Thanks dude, you just gave me a line to use the next time anyone at work (or in the family =P) gives me crap about my long hair. (not quite where you've got it, but it'll be there in a couple months)
I've never submitted a kernel patch or wrote *anything* that made it to metalab, so don't feel so bad..I would probably fit into your second and third categories; I pushed for and got the chance to implement Linux at work and I advocate it wherever I can, but I try not to be pushy, arrogant, or rude.
I do agree with the importance of working together on Linux instead of taking the `ivory tower' approach or becoming the proverbial Catherdal.
I know "Animal Farm" analogies have been flying left and right lately, and I don't agree with them at the present moment..I hope I can say the same in a year.
I totally agree; and as computers tend to become more like `closed box', limited capability appliances, not only is the urge to experiment and tinker taken away, but so is the means; at least with most vehicles, one can get a manual, pop the hood, and see what does what and how. (iirc, though, even cars are tending to become a lot less easy to tinker around with..)
I'd like to hope the geeks of tomorrow are intrigued and curious by our present-day non-appliance computers, intrigued and curious enough to find out what they can do with them today, and dream of what they can do in the future..I also hope that dream isn't just a more powerful toaster.
I wonder what inspired Mr. Kurtz to write this particular rant, especially considering Mr. Pease gave one of his Smart Moves Awards to PvP last October..(how nice to turn around three months later and criticize Absurd Notions, eh?) Also, as an Absurd Notions fan, I know that tech support jokes are just one part of the strip, there's also the dramatized role-playing sessions in which the cast tests out various role-playing games (some of which are real stinkburgers, could that be construed as "offensive" as well?) and strips that focus on either one, a few, or all of the cast's neurosises and personalities.
Either Mr. Kurtz chose to ignore these aspects or he's never really read the strip, just focusing on one particular panel (I wonder if he got permission from Illiad and Mr. Pease to use those panels..) to try to make his `point'. Next thing you know, he'll be attacking Ozy and Millie for `offending' trendy people, jocks, bullies and various political figures. Kurtz, if you want to constantly badger people like this, become a political cartoonist or get off your high horse and make a good comic strip.
Finally, I'd like to say I'm very glad with the open minds shown by most of the posters on this thread, it's good to see that we're respecting each other's opinions and not criticizing someone just for liking or disliking a particular strip or strips; it makes for much more interesting conversation.
PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) is the name you're looking for..Tipper Gore was the first leader of this group that sought to monitor "offensive music", holding Congressional hearings and whatnot (Frank Zappa had some famous quotes at those hearings) Eventually, the music industry caved into their demands and started putting the "Parental Advisory Tipper Stickers" on albums deemed "obscene". Tipper dropped out of the scene at this point, around the 1992 elections. (Current PMRC members view this as a defection in order to get votes/money from the music industry.)
The PMRC is still around and headed by "causemonger" Barbara Wyatt, who has a definite pro-censorship/regulation agenda towards the current crop of "obscene" music..to her, labelling is not enough. Although I didn't hear any PMRC clamouring for a banning of KMFDM/Rammstein type music after Columbine, I wouldn't be surprised if those two groups and other "nazi/nihilistic" industrial acts were on the PMRC "hit list"
What I meant by "the soul lives on" is that I believe the soul moves on to another life, a new life that's based on what they've done in their previous life (karma, yes)..not an eternal life.
I do see your point about "Why live life to the fullest,", that's one of my arguments against "cheap" immortality.
Concerning how long you want to live, go ahead and live 500, 1,000, 5,000 years..you'll literally have to live with it..I just know I won't and don't want to be around to see it. And as for unpleasant memories of the kinds you describe, they are horrible, yes, but I don't think just snuffing that memory is going to do good in the long run. Just ponder the implications of being able to directly modify/"implant" memories..it's bad enough when propoganda and rewriting history causes events to be "forgotten", imagine actually forgetting the event, did it even happen, then?
