Where from that quote did you get the idea that he is a creationist. Keep in mind belief in God != creationist. For example I believe in God but I am not by any means a creationist. A creationist thinks that the Earth is ~4000 years old was created at one time from nothing and has not changed and could not have changed since that time. Without going into alot of very long detail many people (like myself and I would suspect Francis although from the quote it is impossible to tell for sure)think that scripture tells us why we are here not how we got here. In their best forms both science and religion are searches for truth and are going to lead to the same place. It is true and sad that the best forms of religion in both theory and practice are very rare but they do exist. No irony here just a misunderstanding.
"Sometime early in the next century, the intelligence of machines will exceed that of humans. Within several decades, machines will exhibit the full range of human intellect, emotions
and skills, ranging from musical and other creative aptitudes to physical movement. They will claim to have feelings and, unlike today's virtual personalities, will be very convincing
when they tell us so. By 2019 a $1,000 computer will at least match the processing power of the human brain. By 2029 the software for intelligence will have been largely mastered,
and the average personal computer will be equivalent to 1,000 brains." I like the first line of this because as we all know the next century begins on Sunday night but there are no good parties this year and I had to work last.:(
the bit about the CS teacher thinking everything was DOS in the end. At my last job I tried to introduce Linux to some people and ran into the same response from a few paper MSCEs that they had running around there. It was really pretty funny that they just could not wrap their heads around the concept of something in computing *not* being m$ based. All in all a great article makes me hopefull for my son who will never remember a time when he did not have always on access to the net. The future seems bright right now. Of course I have to start work in 5 minutes and I'll be in full BOFH mode in about 10.
BeOS makes perfect sense as a gaming platform more stable than winders and much better multimedia support than either winders or Linux. If more game publishers did this I might have to consider spending some money with the good folks at Be. BTW and OT has anyone had any luck running Red Alert 2 under Wine?
Yup I first read Hammer's Slammers as a used paperback and since then Mr. Drake has gotten quite a bit of my money, this is very true. Of course I don't shop at Amazon but my local used book store has some very cool stuff that you just can't find anywhere else. I just hope they don't ever try to make this legal.
That is a kick ass idea. If you give a geek hardware they will do something with it tha is for sure. Lot's of people are saying hire them. Sure you might send them an offer but in this economy almost everybody with any talent is employed and making good money. I know I would really like the free hardware thing.
Bah that means that I have to install X:) Sounds better than RH. In any case I really agree with the above about user friendly not really being that important just figured out why I don't get it thanks all. I'm not pissed off anymore.
Yes I understand and it was not really about your original post but more a answer to the mandrake user. I guess I just don't get the focus on installation. Something you do once per box as opposed to maintaince something you do every day after the install. Yea installing Debian you have to think and pay attention. I don't know maybe some people spend hours and hours installing just does not make alot of sense to me.
No no it does not. It only supports the MPAA if the content was made by a MPAA member if you buy a VHS tape of something that was produced by a MPAA member you have given money to the MPAA if you buy a DVD of something that was not produced by a MPAA member you are not giving money to the MPAA it is about content *not* media.
Yes you install it and then you are done then you need to maintain it. Now lets see you get the all the new updates for Mandrake with two commands. Keep in mind you spend ~1 hour installing a system and after you have done it the first few times it gets really easy then you spend the lifetime of the hardware maintaining it and for that it does not get better the Debian.
This has been bugging me lately and you are near and the first one I saw this morning but Where does this idea that Debian is hard to install come from and really how long do you spend installing a system. Now granted before 2.2 maybe it was kind of hard because you had to go to dselect to do it. But the 2.2 install is cake. I will give a walkthrough. Boot, tell it what keyboard you want to use, partition, set up your swap partition, mount the rest of your partitions, install the kernel, choose modules (drivers) for your hardware, install the base system, set up networking and time, install lilo, reboot, give it a root password and make another user, choose simple and choose the tasks you want to install, pay a little attention to what packages are installed by default note any you would like to get rid of, let it install what it needs to, answer some basic config questions if not sure the defaults are really sensible, apt-get remove anything you don't want (I just hate XDM) apt-get install anything you want (Netscape and Mozilla are both good) Run xf86config (If this is hard for you maybe you really should be running RH)and you are done. Now really what was so hard about that? Could somebody please tell me just what is so hard about installing Debian?
This assumes that you can and do *read* the source. I know that for me to type./configure make make install does not give me any more understanding and control then does typing apt-get install foo. For many of us admin types who can code a little but at nowhere near the level we would have to in order to really use the code it is worthwhile to let the fine folks of the Debian project take care of the details. And BTW I have never ever seen stable randomly break things that did not end up being my fault in the end so if you are running unstable well you should know better.
