I'm terrible about taking notes on anything handy and then loosing them just as quickly.
The pilot gave me someplace to consistently put my notes, kept me on my schedules, and also gave me something to do while waiting in lines, on buses, etc.
My productivity went up immensely after I got a pilot, and dropped again when I had to give it back to the company when I left.
And yes, I suppose I could have used a paper and pencil dayrunner, but I loose those a few days after getting them. The palmIII was the right size to fit in a pocket, expensive enough that I paid attention to what I did with it, and had enough productivity uses, and toy uses that I always wanted it around.
So, it helps some people. If they really use it. If not, man kick it over here!
Hmm, first have a really good idea, well, moderately good idea, or even a well masked bad idea. Or alternately go to work for someone who had a good... etc, idea.
Slave away for the 'idea.' Believe that your giving up some semblance normal life for this great concept. Evangelize on how this idea is going to change the world. (or maybe just the valley)
Once you've got everyones attention, slap a large price tag on everything you've done so far and head for the auction block.
It's that last bit that I just can't get my head around. You create something, you believe in it's (and your) ability to change the world. Then when things get big, you sell it to someone who doesn't have any vision for where it's going, and watch them tear it apart.
Is it really worth it?
And should we be praising this system, and it's 'winners?'
I don't know. But from what I've seen, the people here in the valley are forgetting to live, forgetting why they got into this stuff in the first place. Or worse, the second wavers, the people who aren't in it for any ideas/ideals at all, their here to get rich.
Though it came with Metro-X it did have a step in the install explaining that this particular thing was licensed for one use. That you could continue to use your cd to install more copies of RHLinux as long as you did not install multiple copies of Metro-X.
High school was never for learning. It has always been, and always will be for forcing individuals into a mold. Go here, sit for 40 minutes, now go here, sit for 40 minutes.... do not think, do not act out, do not question authority.
I survived high school, but it's taken years to finally realize that the things I do, and the person I am, is good and okay.
Some of my friends were not so lucky. A couple commited suicide, some were arrested (some drug related, some violent), and some just gave up, and became the automatons that the system wanted.
When your different, every day of high school is torture. I'm not surprised by what happened, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
But no parent, or teacher, or administrator wants to admit what their system is doing to kids, or why. So it must be blamed somewhere, where better than the kids... the ones who don't fit the molds, now can be called dangerous, and punished for their thoughts.
Killing is wrong. But what is being done to the youth of America... is just as wrong.
I've only been running Linux for about a month now, and only tried RH 5.2.
Now, I'll openly admit, I know next to nothing about *nix (well, a bit of user end stuff, but that's rusty from disuse).
But so far I'm pretty happy with it, but, I find that the administration tools leave me wondering what's really going on underneath the gui.
So... though I'll keep that system running the way it is, i'm clunking together another machine of spare bits and pieces, and I'll be (gulp) trying out slackware. and then other distro, and then another, till I feel like I know what I'm doing, till I've answered the questions I've got, and generated another bunch of questions I don't even know how to ask yet.
I think RH is a good starting point for people who DON'T want to get deep into the OS, but that's from a very cursory exam. Otherwise, try everything you can get your hands on, learn as much as you can, and feel good because you did it. Not because a nice easy installer did it all for you. (now to live up to those words...)
...was never people who created technology. It was always for people who used technology, usually those interested most in looking good while using technology. Wired was a more corporate-friendly version of Mondo2000, which has become a fashion mag for people who want to look good while talking about new media and the current paradigm. As for geeks going to Burning Man, I went. But then, maybe I'm not geek enough....
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Actually Matt and Tre did a movie called "Canibal, the Musical" before both Orgasmo and Baseketball.
And it's hilarious. Many of the same actors as Orgasmo.
I think you can order it from www.crapcrapcrap.com
I'm terrible about taking notes on anything handy and then loosing them just as quickly.
The pilot gave me someplace to consistently put my notes, kept me on my schedules, and also gave me something to do while waiting in lines, on buses, etc.
My productivity went up immensely after I got a pilot, and dropped again when I had to give it back to the company when I left.
And yes, I suppose I could have used a paper and pencil dayrunner, but I loose those a few days after getting them. The palmIII was the right size to fit in a pocket, expensive enough that I paid attention to what I did with it, and had enough productivity uses, and toy uses that I always wanted it around.
So, it helps some people. If they really use it.
If not, man kick it over here!
Hmm, first have a really good idea, well, moderately good idea, or even a well masked bad idea. Or alternately go to work for someone who had a good... etc, idea.
Slave away for the 'idea.' Believe that your giving up some semblance normal life for this great concept. Evangelize on how this idea is going to change the world. (or maybe just the valley)
Once you've got everyones attention, slap a large price tag on everything you've done so far and head for the auction block.
It's that last bit that I just can't get my head around. You create something, you believe in it's (and your) ability to change the world. Then when things get big, you sell it to someone who doesn't have any vision for where it's going, and watch them tear it apart.
Is it really worth it?
And should we be praising this system, and it's 'winners?'
I don't know. But from what I've seen, the people here in the valley are forgetting to live, forgetting why they got into this stuff in the first place. Or worse, the second wavers, the people who aren't in it for any ideas/ideals at all, their here to get rich.
Though it came with Metro-X it did have a step in the install explaining that this particular thing was licensed for one use. That you could continue to use your cd to install more copies of RHLinux as long as you did not install multiple copies of Metro-X.
High school was never for learning. It has always been, and always will be for forcing individuals into a mold. Go here, sit for 40 minutes, now go here, sit for 40 minutes. ... do not think, do not act out, do not question authority.
I survived high school, but it's taken years to finally realize that the things I do, and the person I am, is good and okay.
Some of my friends were not so lucky. A couple commited suicide, some were arrested (some drug related, some violent), and some just gave up, and became the automatons that the system wanted.
When your different, every day of high school is torture. I'm not surprised by what happened, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
But no parent, or teacher, or administrator wants to admit what their system is doing to kids, or why. So it must be blamed somewhere, where better than the kids... the ones who don't fit the molds, now can be called dangerous, and punished for their thoughts.
Killing is wrong. But what is being done to the youth of America... is just as wrong.
I've only been running Linux for about a month now, and only tried RH 5.2.
Now, I'll openly admit, I know next to nothing about *nix (well, a bit of user end stuff, but that's rusty from disuse).
But so far I'm pretty happy with it, but, I find that the administration tools leave me wondering what's really going on underneath the gui.
So... though I'll keep that system running the way it is, i'm clunking together another machine of spare bits and pieces, and I'll be (gulp) trying out slackware. and then other distro, and then another, till I feel like I know what I'm doing, till I've answered the questions I've got, and generated another bunch of questions I don't even know how to ask yet.
I think RH is a good starting point for people who DON'T want to get deep into the OS, but that's from a very cursory exam. Otherwise, try everything you can get your hands on, learn as much as you can, and feel good because you did it.
Not because a nice easy installer did it all for you. (now to live up to those words...)
Mike
To my understanding, no one gets money from us hitting a link.
Rob does get some miniscule percentage if someone hits the link and BUYS something from Amazon.
That's my understanding of the Amazon.com affiliate system.
Whether that's immoral, unethical, or whatnot, is still up for opinion. I guess it comes down to, if you don't like it, don't click it....was never people who created technology. It was always for people who used technology, usually those interested most in looking good while using technology. Wired was a more corporate-friendly version of Mondo2000, which has become a fashion mag for people who want to look good while talking about new media and the current paradigm. As for geeks going to Burning Man, I went. But then, maybe I'm not geek enough....