And as for death..I don't see a natural death as horrible (of course, what constitutes a "natural" death is a debate considerably out of the scope of this thread)..I think it'd be more horrible to watch your friends and lovers age and die while you stay perfectly healthy..and how long could a body last until it became totally dependent on nanotech for survival, to the point where death would be instant should the nanobots be partially or totally removed?
If all unpleasant memories are removed from my mind, I will keep making the mistakes that led to those unpleasant memories over and over. If I live forever, my life will become meaningless..how can one appreciate the wonders and miracles of life if they're all handed out on a silver platter..without having to work for them.
Sure, one could say, I've earned the money to have nanobots put into my body, and it's my right to do so. I'm not going to argue that. But I don't think immortality should be for sale at any cost..I believe it upsets the balance of life and death, of renewal and decay..I don't want to live forever, anyway.."Death is not an end, but only a transition.." The body sleeps, the soul lives on.
I'm not sure about some other folks here, but I see "world's greatest OS" as just that, reliable, secure, powerful, able to be tweaked to one's heart's content, and so on..I don't care how many other people are using it just so long as I and everyone else who wants to can use it..if someone really wants to use Windows, hey, sure, go ahead, you're the one who has to live with it. I really don't have a problem with it, I'll just be the one sitting here using Linux/open source BSDs and I'll have to live with it.
As for the "elite" angle..I know I'm not superior or inferior to anyone just because of the skills/knowledge I have, it's how I get by in the "real world", although my coworkers may at times seem totally clueless, they've got their speciality, they've got their way of getting by in the world and if Windows does the job for them at work and at home, so be it..it works for them and Linux/*nix works for me.
I'm just glad to have the chance to use a *nix-like OS at home, it's probably enhanced my skills and knowledge more than just sticking to DOS/Win ever would have, and indeed, without GNU/Linux/the BSD's and the Free Software paradigm as a whole, where would we, the geeks, the nerds, the code jockeys be..
My point? ("Um, I don't have one.." j/k) Don't worry about OS wars, who's "on top" according to sales, that's never meant anything (at least not to me)..instead, find and go with what you like, laugh off your inevitable mistakes but be sure to learn from them, too..there's almost always something new to be discovered from a *nix and sometimes even Windows..I think it's in the doing, not the arguing.
Hrm..that sounds rather old school, but I like it on first glance..*grin* That's a good comment about designing everything around the user, instead of the computer, we all know humans are illogical beasts, thus programs designed for human use tend to be..you guessed it. (I think there is a difference between "initutive" and "user-designed-for" programs, though..initutive programs walk the balance between being logical enough for the computer to run it well and illogical enough for a human to understand and easily work with it..)
>Is that a bit of a Frankenstein Complex I hear? Are you afraid of > intelligence just because it's not human? Why is this a bad thing? You make an excellent point..perhaps I do have a "Frankenstin Complex" of sorts, too many sci fi books, novels, more than likely *grin*
Perhaps it's as you say, it's something `new', so it's feared..automobiles were probably very much feared in their time, and not just by farriers and carriage makers..
Myself, I'm not in danger of being driven out of work by nanotechnology or artificial intelligences..hopefully not driven out of life.
The way I see it, it's just one Hemos reporting a story on nanotechnology because he's utterly fascinated with it, he helps run the site, he has posting privileges, ergo, if he hears something new about nanotechnology, he's going to post it. *shrug* Personally, I have reservations about nanotechnology, I don't think it's `wrong' or `bad' or `evil' or any of that, just that it might be another case of "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should." Every new technology has benefits and drawbacks, and I'm sure nanotechnology is no different.
If I weren't at work right now, I'd write a long, rambling essay about my concerns with nanotechnology, but to briefly summarize, I'm not sure if I like the idea of incredibly tiny machines self-replicating..by themselves they probably don't have much individual intelligence, but as a collective..(or is this one of the aims of nanotechnology, to build `hive' computer minds?)