You are right these are not going to go into production boxen on anything like the day they are shipped. In fact last I looked Intel was touting it as a development platform with the next chip in line being for production boxen. But *many* companies will be testing with these and as things stand now most of the early testing will be on one OS therefore when they do go into production Linux will be better tested and will have been being used for x months by those who are going to put it into production boxen. This is a good thing.
This of course all assumes that you have X 4.0.1 and don't mind the closed source drivers. Now if 3D performance needs to be *really* fast this may be true but if you want nice solid 2d performance and pretty good 3d Matrox has open drivers that work very well also if you don't need the 3D (the question was not about 3D after all) the Matrox cards cost less and are very well supported.
IMHO is that they went for raw speed over features. Sure it could push *many* polygons but really nice things like 32bit color got left behind. I think this was a big reason why Nvidia won.
This is basically what the 2.2 install for Debian does if you choose the simple option then it asks you to choose from ~20 tasks that are pretty well broken down by what you want to do with it very similar to what you propose. Also Debian makes it *very* easy to do a install with nothing but the base system, which is very small indeed and then allows you to add in stuff by hand with apt. This is pretty cool. For example say you want to run a Samba server. You can do a base install with nothing but what it takes to boot the system for the first time (I'm pretty sure vi is there too and of course you have apt) then apt-get Samba edit the config files and you have a server with nothing on it but Samba and the base system add anything else you think you need and you are off and running with almost the smallest possible install. Debian can be big or small it is your choice.
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On what do you base the statement that it is Napster's issue? I just don't get it.
You have hair that is 1-10 millimeters in size? Good god you should get a trailer and tour the south charging two bits for a "gander". Most of us are lucky to get to ~.05 millimeters although people with black hair tend to do a bit better.
I am deeply and really sorry (I voted for Harry Browne and whoever was running against Hatch) but I am still just really sorry. He is evil but then again so is everybody we send to Congress. Really I'm just sorry.
Yea like the time Springfield was going to get smashed by a comet but they put the pervert rider on the bill to save them and then..... Oh sorry I must keep in mind that The Simpsons are not real life and stuff.
I'm just plain confused if you had looked at the link it is about setting up a webcast for about 100 people (It could scale further than that but it would be hard to do based on the link that I gave) You are right this is not the perfect replacement but it could be the future of low power broadcasts if they continue to try to keep us down. I agree with you that the radio would be a better solution. I'm just pointing out something that might do part of the job or at least help.
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Where from that quote did you get the idea that he is a creationist. Keep in mind belief in God != creationist. For example I believe in God but I am not by any means a creationist. A creationist thinks that the Earth is ~4000 years old was created at one time from nothing and has not changed and could not have changed since that time. Without going into alot of very long detail many people (like myself and I would suspect Francis although from the quote it is impossible to tell for sure)think that scripture tells us why we are here not how we got here. In their best forms both science and religion are searches for truth and are going to lead to the same place. It is true and sad that the best forms of religion in both theory and practice are very rare but they do exist. No irony here just a misunderstanding.
"Sometime early in the next century, the intelligence of machines will exceed that of humans. Within several decades, machines will exhibit the full range of human intellect, emotions and skills, ranging from musical and other creative aptitudes to physical movement. They will claim to have feelings and, unlike today's virtual personalities, will be very convincing when they tell us so. By 2019 a $1,000 computer will at least match the processing power of the human brain. By 2029 the software for intelligence will have been largely mastered, and the average personal computer will be equivalent to 1,000 brains." I like the first line of this because as we all know the next century begins on Sunday night but there are no good parties this year and I had to work last. :(
the bit about the CS teacher thinking everything was DOS in the end. At my last job I tried to introduce Linux to some people and ran into the same response from a few paper MSCEs that they had running around there. It was really pretty funny that they just could not wrap their heads around the concept of something in computing *not* being m$ based. All in all a great article makes me hopefull for my son who will never remember a time when he did not have always on access to the net. The future seems bright right now. Of course I have to start work in 5 minutes and I'll be in full BOFH mode in about 10.
BeOS makes perfect sense as a gaming platform more stable than winders and much better multimedia support than either winders or Linux. If more game publishers did this I might have to consider spending some money with the good folks at Be. BTW and OT has anyone had any luck running Red Alert 2 under Wine?
Yup I first read Hammer's Slammers as a used paperback and since then Mr. Drake has gotten quite a bit of my money, this is very true. Of course I don't shop at Amazon but my local used book store has some very cool stuff that you just can't find anywhere else. I just hope they don't ever try to make this legal.
That is a kick ass idea. If you give a geek hardware they will do something with it tha is for sure. Lot's of people are saying hire them. Sure you might send them an offer but in this economy almost everybody with any talent is employed and making good money. I know I would really like the free hardware thing.
But in a related note do I now owe them $50 or is this ok. http://www.abqjournal.com/news/210972news12-28-00. htm
You now owe the albequerque journal $150.00 because you own the post not /.
