That's like complaining that you could get LIFE in PRISON for using a screw driver. If you use that screw driver to tighten screws, you're fine. If you stick it in someone's eye and wiggle it around, you may be facing LIFE in PRISON for the MURDER that you committed with your SCREW DRIVER.
It's just the scale and organisation behind this that makes it scary, not the action being performed.
Your logic defies me. If this is the case then surely you must find Christmas scary, because, sure... it's about making kids happy, but the scale and organisation behind it is what's scary.
Besides, Toronto has been running an electronic toll highway for a couple years now and it works like a peach. Hardly newsworthy...
I won't get into a flame war with you as I think that your opinions are generally well-founded, I just tend to disagree. Here is one point where we are looking at opposite sides of the coin:
There are some of us that think that breaking up one monopoly to create two or three other monopolies isn't going to solve the problem.
Not sure if you are "old-school" or "newb" but many people who have followed this for a long time have seen how Microsoft counter-leverages their OS monopoly against their office monopoly. Roughly paraphrased my argument would be: Office 3.0 required DOS 6.0 which made Office 4.2 faster which required Windows 95 which made Office 97 faster which required Windows 98 ad infinitum. I could even name instances where Microsoft intentionally released OS versions that "broke" the operation of their primary competition but these things are decades in the past.
Would you like us to file the tits off the Statue of Liberty while we're at it or do we have your permission to let them stay?
I guess is this lame attack on Attorney General John Ashcroft transferred on me. Ha ha! Let me give you a ticket on the political clue train.
No, this was purely metaphorical but I find it very funny that you found a literal application for my sarcasm. I assumed people were far too easy-going to complain about the Statue of Liberty's organ placement but maybe I was wrong?
It would be nice if Slashdot editors would review these submissions before they are posted and depolitise them.
If you think Slashdot is intended to be a non-partisan news site you obviously don't read it very much. "News for nerds, stuff that matters." If you're looking for Bible-belt sensibilities you're at the wrong site, mister.
The Bush administration is pursuing the Microsoft case much less strenuously than the Clinton administration did. This is fact. The Bush administration accepted substantial donations from Microsoft. This is fact. Chrisd has a right to believe the administration was "bought" by Microsoft whether it's fact or not. Or I'm sorry, should we delete the story because "toupsie" disagrees????
Would you like us to file the tits off the Statue of Liberty while we're at it or do we have your permission to let them stay?
I'd click on your links to check out some active gopher sites but sadly I'm at work where I use IE6.0. Clicking on your links may format my hard drive or allow you to see critical corporate data hidden on my system. (Like my Freecell win/loss statistics.) I feel like the sad little kid sitting in the house practising violin (AKA using a Microsoft browser) while all the cool Linux kids are outside playing baseball...
If we all relied purely on the inventions of Linus Torvalds we'd have a cool piece of software that booted up and did sweet f-all... It would also be much more primitive than it currently is.
Linux (GNU/Linux???) is a shining example of collaborative invention. It is absolutely not an example of a lone inventor, you've been reading too much ZDnet my friend...
The free software movement has proven that in order to invent something these days you absolutely need to stand on the shoulders of giants. But it's also proven that this level of collaboration doesn't need to be driven by a lumbering behemoth or the almighty dollar. Innovation and collaborative invention can also be motivated by sheer passion and sharing. This is the article's only major flaw.
Ok here go all my karma points, at least they'll be well-burned. This is getting ridiculous -- I'm all for free speech but does no one read these articles? This is about selling games like Doom and Resident Evil to kids without parental supervision. Even "protected" media like film still require some sort of parental guidance. I adore violent games and think cursing and shooting are damn-right funny. But that's MY OPINION! I see no reason to say "damn the parents, kids know better" when it comes to violence, sex, murder, war, and other situations glorified by games. NO RESPONSIBLE GAMER would argue otherwise. So you play your violent games and I'll play my violent games but don't be such holier-than-thou dicks as to suggest parents shouldn't be allowed to decide if their children should or shouldn't play games that depict graphic murder. Ignorant jerks...