Second, I really just don't like the idea of tiny machines within my body, it's just a personal hangup, though, nothing more, I know a lot of you other geeks would have no problem jacking the internet or a computer into your skull, or having infrared version or `nanites' in your circulatory system that destroy excessive clogging of your arteries, etc. Even though, yes, one could extend one's lifespan/live more comfortably with all of these "enhancements", they too would have drawbacks and as I'm mostly happy with who and what I am in this lifetime, I don't see much reason for me ever getting an `upgrade' (urf! This *did* turn into a rambling essay!) Er, crap, my boss just walked in anyway, gotta run;) )
Yeah, he's still around and living in Sri Lanka..throw his name into Google and poke around, not all of the sites listed are contemporary, true, but there're no announcements of his death and some material dating to early in this year.
According to lynx, they're running Apache 1.36 under Red Hat..(surprise, surprise) I'm not sure if I should have looked at the comments here before reading the site, but I agree with most folks on this topic; these guys aren't up to any good..I'm not sure if I saw any mention of the GPL there whatsoever and all this talk about "carefully selected software modules" and "Sophisticated *proprietary* device drivers" sends off alarm bells in my head..as does the information gathering they're doing just for a "beta test"..does anyone who's gotten that know if there's any restrictions on the source, btw? Is it all GPL'ed or are they pulling a Corel?
Somehow though, I doubt these fellows are interested in giving anything back to the Linux community..but if that's the case, they'll soon see it's a two-way street when,on a matter of principle, if needed, most of the Linux community refuses to support or even acknowledge the existence of "LinuxOpen"..guess there had to be a "rogue" bandwagon hopping company sooner or later as the money involved in Linux started getting bigger and bigger..
Peace,
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Oh, I've been known to be lazy at times, who hasn't been? But, I feel that if you don't have to think about the `mundane tasks', eventually, how will you know they're even being done? You'll just think it's natural to wake up and have a fresh piece of toast at your bedside, for instance, day in and day out..what're you going to do if one day that piece of toast isn't there, and since you have no idea where it came from or how it got there, you either get very upset or call `toast tech support' and hope they're there.."Out of mind, out of sight.."
I don't know about anyone else, but I just don't want to live that way.
Peace,
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Ostensibly..hrm. In my opinion, just because you can do something like this doesn't mean you should. I'm sure it'd be nice and all to have a cron job set up in your wristwatch to connect to a time server so you never have to set it or a cron in your thermostat that would connect to a weather service, obtain information about the day's weather, and adjust temperature accordingly.
I don't think I'll ever be a fan of that sort of thing, though..maybe I'm just really goofy, but I don't mind not having a fully automatic lifestyle..I'm just not comfortable with having my life controlled to that extent by appliances, I don't mind adjusting the thermostat or manually timing my watch or things of that sort..if everything around me or physically on me is just a node in a vast mechanical network, what does that make me?
Eventually, just a node in a vast mechanical network.
Oh, I hope this doesn't eventually make Google look like every other search engine..I stopped using hotbot a long while ago when there were so many bloody ads/text boxes (uhuh, sure there's going to be books on whatever string I'm searching for at Barnes & Noble..) that on either lynx or a graphical browser, it's just bloody ugly. Google, for now, is a no bullshit straightforward search engine that gets the job done. And that's all I want out of it..*sigh* ads are inevitable though, I suppose..as long as they're non-intrusive (sort of like freshmeat.net's ads, they're there but everything else still looks the same) I could live with it..
Aye..it seems Harry's spirit has already moved on, judging by how hapless the 99 Cubs are..oh wait, we're talking about Emachines..right. Well, I've never seen one of the buggers up close and personal, but I wager that it'd be a hell of a time trying to fix one with standard parts, especially the "e-one"; as to whether it's an iMac clone, I'll leave that for the courts to decide..
