"IMO Transmeta had it right: very long instruction words (which ultimately do 'everything'). Unfortunately it came 10 years too soon and no-one was ready because we didn't know "what" we wanted from a clock (or half clock etc if you're talking ARM...)."
Unfortunately Transmeta didn't release any (consumer) DESKTOP MOTHERBOARDS with processors so enthusiasts could try them out by building systems around them and their product could get market traction.
Do you have a recommendation for an ARM CPU/mobo combo?
"People need to quit saying they want a "realistic" game, but just remove all the real stuff that we don't exactly like. No, you want realism, here it is. deal with it."
One man's "terrorist" is literally another man's freedom fighter. Fighting is fighting, and while it is useful propaganda to distinguish between supposedly sportsmanlike fighting and the other sort, it is intellectually silly to do so.
Winning is all that matters, and those who think otherwise will get their feelings hurt by some of the resulting outcomes.:)
[quote] The problem is, newspapers isn't being replaced by anything superior. I really don't see blogs and sites like digg and slashdot taking over journalism. They are great for commentary but don't produce original news, unless if there is an agenda. [/quote]
I for one miss the dispassionate professionalism of our print media overlords, and am nostalgic for the Good Old Days:
"I don't know, the DEA ranks up there. Lets work on getting that abomination gone, as well as the stupid laws that justify its existance."
Those laws aren't going to change much until we have a generational die-off and enough folks embrace personal freedom instead of slavery to religion. Pleasure not got from groveling before imaginary celestial friends is an affront to the religious.
That's why the US has a Second Amendment, and why embedding the capability for armed violence has been well worth the cost. There can be no real personal security without the autonomous power to kill an attacker (even in Iraq, the Coalition allow one Kalashnikov per householder), and dispersion of weapons means that the people can always post a threat to government if they are willing to sacrifice.
Sure, going heads up against an army is difficult, but the Viet Cong and Taliban prove that if you have the balls for it and are willing to die that can take you a long way (and co-opt a good bit of the opposing armed force while you are at it).
While I downloaded many.isos back in 1999 using download managers (there was no broadband in the dorms at Kunsan AB) I also tried plenty of distros via Cheapbytes, who are still around:
Don't forget going to passive heatsinks (I just glue them on with a fat bead of epoxy around a dot of thermal paste, chisel off with a screwdriver if you want them back when disposing of the old system) and reducing the fan speed on the power supply.
"You'll spend $12 to go see a movie in a sticky theater and obnoxious people. "
I don't. I haven't been to a movie in a theater since the 1980s and don't miss sharing space with a waterfall of loud, annoying retards. That shit is why home entertainment systems were invented.
When access is very limited, the best get in. Let's not consider those representative of the rest who maintain their hellholes of origin as perpetual disasters which are the reason the gifted who can afford it run for the West in the first place!
Once the floodgates open, we get a broader spectrum of immigrants including the very backward.
"...a Windows PC company tarnishes Linux reputation by pre-installing something that is not Ubuntu on a consumer device."
That's why we should discourage bundled Linux installs. No one gets it right, Linux users already know what they want, and most Linux installs are easier than installing Windows if the hardware is supported.
What would be useful is to be able to conveniently buy prebuilt computers with no OS installed.
It is the duty of every government to spy on the competition for both military and economic information. The Chinese, US, and any other government would be negligent if they didn't look for every advantage.
"Install your own patch right now by cancelling your Time Warner contract, throwing the router in the trash, and getting a new ISP with better hardware."
The only alternative where I live is dialup, and AOL is still the fastest dialup in the area.
I rather like the idea of corporate representatives punishing people for spouting corporate content, which is what popular shit culture really is nowadays.
Things will have to get much worse before they provoke a backlash against corporate media, so I want that to happen. The people shouldn't want the garbage that has displaced creativity, and suing them for singing it amuses me greatly. (Cue the famous Bill Hicks line about "suckers of Satan's cock" in the entertainment industry!)
"No. It should be up to the customer. The alternative breeds what we call a "Nanny State." That's a Bad Thing."
It CAN'T be a bad thing! It's WELL-INTENTIONED, and would never be subject to corporate manipulation or administered by scientifically or technically ignorant officials.
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"I had hoped that the best scientist and engineers would be motivated by something more than just money."
Idealism is an adorable quality in other people, but many of those will eschew martyrdom for food clothing, and shelter.
"IMO Transmeta had it right: very long instruction words (which ultimately do 'everything'). Unfortunately it came 10 years too soon and no-one was ready because we didn't know "what" we wanted from a clock (or half clock etc if you're talking ARM...)."
Unfortunately Transmeta didn't release any (consumer) DESKTOP MOTHERBOARDS with processors so enthusiasts could try them out by building systems around them and their product could get market traction.
Do you have a recommendation for an ARM CPU/mobo combo?
"People need to quit saying they want a "realistic" game, but just remove all the real stuff that we don't exactly like. No, you want realism, here it is. deal with it."