> Freshmeat, Themes.org, and Slashdot are all part of the world-controlling conspiracy under the VA Software umbrella
I know this was said in jest but it kinda struck me. For news, themes, and software these are three fantastic sites. I know we all lamented when/. fell under the control of a corporation but altogether things have worked out quite well. Although/. can't be said to be identical to when it was privately owned, it sure hasn't been forced to make too many concessions. I think the staff at Slashdot, Freshmeat, Themes.org, and even VA Software deserve an honest "thank-you". Sappy I know, but well-earned.
A computer directly controlled by the human mind will give new meaning to the term Garbage In, Garbage Out. Computers will instantly regress to the days of the Vic20 and your PC will display nothing but porn.
Here's how it works, the TrackIR has 2 basic parts that make it work. The first is a camera that mounts on the top of your computer and second part is silver dots which you stick on your forehead... The camera sends out infrared signals and the silver dots bounce the signals back to the TrackIR.
Notwithstanding the fact that you're glueing felt dots to your head, you are actually intentionally aiming an infrared transmitter at your cranium! With the talk about cel phones and tumours going about today this one's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Whoever dreamed this up must have spent a few too many hours "beta" testing.
Next thing you know they'll announce a power amplifier that lets you control the mouse from over a mile away and keeps your head toasty warm in a snowstorm...
Microsoft seems to really be taking it in the shorts of late -- you can't help but feel a little sympathy watching the pathetic Benny-Hill skit that is their attempt at "trustworthy computing". Feels like the blonde's lost her dress and an angry mob is chasing Gates through the streets of London in double-time. Even hindsight makes it seem that much more pathetic.
For example, if this article had been about the superiority of IIS the/. crowd would have had a great hairy fit over the lack of objectivity. Similar critical thought should be given to articles praising OSS...
I'm a big fan of Apache too, but this article is a piece of crap. They assert Apache 2.0 is as fast as IIS 5.0 on Windows but offer no benchmarks. They acknowledge that IIS had 10 security alerts this past week but offer no equivalent stat for Apache. (A thousand? Zero?) They don't even acknowledge that moving from IIS to Apache is a potentially career-ending chore. I love good reviews of OSS as much as the rest but this was more of a videobit than an actual article...
Nice troll, but you quoted me out of context. I didn't say "Back then they used elaborate artist conceptions." What I said was:
Back then all the box art was elaborate artist conceptions that bore absolutely no resemblence to the "ball-and-paddle" graphics of the time.
The cover art for "Serious Sam" is a stylized rendition of gameplay. The cover art for M.U.L.E. for NES is a painting of a man standing over his vanquished foes with an American flag in his hand with an alien landscape as a backdrop.
Quoting out of context is fun and all for free karma points, but your logic is still flawed.
Unfortunately I've never played the NES version, but I do have a copy of it, still in the original shrink-wrap. Back then all the box art was elaborate artist conceptions that bore absolutely no resemblence to the "ball-and-paddle" graphics of the time. I doubt anyone would have bought the game if the front cover had included screen shots.:P
First, the smiley infers I'm half-joking. Second, "mv" and "move" are not the same command. Third, you obviously don't understand how the linux help system works. Typing "man move" returns:
MOVE - Move curses window cursor
And "man how do I move a file?" don't do squat. So no, even someone like me who knows how to low-level format a drive using DEBUG can't figure out how to move a directory under linux using "identical command line tools in Windows". But I suppose you knew that, being so smart and all.
More importantly, don't be suprised that every bitch whiner on earth will now be crying "bot!" every time a good player hops on a server. Heh, come to think of it I guess your post proves its already begun.
Based on the web site I've gotta say: I love it, but I'll never run it.