That would rock
Bah that means that I have to install X :) Sounds better than RH. In any case I really agree with the above about user friendly not really being that important just figured out why I don't get it thanks all. I'm not pissed off anymore.
Yes I understand and it was not really about your original post but more a answer to the mandrake user. I guess I just don't get the focus on installation. Something you do once per box as opposed to maintaince something you do every day after the install. Yea installing Debian you have to think and pay attention. I don't know maybe some people spend hours and hours installing just does not make alot of sense to me.
No no it does not. It only supports the MPAA if the content was made by a MPAA member if you buy a VHS tape of something that was produced by a MPAA member you have given money to the MPAA if you buy a DVD of something that was not produced by a MPAA member you are not giving money to the MPAA it is about content *not* media.
Yes you install it and then you are done then you need to maintain it. Now lets see you get the all the new updates for Mandrake with two commands. Keep in mind you spend ~1 hour installing a system and after you have done it the first few times it gets really easy then you spend the lifetime of the hardware maintaining it and for that it does not get better the Debian.
This has been bugging me lately and you are near and the first one I saw this morning but Where does this idea that Debian is hard to install come from and really how long do you spend installing a system. Now granted before 2.2 maybe it was kind of hard because you had to go to dselect to do it. But the 2.2 install is cake. I will give a walkthrough. Boot, tell it what keyboard you want to use, partition, set up your swap partition, mount the rest of your partitions, install the kernel, choose modules (drivers) for your hardware, install the base system, set up networking and time, install lilo, reboot, give it a root password and make another user, choose simple and choose the tasks you want to install, pay a little attention to what packages are installed by default note any you would like to get rid of, let it install what it needs to, answer some basic config questions if not sure the defaults are really sensible, apt-get remove anything you don't want (I just hate XDM) apt-get install anything you want (Netscape and Mozilla are both good) Run xf86config (If this is hard for you maybe you really should be running RH)and you are done. Now really what was so hard about that? Could somebody please tell me just what is so hard about installing Debian?
This assumes that you can and do *read* the source. I know that for me to type ./configure make make install does not give me any more understanding and control then does typing apt-get install foo. For many of us admin types who can code a little but at nowhere near the level we would have to in order to really use the code it is worthwhile to let the fine folks of the Debian project take care of the details. And BTW I have never ever seen stable randomly break things that did not end up being my fault in the end so if you are running unstable well you should know better.
You are right these are not going to go into production boxen on anything like the day they are shipped. In fact last I looked Intel was touting it as a development platform with the next chip in line being for production boxen. But *many* companies will be testing with these and as things stand now most of the early testing will be on one OS therefore when they do go into production Linux will be better tested and will have been being used for x months by those who are going to put it into production boxen. This is a good thing.
This of course all assumes that you have X 4.0.1 and don't mind the closed source drivers. Now if 3D performance needs to be *really* fast this may be true but if you want nice solid 2d performance and pretty good 3d Matrox has open drivers that work very well also if you don't need the 3D (the question was not about 3D after all) the Matrox cards cost less and are very well supported.
IMHO is that they went for raw speed over features. Sure it could push *many* polygons but really nice things like 32bit color got left behind. I think this was a big reason why Nvidia won.
This is basically what the 2.2 install for Debian does if you choose the simple option then it asks you to choose from ~20 tasks that are pretty well broken down by what you want to do with it very similar to what you propose. Also Debian makes it *very* easy to do a install with nothing but the base system, which is very small indeed and then allows you to add in stuff by hand with apt. This is pretty cool. For example say you want to run a Samba server. You can do a base install with nothing but what it takes to boot the system for the first time (I'm pretty sure vi is there too and of course you have apt) then apt-get Samba edit the config files and you have a server with nothing on it but Samba and the base system add anything else you think you need and you are off and running with almost the smallest possible install. Debian can be big or small it is your choice.
On what do you base the statement that it is Napster's issue? I just don't get it.
You have hair that is 1-10 millimeters in size? Good god you should get a trailer and tour the south charging two bits for a "gander". Most of us are lucky to get to ~.05 millimeters although people with black hair tend to do a bit better.
As usual RAH has all the best ideas.
I am deeply and really sorry (I voted for Harry Browne and whoever was running against Hatch) but I am still just really sorry. He is evil but then again so is everybody we send to Congress. Really I'm just sorry.
Yea like the time Springfield was going to get smashed by a comet but they put the pervert rider on the bill to save them and then..... Oh sorry I must keep in mind that The Simpsons are not real life and stuff.
I'm just plain confused if you had looked at the link it is about setting up a webcast for about 100 people (It could scale further than that but it would be hard to do based on the link that I gave) You are right this is not the perfect replacement but it could be the future of low power broadcasts if they continue to try to keep us down. I agree with you that the radio would be a better solution. I'm just pointing out something that might do part of the job or at least help.