem by formatting the hard-drive and installing Linux. But the 1 button mouse is still a problem. (Unless I use an external mouse - which I do most of the time. But it's not possible in some situations.) And the support for the Airport Extreme is of course missing. (Technically there is a driver, but I've had no luck with it yet. But I can live with a USB dongle until the Airport Extreme driver is ready.)
Other than that, I love it. It's small and light weight. The battery life is pretty good. The power management actually works on this thing. (I close the lid, *poof* - it's off. I open the lid, and *bam* - it's back on. Every bit as fast as OSX.) The "extra" buttons work and were easy to setup. (Brightness adjustment, volume controls, and eject.) The iBook is a pretty ideal Linux laptop in my opinion.
In shine runners, you're competing to pick up shines (from Mario Sunshine). You can knock shines loose from other players with shells, etc. Every 20 seconds or so, whoever has the fewest shines gets dropped off until one person is left.
Unfortunately, neither of those modes are available online.
I was disappointed when I saw that shine runners wasn't available via WiFi. And I was also wondering if it would be something that might be added to the WiFi network at a later date? The main racing game is tons of fun, but I really like shine runners as well.
Also, I have a non mainstream Wireless Access Point and I had no problem getting online with Mario Kart DS. My WAP is a Soekris net4801 running m0n0wall.
one Cingular spokesman was quoted as saying that this is 'an infinitesimally small problem'.
Sounds to me more like they are saying the problems of individual persons are of infinitesimally small importance. If it happens to a lot of people, then - maybe - we'll care.
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Personally, I find a "yes" or "no" tag somewhat more informative than a list of the words in the story title... (which seems to be the usual situation)
Really? How is it informative when the same, single article has the following associated tags: "Yes", "No", "Maybe", "duh"
For as smart as the average /. user is (allegedly anyway), it never ceases to amaze me to read the tags associated to a story. Are /. users incapable of comprehending what a *tag* is for?
/. needs certain "tags" to be given automatically ... ala Wheel of Fortune's vowels and consonants (Wheel of Fortune is a game show, google it if you don't know.)
... uhh... ok ... yeah - that makes sense.
It's supposed to be a way to identify an article based on keywords. It's not an opinion poll. Keywords like "yes", "no", and "duh", are completely irrelevant!
Every article on
We automatically give you - "yes", "no", "maybe", "duh", "slownewsday", "slashdotted", and "fud"
Search slashdot articles based on tags for "duh"
Left hand, right hand. So which division's telling the truth?
That's easy. The left are the liars.
IANAL, but ...
... to each their own I say. But let's stay on topic, mmmkay?
This is a tech forum. If sodomizing your girl/boyfriend is "your thing", well
According to this link, "I recently wrote that Lenovo was the first of the major hardware vendors to seriously pre-install Linux -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, to be exact. And, they have.
At LinuxWorld, however, some of them were doing their darnest to spin that "no, no, they're not really pre-installing it. They're only sort of supporting it." You could almost see the terror in some of their eyes that Microsoft was going to come along and then stagger them with outrageous new rates for XP and, someday, Vista.
Get over it guys. You do pre-install, you do support it, and it's time to stop pretending that you only sort of support it. Yes, to get it pre-installed you do need to buy more than a "onesie or twosie" as one Lenovo staffer put it to me. Other Lenovo employees, however, confided that Lenovo can certainly install SLED rather than sending a system with a blank hard drive, a copy of SLED on a DVD, and a promise that all the devices will work correctly. And, that Lenovo would be willing to do so even for its smallest customers."
That's just sloppy.
You failed to distinguish my part of the post from your part of the post.
Just a guess here, but I assume he meant "bated breath." I also assume you knew that and are just being a dick.
so Sens youv got. nothin beter too dew then ignoure teh relivant parts-of-teh-post, and fokiss ownly on typographikal errs er othar misstaekes; then heers a hole "mesage four, you two tier apart. Hav phun. O, & Git a liefe looser.
Whatever you do, you can obviously never please a Linux user. First they complain about the missing support from software companies, then when some company ports their application to Linux, they complain about missing sources.