Seems they've done a great job replicating the Windows XP look-and-feel in Linux which should reduce the learning curve for new users. I was a "techie" in the Microsoft world and heaven knows Linux was a complete change for me. I couldn't figure out how to move a directory for weeks after switching!:)
However, for those who have donw some climbing on the learning curve it's probably a bad idea to run this distro. After all, why make Linux identical to Windows? I applaud their effort but for the geeks among us it's probably a step backwards. Good news is, I doubt we're their primary target market.:)
Seems many people on/. are very short-sighted in criticizing the (theoretical) idea of IBM buying Sun. Firstly, all "culture clash" theories go out the window as David already asserted it would need to be a hostile takeover. This means they would invade to get all the IP and brands, all relevant management would be canned. Now, why would this be so great for IBM?
IBM would become the indisputed champion of "big iron" servers. HPaq would suddenly find a major market virtually denied to them. Scratch HP...
IBM would have the most cohesive e-business strategy in the world. From servers to services and everything in between. Look out,.NET! Scratch Microsoft...
Whoever said this isn't about PCs is so right yet so mistaken. IBM would withdraw from the PC market and let HP and Dell fight over the low-margin leftovers. What's that you say? IBM would never kill the Thinkpad line, and if they make notebooks they need to make desktops as well for their customers? Hmmm, well that's a humdinger... Unless of course you assume they outsource manufacturing and distribution to the single best company in the business. Can you spell D... E... L... L...???
Sorry kids, but this type of hostile takeover would make perfect sense. IBM would profit immensely (those who question IBM's ability to pull off a successful takeover need to look at Lotus) and would catapult into the top spot in several markets. The author of this article was one smart cookie...
I'm sure what you do is perfectly legal, but you should be paying a premium equivalent to a high-end hosting programme. You see, I should not be subsidizing your bandwidth hogging. Which I do. You can try to paint this any way you want, but there's no way to deny that people like me are paying for cable service for people like you. So don't be surprised by my lack of sympathy...
> I'll just have to guess where the threshold will be. Anything more than email? Active gamer?
Please spare us the drama. I've done benchmarks and an active gamer who performs regular web surfing and casual file downloads does not approach the quota limits. Quotas are designed to thwart the WaReZ PuPp13z of DC, Kazaa, and WinMX fame who are not only throttling the backbone, they're the reason your cable modem drops carrier every Saturday morning. Cry "wolf!" all you want, I signed up for internet access with a quota and I can't wait until my ISP starts to impose it on me and (more importantly) my k1dd13 neighbours. Spare us the social diatribe...
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That's like complaining that you could get LIFE in PRISON for using a screw driver. If you use that screw driver to tighten screws, you're fine. If you stick it in someone's eye and wiggle it around, you may be facing LIFE in PRISON for the MURDER that you committed with your SCREW DRIVER.
Good point. We need a new screwdriver law.
It's just the scale and organisation behind this that makes it scary, not the action being performed.
Your logic defies me. If this is the case then surely you must find Christmas scary, because, sure... it's about making kids happy, but the scale and organisation behind it is what's scary.
Besides, Toronto has been running an electronic toll highway for a couple years now and it works like a peach. Hardly newsworthy...
I won't get into a flame war with you as I think that your opinions are generally well-founded, I just tend to disagree. Here is one point where we are looking at opposite sides of the coin:
There are some of us that think that breaking up one monopoly to create two or three other monopolies isn't going to solve the problem.
Not sure if you are "old-school" or "newb" but many people who have followed this for a long time have seen how Microsoft counter-leverages their OS monopoly against their office monopoly. Roughly paraphrased my argument would be: Office 3.0 required DOS 6.0 which made Office 4.2 faster which required Windows 95 which made Office 97 faster which required Windows 98 ad infinitum. I could even name instances where Microsoft intentionally released OS versions that "broke" the operation of their primary competition but these things are decades in the past.
Would you like us to file the tits off the Statue of Liberty while we're at it or do we have your permission to let them stay?
I guess is this lame attack on Attorney General John Ashcroft transferred on me. Ha ha! Let me give you a ticket on the political clue train.
No, this was purely metaphorical but I find it very funny that you found a literal application for my sarcasm. I assumed people were far too easy-going to complain about the Statue of Liberty's organ placement but maybe I was wrong?
It would be nice if Slashdot editors would review these submissions before they are posted and depolitise them.