If folks want to buy supercheap machines and have themselves get sucked into long-term internet service agreements (when, for all they know, cable modem/DSL/etc. are just around the bend where they live..I'd hate to have to pay two internet bills and only use one extensively) then they're welcome to it. Whether or not emachines profits from this or goes out of business actually may not matter that much, as the larger companies alluded to in the article seem to be adapting this `business model' for their own use..and guess who's got more resources..
And as a last thought, I'm not sure what to think about the prospect of MS offering free internet access..that magic word "free" would probably attract a number of customers right off that bat, but is MS going to take an intentional loss on this or attempt to regain some of that revenue by subjecting the `free' users to mandatory ads?
Hrm..I wonder if the same situation applies at the South Bend campus of IU, which I'll probably start attending some time next year. I had heard a while back that there were more than a few Linux/*nix servers at IUSB, but I've not yet seen for m'self..I'd hate to end up in a mostly microsoft environment just because I waited for a bit to go back to school..
Perhaps not to a cynical person, it isn't funny; I personally find it in the same vein as "Calvin and Hobbes", it can be cute, innocent, and full of insight as well as offer some devastatingly on-target political commentary/satire, should the occassion arise. I urge anyone who has passed it over to least give it a second look.
yesterday afternoon, I was seeing about three of everything, today, it's two of user space and two of cnnfn, the other stuff is decent, but I can't seem to add or remove any slashboxes, the changes being made under preferences to the slashboxes aren't being saved, apparently (but other stuff, including the html in the user space itself, is being saved)
Holland isn't anywhere near the U.P, you know..I consider it to be closer to being Western Michigan. If they were saying stuff like "Why you no hello me when you know me so easy, eh?", though, then I'd start to wonder..
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Thanks dude, you just gave me a line to use the next time anyone at work (or in the family =P) gives me crap about my long hair. (not quite where you've got it, but it'll be there in a couple months)
I've never submitted a kernel patch or wrote *anything* that made it to metalab, so don't feel so bad..I would probably fit into your second and third categories; I pushed for and got the chance to implement Linux at work and I advocate it wherever I can, but I try not to be pushy, arrogant, or rude.
I do agree with the importance of working together on Linux instead of taking the `ivory tower' approach or becoming the proverbial Catherdal.
I know "Animal Farm" analogies have been flying left and right lately, and I don't agree with them at the present moment..I hope I can say the same in a year.
hrm, I've done all the above and I'm not half that
weight nor terribly hairy..is there something I'm not doing?
I totally agree; and as computers tend to become more like `closed box', limited capability appliances, not only is the urge to experiment and tinker taken away, but so is the means; at least with most vehicles, one can get a manual, pop the hood, and see what does what and how. (iirc, though, even cars are tending to become a lot less easy to tinker around with..)
I'd like to hope the geeks of tomorrow are intrigued and curious by our present-day non-appliance computers, intrigued and curious enough to find out what they can do with them today, and dream of what they can do in the future..I also hope that dream isn't just a more powerful toaster.
Peace!
I wonder what inspired Mr. Kurtz to write this particular rant, especially considering Mr. Pease gave one of his Smart Moves Awards to PvP last October..(how nice to turn around three months later and criticize Absurd Notions, eh?) Also, as an Absurd Notions fan, I know that tech support jokes are just one part of the strip, there's also the dramatized role-playing sessions in which the cast tests out various role-playing games (some of which are real stinkburgers, could that be construed as "offensive" as well?) and strips that focus on either one, a few, or all of the cast's neurosises and personalities.
Either Mr. Kurtz chose to ignore these aspects or he's never really read the strip, just focusing on one particular panel (I wonder if he got permission from Illiad and Mr. Pease to use those panels..) to try to make his `point'. Next thing you know, he'll be attacking Ozy and Millie for `offending' trendy people, jocks, bullies and various political figures. Kurtz, if you want to constantly badger people like this, become a political cartoonist or get off your high horse and make a good comic strip.
