I've heard this type of approach also advocated in the situation of drugs - legalise everything in state owned pharmacies, the drug barons lose out, the proper information is then available, and the organized crime behind it all collapses.
In the case of opening all systems though, it's a nice pipedream, nothing else. The fact of the matter is that it would not work (the emptying bank account example is enough to show that). I don't see any real conclusion to the current scenario of skR1pt k1dd1e monkeys firing their catapaults... There is no coherent "community", there's always going to be someone releasing the exploits in Point'n'Click form, so there's always going to be the kiddies. Dead end. Please check and try again.
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Are those issues that we need to know about? Hmm:-) Like the article anyway.
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Although it's a very valid point that fragmentation is often not beneficial, it's also worth noting that this sort of activity indicates a continuing vitality within the whole "scene". So, why not give it a go?
"Its crossed the line into amusing now for me anyway"....and as such, does it merit a slashdot posting? I think probably not, but feel free people, thrash out the same old material - just for the heck of it.
Hmm... Look's like my company firewall won't let me into censorware! The proxy just says "incompatible with business use". Slashdot is, but censorware isn't? Little bit recursive, I feel:-)
Well, considering it doesn't work on DOS/9x for me, will it now work on Linux. There are so many cards out there today, I kinda feel that Scitech are fighting a losing battle. I have a chipset that is allegedly supported, but it isn't. Hmm, we'll see;-)
Word has the "fast save" function, and what this essentially does is append a "diff" style thingy to the main document. (wow, I'm verbose today I don't think!). Anyway, the fast save function is buggy, so it picks up some memory and dumps it in as well. If you disable the fast save function, this problem will go away (at least, it has for me).
I really hope this is a joke. Why do we need satellites? Why do *you* need satellites? Why does anyone need em. And anyway, you yanks have to rent space in the Russian Mir.
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Well, performance is a more murky area (try the recent Tom's Hardware reviews of the PIII versus AMD. As for price: Intel PIII 450mhz is about 430 UK Pounds, and and AMD K6-2 3D-Now! 400mhz is about 120 UK pounds. I'm sure these prices equate roughly to the US ones - the major point is that AMD are much much cheaper. --Remove SPAM from my address to mail me
Something not many people know. In the UK, there are no such things as free local calls. Our main telco, BT, charges approx 4 pence per minute weekdays, 1.5 pence at night, and 1 pence per minute. But on the plus side, the UK has, say, 20 free ISPs (free as in FREE, all you pay is the local calls). There is some benfit in this for the low internet user, but you guys should stop complaining like it is your right. The charges should reflect network usage.
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...is this what Slashdot is all about? "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters" is, I admit, fairly all-encompassing, but c'mon, we can't be all the newsgroups in one.
France's National Front, a right-wing neo-fascist (don't sue me)racist party gained considerable success in the last elections. Germany, socialist? Never. Britain? Tories voted Labour because Tony Blair stole Mrs Thatcher's policies wholesale. Spain? Governed by Franco, fascist dictator for 30 odd years. Italy? Corrupt right-wing governments colluding with the mafia for most of this half-century. Ok, it wasn't meant to be flame bait, and I'm replying with that in mind, but it does seem like you American's have only a scant idea of what goes on "over there". Oh yeah, this is a debate about open source isn't it;-)/OFFTOPIC
I hate to make one of the first postings a bit off topic, but I resent somebody calling Europe "socialist" in its leanings. I mean, that has no reflection in reality, pal.
As for the open-source argument, Europe does have the edge. US companies are too steeped in the ethic that you get what you pay for.
It is just like talk shows - you don't have to watch them. You don't have to buy an Intel P3. Is anybody making you? Is anybody rewriting old software so that the new version is locking out non-P3 owners? No, no. Does anybody care? No. Intel can do what they like, and I couldn't care less, but at the end of the day if your so-called "stupid public" want to buy them they will. No probs here, I know what is good for me, and what works for me. Stop complaining, it isn't a compulsory purchase (unlike windoze....).
The whole issue here, I think, is an underlying bitterness that Intel, the proven market leader, is not supplying the minority demands - that is, it isn't catering specifically to the more informed section of computer users. It knows where its income is coming from, and it isn't going to do a U-turn purely because a few people don't like the way it is going.
Can't say that the whole thing really matters. Microsoft has a track history of launching "x", where x is anything marketed as "New and Innovative". All I can say is booooring.
this is all assuming that you *like* the idea of game --> movie conversions. like mortal kombat. eugh... I for one will give that a miss... Interactivity every time thank you.
Go for it - there will doubtless be some ups and plenty of downs, but I feel that the opensource ideal would benefit in the long run...so yes, count me in.
Top marks to this guy! I mean, you can be as snobby as you want about newbies stumbling into Linux, but at the end of the day if it is going to be a success, it needs people, real people, to participate. Stop your whinging - it was just like this in the early 90s (oops, y2k awareness mode ON: early 1990s) when everyone was complaining about the AOL hordes joining the net. Ok, a pain at first, but if it wasn't for them the net wouldn't have expanded as widely and as fast as it has. So all aboard the Linux train - it may not achieve world dominance, but for flip's sake don't discourage potential passengers.
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I've heard this type of approach also advocated in the situation of drugs - legalise everything in state owned pharmacies, the drug barons lose out, the proper information is then available, and the organized crime behind it all collapses.
In the case of opening all systems though, it's a nice pipedream, nothing else. The fact of the matter is that it would not work (the emptying bank account example is enough to show that). I don't see any real conclusion to the current scenario of skR1pt k1dd1e monkeys firing their catapaults... There is no coherent "community", there's always going to be someone releasing the exploits in Point'n'Click form, so there's always going to be the kiddies. Dead end. Please check and try again.