If you think Slashdot is intended to be a non-partisan news site you obviously don't read it very much. "News for nerds, stuff that matters." If you're looking for Bible-belt sensibilities you're at the wrong site, mister.
The Bush administration is pursuing the Microsoft case much less strenuously than the Clinton administration did. This is fact. The Bush administration accepted substantial donations from Microsoft. This is fact. Chrisd has a right to believe the administration was "bought" by Microsoft whether it's fact or not. Or I'm sorry, should we delete the story because "toupsie" disagrees????
Would you like us to file the tits off the Statue of Liberty while we're at it or do we have your permission to let them stay?
I'd click on your links to check out some active gopher sites but sadly I'm at work where I use IE6.0. Clicking on your links may format my hard drive or allow you to see critical corporate data hidden on my system. (Like my Freecell win/loss statistics.) I feel like the sad little kid sitting in the house practising violin (AKA using a Microsoft browser) while all the cool Linux kids are outside playing baseball...
If we all relied purely on the inventions of Linus Torvalds we'd have a cool piece of software that booted up and did sweet f-all... It would also be much more primitive than it currently is.
Linux (GNU/Linux???) is a shining example of collaborative invention. It is absolutely not an example of a lone inventor, you've been reading too much ZDnet my friend...
The free software movement has proven that in order to invent something these days you absolutely need to stand on the shoulders of giants. But it's also proven that this level of collaboration doesn't need to be driven by a lumbering behemoth or the almighty dollar. Innovation and collaborative invention can also be motivated by sheer passion and sharing. This is the article's only major flaw.
Ok here go all my karma points, at least they'll be well-burned. This is getting ridiculous -- I'm all for free speech but does no one read these articles? This is about selling games like Doom and Resident Evil to kids without parental supervision. Even "protected" media like film still require some sort of parental guidance. I adore violent games and think cursing and shooting are damn-right funny. But that's MY OPINION! I see no reason to say "damn the parents, kids know better" when it comes to violence, sex, murder, war, and other situations glorified by games. NO RESPONSIBLE GAMER would argue otherwise. So you play your violent games and I'll play my violent games but don't be such holier-than-thou dicks as to suggest parents shouldn't be allowed to decide if their children should or shouldn't play games that depict graphic murder. Ignorant jerks...
> Freshmeat, Themes.org, and Slashdot are all part of the world-controlling conspiracy under the VA Software umbrella
I know this was said in jest but it kinda struck me. For news, themes, and software these are three fantastic sites. I know we all lamented when /. fell under the control of a corporation but altogether things have worked out quite well. Although /. can't be said to be identical to when it was privately owned, it sure hasn't been forced to make too many concessions. I think the staff at Slashdot, Freshmeat, Themes.org, and even VA Software deserve an honest "thank-you". Sappy I know, but well-earned.
Uhm, microwave??? Speaking of uneducated...
A computer directly controlled by the human mind will give new meaning to the term Garbage In, Garbage Out. Computers will instantly regress to the days of the Vic20 and your PC will display nothing but porn.
To quote:
Here's how it works, the TrackIR has 2 basic parts that make it work. The first is a camera that mounts on the top of your computer and second part is silver dots which you stick on your forehead... The camera sends out infrared signals and the silver dots bounce the signals back to the TrackIR.
Notwithstanding the fact that you're glueing felt dots to your head, you are actually intentionally aiming an infrared transmitter at your cranium! With the talk about cel phones and tumours going about today this one's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Whoever dreamed this up must have spent a few too many hours "beta" testing.
Next thing you know they'll announce a power amplifier that lets you control the mouse from over a mile away and keeps your head toasty warm in a snowstorm...
"All you see is wallets with pigtails..."
- Edward Norton, Death to Smoochy
Microsoft seems to really be taking it in the shorts of late -- you can't help but feel a little sympathy watching the pathetic Benny-Hill skit that is their attempt at "trustworthy computing". Feels like the blonde's lost her dress and an angry mob is chasing Gates through the streets of London in double-time. Even hindsight makes it seem that much more pathetic.