Finally, I'd like to say I'm very glad with the open minds shown by most of the posters on this thread, it's good to see that we're respecting each other's opinions and not criticizing someone just for liking or disliking a particular strip or strips; it makes for much more interesting conversation.
Peace!
PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) is the name you're looking for..Tipper Gore was the first leader of this group that sought to monitor "offensive music", holding Congressional hearings and whatnot (Frank Zappa had some famous quotes at those hearings) Eventually, the music industry caved into their demands and started putting the "Parental Advisory Tipper Stickers" on albums deemed "obscene". Tipper dropped out of the scene at this point, around the 1992 elections. (Current PMRC members view this as a defection in order to get votes/money from the music industry.)
The PMRC is still around and headed by "causemonger" Barbara Wyatt, who has a definite pro-censorship/regulation agenda towards the current crop of "obscene" music..to her, labelling is not enough. Although I didn't hear any PMRC clamouring for a banning of KMFDM/Rammstein type music after Columbine, I wouldn't be surprised if those two groups and other "nazi/nihilistic" industrial acts were on the PMRC "hit list"
source:Rock Out Censorship
peace,
What I meant by "the soul lives on" is that I believe the soul moves on to another life, a new life that's based on what they've done in their previous life (karma, yes)..not an eternal life.
I do see your point about "Why live life to the fullest,", that's one of my arguments against "cheap" immortality.
Peace,
Concerning how long you want to live, go ahead and live 500, 1,000, 5,000 years..you'll literally have to live with it..I just know I won't and don't want to be around to see it. And as for unpleasant memories of the kinds you describe, they are horrible, yes, but I don't think just snuffing that memory is going to do good in the long run. Just ponder the implications of being able to directly modify/"implant" memories..it's bad enough when propoganda and rewriting history causes events to be "forgotten", imagine actually forgetting the event, did it even happen, then?
And as for death..I don't see a natural death as horrible (of course, what constitutes a "natural" death is a debate considerably out of the scope of this thread)..I think it'd be more horrible to watch your friends and lovers age and die while you stay perfectly healthy..and how long could a body last until it became totally dependent on nanotech for survival, to the point where death would be instant should the nanobots be partially or totally removed?
peace,
If all unpleasant memories are removed from my mind, I will keep making the mistakes that led to those unpleasant memories over and over. If I live forever, my life will become meaningless..how can one appreciate the wonders and miracles of life if they're all handed out on a silver platter..without having to work for them.
Sure, one could say, I've earned the money to have nanobots put into my body, and it's my right to do so. I'm not going to argue that. But I don't think immortality should be for sale at any cost..I believe it upsets the balance of life and death, of renewal and decay..I don't want to live forever, anyway.."Death is not an end, but only a transition.." The body sleeps, the soul lives on.
peace,
I'm not sure about some other folks here, but I see "world's greatest OS" as just that, reliable, secure, powerful, able to be tweaked to one's heart's content, and so on..I don't care how many other people are using it just so long as I and everyone else who wants to can use it..if someone really wants to use Windows, hey, sure, go ahead, you're the one who has to live with it. I really don't have a problem with it, I'll just be the one sitting here using Linux/open source BSDs and I'll have to live with it.
As for the "elite" angle..I know I'm not superior or inferior to anyone just because of the skills/knowledge I have, it's how I get by in the "real world", although my coworkers may at times seem totally clueless, they've got their speciality, they've got their way of getting by in the world and if Windows does the job for them at work and at home, so be it..it works for them and Linux/*nix works for me.
I'm just glad to have the chance to use a *nix-like OS at home, it's probably enhanced my skills and knowledge more than just sticking to DOS/Win ever would have, and indeed, without GNU/Linux/the BSD's and the Free Software paradigm as a whole, where would we, the geeks, the nerds, the code jockeys be..