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Insert generic and oh-so-funny comments about how k00l it would be to have enough storage space for my warez, mp3z, and pr0n...HERE.
:-) Like the article anyway.
Are those issues that we need to know about? Hmm
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Although it's a very valid point that fragmentation is often not beneficial, it's also worth noting that this sort of activity indicates a continuing vitality within the whole "scene". So, why not give it a go?
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"Its crossed the line into amusing now for me anyway"....and as such, does it merit a slashdot posting? I think probably not, but feel free people, thrash out the same old material - just for the heck of it.
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Hmm... Look's like my company firewall won't let me into censorware! The proxy just says "incompatible with business use". Slashdot is, but censorware isn't? Little bit recursive, I feel :-)
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Well, considering it doesn't work on DOS/9x for me, will it now work on Linux. There are so many cards out there today, I kinda feel that Scitech are fighting a losing battle. I have a chipset that is allegedly supported, but it isn't. Hmm, we'll see ;-)
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I think :-)
Word has the "fast save" function, and what this essentially does is append a "diff" style thingy to the main document. (wow, I'm verbose today I don't think!). Anyway, the fast save function is buggy, so it picks up some memory and dumps it in as well. If you disable the fast save function, this problem will go away (at least, it has for me).
cheers!
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I really hope this is a joke. Why do we need satellites? Why do *you* need satellites? Why does anyone need em. And anyway, you yanks have to rent space in the Russian Mir.
Avoiding a flame sesh, every country when given the option whether to have a satellite or not is going to choose to have it, plus, the takeover isn't exactly headlining around the world, leading to the thought that perhaps this story is a little exaggerated.
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Well, performance is a more murky area (try the recent Tom's Hardware reviews of the PIII versus AMD. As for price: Intel PIII 450mhz is about 430 UK Pounds, and and AMD K6-2 3D-Now! 400mhz is about 120 UK pounds. I'm sure these prices equate roughly to the US ones - the major point is that AMD are much much cheaper.
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Something not many people know. In the UK, there are no such things as free local calls. Our main telco, BT, charges approx 4 pence per minute weekdays, 1.5 pence at night, and 1 pence per minute. But on the plus side, the UK has, say, 20 free ISPs (free as in FREE, all you pay is the local calls). There is some benfit in this for the low internet user, but you guys should stop complaining like it is your right. The charges should reflect network usage.
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Oh yeah, sorry if this has all been said before, I don't have time to read 100+ comments - I'm paying for it all
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...is this what Slashdot is all about? "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters" is, I admit, fairly all-encompassing, but c'mon, we can't be all the newsgroups in one.
I mean, random or what?
France's National Front, a right-wing neo-fascist (don't sue me)racist party gained considerable success in the last elections. Germany, socialist? Never. Britain? Tories voted Labour because Tony Blair stole Mrs Thatcher's policies wholesale. Spain? Governed by Franco, fascist dictator for 30 odd years. Italy? Corrupt right-wing governments colluding with the mafia for most of this half-century. Ok, it wasn't meant to be flame bait, and I'm replying with that in mind, but it does seem like you American's have only a scant idea of what goes on "over there". Oh yeah, this is a debate about open source isn't it ;-) /OFFTOPIC
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I hate to make one of the first postings a bit off topic, but I resent somebody calling Europe "socialist" in its leanings. I mean, that has no reflection in reality, pal.
As for the open-source argument, Europe does have the edge. US companies are too steeped in the ethic that you get what you pay for.
It is just like talk shows - you don't have to watch them. You don't have to buy an Intel P3. Is anybody making you? Is anybody rewriting old software so that the new version is locking out non-P3 owners? No, no. Does anybody care? No. Intel can do what they like, and I couldn't care less, but at the end of the day if your so-called "stupid public" want to buy them they will. No probs here, I know what is good for me, and what works for me. Stop complaining, it isn't a compulsory purchase (unlike windoze....).
The whole issue here, I think, is an underlying bitterness that Intel, the proven market leader, is not supplying the minority demands - that is, it isn't catering specifically to the more informed section of computer users. It knows where its income is coming from, and it isn't going to do a U-turn purely because a few people don't like the way it is going.
Ya got options, bub.
-seizer, of the AMD.
Can't say that the whole thing really matters. Microsoft has a track history of launching "x", where x is anything marketed as "New and Innovative". All I can say is booooring.
Very well written, and serves the eternal function of attracting Doze users over.
>The notion of a small band of unpaid part-timers >challenging one of the world's most
>dominant corporations may seem absurd...
"That's the way UH HUH UH HUH I like it UH HUH UH HUH!"
Just saw your comment - HUZZAH! Good rational thinking in an age of newbiephobia.
this is all assuming that you *like* the idea of game --> movie conversions. like mortal kombat. eugh... I for one will give that a miss... Interactivity every time thank you.
this is all assuming that you *like* the idea of game --> movie conversions. like mortal kombat. eugh...
Go for it - there will doubtless be some ups and plenty of downs, but I feel that the opensource ideal would benefit in the long run...so yes, count me in.
Top marks to this guy! I mean, you can be as snobby as you want about newbies stumbling into Linux, but at the end of the day if it is going to be a success, it needs people, real people, to participate. Stop your whinging - it was just like this in the early 90s (oops, y2k awareness mode ON: early 1990s) when everyone was complaining about the AOL hordes joining the net. Ok, a pain at first, but if it wasn't for them the net wouldn't have expanded as widely and as fast as it has. So all aboard the Linux train - it may not achieve world dominance, but for flip's sake don't discourage potential passengers.