For example, if this article had been about the superiority of IIS the /. crowd would have had a great hairy fit over the lack of objectivity. Similar critical thought should be given to articles praising OSS...
I'm a big fan of Apache too, but this article is a piece of crap. They assert Apache 2.0 is as fast as IIS 5.0 on Windows but offer no benchmarks. They acknowledge that IIS had 10 security alerts this past week but offer no equivalent stat for Apache. (A thousand? Zero?) They don't even acknowledge that moving from IIS to Apache is a potentially career-ending chore. I love good reviews of OSS as much as the rest but this was more of a videobit than an actual article...
Nice troll, but you quoted me out of context. I didn't say "Back then they used elaborate artist conceptions." What I said was:
Back then all the box art was elaborate artist conceptions that bore absolutely no resemblence to the "ball-and-paddle" graphics of the time.
The cover art for "Serious Sam" is a stylized rendition of gameplay. The cover art for M.U.L.E. for NES is a painting of a man standing over his vanquished foes with an American flag in his hand with an alien landscape as a backdrop.
Quoting out of context is fun and all for free karma points, but your logic is still flawed.
Unfortunately I've never played the NES version, but I do have a copy of it, still in the original shrink-wrap. Back then all the box art was elaborate artist conceptions that bore absolutely no resemblence to the "ball-and-paddle" graphics of the time. I doubt anyone would have bought the game if the front cover had included screen shots. :P
First, the smiley infers I'm half-joking. Second, "mv" and "move" are not the same command. Third, you obviously don't understand how the linux help system works. Typing "man move" returns:
MOVE - Move curses window cursor
And "man how do I move a file?" don't do squat. So no, even someone like me who knows how to low-level format a drive using DEBUG can't figure out how to move a directory under linux using "identical command line tools in Windows". But I suppose you knew that, being so smart and all.
Bah, mod all this shit down. It isn't the full source, this is just the game source. They always release the game source...
More importantly, don't be suprised that every bitch whiner on earth will now be crying "bot!" every time a good player hops on a server. Heh, come to think of it I guess your post proves its already begun.
Based on the web site I've gotta say: I love it, but I'll never run it.
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Seems they've done a great job replicating the Windows XP look-and-feel in Linux which should reduce the learning curve for new users. I was a "techie" in the Microsoft world and heaven knows Linux was a complete change for me. I couldn't figure out how to move a directory for weeks after switching!
However, for those who have donw some climbing on the learning curve it's probably a bad idea to run this distro. After all, why make Linux identical to Windows? I applaud their effort but for the geeks among us it's probably a step backwards. Good news is, I doubt we're their primary target market.
Seems many people on /. are very short-sighted in criticizing the (theoretical) idea of IBM buying Sun. Firstly, all "culture clash" theories go out the window as David already asserted it would need to be a hostile takeover. This means they would invade to get all the IP and brands, all relevant management would be canned. Now, why would this be so great for IBM?
Sorry kids, but this type of hostile takeover would make perfect sense. IBM would profit immensely (those who question IBM's ability to pull off a successful takeover need to look at Lotus) and would catapult into the top spot in several markets. The author of this article was one smart cookie...
I'm sure what you do is perfectly legal, but you should be paying a premium equivalent to a high-end hosting programme. You see, I should not be subsidizing your bandwidth hogging. Which I do. You can try to paint this any way you want, but there's no way to deny that people like me are paying for cable service for people like you. So don't be surprised by my lack of sympathy...
> I'll just have to guess where the threshold will be. Anything more than email? Active gamer?
Please spare us the drama. I've done benchmarks and an active gamer who performs regular web surfing and casual file downloads does not approach the quota limits. Quotas are designed to thwart the WaReZ PuPp13z of DC, Kazaa, and WinMX fame who are not only throttling the backbone, they're the reason your cable modem drops carrier every Saturday morning. Cry "wolf!" all you want, I signed up for internet access with a quota and I can't wait until my ISP starts to impose it on me and (more importantly) my k1dd13 neighbours. Spare us the social diatribe...