One man's "terrorist" is literally another man's freedom fighter. Fighting is fighting, and while it is useful propaganda to distinguish between supposedly sportsmanlike fighting and the other sort, it is intellectually silly to do so.
Winning is all that matters, and those who think otherwise will get their feelings hurt by some of the resulting outcomes. :)
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The problem is, newspapers isn't being replaced by anything superior. I really don't see blogs and sites like digg and slashdot taking over journalism. They are great for commentary but don't produce original news, unless if there is an agenda.
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I for one miss the dispassionate professionalism of our print media overlords, and am nostalgic for the Good Old Days:
http://www.humboldt.edu/~jcb10/spanwar.shtml
The airline aircraft don't belong to the public, they belong to private carriers.
You have no "right" to use them, you buy passage under certain conditions. If you can afford to make other arrangements, make them.
"I don't know, the DEA ranks up there. Lets work on getting that abomination gone, as well as the stupid laws that justify its existance."
Those laws aren't going to change much until we have a generational die-off and enough folks embrace personal freedom instead of slavery to religion. Pleasure not got from groveling before imaginary celestial friends is an affront to the religious.
"I give it......Thursday (tops) before someone is memorialized as a prank."
I give it not much longer before the first "an hero" who suicides in order to be memorialized.
That's why the US has a Second Amendment, and why embedding the capability for armed violence has been well worth the cost. There can be no real personal security without the autonomous power to kill an attacker (even in Iraq, the Coalition allow one Kalashnikov per householder), and dispersion of weapons means that the people can always post a threat to government if they are willing to sacrifice.
Sure, going heads up against an army is difficult, but the Viet Cong and Taliban prove that if you have the balls for it and are willing to die that can take you a long way (and co-opt a good bit of the opposing armed force while you are at it).
OT:
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." -- Albert Einstein
Switzerland disproves that nicely.
While I downloaded many .isos back in 1999 using download managers (there was no broadband in the dorms at Kunsan AB) I also tried plenty of distros via Cheapbytes, who are still around:
http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart
Don't forget going to passive heatsinks (I just glue them on with a fat bead of epoxy around a dot of thermal paste, chisel off with a screwdriver if you want them back when disposing of the old system) and reducing the fan speed on the power supply.
"You'll spend $12 to go see a movie in a sticky theater and obnoxious people. "
I don't.
I haven't been to a movie in a theater since the 1980s and don't miss sharing space with a waterfall of loud, annoying retards. That shit is why home entertainment systems were invented.
"Making old people weak is nature's way of protecting the young."
That and death, which assures species survival by removing useless members while rerolling the genetic dice.
The cost of software freedom is that other people have it too.
If this bothers you, you are free to write apps to help the side you prefer kill the side you dislike.
When access is very limited, the best get in. Let's not consider those representative of the rest who maintain their hellholes of origin as perpetual disasters which are the reason the gifted who can afford it run for the West in the first place!
Once the floodgates open, we get a broader spectrum of immigrants including the very backward.
"Have you posted this over at mozilla.com?"
The near certainty that a geek will kill time at work browsing /. probably makes posting here a better choice.
"...a Windows PC company tarnishes Linux reputation by pre-installing something that is not Ubuntu on a consumer device."
That's why we should discourage bundled Linux installs. No one gets it right, Linux users already know what they want, and most Linux installs are easier than installing Windows if the hardware is supported.
What would be useful is to be able to conveniently buy prebuilt computers with no OS installed.
"When I was in the USAF they called the electricians "spark chasers"."
They still do, but Sun isn't likely to sue an outfit with Predator UAVs... :)
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It is the duty of every government to spy on the competition for both military and economic information. The Chinese, US, and any other government would be negligent if they didn't look for every advantage.
"Install your own patch right now by cancelling your Time Warner contract, throwing the router in the trash, and getting a new ISP with better hardware."
The only alternative where I live is dialup, and AOL is still the fastest dialup in the area.
I rather like the idea of corporate representatives punishing people for spouting corporate content, which is what popular shit culture really is nowadays.
Things will have to get much worse before they provoke a backlash against corporate media, so I want that to happen. The people shouldn't want the garbage that has displaced creativity, and suing them for singing it amuses me greatly. (Cue the famous Bill Hicks line about "suckers of Satan's cock" in the entertainment industry!)
Was the CD burned at slowest speed setting, using media that works with other live CD .isos?
"A yoke is just plain more stable than a stick. "
Which is why yokes are used for armored fighting vehicles instead of joysticks. :)
"Nothing is 100% safe."
Including hospitals...
Note the many thousands of hospital-borne MRSA infections, along with a much higher death count than "agribusiness flu".
"No. It should be up to the customer. The alternative breeds what we call a "Nanny State." That's a Bad Thing."
It CAN'T be a bad thing! It's WELL-INTENTIONED, and would never be subject to corporate manipulation or administered by scientifically or technically ignorant officials.