My point? ("Um, I don't have one.." j/k) Don't worry about OS wars, who's "on top" according to sales, that's never meant anything (at least not to me)..instead, find and go with what you like, laugh off your inevitable mistakes but be sure to learn from them, too..there's almost always something new to be discovered from a *nix and sometimes even Windows..I think it's in the doing, not the arguing.
Peace, (sorry for ranting a bit)
Hrm..that sounds rather old school, but I like it on first glance..*grin* That's a good comment about designing everything around the user, instead of the computer, we all know humans are illogical beasts, thus programs designed for human use tend to be..you guessed it. (I think there is a difference between "initutive" and "user-designed-for" programs, though..initutive programs walk the balance between being logical enough for the computer to run it well and illogical enough for a human to understand and easily work with it..)
peace,
just a thought..if microsoft uses a very specific design structure and all, why do their programs tend to be totally unstable and buggy as hell?
peace,
>Is that a bit of a Frankenstein Complex I hear? Are you afraid of
> intelligence just because it's not human? Why is this a bad thing?
You make an excellent point..perhaps I do have a "Frankenstin Complex" of sorts, too many sci fi books, novels, more than likely *grin*
Perhaps it's as you say, it's something `new', so it's feared..automobiles were probably very much feared in their time, and not just by farriers and carriage makers..
Myself, I'm not in danger of being driven out of work by nanotechnology or artificial intelligences..hopefully not driven out of life.
Peace, (please excuse crappy formatting, if any)
The way I see it, it's just one Hemos reporting a story on nanotechnology because he's utterly fascinated with it, he helps run the site, he has posting privileges, ergo, if he hears something new about nanotechnology, he's going to post it. *shrug* Personally, I have reservations about nanotechnology, I don't think it's `wrong' or `bad' or `evil' or any of that, just that it might be another case of "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should." Every new technology has benefits and drawbacks, and I'm sure nanotechnology is no different.
;) )
If I weren't at work right now, I'd write a long, rambling essay about my concerns with nanotechnology, but to briefly summarize, I'm not sure if I like the idea of incredibly tiny machines self-replicating..by themselves they probably don't have much individual intelligence, but as a collective..(or is this one of the aims of nanotechnology, to build `hive' computer minds?)
Second, I really just don't like the idea of tiny machines within my body, it's just a personal hangup, though, nothing more, I know a lot of you other geeks would have no problem jacking the internet or a computer into your skull, or having infrared version or `nanites' in your circulatory system that destroy excessive clogging of your arteries, etc. Even though, yes, one could extend one's lifespan/live more comfortably with all of these "enhancements", they too would have drawbacks and as I'm mostly happy with who and what I am in this lifetime, I don't see much reason for me ever getting an `upgrade' (urf! This *did* turn into a rambling essay!) Er, crap, my boss just walked in anyway, gotta run
Peace,
Yeah, he's still around and living in Sri Lanka..throw his name into Google and poke around, not all of the sites listed are contemporary, true, but there're no announcements of his death and some material dating to early in this year.
Peace,
According to lynx, they're running Apache 1.36 under Red Hat..(surprise, surprise) I'm not sure if I should have looked at the comments here before reading the site, but I agree with most folks on this topic; these guys aren't up to any good..I'm not sure if I saw any mention of the GPL there whatsoever and all this talk about "carefully selected software modules" and "Sophisticated *proprietary* device drivers" sends off alarm bells in my head..as does the information gathering they're doing just for a "beta test"..does anyone who's gotten that know if there's any restrictions on the source, btw? Is it all GPL'ed or are they pulling a Corel?
Somehow though, I doubt these fellows are interested in giving anything back to the Linux community..but if that's the case, they'll soon see it's a two-way street when,on a matter of principle, if needed, most of the Linux community refuses to support or even acknowledge the existence of "LinuxOpen"..guess there had to be a "rogue" bandwagon hopping company sooner or later as the money involved in Linux started getting bigger and bigger..