I have a complaint. I have all this Linux kernel source code crap on my system and I can't understand a damn word of it.
So they are using Winelib instead of Qt or GTK - what's the big deal?
The term native would imply that it's a complete port to the X Window System. This clearly is not. Whether or not an individual cares about the API details isn't relevant to this thread. The point the original poster was making was simply this is not a "native" port.
A few then/than mistakes as well.
"With the PS3 now touting the largest price tag for any console in the history of gaming and higher then most mid-low end PC's..."
Should be "higher than"
"...making the PS3 no more then a video game system..."
Should be "no more than"
"With pockets deeper then the Atlantic Ocean..."
Should be "deeper than"
"If the attacker is using more dice than the defender, the remaining dice are ignored."
That's right. (Been a while since I last played.) What I was thinking of was the advantage the offender has by having 3 dice vs. the defender who only has 2 dice. If the offender throws 2 fives and 1 three, and the defender throws a five and a three, each player loses one. The defender's five beets 1 of the offender's fives, but the offender's other five beets the defender's three. The offender's remaining three is ignored.
The analogy works in other places: in sports, defensive teams succeed way more often than high flying offensive teams
True. In RISK, the defender has the advantage as well. Even if the attacker rolls 2 sixes, the defender can still win by matching the roll. The attacker does have the option of using three dice though, assuring at least 1 kill per throw.
OS/2 runs under bochs. Though not very well. (I actually have a screenshot of OS/2 running in bochs from just a couple of weeks back.) You can find factory sealed copies of OS/2 warp v3 on eBay for very little money. I paid $9.99 +shipping for my factory sealed copy, which I bought 2+ years ago on eBay. OS/2 warp v4 still gets $75+ based on the auctions I've seen.
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Lame indeed.
There is a good wikipedia article on this topic actually.
In my own personal opinion, the generically asked question - "What is Unix?"
Since the high school succumbed to the digg effect like 6 or 7 hours ago, does that mean digg wins and Slashdot is trying desperately to get sloppy seconds?
I have a 14" iBook. I have only 2 complains:
I have a 12" G4 1.2GHz iBook. I solved the Operating System problem by formatting the hard-drive and installing Linux. But the 1 button mouse is still a problem. (Unless I use an external mouse - which I do most of the time. But it's not possible in some situations.) And the support for the Airport Extreme is of course missing. (Technically there is a driver, but I've had no luck with it yet. But I can live with a USB dongle until the Airport Extreme driver is ready.)
Other than that, I love it. It's small and light weight. The battery life is pretty good. The power management actually works on this thing. (I close the lid, *poof* - it's off. I open the lid, and *bam* - it's back on. Every bit as fast as OSX.) The "extra" buttons work and were easy to setup. (Brightness adjustment, volume controls, and eject.) The iBook is a pretty ideal Linux laptop in my opinion.
"I have never had a problem with mail-in rebates."
Nor have I.
If you want to play me Bring it :)
ditto - 240577 799156
In shine runners, you're competing to pick up shines (from Mario Sunshine). You can knock shines loose from other players with shells, etc. Every 20 seconds or so, whoever has the fewest shines gets dropped off until one person is left.
Unfortunately, neither of those modes are available online.
I was disappointed when I saw that shine runners wasn't available via WiFi. And I was also wondering if it would be something that might be added to the WiFi network at a later date? The main racing game is tons of fun, but I really like shine runners as well.
Also, I have a non mainstream Wireless Access Point and I had no problem getting online with Mario Kart DS. My WAP is a Soekris net4801 running m0n0wall.
Can't wait for Metroid Prime: Hunters!
It's easier to install and play.
The Linux version is harder to play? Is it stuck in Nightmare mode?
First Post!
To fight computer crime, the good guys are masquerading as bad guys pretending to be good guys.'
Reminds me of a quote from Interview With The Vampire. "Vampires pretending to be humans, pretending to be vampires."
one Cingular spokesman was quoted as saying that this is 'an infinitesimally small problem'.
Sounds to me more like they are saying the problems of individual persons are of infinitesimally small importance. If it happens to a lot of people, then - maybe - we'll care.
I hope bnetd wins, but in the mean time: PvPGN works great