Peace,
Oh, I've been known to be lazy at times, who hasn't been? But, I feel that if you don't have to think about the `mundane tasks', eventually, how will you know they're even being done? You'll just think it's natural to wake up and have a fresh piece of toast at your bedside, for instance, day in and day out..what're you going to do if one day that piece of toast isn't there, and since you have no idea where it came from or how it got there, you either get very upset or call `toast tech support' and hope they're there.."Out of mind, out of sight.."
I don't know about anyone else, but I just don't want to live that way.
Peace,
Ostensibly..hrm. In my opinion, just because you can do something like this doesn't mean you should. I'm sure it'd be nice and all to have a cron job set up in your wristwatch to connect to a time server so you never have to set it or a cron in your thermostat that would connect to a weather service, obtain information about the day's weather, and adjust temperature accordingly.
I don't think I'll ever be a fan of that sort of thing, though..maybe I'm just really goofy, but I don't mind not having a fully automatic lifestyle..I'm just not comfortable with having my life controlled to that extent by appliances, I don't mind adjusting the thermostat or manually timing my watch or things of that sort..if everything around me or physically on me is just a node in a vast mechanical network, what does that make me?
Eventually, just a node in a vast mechanical network.
Peace,
Oh, I hope this doesn't eventually make Google look like every other search engine..I stopped using hotbot a long while ago when there were so many bloody ads/text boxes (uhuh, sure there's going to be books on whatever string I'm searching for at Barnes & Noble..) that on either lynx or a graphical browser, it's just bloody ugly. Google, for now, is a no bullshit straightforward search engine that gets the job done. And that's all I want out of it..*sigh* ads are inevitable though, I suppose..as long as they're non-intrusive (sort of like freshmeat.net's ads, they're there but everything else still looks the same) I could live with it..
Peace,
Aye..it seems Harry's spirit has already moved on, judging by how hapless the 99 Cubs are..oh wait, we're talking about Emachines..right. Well, I've never seen one of the buggers up close and personal, but I wager that it'd be a hell of a time trying to fix one with standard parts, especially the "e-one"; as to whether it's an iMac clone, I'll leave that for the courts to decide..
If folks want to buy supercheap machines and have themselves get sucked into long-term internet service agreements (when, for all they know, cable modem/DSL/etc. are just around the bend where they live..I'd hate to have to pay two internet bills and only use one extensively) then they're welcome to it. Whether or not emachines profits from this or goes out of business actually may not matter that much, as the larger companies alluded to in the article seem to be adapting this `business model' for their own use..and guess who's got more resources..
And as a last thought, I'm not sure what to think about the prospect of MS offering free internet access..that magic word "free" would probably attract a number of customers right off that bat, but is MS going to take an intentional loss on this or attempt to regain some of that revenue by subjecting the `free' users to mandatory ads?
Peace,
Hrm..I wonder if the same situation applies at the South Bend campus of IU, which I'll probably start attending some time next year. I had heard a while back that there were more than a few Linux/*nix servers at IUSB, but I've not yet seen for m'self..I'd hate to end up in a mostly microsoft environment just because I waited for a bit to go back to school..
Perhaps not to a cynical person, it isn't funny; I personally find it in the same vein as "Calvin and Hobbes", it can be cute, innocent, and full of insight as well as offer some devastatingly on-target political commentary/satire, should the occassion arise. I urge anyone who has passed it over to least give it a second look.
yesterday afternoon, I was seeing about three of everything, today, it's two of user space and two of cnnfn, the other stuff is decent, but I can't seem to add or remove any slashboxes, the changes being made under preferences to the slashboxes aren't being saved, apparently (but other stuff, including the html in the user space itself, is being saved)
sparing the rant,
Whatever it takes
No matter how our HURD breaks
I will be be right here
waiting for GNU...
Holland isn't anywhere near the U.P, you know..I consider it to be closer to being Western Michigan. If they were saying stuff like "Why you no hello me when you know me so easy, eh?", though, then I'd start to wonder..